Why is Darkseid so popular? He is literally evil with few to none redeeming qualities
Why is Darkseid so popular? He is literally evil with few to none redeeming qualities
Ryan Rodriguez
Michael Robinson
>He is literally evil with few to none redeeming qualities
Isaac Allen
That's the point.
Jace James
Cool powers, cool design, cool speeches, and, if you've read the original New Gods by Kirby, he's a surprisingly interesting character.
Jordan Wright
>New Gods by Kirby
Pure kino.
Dylan Ross
>He is literally evil with few to none redeeming qualities
He got a human side, he loved his wife, he loves his sons, he even cares for his foster son. Is just that he believes that emotions are dangerous, to be strong you must focus on being strong, you can't be vulnerable. Darkseid believes in an universe where everyone is strong and determined, united and working as one, emotions will blind you and make you vulnerable.
Ryder Long
he is interesting when he isn't used as a Superman/JL enemy
Cameron Garcia
read comic books
Jaxon Brown
That is why. He is a perfect foil.
Although under Kirby he was more interesting.
Maybe that was just his Earth-1 emanation, though!
Grayson Sullivan
Not every villain needs redeeming qualities
Kayden Foster
Go to bed, Godfrey
Fuckin' A.
Ever read 'Captain Victory'?
Isaac Walker
>He is literally evil with few to none redeeming qualities
Exactly.
He is supposed to be the absolute evil incarnated, he is like the metaphysical concept of the evil that came to life.
Think at Herbie Popnecker.
Now imagine every god, eldritch horror, multiversal deity, gods of concepts like chaos and order, kneeling to Darkseid in fear as the animals and monsters that cross the street to Herbie Popnecker
That's what Darkseid is
Xavier Garcia
He has excellent taste in Chairs and other Seats
Colton Scott
why every redesign is worse than the last ?
Lincoln Fisher
Watching Darkseid pining for the good old days while on the cusp of his ultimate victory was fucking great.
Julian Campbell
It's a visual representation of the Omega Sanction
Jaxon Ortiz
the omega sanction has a shit design?
Colton Gutierrez
>Why is Darkseid so popular? He is literally evil with few to none redeeming qualities
That's the point. Darkseid Is.
Benjamin Baker
And each new design is shittier than the one before it
I wonder who first wrote that sentence. Pretty sure it wasn't Kirby.
Asher Garcia
>He is literally evil with few to none redeeming qualities
Yeah that's what a villain is, retard. What is this bullshit trend nowadays with people demanding every villain being redeemable or sympathetic? It's really just an excuse to self-insert at this point
Matthew Long
This is clearly in response to the Azula thread.
An otherworldly despot is far easier to accept as pure evil than a sociopathic teenage girl.
Both are popular, but more people are going to be upset at Azula's depth being so hidden than anything else.
Anthony Miller
It's the ongoing feminization of mass media. Girls have always liked bad boys that, at heart, have a spark of goodness and a tragic past.
Pure evil is impopular. I don't know if that is a good sign, that most people don't seem to realize some people are really just monsters in disguise.
Charles Parker
>I wonder who first wrote that sentence. Pretty sure it wasn't Kirby.
It was Grant Morrison during his JLA run.
Dominic Rodriguez
I blame anime,
Thomas Rogers
He's a serious asshole. That's likeable in fiction. Especially when they're used to test the protagonists who are usually in control of things.
Jace Stewart
explain this comic panel?
Gabriel Gomez
Submit your will to Darkseid and be unburdened by the illusions of choice, uncertainty, fear, pain and confusion. Be on the one true path to DIE
DIE
DIE
DIE FOR DARKSEID
Benjamin Butler
In the same way that sometimes people want a complex, flawed hero with changing arcs and fluid personality, and sometimes they want a hero that is firm in their character, their beliefs, and pure as a hero. Sometimes we want a Spider-Man, or a Tony Stark, someone who battles their demons as much as the bad guys, but sometimes we just want a good man trying to do the right thing, Superman. In that we also may want a complex, human villain, that has tragedy and sympathy, like Mr. Freeze, but sometimes we want a pure villain that embodies darkness and a wall to be overcome. Darkseid is pure, no true sympathy or redemption, but the ultimate embodiment of that evil. Sometimes we just want a pure story of good vs evil, but don't mistake that purity as basic or limited. There's plenty you can do for a purely good vs purely evil conflict, in fact I'd say it makes the storytelling easier without needing to weigh it down by justifying every action the villain takes.
Jose Walker
>implying
This design was so good Marvel copied and gave to Thanos at infinity war
William Smith
>He is literally evil with few to none redeeming qualities
The best kind of villain.
Jeremiah Price
It's an old Chick tract that someone made better by swapping out preaching for Jesus with preaching for Darkseid.
Daniel Allen
Mr Freeze is the biggest example that giving a tragic past to a villain doesn't make him interesting or complex. At the end of the day, Freeze has the character of a fucking coconut. While, an old school tyrant like Darkseid or a cackling mad scientist like Sivana are charismatic and don't need any tragic backstories.
This is the kind of cartoon villain you get when you try to give Darkseid a backstory.
Ethan Jenkins
Darksied is