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When fans think of DC supervillains, they come pretty quick to some of the greatest villains in all of comic books. While not every DC hero has the best Rogues' Gallery, the single best one belongs to DC and is a constant factory for new and different takes on iconic characters.

After eighty years of comics, cartoons, television shows, movies, and video games, there are a lot of different versions of classic DC villains out there. Not all of them are the best. Or even good. Here are the ten worst versions of iconic DC villains, ranked.

10 Bane (Gotham)

Darth Vader here — sorry Bane — is a product of the generally gonzo Gotham television series that served as basically a prequel to the Batman mythos. Pretty much every major villain got a makeover and that includes Bane. Bane became something more cyberpunk than his traditional muscle-bound appearance, and the character's backstory was altered as well. Eduardo Dorrance is a former SEAL and friend of Jim Gordon, putting the character in a completely different mode than the comics.

9 Bizarro (Injustice 2)

The Injustice video games have their fans, but they take such a drastically dark approach to many characters that it's hard to even enjoy. That being the case, fans might have expected a villain like Bizarro to then be somewhat more than his usual bumbling self. Instead, the Injustice 2 game reimagines the classic villain as an evil clone of Superman created by Lex Luthor. The character's appearance is zombie-like, but not as bizarre as one would expect and he loses his goofy charm.

8 Harley Quinn (Birds Of Prey TV Series)

Mia Sara can't do any wrong by fans of classic 80s comedies, and she might have been great as Harley Quinn in the Birds of Prey television series from the early 2000s, but the character was squandered. Then the show was canceled, and Harley suffers the fate all great characters eventually do: a bad take. Harleen Quinzel moonlighted as a therapist but was otherwise a criminal mastermind looking to fill the void left behind by the Joker. It didn't work then and doesn't now.

7 Ares (Wonder Woman)

The first Wonder Woman feature film is an outstanding example of the potential of the DCEU, but like a lot of comic book movies, it has a villain problem. The big bad is Ares, a classic Wonder Woman villain and the literal god of war.

But Ares spends most of the film as an idea, and as a very non-Greek god-like David Thewlis. When he finally shows, he hews pretty close to the comics version, particularly the George Perez one, but the film translation doesn't quite work.

6 Penguin (Batman: The Telltale Series)

Batman: The Telltale Series is one of the more intriguing and successful narrative video games featuring Batman in the last few years. One of its most bold choices was to reinvent the Penguin. Points for effort on the attempt, but Penguin's makeover from his traditional strange criminal mastermind to an off-the-shelf thug who would have been more at home in Michael Mann's Heat doesn't work. The whole penguin theme is reduced to the mask, which doesn't really look like anything up close.

5 Deathstroke (Lois And Clark: New Adventures Of Superman)

Deathstroke has had some fitful appearances in live-action in recent years, but none more frustrating than his showcase on the 90s television series Lois And Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. The character is unrecognizable, wearing a bland blue tunic as opposed to his iconic chainmail armor and two-color mask. His story is completely different - instead of being an assassin who just does the job, he's seeking revenge for the death of his wife. Plus he has magnetic powers, or something.

4 Poison Ivy (Batman And Robin)

A trend develops. There have been a fair number of movies based on DC comics, and not all of the villains have translated very well. Case in point: Poison Ivy from the maligned Batman and Robin movie. While Uma Thurman is a great actress, she gets saddled with a terrible script and a myopic view of the character. Fans of more recent interpretations of Ivy, especially from the outstanding Harley Quinn animated series, will find this vamping vixen completely unrecognizable.

3 Catwoman (2004)

In another case of an outstanding actress being cast in an iconic role so why is this bad, this version of Catwoman from the 2004 movie misses the mark so completely it's become a hallmark of bad comic book movies. The costume, the story, the direction, all of it didn't work.

The movie emphasized the sexual nature of Catwoman over any of her other qualities, making sure she looked fabulous even as an incoherent plot disintegrated around her (Sharon Stone was a cosmetics mogul or something).

2 Joker (Suicide Squad)

Perhaps due to studio interference that changed a lot of the 2016 Suicide Squad in editing, the Jard Leto version of the Joker doesn't quite work. A fantastic actor with one of the juciest roles in film — two different men have won Best Actor at the Oscars for it in the last fifteen years — Leto nevertheless delivers a Joker that isn't particularly distinct from others. Sure, he has tattoos and gold teeth and a lot of bling, but he doesn't have the magnetism the iconic role demands.

1 Lex Luthor (Batman v Superman: Dawn Of Justice)

Fans likely understood what Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice was going for with Lex Luthor: a Mark Zuckerberg like young tech genius. Cast Jesse Eisenberg, fresh off playing Zuckerberg himself in The Social Network, and viola. Classic villain updated. Except the character serves no purpose in the lot except to twist the arm of a man whose arm cannot be twisted and stick his finger in the mouth of another to retrieve a gummy bear. The result is one of the worst versions of Lex Luthor.

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Combine Mega Man with Metal Men and you wind up with Geargia. As an archetype, they’re a group of “Gear Heroes” designed by Professor Cross to stop Dr. Gearck, an evil scientist out to conquer the world with his evil gears. Each Gear Hero pilots different robots known as “Geargia."

The Geargia playstyle is decidedly slow-paced, and easy to get into for newer players. Everything is about building up resources to gradually overwhelm the opponent, while playing traps to slow down any possible preemptive attacks until the opponent has no resources left to respond with. Fans of Power Rangers and Yu-Gi-Oh will find plenty to enjoy here. Without further delay, these are the game's ten best Geargia cards, ranked.

10 Geargiarsenal

Once a lesser version of Geargiarmor, Geargiarsenal is easily one of the most helpful cards in the deck now. It can be tributed to special summon any other Geargia monster from the deck, which means it can grab Geargiarmor or any of the other cards as needed.

Geargiarsenal also packs a bit of punch on its own, gaining 200 ATK for every Geargia monster on the field. This means it can serve as something of a bruiser in cases where the player can’t get an Xyz monster on the field for whatever reason.

9 Geargiagear Gigant XG

Consisting of three Level 3 monsters, Geargiagear Gigant XG is a decent boss monster that’s kept from being great. It can detach a material from itself to negate the effects of every boss monster the opponent has, and stop them from activating anything in response.

The problem is that this only happens during the Battle Phase, which is incredibly restrictive these days. Still, when it leaves the field the player can target any Geargia card in the grave and add it back to the hand, which means it can be Linked away into grabbing more useful cards.

8 Geargianchor

The newest card added to the deck, Geargianchor is one of the biggest bodies the deck has at 1800 ATK. Like several other Geargia monsters, it can flip itself face-down once per turn.

When it’s flipped face-up, it can pop monsters on the field equal to the number of other Geargia monsters the player controls. Its destruction removal, but it also doesn’t target, meaning it can get around a lot of boss monsters which try to avoid being targeted.

7 Geargiano MK-II

One of the more useful Geargiano cards around, Mk-II can special summon a Geargia monster from the hand or graveyard just for normal summoning it.

This allows for set up of a ton of other effects, particularly in the case of Geargia monsters which can simply flip themselves face-down and back up to use their effects on the opponent. It also provides an easy way into getting additional bodies on the field for Link or Xyz plays.

6 Geargiano MK-III

The youngest of the Geagiano cards, Mk-III is pretty awesome. When this card is special summoned by a Geargia card, the player can special summon another Geargia monster from their hand or graveyard.

The real drawback to this card is that once it uses its effect, the player is locked out of special summoning any other monsters that aren’t Geargia, which can be limiting considering the lack of a proper boss monster this deck has. Fortunately, there’s ways to summon it at the end of the opponent’s turn, to gain access to other monsters the following turn.

5 Gear Gigant X

The original “boss” monster, Gear Gigant X is actually only made up of machine monsters. Its detach effect lets the player search the deck or graveyard for any Level 4 or lower Machine, which can set up for literally any other Machine deck.

However, it shines in this deck, where once it leaves the field the player can special summon a Geargiano monster from the graveyard.

4 Geargiarmor

This card isn’t what it once was thanks to the updated speed of the game, but it’s still a key part of the strategy. Whenever this card is flipped face-up, the player can grab another Geargia monster from the deck, giving the player more resources.

Of course, flip effects aren’t normally valid but Geargiarmor can actually flip itself face-down. This means that after its initial summon, the player can reset its effect as many times as they want.

3 Geargiauger

This card wasn’t seen as a key part of the strategy when Geargiarmor was around but now that the game’s sped up, things have changed. Upon being summoned, the player can add a Level 4 Earth Machine monster to their hand besides this one.

Geargiauger locks the player into only using Machine monsters for the rest of the turn, but Machines are one of the most supported Types, so this isn’t really an issue. The player can just search out Geargiarsenal to special summon it, going directly into a Rank 4.

2 Geargiaccelerator

If the player controls a Geargia monster, Geargiaccelerator can be special summoned to the field. This sets up for a ton of simple Rank 4 plays, and makes up the basis for the deck’s primary combo.

If Geargiaccelerator is somehow sent to the graveyard, the player can recover a different Geargia monster from the graveyard to the hand. This is nice if the opponent somehow forces Geargiaccelerator's user to waste resources.

1 Geargiagear

Trap cards should really only be used if they’re excellent. Case in point, this particular Trap card can special summon two Geargiano monsters from the deck and increase their levels by one.

This gives the player two monsters for free, and there’s no restrictions to them—they aren’t destroyed at the end of the turn. This means that this card can be used at the end of the opponent’s turn, setting up for the following turn where the player can have far more options available to them once the usual restrictions for the deck are gone.

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Wilson Fisk, better known to many of New York's heroes as The Kingpin of Crime, is one of the most ruthless men in the Marvel Universe. His brutal takeover of the criminal underworld left a bloody trail of bodies behind him and eventually brought him into conflict with heroes like Spider-Man, Luke Cage and Punisher.

But his feud with Daredevil became legendary, defining both men. While Kingpin is obviously intelligent and an excellent strategist, his size hides his fighting prowess. The man appears to be massively overweight but is mostly muscle and is highly trained to hand to hand combat.

10 LOSE TO: Azrael

Jean-Paul Valley has had a rough ride as a DC hero. First, he was trained and brainwashed to be an assassin by The Order of St. Dumas. Then after breaking their hold over him, Valley went insane filling in for Bruce Wayne as Batman after the Bane incident.

Finally, he ended up back as Azrael and supposedly died working for Batman, though he eventually made his way back. Azrael's skills, abilities and weapons make him an excellent match for Kingpin and the likely victor of the fight.

9 DEFEAT: Aqualad

Jackson Hyde had an interesting set of parents. His mother was an Atlantean who went by the surface name Lucia Hyde and his father was the supervillain Black Manta who had sworn to kill Aquaman. That's awkward.

Due to his hybrid physiology, Aqualad has a variety of impressive powers including the ability to control water and emit electrical blasts. But he lacks the experience Kingpin has. He would out-think Aqualad, turning his powers against him as he as done to so many heroes.

8 LOSE TO: Big Barda

While many heroes underestimate Kingpin's physical prowess in combat, it's quite likely that he would underestimate Big Barda. Originally a warrior loyal to Darkseid, she switched allegiances when she fell in love with Mister Miracle.

She's an incredible fighter who is fast, strong and can take a punch with more mustard on it than Kingpin could put together. Big Barda would absolutely destroy Kingpin, loving every second of it.

7 DEFEAT: Hawkman

Never one to shy away from a good fight, Hawkman would be the first to get in Kingpin's face. His own abilities and training make Hawkman a hell of a threat, not to mention all of his Nth metal gear that enhances his abilities and helps him fly. Plus, the guy really knows how to swing a mace.

Unfortunately, Kingpin is also strong and knows how to fight. If Hawkman wants to win this one, he'll need every trick he knows and that still might not be enough. In Hawkman's defense, this might be the closest fight on this list.

6 LOSE TO: Steel

John Henry Irons is, without question, a genius and an impressively talented engineer. When Superman died at the hands of Doomsday, Irons tried to fill in by building a suit of armor that gave him superhuman abilities and kinetic hammer that hits harder the farther it flies. If it flies into the Kingpin, you can be sure that he's going to down for the count. Kingpin can throw a punch but nothing powerful enough to damage Steel's armor. On top of that, John Henry is also the smarter of the two.

5 DEFEAT: Hourman

Few heroes have a time limit on their powers the way Hourman does. One dose of the drug Miraclo enhances the strength and endurance of the person who takes it but only for an hour.

If you're a hero powered by Miraclo, you had better have your super heroing for the day meticulously scheduled out. Even on Miraclo, it's unlikely that Hourman would be a match for the Kingpin. Once the drug wore off, Hourman would be screwed.

4 LOSE TO: Katana

Katana's fighting skills and prowess with a sword are in the upper echelon of DC's hand to hand combat experts. While she doesn't have any superpowers, Katana is more than capable of taking care of herself in a fight. She's also used to facing opponents who are bigger and stronger than she is. Katana is more than prepared to take on someone like Kingpin, though he's probably not prepared to be run through with her sword.

3 DEFEAT: Huntress

Keeping mind that Huntress has a veritable litany of flaws, one of her worst is not knowing when to back down from a fight. While she's got the training and the gear to take on someone like Kingpin, she still doesn't have what it takes to beat him.

The problem is that it would be highly unlikely that she would even consider walking away from the fight. Hopefully, the rest of the Birds of Prey are there to back her up or this one isn't ending well.

2 LOSE TO: Batman

Beating Batman is a badge of honor only a select group of villains get to wear. Bane is one of the few, having broken Batman over his knee after tormenting him for weeks. Kingpin knows a little something about tormenting and breaking heroes. But Kingpin is no Bane and he is not taking Batman down.

The Caped Crusader is unlike any hero Kingpin has ever faced, and that includes Daredevil. Kingpin would not be ready for Batman's singular intensity and focus.

1 DEFEAT: Connor Hawke

The son of the original Green Arrow, Connor Hawke is an incredible shot with a bow in his hand not to mention one of DC's top martial artists. The fight between him and Kingpin would come down to one moment, specifically Connor taking him out with an arrow before the fight even starts. The reality is that if he doesn't make that shot and the Kingpin gets his hands on him, Wilson Fisk wins this match.

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WWE has reportedly had up to two dozen employees test positive for the coronavirus recently, forcing the promotion to start taking the pandemic seriously.

However, there is still one thing happening in WWE that is inexplicable. While the company sent Jerry "The King" Lawler home for his safety when the pandemic began, this has not stopped it from bringing in "Nature Boy" Ric Flair to work an angle with Randy Orton.

This decision makes no sense. Flair is 71 years old and almost passed away a few years back. In August 2017, after complications from a blockage in his bowels, doctors placed Flair in a medically induced coma. This medical problem resulted in kidney failure, and he was in the hospital through September 21 before returning home. According to John Hopkins Medicine, some people who tested positive to COVID-19 showed signs of damage to their kidneys, with 30 percent of hospitalized patients in China and New York suffering severe kidney damage.

Furthermore, the CDC reports that people aged 65 and older are at a higher risk for severe illness. The disease is also harsh for people with heart or lung disease and other medical conditions. Eight out of 10 COVID-19 related deaths in the United States are people aged 65 or older.

At the moment, the only reason that Flair is showing up in WWE is to help push Randy Orton's "Legend Killer angle." Flair showed up first before the Edge vs. Randy Orton match at Backlash and said that he picked Orton as the greatest wrestler today, believing Orton would win the match. When Christian came out to confront Orton on Raw, an unsanctioned match resulted, one in which Flair came out and hit Christian with a low blow to allow Orton to deliver the punt kick.

Flair next showed up when Big Show confronted Orton on Monday Night Raw. Flair backed Orton once again, and this caused Big Show to tell Flair that he lost all his respect for him as a man and as a legend. However, this wasn't the end, as Flair showed up again for the third week in a row on Monday Night Raw, there to try to take out Big Show.

Yes, it makes sense that Flair would be there to sing the praises of Orton. They were partners in Evolution and if anyone is going to call Orton the best wrestler today, it might as well be the man that many fans consider the best of all-time. Flair was perfect for that for that role. That said, the second that the COVID-19 positive tests hit WWE, the company should have pulled the plug on Flair's part in this storyline. There isn't anything else he needs to do unless Orton plans on turning on him too.

There is the fact that Flair has reportedly said he is more than happy to show up and take part in the storyline, but the choice should not belong to Flair. As long as he keeps showing up, Flair takes the risk of contracting COVID-19. Even if it is his choice to continue, WWE has a responsibility to its talents. Flair has the right to do what he wants, but WWE has to ensure the company does not get the The Nature Boy killed by sending him out every week on Monday Night Raw.

There is no word on whether or not WWE has put strict rules into place to protect Flair from anyone who might be a risk. So far, fans have watched him interact with Orton, Big Show, Zelina Vega, Andrade, and Angel Garza. It is nice to know that Flair interacted with his daughter's fiance, Andrade, on Raw, but there is no reason he should be there at all. Until there is a clean bill of health in WWE again, no one Flair's age should be out there performing, whether they want to or not. WWE has to take better care of its talent -- it's just not worth risking the death of one of its legends to promote an angle that'll be forgotten in a month anyways.

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Lucifer star D.B. Woodside -- who plays the angel Amenadiel -- has confirmed that he will not only reprise his role in the recently confirmed Season 6, but will also be sitting in the director's chair for one of its episodes.

"Happy to announce that I will be returning to Lucifer for Season 6. Additionally, I will be directing an episode for our final season," Woodside wrote on Twitter. "This is a beautiful cast. We stand by each other. We fight for one another." Lucifer lead Tom Ellis -- who plays the Devil (and Amenadiel's younger brother) himself, quote-tweeted Woodside's announcement, adding, "Yes Brother...! Utterly delighted and excited to get back alongside you both in front of and behind the camera."

The eldest and one of the most powerful of God's angels, Woodside's Amenadiel has been a Lucifer staple since Season 1, having been tasked with convincing the former Samael to return to his place as the ruler of Hell. Amenadiel was last seen in Season 4's finale, when he and Rachael Harris' Linda Martin decided they would raise their son, Charlie, on Earth.

Based on the DC/Vertigo Comics character of the same name created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg, Lucifer first premiered on Fox in early 2016, initially running for three seasons before being canceled by the network. The supernatural drama was then revived by Netflix, with Season 4 premiering on the streaming giant in its entirety last year. The series was then renewed for a fifth season, which was initially billed as the show's last. However, following additional negotiations, Lucifer is now set to conclude with Season 6.

Helmed by Joe Henderson and Ildy Modrovich, Lucifer stars Tom Ellis as Lucifer Morningstar, Lauren German as Det. Chloe Decker, D.B. Woodside as Amenadiel, Rachael Harris as Dr. Linda Martin, Kevin Alejandro as Det. Dan Espinoza, Lesley-Ann Brandt as Mazikeen Smith and Aimee Garcia as Ella Lopez. Season 5 arrives on Netflix Aug. 21.

Like many writers and artists, Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo often give small teasers of the issues they're working on via Twitter. Now, Snyder has decided to show off one of Capullo's latest drawings for their new Robin King character from Dark Nights: Death Metal, the sequel to their popular Dark Nights Metal event.

Snyder tweeted, "No one does badass like @GregCapullo does badass. The Robin King. From DEATH METAL #4."

Snyder has previously said that he considers the Robin King to be one of his scariest joint-creations, even more so than the Batman Who Laughs, a character who took the comic book world by storm and saw massive waves of popularity after his debut in 2017.

The Robin King is set to debut in Dark Nights: Death Metal #2, where his origin will be fully shown. During this mini, readers will see how and why he was given the title from the villainous Batman Who Laughs.

Dark Nights: Death Metal #1, from Snyder, Greg Capullo, Jonathan Glapion, and FCO Plascencia, is currently on sale from DC Comics.

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The Suicide Squad writer/director James Gunn has put the kibosh on a leak detailing announcements and reveals supposedly planned for the upcoming DC FanDome event.

The leak -- originally shared to the r/DCEULeaks subreddit -- claimed, among many other things, that DC FanDome would feature the first official trailer for The Suicide Squad, a teaser trailer for Matt Reeves' The Batman, a new Wonder Woman 1984 trailer, the announcement of a Ben Affleck-starred Batman project for HBO Max, the official announcement of David Ayer's director's cut of 2016's Suicide Squad and casting announcements for such upcoming films as Aquaman 2, Shazam! 2, Black Adam and The Flash -- citing a "legitimate source."

In response to excerpts of the leak being shared on Twitter, Gunn wrote, "Sorry to hamper anyone's excitement, but this isn't real." Gunn was then asked by a fan if the entire leak was fake, or only some of it. "I don't know," the director replied. "Some of it could be right in a blindfolded-hitting-the-dartboard way. But it seems to be made up."

A free 24-hour virtual fan convention, DC FanDome is slated to feature announcements from the worlds of DC Comics, the DC Extended Universe, Arrowverse, DC Universe, WB Games and more.

Written and directed by James Gunn, The Suicide Squad stars Margot Robbie, Viola Davis, Joel Kinnaman, Jai Courtney, David Dastmalchian, John Cena, Joaquin Cosio, Nathan Fillion, Mayling Ng, Flula Borg, Sean Gunn, Juan Diego Botto, Storm Reid, Pete Davidson, Taika Waititi, Alice Braga, Steve Agee, Tinashe Kajese, Daniela Melchior, Peter Capaldi, Julio Ruiz, Jennifer Holland, Idris Elba and Michael Rooker. The film is currently scheduled for release on Aug. 6, 2021.

DC FanDome launches Saturday, Aug. 22, at 10 a.m. PDT.

WARNING: The following contains spoilers for Season 2 of Hanna, now available on Amazon Prime Video.

Season 2 of Hanna finds the titular assassin, played by Esme Creed-Mile, surprisingly working with the Utrax program as she tries to find a place to call home. Along with a legion of super-soldiers and teenage femme fatales in training at an England estate called the Meadows, they're put through the motions by director John Carmichael (Dermot Mulroney).

However, when Hanna is sent on a mission to London with Jules (Gianna Kiehl) to take out a reporter, she flips and tries to work with a secret society that's trying to use the CIA agent and Hanna's frenemy, Marissa (Mireille Enos) to shut Utrax down. This leads to a high-octane finale where the other half of the assassination plays out in Barcelona.

Hanna fails to protect her new ally, Stephen, and reporter, Nicola, who was supposed to get a file from a military lawyer named Robert Gelder. It contains a list of Utrax targets and Carmichael needs it back desperately so his bosses, the sinister Pioneer Group, don't murder him for revealing how they've infiltrated America's national security. Hanna heads to Barcelona to retrieve the file but unfortunately, Robert gets killed by another assassin, Sandy.

Fortunately, Hanna's best friend, Clara, switched sides, and they take Robert's daughter, Kat, on the run. Hanna returns to the hotel, though, and sneaks the file away, but a shootout ensues when Carmichael's team arrives. Robert's other reporter, Alba, is killed, as well as a bunch of Carmichael's operatives, but Hanna reunites with Marissa in the melee. They get separated, however, and Hanna heads back to the villa she's hiding Clara and Kat in, while Marissa heads to find Sandy.

Marissa corners Sandy at the university the agent's embedded in and extracts information to tail Carmichael and his crew, who are now in Barcelona handling the case personally. The fact Marissa doesn't kill the teen shows the mother in Marissa just can't bring herself to kill young people anymore.

For most of the season Carmichael kept her prisoner as she tried to break Hanna out the Meadows, going so far as to fake a resistance cell that rescues Marissa. It's Hanna who points out these agents are on Carmichael's side, which led to the alleyway shootout at the Barcelona hotel that separated her and Marissa. Now, it's clear Marissa wants to protect Hanna and Clara at all costs, especially as she's gotten fake passports for them to escape the game.

Back at the villa, the caretaker has Kat secretly trigger the alarm and this gets him killed when one of Carmichael's top men, Leo, arrives. Carmichael also joins the hunt with another agent, Grant, and when Clara battles Leo in a pool, Carmichael shoots the agent up, hoping he hits the girl. He hasn't and just when it seems like she's surfacing to meet her death, from the rooftop Hanna kills Grant and then shoots Carmichael in the arm.

Clara escapes the bloody pool with Leo's dead body left behind, but as she, Kat and Hanna try to drive off, some agents block them by the gate. Luckily, Marissa arrives and shoots them down, allowing the girls to drive off. They drop Kat at the airport but Clara reveals she's not going back to meet Marissa, because thanks to Hanna, her birth mom's waiting for her. Hanna understands and gives her the passport, with both saying goodbye forever with a sisterly hug.

Marissa's making the next move with Utrax with a battered Carmichael firmly in her grips. Both she and Hanna have copies of the list Robert had: targets under 30 that Carmichael wanted dead so they'd never become political figures. With this knowledge comes great power and Marissa reveals she'll help Carmichael cover the botched mission up, but she'll be retaking control of Utrax -- which she actually ran in the first place before Carmichael took it over without her knowing.

She'll be taking Hanna back as Mia and will rehabilitate the program so that they could start killing off the Pioneer members. Carmichael's reluctant but he has no choice or else he'll be fed to the wolves. Hanna then arrives and asks what's next. She also reveals Clara won't be joining as the final shot shows Clara and her mom embracing in a Moroccan airport. With the communications expert, Terri, hiding trails of Clara's whereabouts, she gets a truly happy ending.

Created by David Farr, Hanna stars Esmé Creed-Miles, Mireille Enos, Dermot Mulroney, Yasmin Monet Prince, Anthony Welsh, Cherrelle Skeete, Áine Rose Daly and Gianna Kiehl. Season 2 is available now on Amazon Prime Video.

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With Iron Man having been around for years, it’s no surprise the man behind the armor - Tony Stark - has to constantly come up with new forms of armor. Iron Man represents technology, which means he needs to upgrade just to keep up with people and the ever changing times. However at the same time, Tony goes above and beyond what’s expected of him, creating suits allowing him to fight well outside his usual expected level.

This list takes a look at some of the most ridiculous versions of Iron Man armor that have ever been made. From suits of armor that allowed him to do battle with space deities to one even blessed with the power to fend of evil magical beings, here are the strongest and most powerful Tony Stark has ever invented and used, ranked.

10 Hulkbuster Armor

People are impressed by the famous Hulkbuster armor especially after its live-action debut in Avengers: Age of Ultron, but it lands at the bottom of the list because it doesn’t really do all that well in the goal Tony actually uses it for.

The armor is first seen in Iron Man #304, where Hulk attempted to shut down a plant that had been making gamma bombs, recently acquired by Stark. The two came to blows over it, but eventually settled down. Since then, Hulk has only gotten stronger, and no armor Stark has made has been capable of keeping up with him.

9 Cold Iron Armor

This suit, formally labeled Iron Man Model 48, doesn’t look especially powerful in the conventional sense, but that's because it's specifically designed for interaction with the magic realm rather than the human world. What was otherwise a regular Iron Man suit was altered with the help of the magician Shevaun Heldane, who basically created something to help Stark survive in the world of the Dark Elves.

The suit itself is made of cold metal, so just touching it weakens the Dark Elves. It can also fire out weapons made of iron, allowing the Armored Avenger to live up to his name a bit more while being effective against beings that have a weakness against the material. All in all, this makes him deadly enough for the Elves who, normally for mortals, are a big threat.

8 Fin Fang Foombuster (AKA F3B)

Fin Fang Foom is one of Tony Stark’s classic villains, and one he has a run in with every so often to give him a proper challenge that doesn’t involve the Mandarin. In Tony Stark: Iron Man, Tony revealed his current plan of dealing with the giant dragon. This, of course, meant building a specialized armor for the dragon.

His ideal armor using multiple repulsor cannons that combined to make a robot to fight the giant dragon. Collectively, the armor is referred to as the model F3B, the Fin Fang Foombuster, though it looks and behaves more like a literal Power Rangers mecha than anything Stark used before. No one's complaining, though.

7 Thorbuster Armor

Formally known as Iron Man Model 22, Tony created the Thorbuster Armor after a run-in with Thor forced him to try and avoid an international incident.

Initially, Thor had granted Tony a special crystal which was meant to create a clean energy supply. But when Thor, powered by the Odinforce, began to throw his weight around, Stark was forced to turn the crystal into a power source for his armor. This allowed him to absorb any of the energy thrown by Thor and keep up with even the amped-up God of Thunder for a while.

6 Bleeding Edge Armor

The next-level of Extremis, Tony Stark worked with Reed Richards to create his next armor after getting away from running S.H.I.E.L.D. and being the head of the world. The suit existed inside of Tony Stark’s body, literally forming around him thanks to incredibly powerful nanotech.

His body was being powered by Repulsor tech, which left him more than enough energy to run the suit. Eventually, the armor was destroyed to appease the government but the Bleeding Edge armor was too powerful for Tony to use and still be challenged.

5 Endo-Sym Armor

Tony Stark completely unfettered from his morals invented a brand new suit of armor known as the Endo-Sym, which was basically the Model 50. The Endo-Sym suit is basically a symbiote, and it bonds with it’s user psionically. Tony can simply summon the suit mentally, merging with it at will.

Fans have seen this suit add mass to its self to take on a Hulkbuster-esque form, absorb lightning bolts from Storm, and more. Unfortunately, it was destroyed during Secret War and nobody has seen anything close to it since.

4 Deep Space Armor

For a brief period, Stark traveled out into space to work with the Guardians of the Galaxy, in the hopes of understanding what was happening in space a bit better.

The Deep Space armor he used to exist out there was incredible. The suit was capable of traveling at warp speed for interplanetary travel, while also allowing Stark to remotely control various Stark armors on Earth. It also came with a special Stark armory that contained an additional equipment for specific situations.

3 Iron Lad

Nathaniel Richards traveled back in time wearing an armor that resembled that of Iron Man, and began working with the Young Avengers as their Iron Man-like character.

However, this armor was actually as advanced as anything Stark could’ve come up with. It boasted the ability to be mentally controlled, granting him super-strength and the ability to even hack into Avengers security. It also had the ability to actually time travel, which is something Tony hasn’t added into pre-existing armor.

2 Anti-Celestial Armor (AKA The Godkiller)

There was once an armor made by an ancient alien race specifically to fight the Celestials. Stark was briefly placed in this armor, which gave him the idea to create his own version of this suit, which was used in Jason Aaron’s Avengers run.

The suit was kept on the planet Mars for safekeeping, but when the Avengers were in combat with the ancient race, Tony summoned it to him. It was capable of doing battle with a Dark Celestial, though Tony was forced to destroy it once a bunch of the Celestials attacked it at once.

1 The Godbuster Armor

When Iron Man was plugged into his own virtual reality escape, he was able to reach another level with his creative abilities. With that, he created the Iron Man Model 63, referred to as the “Godbuster."

The suit came with a massive cannon on its back and was acknowledged by everyone who saw it that this was easily the most powerful armor Iron Man had ever created. It was so dangerous Tony immediately destroyed it once he wiped out the threat he created it for, though that didn’t stop his stepbrother from copying the designs for his own usage later on.

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DC Comics has created a lot of iconic villains over the years. Some of them have become standout leaders, inspiring large groups of people to follow them into battle and do their bidding. While their motivations are evil, their leadership skills are strong.

These characters all have their own unique ways of getting criminals to follow them. They may just be great at speeches, or perhaps rule through fear. Some are genuinely good to their followers, while others are expert manipulators. For any villain, a crew is pretty crucial to help them achieve their goal, so they have to be talented to keep prospective followers interested.

10 Lex Luthor

Lex Luthor is always one step ahead of everyone else. He's a manipulator, a master tactician, and a complete sociopath. These are pretty good qualities to have if aiming to lead a group of thugs and miscreants.

What's worse is that Lex can turn on the charm, which means those reluctant to work alongside him sometimes buy into the madness. He's had so many people fall for his act in the past.

9 Joker

Criminals know what they've signed up for when they join the Joker. The clown prince of crime is a symbol of chaos and lunacy. He inspires people in a way a cult might form.

Through violence and selfish deeds, the Joker shows why he is boss, sometimes using fear to his advantage. Despite this more and more people seem to want to be a part of the Joker's insane world.

8 Black Manta

Seen traditionally as a pirate, the Black Manta has higher ambitions than many of his critics would suggest. Black Manta is a born leader, usually having some kind of crew behind him that believes in the same ideals.

Whether its his vendetta against the Atlanteans or his quest for the throne, Manta has shown a number of qualities that make him a very trustworthy leader in the face of danger. Fierce and strong willed, his goals have inspired many to work alongside him.

7 Talia Al Ghul

Talia Al Ghul has followed in the footsteps of her father and taken the League of Assassins to new heights. In her many iterations she's proven that she's not just a leader because of her family name.

She's very tough in her decisions and has a great set of physical skills that shows she is willing to get dirty. Much like the Joker, in many ways the League is like a cult, with Talia becoming a great figurehead for those looking for someone to follow.

6 Sinestro

Sinestro saw many issues with the way the Green Lantern Corps operated and helped to find the Sinestro Corps, complete with the yellow rings of fear.

As the Corps suggests, Sinestro primarily uses fear to rule. What's more, he feeds on people's ambitions, hoping to help them quickly access what they want through darker methods. This is an enticing opportunity for many.

5 Gorilla Grodd

Grodd may seem like an odd choice for this list, but it has to be remembered that he has often lead gorilla kind into battle. He's been the king and leader of his people in many different versions of the character over the years.

He often does what he feels is best for Gorilla City and protects them from outsiders. While he also has plans for world domination and has put them in harms ways, his iron fist ruling has benefited many within his community.

4 Amanda Waller

Amanda Waller is sometimes considered to be an anti-hero more than a straight up villain, although she's made some really bad decisions in the past that have cost lives.

Her penchant for putting bombs in necks means that she usually has the upper hand when it comes to controlling people. What's more, she's incredibly intelligent and knows how to manipulate people into getting what she wants.

3 Ocean Master

The Ocean Master is another character that has his eyes on the throne of Atlantis. He's had a few different tries at ruling over Atlanteans and he hasn't been too bad in terms of gaining followers.

There's certainly a small number of people that think he should lead Atlantis into the future, although his war mongering means that he would be a bad king. As an opposition leader though, he's well suited for the role.

2 Darkseid

Darkseid is an intergalactic god and has no trouble finding people to join him in his quest for dominance. To defy a god would be foolish and it's therefore easy to use fear to his advantage.

Because he has the qualities of a deity its also understandable as to why people might worship him. He holds life and death in his hands, which means he is a ruthless leader, but one that knows how to recruit the masses.

1 Circe

Circe has a number of abilities that make her uniquely suited to becoming a leader. Her magic and god status both inspire people to follow her, due to her amazing power.

What's more, if they aren't following her, humans are probably being turned into animals instead. If that wasn't enough, she's also an enchantress, able to manipulate the minds of men and seduce them into doing her bidding.

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ChilledCow's study girl is the face of lofi music on YouTube. Residing in the lofi hip hop radio - beats to relax/study to livestream, the girl has built a fanbase, become a meme and kept millions of people company while they relax, study or chat to chill lofi beats. The iconic YouTube figure has her origins in Whisper of the Heart's Shizuku Tsukishima, a similar-looking character who modelled the girl listeners now know and love. In fact, Shizuku was the study girl early on, up until the original GIF caused copyright concerns with a certain Studio Ghibli.

Whisper of the Heart was released in 1995. The film follows the story of Shizuku, a Japanese schoolgirl with a love for literature. Shizuku lives with her parents and sister in a cosy Tokyo apartment, spending her free time scribbling away in a cluttered bedroom study. While she did pose as the study girl, Shizuku actually doesn't study a whole lot herself, instead writing poetry and working on a novel titled "Whisper of the Heart."

ChilledCow was created by Dimitri in February of 2017. He decided to make Shizuku the face of his livestream, selecting a GIF of the character writing with headphones on. The lofi radio started off doing what it does to this day: providing a platform for "chill beats" (wavy, jazy, hip-hop lo-fi music) and their artists. When it grew in popularity, copyright concerns emerged, leading to the livestream temporarily shutting down just months after beginning.

In 2018, the Chillpop Records lofi livestream also came under attack for their copyright lofi girl. The Chillpop Records girl was Wolf Children's Yuki. Studio Chizu (the anime studio behind Wolf Children) launched a copyright claim and managed to get the stream off air. These situations are common within YouTube's notorious copyright laws. As a result, the YouTube lofi community is plagued with copyright issues wherever anime loops feature. It's a shame, as the anime aesthetic fits lofi music perfectly, and not every targeted lofituber is willing to give their study girl a makeover.

In any case, ChilledCow's new study girl is a definite upgrade. Juan Pablo Machado is the artist behind her current look, creating the loop that now plays in the popular livestream. The new study girl has a different hairstyle, different clothes and a different room. In the daytime, the sight out of her window seems to indicate she's moved out of Tokyo, and in the nightime, Macado treats listeners to some rain visuals that add to the lofi experience. The study girl still pays tribute to her Ghibli beginnings, assuming Shizuku's posture and working in a similar room. There's also the cat on the windowsill (cats are important Whisper of the Heart).

With her new look, the study girl has become the true mascot for lofi music across the internet. It isn't uncommon to find the character in fanart, merchandise, or memes. There are also alternative study girls (or boys) in the various other lofi channels across YouTube. Still, the study girl's life has been far from an uninterrupted live stream -- listeners will recall the mass horror (and memeing) that emerged in early 2020, when the ChilledCow channel was "accidentally" terminated by YouTube. Luckily, it returned promptly, but the event made people realize how much everyone depends on their beloved study companion.

If all is good in the world, nothing so traumatic will ever happen again, and this Ghibli-inspired girl will be allowed to scribble away uninterrupted for years to come.

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The heroes of the Marvel Universe have a bevy of characteristics. For some, readers only see one or two of these traits. Other heroes wear their characteristics on their sleeves.

When revealed, these heroes match up to indicators determined by the Myers-Briggs® Personality Test. One of these is the Executive, or ESTJ. Extroverted, observant, and thoughtful, these individuals tend to offer solid leadership. To find out who on Earth-616 is like this, here are 10 Marvel superheroes who are ESTJs.

10 Captain America

When heroes like Wolverine and Deadpool say, "Yes, sir," when Captain America gives a command, you know he's an ESTJ. Regardless of what has happened over time, Steve Rogers is the United States. When he talks, E.F. Hutton listens.

Save for that Hydra incident, Captain America offers solid leadership. He's an observant planner and quick thinker. It's why he can careen his shield off seven surfaces to strike an opponent.

9 Cyclops

Similar to Captain America, Scott Summers had some past moments where he faltered. Killing Professor X while he was endowed with the Phoenix Force is one example. Getting into a fight with Wolverine over the role of Xavier's school is another.

Outside of these, Cyclops has been one of the greatest X-Men leaders. He was there to motivate the group through a massive transition in the 1970s and helped them get through the Dark Phoenix saga. He's been the one who most personifies Xavier's beliefs about mutant-human co-existence.

8 Deadpool

Yes, you're on the right list. Deadpool was a leader at one time. He's also incredibly observant, particularly when a hero or villain tends to be lying. Furthermore, he is the picture of fortitude.

Wade Wilson is in constant pain due to his treatments. Also, others tend to doubt his sincerity. Still, he pushes through to make things right. It may mean making some (many) mistakes along the way, but he's able to turn possible disasters into successes. This is why the superhero community reluctantly admires him.

7 Spider-Gwen

There are a few reasons why this version of Gwen Stacy is an ESTJ, and they relate to fortitude. For one thing, she couldn't save her best friend Peter Parker from dying. At that point, Spider-Gwen could have given up. Yet, she resolved to take her job as a superhero seriously.

Another is the fact she was ripped from her dimension and landed on Earth-616. Not only was it unnerving but also tragic as she met Peter as Spider-Man. Still, she stayed strong through the "Spider-Verse" saga and continues to be a major player.

6 Magneto

When it comes to the ESTJ trait of fortitude, Magneto has stood tall through many tragedies. Take your pick of the worst of them. Perhaps it's his failure at leading the X-Men and New Mutants. It could be the destruction of Genosha. Maybe it's the death of his son Quicksilver and the insanity of his daughter Scarlet Witch.

True, he was momentarily knocked for a loop. However, it didn't stop him from making his next moves. Now that he's part of the new X-Men structure, Magneto's fortitude is needed to ensure Xavier's nation-state remains stable.

5 Rocket Raccoon

Rocket Raccoon isn't simply genetically created being who loves large weapons. He's also a strategist and an ally. Plus, he has an enormous heart underneath that fur. If you doubt this, then look at his relationship with Groot.

Also, like others on this list, he has to withstand numerous accusations that he's a talking rodent with a gun. To this, he'll either explain his situation or, if in a foul mood, shoot your leg off. In the end, you want to get on the good side of this ESTJ to gain a life-long friend.

4 Nick Fury

When you're the leader of a covert organization with many facets, you have to have the gumption to handle everything. This is a composite of Nick Fury. You'll find him filling out paperwork one minute. Minutes later, he'll be in the midst of a battle with Hydra. Not only does he have the fortitude, but he's also a multitasker.

Thanks to his military training, Fury is observant. It's the reason why several stellar individuals became S.H.I.E.L.D agents first before they decided to go solo. Furthermore, it's why remained the organization's leader.

3 Storm

Even before she led the X-Men, readers knew Storm was a unique mutant. As revealed in her 1975 introduction, she wasn't shy of revealing her powers to help others. Also, she had the knowledge to take charge when things when the team was on the verge of falling apart.

Throughout her life, Storm has survived a large amount of adversity. She became an orphan when her parents were killed and temporarily lost her powers. On top of that, she's seen her share of death and destruction. Nevertheless, Storm continues to survive and lead.

2 Hawkeye

Some don't consider Hawkeye an ESTJ. He's brash, stubborn, and tends to go his own way. Other than Captain America, he doesn't have much respect for authority. Nevertheless, Clint is on this list because he is a true leader.

When Captain America isn't around, people turn to Hawkeye for assistance. He's able to think on his feet, and he sees talent where others don't. Out of the heroes that have passed through the Avengers and Thunderbolts, Clint is one of the few who wants to maintain their traditions.

1 Wolverine

Since his introduction to the X-Men in the mid-1970s, Logan has been the go-to guy for guidance when neither Professor X nor Cyclops was around. Granted, he normally gives advice opposite to what the other two would provide. He doesn't outright dismiss it. He simply puts it in another light.

Fortitude is another reason why Wolverine is an ESTJ. He's overcome several deep problems. He had to kill his former fiancée, he learned he was part of a government project, he died several times and returned to life. If he can survive these and be a positive influence, then he definitely has fortitude.

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Vocaloid characters are some of the most interesting things to come out of Japan. They’re singers whose voices are created using Vocaloid technology, which means that they don’t even have human voice actors making the music; they’re solely computer-generated characters.

But even though this is kind of weird, Vocaloids are incredibly popular, both due to their music and because the characters each have their own unique personalities, not to mention the myriad outfits that they are often seen in. So it’s no wonder, since the characters are all so cute and distinctive, that there are lots of amazing fan art pieces of them.

10 Miku

Miku is the most famous of the Vocaloids. She was the first one created and became something of an international sensation. She even once performed on The Late Show with David Letterman. This artist has created a straightforward interpretation of Miku’s look, which has a lot of elements to it: from her diamond-shaped headset to her tie which looks like piano keys, down to her cute fold-over boots.

9 Rin

This fan art piece of Rin pointing a finger gun that shoots hearts and stars is too cute for words. The artist has created a great look for her face, which maintains something of that anime style around her big eyes, but which also has a lot of detail in it.

The shape of her mouth, the small gap between her teeth, and the texture of her eyebrows all work really well to give this a distinctive rendering particular to the artist’s aesthetic.

8 Miku With A Big Smile

This fan artist has decided to redesign Miku to show what she might look like if she were a Black girl. The design is super-fun, with her blue hair puffed up into big curly pigtails. It’s a fun look at what characters might look like if they were represented in different ways, and how much different kinds of colors can work with different character designs.

7 Gumi

Gumi definitely has a real Ramona Flowers look to her design, and this artist really leaned into that. Here, she’s drawn in an outfit the artist designed for her, looking both very cute and like she’s ready to run off to join a punk band. She’s even wearing goggles on her head in true Scott Pilgrim fashion.

6 Miku Into Metal

This artist is clearly a fan of metal music, having drawn Miku in a Megadeth shirt. There’s no reason, of course, that a Vocaloid would just have to be into pop music, so it’s definitely fun to consider her wanting to make other kinds of music.

The details on this piece are all really fun, from her many piercings to the spikes on her pigtail holders.

5 Meiko

This incredibly cute rendition of Meiko shows her posing with her leg popped up, leaning on her microphone mid-song. The artist went for a simplistic art style for the character, giving her an almost chibi appearance, with a large head and eyes on otherwise pretty small limbs. It makes her look very feminine and adorable.

4 Miku In Roller Skates

One of Miku’s many outfits is a maid cafe outfit, which is what this artist has chosen to draw her in here. Here she’s wearing roller skates and carrying a tray of ice cream which seems to be toppling off the tray, as if maybe she’s just fallen down. Still, she seems pretty cheerful despite that, and this very cute piece captures the adorable energy of the outfit.

3 Rin As A Chef

In this adorable fan art piece, Rin is dressed as a chef, complete with an old-fashioned ascot and a poofy chef’s hat. But she’s still also wearing her iconic bow in her hair, which makes her instantly recognizable. The cute palette on this piece is great, with lots of oranges and yellows, as Rin often wears, as well as pinks and chocolate browns.

2 Miku In The Cafe

This artist also has drawn Miku in her maid cafe outfit. Here, it’s easier to see some of the details of the look and how it also captures Miku’s more iconic outfits. For example, she is wearing a collar and a short tie, which regularly appear in her performance outfits. The artist also gave her an ombre hairstyle, with her classic blue hair fading into pinks and purples at the bottom.

1 In Gold & Green

This artist chose to move away from the look that Miku is most well-known for. While all of the characters have multiple outfits, Miku’s usually sticks to a teal and black palette. But this outfit has her in gold and white, making her look very elegant and glamorous. The artist captured this with shiny textures. They also gave Miku giant eyes that give her a retro anime look.

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The brain of a baby and the strength of Superman. On paper, The Hulk does not sound like Avengers material.

His presence is a mixed bag in action too, ranging from mass-murdering rampages to resurrecting half of all life in the Universe. Sometimes Banner is in control and sometimes Hulk's personality fractures. Sometimes Hulk's Hulk drops by and scares fear itself.

Evil despot or big brainless dummy? Genius intellectual hero or death bomb?

Life with The Hulk is like rolling the dice in more ways than one and it's not easy to say if he's overrated as an Avenger or underrated. There are as many examples one way as there are the other.

10 Overrated: Bitten By A Vampire

Nerd Hulk (that's right, Nerd Hulk) wanted to go for a walk and see the city lights. He broke the rules so he could take a walk. Right there is the set up for The Hulk's humiliating transformation into a Vampire. One minute he's out for a nice stroll and the next, BAM! that's all she wrote and goodnight sweet Prince.

The Hulk got whacked by a sneak attacking vampire. The Strongest there is? How embarrassing. For an Avenger to be taken out so easily makes it questionable that they were on the team to start with.

9 Underrated: Self-Imposed Banishment

Something that gets overlooked quite a lot is The Hulk's self-imposed banishment. Knowing he is a threat to human life, he seeks to avoid people at all costs.

As a man, Bruce Banner just wants to be accepted and loved more than anything. Being burdened with the curse of The Hulk he turns his back on everything he wants in exchange for the vast empty wilderness. The Hulk just wants to be left alone because he doesn't want to be angry. That's fairly poetic.

8 Overrated: Killing Half Of New York

During the climax of Mark Millar's debut of The Ultimate Avengers, Bruce Banner does something beyond stupid. Fearing the team will be disbanded, he decides to create a threat only they can contend with by having a self-induced Hulk incident. What follows is hilarious, exciting, and depressing in equal measures as the big green rage machine rampages through New York.

Killing thousands and screaming about how horny he is while hunting down Betty Ross is far from his finest hour. It might qualify him for the ignominious title of Worlds Worst Avenger.

7 Underrated: Holding Up A Mountain

Without question,The Hulk is the strongest there is. For those with doubt, never forget that he once held up an entire mountain as it collapsed, saving The Avengers from becoming costumed pancakes. It's a single act of strength, but one that puts him in a category all of his own.

Saving The Avengers, by extension, makes him responsible for every life each one of those Avengers saves thereafter. If Hulk had failed to hold that mountain up, then the world is without Earth's Mightiest Heroes and a heck of a lot more gravestones.

6 Overrated: Conquering Earth

Did they have it coming? Probably. Does that make it right? Sort of. After being launched into the void by the "heroes" of Earth, Hulk developed a bit of a chip on his shoulder. He crash-landed on a planet named Sakaar and after trials and tribulations, became hing of that world. He had friends and a wife, more than that, he had managed to get over the disgusting treatment he received from his peers back on Earth.

Unfortunately for everybody involved, the same craft he arrived on, exploded and killed Hulks, pregnant wife. He returned to Earth stronger and angrier than he had ever been and once more proved he's a questionable choice for The Avengers team by conquering The Earth like a true tyrant.

5 Underrated: Take The Stairs

The infamous "take the stairs" scene from Endgame, at the top of Stark Tower is the perfect example of how underrated the Hulk is. When Thor and Stark mock Hulk and talk to him like an idiot for trying to enter the elevator, Hulk doesn't smash them.

The fact that he doesn't start smashing Stark, Thor, and everybody else in the elevator is a miracle. His composure and restraint at that moment is an act of heroics. Everybody knows Hulk could kill the Avengers, even the Avengers know Hulk could kill the Avengers, and yet still, they show him no respect.

4 Overrated: The Hulk Gang

An Avenger is supposed to Avenge. It's a straight forward premise and so when the heroes of Earth fell and villains like Red Skull rose to power, anybody would assume the last living Avenger would head into battle.

Nope. Not the case.

In Old Man Logan, Hulk instead chose to marry his cousin against her will and make babies... a lot of babies. These babies would be raised as thugs and bullies that would murder at will and for fun. They would extort protection money from the unlucky denizens of the wastelands. Hulk became such a lowlife monster that when Wolverine eventually got his nerve back and started cleaning house, Hulk ate him alive.

3 Underrated: He Saved The World From Bruce Banner

Does anybody remember when Hulk separated himself from Bruce Banner? Hulk went deep underground searching for solitude and became the protector and savior of the Moloids. Bruce Banner moved to an island and went full Moreau, carrying out Hulk themed vivisection on every animal he could find.

A shock to all, Bruce is the maniac and Hulk is the gentle giant. In the end, Hulk saved the world from the madness of Bruce Banner. Does it get mentioned much? Not really, no. Hulk killing Bruce Banner has some extreme existential suicide vibes. It's sacrificial in a sense. Hulk is underrated for sure, as most people forget that Banner is the real monster.

2 Overrated: Infinity War

Beaten up by Thanos and feeling undervalued, The Hulk spends Infinity War inside Banner like green baby. Hulk has hurt feelings and refuses to help the Avengers save half of all life in the Universe.

He is the most overrated Avenger of all time when viewed through the lens of Infinity War. It's maybe a harsh judgment given the very deep valley Hulks IQ resides in; maybe the fact that the strongest Avenger has the same levels of cognition as a 5-year-old is further evidence of him being overrated.

1 Underrated: Endgame

How could anybody redeem themselves from flat out refusing to help save half of all life in the Universe because they had hurt feelings? Turns out the answer is "bring back the dead." This is a point that gets mentioned fairly regularly and bears repeating here. Hulk is the strongest there is.

Wielding the Stark Infinity Gauntlet is the most powerful superhero feat in the whole of the MCU. Only Gods and Dance Battling Demi-Gods with back up dancers have been able to wield Infinity Stones. Hulk uses ALL the Infinity stones and he does it alone.

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Of all the attributes in Yu-Gi-Oh!, the one that's least supported is Wind. Decent Wind archetypes are rarely ever found, which is unfortunate because Wind could easily have had some of the most interesting playstyles. Despite this, in the Xyz era there's no shortage of incredible Wind monsters.

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While all of them aren't relevant today, several of these cards have been incredibly powerful to the point where some where outright banned from official games. Here ten of the best Wind Xyz monsters, from across multiple eras of the Xyz period that are still relevant today - even if some of them are technically illegal to play.

10 Wind-Up Arsenal Zenmaioh

Made up of two Level 5s, Zenmaioh’s a simple card—it can detach a material to pop two set cards on the field.

Zenmaioh is a great way to clear an opponent’s backrow and it retains its ability to attack afterwards, boasting 2600 ATK. This means that it can easily run over most monsters that would otherwise be a threat to weaker monsters

9 Super Quantal Mech Beast Aeroboros

A solid Rank 4, Super Quantal Mech Beast Aeroboros can detach a material to flip a monster face down. That’s impressive enough, but Aeroboros has a second level to this ability.

If it has a Super Quantum Green Layer as a material, this card can activate that effect during either player’s turn. This locks the player out of certain synchro and Xyz plays.

8 Blade Armor Ninja

Blade Armor Ninja was a legit card to deal at one point. It needed two Warrior type monsters and could detach a material to allow a Ninja monster to attack twice for the remainder of the turn. On top of that, Blade Armor Ninja could use its effect on itself, which meant it could attack the opponent for over 4000 damage all by itself.

This was a great way to send the opponent down into critical damage, making all of their decisions going forward more difficult, as they had less room to make mistakes.

7 Tornado Dragon

A generic Level 4 monster, Tornado Dragon was useful because its effect could activate during either player’s turn. The player could detach a material from it to target and destroy a spell or trap on the field.

This meant the player could respond to a recently set spell or trap by instantly destroying it before it could even be activated the following turn. The only problem with the monster is it only has 2100 ATK, making it rather susceptible to stronger monsters.

6 Castel, The Skyblaster Musketeer

For the longest time, this musketeer was the best removal tool for cards. Castel could detach a material to flip a monster face-down on the field, which is a good way to stop someone’s plays.

If Castel detached both materials, it could target a card on the field and shuffle them into the deck, a way to remove a monster without destroying it. The only problem with Castel is that it needed to target, which became more difficult with boss monsters after it was released.

5 Lightning Chidori

Made up of two Wind monsters, Lightning Chidori is a powerful tool for Wind monsters. Just for summoning it, Chidori can target a set card the opponent controls and return it to the bottom of the deck.

Then the player could detach a material to target a face-up card on the field and put it on the top of the deck. It’s an adorable kind of synergy that shuts down the opponent from both ways, and it’s biggest problem is having 1900 ATK.

4 Leviair The Sea Dragon

This card was crucial for early Xyz decks at the beginning of their introduction. It could detach a material from itself to target a banished Level 4 or lower monster and special summon it to the field.

This works specifically well with monsters that banish themselves to activate their effects, especially since they can be special summoned back to the field rather than placed in the hand.

3 Daigusto Emeral

This card was banned for a very long time, thanks to its ability to allow players to keep setting up their combos. It had two different effects that the player picked from to activate.

Either it could detach a material to target three monsters in the graveyard, shuffling them into the deck to draw a card or it could target a non-effect monster in the grave and special summon it. The first effect was what players used — over-extending as much as they wanted only to get to draw cards for doing so.

2 Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack

Few archetypes have caused more problems than Mecha Phantom Beasts without ever having been a competitive deck on their own. Made up of two Level 7 cards, Mecha Phantom Beast Dracossack can detach a material to summon out two tokens.

Having tokens on board protects it from destruction by battle or card effect, but Dracossack can also tribute the tokens (or any Mecha Phantom Beast, for that matter) to destroy a monster on the field.

1 Number 42: Galaxy Tomahawk

Another Rank 7, Galaxy Tomahawk became a thing during the Link era. It could detach it’s two materials to special summon as many tokens as possible.

The tokens had 2000 ATK, but the opponent couldn’t take battle damage, so this card was bad at first. But in the Link era, suddenly this monster generated five tokens out of nowhere that could set up massive boards. The TCG got so tired of this card that they eventually banned it.

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In the fantasy anime world of Fairy Tail, wizards are commonplace, and they wield all kinds of incredible magic. Most wizards are grouped up into official guilds all over the nation of Fiore, from the namesake Fairy Tail to Lamia Scale, Sabertooth and more. In Fairy Tail, meanwhile, Mirajane Strauss and Juvia Lockser are two real standouts.

Mirajane has been a part of Fairy Tail since her girlhood, and Juvia signed up after her gentle defeat at Gray's hands during the battle with Phantom Lord. Both of these ladies are outstanding characters and powerful wizards in their guild, but when you get down to it, only one of them can be proclaimed Best Girl in all of Fairy Tail. Now, which should it be?

10 Mirajane: Big Sister Figure

Many anime titles feature a "big sister" figure, a young woman who's responsible and protective of her friends and siblings. Itsuka Kendo from My Hero Academia is a recent example, and Mirajane fits this role perfectly.

She's the oldest of the three Strausses, and always acts the part. She risks her life more than once to shield Elfman and Lisanna from harm, and provides all the emotional support they could ever need. And, of course, Mirajane extends this courtesy to her non-blood brothers and sisters of Fairy Tail, too.

9 Juvia: Change Of Heart

This was Juvia's first appearance, when she fought on behalf of the antagonistic Phantom Lord guild. She was part of a four-man team based on the classic Greek elements, and she went up against Gray Fullbuster in a duel.

Juvia had a change of heart, and she decided to fall in love with Gray rather than try and defeat him. She had been terribly lonely and misunderstood until now, but Gray helped part the rainclouds, so to speak, and she eagerly joined Fairy Tail as a reborn wizard.

8 Mirajane: S-Rank

Only a few wizards in the Fairy Tail guild can attain the coveted title of S-rank wizard, and only these elite wizards can take on S-ranked assignments and enjoy the huge rewards for them. Gildarts, Erza and Mirajane all hold this rank.

This puts Mirajane right the top where combat prowess is concerned, and it has been suggested that if she went all our, Mirajane could actually defeat Erza in battle. Of course, they are good friends, so it's highly unlikely that such a fight would actually happen.

7 Juvia: Goofy Personality

Juvia did a complete 180 in her guild allegiance and personality alike when she formally joined the Fairy Tail guild and spent time around her new friends (and her beloved Gray). She soon became one of the show's funniest characters.

Although Juvia isn't especially bright, she is creative and whimsical, and she keeps doing odd and amusing things to try and win Gray's affection. For example, she once tried to bake him a birthday cake, and somehow ended up destroying her entire house. What a sight.

6 Mirajane: Bartender Skills

Mirajane does more than fight or provide emotional counsel to her fellows at Fairy Tail. She is also the bartender and waitress there (just for fun), and she's good at it, too. Bartending isn't as easy as it looks; there's a lot of drinks and mixes to keep track of.

This is a charming fluff detail that helps round out Mirajane's character, and it helps establish her as a helpful, friendly figure and gives her something to do in Fairy Tail's guildhall. Fairy Tail's wizards are thirsty for booze and get rowdy quick, but Mirajane can handle that.

5 Juvia: Self-Sacrifice

Mirajane will go a long way to protect her guildmates and her brother and sister, but Juvia went even further for the sake of another person. She and Gray ended up chained together by the ice-wielding spriggan Invel, forced to fight to the death.

Juvia wanted none of that. To save her beloved Gray's life, Juvia tried to sacrifice her own life to free Gray of that curse, and Gray was then able to take the fight to Invel and win. Fortunately, Wendy was able to heal Juvia in time and save her life.

4 Mirajane: Sang A Song

This was one of the earlier scenes in Fairy Tail, and it was definitely one of the most touching, too. Once Fairy Tail was reunited after Laxus' intra-guild battle, everyone was feeling a renewed sense of camaraderie, and Mirajane helped put on the finishing touches.

She went on stage and showed off her wonderful singing voice while strumming a guitar, and the entire guild was moved with her soothing melodies. Of course, she was soon followed up by Gajeel, who wanted to show off his own voice.

3 Juvia: Water Body

Juvia represents water, and she can do that on both offense and defense. In the middle of combat, she can use a variety of water-based attacks, such as Water Nebula or Water Slicer, and her defense is just as potent.

Her entire body is liquid, meaning physical attacks have practically no effect on her. She's used this to her advantage a few times to take her enemies by surprise and get the edge. Other magic types are still potent against her, but having a cohesive water body is still pretty cool.

2 Mirajane: Battle Taunts

Mirajane has a cheerful and nurturing personality, but she's not a pushover, either. She's gentle when she can, and tough when she must be. Once Mirajane uses her Take Over magic and becomes a battle demon, her demeanor is also altered.

In this form, she is perfectly willing to taunt and mock her enemies, and nothing the enemy says will rattle her. She is known for scoffing at an enemy's poison attack and saying "poison is dessert for a demon like me!"

1 Juvia: Scary Mode

What's impressive about Juvia is that even if she lacks Mirajane's demonic form and S-rank status, she can also enter a battle frenzy and reach new heights of power, all from the power of love. That's saying a lot.

Her love of Gray is so strong, she snaps and becomes a total war machine if Gray is hurt or presumed dead. Juvia did htis once when fighting Meldy, and she tossed around her ultra-powerful Grimoire Heart opponent with ease. No one messes with Gray and gets away with it if Juvia's around.

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When people think of the X-Men, they think of two names- Wolverine and Cyclops. Wolverine's the tough as nails enforcer with a heart of gold and Cyclops is the stalwart leader. No matter what else the two characters do, they are X-Men through and through and perfect exemplars of Xavier's dream- a mutant killing machine turned into one of the world's greatest heroes and a mutant with uncontrollable powers that who has overcome that and become a great leader.

Without these two characters, the X-Men wouldn't be the same. Each brings something unique to the table and fans have been debating for years which one of more integral to the team. So, which X-Man is more important- Wolverine or Cyclops?

10 Wolverine: The Most Popular

Let's get this one out of the way immediately- Wolverine is way more popular than Cyclops. Wolverine has headlined his own ongoing series for most of the last thirty years and when he hasn't, as when he recently died, he was replaced by his clone daughter X-23 as Wolverine and had an older alternate universe version of himself with his own book.

Wolverine has starred in three solo movies and was arguably the star of every X-Men movie. Sure, people like Cyclops, but they love Wolverine.

9 Cyclops: Possibly The Best Team Leader In Comics

While Captain America gets all the glory for being the best team leader, on paper, Cyclops has done way more with much less. Nowadays the X-Men and the Avengers are more on par as far as power levels go, but for a very long time, the X-Men were very much behind Cap's team.

However, Cyclops was still leading his team against some of the most dangerous threats in the Marvel Universe and winning. Not only that, but he was responsible for training everyone and seeing as how most of the X-Men joined the team after years of normal lives with sometimes uncontrollable powers and a variety of mental foibles, that's a huge accomplishment.

8 Wolverine: The Tankiest Tank That Ever Tanked

While his healing factor has gone through massive upgrades over the years, Wolverine has always been one of the X-Men's greatest tanks, which is saying something on a team that boasted a guy whose entire power was turning into steel.

This allowed him to fight on long after other members of the team were done, often making the save at the most crucial times, such as when the Hellfire Club had just smacked the X-Men around when they went to rescue a Phoenix Force powered Jean Grey. Without Wolverine, the X-Men would have been dead years ago.

7 Cyclops: Don't Make Him Angry

People get Cyclops's powers wrong all the time. A lot of people they're lasers, but they aren't- they're blasts of concussive force. While this sounds like it would be weaker than a laser, it isn't; not only can he vary the force of his attacks but he can also widen the beams to truly awe-inspiring widths.

When Cyclops gets mad, he can fire blasts that have been known to tear apart entire buildings, reduce Sentinels to nothing, and ruin the days of just about anyone they hit. Power like that makes Cyclops one of the most dangerous heroes around.

6 Wolverine: Willing To Do The Dirty Work

Wolverine has done a lot of dirty work over the years. He's worked as a soldier, an assassin, and a spy. He has no problem killing and sometimes, that sort of work is needed. For years, it was a bone of contention between Wolverine and Cyclops but when things got bad for mutants, Cyclops put Wolverine's skills to use.

Sometimes, the only way to save the day is to send someone to end the threat in the most efficient way and Wolverine is willing to do that sort of thing for his friends.

5 Cyclops: An All-Around Threat

Most people look at Cyclops as just the guy who shoots blasts from his eyes, but his skills are so much more than that. He can use his optics blasts as a method of propulsion and has the ability to perfectly calculate angles of attack, allowing him to reflect his shots off things and still hit a target.

He's also a superb hand to hand fighter and tactician. The amount of time Cyclops has spent training both with his team and by himself is kind of flabbergasting when it comes right down to it and has honed him into one of the most formidable heroes around, even without his powers.

4 Wolverine: A Surprisingly Good Leader

If members of the X-Men would have been told that one day Wolverine would not only lead his own team of X-Men but also become headmaster of his own mutant school, they would have scoffed at the notion... including Wolverine himself. However, in recent years, Wolverine has been thrust into a leadership role more and more.

It all began when Cyclops made him the leader of X-Force, a role he excelled at. Eventually, he and Cyclops would come to blows, splitting the mutant race in twain. Half would go with Wolverine and he would rebuild the Xavier Institute campus, rechristen it the Jean Grey School, and took over as headmaster, teaching students and leading the X-Men and being better at it than anyone thought.

3 Cyclops: Leader Of The Mutant Race

After Scarlet Witch depowered the vast majority of the mutant population, Cyclops stepped up and took over as leader, leading his people through some of the most dangerous times they had ever faced. There were less than two hundred mutants in the world and their enemies were circling like vultures with more than enough power to destroy them.

Cyclops not only kept things together but protected his people better than anyone could have imagined. If it wasn't for some Phoenix Force shenanigans, his time as leader would still be celebrated.

2 Wolverine: He's Got Connections

Because of his time as an Avenger, his many years of adventuring before joining the team, and many solo outings with all kinds of heroes, Wolverine has good connections with nearly everyone in the Marvel Universe. These friendships are an important connective tissue that mutants need.

The general public is still frightened of mutants and for their favorite heroes to be friends with a prominent mutant makes them look at mutants in a positive light. It also gives the X-Men alliances with all kinds of heroes they normally wouldn't associate with.

1 Cyclops: The Mutant Ideal

Cyclops is pretty much the epitome of Xavier's dream. He overcame a nearly uncontrollable mutant power and his own self-loathing to become the perfect soldier in the fight for mutant rights and exemplary example of just what every mutant can be if they worked hard enough.

Mentally and physically tough, there's no obstacle Cyclops can't overcome. He as close to perfect as any mutant can get and he's an inspiration for humans and mutants alike.

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Wolverine has been popular for many Marvel fans all over the world and with very good reason. Not only does he have one of the greatest backstories in the medium, but his abilities also make him quite iconic. His classic regeneration and adamantium claws really do a lot to make the character appealing to the point of him having multiple incarnations. One of the more memorable versions is his Ultimate variant and while he isn't quite the same, he has things that make him distinctly Wolverine.

With that in mind, here are the 5 things that are different from the character and 5 things that remind fans that he is indeed the same Wolverine.

10 Difference: Ultimate Wolverine Is Taller And Younger

Funny enough, the Ultimate universe Wolverine is actually taller than his more common counterpart. Although this doesn't really mean much, it does make it interesting to think about, especially when a lot of the Ultimate universe characters are fairly similar.

For example, Ultimate Wolverine is actually in his 80s and is around 5'9. Meanwhile, the Wolverine from 616 is around 5'3 at most and is over 100 years old. Being one of the oldest mutants to ever live.

9 Same: Still Incredibly Grumpy

This is Wolverine after all, and he wouldn't be much of one if he wasn't a bit grouchy. This is true for any version of the character but beneath all of that grumpiness, he is always doing the best he can for everyone that he's loved. No matter which version of Wolverine, so long as it's not the evil ones anyways, he always tries his hardest to do the best he can. That being said, he still can be a bit rough around the edges and can be quite tactless at times.

8 Difference: Ultimate Wolverine Is One Of The First Mutants

Interestingly enough, Wolverine is actually considered the first mutant in his universe or at least one of the first few that have been directly found. During his time in the Weapon X program where he was constantly tested, they discovered his healing factor and how it functioned. Thus Wolverine was given the codename of "Mutant 0" in order to codify him. Thus establishing the term of Mutant as the Ultimate universe knows it.

7 Same: Crush On Redheads

Wolverine seems to have a thing for redheads. That seems to apply for virtually every version of the character as fans know it. Jean Grey is the most notable example as she seems to be the character that Wolverine has always been pining for. Meanwhile, the case is also true for the Ultimate version and many of the love interests that he's had were always redheads. There was even a time when he had a thing for Mary Jane although that was when he was in Spider-Man's body which was pretty weird.

6 Difference: Adamantium Isn't Nearly As Strong In The Ultimate Universe

This is one of the most crucial aspects of the character. In the standard 616 universes of Marvel, every single bone that is in Wolverine's body was coated in Adamantium. This allowed him to become virtually indestructible and almost impossible to kill as a result. Meanwhile, the adamantium that coats the Ultimate Wolverine is not nearly as durable as his 616 counterparts. Wolverine even ended up getting torn in half by his universe's Hulk at one point.

5 Same: They Are Tragic Characters

Wolverine has had a hard life. As a result of his long life, he has seen a lot of things, from wars to the worst of humanity. If one was to have even an ounce of Wolverine's life, they would know that he is the definition of tragic.

Nonetheless, it seems like regardless of the good the character has done, there will always be someone close to him that would virtually die if they were ever involved with him. But all of this only made him stronger as a result.

4 Difference: Ultimate Wolverine Was Once Part Of The Brotherhood

In the Ultimate universe, Wolverine was actually not part of the X-Men, or at least at the beginning. Although in the main comics, Wolverine was part of the Alpha Flight team and later switched over to the X-Men, in the Ultimate Universe, the Wolverine was a part of Magneto's Brotherhood of Mutants. Not only that, but this version of the character, in particular, was also Magneto's personal assassin.

3 Same: They Have Lots Of Children

When you have a long life span like Wolverine, it is only fair that someone would get around. In the mainline of comics, Wolverine had a whole slew of lovers with each of them either dying or something tragic happening. This resulted in Wolverine having a ton of children like Daken, and Laura if one considers clones. Ultimate Wolverine is the same thing as he ended up having children including one in particular that succeeded him when he died.

2 Difference: Healing Factors

Wolverine's healing factor is one of his most iconic abilities as a character. Known for his seemingly unkillable body, this ability is incredibly inconsistent. However, it has allowed the feral character to survive things when a huge variety of superheroes couldn't.

In the Ultimate universe, Wolverine's healing ability was heavily nerfed. Making this Wolverine far more killable on top of having an Adamantium skeleton that is not nearly as strong. Thus explaining why he hasn't been able to survive the things his 616 version had.

1 Same: Berserker Rage

Finally, one of the personality traits that make every Wolverine who they are, is their inner animalistic rage. As a result of Wolverine's mutation as well as tragic past, he has quite the temper. This has resulted in a variety of unfortunate enemies getting killed.

Of course, all of this gets amplified once Wolverine gets into a full-powered rage, which allows him to boost everything he can do. It is kind of a traumatic side effect to everything the character has been through, as Wolverine essentially becomes a feral animal and goes completely wild at the cost of having tunnel vision.

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Motivation is an essential factor in any story. It drives characters to do what needs to be done, and the right motivation will keep an audience member on the edge of their seat. Without a clear, motivating factor, the stories end before they can even start.

This is especially true for a medium such as video games, where the players are in direct control of events within the story. When the player can connect with the motivation of the character and share the experience with them, they'll root the characters on until the end. Naughty Dog's modern masterpieces, The Last Of Us and The Last Of Us Part II, both present very different motivations with similar goals, resulting in some players finding more to relate with in the original game than it's recent sequel.

In the original The Last of Us, Joel is tasked with trekking across post-apocalyptic America to save the world. But as the game goes on, his goals change. Joel (and by extension, the player) becomes more invested in keeping Ellie safe and thinking that the Fireflies can do that. The Fireflies are a well-organized group with a basic functioning society, somewhere that Ellie should be safe. It ropes players in with an easy goal -- escort a girl who can save the world -- and keeps them hooked with the motivation of protecting a character they're attached to.

Ellie's motivations in The Last of Us Part II, however, hinge entirely on revenge. Negative intentions push her and, while some players may share her goal in the beginning, others will feel differently as the game progresses. It's a challenging goal to get attached to, as players aren't presented the organic growth Joel experienced in the first game, instead being thrust immediately into Ellie's search for revenge.

Most importantly missing, though, is the element of camaraderie. Joel and Ellie are in agreement with what their goal in The Last of Us, both working to find the Fireflies to try and manufacture a cure. When both protagonists push each other on, it helps them stay connected to their goal. The goal of getting to the Fireflies is shared by both protagonists, which makes it easier for the player to remain focused on that goal.

For the sequel, Ellie's goal is hers alone. While she does have friends and companions throughout the game that follow her, they don't wholly support her. Dina and Jesse both work to talk Ellie down from her mission. They ask her if she's had enough revenge and when she is ready to let this task go, trying to keep her from taking it too far. Ultimately these two friends are just watching her back -- both in keeping infected from swarming her hiding spots and hate from swarming her heart. But it distracts the player from the goal, forcing them to continually second-guess the game's ultimate narrative of a quest for revenge.

But most importantly, players aren't finding that connection because Ellie isn't as rock bottom as Joel was. By the time of Part II, Ellie is a beloved member of a community that she can return to. Contrast this with Joel, who never had a home to look back to in the first game. In the years following his daughter Sara's death, Joel had become a much darker person and was working as a smuggler alongside Tess when the game opened. He didn't have any close connections in Boston, and the eventual death of Tess made it feel as though Joel was genuinely lost in the world. This opens the player up to want to form that bond with Ellie and give both characters a new home to return to.

Motivation is a part of what makes a character great, especially in story-based games. Even if a player doesn't necessarily agree with the character and their goal, the characters' drive can keep them coming back for more.

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The Last of Us Part II developer Naughty Dog has issued a statement condemning the harassment and violent threats sent to voice actor Laura Bailey over her portrayal of the character Abby in the game.

"Although we welcome critical discussion, we condemn any form of harassment or threats directed towards our team and cast," the developer said on Twitter. "Their safety is our top priority, but we must all work together to root out this type of behavior and maintain a constructive and and compassionate discourse."

In a recent post to social media, Bailey revealed she had been sent death threats for her portrayal of Abby in The Last of Us Part II, as well as for the character's actions, providing screenshots of various messages and tweets sent to her. "Man. I try to only post positive stuff on here... but sometimes this just gets a little overwhelming," she said of the matter. Despite how disheartening receiving such vitriol seemed to be, Bailey was met with positive messages after bringing the situation to light, including support from the likes of co-star Ashley Johnson and The Last of Us Part II director Neil Druckmann (who has discussed his own experience with such harassment). "Damn. The amount of encouraging responses to this... I've always believed that good people far outweigh the bad," Bailey said of the reaction. "Thanks for reminding me of that today."

Developed by Naughty Dog, The Last of Us Part II is now available on PlayStation 4.

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