Mar 21, 2020

Fixing the New New Warriors.

After many hours of thinking why these new new warriors suck donkey dick, I decided that I shouldn't be negative about them and try to B-Positive about them.
So, here are some ideas on how to fix the New New Warriors.

Screentime:
First ditch the Ben 10 wannabe look. Maybe have a Tron inspired Outfit. Replace the Cyclops visor with a Helmet. Think Mysterio here. His helmet would display emojis, memes, whatever info he needs his teammates to see. I'd give him the ability to generate holograms like Mysterio.
Everything he sees is automatically live streamed... hence the name screentime.

I would definitely eliminate the internet gas origin. Instead, his grandfather was working on some AR related stuff for one of the many companies in Marvel and in a Spidey vs Electro fight, a power surge by the latter caused the kid to be permanently connected to the internet.

I wanted to rename him Meme Lord and make him a total asshat.

The Twins:
Blue can be a non binary person. But they don't need to remind us every page about it. I would make them a weeb.
Hence the snowflake shuriken and Icicle Kunai blades. (Upgrade!!) Their outfit would be based on the original design, but "NARUTOFIED" to reflect their inspiration for heroes. Much to Screentime's chagrin, they insist in calling themselves Kori which is ice in Japanese and cultural appropriation on their part.

Pink is also a weeb, because fuck you.  Just kidding, it's due to the Xamot/Tomax twin-link. Their weebness runs on each other. Despite being athletic and all that he loves to binge watch Fist of the North Star and JoJo's Bizarre Adventures. His outfit is a "JOJOFIED" version of the horrible original design. (Polnareff and Dio being the main inspiration) his energy shields behave like stand that cannot be used offensively. He can only use it to protect others. He can't use them offensively, because the shields end up protecting the enemy.
He calls himself Shirudo to Screentime's chagrin.

In an encounter with Deadpool, the Merc with a mouth christens them as Snowflake and Safespace, a pejorative nickname that stuck to them thanks to Screentime's automatic live feeds.

B-Negative:
First I'd ditch the Hordak look. I'd make the white pants red. And I wouldn't make him the emo/goth character. He would do the brooding thing just to call attention, but he'd be borderline histrionic and narcissistic... because vampire. Also he'd be the team's horndog, again, vampire. He will try to fuck anything that walks, heroes, villains, victims. Also the vampire cliche about requiring to suck a blood frenzy when he's hungry or when he suck too much you know the usual...

Trailblazer:
Nix the magic backpack. She can create portals to a different dimension, but she can only open these portals from within non transparent containers smaller than a large suitcase.  Her outfit would still be laughably bad, but I would add pouches and zippers. (The portal zippers are not a JoJo reference). The idea is that she's not going for Aesthetics, just practicality. Also, a not so subtle jab against Rob Liefeld and Tetsuya Nomura.

I'd give her the code name Surprise, since whatever she can pull out of the portal is a random item.

And a little official in for that marvelous giving seems that she's an orphan. A part of her character arc would be trying to find out where she belongs. She looks Native American but has no idea to which tribe her ancestry comes from. Unlike the African slaves weave whose descendants became African American, she has a chance to connect to her past. Something that her Partners the twins cannot do and that's why they put extra effort in helping her find herself.

As they are in their official snippets, they seem like one note flawless propaganda pieces instead of characters.
I tried to make them a bunch of cringy, FLAWED, unlikable parodies of what Marvel attempted in order to make them likable. In backpack girl's case, I chose to eliminate her problematic aspects and gave her the potential for a good character Arc; but most importantly, they suck at their job.
Ask they learn the ropes of the hero business they're going to be failing a lot: clashing personalities, egos getting bruised, teammates getting physical against each other... (fights and sexually...) they are hormonal teenagers with attitude, to borrow a phrase from Power Rangers. As they begin to trust in each other, their heroics would improve.

The idea is to show growth and not be a one note character like *cough*America Chavez*cough*Modern Carol Danvers*cough* but I'm not a  writer, so what do I know?

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