On Captain America

I agree with the author that this is an obvious fakeout. I also agree that this fact adds insult to injury. They might as well have said, "Bite me, k*k* -- oh, I was just kidding, don't be so sensitive."

Some people really need a punch in the face. With a shield.

>> Fan theory is that Steve Rogers isn't Hydra, never was... he's being mind-controlled by red skull to make him think he was Hydra all along. <<

Well, duh, it's a fakeout. That doesn't make it okay.

>> Edit:
Perlmutter's [Marvel CEO] response to criticism of the move. "Who cares what a bunch of basement dwelling nerds thinks?"

that there, explains a lot. <<

How about all the people doing EFA for the crying fans?

Seriously, if you think it's okay to hurt people to make a buck, and you don't care about hurting your customers, you should get some other job that does not involve heroes.

If your boss asks you to hurt people for money, and you are not a villain, you say NO. Ethical issues aren't just for people who work in quality control. They can happen in ANY job.

"Just following orders" does not make it okay to hurt people.

Write it! Write it!

Perhaps the only worthwhile thing about this will be the fanfic ass-whipping those guys are about to get.

You know what else would be awesome? If the next time any of those pencildicks do a panel or a signing, and the entire audience consists of people in Cap costumes, arms crossed, glaring silently at them the whole time. Few things are as ball-shrinking as a cold audience.

>> I have a countermeme.

Nick Spencer (the daeshnozzle who penned this abomination) is Hydra. <<

Hardly a surprise. He's following their rules, after all: that there are no heroes, and it's okay to hurt people to get what you want.

>> Now, that doesn't mean kill him. Oh, no, His Blackness showed us better than that; we let him live.

But the name "Nick Spencer" should never make another dime of income. Not for writIng comics or flipping burgers.

This doesn't kill Nick Spencer the human. Pseudonyms happen all the time in publishing. But it does rub his face in what he did, and force him to re-invent himself from scratch. The experience will be *memorable*. <<

\o/ Persona dissolution is becoming a popular -- and effective -- form of justice in Terramagne. I really want to show how that plays out with the Spectrum.

>> And maybe, just maybe, he might learn a lesson. <<

If only.

>>Nick Spencer, in a fit of anguish, jumps off the Empire State Building. He arrives in the afterlife to discover that it's MCU. The Avengers are there to greet him. Cap is livid, but Tony says, "No, Cap, you won't like yourself if you do that." Cap is so stunned by Tony's display of personal integrity that he deflates.... at which point Tony steps between them and punches Nick in his perfect teeth, sending him flying several yards.

"But I will," says Tony, reverting to character.<<

:D If the problem you have is a nail, use a hammer.