Dec 11, 2013

Dark Orko... makes me want to go Fisto on someone's ballsac!

Is the short version of the over the top dramatic NEEEEEERRRRRRRD RAGE!! That I'm feeling right now.
It's official! ORKO IS EVIL...

 BEHOLD the Ultimate Evil... Dark Orko, or Dorko for short... His O is a ring of fire...
He is Horny
and he is on fire...
Also, he's evil!! Did I mention the whole EVIL ORKO thing? Cause Orko is evil...

While I'm hung up on the whole Evil Orko thing, I HATE HATE HATE the design... It reeks of EXTREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEM!!!
I mean Look at that thing on the left...
Then Look at a picture of Orko...
The Real Orko, not that Dorko!
Don't worry, I posted one from the Christmas Special so you can compare Orko vs Dorko...

You will see the Orko Elements after going through the Leifeldizer Machine!
And thus The Floating shirt has been turned in something straight out of hell...


Instead of looking like Orko, it looks like Orko had been possessed by Zarathos...
The whole Evil Orko thing seems like a horrible idea, but the combination of that with this EXTREME! design is just ridiculous!!It reeks of Trying WAY TOO HARD! in all sense of the term. They're trying too hard to make Orko "badass" both visually and canonically.

While yes, Orko was originally the character that linked the children to the universe due to his child-like nature at times; that does not mean that we need to make him THE DEVIL just to make him cool!
To make Orko awesome, one must understand Orko. He is very awkward due to the fact that He's an interdimensional traveler whose innate abilities are hampered on Eternia.  From Wizard Prodigy to Court Buffoon. He is helpful (though he is a bit of a show off due to his former Wunderkind status. Now on Eternia, he must relearn pretty much everything that he could do effortlessly in Trolla. The reason why he seems content in the role of buffoon is because he can practice simple tricks while he adapts to the Eternian Dimension. that's how you work Orko into a more serious canon. Perhaps have him visiting the Sorceress so she can help him in his studies. Strengthening their bonds aside "knowing that Adam is He-Man."

This... Evil Orko is just lazy. Not that I'm completely opposed to it, but I don't buy the whole Orko was evil all along and he played the role of the fool to trick the Heroic Warriors. If we're going with the Dark Orko, I need to see his heel turn and learn what made him turn heel.

You can't just say: Orko is now the Devil and expect everyone to be OK with it. This is why I have a Hate-Love-Hate relationship with NU52 MOTU... They do some things right, but when they go wrong... Boy, do they go WRONG or what?
Right now Teela and Dorko are the 2 biggest wrongs in this continuity.

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