Ok but why do they look like termites?
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Other than the front legs, they look like young mantises - at least the one on the right does.
Mantises, termites and roaches are all in the same family. So that makes sense.
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Ok but why do they look like termites? I swear to god "golden age" comic artists have never really looked at an ant.
Their legs aren't that bad, though...
Well I'm going to find a way to read this. These ants better not be a metaphor for COMMUNISM.
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Well I'm going to find a way to read this. These ants better not be a metaphor for COMMUNISM.
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You know they are.
The summary made it sound more nuanced. Superman takes on the ant traits of his own free will to communicate with them and they have come to earth with "an important message" so... not all hope is lost. It might be fun.
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The summary made it sound more nuanced. Superman takes on the ant traits of his own free will to communicate with them and they have come to earth with "an important message" so... not all hope is lost. It might be fun.
@futurebird @dhobern ah, so it's not just a "Red Kryptonite makes something random and wacky happen to Superman" story?
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@futurebird @dhobern ah, so it's not just a "Red Kryptonite makes something random and wacky happen to Superman" story?
It did mention "red kryptonite" I don't know much about that...
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Ok but why do they look like termites? I swear to god "golden age" comic artists have never really looked at an ant.
Their legs aren't that bad, though...
@futurebird also why is he talking like a bee.
bzz bzz is definitely bee-talk
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@futurebird also why is he talking like a bee.
bzz bzz is definitely bee-talk
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@futurebird also
the ants are actually aliens. i didn't see that coming
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@futurebird also
the ants are actually aliens. i didn't see that coming
he does get an ant head somehow though via red kryptonite.
like red kryptonite can do anything apparently
you ever think he like turns himself into lois with it and wears her shoes
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he does get an ant head somehow though via red kryptonite.
like red kryptonite can do anything apparently
you ever think he like turns himself into lois with it and wears her shoes
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i feel like there's not enough body horror in the DC cinematic universe.
hey James Gunn don't sleep on this lore
How is this body horror?
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How is this body horror?
@futurebird how is it not??
imagine feeling your eyeballs bulge out into huge black compound insect eyes and your vision split into a thousand different facets
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It did mention "red kryptonite" I don't know much about that...
@futurebird @dhobern Usually, in this era, Red Kryptonite affects Superman in some random, goofy and story-specific way that wears off after a few days. It gives him a bulging super-brain or the head of a lion or alters his personality, and it's always a different effect. I guess in this case he knew this "cloud" had a specific effect he could exploit...
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@futurebird how is it not??
imagine feeling your eyeballs bulge out into huge black compound insect eyes and your vision split into a thousand different facets
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@futurebird how is it not??
imagine feeling your eyeballs bulge out into huge black compound insect eyes and your vision split into a thousand different facets
Insects don't see things split up like that. It's integrated in their mind.
But you could talk to the ants at last. (or at least understand what they were going on about... you'd need pheromones to really fully communicate. ) That would be wonderful.
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@futurebird also how does he know how to speak ant just because he grew an ant head
i could turn into a dolphin and i'm pretty sure it wouldn't make me fluent in porpoise
Now that is a better question. But it's superman so. IDK just go with it.
