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That would be the second part of Osborn's plan. All the public would know is that some oddly dressed weirdo with a sword got into a fight with some other oddly dressed weirdos and an entire stadium full of people died as a result while the weirdos got away scot-free. Then Osborn comes along and announces that HAMMER investigations have revealed that the party responsible was an Asgardian, a superpowered nut who claims he's an actual, living god, and then he reminds everyone that there's a whole city of these psychos floating over US soil in Oklahoma. He could even offer a faux olive branch and just ask the Asgardians to turn Volstagg alone over to him. They'll refuse of course, and then Osborn swears to hold the whole lot of them responsible for Volstagg's recklessness and remind the gods that here in the present, when man has mastered the world, even gods aren't above the law. The public cheers as Osborn goes to town on Asgard and no one cares one iota that Thor is a god who's defended humankind for years or that Volstagg was trying to help or that the gods have managed to live peacefully with the people of Broxton for a while now.
It's fear-mongering plus the power of the media in action, which have always been major themes of Dark Reign.
That that sounds like the premise of a great stor...Oh wait Bendis

