tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33311991.post1302528143034929908..comments2024-01-02T07:48:42.623-05:00Comments on Comics And...Other Imaginary Tales: Irredeemable #8 – A ReviewJimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00352163584546054887noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33311991.post-18839315897260854052010-08-11T17:10:49.837-04:002010-08-11T17:10:49.837-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Viagrahttp://www.xlpharmacy.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33311991.post-51440122001991353612009-11-20T07:49:39.139-05:002009-11-20T07:49:39.139-05:00I don't think we needed more on the Plutonian/...I don't think we needed more on the Plutonian/Samsara relationship. We'd been told early on that Samsara was his sidekick and Waid had built it to the point that the Plutonian was totally isolated from humanity, but for his connection to Samsara. In fact, you pointed out all the things Waid showed that had isolated the Plutonian, from his less than Clark Kent-like childhood to the rejection of the Lois Lane stand-in, and the drawback of being able to hear what others are saying about you when they think you can't hear them. All of that set the Plutonian apart from human contact. In fact, by this point he doesn't even have a secret identity to fall back on for at least some human contact. Samsara is it. We don't need to see a bunch of things that show us why the relationship with Samsara is so important because the isolating events have made it so, even if the relationship between the Plutonian and Samsara were just superficial previously.<br /><br />Now, what's more interesting to me is the Scylla and Charybdis reveal. I'm not sure I quite buy the rationale that Charybdis is now more powerful without Scylla because he was giving some of his power to the otherwise powerless Scylla. The power he's showing now is at or greater than the Plutonian, so why wouldn't he and Scylla have been more powerful than the Plutonian when Scylla was alive? The power seems to be almost uncontrollable now.<br /><br />More questionable than that, though, is Charybdis saying to the Plutonian that the Plutonian never learned how to fight, but Charybdis did because of his lower power levels with his brother. Despite that statement, Charybdis never goes on to show that he can fight any better than the Plutonian. He just overwhelms the Plutonian with raw power.Red Dognoreply@blogger.com