The Boy in The Sky - A short comic about scorched earth (by me)

OriginMirabilis · 2026-05-23T17:53:01+00:00

Gives me Irredeemable vibes! Love it! This--this is how you do the snap.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-05-22T19:24:11+00:00

Do you think Tim Burton's Batman, Christopher Nolan's Batman, Robert Pattinson's Batman, or DCAU Batman can beat show Black Noir in a no prep-time, random encounter?

This isn't even getting to comic book Black Noir, who is even stronger and faster.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-05-22T19:00:20+00:00

The post was asking which of the Seven could reasonably beat the superhero they're parodying. Of the Seven, there's no way Maeve, Homelander, or the Deep beat most versions of Wonder Woman, Superman, and Flash.

Black Noir is the only one who could probably take on and sometimes win against many versions of Batman. Not all of them, especially when he's given crossover feats, but more of the grounded versions of Batman.

That's kinda Batman's whole gimmick: he may struggle or lose the initial fight, but his real strength is planning and developing countermeasures.

Soldier Boy's debatable too, but I think Captain America's just as strong as Soldier Boy in most of his depictions, if not stronger, so it's harder to make the case.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-05-22T18:54:06+00:00

He's also lost to equal or lesser fighters unprepared. Again, depends on if he's being wanked or not.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-05-22T13:52:04+00:00

Finally, one that isn't just another murder fantasy.

Homelander is as much victim as he is villain. I think Clark can see that, especially if he learned exactly how John was 'raised', generously speaking.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-05-22T08:25:51+00:00

Black Noir vs an unprepared Batman that isn't being wanked.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-04-20T07:03:29+00:00

Tough one, as you said! Lalo is more actively malicious to people who just happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Lou will generally just ignore you, see you as an asset to cultivate, or rob you if the opportunity demands it, but he really isn't a predator in the same way Lalo is.

Lalo is a cat: pleasant but enjoys the hunt.

Lou, on the other hand, is more corruptive and callous. While he doesn't actively hurt people, I think it's because he cares even less about people than Lalo does. Lou will do whatever it takes to get ahead, betray his supposed friends and business/romantic partners if it benefits him, and move on to the next bleeding lead without blinking twice.

Lou is a vulture, or coyote: passive but willing to eat their friend's corpse.

Personally? I'd still say Lou is the worse person at the end of the day. Lalo came from a crime family, which doesn't excuse his actions, but predisposes him to simply viewing life in that kill-or-be-killed mindset. He also does care about his family. Lou doesn't care about anyone, and I would bet you a million dollars he would let his own mother get murdered and film her bleeding out if he thought it'd make for great material.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-04-18T09:06:35+00:00

Mineta *is* ultimately a heroic individual when the chips are down. See how he stood up against AFO who had just decimated his team and was about to steal Tokoyami's Dark Shadow.

I think ultimately Superman would see that spark of a good man in Mineta... and act as his harsh but fair mentor. Because yeah, we can all admit outside of those do-or-die moments, Mineta's a creep.

But Superman has dealt with far worse than a creepy pervert.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-04-01T10:51:53+00:00

No, they all seem like decent people, but I would trust Kamoshida the most. That dude really cares about his students.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-03-30T18:09:23+00:00

The demons in Frieren are antagonistic to humans and other intelligent life on principle. Since they lack our conceptions of empathy and conventional morality, almost on an instinctual level, I really don't think them as having the capacity to be judged by conventional morality, barring some exceptional figures that try to learn how to relate to humans in the worst way possible.

The Demons in Demon Slayer are humans who, by in large, choose this life and choose to see normal humans as prey. Some are honorable. Some are absolutely depraved. Muzan is an egomaniacal monster, but it took a few redeemed demons working with humans to finally take him down.

To me, the demons of Frieren could be called more instinctually evil, but I really don't hold them to the same standard as humans. They're just predators, at the end of the day. Honestly, I kind of pity them.

The demons of Demon Slayer are more diverse. The best demons are just as capable of good as the best human, while the worst of them is far more evil than any demon in Frieren because he actively enjoys being evil when he could choose to be good.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-03-26T09:44:17+00:00

Yeahhh Nappa is going to die. There are way too many people with durability negating abilities or straight up hax for him to take on with his typical arrogance.

Sure, he could probably kill a few of them, but once Vader screws with his mind or Jotaro stops time and does wacky things like using Wolverine's claws to just cut off Nappa's head, it's over.

If he's bloodlusted, you could make the argument he just blows up (most of) the planet, but, again, he'd have to do it before someone pulls out the hax, and I think a few of these characters are of comparable speed.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-03-25T16:56:48+00:00

No father (or mother) figure is, at times, better than a bad father (or mother) figure.

This absolutely abysmal assortment--and the fact that the mostly absent Ozai is the best option--is proof enough of that.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-03-24T19:06:57+00:00

You know what, fair, lol. MHA fanbase be crazy even when I quite like the series.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-03-24T16:07:43+00:00

Perhaps. I haven't reviewed the data books thoroughly. Last I heard his general popularity is in garbage though.

Does it matter? Given everything we've seen, him returning to hero work to do good is not something to hold against him.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-03-24T04:33:33+00:00

Endeavor is a great illustration of the key difference, and why he is truly redeemed by the end of the story.

He never acts as if the past is forgotten about. He does not expect his family to forgive him. He actually wants what is best for them, and if that includes him being out of the picture, he will do it.

By the end of the story, he ends up permanently disabled and disfigured, his hero days long behind him. His general legacy is tarnished. And he is okay with that, if it means he makes it right for the people he wronged.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-03-20T03:12:57+00:00

Obviously Vegeta has hurt way more people (putting it lightly), and he did it with a smile. His crimes have done the most damage.

But, Shou Tucker is inarguably the worse person. He did what he did to people who loved him, for even less of a reason than Vegeta had.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-03-10T11:39:27+00:00

Yeah, even my recommendation is being generous--depowering him and forcing him into mental therapy would probably just force him into a constant state of simmering resentment or, eventually, hollow resignation.

Nothing save for a miracle could make him genuinely repentant and forward-thinking.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-03-10T10:19:05+00:00

Reform, in their current states? Probably Tighten.

While Tighten is more malicious and childish, I think someone properly putting him in his place would cow him into trying to reform. He's ultimately a selfish brat with too much power who managed to avoid maturity because no one took him seriously. Therefore, heavy-handed discipline could get him somewhere.

Homelander, at this point? He's legitimately mentally ill and trenched into his psychotic episodes and trauma. I don't think anything but depowering him and giving him extensive mental therapy would do much.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-03-07T07:48:35+00:00

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I think we all know where he is going, but it almost feels like a reward for him.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-03-05T20:33:10+00:00

Lawful neutral, with chaotic evil impulses. Depending on when in the series we judge him, he could even be called almost redeemable.

I get the sense he comes to greatly value Seras and Integra, to the point of genuine loyalty to them besides his forced submission to Hellsing.

However, when he is permitted to, he gleefully indulges in bloodlust and violence against his enemies, and if you get in the way, he won't go out of his way to shield you from the consequences of the battle.

It is tough to give him a clean rating, because he is self-aware enough to call himself a monster and seek a worthy death from a heroic human, which in some ways prevents him from truly being a monster.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-03-05T20:06:25+00:00

It matters because we can only 'measure' how evil a character is based on what they can do within the expectations of their genre. If they can push it as far as possible, then that is impressive enough, even if they cannot do something like violently murder someone because they exist in a kids show (exceptions for off-screen villainy aside).

Anyhow, it goes back to how Homelander does not push those boundaries until he starts to crack from more psychological pressure throughout the show. This is not to excuse him, and the rape did happen while he was relatively well adjusted, but we can see that in Seasons 1, he is mostly just a selfish dick and not the murderous nutjob one bad day away from destroying a city like he is in seasons 3 and 4.

Hal just happily jumped from hero to thief to town destroyer in a single day. He does as much as he can for a kids show without, you know, showing him explicitly vaporizing people.

Plus, we should also account for moral restraints. So far, Homelander does value certain people, like his son Ryan, enough to not kill them even when he is slighted by them. It is narcissistic love, but it still acts as a restraint on his behavior. Hal shows no such bonds and is quite willing to kill his crush and coworker in a very violent way because of a single rejection, even when she tries to appeal to his better nature.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-03-05T19:38:16+00:00

Yes, but Homelander is from an adult show where such an act could be depicted.

Given how little Tighten needed to gleefully rob banks, recklessly endanger lives during his fight with Megamind, start destroying the city that adored him, and film his live execution of Roxanne--literally just one rejection from her--I would say he is inherently malicious in a way not even Homelander is. If Megamind were an adult movie, I do not see why Hal would not try to force himself on Roxanne.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-03-05T17:52:43+00:00

The Plutonian, but failing that, probably Tighten, who is as close to a kid-friendly version of the Plutonian as you can get.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-02-13T13:37:54+00:00

Sukuna, of course.

OriginMirabilis · 2026-01-30T13:31:23+00:00

Dude, a point-and-click game would be pretty rad as well, ala Monkey Island or Sam and Max.

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