So, why are there no Richters?

Think about it

If it is indeed infinite, then yes, there is a place / person that matches.


It might be taking place on a purple colored asteroid shot out of the back side of a cow ridden by a plastic stick man.

We can only guess.


My observation though, is that by and large, Marcus Cole is a DICK. He's not likable in pretty much any universe we HAVE seen - though in my opinion he comes closest in Praetoria. Why? Because at least he doesn't mess around. You do not mess with him. He's the emperor. Yes, people fear him. They should.

People should fear Cole / Statesman. Because he's the same guy - only trying to be "a good guy". Just because he's the one "good" out of all the "rather nasty" ones doesn't make him any better than they are, only DIFFERENT in some small way. And I'd still be backing the Emperor.

Statesman is more than just a "small way" different from Tyrant

Another thing to take into account is that Zeus by all accounts was a huge jerk (to put it mildly) who'd probably try to rule the world if he existed. So yes, I'd say our Statesman is indeed the anomaly as the others are much more Zeus-like... unless he's just trying a different tact from the others

Zikar's pretty much hit the nail on the head. Zeus is a major *****, by any definition. He has a god complex, for good reason. Following the books and comics as canon, our Statesman was sliding in the same direction as Tyrant, but some small event changed him. Namely, Recluse. In Primal Earth, Richter was suspected at having died at the well when the cave collapsed. Cole had no idea until months later that he had lived. I suspect that the well feeds the same energy out, in pairs. With Statesman and Recluse, they each absorbed the polar opposite energy. With Tyrant, having killed his opposite, he took in that energy himself. I suspect with Reichman, the flip occured, with the negative going into Marcus, and the positive into Stefan. Reichman functions in the same manner as Recluse in our world, if we look more closely, but unlike Recluse he focused his energy into physical perfection, while our Recluse took his energy and twisted it into a beastial form. (Those spider arms are not mechanical, don't forget)

Using this mindset, I'd suspect the Axis Amerika version of Stefan Richter would be someone far more unusual, not a "Daddy Longlegs" but instead some form of titanic force, an elemental force. Remember, Stefan joined Arachnos, hence he took on the spider motif so as to become Arachnos itself. In this case, Marcus joined the 5th Column, and took on it's motif of physical perfection. An opposing force would have been Stefan going to Russia, and embracing Leninism. I would strongly suspect him as having become the ultimate Communist. And the follow-on to Lenin, displacing Stalin and Trotsky as the leader of the Soviet Union. Now, in this form, the symbol of the Soviet Union was the "man of iron". I'd suspect Stefan having become such a form, a piece of living iron or steel. I'd suspect his name to be "Bolshevik Bear".

That post goes very well with your forum avatar

What's really interesting is: What happened to Arachnos in Praetoria? Arachnos had already been around before Marcus and Stefan took their fated journey, and also, what happened to it's other notable players besides Ghost Widow and Paolo?
Part of me is seeing Scirocco, still as Ihmad, fighting in the Resistance, opposing Cole's Tyranny.
The big question now is: is he a Warden or a Crusader?
Also, what about Gideon Ray? AKA: Captain Mako?
Or Black Scorpion? Barracuda, Ice Mistral, Silver Mantis, Westin Phipps, etc. etc.? Where are they now? (In praetoria)

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