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7/22/2025, 11:48:19 PM
>>149507686
>But it never works for long, because the problem is systemic to the idea of an "ongoing superhero universe".
It really isn't. There have been long running action oriented stories that have avoided this bullshit. They do that shit by not relying on constantly escalating stakes. It isn't a waste of a hero's abilities to have them dealing with down to earth bullshit when they could be fighting evil space gods or super terrorists or punching asteroids if you don't have the earth beset by 50 of each of those at any given moment.
And if a character can't be challenged by down to earth stories, DON'T CREATE THAT FUCKING CHARACTER!!! (or else use them mostly for comedy)
That deals with your stakes problem, the only other issue is feeling like you need to constantly reuse villains, but most ongoing stories DON'T FUCKING DO THAT. Comic writers are just hacks.
God fucking damn it, tokusatsu has capeshit with shared universes and those heroes aren't constantly dealing with the same ass-hats. This is entirely a fucking skill issue.
>But it never works for long, because the problem is systemic to the idea of an "ongoing superhero universe".
It really isn't. There have been long running action oriented stories that have avoided this bullshit. They do that shit by not relying on constantly escalating stakes. It isn't a waste of a hero's abilities to have them dealing with down to earth bullshit when they could be fighting evil space gods or super terrorists or punching asteroids if you don't have the earth beset by 50 of each of those at any given moment.
And if a character can't be challenged by down to earth stories, DON'T CREATE THAT FUCKING CHARACTER!!! (or else use them mostly for comedy)
That deals with your stakes problem, the only other issue is feeling like you need to constantly reuse villains, but most ongoing stories DON'T FUCKING DO THAT. Comic writers are just hacks.
God fucking damn it, tokusatsu has capeshit with shared universes and those heroes aren't constantly dealing with the same ass-hats. This is entirely a fucking skill issue.
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