That is your comeback, really? Distorting the truth? Who is the real super villain here? Certainly not The Democratic Commission on Global Protection and Social Values.
Yes, my "retort" was sophomoric and rushed, but was a direct response to such sound attacks as "Samus is a cheap, unlicensed parody" and "Captain America just walks around with a shield" (that and I was running late and had to scurry off to go prolong some lives)
But I have found some holes in your master plan actually based on precedent:
Superman already has experience taking on a supposedly benevolent evil mastermind with the will of the people behind him. Afterall, his own arch-nemisis
Lex Luthor became the American President with similar promises of peace and prosperity for all, dramatic healthcare reform, aggressive economic and security restructuring, no child left hungry, no person left suffering all while waging a shadow war and smeer campaign with the clout of the oval office against the Man of Steel.
Sound Familar? And did Supes sulk away into hiding for the betterment of the world? No, he uncovered incriminanting evidence against President Luthor, revealed the Commander-in-Chief's true character to the world and got his sinister nemisis impeached.
You're next Emperor.
Also, your irrational distaste for
Captain America has blinded you to the superhero's actual character, otherwise you'd never have suggested he'd quietly step aside during this propaganda powergrab. The Avengers leader spent the final days of his life in defiant protest of a "for the better good" law he bitterly resented, which put him at odds with the public, media and his own former friends and allies, including Iron Man, soley because Cap refused to submit.
Cap ain't going anywhere. Oh, and it should be mentioned, in that final face-off,
Captain America beat down Iron Man: a brilliant scientific mind with a military aresenal and the power of flight, also known as Norman Osborn x 1,000. Not bad for a guy who just "walks around with a shield".
And you know, when it really comes down to it, who better to expose an insideous plot than
the friggin' Goddess of Wisdom. No matter how detailed and sneaky your plan is, you're not pulling a fast one on Athena, who also controls the enlightenment of earth's people.
Additionally, I am continually dismayed as to how you discount the
two actual Gods on my rosters as run-of-the-mill heroes easily dispatched by whatever minion you choose to throw at them.
Gozer's power to shapeshift into any monster her enemy thinks of can easily be turned on her (as shown in the movie) and I have no doubt if four mortals accidently stumbled onto this secret in the movie, that it's not too tough a mystery for the friggin' Goddess of Wisdom.
Apocalypse meanwhile is a supremely powerful mutant with advanced alien technology, but he's not a God.
Raiden however is. And since we've established Supes and Cap aren't going anywhere, I'm betting the trio can occupy the immortal mutant while
Samus and Lancelot, guided by Athena, embark on a quest for
Mr. Sinister's plague that forced Apocalypse into a century-long suspended hibernation.
And on second thought, you're right,
Samus IS just like Boba Fett, except that she's completely awesome and actually does cool things. Parody? Hardly. If anything the game designers said "Let's take Boba Fett and actually make him worthy of the hype. And while we're at it, let's make our hero an incredibly gorgeous woman."
Similarties: Space Bounty Hunters. Spify Suits.
Differences: Samus infiltrates complex labyrinths, takes out armies of aliens, space pirates, monsters and corrupted hunters, battles with a Chivalric code of justice and honor to both avenge the deaths of her parents and protect the universe.
Boba Fett quietly follows fugitives he's contracted to capture before calling his bosses so they can take care of it themselves, occasionally says a series of monosyballic words to form a sentence, almost fires his gun a few times, gets accidently knocked into pits by temporarily blind people.
And so, that just leaves
the Rabbit of Caerbannog, and apparently its seemingly infinite clones ... because I guess we can do that. Anyway, according to several voters, this seems to be the deathblow to my team. So if they believe that vicious little rascal can circumvent
blasts from Superman's heat vision and ice breath, a flurry of lightning bolts from Raiden, Captain America's deadly accurate boomerang shield, Samus' entire aresenal of plasma cannon blasts, ice beams, rockets and bombs, the lance and sword of Lancelot that's bested dragons and knights and the wisdom and godly spear of Athena, I'll just have to accept it and say I'm honored my team went down battling bravely like the true heroes they are.
Doesn't Tarzan control the Animal Kingdom? 'Nuff said.
