• UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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      I actually admire the sheer asspull power of that writing contrivance, I really do: it allows Doctor Doom to lose but also to never lose.

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        my favorite is when Luke cage beats him up for a 200 dollars debt, because it means a doombot hired Cage to destroy another doombot and then decided to not pay him

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            If they don’t put it in an mcu movie they’re the most cowardly cowards ever. Luke Cage punching his way in to Latveria over a petty debt just for the principle of the thing is awesome. It holds doom to the standards doom holds others to - a debt is a debt.

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              I’d enjoy that enough to actually watch it and I haven’t seen a MCU movie since, I think, Guardians of the Galaxy. The first one.

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        I would legit pull some bs like he used his immense science and sorcery powers to weave a probabiltiy manipulating spell to insure than he cannot lose, as any situation where he loses will always involve a doombot no matter what other factors arise.

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          Sort of like “quantum immortality” except from a cool villain with drip instead of a bunch of sex predator nerds that need to read another book. yud-rational

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            Yeh.

            Man, do you remember “The One”, that silly Jet Li movie where Evil Jet Li learned that if you travel across dimensions and kill your alternate selves you gain power until you’re almost a god? And then Good Jet Li and Evil Jet Li have to fight each other highlander style?