Why don't comics focus more on superpowers that aren't punching or blasting?
>>153554013Because they're harder to depict in a way that's visually interesting, probably.It's why you can't have a superhero with mind control powers that actually work, because its not fun to watch him just politely ask criminals to turn themselves in and have them actually do it.Instead you just get Prof. X going "AaAaAaAa mY MiNd" every episode.
>>153554013there are some interesting powers in comics like forget me not, honestly that guy should have been a villain, a serial killer that always gets away type shitbut yeah compared to manga, comics definitely feel one note, and i attribute most of it towards the fact that comic writers don't really go in depth to what a character can do, like what the implications of their abilities are, watch green lantern by solidjj and you'll see what i mean
>>153554156>Because they're harder to depict in a way that's visually interesting, probably.Seems easier. Comics choreography tends to be dull, so getting creative with powers would be better for visual spectacle.
>>153554013I didn't know there were superheroes in Inspector Gadget
>>153554013>t. has only read invincible
>>153555265>honestly that guy should have been a villain, a serial killer that always gets away type shitThat's a terrible idea and you should feel bad.That powerset lends itself only to being a tragic character. Was he utilized the best? Not exactly. But it was memorable at least, ironically.
>>153556384List 25 examples of comics that focus more on superpowers that aren't punching or blasting.
>>153554013Because its an easy to protray and comprehend action in an action story.Also theres like 2000 new comic stories made every year.Is there a particular power you want to see? Probably already has a handful of stories that have it.
>>153554013Well there is this one webnovel, but I can't in good conscience recommend it.
>>153555265>compared to mangaThis was a stealth east vs west all along
>>153554013Because if a comic is about talking then it is dangerously easy to have it hi-jacked by a retarded female writer who forces the story to be a meet cute coffee shop AU about relationships
>>153556531Why do I eat up crossover fanfiction sloppa of Worm but I tapped out of actually reading Worm after the Leviathan timeskip? Last thing I read was the Undersiders mindcontrolling Shadowstalker to take the fight to the not-teen titans for some reason
>>153556821No matter the story everything turns to shit post timeskip.
>>153556531Never bothered to read it, is it that bad?
>>153557171Yes and no.It's fantastic in world building, power usage and their fights, but it suffers from increasing grimderpness.Read it for however long you like it then drop it.
>>153556821>Why do I eat up crossover fanfiction sloppaBecause you're retarded and have shit taste.
>>153557330This is /co/, the comics and cartoons board. I'm allowed and expected to have shit taste.
>>153557401No.
Origins aren't totally necessary, but it can be hard to explain every novel manipulation of reality. Also, it can be even harder to properly utilize novel powers in way where they're constrained by a sufficiently believable antagonistic force while also leaving space for their use in the eventual triumph. And create enough limitations to avoid automatic resolution to future conflict.Writing this slop ain't easy.
>>153557330Hey now. There is the occasional gem of people who can actually write and create interesting situation with powers/characters/settings interacting.
>>153554013Occam's Razor - the simplest superpower wins out. Flying bricks can solve problems easier than most other kinds of heroes so they usually win out
>>153554013I'm honestly kinda sick of super powers. Unironically I want to go back to when superheroes used guns. I want the Dark Age but without all the stupid Liefeldian shit.
>>153554013They break plots
>>153557600Then they burn out on ideas and end up just resorting to "hit/blast everything hard".
>>153557171At a certain point in the story, things only ever start getting worse. At that point, you also still have about a million words to go, being only a third or so through the story. At least it has a somewhat cathartic ending.At least until the author made an infinitely worse sequel.
>>153557877We don't talk about Ward
>>153557434Which is better: piecemeal origins for every character and power, or some plot instigator like mutation/MHA quirks? Alternatively, a limited AoE, like the jumpstart effect from the Ultraverse or the Specials comet from Rising Stars?
>>153554013Punching is a very important part of comics
>>153557171It’s withstood some measure of the time test to still be having it’s fans and discussions bubbling up as much as it has more then a decade out from it’s ending.
>>153558577Everyone gets a different origin like in OPM
>>153558577A character that "breaks the rules" and learns magic while also being an alien or a billionaire techbro is easier to buy than a setting that insists on powers working this way except for the protagonist who has two mutations or has the mutation to copy other mutations or whatever.
>>153558687Fanboys can exist for absolute fucking garbage until the day they die, and in that period of time continue circlejerking over their subject of obsession basically forever.
>>153558938Most 'superheroes' in OPM are just generic animu superfighters with no special origin to their abilities. Some punch, others use a weapon, but the majority are just bricks without the flying and mostly job when anything halfway-serious appears.
>>153554013What the hell is that?
>>153554013Even characters with create powers tend to end up with repetitive and predictable uses for them.>>153556726Like it or not, anime and manga do tend to have far more variety in powers and magic systems.
>>153560007Sentry
>>153554013too hard
>>153560007Never heard of a flying brick?
we have cyclops and dazzler for blasting and colossus for smashingbut nightcrawler teleports, shadowcat passes through walls, storm can blast but can also blow and freezewolverine slices, dices, and makes julienne fries
>>153554156>>153555431Not enough elastic/shapeshifting characters.picrel
>>153556424spider-man is far more famous for his speed, agility, spider-sense, and webs than his strength
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>>153554013Because flying bricks are easy to write and are for cattle, just look at invincible
>>153556421Fuck you do you not see the potential in that?A serial hero killer that can get away with almost anything, our heroes have to put so much effort just to corner him, just think about the tension, the mystery, the fucking strategies they need to come up with, he would basically be the western version of stain from MHA but with a completely different Hax type ability
>>153564577>>153564604I am unfamiliar with this. Source?
>>153564586He beats all his baddies with punches.
>>153567528PS238 a comic series about kids at a superhero school, mainly following the one with no powers. I actually enjoy the characters and the adventurous drama that happens to them. The elastic character is featured in an arc. sadly it's on hiatus since 2022.https://ps238.nodwick.com/
>>153569908>hiatus since 2022anon...
>>153569908>>153570776Do we at least know what happened?
>>153556531What are the chances that in the times of Boys and Invincible we'll get a piece of Worm media?
>>153572316Hopefully fucking never, its fans are already obnoxious enough online.
>>153554013Anon, two out of the three most popular superheroes of all time are a non powered detective dressed like a bat and who use James Bond gadgets while the other is an acrobat themed after a spider...
>>153572357>"why doesn't Korra just waterbend all of the water out of someone's body" reddit thinking but baked deep into the setting where every character thinks like a rational mary sueKino
