Thread:Coolot1/@comment-24839525-20170923210432/@comment-29421682-20180303235915

No. It's gotta be guns.

We can't do an allegory using super-powers because they don't exist.

We can always re-invent Massacre's character, y'know. It doesn't have to be true form to the comic books. Kinda like what Batman: The Animated Series did with re-inventing and re-introducing Mr. Freeze.

The idea that I had in mind for Massacre is that Marcus Lyman, instead of being a Wall Street trader, is instead a graduate of Midtown High, leaving 2 years prior to the series' start. He was bullied relentlessly by kids like Flash and Kenny. He was also declared as brain-damaged when he was accidentally hit by a car while running from the 2 bullies one day, resulting in his inability to feel emotion.

Seeking revenge, he buys an AR-15 and an M16, goes to Midtown High, and starts shooting the place up, relentlessly hunting Flash and Kong. When he finally corners them, though, the Spider-Friends (I kinda wanna set this during Season 3.) intervene and attack Lyman, but Spidey gets shot in the arm during the scuffle. It all ends with Lyman attempting to commit suicide but Spidey stops him at the last second (kinda like with Zemo and T'Challa at the end of Civil War.).