"What if Tony Stark hadn't been trapped in a cave before he developed the Iron Man suit, and the entire project was pure vanity from a complete unrepentant toolshed where he was a gun for hire and the Avengers formed to stop him specifically." no no, that makes white man look bad, but what about "What if Tony Stark declared a ten year old black girl to be stronger than him"
The best things about Riri are how completely retarded Bendis [a tautology I know] and others have written her.
Built her suit by stealing parts
Functions better as a villain in general and even came off more villainous than some villains she interacted with at the time like Dr. Doom.
Background character motivation is literally a result of her teacher telling her she can't be Tony Stark because the previous example wasn't stupid enough for Riri to listen to. She's that petty and lacking in actual characterization.
I've got the complete vol 1 what if? And the 90s vol 2. Those were some of the best stand alone stories that gave us things like May Parker and A2. Wolverine as the unrepentant horseman of war laying waste to every super villain including Apocalypse until true world price is one of the best.
One of the common, and perhaps overused, plot hooks in the 'What If?' stories are "What if X died during this event?", [literally in one case where Professor X died from the Techno-virus], so the opposite where someone lives is often an interesting and yet at times tragic comparison.
The first Civil War event had a version where Cap and Tony don't end up fighting during their initial conversation and many heroes don't die in the resulting conflict. This by itself has severe consequences due to future events but the largely peaceful outcome because of relatively minor changes is soul crushing to Tony because if how things turned out otherwise.
What If...
... no one watched your bad stories?
What sucks is that the original comic book series had some good stories they could’ve adapted. Instead it’s just a race/gender swap orgy.
"What if Tony Stark hadn't been trapped in a cave before he developed the Iron Man suit, and the entire project was pure vanity from a complete unrepentant toolshed where he was a gun for hire and the Avengers formed to stop him specifically." no no, that makes white man look bad, but what about "What if Tony Stark declared a ten year old black girl to be stronger than him"
The best things about Riri are how completely retarded Bendis [a tautology I know] and others have written her.
Built her suit by stealing parts
Functions better as a villain in general and even came off more villainous than some villains she interacted with at the time like Dr. Doom.
Background character motivation is literally a result of her teacher telling her she can't be Tony Stark because the previous example wasn't stupid enough for Riri to listen to. She's that petty and lacking in actual characterization.
I've got the complete vol 1 what if? And the 90s vol 2. Those were some of the best stand alone stories that gave us things like May Parker and A2. Wolverine as the unrepentant horseman of war laying waste to every super villain including Apocalypse until true world price is one of the best.
And my favorite was what if Gwen Stacy didn’t die or what if Spider-Man kept his 6 arms. That was actually the first what if I read.
One of the common, and perhaps overused, plot hooks in the 'What If?' stories are "What if X died during this event?", [literally in one case where Professor X died from the Techno-virus], so the opposite where someone lives is often an interesting and yet at times tragic comparison.
The first Civil War event had a version where Cap and Tony don't end up fighting during their initial conversation and many heroes don't die in the resulting conflict. This by itself has severe consequences due to future events but the largely peaceful outcome because of relatively minor changes is soul crushing to Tony because if how things turned out otherwise.
That's what happened with HBO's Watchmen series, apathy.