u/TheRapture0070

I like how these two makers both represent the extremes of the 2 very blatant sides of his personality.

The maker is usually depicted in 1 of 2 ways

A cold, calculated, calm and collected individual who really doesn’t seem privy to much of any emotion outside of curiosity. Feels like a all business character with no interest in games. Comes off as more strictly amoral than outright evil.(Secret wars/what-if maker to an extreme)

And then we have

The very outgoing, expressive, witty, bravado having maker who’s always sporting a “I’m always 2 steps ahead” villainous smile that would give the joker a run for his money. Actively loves mixing pleasure/fun with his work. Comes off as much more blatantly evil than simply amoral.(6160/ultimate endgame maker to an extreme).

He usually tends to flip flop between these two instances, but i like how these 2 endgame makers both kinda lean towards one in particular whole stop.

As a bonified Maker enjoyer who in concept, definitely likes and is on board with the idea that Doom was able to mentally overpower Maker due to his mind's conditioning through endless torture combined with his steel resolve for needing to do what he did for his dead family.

Thats all fine and dandy. Good stuff. 102% no issues there. But honestly i couldnt help but feel some kind of way when i saw Maker's summarization.

I greatly dislike the "Maker is evil because sue broke up with him" angle some use when describing the character. As it's a massive oversimplification of the reasonings behind Maker's descent to villainy. Its not even the core reason reed turned heel. It was moreso just the final blow to his heroic side that left him in a state vulnerable enough for the real reason (kang sue) to take effect.

This single panel is basically fuel for the very surface level stigma some people have about the Maker's character. I understand that for the context of this panel, they really wanted to make Maker seem especially pathetic in comparison to doom for this cathartic moment. But mannn they didnt have to do my boy that dirty. The slander is insane.

Goated duo in the comics. What would this team-up even be? I doubt Cap mounting Dino would do him much good gameplay wise.

Such a small thing, yet it never fails to annoy me. The is maker supposed to specifically be a younger reed. I know I know he’s basically a bagillion years old technically but he virtually stopped aging in his 20s.

Yes yes I know that this is just a mental projection of humanoid maker. And I know this isn’t the first time artists have drawn maker reed as older, but I was under the presumption that those were clearly errors. Feels so weird seeing him with the grey sides. Him being a young reed from a relative standpoint is a pretty important and distinctive feature for the character that makes him stand out from 616 reed imo. Really helps distinguish him from the simplicity of “reed but evil”.