Desrtopa comments on Think Like a Supervillain - Less Wrong

26 Post author: Qiaochu_Yuan 20 February 2013 08:34AM

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Comment author: Desrtopa 22 February 2013 07:27:01AM 1 point [-]

I only have indirect knowledge of most of these characters through friends who actually follow their series, but I'll note that Reed Richards is iconically ineffective at the whole uplifting deal (tvtropes link).

Comment author: Bugmaster 22 February 2013 07:47:38AM 2 points [-]

Well, his character changes between different comics and cartoons. In some, he is indeed useless. In others (IIRC), he introduces things like cheap clean energy, fast transportation, and even competent economic planning at some point. This applies to most of the well-known characters, actually, as every team of writers put their own spin on them.