Date: 2022-12-10 03:13 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] scorntx
So Maria Hill not only tried ripping off her "Spot the Skrull" plan from Deep Space 9, she also apparently forgot it didn't work there either.

No test that a smart enough shapeshifter won't figure their way around.

Date: 2022-12-10 04:46 pm (UTC)
deh_tommy: (Default)
From: [personal profile] deh_tommy
Is that the real Tony at the end or yet another Skrull?

Date: 2022-12-12 01:10 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] blues32
They're both Skrulls, I'd wager. Just like the numerous Nick Fury clones.

Date: 2022-12-10 04:59 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] mazway_75
I'm amazed the writer openly said "Maria Hill is the epitome of competence" despite all evidence in the past to the contrary. And here, obviously the Skrulls ready for her.

Date: 2022-12-10 08:01 pm (UTC)
deh_tommy: (Default)
From: [personal profile] deh_tommy
To be fair, that was Maria Hill talking about herself, not necessarily the author speaking through her.

Date: 2022-12-10 08:12 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] tcampbell1000
TBH, I'd rather have a story where nobody seems to be holding the idiot ball, even if it's arguably inconsistent with prior portrayals. Honestly, Maria Hill's characterization history is just a mess anyway: she's been this competent and generally admirable and she's also been the one who kicked off the original superhero civil war by escalating to tranq-guns over a modest political disagreement with CAPTAIN FUCKING AMERICA. Although if that version of Maria Hill shows up in this as a Skrull--"I'm clearly the right Maria! Capture everyone who isn't me! TRANQUILIZERS! NOW!"--I might be amused enough to let it slide.

We can't just say "Well, obviously they'd be ready for that" just because we know that if they didn't have some kind of countermove, there'd be no story. Prior Skrull invasion plots were not ready for that. This approach would have been sufficient to handle those. So North is taking a story subgenre that usually has at least one faction acting like idiots and going, "Okay, but what if competence?" So I'm intrigued.

Date: 2022-12-10 10:19 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] super_fly
Only going to say two words about this: Mark Millar.

Date: 2022-12-11 03:41 pm (UTC)
deh_tommy: (Default)
From: [personal profile] deh_tommy
What’s your point?

Date: 2022-12-11 09:23 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] super_fly
Mark Millar isn't a good writer

Date: 2022-12-11 10:54 pm (UTC)
deh_tommy: (Default)
From: [personal profile] deh_tommy
What does that have to do with either Secret Invasion?

Date: 2022-12-11 11:53 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] cainofdreaming
"Hey, what's your opinion about this proposed new law? Agree or disagree?"

"Oh, is it so? Tranq him and throw him in the stocks!"

-- Reasonable Argumentation, by Maria Hill
Edited Date: 2022-12-11 12:02 pm (UTC)

Date: 2022-12-10 05:26 pm (UTC)
cainofdreaming: b/w (Default)
From: [personal profile] cainofdreaming
Because no one ever in the whole history of Skrull infiltration around several galaxies tried blood tests. There's no way they could have prepared for this!

Date: 2022-12-10 07:26 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] tcampbell1000
It always worked before, though! I mean, you can say that about almost any simple test humans could come up with, but sometimes the simple weaknesses do get overlooked, and in prior Skrull stories, they did.

After years on Squirrel Girl, Ryan seems to be taking his more thoughtful approach to the "grown-up" Marvel universe, and I'm here for it.

Date: 2022-12-10 06:48 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] numeronone
Tony (Sotto Voce): "Maria, I did your job once, and I know I don't remember how I did it,but I at least have the sense when Skrull-spotting to recognise when there is a dead man at the table."

Maria: "There...oh huh! (She shoots Strange) Ya know, my bad. His face just looks so normal I didn't even register he was in the room. I got used to all the knobbly bits and goatee!"
Edited Date: 2022-12-10 06:49 pm (UTC)

Date: 2022-12-10 08:12 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] tcampbell1000
This is great.

Date: 2022-12-10 08:29 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] scorntx
How can you tell Doctor Strange is dead? He's more useful!
*rimshot*

Date: 2022-12-10 09:30 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] beyondthefringe
Huh....
so does this take place before his death, or after his resurrection, then?

Date: 2022-12-11 03:43 pm (UTC)
deh_tommy: (Default)
From: [personal profile] deh_tommy
Is Strange back already?

Date: 2022-12-11 04:39 pm (UTC)
shadowseeking: (Default)
From: [personal profile] shadowseeking
Sort of.

Marvel just announced a new series starring him after coming back from the dead.

Date: 2022-12-11 04:50 am (UTC)
mastermahan: (Default)
From: [personal profile] mastermahan
Ha! Bravo.

Date: 2022-12-10 09:43 pm (UTC)
zylly: (Default)
From: [personal profile] zylly
Shouldn’t step one of this plan be to call Emperor Teddy? Who shows up with his husband who could probably do some magic “all Skrulls reveal themselves” trick?

Also, shouldn’t someone like Peter be -way- more concerned about the government having his blood?
Edited Date: 2022-12-10 09:44 pm (UTC)

Date: 2022-12-11 06:19 am (UTC)
cainofdreaming: b/w (Default)
From: [personal profile] cainofdreaming
And then there's the gamma blood.

Date: 2022-12-11 07:55 am (UTC)
shadowseeking: (Default)
From: [personal profile] shadowseeking
Heck, even without Billy along they likely have something to force-revert transformed Skrulls.

The fact that none of these heroes suggest calling Hulkling, Wiccan, or hell even Carol's sister just rings of them all being hot glued to the Idiot Ball.

Date: 2022-12-11 09:02 am (UTC)
thehood: (Default)
From: [personal profile] thehood
Have they mentioned Teddy in this mini series?

Date: 2022-12-11 03:46 pm (UTC)
deh_tommy: (Default)
From: [personal profile] deh_tommy
He’s not referred to by name, but in the previous issue, Maria theorises how these Skrulls are probably working right under Hulkling’s nose and that he wouldn’t approve of what they’re up to.

Date: 2022-12-12 01:09 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] blues32
Uhh...shouldn't Natasha's body be transforming back into a Skrull right now? If she's a Skrull?

Date: 2022-12-12 01:47 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] scorntx
"Don't worry, she'll turn back into a Skrull any minute now. Any second. ... ... Just you wait and see ... right about nnnnow..."
"Dammit, Hill!"

Date: 2022-12-12 04:23 pm (UTC)
cainofdreaming: b/w (Default)
From: [personal profile] cainofdreaming
"Just because they always turn back to their original forms doesn't meant they always do! I'm calling this a win!"

Date: 2022-12-12 06:08 pm (UTC)
From: [personal profile] blues32
"See?! Red! ...no wait, Skrulls are green."

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