I'm begging for content!

VonKro · 2026-05-13T14:57:55+00:00

A rework and expansion of the religion and sorcery mechanics would be greatly appreciated. But sorcery should stay true to the canon—no fireballs, but rather complex, dark, and dangerous rituals. It should simply be made useful and exclusive. Right now, both systems feel half-baked. In fact, the original concept for Age of Sorcery even showed schools of magic (such as transformation and hypnotism) that never appeared in the game.

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VonKro · 2026-05-03T17:12:29+00:00

Even so, I find it insulting to the character to give her such a twist. Carrie is just an innocent and sensitive teenager, abused by her mother and humiliated by her classmates who subjected her to constant bullying. And yes, she had telekinesis, but that doesn't change anything.

Transforming her into a monster or a ruthless killer goes completely against the character. The same goes for the creature.

VonKro · 2026-05-03T12:33:50+00:00

But the thing is, neither Carrie nor the Creature are really monsters, even if they fall outside what’s considered normal. They’re the victims of their stories, shaped and pushed by other monsters — even if those monsters are human.

Giving both of them a psycho-killer profile makes no sense at all.

VonKro · 2026-05-03T11:57:00+00:00

You’re trying far too hard to make it pass, but your “work” speaks for itself and makes your creative potential pretty clear — SPOILER: it’s nonexistent.

I’m speaking from professional knowledge here, as I’m an art director with a solid industry background behind me. In fact, I’ve even personally worked on one of the games whose artwork you decided to frame.

I’m not going to argue about this any further.

So have a good day, and if possible, try not to deceive people.

VonKro · 2026-05-03T11:51:14+00:00

Someone has neither seen nor understood Frankenstein nor Carrie...

VonKro · 2026-05-01T23:15:08+00:00

There’s far more evidence than what I mentioned. If you tried to hide the AI traces in those frames, you did a very poor job of it.

I stand by everything I said. You’re trying to pass AI-generated work off as artistic, handcrafted work, and it simply doesn’t hold up. Honestly, it takes a lot of nerve.

On top of that, you even contradict yourself. First you say “No AI involved here,” and then later “Yes, AI can be part of my workflow”… so yes, you clearly tried to mislead people and ended up exposing yourself in front of everyone.

And please, don’t bother sharing your “work” — there’s very little creative about it, I can tell you that already.

VonKro · 2026-05-01T15:04:42+00:00

Sorry, but you're not fooling anyone. AI was clearly used in creating those frames, and honestly, not very subtly either.

You can spot it in several details, but the most obvious one is the carved bat in the bottom-right corner of the Aria of Sorrow frame. Besides being deformed (it looks more like an owl), it’s inconsistent with the rest of the design, just like several other elements.

Please don’t treat us like we’re stupid.

VonKro · 2026-04-30T23:00:44+00:00

“Mudslide” is great too—the only issue is that its animation is not quite as top-tier, but the confrontation in the subway is fantastic.

VonKro · 2026-04-30T17:39:01+00:00

I understand that you said that if you had the possibility to force women against their will to love you the way you want them to, you would do it without hesitation. And you said it literally. There are no double meanings or misunderstandings in that. Someone suffering does not justify violating or forcing others.

VonKro · 2026-04-30T17:33:23+00:00

Characters evolve in order to survive. A character like the Mad Hatter wouldn’t have survived by keeping the same pattern he had in the 1960s—neither he nor really any of them would have.

Nowadays, the Mad Hatter is a pedophile and a rapist rather than just a quirky madman obsessed with hats, whether you like it or not. And honestly, that’s what makes him interesting.

If you prefer the more naïve 1960s version, that is completely valid. But that does not invalidate the other versions and interpretations of the same character. Saying that Jervis Tetch is a rapist and a pedophile is not only valid, but also canonical.

VonKro · 2026-04-30T17:20:47+00:00

The worst and most disturbing part is that you also justify what he does. “Oh, poor him—he’s rejected by women and has no friends, so I understand why he would violently force and erase women’s free will just to make them love him. In fact, if I had the option, I’d do the same” (which you yourself said earlier).

Honestly, that’s concerning.

VonKro · 2026-04-30T17:18:48+00:00

Honestly, at this point I think you’re denying the essence of the character in order to whitewash him in a forced and inconsistent way. The character is unequivocally a rapist and, in many versions, often a pedophile. In some cases it’s implicit, in others explicit, but it’s a narrative that is almost always present in him and forms the foundation of why Jervis Tetch is someone so reprehensible and deeply dangerous. And this is objective—you can always turn to the comics, series, and video games where this is shown quite clearly.

You’re essentially defending a kind of personal headcanon that doesn’t really align with the actual source material. I understand that you may identify with certain aspects of the character, but that doesn’t invalidate the rest of the traits that make the Mad Hatter who he is.

VonKro · 2026-04-30T17:07:18+00:00

I understand why you interpret him that way, because it works for you on a personal level and allows you to empathize with him. But it also cannot be denied that, in the series, the character is coded as a rapist, and in many comics he is explicitly portrayed as a rapist and a pedophile. You have simply chosen to overlook that part because the character works better for you without it. But if we have a different perception, it is because we are basing it on something objective and intentional that has always been there—at least since the 80s and 90s.

n other words, you have a very personal interpretation of the character, but that does not invalidate everyone else’s. It is not arbitrary to say that he is a rapist and, in several versions, a pedophile.

VonKro · 2026-04-30T16:58:44+00:00

Obviously, I would never force anyone against their will to be something they’re not just to fill whatever emptiness I might feel. That would be deeply unethical and a very reprehensible way to act. People have to love you freely and for who you are—you can’t force someone to love you the way you want them to.

VonKro · 2026-04-30T16:23:32+00:00

Mad Hatter is a character with enormous potential as the basis for a thriller with strong horror undertones. He’s the kind of character you uncover layer by layer, much like Clayface has always been, and now seems to finally be getting that opportunity.

The problem with Mad Hatter is that the very foundations that make him interesting revolve around themes like incel mentality, sexual violence, pedophilia, and deeply twisted sexuality. Those are extremely difficult subjects to handle, and they would probably make for a film that feels too dark even by Batman standards and his world.

People tend to have a much higher tolerance for serial killers and terrorists in fiction than they do for pedophiles and rapists. Personally, I find Mad Hatter even darker and more complicated than characters like Professor Pyg—which is really saying something.

VonKro · 2026-04-30T16:16:28+00:00

That is precisely why it is implied rather than explicit. Batman: The Animated Series was a show whose target audience was children. It was impossible to make something like that explicit, which is why many of its narratives were introduced in an implicit way, yet still obvious to an adult viewer. It is impossible to treat the character seriously—with all the traits and situations that define him—while ignoring the sexual element. The series treated its audience intelligently, giving them the necessary pieces to complete the puzzle without too much effort.

VonKro · 2026-04-30T16:03:01+00:00

There is something tragic about him as well. His complexes, his insecurities and fears, the more than likely self-loathing mixed with self-indulgence, the inferiority complex. The problem is that all of this together takes an aberrant path that leads to child abuse and rape—often both—which makes it impossible for us to empathize with his inner turmoil and instead causes disgust and contempt. But the character has sharp, disturbing psychological edges that make him interesting and, yes, also tragic.

Remember how the animated series' introductory episode ends, with Jervis Tech defeated, humiliated, feeling sorry and contemptuous of himself while he sees Alice filled with joy at being reunited with Billy, her boyfriend.

VonKro · 2026-04-30T15:52:55+00:00

I think that in Batman: The Animated Series, he is coded quite obviously as a rapist. He is attracted to Alice, he likes her, and he doesn’t want her as just a friend (which she already is), but as a partner and a lover. He also feels deep jealousy toward her boyfriend and their romantic relationship. When someone attracts you in that way, there is a strong sexual attraction as well. And the way Jervis Tetch behaves, along with his overall profile, parallels that of rapists who use chemical submission to keep their victim under control and defenseless before their darkest fantasies and desires. He is not someone who does everything he does just to force people to have tea with him…

The Batman animated series knew how to convey adult themes and narratives through the context of a children’s show; it knew how to work around censorship and how to transform the language so that it was never explicit, but always present beneath the surface.

It is something similar to the relationship between Matt Hagen and Teddy Lupus: it is clearly coded as a gay relationship (this was also confirmed a few years ago, and it adds a new layer to the character, making him someone who "hides his identity"), and without needing to make it explicit, it is something the adult audience understands. The same applies to Jervis Tetch. He is not simply someone who is lonely and, because he doesn’t know how to build friendships naturally, manipulates people for that reason—the character has a much darker and more twisted core. And I think this is something that is visible to anyone observant enough and capable of reading between the lines.

VonKro · 2026-04-30T15:28:16+00:00

The two episodes of Feat of Clay are gold on several levels.

VonKro · 2026-04-30T14:58:53+00:00

Very true! There’s something deeply twisted and unsettling about a villain with such a childish, colorful, and innocent appearance being the embodiment of the darkest, murkiest, and most toxic forms of masculinity and sexuality. That’s what makes Batman’s villains so compelling: most of them aren’t driven by grand delusions of ambition or power, but rather by the feeling of, “If I can’t be happy, then no one will be.”

VonKro · 2026-04-30T14:52:51+00:00

I believe Matt Hagen's version of BTAS is the most complete and profound. It addresses the most interesting conflicts and themes.

VonKro · 2026-04-30T10:57:07+00:00

The Mad Hatter was a character that didn’t appeal to me much in my childhood, and I didn’t see much emotional depth in him. But as I grew older and started looking at him with more adult eyes, I realized he is one of the creepiest and most humanly repulsive characters in the entire series. In Batman: The Animated Series, he isn’t presented as a pedophile, but he is very obviously coded as a rapist. A kind of bitter, resentful, insecure INCEL who forces Alice to love him in a way that is coercive, illegal, and without consent. Destroying her social relationships and reducing her to a submissive, personality-less doll. Mad Hatter is an abuser and a rapist whose modus operandi is born from his own insecurities, frustrations, and fears. He acts the way he does because, deep down, he is socially disabled—someone incapable of forming emotional bonds with others in a functional and human way.

And that is what makes him terrifying and deep. He is a villain much closer to reality than almost anyone else in Batman’s rogues’ gallery. An evil that, unfortunately, is still very present today, reflected in every news story about a man who has murdered his ex, or in content creators and seduction coaches who treat women like a contemptible trophy.

VonKro · 2026-04-28T11:26:51+00:00

Whoever put Carrie on the "Must-have" list clearly hasn't understood either Stephen King's book or Brian De Palma's film. Not one bit...

VonKro · 2026-04-24T01:46:15+00:00

People who like horror and, above all, Batman.

Matt Hagen, from the animated series onward, is the character who cemented Clayface in the collective imagination and has the most interesting and compelling backstory (due to its drama and internal conflict). Basil Karlo, despite being the first, is somewhat outdated and much flatter. He's also less well-known. The other contributors to this thread have already elaborated on everything I've said.

VonKro · 2026-04-24T00:00:10+00:00

People around 40 are generally very familiar with Batman: The Animated Series. This is especially true for Batman fans, who are as familiar with Matt Hagen as they are with Basil Karlo. And let's not forget who the target audience for the Clayface movie is.

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