Do you guys prefer when Black Manta hates Aquaman for a real reason, like avenging his father’s death, or when he’s just making up random bullshit reasons like in the old comics?
As long as he's not boringIt doesn't matter the motivation, it's just as long as he's a petty douche doing shit like blowing up Atlantis' embassy or desecrating Aquababy's grave
He has NEVER been “just making up random bullshit reasons” you fucking brainlet tourists.
>>152061666It's okay for villains just to be obsessive assholes, that's part of what makes them villains. Black Manta doesn't need a bitter intertwined backstory to be hung up on killing Aquaman, anymore than Gorilla Grodd needs to be connected to Speed Force to continually fight the Flash. They just need to be foiled one time and then never let it go.
>>152061666Black Manta is evil because he’s black. Aqua Man is good because he’s a pure aryan chad.
>>152061686He sometimes pretends he wants to take over Atlantis for black Americans. Also Autism.
>>152061686>>152061946"Making up random bullshit reasons" is just a /co/ tourist meme. What REALLY happened was that writers kept coming up with dumb backstories for Manta that subsequent writers would ignore.>I'm a phony black nationalist!>I hate Aquaman because he failed to save me from getting raped by pirates!>I hate Aquaman because I'm autistic, but not really!>>152061666The "You killed my father!" backstory isn't anything special, but it leaves enough room for Manta to be mysterious and pre-empts anything worse, like the shitty autism backstory.
>>152062031Did these "tourists" rape you? Is that why you're evil?
>>152061666Not having a defined backstory and motivation honestly adds to his charm by making him look like a professional hater doing it for the sake of hating rather than being just someone who got actually wronged by the hero once and then let it spiral into an obsession.
>>152061666Have they made him a scumbag again or are they still trying to soften him and made him realize his petty obsession is unhealthy for "depth"?
>>152062149Yes. The autistic /co/ tourists raped my father with their shitty opinions and I swore revenge.
>>152061837Frankly I'm sick of villains with complex morally vague backgrounds who are all just wounded gud bois who really wouldn't do nuffin. I want big showy dramatic assholes who just want to make the hero's life hell
