The Darkhold: Wasp — "King Maker"

[deh_tommy]

Following a stinging personal assessment from Kang, Janet van Dyne’s doubts and frustrations regarding her marriage to fellow Avenger Hank Pym are starting to take a toll on her mental well-being.

Comments

[jgraygaming]

Unstoppable Wasp was delightful and I adore Nadia, but that wasn't Jan's book. She absolutely played an important role and I love her being "mom" but it isn't the same.

[tinygaylaura]

I do agree her time as leader of the Avengers was basically the best leadership the team ever had

Steve is good at being INSPIRING but he's not really a leader of a team

And Iron Man is...well, he's a rich white man who became a worse person after he STOPPED drinking so that says it all really...

[super_fly]

All Tony really did is replace one destructive addiction with another.

[tinygaylaura]

Busiek pretty much made it canon when he wrote the character for a time back in the 90's. Tony's addicted to the armor instead of booze now because he refuses to actually deal with the root causes of his problems

[starwolf_oakley]

What *are* the root causes of Tony's problems? Tony himself would probably say "Howard Stark." Or "I built a suit of armor to save my life and avenge Ho Yinsen, but somehow the murderous terrorists who kidnapped me were the real victims."

I used to think it was "Tony got addicted to alcohol because alcohol is addictive."

[tinygaylaura]

I mean it can pretty much be boiled down to "Howard Stark" or more specifically the fact that Howard Stark was an abusive alcoholic with all the emotional stability of a Dalek on cocaine who raised his son in the single most toxic and awful environment possible for someone born with Tony's level of privelege

[deh_tommy]

The longer an Avenger is around and the more popular they become, that is almost inevitable that their father will be revealed as being abusive, an alcoholic or both. Iron Man, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Wolverine, Hulk, Venom, Hawkeye, the list goes on. I’d include Eddie Brock but I don’t think he’s an Avenger (Flash Thompson was, though!).

[tinygaylaura]

To quote a comedy article I read once: "Where Marvel were great is that they stood out by giving their heroes relatable problems

For instance Iron Man is an alcoholic, Ms Marvel is an alcoholic, Sandman is an alcoholic, Banshee is an alcoholic and Flash Thompson is an alcoholic"

[super_fly]

Where are the superheroes that can't stop paying for microtransactions

[tinygaylaura]

They are playing Fortnite and so don't have a lot of time to fight crime

[super_fly]

And all united in cursing the name of Noobmaster69

[tinygaylaura]

I'm now just picturing Tony Stark complaining about the Friend Zone and claiming that "As a gamer I don't get respect"

[deh_tommy]

Steve Rogers playing Grand Theft Auto, c. 2004

Considering Fortnite: Battle Royale is probably canon to Earth-616 thanks to the events of Chapter 2 Season 4, and given the nature of the all-consuming time loop at the heart of its lore, does that mean Thor did in fact meet Noobmaster69 in-person?

[jgraygaming]

Steve's actually a great field leader. There's few better at on the fly battle tactics. Jan, on the other hand, was a great leader who could also administrate and that's rarer still.

[tinygaylaura]

Yeah that's what I mean

Steve's great in the field because he's a smart fighter and he's got that presence that makes people want to follow him when he tells them to do something

But Jan is a better all rounder