[quote=@Retired] Namor came first. DC turned Namor into a pathetic joke of a character who continuously is looked down upon and made a mockery of. [sub][sub]Jokes aside, I have no issue with Aquaman as a character, I think the meme of him being weak is dramatically overused - if written well, he should be one of the most powerful people on Earth - and I love Mera as a character.[/sub][/sub] [/quote] So did Android Human Torch. Both should've stayed in the 30's where they belong. [sub]And yeah, I agree, Aquaman is vastly underrated due to a series of jokes that I personally believe everyone stopped buying into awhile go - except for, ironically, DC Comics, who keeps shoehorning it in to make a statement on how Aquaman can beat the joke, or something. It just reeks of desperation and distracts from Arthur's overall story. Yeah, he talks to fish. You know what else he does? Commands a legion of great white sharks to chomp anyone he wants into bits of flesh. The ocean is no joke.[/sub] [quote=@Hound55]As you're likely aware, we're polar opposites on this 'un. Namor has a place to me, whilst I'm completely indifferent to Water-Thor as a better Thor exists already woth a superior world, supporting cast, antagonists and main character. [/quote] See, I've seen you make the Water-Thor comment before, and I've never really understood that. To me, he's the inversion of Thor. Thor comes from a mythical place and was raised there, fought there, and became a legend in his own right before being stranded on our little mudball of a planet to learn humility. Arthur was raised as a human up to his mid-teens and had to learn to control an otherworldly power that gave him an advantage against a portion of the planet that's still virtually unexplored. While I definitely think some writers choose to write him as alien and distant because of the "Talking Fish-Man" stigma, I don't buy into that characterization. I think Arthur's at his best when he's the one who still clings onto his humanity despite Atlantis, who've outcast him multiple times, telling him to be more Kingly and less like the surface dwellers.