MISC: Do what extent do NON writer characters have free will?

[Andrew Perron]

On Tue, 5 Jun 2012 20:52:36 +0000 (UTC), Scott Eiler wrote:

> That may be.  But that's a long-standing problem of shared universes. 
> Like, if you want Captain America to be special but you have a 
> super-powered mutant in every neighborhood, you can basically either get 
> rid of Captain America, get rid of mutants, or live with the dichotomy. 
>   I think Marvel Comics has tried all three approaches, and no approach 
> has satisfied everyone.

Eh. Honestly, I think that has more to do with an overly-specific
definition of "special", the same kind that leads them to repeatedly get
rid of the Green Lantern Corps because they can't be *special* if they all
have the same powers!

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, rage.