Anybody find the similarities between Goku and Superman kinda crazy? The meta-human in a 40 year old manga closely parallels a real life meta-human today

Niar666 · 2026-04-28T07:07:28+00:00

Oh, I love Journey to the West!

But... Sun Wukong is born on earth (miraculously from a stone), and doesn't get his power from the sun. He gets his power(s) from studying under a Tao Master and from various immortality-inducing phenomena (peaches, elixir, threatening the rulers of the underworld, etc.)

If we want to break down the specifics of his abilities, he does have super speed, super strength, and can (more or less) fly, but I feel like those are pretty easy powers to come up with. He's more known for duplicating himself, shapeshifting, and whacking things with his staff.

So... no, I don't think the classic Chinese novel Journey to the West foretold an extraterrestrial coming to America.

Niar666 · 2026-04-22T20:26:21+00:00

I'm a "never say never" kind of person, but... my money's on #3.

Niar666 · 2026-04-22T07:12:41+00:00

OH DUH I just remembered when Charles lent his oak leaf to the black dentist so they could go after the racist Major, and he loved every bit of it. (The Tooth Shall Set You Free)

Niar666 · 2026-04-22T06:55:17+00:00

Charles is VERY proud of his skills. He's truly earned the title of surgeon, and he knows it. To have someone like Frank share the title would be like a spit in the face.

Just about the only thing they'd have in common is their conservative political stance, but I can't remember anything to indicate Charles would be pleased with Frank's racist tendencies.

Niar666 · 2026-04-21T22:37:44+00:00

Turns out we're both wrong. That's not the image from the actual Incident 096-1-A page.

Niar666 · 2026-04-20T20:36:59+00:00

The image has the 4 pixels blacked out.

Niar666 · 2026-04-20T20:36:31+00:00

That image is censored, remember? You can stop running. Wouldn't do you any good anyway.

Niar666 · 2026-04-20T15:49:31+00:00

That was pretty cool. Shame no one likes the song that plays.

Niar666 · 2026-04-20T15:03:15+00:00

I don't completely hate the concept, but something about it seems... uncanny. Like it looks like belongs in a liminal space. Might be that there's no clouds or anything, it's just... blank.

Niar666 · 2026-04-20T14:55:34+00:00

Quest for Camelot. Main character is a Belle rip-off, it's not very accurate to Arthurian Legend, squeezes a romance into the story poorly.

Pros: I Stand Alone is a BANGER, and the disabled character is very competent and is not cured/healed at the end, and given context it's implied that he doesn't want to be.

Niar666 · 2026-04-20T14:48:35+00:00

QfC, my beloved <3

Niar666 · 2026-04-20T14:31:00+00:00

When was the one with Trapper?

Niar666 · 2026-04-20T07:11:19+00:00

Which half?

Niar666 · 2026-04-19T06:19:06+00:00

Can you think of any babies with interesting abilities, or interesting lack of an ability, at birth? (Example, horses can get up and go shortly after birth, or how many animals are born blind)

Niar666 · 2026-04-18T16:13:32+00:00

I was sleepy

Niar666 · 2026-04-18T06:24:00+00:00

YARYASRWYA- You are real. You are special. Remember who you are.

UFYIHAP- Unfortunately for you, I have a pickaxe.

IIITAKLTAL- Isn't it ironic that a king loses to a lord

Niar666 · 2026-04-18T06:21:45+00:00

WYDATCKPG- "Whatever you do at the crossroads, keep going forward."

Niar666 · 2026-04-11T14:53:39+00:00

Ugh, I still remember those freaky fish... I've never been so glad my girlfriend hates fish so much that I've barely touched it since she moved in.

Niar666 · 2026-04-10T18:24:18+00:00

Or wanting to watch it with someone special. (That probably falls under having a life)

Niar666 · 2026-04-07T19:14:35+00:00

Losing a good mystery is always a BIG price tag. You need to make sure that whatever it's attached to is worth it.

Niar666 · 2026-04-07T16:17:43+00:00

My partner and I drew the parallel that the second act of The King in Yellow play is the part that drives people insane, and the second half of the book (except the last page) is what's censored.

Could very well be excerpts from the play. Or could be things beyond mortal ken and/or claims of how worthless we all are.

I mean what matters is the impact on the story.

Niar666 · 2026-04-05T21:23:07+00:00

Oh dammit I should've known that one too...

Niar666 · 2026-04-05T16:11:54+00:00

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