There are some things that you want to forget. A silverfish climbing your nose to use your sinuses as an echo chamber to test their newest arias counts as one of them.
The ‘freaks’ really don’t cause much problem. The Citizens are ALWAYS causing problems, unfortunately the ‘freaks’ take the brunt. Present company excepted, of course.
Tip’s comment in panel 3 is why I sometimes have trouble sympathizing with our heroes. (And ended up dropping the Marvel mutant books.) Because I identify as a citizen, not as a nonhuman threat. (Which also, as you point out, explains why I vote differently than I suspect most folks here do.)
Which pretty much sums up why I despise Ira so much. He means to eliminate all non-humans simply because they exist. He doesn’t care whether they have demonstrated any kind of threat.
Is he an evil genius? Sure, he’s managed to orchestrate a rather elaborate plan, but for the execution, he had to recruit geniuses to make it work. Virginia probably did more to further his plot than anyone else. If it hadn’t been for her, he would just be an old man wishing for world domination, instead of actually attempting to make it happen.
Having blind spots and quirks is part of being human. That said, it deserves to be kept in mind that Intelligence and Wisdom are two different stats. Just because someone is a genius doesn’t mean that they have enough common sense to come in out of the rain. ^_~
THIS. This guy is quite smart. But he’s not really wise.
He knows what he wants, and how to work towards it… but he still has problem grasping the interpersonal relationships outside of a plan or logical thinking.
Is why Skin Horse was such a puzzle to him. There’s zero logical thinking there.
Oh, there was plenty of logical thinking there. It just didn’t fit his plan, so he couldn’t reconcile it as logical. He’s too narrow-minded to comprehend anything outside his own design.
Naw Unity, the Dog pack, the Werewolves, the Swamp Zombies, the Regular Zombies, the Mad Scientists, Hitty, Whimsy, the Crytsal Entities, were all pretty threatening.
Yes, but they did protect humans from the non-human threats. Case in point: saving Alaska from the werewolves. But they also protected non-humans from citizen threats.
You would think Ira would remember that—at least, unless that forgetfulness act went a little too far.
Not forgetfulness, wilful ignorance, blindness, and cognitive dissonance.
There are some things that you want to forget. A silverfish climbing your nose to use your sinuses as an echo chamber to test their newest arias counts as one of them.
The ‘freaks’ really don’t cause much problem. The Citizens are ALWAYS causing problems, unfortunately the ‘freaks’ take the brunt. Present company excepted, of course.
…couldn’t decide if Ira’s last response was to Tip’s in panel 3 or panel 4.
I think 3
Change a couple of words, and Panel Three is the current divide in American politics.
Tip’s comment in panel 3 is why I sometimes have trouble sympathizing with our heroes. (And ended up dropping the Marvel mutant books.) Because I identify as a citizen, not as a nonhuman threat. (Which also, as you point out, explains why I vote differently than I suspect most folks here do.)
The trouble is that Tip worded it wrong. They protected non-humans (not threats) from citizen threats.
And in fairness to Ira here, Skin Horse did in fact save humans in Alaska from the non-human threat of the werewolves.
What is human?
Or, “What is man, that thou art mindful of him?” Psalm 8:4.
The entire point of X-Men was that non-humans (or the other, in whatever form) is not, inherently, a threat.
Defend against the actual threats, citizen or other, not the other just because they are.
Which pretty much sums up why I despise Ira so much. He means to eliminate all non-humans simply because they exist. He doesn’t care whether they have demonstrated any kind of threat.
If the story of how a silverfish from the basement got into Ira’s nostril isn’t one of the Skin Horse short stories, it needs to be.
This.^
I personally like it better as a noodle incident XD
It still amazes me how Ari Green can be so intelligent (an evil genius, no less), and yet so dumb at the same time.
Is he an evil genius? Sure, he’s managed to orchestrate a rather elaborate plan, but for the execution, he had to recruit geniuses to make it work. Virginia probably did more to further his plot than anyone else. If it hadn’t been for her, he would just be an old man wishing for world domination, instead of actually attempting to make it happen.
The ability to recruit geniuses to do your will does count as genius. Competent management is always harder than it looks. ^_^
I agree with your second statement, but not the first. The ability to recruit geniuses counts as competent, but that doesn’t make him a genius.
In technical terms, he does count as a mastermind.
He’s the worst kind of evil genius: a sane one
Having blind spots and quirks is part of being human. That said, it deserves to be kept in mind that Intelligence and Wisdom are two different stats. Just because someone is a genius doesn’t mean that they have enough common sense to come in out of the rain. ^_~
THIS. This guy is quite smart. But he’s not really wise.
He knows what he wants, and how to work towards it… but he still has problem grasping the interpersonal relationships outside of a plan or logical thinking.
Is why Skin Horse was such a puzzle to him. There’s zero logical thinking there.
Oh, there was plenty of logical thinking there. It just didn’t fit his plan, so he couldn’t reconcile it as logical. He’s too narrow-minded to comprehend anything outside his own design.
By the way, are those two guys behind Tip security or part of Ira’s golf foursome?
Wouldn’t surprise me if they were both. ^_^
I think you should modify Tip’s comment in panel 3 to, “No! We protected nonhumans from citizen threats!”
Naw Unity, the Dog pack, the Werewolves, the Swamp Zombies, the Regular Zombies, the Mad Scientists, Hitty, Whimsy, the Crytsal Entities, were all pretty threatening.
Yes, but they did protect humans from the non-human threats. Case in point: saving Alaska from the werewolves. But they also protected non-humans from citizen threats.
Haven’t they also protected non-human threats from non-citizen threats?
but that woudn’t be as funny!