(seriously, comics writers, I get that Mythos-style "the universe's most primal powers are of alien eldritch horror" is like nerd candy, but... it's so weird to do this with comics where they used to have an Eru Illuvatar figure.)
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Replying to @loudpenitent @Nymphomachy and
I mean it's not really new, primordial evil has always been a thing And the progenitor of Klyntar isn't the true ultimate god or anything, the whole point is he was defeated
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy and
I more just mean it's a strange segue to go from "the ultimate authority of the universe is the One Above All, the embodiment of good and love, who ensures heroism triumphs" to "the world began in darkness and primordial wickedness"
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Replying to @loudpenitent @Nymphomachy and
The One Above All is just the writer, Jack Kirby, he made the world have cosmic darkness and chaos and whatnot because it makes a better story
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Replying to @arthur_affect @Nymphomachy and
I'm aware. Then they added the One Below All as an equal and opposite who ultimately devours everything including the OAA.
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Replying to @loudpenitent @arthur_affect and
That's the weird bit, the shift from "We have not!Eru who creates evil so that good may destroy it and triumph" to "not!Melkor is coeval with not!Eru as a power of despair and hate, and will ultimately destroy everything."
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Replying to @loudpenitent @Nymphomachy and
Enh, I hadn't heard about that That doesn't seem like it's something Marvel as a whole is on board with, it's something made up specifically for the Immortal Hulk series as an exploration of the deep psychological shit of what the Hulk represents
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Replying to @arthur_affect @loudpenitent and
Reading over the summary, I'm into it The One Below All as the true face of the thing that "gamma radiation" in the Hulkverse is just the reflected light of It's the Lord of the Flies
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Replying to @chrysopoetics @loudpenitent and
Gamma radiation is just the scientists in the Marvel universe trying to find a word for the fact that anything and anyone can become a monster
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I dunno I like this, as a Hulk fanboy back in the day I'm just imagining ironically summarizing this storyline with the clichéd "So actually this is all about child abuse"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @chrysopoetics and
(I mean yeah, it is The worldview of an abused child and of the protagonist of a cosmic horror narrative are the same Anyone can be a monster, the monster eats everything, even God)
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