


I hate how unnecesarily powerful and overglazed Dr Doom has become recently, but mostly I hate how much "larped" he is
Listen, I'm gonna start saying, Doom doesn't need to be weak or that he used to be a joke villain or whatever, he wasn't never really that.
Dr doom has always been one of Marvel's most iconic and respected villains, one who always makes a name for himself and is worthy to fear.
But I feel like in most recent years, two things have happened that I don't really feel should have
-He became unnecesarily way more powerful
-He is insanely "larped" (or basically people talk about him without any type of context)
Let me make an example of this with God Emperor Doom one shotting Thanos.
First of all, I know God Emperor Doom isn't base Dr Doom and he has a valid lore reason to be that powerful, but that version of him has genuinely made everyone think Doom is this one shotting machine that could evaporize any of your favorite marvel characters, (also this is probably top 5 most larped panels of all time btw)
Now I know arguing about power-scaling with Comics is pointlese, but my main issue with this isn't really Doom one shotting Thanos, is the general consensus people have about Doom because of stuff like this
Let's not forget who Doom is actually a villain of, The Fantastic Four
Those four have been able to defeat Doom, countless of times, so have the regular Avengers
So idk why people go around saying "No one in Doomsday is able to defeat Doom" or "Only characters like Wanda or Phoenix could defeat him" wich is totally wrong
Most of Doom's best stories and conflicts don't make him a threat because he gains some type of cosmic power or whatever
Doom is usually interesting because he is an evil mastermind, one who gets to put minds like the ones of Reed Richards or even Tony Stark at check
Doom's best battles aren't really the ones of him having unmeasurable amount of cosmic magic power or whatever vs a different great power of another character
Now I'll finish saying that I don't dislike modern Doom adaptations, they've been pretty good so far and I'm really excited for Doomsday and what they'll do with the character, it seems like they understand what makes him interesting and tragic, and I don't mind if they make him insanely powerful
My only issue is how larped he is and how overglazed base doom is in terms of powers