Why do you relate to the Avengers?

[SuGarRush]

First off: This may seem a bit long, but its for help with a school project. Skip the first couple of paragraphs if you want to...

At my high school, we do a Senior Project for our English 4 class and that time has come for me. I'm a huge Marvel fan so when it came time to decide what to do, I looked at the guidelines and tried to figure out how to relate comics to the project. The guidelines turned out to be very loose, so I decided that it would be incredibly easy to do something relating to comics.

For my project, I'm doing a kind-of scrapbook of important characters in the Avangers and what makes them relatable to people and why they are so popular (This can relate to our "Meaning of life" unit. And I already wrote my Macbeth paper over Tragic Heroes and how Tony Stark is the Modern-Day Macbeth...)

For one of the requirements, we have to 'move into the community' AKA talk to people, so I need some help.

I have composed a list of Avengers I'm thinking of using (although suggestions of ones I've missed would be welcome) and I would like your feedback.

If you could tell me who your favorite is, why you relate to them, why they are important, and/or why you think they make a good hero, it would be very helpful for my project.

The quotes I collect will be put into the scrapbook along with your screenname on the character's page. You can tell me your thoughts on as many as you like, and suggest others that you think are important that I've missed ('Cause I know I have).

Thank You!!

Here's my list:
Steve Rogers (Captain America)
Bucky Barnes (Captain America)
Luke Cage
Bruce Banner (Hulk)
Tony Stark (Iron Man)
Bobbi Morse (Mockingbird)
Carol Danvers (Ms. Marvel, Warbird, Binary)
Clint Barton (Hawkeye, Ronin)
Wanda Maximoff (Scarlet Witch)
Jessica Drew (Spider-Woman)
Peter Parker (Spider-Man)
The Vision
Henry Pym (Yellowjacket, Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, Wasp)
James "Logan" Howlett (Wolverine)
Hank McCoy (The Beast)
Natasha Romanova (Black Widow)
Stephen Strange (Doctor Strange)
Maya Lopez (Echo, Ronin)
Sam Wilson (Falcon)
Danny Reed (Iron Fist)
Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver)
Jennifer Walters (She-Hulk)
Namor McKenzie (Sub-Mariner)
Thor Odinson (Thor)
Greer Nelson (Tigra)
James Rhodes (War Machine)
Janet Van Dyne (Wasp)
Simon Williams (Wonder Man)
Reed Richards (Mr. Fantastic)
Nick Fury (Not really an Avenger, per se, but important to the history)

Hey there. In highschool, I won the advanced physics award for my school with a project on the application and reality of superheroes through physics. (This was before that program on the History channel and the super-hero craze)
So I would like to say congratulations on getting approved for doing this. Now just make sure you don't make comics look stupid in front of your whole class.

On your list, you have Iron Fist listed as Danny Reed, but I believe his name is Danny Rand.

Although I stopped reading Marvel a few years ago, I still have a bunch of older Avengers stuff to draw on, so (other than DP, I just can't handle their characters subjective morality and lack of good vs. bad guys)
Here's the Two Avengers I relate most to:

Captain America (the real one): Steve is a man trapped in a hedonistic and markedly different world then the one he fought and "died" for 60 years ago. He is a man who loves his country, but often has trouble seeing how it still exists. He has morals and values that are solid and centered, which put him outside in today's society of "anything goes, nothing is wrong." Speaking as someone with almost the same set of values, I know how he feels.

Quicksilver: A man who lives faster than everyone else. While our personalities are nowhere near similar, we do have one thing in common. I am ADHD, and I often have to take medication for it. One effect of the disorder is my inability to focus on any one thing to completion. Oftentimes I'll find myself having a conversation with one person, while texting someone else, all while running multiple chat conversations on the classroom server. Staying focused on any one person can bore me quickly, and I am often times quickly annoyed by people who can't keep up with my scattered and almost random chain of thought.




Good luck to you, I'd love for you to post your final project!

 

[chamber-music]

Vision because I too am a robot and impregnated a woman with magic babies which lead to her going insane

 

[Spider-Jay420]

I can't believe no one said Peter Parker yet.

Peter Parker.

Ignoring that fact that he recently made a deal with the Devil, I can relate to Peter. The biggest thing for me is the fact that no matter what life throws at him he never gives up and deals with it with his sense of humor still intact. Most people who would've had to deal with his past would've turned to drinking or drugs or just turn their backs on life and say "screw it" but Parker keeps chugging along. His life may not be the greatest, but he keeps on going and cracking wise and tomorrow is another day. A Brand New Day.

Sorry guys, couldn't help myself.

Like Wooderson in "Dazed & Confused": You just gotta keep living, L-I-V-I-N

 

[Docker2.0]

I can't believe no one said Peter Parker yet.

Peter Parker.

Ignoring that fact that he recently made a deal with the Devil, I can relate to Peter. The biggest thing for me is the fact that no matter what life throws at him he never gives up and deals with it with his sense of humor still intact. Most people who would've had to deal with his past would've turned to drinking or drugs or just turn their backs on life and say "screw it" but Parker keeps chugging along. His life may not be the greatest, but he keeps on going and cracking wise and tomorrow is another day. A Brand New Day.

Sorry guys, couldn't help myself.

Like Wooderson in "Dazed & Confused": You just gotta keep living, L-I-V-I-N

Dude I said Spiderman! Aren't they the same person!?

 

[Harlekin]

Really? None of them?

I do relate to some of them, but it's not my main reason for reading the Avengers.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

It's not mine, either. Mostly, I just want to see the Avengers kick ass and be treated like the premiere team of superheroes in the Marvel universe.

 

[Shemtov]

My fav is Thor but not because I relate to him. Its a Power fantasy.
I relate to Spider-man Because he wasn't popular in school and neither was I. Also, I really like science and so does he. And the past year has really been **** for me and Peter has lived the past 10 years or so with all kinds of ****. so looking at Peter helps me persevere.

And SteveCap has the same values of justice as i do.

 

[Spider-Jay420]

Dude I said Spiderman! Aren't they the same person!?

My bad Docker. Must've missed it.

OK so 2 of us.

 

[txfantasystar]

On your list, you have Iron Fist listed as Danny Reed, but I believe his name is Danny Rand.

Good luck to you, I'd love for you to post your final project!

Thanks. I'll check on that. And maybe I can post some pics of the product, but only if it looks fantastic. ^^

I could post my Macbeth essay, if you really want to read 8 pages (albeit doublespaced) on why Tony Stark is the modern day Macbeth. ^^"

And thanks to all of you. I think I've got a lot of stuff I can use now. I appreciate all of your input.

...well...except for this guy:

Vision because I too am a robot and impregnated a woman with magic babies which lead to her going insane

That was really uncalled for.

 

[Spider-Jay420]

You don't have to check Iron Fist.

Danny Rand, not Reed.

Trust.

 

[txfantasystar]

I meant check my notes to see if it was just in the post or in all my stuff. ^^ It would be embarassing to have it spelled wrong in my product. ^^

I trust that y'all are right.

 

[Kitsune]

I relate to Peter Parker because, believe it or not, I was a bit of a nerd in high school. I think it had something to do with reading comic books. I was also six foot tall before I got out of grade school, so I had to learn a corollary to "With great power comes great responsibility" which is "If you look like an adult, people will expect you to act like one"

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Luke Cage.

He's black and strong, I'm black and strong.
He dates a sassy white chick, I date a sassy white chick.
He says "Damn!" a lot, I say "Damn!" a lot.

 

[BLACKVULCAN]

Luke Cage.

He's black and strong, I'm black and strong.
He dates a sassy white chick, I date a sassy white chick.
He says "Damn!" a lot, I say "Damn!" a lot.

too cool!

 

[Harlekin]

It's not mine, either. Mostly, I just want to see the Avengers kick ass and be treated like the premiere team of superheroes in the Marvel universe.

True dat.

Well, to contribute anyway: I've related to Quicksilver in a big way ever since X-Factor #87, where he outlines just why he's so wound-up all the time: everything can just get so goddamn slow. At one point, he uses the example of waiting at a cash machine and there's an old lady who just keeps messing up. That's his life (pre-crazies). And you know what? Waiting at a cash machine is pretty damn annoying.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

too cool!

If Beast wasn't so pathetic w/ the ladies I'd have gone with him lol

 

[Kitsune]

Luke Cage.

He's black and strong, I'm black and strong.
He dates a sassy white chick, I date a sassy white chick.
He says "Damn!" a lot, I say "Damn!" a lot.

You date a Mary Sue?

 

[TheCorpulent1]

True dat.

Well, to contribute anyway: I've related to Quicksilver in a big way ever since X-Factor #87, where he outlines just why he's so wound-up all the time: everything can just get so goddamn slow. At one point, he uses the example of waiting at a cash machine and there's an old lady who just keeps messing up. That's his life (pre-crazies). And you know what? Waiting at a cash machine is pretty damn annoying.

That was a great issue. I think a lot of people picked up their liking for Quicksilver from that issue.

 

[BLACKVULCAN]

If Beast wasn't so pathetic w/ the ladies I'd have gone with him lol

HAHAHA man whatchootalkingaboutwillis... uh Spoon!

that dude had babes galore. only Iron Man got more booty.... well maybe Starfox.... Starfox got lots and lots of Booty.( and i dont mean the Somalian Pirate kind) . Just check out that Sears and Roebuck Sear Sucker suit. How could chicks not dig on that? that's why i dont dig that "Ascot "wearing one he is now. Chicks love a guy is a plaid suit.

 

[Kitsune]

If Beast wasn't so pathetic w/ the ladies I'd have gone with him lol

Are you kidding... chicks dig blue furry mutants. Nightcrawler had to go into the preisthood to get away from them.

 

[Harlekin]

That was a great issue. I think a lot of people picked up their liking for Quicksilver from that issue.

Most definitely. It is the single most defining issue in Quicksilver's history IMO. A lot of the X-Factor characters would've been nowhere without PAD.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

HAHAHA man whatchootalkingaboutwillis... uh Spoon!

that dude had babes galore. only Iron Man got more booty.... well maybe Starfox.... Starfox got lots and lots of Booty.( and i dont mean the Somalian Pirate kind) . Just check out that Sears and Roebuck Sear Sucker suit. How could chicks not dig on that? that's why i dont dig that "Ascot "wearing one he is now. Chicks love a guy is a plaid suit.

Ever since I've been reading comic books, he's been hopeless with the ladies. ESPECIALLY Ultimate Beast. I'm glad he and Agent Brand are dating now.

Are you kidding... chicks dig blue furry mutants. Nightcrawler had to go into the preisthood to get away from them.

Haha

 

[BLACKVULCAN]

Ever since I've been reading comic books, he's been hopeless with the ladies. ESPECIALLY Ultimate Beast. I'm glad he and Agent Brand are dating now.

oh man back in the day beast was a totally playboy( another reason i dug him). he always had groupies around him.I remembered Cap one time asking
him where he had been all weekend cause they had to go kick somebody's ass and he started naming all these chicks he was with. he was even teaching Wonderman to loosen up and stop being a dud so he could get some "Hollerback girls".Back then supposedly he gave off pheromones that attracted babes.Hell even Dazzler gave him a a skating lesson at one time. Now he's all Emo( thats what it call right ) with an Ascot and cant get no loving. boo! for that! i want the blue *&^%#@ this!! lets party guy back.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

Less time in the lab, more time in "da club"


/50 Cent

 

[Harlekin]

**** that noise, Hank McCoy getting no love?

How's about sexy librarian Vera Cantor? Disco dancing Dazzler? Trashy reporter Trish Tilby?

Beast's a sex machine.