Not only is it a terrible betrayal of one of the most-consistently decent human beings in comic books, but the timing feels especially bad as we fathom the possibility of a Trump presidency. A time like this is when we especially need a character like Steve Rogers setting an example for what this country should be.
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Kalshane - May 25, 2016 6:33:04 pm PDT #4938 of 5059
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
SailAweigh - May 26, 2016 2:14:52 am PDT #4939 of 5059
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
Well, if he starts punching Trump, I'm not going to complain.
Kalshane - May 26, 2016 5:11:01 am PDT #4940 of 5059
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Sadly he's more-likely to high-five Trump with this development.
Connie Neil - May 26, 2016 7:28:42 am PDT #4941 of 5059
brillig
What kind of storyline can they do with Hydra Cap? He fights the Avengers at every turn? Everyone who's ever admired him gets sneered at? Aside from being offensive, it's short-sighted.
Kalshane - May 26, 2016 8:13:46 am PDT #4942 of 5059
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
A friend of mine read the comic in question and said the basic concept boils down to Hydra wasn't always evil and got "corrupted" in WWII. Steve is trying to reform it from within.
Fine. A silly idea but not completely without merit. However, the instant Steve kills a good guy to protect his secret, the whole idea becomes rubbish. As my friend points out, one of Steve Rogers' core concepts is he will always do the right thing even when it's incredibly difficult. And they've thrown that away.
ETA: He also says the writing and art is otherwise very well done, it's just unfortunately shackled to a terrible premise.
Connie Neil - May 26, 2016 8:20:27 am PDT #4943 of 5059
brillig
Yeah, the art is wonderful. But I'm cancelling my hold on it.
DXMachina - May 26, 2016 1:10:07 pm PDT #4944 of 5059
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Groups that aren't evil shouldn't be naming themselves after monsters (unless they are a sports team, and then it's just cynical marketing, which now that I think of it is probably evil). That just makes it stupider.
Connie Neil - May 26, 2016 1:48:33 pm PDT #4945 of 5059
brillig
This whole thing just strikes me as adolescent nihilism. "Yeah, I smeared shit on Mom's walls, see how much I don't care about your world, that's just how hip I am."
DXMachina - May 26, 2016 5:46:31 pm PDT #4946 of 5059
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Let's see how edgy we can be...
Matt the Bruins fan - May 27, 2016 5:52:38 am PDT #4947 of 5059
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I'm imagining the writer's voice breaking like that kid on The Simpsons while he describes his groundbreaking political allegory that's not at all an offensive mess.