You very certainly could do a story where
Pavitr Prabhakar takes down Hyperion, but it would have to be in a situation with more stakes for him. Like if whoever he had for an Aunt May or a Gwen Stacy was endangered. Doing it for Spider-Man 2099, or for pride...not quite.
Also, I'm writing these like Grandmaster cares about seeing the fights: does he? Do the hardest of hardcore gamblers enjoy the actual event at all, or just the result?
Poor bastard never stood a chance. At least he tried right? Right?
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DeleteSpider-Punk may have had a chance actually, come to think of it. Sound-based attacks would probably work well against hyper-senses and he’s just cagey enough to stay away from punches.
I think Grandmaster at least wants to verify the results- high rollers like to check every replay or study their opponents to get an angle. I am curious who the nanny is though- maybe Ego in wig a la Mrs. Doubtfire. I mean, why would Elders need dedicated childcare?
Ok now THAT would be hilarious if he did do the Mrs. Doubtfire thing
DeleteWe're not going to get into it now, but I think many of the Elders have small ecosystems of assistants, lackeys, and such. Even the Champion had a bunch of trainers, hype-men, and such in his first appearance; he probably has some appropriately thuggy bodyguards as well. In the movies, the Collector seemed like he had one little henchgirl/slave, that probably has to do everything around there; he probably handed that kid off to the first employee he saw. Hopefully not the cook...
ReplyDeleteAh, one of those ‘the help will take care of it’ things- that makes sense. My only other thought was that he’d collected the Nanny from … I’m not sure where but I know her from Walt Simonson’s Avengers run.
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