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So, GAF: Pro Superhuman Registration or Against?
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Does the act cover Gods? I don't think Thor would apply lol.
Villainy was a leap, but I don't like having one of my favorite film series held up as mutant propaganda.
Exactly. I suppose it's naive of me, but I'd have to hope that most superheroes wouldn't use their status to commit crimes, and that those who do would be outmatched by the moral and just superfolk.
A person like that would get quarantined just like anyone who has a contagious disease.
Thor-girl had to register.
Parallax
best seen in the classic "Shadow of the Beast"
if theyre committing crimes, they arent superheroes anymore.
I think so. Thor was busy in Asgard during Civil War (or dead or something, I dunno. Comiczzzz) but when he came back, Tony Stark tried to lay down the law but got a smack upside the head instead.
And you seem to be taking a very idealistic stance on a very practical scenario. For the truly powerful superhumans/mutants, who is going to enforce the laws meant to control them? Even in the real world, laws don't generally amount to much without proper enforcement.
The Technomancer
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Villainy was a leap, but I don't like having one of my favorite film series held up as mutant propaganda.
Not saying its mutant propaganda or anything of the sort, I'm just saying that if we're talking about how stuff would be in the real world we can't really point to a fictional world and say "but look how poorly it turned out there".
I'd give Batman my Social Security Number if I had to. The guy's awesome.
Parallax
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batman isnt forcing superpowered beings to comply or be locked up. that and im sure shield has a note on the powers of most worlds heroes and villains anyway.
you sure about that? norman osborn was director of hammer.
So you're going to ignore the time villains hacked into Batman's computer and used the information to nearly kill the Justice League?
Batman is nuts and the only reason he gets away with what he does is because Gotham is a hellhole and Supes vouches for him.
iron man took it with him.
I didn't know about that. Don't ruin Batman for me.
Batman's a good kind of crazy though, and I'd trust him with my personal information over anybody else.
Parallax
best seen in the classic "Shadow of the Beast"
i would never underestimate the channels norman osborn has and his capacity get the things he wants.
He spent a lot of time hunting the database down. I think Tony even erased his mind to keep it from Norman.
there was one copy and it was stored in iron mans brain.
so iron man fried his own brain and turned himself into a vegetable.
(Invincible Iron Man comics spoilers below)
Iron Man put the only copy of it in his brain and then systematically reformatted his brain to get rid of it. It was one thing that he managed to do right.
Unfortunately the process of rebooting his mind reset him to before all the Civil War stuff happened, so he has kind of been absolved for all the shit he pulled.
Eh, at least the Hulk still beat him up.
But back on topic, if super-powered individuals existed, I would not support a registration act because there's nothing to be gained in making them angry.
The Hal Jordan defense, always for the win.
Parallax
best seen in the classic "Shadow of the Beast"
lets not bring him up in this.
SquiddyCracker
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If we had the power or means to control supers, then we wouldn't need special case laws for them.
If we don't have the power or means to control supers, then we couldn't enforce the special case laws for them.
But he's a perfect example of how making people register isn't going to achieve anything if someone decides to go rogue.
Parallax
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im aware, but the cop out to the whole parallax thing was fucking horrible.
Don't forget his space jailbait case.
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