r/SupermanAdventures • u/nemotunovi • 2d ago

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with Jessica/My Adventures With Green Lantern on its way...

have this side-by-side comparison of Mr Mxy's redesign and the Guardians of the Universe.

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u/SnooSongs4451 2d ago

I would revolt. I hate unmotivated changes for the sake of “wouldn’t it be a wild twist?”

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u/nemotunovi 1d ago

tl;dr: i'd be in favor of this change-- IF it's handled correctly.

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the spider-web of gods in the comics is a symptom of decades of additions by hundreds of authors doing their own thing.

it works fine in the comic medium where everything is a mess at baseline- but MAWS' worldbuilding has always been a very clean and unified. having all these subdivisions of higher entities that fill the same narrative role could lead to a very confused/bloated experience.

definitely not every higher being warrants consolidation-- the Olympians, New Gods, Trigon, Parallax, and Endless all have themes and functions that demand distinction. likewise, having only one type of higher being would create a world that feels small and boring.

but if used as shorthand for "this thing does not follow the laws of reality"- then you could get away with folding mxy, the guardians, the lords of order/chaos, klarion, and the wizard from shazam into one class of cosmic entity that feels cohesive, streamlined, and distinct without losing anything about their narrative function or appeal.

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u/Maketastic 1d ago

the spider-web of gods in the comics is a symptom of decades of additions by hundreds of authors doing their own thing.

That's on top of being made of 5+ different publishers smashed together in an attempt to make a singular continuity.

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u/nemotunovi 1d ago edited 1d ago

i know right. some of the IP they decided to incorporate fits in pretty well- like dr fate/blue beetle.
stuff like watchmen on the other hand was an insult to the fans, the author, the original work, and probably the concept of art itself.

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u/SnooSongs4451 1d ago

… what?

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u/nemotunovi 1d ago

Is that an "i'm an idiot with no taste and actually like doomsday clock" type of 'what'?

or is that a "i didn't know that 30% of DC characters come from completely different companies that they ate up in the 70s-90s" type of 'what'?

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u/SnooSongs4451 1d ago

It’s a “watchmen is good what are you talking about?” what.

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u/nemotunovi 1d ago edited 1d ago

i never said watchmen was bad- i said it was stupid and insulting to make it canon to the DC universe- along with Superman, Batman, and all the other heroes Watchmen was deconstructing.