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And I'm taking Poison Ivy off the table. Too easy. I think I'd go with The Penguin, mostly cause that just seems like normal crimes.

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[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 33 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Dr Doom, easy

He's an important bulwark against US imperialism and his only real character flaw is not being able to get over the girl he liked in college

Most of my job would be trying to get him to move on and get over Sue Storm. He's the leader of a whole country, dude may not get women the way Fidel did but there's gotta be someone for him

[–] SorosFootSoldier@hexbear.net 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Was going to post Doc Doom too.

Second up is Magneto because mutants rule humans drool.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (5 children)

I've posted about this a bit ago, but of x men mutants were an irl thing I'd be donating to fund more sentinels. Any rando could just have the power to destroy worlds, fuck that

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

I don't know much about the guy and don't really know his politics, I kinda assumed he was opposed to us imperialism in the same way nazi Germany was. I like that you've chosen the job of getting him laid tho. If I wasn't speaking strictly comics, I'd join up with The Mighty Monarch so fast. I'm a sucker for anyone taking great means for petty comeuppances. To quote the man himself "i wanted to kick his ass! I wanted to builda machine to kickhis ass! I wanted to build an empire to house the machine that would kick his ass! like 21, I can get behind that and would love to help someone with such a project.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Do you have a powder blue Nissan Stanza?

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I have my friends powder blue Nissan stanza

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[–] GrouchyGrouse@hexbear.net 30 points 4 months ago

The Penguin cracks me up because he's basically a funky dude who loves birds and crime and that is the most Hexbear themed villain if I ever heard of one.

[–] pooh@hexbear.net 30 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)
[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)
[–] pooh@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Wait, so we can't pick any women villains?

aubrey-stare

[–] Commiejones@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

She doesnt have henchmen. Are you a cat?

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Poison Ivy does environmental aid and is therefore just generally good and catwoman generally just robs rich people. I'm trying to avoid the easy picks of non evil villains and a lot of woman villains fo fall into that category, gotta admit. Women tend to get the sympathetic/misled villains thing cause comics.

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[–] Commiejones@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

Wilson Fisk doesn't seem like a bad gig. He's semi legit so you probably get health insurance and stuff. Spider man is the easiest guy to fall down for. Like "oh no! my gun has been yanked from my hands and I got tossed into a sticky trampoline stuck in the corner of the room. All I can do is wait for the cops to show up and not be able to make any charges stick."

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

Not a bad call there

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[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 20 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Poison Ivy, because I have muh free speech

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

Spoiles ballot

[–] RION@hexbear.net 19 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Lex Luthor, mostly because superman would probably take it easy on me compared to some other superheroes.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He's like a venture capitalist though

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[–] un_mask_me@hexbear.net 18 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Does the Monarch from Venture Bros. count? Definitely him or his wife Dr. Mrs. The Monarch

[–] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sounds like a good way to get torn in half by Brock Sampson

[–] un_mask_me@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago (1 children)

He can bust me open any day

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I didn't count him for myself. Dr. Mrs. The Monarch serves on the guild council and is therefore unable to arch

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[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago

No gooning allowed. volcel-judge

[–] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Sabertooth. If not friend, why friend shaped?

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[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Normal Crimes? who'd want to do normal crimes in comicbook land? catch me doing weird pseudo-mythology magic crimes and getting tied by wonder woman henching for Cheetah

[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

who'd want to do normal crimes in comicbook land?

me. I want to wear a flat cap over my "haven't shaved in 3 days" stubble with a baseball bat and just go around smashing shit and menacing people before getting my ass kicked by some dork in spandex with superpowers

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Same, I just wanna be a guy that unloads crates in a sketchy dock and sees the bat signal and says "watch out boys, THE BAT'S out tonight!' As if he isn't out every night. If he wasn't they could just do crime whenever the bat signal was off.

[–] EstraDoll@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

shitty faux brooklyn accent "Ayyy, what's da plan, boss???"

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago (1 children)

What ineffectual weapon would you smack your palm with when you're about to hit something or someone? I wanna be the guy yhst starts out with a gun, has it bataranged out of his hand and then uses a garbage can lid.

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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 14 points 4 months ago

I'm scared of getting killed by lasers

[–] TheLepidopterists@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago

Atrocitus. I think I'd definitely end up as a near mindless rage filled monster but he'd let (encourage?) me vomit acidic fire vomit all over Earth billionaires so it might be worth it.

[–] ShimmeringKoi@hexbear.net 16 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Probably Bane cause you know he gives his henchmen the good performance enhancers

Or Killer Croc if I always want to be on the side with an enormous physical and psychological combat advantage. Like imagine going into the breach and you hear monstrous running footsteps, roars and terrified screams, and you know what's causing them is on your side. You'd feel ten feet tall too

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 12 points 4 months ago

Bane is good, keeps the Americans out of Santa Prisca

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (6 children)

Can I do movie villains? Hans Gruber from Die Hard was a communist terrorist from the GDR stealing money to fund the further efforts of his organisation.

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[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 15 points 4 months ago

For a cause I could support? Flag-Smasher

For funsies? Mr. Freeze

Always wanted a freeze ray

[–] AndJusticeForAll@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Was there any Aeon Flux comics? 'Cause Trevor in that show was sort of marxist-leninist at times and Aeon was basically an anarchist ultra.

Edit: Dark Horse has some Aeon Flux comics. Excellent.

[–] SeekTheDeletion@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

That show rocks so hard

[–] neroiscariot@hexbear.net 13 points 4 months ago (2 children)
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[–] Nakoichi@hexbear.net 11 points 4 months ago

I'm really looking forward to the penguin show

[–] SeekTheDeletion@hexbear.net 10 points 4 months ago

The freakin Jonkler

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