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If you're asking why I came back only to rb a billion PGR memes.

I'm plotting. Shhhh.

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Fantastic Four Vol 1 #174

Tues Aug 13 2019 [12:48 AM] Wack'd: Man I might actually finish 1976 tonight [12:49 AM] Wack'd: So High refuses to send Sue to save her friends because he's got bigger things to worry about [12:50 AM] Wack'd: She's gonna handle this herself

[12:51 AM] Bocaj: That’s some powerful 'you're beneath my notice' energy from the High Evolutionary [12:51 AM] Bocaj: "I could find her with my sensors... but I AM already in my pajamas" [12:51 AM] Wack'd: So remember how High was scoping out planets earlier? He found three--the robot one (Reed and Ben), the fantasy one (Johnny and Gorr), and one which appeared to have no life on it that he chalked up to a mistake [12:51 AM] Wack'd: Guess where Sue is! [12:51 AM] Bocaj: ... [12:51 AM] Bocaj: Hahahahahahhaha [12:52 AM] Wack'd: It's a good thing she force fielded herself before she left, otherwise she would be dead right now, instead of in just a few hours [12:54 AM] Wack'd: So Torgo decides he's gonna turn Ben and Reed into robots, since he can't let them go but also doesn't want to kill them [12:54 AM] Wack'd: And besides, being a robot is rad, so they won't mind [12:55 AM] Wack'd: Once Torgo leaves, Ben ejects from his power armor, turns off the restraints, and then puts it back on [12:56 AM] Bocaj: Smort [12:57 AM] Wack'd: Reed picks this moment to disclose his growing impotence for some reason

[12:57 AM] Bocaj: So the two older members of the team have lost their powers [12:58 AM] Bocaj: Reed can't grow as he used to and Ben requires mechanical assistance to function as he once did [12:58 AM] Wack'd: Symbolism! [12:58 AM] Bocaj: Meanwhile Johnny and Sue are doing great, near death aside [12:58 AM] Wack'd: Yes, let's not think about that massive, massive age gap too much, shall we? [12:58 AM] Bocaj: Agreed [12:59 AM] Wack'd: Reed manages to turn off the power to the whole planet, and immediately feels guilty about it [01:00 AM] Wack'd: Ben turns it right back on, and it turns out Torgo could see all that happening even when deactivated [01:00 AM] Wack'd: And it makes him realize that Reed and Ben are serious about not endangering their lives [01:00 AM] Wack'd: So he lets them go [01:01 AM] Wack'd: Unfortunately, High's off to kick Galactus' ass, and thus not at his control booth [01:01 AM] Bocaj: Ruh roh [01:01 AM] Wack'd: So Reed and Ben are stranded regardless [01:02 AM] Wack'd: MEANWHILE [01:02 AM] Wack'd: A rare and fantastic sentence

[01:03 AM] Bocaj: "to learn if this planet's dominant species were in the mood to commit auto-genecide" what [01:03 AM] Wack'd: I don't know if that's a typo or if genecide is a thing [01:03 AM] Wack'd: Google says typo [01:05 AM] Wack'd: Hey can Gorr be in every comic from now on

[01:05 AM] Bocaj: Gorr is AMAZING [01:06 AM] Wack'd: I AM SO HAPPY RIGHT NOW

[01:07 AM] Bocaj: Gorr reminds me a lot of Beast McCoy [01:07 AM] Bocaj: In his general sort of temperament [01:07 AM] Bocaj: and nudism [01:07 AM] Wack'd: Gorr is like Hank but better because I need to know way less lore to read about him [01:07 AM] Bocaj: That’s fair [01:07 AM] Bocaj: I would caution you that if he were in every comic from now on, there'd be a lot of lore [01:08 AM] Wack'd: Also fair but Fantastic Four generally tops out at like two books at a time so I'd manage [01:08 AM] Wack'd: Probably should've been more specific [01:08 AM] Bocaj: Its kind of sad that the cornerstone of marvel only rates two but also i'm glad it didn't go full beating a dead horse like x men [01:09 AM] Wack'd: Saaaaaaaame [01:09 AM] Wack'd: Honestly, I far prefer Fantastic Four be juuuust successful enough to be manageable reading [01:10 AM] Wack'd: Anyway Gorr kicks the knight's ass so the king unleashes a dragon to finish the job [01:10 AM] Wack'd: You can probably guess it does not go great for him [01:11 AM] Wack'd: Anyway it turns out this is yet another Skrull play-acting world [01:11 AM] Wack'd: And with the last dragon slain, they decide they've had their fun and leave en-masse [01:12 AM] Wack'd: Thus rendering the world devoid of life energy except for the grass and the trees and the bushes and WHAT'RE YOU TALKING ABOUT [01:12 AM] Wack'd: *achem* Anyway. [01:12 AM] Wack'd: Devoid of life energy. [01:13 AM] Wack'd: Johnny and Gorr are stranded but you've probably guessed that. [01:15 AM] Bocaj: You know, the Skrulls should stop trying to be a militaristic empire and become an entertainment empire [01:15 AM] Bocaj: They would have bombass theme parks. A kickass acting industry. [01:15 AM] Wack'd: They would! [01:16 AM] maxwellelvis: If only, if only [01:16 AM] Bocaj: I'm pretty sure offhand references have been made before about skrull sex workers [01:16 AM] maxwellelvis: That would have been a way better way to resolve things peacefully with them than hypnotizing them into turning into meat. [01:16 AM] Bocaj: The point being shapeshifting has a lot of applications that would work out a lot better for them than what they actually tend to do [01:16 AM] maxwellelvis: See also: The Beatle-Skrulls [01:17 AM] Wack'd: I cannot fucking believe someone unironically used the word "uppity" to refer to a black character and they printed it. Jesus.

[01:18 AM] Wack'd: Most of the letter is complaining about Sue and it got printed mostly so Thomas could congratulate himself on how rare Sue complaints are these days [01:18 AM] Bocaj: Eesh [01:19 AM] Wack'd: Meanwhile: Some poor baby got named Reed Richard [Lastname] [01:19 AM] Wack'd: Pity him