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WARNING: includes a moment of social commentary about one of the performers that I can’t confirm or denounce
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“Oh crap, I’m going the wrong way!”
Caspian Porter #0
SnowyWorks (June, 2022, second “printing”)
“My Ray Gun Is My Jetpack”
WRITER/LETTERER/CREATOR: Drew D. Lenhart
ARTIST/COLORIST: Juan Fleites
COVER COLORS: Jonathan Wetmore
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Where’s the incentive? The big two are owned by companies who only see comics as IP or merchandise, collectibles instead of storytelling. The indie publishers are off doing their own thing, but if they get picked up Hollywood (the same mindset as the people who own the big two) will just alter everything because they used a script they had in the back for years and just used your branding. Comic creators seem to accept comic’s low position in the media pecking order so they don’t try to push comic like they should. That makes it more difficult to have a breakout comic. You have to make the comic good, not just generate a movie proof of concept.
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I’ve referred to “Pet Character Syndrome” a time or two on this site. A “pet character” is one so beloved by the writer (whether they created that character or not) that they refuse to believe nobody else does either. Pet Character Syndrome is the result. It leads to the pet character being a Mary Sue/Gary Stu if they’re ever challenged by anything at all. It goes beyond simple “plot armor” and results in the exact opposite of the intent, leading to a strong dislike of the character, even people liked him or her. Think Dave Filoni and his surrogate “daughter”, Asoka Tano, or how I always complain about Simon Furman’s treatment of Grimlock in his Transformers stories.
Hated Character Syndrome is thus the complete opposite. A “hated character” is one so despised by the writer (usually a character they didn’t create) that they refuse to believe everybody else doesn’t, either. Hated Character Syndrome is then the result. It leads to the hated character being treated in the worst possible sense, made the villain or the most annoying character to the point where you ask why they’re there…except it’s because the character DOES have fans. Think Mary Jane Watson, Simon Furman’s treatment of Prowl, and a bunch of others we’ll be talking about in this article.
Now sometimes they are right and at least a strong enough voice comes up in opposition. Scrappy-Doo and the original Snarf come to mind. On the other hand they also have fans like myself. Jar-Jar Binks is an odd one as he has fans and haters in seemingly equal measure, while nobody is celebrating Rey Palpatine outside of brand loyalists and the politically “correct”. It’s always easy to tell when a character is a pet or hated because the writer will absolutely let you know it. It’s why I can’t stand Wolverine, because too many writers insist that the savage version is the best character ever and refuses to let him find happiness and relax. That’s actually a pet “version” of a character, which is just digging too deep for this discussion. Let’s focus on the pets versus the hated.
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“Looks like the beach came to us.”
Sonic The Hedgehog #83
Archie Comics Publications (June, 2000)
“Menace To Society”
WRITER: Karl Bollers
PENCILER: Steven Butler
INKER: Pam Eklund
COLORIST: Frank Gagliardo
LETTERER: Jeff Powell
EDITOR: J.F. Gabrie
(first names courtesy of the Grand Comics Database because they aren’t in the comic)
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A go-to example I like to use is in the pilot episode of Darkwing Duck. Putting on the motorcycle helmet, something he thought wasn’t cool, to ensure he had a safe landing and could rescue Gosalyn, shows the progression of his character arc. The scene that makes it work, where Gosalyn is pointing out how unsafe the bike is, shows that she’s grown fond of DW and doesn’t want to lose someone else she cares about like she did her parents and her grandfather. It doesn’t have to tell us anything; it shows us and assumes the audience (and this IS a kids show) is smart enough to catch it, even if only subconsciously. Small moments are absolutely important.
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How Many People Have The Entertainment Industry Ticked Off?
I’ve been spending the day sleeping and watching a playthrough of Assassin’s Creed: Shadows. I already have articles covering this game’s failings leading up to today’s launch here, here, and here, and even in the hours before launch it still managed to get on people’s nerves, the Japanese government’s nerves, the franchise’s fans’ nerves, historians’ nerves…basically everyone it can piss off is pissed off. Watch Az from HeelVsBabyface playing through the game on and off (he’s over 8 hours in just when I stopped to get something out today), there’s also bad AI in a game where you’re supposed to stealthily kill people, odd dialog, and decent visuals. So basically James Cameron’s Avatar franchise is the standard.
Since I’ve gone over this game so much a new angle would be trying to compile a list of everyone mad at this game, but why stop there? The Hollywood mindset, which includes non-Hollywood connected video games (who wish they were Hollywood) and comics (the top two companies owned by Hollywood for lazy idea collecting for the “important” media), has got a lot of people mad and they aren’t afraid to go online and let an uncaring Hollywood, and the people Hollywood keeps trying to get money out of, all about it.
While this won’t be a complete or comprehensive list, since that would take way too long, it is an overview of everyone the entertainment industry has ticked off, because it’s surprisingly not just the fans. I am going to start with them, though.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on March 20, 2025 in Animation Spotlight, Comic Spotlight, Movie Spotlight, Streaming Spotlight, Television Spotlight, Video Game Spotlight and tagged comics, commentary, Hollywood, media, streaming series, Television and Movies, video games.
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