mattmanganon

Young Justice: Covert Ops

Reaper said
Now if only DC could undo the new 52

Sadly, the chances of that happening are severely unlikely. DC fucked up, and they are determined not to admit it. Most of their lead writters have left because of this, and so, they are being forced to hire unknown guys... Which is both good and bad... Good, because it allows unknown talent to properly shine... But also, they have no veterans to coach these budding writers through their rough patches.

For example, I am confident that I have some good idea's for DC, if they were willing to hire me, however, i wouldn't dream of using those idea's in their current state, i would want to discuss them with someone that actually knows a LOT more about the medium than I do. Otherwise we get these half-baked villains like Harvest, and the event, The Culling. This story had potential, Harvest has a very nice design, and his backstory is... Well, it's not exactly original, but if executed well, it makes for a lot of story opportunities for him... IT wasn't executed well and he ended up being more of an idiot than anything else.

DC really need to pull their thumb out. Marvel are doing rather well at the moment, ok, so there was an innitial backlash to Superior Spider-man, but since we know that this change isn't permanent, we are sitting back and watching a fun story unfold, asking "How does one of the foremost villains of the world, turn into one of the foremost heroes of the world." With a really fun answer... DC on the otherhand have simply hit the reset button, but have no idea what to do now... And whereas I like Superior Spider-man, because it's a fun little story arc... I despise DC, because they have fucked up so many characters, Starfire is now a slutbag, Jason Todd is as boring as ever, They introduced Artemis (The one from the Young Justice series) Into the comics, where she had a conversation with Robin, and then was killed by one of Harvest's Goons 5 minutes later (Yes, they did that, she is dead. dick move DC...) Amanda Waller and Ma Hunkle are back, and they are now hot (Something that entirely defeats the point of Ma Hunkles costume, as, thanks to her stocky build, she fooled everyone into thinking that the Red Tornado was a Man. Now, unless you are blind or just really fucking thick, you will probably guess she is a woman... and with Waller, it's REALLY distracting... I loved her design, she was a large woman that could match wits with Batman. Now, she's just any other James Bond spy-girl.) And worst of all, they are shipping Wonder Woman with Superman again... And this time, it's all probably a permanent change.

Wonder Woman and Superman CANNOT work as a couple, hell, Kingdom Come, arguably the ONLY actually good Elseworlds story (what DC call their "What If..." stories) and argued by some to be DC's single best comic, tackled a Superman/Wonder Woman relationship, and at best, it was passable... Every other attempt was terrible. And so, they have seen this idea and gone "Well, just because some of our greatest writers tried and failed, doesn't mean that these new, untested and un-mentored guys are going to fail..." The entire point of Superman being with Lois, is to remind him what he's fighting for, humanity, to protect the woman he loves, because she can't protect herself against beings of vast power, like Zod, Brainiac and Darkseid... Wonder Woman can... She is also a god. Superman loves Lois, because he is Clark Kent first, Superman second, and Clark will ALWAYS love Lois. WW is Wonder Woman first, Diana Prince second. That's why she works so well with Batman... Because Batman is Batman first, second, third and fourth, then way down the line is Bruce Wayne. He needs a deity to remind him that he isn't... The same works for Catwoman, who suffers with the same problems as Bats, only to a MUCH lesser extent.

DC remind me a lot of that South Park episode with the Intellilink. Everyone see's that it's broken, everyone knows that it's broken, even the people who are defending it know that it's broken... But they are not willing to admit that they fucked up, and so, everything is continuing to get worse...

Nu52 has been around for 2 and a half years... It started really poorly, and nothing much has changed, we have got the odd good comic, but most series are cancelled before they get a proper run, and those that aren't cancelled simply trail off into a lackluster or confusing climax. Hell, the timeline for this series is confusing as hell. Superheroes have only been around for 5 years... Except Batman, who has been around a little longer, just not in the public eye... And yet 4 of the Robins still happened... (Stephanie Brown is not allowed to be used in Nu52... Orders straight from Dan DiDio... Orders that pissed the fans off to no-end.)

DC need to just come forward, say "We fucked up... Give us a little time..." Then come out with a big event comic that will sort out all of these loose-ends...

Sorry for the rant, it's just that, Nu52 pisses me off SO MUCH!!!

Warhammer 40K: Recovery in the Damocles Gulf.

The singing from the Dreadnought was a little distracting, he appreciated his condition, as with all Inquisition Dreadnoughts, he had personally overseen his internment. "I believe i speak for us all, when i say that we would be honoured if a being of such distinguished service to the Omnissiah, would lead the charge against these heretics." he replied. "I suggest we prepare, drop is as soon as we enter the system in 20 minutes. Dismissed." he said, before walking towards the service lift and heading down to the hangar area, striding towards a corner he began working on his sentinel, his Servo-arms tweaking and fine-tuning the sentinels systems. "Be still, Bessie, we are going into battle soon, where you will serve the great one again." he said.

(Anyone wishing to ask a question should come and talk to Viqtor now.)

Warhammer 40K: Recovery in the Damocles Gulf.

VKAllen said I understand that the Warlord-class Titan is the ultimate warmonger.

Not really... The Ultimate Warmonger is the Imperator-class Titan. Which is a walking fortress, twice the size of the Warlord, twice as mean, twice as ugly.

Warhammer 40K: Recovery in the Damocles Gulf.

VKAllen said
I think there would be more than just the Titan.

What makes you so sure? You do realize how powerful a Titan is? Don't you? 3 Warhounds (The single weakest of the Titans) managed to decimate the entire of Eurasia during The Battle of Terra. 1 Warlord could do just as much... The Imperium HAD to develop the Volcano Cannon, to mount onto a Baneblade Chassis, JUST so that they had something that could defend against a Titan Attack. Nothing, short of the main cannon of an Emperor-class Battleship (You know the cannon used to commit Exterminatus) will put a scratch against one.

Titans are the Ultimate fighting machines.

That being said, the Titan isn't the only thing that the Word Bearers are here for.

All-Star Marvel: Age of Heroes

ErsatzEmperor said
Yeh, sorry. Perhaps come back with a different app later on? I just don't think that you're a fit for this right now.

I suppose you are right, really, I was planning on just doing a few minor story-arcs with my guys before going big a little later on... Really, neither of my characters would really take off until later, anyway. Thanks for reading, anyway.

All-Star Marvel: Age of Heroes

So... I'm out then... Well, thanks anyway.

Warhammer 40K: Recovery in the Damocles Gulf.

A Servo-Skull floated in front of Viqtor and projected a hologram of the battle-plan "As the Codex dictates, the first to attack will be our Assault and Tactical units via drop pods, dropping into battle to break the heretics back, followed closely by our Guardsmen aboard their great beasts." he guestured to the Valkyries being prepped. "And finally the devastator and armoured units." he said. "We shall descend upon the foes, we shall overwhelm them, WE SHALL LEAVE NONE ALIVE!"

Warhammer 40K: Recovery in the Damocles Gulf.

Necrosis said
Can I say the Chaos Lord is the target of my assassin?

For the moment, the Imperium don't know that it's Rothan at the head of this invasion... In fact, they don't suspect that a guy as high up as Rothan would bother with this little planet, and they would be right... But this planet has something very special on it...

Young Justice: Covert Ops

Superboy waved to Artemis as she entered and was introduced "Hi." he said. He then looked up to see the Waffle-Iron on the top shelf. "Fine. But i don't fly." he said, picking up a stool and putting it down, before climbing up and getting the iron... Unfortunately, he was never good with balance, and thanks to a small spillage, his shoes were wet, slipping, he fell into a heap on the floor, a tile cracked as his Harder-than-steel skull made contact. "I'm fine." he said, getting up... Unfortunately, due to the trip the Iron had been thrown bellow him, and because he had had instinctively put his hand out to help cushion the landing, the waffle-iron was now a Superboys-hand-shaped-Pancake iron. "Ummm... Sorry..." he said, handing her the Iron.

Warhammer 40K: Recovery in the Damocles Gulf.

I have updated my first post to add our Chaos Lord (Essentially, he is the Chaos' answer to Kaldor Draigo. It wouldn't be fun if he wasn't a tough son-of-a-bitch.)