Scenario Prompt #11

Scenario Prompt #11

Your character gets a job at a nursing home full of former villains.

Example of what you get when you open Chekhov’s Box:

imagination (1963) - harold ordway rugg

"chekhovs cat / schrödingers razor / occams gun"

Reminds me of this photo I took last year of my Neca Pinhead with a random sticker I found:

Inktober/day 9 - Sun Tumblrs worst Hellraiser fan-artist strikes again. This inktober must be a beautiful suffering to all of you. Smile and shine like a sun, you ol' grumpy people!

I was just telling my coworker who I’ve introduced to GI Joe media about the Fury Force comic. (He’s an action figure collector who thought they were cool but didn’t really know much about any of the characters he was buying.) I didn’t realize that the women were only included in vehicle packs initially or that Hasbro thought villains wouldn’t sell. The villains are my favorites!

I think Cobra Commander would be an interesting opponent for Nick Fury. The guy simply doesn’t fight fair, and always has at least five tricks up his sleeve. Depending on the continuity, he likes to play weak so his enemies underestimate him, and then once they become too confident, the fangs come out. (Granted, the weakness he preys on in others is very often a reflection of his own. He can become too cocky, as well.) I would definitely pay to see it, to be sure.

I can’t imagine the Dreadnoks being able to face off against Nick Fury for more than five minutes, but I’d like to think Zartan would put up a decent fight. The guy canonically has ninja training, is a world-class infiltrator, and has held his own against Snake Eyes in some continuities. Sure, a lot of the Cobras wouldn’t hold up, but give the man some credit where it’s due!

(Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury, who knows? He was a Jedi in a past life!)

There’s no way Cobra Commander can beat Nick Fury, Fury would own him in a sad. Hell any one else in Cobra would fare better against Nick than CC (even Doctor Mindbender) Speaking of GI Joe and Fury, from the G.I. Joe: ARAH Wiki

Prior to G.I. Joe’s relaunch in 1982, Larry Hama was developing an idea for a new comic book called Fury Force, which he was hoping would be an ongoing series for Marvel Comics. The original premise had the son of S.H.I.E.L.D director Nick Fury assembling a team of elite commandos to battle neo-Nazi terrorists HYDRA. Shooter approached Hama about the Joe project [Hasbro wanted Marvel to do a story for their G.I. Joe toys] due to Hama’s military background, and the Fury concept was adapted for the project. Shooter suggested to Hasbro that “G.I. Joe” should be the team name and that they should fight terrorists, while Archie Goodwin invented Cobra and the Cobra Commander; everything else was created by Hama. Hasbro was initially uncertain about making villain toys, believing this wouldn’t sell. Marvel would also suggest the inclusion of female Joes in the toyline, and to include them with the vehicles (as Hasbro again worried they wouldn’t sell on their own).

And now you know.

Tomax and Xamot are so extra. Their close sibling bond is probably the most wholesome part of Cobra.

This scene lives in my head rent free.

These idiots were probably the ones who set off the alarm in the first place.

Zartan would wake up groggy, trying to rest after a long stint deep undercover, and be like "What did the morons do now?"

Then he'd go and rein the Dreadnoks in like he always does. He can't leave them alone for more than five minutes without something going wrong.

(Dreadnok image is a cover from G.I. Joe Declassified. I don't have an image credit for Zartan. Found it online, and his pissed-off vibe was just too perfect not to share. If anyone knows the source and wants to share, I would be much obliged.)

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