There’s one absolute truth that the current villain lacks.
Hands: or in this case genuine prowess, skill, or simply having something that the protagonist doesn’t or can’t have.
You want to know one of the real reasons people don’t like Miles Morales? His rogues (or lack thereof) don’t warrant his abundance of boons and abilities; at times, he has to face characters that absolutely should be out of his league, like Mephisto’s son Blackheart.
Then, according to recent news, Norman Osborn dressed as Spider-Man manages to beat not only Miles but also a few more spider-people in hand-to-hand combat. Even though Osborn is only about 8 times stronger than a normal human (stronger than comic Cap but nowhere near Spidey), he utilizes jumping and a bag of tricks to get the edge. All of those powers, and they suddenly fumbled the bag that hard?
To put it short, what would be the purpose of giving the heroes all these shiny things if evil didn’t condition them to acquire them? Think of it like prehistory and evolution, with how species evolve to survive predators or environmental conditions to get by. The ordeal with verisimilitude is that it’s believable that these people are combating opponents that bring their own advantages and disadvantages in the fight; that drives engagement. If you forsake this, then you dismantle that engagement or even the themes that stories seek to convey when it all seems so simple “to be better” when you keep giving them the kid’s gloves and training wheels.
Legacy
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There’s one absolute truth that the current villain lacks.
Hands: or in this case genuine prowess, skill, or simply having something that the protagonist doesn’t or can’t have.
You want to know one of the real reasons people don’t like Miles Morales? His rogues (or lack thereof) don’t warrant his abundance of boons and abilities; at times, he has to face characters that absolutely should be out of his league, like Mephisto’s son Blackheart.
Then, according to recent news, Norman Osborn dressed as Spider-Man manages to beat not only Miles but also a few more spider-people in hand-to-hand combat. Even though Osborn is only about 8 times stronger than a normal human (stronger than comic Cap but nowhere near Spidey), he utilizes jumping and a bag of tricks to get the edge. All of those powers, and they suddenly fumbled the bag that hard?
To put it short, what would be the purpose of giving the heroes all these shiny things if evil didn’t condition them to acquire them? Think of it like prehistory and evolution, with how species evolve to survive predators or environmental conditions to get by. The ordeal with verisimilitude is that it’s believable that these people are combating opponents that bring their own advantages and disadvantages in the fight; that drives engagement. If you forsake this, then you dismantle that engagement or even the themes that stories seek to convey when it all seems so simple “to be better” when you keep giving them the kid’s gloves and training wheels.
That’s soft.
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