As promised.

[@Colonel Sep] [HIDER=Lady Sif]Your opener for Sif has definitely glued me to her narrative as she finds herself a stranger in a strange land. The opening bit itself is particularly well written and your prose actually seems to leap out when in the first-person narrative, which is impressive as someone who's enjoyed quite a few of your past runs. And as you went into her recent fleeting memories of Asgard itself, I suddenly found myself able to envision the version from the MCU vividly as Sif/Diana melded with it as if she were always there, always part of it. What this will mean for her integration into Midgard and Earth is anyone's guess, but I really like the implication so far that she could be as seamless a fit here as there. Looking forward to more.[/HIDER]

[@Lord Wraith] [HIDER=Superman]As everyone knows if they read my app, I'm a big fan of this Superman you've crafted as started in the last game. With this iteration and its two posts written by you so far, you've effectively translated what was a well-crafted first draft into an experimental second with a hint of some new twists and a more rounded, seasoned portrait of who Clark is as The Man of Steel. You've embraced the idea of Superman as a protector, and with the sunstone tech and the Absolute cape, it seeds the idea that this version will be a force to be reckoned with. I can only imagine how cool it'll be to see more of the rogues' gallery rear their heads and how this Superman will inspire the rest of the established PC heroes.[/HIDER]

[@Roman] [HIDER=Constantine]As I've said before, I haven't finished the last run yet, which is essential to your current run - so I can't speak to what Vol. 2 is just yet. What I [i]can[/i] do is talk about my experience with Vol. 1 so far, which is five posts as of tonight. What sticks out to me first is that scene in the opening post of John's routine, of watching him sadly, pitifully trying to shake off the cobwebs of the night before and trying to get through what seems to be a miserable existence of haunted grief for his missing sister and a slew of bad habits that have rendered him nearly a ghost at nineteen. From there, add to that your portrayal of a dingy, cockroach-stricken vision of Liverpool where rose-colored memories are about the nicest thing anyone could probably say about the area, where the downtrodden and the suffering make their existence out of pain just about as fucked as John's, and it's a wonder that a character like Chas can enter proceedings and not feel immediately tainted by what feels like a world that's seperated in it's own little corner of Hell. The scene of John seeing Cheryl in a stranger's house, wandering in to confirm suspicions, seeing more visions of endless hallways and being carried out in the midst of chaos he unintentionally made - I found it a perfect metaphor for where he'd found his rock bottom of a life, and it gets the biggest clap I could muster for someone writing a comic book character on an internet forum. Another moment that got that reaction from me was when Chas lost his stoic resolve to beat the living fuck out of the dealer who casually insulted Cheryl. Those moments of human frailty in a story that's undoubtedly leading up to something [i]other[/i] (it's called Hellblazer, after all) are what's going to keep me reading this until I've reached the present. This is class act stuff, the kind of writing we would all aspire to meet if we were lucky.[/HIDER]

[@John Table] [HIDER=Luke Cage]Bastard. Just when I think you're out of the superhero fiction side of things for good, just when I fully believe you've left us behind for greener pastures and a "life", you come back into a character you have a long, storied history with and write a post that firmly establishes that you've never lost it, like you never left. The Pops part of the post definitely reminded me alot of the underrated Netflix show, but the switch into near hardboiled noir the moment that Luke left the shop and stepped out onto Harlem's streets left me giddy with anticipation for the story to come. Bastard![/HIDER]

[@Captain Uni] [HIDER=Moon Knight]I've been a fan of your characters ever since Chow Yun Castle in the original UOU, and you've only seemed to grow by leaps and bounds [i]since[/i] then with your numerous approaches to The Question. But for whatever reason, even when considering your most recent short-lived run, Moon Knight feels like the character that you were always meant to write. Whether that's just timing in regards to your continual growth as a writer and Marc just found you in the moment, or he was waiting for you to really delve into him and form an attachment, I don't know. But it works so well. As a fan of Moony since I was a teenager, you've not only already given justice to his many voices - both internal and external - but you've made the rather ballsy decision to take a recent, beloved run on and reshape it as your own, and the results so far are pitch perfect to making it feel like you made it from scratch. The scene with the patients and Dr. Emmet in art therapy was something that I legitimately thought 'I wish I could write a scene like that' with, and I feel like this is only the tip of the iceberg. If you let it, this run is gonna take you far. From one anointed brother of Khonshu to another, I can feel it.[/HIDER]

[@GreenGrenade] [HIDER=Green Arrow][i]This[/i]. This is what I was hoping for whenever you last applied for Ollie in the ill-fated UOU: Resistance. A deeply personal feeling tribute to a favorite character that reads as authentic to the spirit of Green Arrow as anything I've read in the official comics, up there with the likes of Smith and especially the recent Chris Condon run. That's what I got here, and what I expected. What I [i]didn't[/i] expect was a small glimpse into a larger superhero world that felt equal parts Denny O'Neil's early Batman and a page out of Astro City, where Green Arrow and Speedy feel like actual giants that walked the Earth at a time before this current crop came to be. Loved seeing Roy and Mia be the opener before, but the adventurousness of the flashback is what had me hooked and grinning from ear-to-ear by the end. It was said elsewhere, too, but your voice for Ollie really evoked JLU and I can't freaking wait to see more. Hell, I can't wait to interact with him, just to compare notes with a G.A. who's got quite a few years on Bruce in this reality.[/HIDER]

[@Stormyx] [HIDER=Emma Frost][b]Fuck.[/b] That's what I was thinking over and over while reading that first scene between Emma and Scott. The reaction being in response to the fact that your prose not only portrays movement and action, it commands [i]visceral[/i] feeling and emotion. So much so that I felt like I was intruding on a deeply private moment as Emma fought desperately to conceal the manic everything that was threatening to undo her rageful scorn towards a man that was already looking to approach an incredibly tense situation in the wrong way. It was honestly a relief to get to her more tranquil self in the present of Krakoa, and doubly so in the second post, with her and Storm performing in a game of human chess as she outlined her plans for the Gala. You've presented an entire world here with the narrative of the mutants' long-fought need for equality being basically won, but the characterization of Emma herself remains the standout, and I am blown over by it so far. Definitely one of my favorite parts of the RP's first week of content.[/HIDER]

[@Pacifista] [HIDER=The Hulk]There's alot to be said for taking ground that's been tread upon hundreds of times in so many different ways and getting it to feel fresh and new. That's what we get with this dramatization of Banner's accident, the one that we all know will transform him into something meaner and greener. And there's alot to mine from that, from Banner's confrontation with General Ross to his interaction with Betty, to Talbot's useless ass. It's all interesting as setup for things to come, but what really got me for a headspin is when you transitioned into Bruce's post-accident... experience? Hallucination? Divine intervention? And shit went insanely freaky, fast. The images that you managed to conjure up in combination with the first experience of, at least what is implied to be, Devil Hulk evoked alot of nightmarish, otherworldly ideas that you wouldn't typically associate with Bruce moments after getting pelted with enough Gamma to end an existence. I absolutely loved it, the transition feeling as though it's threatening us with a perilous journey that the Hulk should be for it's protagonist.[/HIDER]