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Article here and a rant by me below.
I'm just disinterested. Seriously this is boring and stupid. Superheroes (ideally but Marvel seems to have forgotten this) go against odds that usually seem beyond hopeless but they still go out there because they know they are the only ones that can stop whatever is happening. You can't use the concept of fear (made tangible admittedly) as the anchor of a major event because they face their fear every day. I know this is just Marvel trying to get all "smart" and "deep" but it is not working. Also the contestant comparisons to Civil War isn't helping since that show how managed to take a rather intriguing concept yet turn it into one the most shallow stories ever with such a bullshit ending that it still amazes me to this day.
But what pisses me off the most is the utter lie that was the "Heroic Age". Stop with the grim & grit already. Do you want to know why no cares about comics anymore because they get fanboys to write masturbatory stories about death, sexual assault, and characters being "badass" when really that just means them being assholes. This attitude that writing stories suitable for all ages is below most modern writers and if one does the whole affair is treated as silly and stupid is a serious problem. There is no way in for new readers especially kids, even if a kid could find a comic (and either have enough money on hand to buy or convince a parent to get it for them, but pricing is another issue) there is no real starting point anymore. You can't even just point a them to one or two comics that happens to have a character they liked from a movie or TV show due to never contestant crossovers that require you buying several other titles. The "Heroic Age" had a lot of potential not just for characters and setting but also for the industry, and they just wasted all of it for an overhyped, overpriced event.
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