>>153164901Everyone tumbles when she gets back from work earlier
>>153164901No Capes is such a forced meme, the ways they showed it as bad was so contrived in the Incredibles.
>>153165074honestly why heroes need capes anyway? Saitama should lose a fight with a plane.
>>153165074The whole no capes thing was always just meant to be a joke about a Super-Hero design trope shown with a montage of comically morbid situations that people took too seriously.Like, I feel like in most of those scenarios in any other hero stories the cape would just get ripped up.>>153165100Same reason they need the costumes, they really don't, it just looks cool.Capes are also usually exclusive to like, "flying brick" type of characters like Superman, where they don't really need any actual practicality with their costumes.With heroes like Batman that rely on stuff like tools and gadgets, the cape tends to be given more practicality at some point, like being used for gliding, bullet proof, whatever.
>>153165285>oh no this villain ripped my clothes that i could barely afford i guess its time for the one punch line
>>153165100capes only work on heroes during public relations stunts. just like a parade uniform on soldiers. capeshit was always an ersatz for antient mythological figures and glorious military heroes of the past. historically soldiers used capes:a. as a traveling accessory for shielding against the elements, in order to get to the battleb. after the battle, either to look cool in triumph or to be wrapped up in case of defeat.But not in the actual battle. just imagine, if heroes would choose the attire based on the circumstances, like batman or ironman in the later ages... if only some illegal alien from space didn't set up the rules...
>>153166194At least Doctor Strange made the cape sentient. Feels like they just wanted to make another magic carpet from Aladin but not so obnoxious as it sounds at first.
Someone like Superman can pretty much wear whatever he wants, at his level the outfit's not exactly gonna hinder him at all.
>>153165100>honestly why heroes need capes anyway?For the same reason they need a colorful clown suit. Its kewl.>>153165285Nah. Capes were there only because they are cool. Doom got 100% cooler when he started wearing one for example.
>>153166414well, if it doesn't provide any cape-functions and has utility in combat, it's not really a cape, is it?
>>153166782>Capes were there only because they are cool.That's why I said "it just looks cool"
>>153165285It wasn't to mock the trope, it was a clever excuse to not animate them.
>>153166432Yeah, I think one needs to categorize capes by their utility/liability first. But if something is cosmetic at best and a weak point at worst, it's probably shit.
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>>153166194Black Panther has a ceremonial cape.
>>153168786Black Panther is a ceremonial DEI "hero".
>>153164901I remember an Anon coming up with a rival superhero fashion designer to Edna who LOVES capes and actually makes them safe, pragmatic, and stylisy
>>153168132Two things can be true.
>>153169685Black Panther is older than you are
>>153171146still true tho
