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In my opinion? They look amazing, even the punky Forever People (I love the idea)

I'm not saying Kirby intented Orion and Lightray to be a couple like Avia and Izaya, but I think, he tried to parallel Orion and Lightrays "Pesimistic warrior poet and joyful artist" with Avia and Izaya, to have Orion forced with a bondad similar, but still far from Izaya bond with Avia, I think there's a clear purpose on showing how similar Izaya was to Orion, and that even him had someone near who was optimistic joyful, but lost them, something that sink them more into the cruelty of war and had to face reckoning by the source, his inherance, but if Izaya is the pure source, Orion is something different.

This is technically a part 2 to my other post, but that's beside the point. Whenever I heard of these two, I always thought that while they were the sons (well, blood son and adopted son) of Highfather, they're technically that of cousins due to the fact that that Orion ais Darkseid's son and Scott is Highfather's, alongside Darkseid and Highfather being brothers. But like I said post before, this was far from the truth.

However, I do feel shellshocked by this fact and feel like it should've been like that.

The reason why is the irony of the two sons, one of Darkseid and one raised by Darkseid both defy their fate and became heroes make sense. And the fact that both their personalities are very contrasting says a lot. Alongside the mythological structure of the New Gods and the Optimus/Megatron similar like beef with Highfather and Darkseid.

But that's just me, what do you guys think? Should they stay adopted brothers, or should they have been Cousins/adopted brothers?

Izaya/Highfather - Kenneth Branagh
Orion - Peter Claffey
Mister Miracle - Dev Patel
Big Barda - Stori Denali
Lightray - Danny Ramirez
Metron - Daniel Dae Kim
Black Racer - Stephen James
Bekka - Sasha Calle
Takion - Oliver Jackson Cohen

Before researching, I originally thought that these two were brothers and Yuga Khan is their father. But after researching further post-52, I realized that was not the case (kind of, correct me kindly in the comments below). I'll get into their children later but after realizing that I felt a bit...lopsided. For one, I feel like them being siblings play into the irony of their legacies and what made their sons. Also, it kind of plays into their rivalry as I saw it like Optimus/Megatron.

But that's just me, what do y'all think? Do you think in the DCU (or in comics in general) should they just be blood brothers (with some obvious changes, they can still keep most of the element of Jack Kirby with just Highfather and Darkseid being siblings) or just people of opposition?

Darkseid - Christopher Judge
DeSaad - Jackie Earl Haley
Steppenwolf - Graham McTavish
Kalibak - Ryan Hurst
Granny Goodness - Margo Martindale
Kanto - Henry Lloyd-Hughes
Mantis -Mark Strong
Grayven - Pablo Schreiber
Virman Vundabar - Simon Pegg
Glorious Godfrey - Michael Sheen
Lashina - Gwendolin Christie
Mad Harriet - Ella Purnell
Stompa - Jade Cargill
Gilotina - Katheryn Winnick

How many of you would have fell to Granny’s “charm”. 😂