A Theory About Parker Robbins

[CustardMite]

Potential Spoiler?! (I don't know!)









Parker Robbins, AKA Hood: I read the MAX title of the same name, and although i thought it was quite good, i didn't think that he was a 'proper' villian yet!
Fast Forward to New Avengers and he seems to have the money and clout to get all these villians on his side....
I have a theory......
*drumroll*
I think he's a Skrull!
I know, I know...
...but hear me out...
First he was transported to an alien planet...
Then he returns and appears to be a lot more orginised and powerful than before...coincidence?
Then, when fighting Wolverine he changes into a demon? Shape shifting?!
We already know that Wolverine can't tell who is and who isn't!
Also the orginising of the villians and planned attacks on the Avengers can be his (Skrully) way of further destableising Earths heroes?



Discuss

[Monty_Cristo]

Potential Spoiler?! (I don't know!)









Parker Robbins, AKA Hood: I read the MAX title of the same name, and although i thought it was quite good, i didn't think that he was a 'proper' villian yet!
Fast Forward to New Avengers and he seems to have the money and clout to get all these villians on his side....
I have a theory......
*drumroll*
I think he's a Skrull!
I know, I know...
...but hear me out...
First he was transported to an alien planet...
Then he returns and appears to be a lot more orginised and powerful than before...coincidence?
Then, when fighting Wolverine he changes into a demon? Shape shifting?!
We already know that Wolverine can't tell who is and who isn't!
Also the orginising of the villians and planned attacks on the Avengers can be his (Skrully) way of further destableising Earths heroes?



Discuss

the magic hood is what turns him into a demon. it happened during his series. and he was always ambituous (even before Beyond). he got the money from robbing a bank. and he had no clout until Bendis wrote all of those supervillains respecting him (for no apparent reason).

[Tobias Drake]

the magic hood is what turns him into a demon. it happened during his series. and he was always ambituous (even before Beyond). he got the money from robbing a bank. and he had no clout until Bendis wrote all of those supervillains respecting him (for no apparent reason).

No apparent reason other than supplying them with large quantities of money and establishing a place for himself amongst their hierarchy by beating the hell out of an Initiative agent that had given one of them trouble.

[rwe1138]

I think he's being used (unwittingly or not) by Mephisto.

[CyberHubbs]

The best thing will be if Hood and Jackpot become a love/hate couple.

[Beast]

Yeah, no way he's a Skrull.

Given we've already been told that The Hood will have to deal with the upcoming Skrull stuff himself.

[Monty_Cristo]

No apparent reason other than supplying them with large quantities of money and establishing a place for himself amongst their hierarchy by beating the hell out of an Initiative agent that had given one of them trouble.

Justin Hammer's opening salvo was to punk Iron Man on live television; having him murder a foreign dignitary. it was much more impressive than thug-beating someone who should have been able to hand him his innards.

[Tobias Drake]

Justin Hammer's opening salvo was to punk Iron Man on live television; having him murder a foreign dignitary. it was much more impressive than thug-beating someone who should have been able to hand him his innards.

But did he videotape his actions and prominently display him to the people he was trying to get as his supporters in order to prove to those supporters that he is capable of protecting their interests by any means necessary?

The Hood's actions mean nothing to us. What matters is how they are displayed to the criminals he's trying to unite. His image, from their perspective, not ours, means everything.

[Monty_Cristo]

But did he videotape his actions and prominently display him to the people he was trying to get as his supporters in order to prove to those supporters that he is capable of protecting their interests by any means necessary?

Justin Hammer didn't have to resort to that. he was already rich as god before hiring any criminals to do his bidding. and he did bust them out of prison time and time again. and they were paid handsomely. but, yeah, the super-crooks who worked for him knew about what he had done to Iron Man. like i said, it was his opening move against the hero. 2nd half involved a crapload of armored villains.

p.s. only a moron would tape themselves committing a crime. that's juvenile delinquent b.s.

[Tobias Drake]

Justin Hammer didn't have to resort to that. he was already rich as god before hiring any criminals to do his bidding. and he did bust them out of prison time and time again. and they were paid handsomely. but, yeah, the super-crooks who worked for him knew about what he had done to Iron Man. like i said, it was his opening move against the hero. 2nd half involved a crapload of armored villains.

The Hood doesn't have a powerful image to start him off. He's had to work his way up from the street level. He isn't a powerful business entrepreneur with a billion assets, he's a punk with a nifty demon cloak.

Did Justin Hammer break his mooks out personally, or did he send other mooks to accomplish the task?

Ultimately...he hasn't bought ultimate Kingpin status yet. These things take time. Everyone seems in such a rush to have results now to every ongoing subplot in the MU lately. What he has done is bought their attention and loyalty, established probable reason to support him, shown that he can protect them, and taken a personal interest in keeping them free and active. He doesn't have the respect of Wilson Fisk or Justin Hammer yet. What he does have is justifiable reason for the criminal underworld to look at him and go "Maybe this is someone I should stick with."

p.s. only a moron would tape themselves committing a crime. that's juvenile delinquent b.s.

That's arrogance, actually. Not juvenile delinquent. That says "I can get away with this, even with evidence on me." Considering he's just recently busted his own guys out of S.H.I.E.L.D. custody PERSONALLY, I'm guessing he has probable cause to feel arrogant.

[TotalWorldDomination]

I realy like the hood, I think he's a great character with some great characterization (his original mini is brilliant). I doubt that he's a skrull, though I'm relativly positive that his cousin John (the bald guy that is his right hand man) IS a skrull. and I have the strangest feeling that the hood is gonna be a wee bit pissed about that.

[Monty_Cristo]

That's arrogance, actually. Not juvenile delinquent. That says "I can get away with this, even with evidence on me." Considering he's just recently busted his own guys out of S.H.I.E.L.D. custody PERSONALLY, I'm guessing he has probable cause to feel arrogant.

Eric O'Grady stole a prototype ant-man suit right out from under SHIELD's noses, assaulted a number of higher-ranking SHIELD officers, escaped capture thrice, was only caught because he was hospitalized by the Hulk, convinced Iron Man that he was completely innocent, and then proceeded to swipe another agent's id badge so he could break the Black Fox out of a SHIELD holding cell. why am i telling you this? because the character was a confirmed moron. SHIELD isn't that hard to bust in and out of, if you have the right powerset or inside knowledge. Parker is a cheap punk and i think it's unrealistic that they would all respect him. he's only taken out Tigra. some of these guys he's leading have taken on Thor and walked away from it.

[Tobias Drake]

Eric O'Grady stole a prototype ant-man suit right out from under SHIELD's noses, assaulted a number of higher-ranking SHIELD officers, escaped capture thrice, was only caught because he was hospitalized by the Hulk, convinced Iron Man that he was completely innocent, and then proceeded to swipe another agent's id badge so he could break the Black Fox out of a SHIELD holding cell. why am i telling you this? because the character was a confirmed moron. SHIELD isn't that hard to bust in and out of, if you have the right powerset or inside knowledge. Parker is a cheap punk and i think it's unrealistic that they would all respect him. he's only taken out Tigra. some of these guys he's leading have taken on Thor and walked away from it.

Physical strength isn't the only thing that people respect. Wrecker can go head-to-head against Thor on a good day, but he couldn't think his way out of a small box.

Parker isn't obtaining their respect through fear or intimidation. If he was, then it would matter if he can punch out Thor. What he's doing is obtaining their respect through...respect. By showing them that he can take care of them as a leader, and showing them that they can trust in him to never leave them hanging or stab them in the back. He's doing it the hard way, the one that takes work to build at the start but ultimately pays off in the end; he's showing them that they can trust him. That they can believe in him to lead them to victory, and to take care of them in defeat. That kind of trust is hard to come by, and with it, it doesn't matter that he can't take the Hulk in a fair fight.

[Monty_Cristo]

Parker isn't obtaining their respect through fear or intimidation.

then why did he shoot the Owl?

[Tobias Drake]

then why did he shoot the Owl?

Because the Owl isn't one of the people he's trying to reach out to. The Owl is an independent operator infringing on Hood's territory, and he's defending that territory and, by extension, all of his men that operate in that territory.