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  1. TwiLyghtSansSparkles
    I got the impression that the Rending begins the moment an Epic gets their powers, and is compelled to use them to their full extent, in the most destructive ways possible. That's the beginning, when the corruption is allowed to take root. I think gifters can resist the corruption after that, the way Prof did, but the corruption still sets in. The more power used, the more corruption sets in and the stronger it is, as we see with Megan post-resurrection. With Euphoria, I think she'd definitely use her powers to bend people to her will, similar to how Quota uses his. Only in Euphoria's case, she'd create legions of happy slaves, whereas Quota just makes his victims too terrified and/or depressed to flee. Her Rending could have been extremely creepy, what with her dosing vanillas with high levels of happiness only to cheerily murder them.
  2. TwiLyghtSansSparkles

    Obliteration may be terrifying, but his attachment to his glasses is one of his most sympathetic traits.

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      TwiLyghtSansSparkles

      Yes. We'll spare eye doctors and manufacturers of eyewear, wreaking terrible vengeance upon everyone who threatens them or manhandles our glasses.

    3. Kobold King

      Kobold King

      It's been suggested that I might need glasses, do to my habit of walking into walls and trees. I have always rejected these suggestions on the grounds that glasses corrupt their wearers, which you guys are steadily proving. :P

    4. Slowswift

      Slowswift

      Whaaat? We glasses-wearers aren't corrupt at all. In fact, if you've read Alcatraz, you'll know we're the exact opposite. :)

  3. TwiLyghtSansSparkles
    I would so read that. Comics rarely upset the status quo to any extreme degree. There are exceptions, like the death of Gwen Stacey, and the death of Captain America, but killing Lex Luthor is an idea no comics editor would agree to publish. And that's a shame. As you pointed out, the ramifications would be well worth exploring, and I for one would love to see them explored.
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    "Why? Why are you so determined to be the bad guy?" Maybe? Maybe David amused him somehow? Or maybe he wanted to see how Steelslayer became a "slayer of angels"? Obliteration isn't erratic, which implies a pattern, but he is unpredictable. Maybe, like your fitting graphic implies, he's like Heath Ledger's Joker: He wants to watch the world burn, but he has a plan for which parts will burn first. Kind of like how when you start a campfire, you arrange the wood in a certain way and start with kindling so every piece catches fire. How is Obliteration setting up his campfire?
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    There has to be a pattern to who he spares in the short term, though. He attacks the bystanders on the roof in his first scene, and tries to kill David. When David survives, he doesn't fly into a murderous rage. He doesn't make every meeting with him an attempt on his life. He even pauses to talk with him, for crying out loud. What is the pattern here?
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    Prof is kind of unique among Epics in that he uses both a codename (or nickname, if you will) and his real name. I always thought the codenames were born out of fear of someone discovering their weaknesses. It's kind of hard to find someone's greatest fear if you don't know their name and have nothing to go off but a word like "Steelheart" or "Fortuity." Regalia's was known, as she was a TV star prior to Calamity, but I got the impression she thought herself powerful enough to not bother with that too terribly much. Her subjects all called her by her codename, so whatever problems could have come from her name being known seem to have been taken care of.
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    Didn't he say killing Regalia was part of their arrangement, though? I know that's not a sacrifice on her part since she was dying anyway, but I seem to recall him saying that he'd destroy the whole city, Regalia included.
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    I'm thinking I'll just keep him as far away from Funtimes as possible. Would he kill her outright, would he urge her to "confess her sins," or would he stare in confusion as she crab-walked from the room? Best to leave these questions unanswered.
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    It wasn't already difficult?
  10. TwiLyghtSansSparkles
    Could be. It could also be that he kills Epics he doesn't think will belong in the new world, gets them out of the way early. He might also go after those like Regalia, who both enjoy being wicked and rule territories.
  11. TwiLyghtSansSparkles
    YOU get it. Don't mess with our glasses. It's just. Not. Cool. As far as likening characters to prophecies from Revelation goes, I'm not sure how much of that would fit in with what we know of his worldview. He tells David he believes all Epics are metaphorical Horsemen, yet as has been pointed out, he kills Epics. Maybe this has something to do with the end of Revelation, where John says there was a "new Heaven and a new Earth"? Maybe he kills the Epics he thinks will hinder that part of the prophecy?
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    And it would help him keep a ball and chain on hand "for emergencies." As someone who wears glasses, the moments when Obliteration had his stolen were the moments I sympathized with him the most. Especially since there's a good chance David and Prof manhandled the lenses and got their stupid fingerprints all over, and do you know how hard it is to find a good lens cleaner in the apocalypse? He can't just wipe them on his shirt, because then they'll still be all oily and streaky... .... Where was I again? Um, yeah....I think the glasses are important to Obliteration. For one reason or another.
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    Fact number one: Obliteration is terrifying. Fact number two: No matter how terrifying you think he is, on a reread or recap, you learn he's so much worse. I wonder if his enhanced strength was something he had all along and rarely used, or something Regalia gave him, or enhanced even further.
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    I think a good limit to add would be that she has to touch whatever she's draining, unless it's a source that radiates large and constant amounts, like the sun. Otherwise, she could just walk into a crowd and kill everyone within ten feet of her before burning everyone else to death.
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    The Superman S would fit that ideology. Well, unless they use the symbol from Man of Steel, which apparently means "indiscriminate property damage."
  17. TwiLyghtSansSparkles
    I regret only that I have but one upvote to give.
  18. TwiLyghtSansSparkles
    Well. If said supervillain girlfriend has been vetted during a crisis, what better way to ensure said supervillain girlfriend is kept in line than by taking her to a man who can literally create weapons out of thin air?
  19. TwiLyghtSansSparkles
    What a charming man. "Hello, high ranking official. I think you're a moron. Please say things that will justify my own belief." Though I will admit he has an excellent point; he just conveyed it in the grouchiest way possible.
  20. TwiLyghtSansSparkles
    From The Ballad of Backtrack, Book One: And upon this day, when the sun was bright Backtrack was smitten with plywood's might A splinter lodged in his finger true "Woe is me!" he cried as the wind blew Off his hat, he hadn't known he'd liked Until that moment when it became a kite He coiled up on the ground so cold Feeling as lowly as blue-green mold. CHORUS Oh Backtrack, Backtrack, when will the fates decide You have had enough? When will they lose their pride?
  21. TwiLyghtSansSparkles
    True. It also makes Reader even more of a slontze for bringing up Ty, though.
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    I don't remember if I know it or not....
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    Pony!Rainmaker looks awesomely insane.
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    And speaking of her supposed lack of childishness, I'd disagree. Regalia was childish, but not in the "I need what I need and I need it now" sort of way we see from Epics like Megan and Prof. She was childish in the sense that no one was allowed to be better than her. Not in the sense of power levels--I think she'd accepted that Calamity gives some powers to certain Epics and if she didn't have a PI, that was just the way things were--but in a moral sense. She gave into her darker inclinations while Prof suppressed his, making him her moral superior. Regalia couldn't handle this. She couldn't abide the notion that he was better than she was, and she couldn't make herself good again, so what does she do? She makes Prof evil. Once he was fully corrupted and she could look down on him again, she could die happy.
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