Doctor Bong
Reservist Avenger
Master of belly dancing (no, really...)!
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Post by Doctor Bong on Jul 28, 2008 20:51:45 GMT -5
How do you rate Doctor Druid as an avenger, on a scale from 1 to 8 points?
How well does he work for you within the dynamics of the team?
How much do you like/dislike him as a character?
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Post by scottharris on Jul 28, 2008 21:21:02 GMT -5
I gave him a one. I didn't mind him per se when he first showed up, but after the Simonson run it was kind of hard to like him. He pretty much became a one-plot character with that story, as it ru9ined whatever potential he might have had. And since I don't like that story... 1.
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Post by Tana Nile on Jul 28, 2008 22:16:36 GMT -5
Really never should have been on the team. He had a somewhat interesting storyline, but I never ever thought he was "really" an Avenger. A one from me.
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Post by spiderwasp on Jul 29, 2008 9:40:25 GMT -5
He was just never likeable. If they had given us a reason to get to like and respect him as an Avenger before Nebula controlled him, he might score higher but that storyline started in so fast that it's hard to remember his uncontrolled side.
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Post by starfoxxx on Jul 29, 2008 17:04:51 GMT -5
A poor man's Dr. Strange. I'm not a fan, 1.
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Post by Bored Yesterday on Jul 29, 2008 21:22:33 GMT -5
Props to Dr. D -- I seem to remember that he saved the Avengers butts just before joining. Was it connected to the Under Siege storyline? Can't quite remember. But I remember a story where he saved everybody. Wish I could remember. Loved the plot line of the mole in the team. His death was great. I really liked the story, as an Avenger, he probably deserves a 1. But for the potential he brought to the team and for the entertainment value of his diabolical plots, I rated him higher. so I gave him a 3. Generous mood I guess.
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Post by Dr. Hank Pym on Jul 30, 2008 12:20:10 GMT -5
Poor guy, right when he joins the team he pretty much gets the shaft as a superhero, becoming a traitor sooner rather than later. I'll give him a one, but a one with asterisk attached to it saying that I wish he had more time to play the role of a hero. However, that old "Rate the Hunks" story in one of the West Coast Annuals always has me in stitches -- She-Hulk and the Wasp rip on poor Dr. Druid so much!
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Post by freedomfighter on Jul 30, 2008 15:18:43 GMT -5
poor doc is getting the shaft. along with starfox, druid got the worst of a crowded roster and too many editorial decisions forced on creative. druid held his own in battles with the masters of evil and the gods of olympus. giving him a four because he earned it with these showings. i think ones should be reserved for the likes of deathcry or rage...
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Post by Bored Yesterday on Jul 30, 2008 16:29:53 GMT -5
Don't you pull me into a defense of Rage now -- not in this thread.
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Post by freedomfighter on Jul 30, 2008 17:00:28 GMT -5
it's only an opinion...
no defense for deathcry, tho?
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Post by Shiryu on Jul 30, 2008 19:11:40 GMT -5
3
At the beginning, he wasn't that bad. He helped the team on Avalon, saved them during the Under Siege storyline and held his own against the Gods on the Olympus, which is quite something. Magic is something the Avengers often miss, and being not nearly as powerful as Doc Strange, Druid wasn't too difficult to handle for the writers.
The problem is that the moment Stern left the book, he immediately went downhill, going from somewhat egocentric to truly insufferable, and never was given a chance to redeem himself.
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Doctor Bong
Reservist Avenger
Master of belly dancing (no, really...)!
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Post by Doctor Bong on Jul 30, 2008 20:31:28 GMT -5
I was struggling between 2 and 3 on this one, but I finally went with 3...
Like some others, I too think his nice performance during "Under Siege" is completely downplayed due to his behavior afterwards...
Not the greatest of avengers, not essential to the team in any way but, IMO, there were a number of avengers who were worse, or less interesting.
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Post by dlw66 on Aug 9, 2008 19:44:48 GMT -5
1
Couldn't stand him. Yes, I understand that he was primarily a plot device, but still -- just a character I loathed and that really recalls a down time for the team for me.
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