r/drdoom

Honesty, if Doom had been a woman from the start, it would have been a lot more subversive. Keep in mind, in that era, Sue was still the invisible girl, and female villains were still treated as the stock femme fatale archtype we’ve seen all over media. But imagine a Romani woman who not only stands toe to toe with one of Marvel’s leading men but is also the same force of personality as canon Doom is. Really makes you think about how different a tweak like this could have changed the landscape.

Uh, I mean, I want Mommy Doom to step on me in game.

I’ve been sitting with this for a while, especially after the confirmation that Doom isn’t going to be some Tony Stark variant. THANK GOD BY THE WAY

That alone already shows they might be taking him seriously instead of trying to “MCU-ify” everything into a familiar face. Because Victor Von Doom doesn’t work if he’s just “evil Iron Man” or some multiverse reskin. That completely misses the point of who he is.

What I really hope for in Doomsday is simple: just give us Doom as he actually is in the comics.

Not softened. Not modernized into a sarcastic quip machine. Not turned into a tragic “he had a bad day and snapped” villain.

I want Doctor Doom as the absolute force of will he’s always been.

A ruler who genuinely believes he is the only one fit to save the world, and is terrifyingly convincing when he says it. A scientist who can stand next to Reed Richards intellectually and refuse to be second best. A sorcerer who doesn’t just dabble in magic but commands it with discipline and pride. A monarch who rules Latveria not because he “stole power,” but because the people, in their own complicated way, accept him. Make him have history with the Fantastic Four

I want the mask to matter. I want the ego, the discipline, the arrogance that is somehow backed up by results. I want him to walk into a room and not shout, not joke — just decide that everyone else is beneath him and make it feel believable.

And most importantly, I don’t want him reduced to a setup for someone else’s arc. Doom is the arc when he shows up.

If Marvel actually commits to that, then they might finally do the greatest comic villain justice (in a way a certain movie I shall not name hasn't done)

But if they miss it… they’re not just messing up a character. They’re wasting Doom. And that’s not a mistake you can really fix twice.

Tabloid photo showing palace staff pleased at Lord Doom's safe return.

"Crusader pose Doom"

Kneel before Doom, lackeys! Not you, Lensherr.

Never read the Axis series, but the cover was superb.

Makes me giggle every time.

Nice to see the fraternal feeling between them. Not "XRJ567" or any of that lackey robot stuff.