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Nah, this frees him up for more Enola Holmes movies. My bet is he lands on James Bond, provided they want the next Bond to be a white male. I've heard rumors they're considering female or BIPOC Bond. Not sure how firm those are versus speculative. Maybe Marvel will grab him. They're going to be bringing back the X-franchises eventually, so there are plenty of opportunities there. For Marvel, Captain Britain or maybe Union Jack are pretty obvious choices, let him speak in his native accent, and lesser known to movie audiences, which provides creative leeway for the actor, director and writers. Plus, Captain Britain is X-adjacent.

One at a Time?

I'm pretty sure that's not a concept rattling around that particular thick skull. You don't owe a mark. He'd take him in, and continue using him against us, of course.

He'll flee the country, or attempt to, before taking his own life. He's a coward.

Get well soon, DT.

Condolences, Christopher. Thanks for sharing your memories of your brother.

Grats on surviving another year, Log!

I was joking about hammering out 50k in five days, but I do have a slight itch to get back to writing. This wasn't the best November to for me to attempt a NaNoWriMo, though.

There's got to be some point where quality suffers for quantity.

I'm at 0 words so far this year. I'll start first thing tomorrow. Maybe I'll hammer out that Noir Planetary Romance idea I've had kicking around in the back of my head for a few years.

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Do you think that was by design or happenstance? I'm not a big enough comics buff to know that level of history behind the creation of the characters. I do agree with your point of Cap fitting the time he was created in. I was just playing around. That's why I tossed an emoji in there. 🤪<- like that

What's that from, Logan? I think I want to read that book.

They had some science happening in the 1860s that could be sprinkled in for origin story flavoring: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1860_in_science Edit: The top of the page has a list of links to different years, so you can click through the years and look for interesting breakthroughs to comic book-ify.

Voodoo cocktail and focusing the rays of the sun through a gemstone with particular properties. I mean, you can change the SFX up all day long. Captain Federalist, savior of the Union! 😁

Sorry GM Joe, I only made it halfway through your post. Could you summarize? j/k Life's too short to waste on finishing stuff you don't like.

Thanks, Doc! Well done. More, please.

How did I not see this before I posted the same thing? 🤦‍♂️

Oh *bleep*: Russian missiles cross into Poland during strike on Ukraine 2 dead in Poland.

I think the Namor/Atlantis question comes down to one of two factors for people: 1. How much they like Comics Accurate Namor. The character has been around a very long time, and is one of Marvel's oldest. To me, he's not that interesting of a character, so I'm not greatly bothered by changing up his city due to Aquaman calling dibs on Atlantis (for practical purposes: we all know studios are going to shy away from making the two too similar whether it's a viable option or not). 2. How they feel about the erasure of European culture to make way for other cultures to have room in the genre (or any media, really). When it's done poorly, or just to tick a diversity checkbox, it seriously annoys me. When it fits into the story, and is executed well, I think it's great. I haven't seen Wakanda Forever yet (waiting for D+ release), but it looks to me like this version of Namor is a good fit for the MCU Wakanda milieu. If they keep Namor hot headed, stubborn and arrogant -- at least at first -- but with a noble streak, then they've pretty much got enough of Namor to satisfy me if the story is good. I think it's a great idea for original characters from different races and ethnicities to be created, and that it should be done when feasible. We've gotten Static, Miles Morales Spider-Man, and Kamala Khan Ms. Marvel in more recent (I'm a bit old, so that definition of "recent" may be a bit off) history. In the years since they've been introduced, I think they've all made their mark on the mythos as more modern iterations on ethnic characters, coming from diverse creators. But I can only name those three of the top of my head. Does it hurt to present some of the more important side characters (Namor has never been an A-lister IMO, so fits) reimagined as coming from different backgrounds? Nah. Just do it well, as with anything, and I'll be entertained. As LL said, Thor and Hulk are bigger offenders in the reimagining category. I can't remember who had the idea of explaining Thor's Shakespearan English being due to that being the last time he was hanging out on Earth, and how he learned English, but that would have been great, IMO. Thor can still be funny sometimes, but he doesn't have to be a clown. Banner had better start having problems with his rage monster soon, IMO. Simply having him handwave away his major character complication was BS IMO. Even Professor Hulk (which MCU is *not*) didn't have it this easy, and quickly succumbed to Banner's damaged psyche.

Yeah, seemed pretty much the same to me. Plus, if I can get Ildris Elba into a movie, he's in. I'd cast him as Thor, TBH, and let the rage commence. He's a great catch for a movie.

So, you're mad because of the erasure of Atlantean culture? "Imperious rex!" isn't a culture. Marvel Atlantis didn't really have a distinctive culture that I've ever noticed. They're just basing Namor on another culture's version of Atlantis. If they do it well, it's fine IMO. As long as he's got a similar personality and little wings on his feet, I don't care too much, personally. Yeah, I think they dropped the ball with the Elders in the MCU. They just don't have the same impact, IMO.

I think you mean "alleged" billionaire, if it's who I think it is.

A holiday song for the times, spoilered for MANY F-bombs, but worth it: Also check out her Princess Rap Battles.