Avengers: The Initiative #26

[xdoop.insanejournal.com]

This is from Avengers: The Initiative #26, by Christos Gage and Rafa Sandoval.

Comments

[long_silence.insanejournal.com]

I thought a big part of the Hood's new role as criminal kingpin was that he didn't sacrifice his cronies. That's why they were loyal to him. He walked right up to jail and broke all of his people out. A lot of times.

And now he's sending almost a dozen to their deaths. I mean you can only blame so much on Dormammu's influence.

And I thought Taskmaster actually liked Butterball.

And I still hate that Trauma is a psychologist. I mean it's great for the character yes. But it's ridiculous that this high school drop out, a kid who has never even been to college, is a psychologist. Yes his powers give him special insight with certain patients, but there's plenty of things that they can't help him with. It's like he just woke up one day and decided that he was going to be a therapist, and suddenly he was. Diagnosing Robbie as M.F.C.C. just makes it worse, when did this kid ever take the time to study these things? It's criminal that he's actually on staff.

[foxhack.insanejournal.com]

Yes, but that's Butterball. Nothing can hurt him. He may like him but he realizes nothing bad will happen to him... maybe the fight could "toughen" him up?

[bariman1987.insanejournal.com]

Well, there's the massive psychological trauma/survivor's guilt that would result from seeing dozens of people slaughtered in front of you while you aren't injured. Not to mention the many ways his nigh-invulnerability could work against him, like being buried alive but not able to dig himself out, or falling off the edge of the prison and floating endlessly out in the Negative Zone.

[foxhack.insanejournal.com]

But this is Marvel? Life-scarring? That's how you make a MAN OUTTA HIM!

*shoots some editors*

[01d55.insanejournal.com]

Well those are all things that Taskmaster wouldn't think of, because Taskmaster is an amoral mercenary.

A guy like that, just because he likes you doesn't mean he's always gonna have your best interest at heart.

[xandertarbert.insanejournal.com]

Hmm, I thought we didn't see him for a few issues in the beginning because he was being trained to be at least a therapist? Hell, all he needs to do is call himself a life coach and he's fine. No qualifications needed. So we know he has what I'll call battlefield psychology training, and is working with people who seem to disregard any law they see fit to do what they want. Have a kid on staff as a therapist? No problem!

[xdoop.insanejournal.com]

It seems like all the people he's sending are from the Initiative, and not members of his criminal syndicate.

[aaron_bourque.insanejournal.com]

I thought a big part of the Hood's new role as criminal kingpin was that he didn't sacrifice his cronies.

He may not see the Initiative as "his cronies."

[jlbarnett.insanejournal.com]

these are guys who signed up with the Initiative, rather than Hood's gang in particular. So he isn't directly in control of them I don't think.