Quote from: RakaiThwei on Dec 30, 2023, 01:52:31 AMI wrote in a letter to Marvel, and even marked it as "OKAY TO PRINT" to maybe see it answered and printed. I had gave them some suggestions to help in writing their versions of the Predators better, even referring to what they're capable of even without tech, I even referenced Predator: Hunters III where we even saw a clan of Predators with wooden and bone weapons taking out Anti-Predator Elite teams and AVP Prey to show them that Predators have their own martial art called "Jehdin" and how one Predator, Broken Tusk, emphasized on the use of blades and bare fists, and the reliance on one's own senses.
With the recent return of John Schafer, I know at least they have looked at Hunters III so perhaps, and I hope they done, is read your letter and/or already went ahead and implemented such notes into future comics. I wasn't familiar with Jehdin. I'm a take a look back at the novel, as I don't recall that bit of info. The closest thing to a martial art that I was aware of was actually a fighting style from MKX of all places, the "Hish-Qu-Ten" variation. Oh and also that one short story, Skeld's Keep where one of the Predators in question, One Eye, is a master of wristblade combat so there is another martial art style they got going on with that too.
While I get that, like people, there would be Predators who would rely on their tech too much but to use it as the standard is not the case either. Hubris kills them, which can apply to either skill and/or tech. The Predator Wolverine was facing kept refining and removing those weaknesses, which as a proper Predator should. Which is why I personally understood why the ending went the way it did.
I think also what is the point of any versus if there is no possibility of a Pred removing a head. I came around to the notion that at times there has to be a Predator win here and there in order to keep it unpredictable and threatening. Yes I can't ignore how hard it is to bring one done as they leave a mountain of bodies before they die but sometimes there can be a moment where we drop a duce cuz one of them actually walks away and comes back for more. Keeps things always fresh and attention grabbing. It's why Scarface and Ahab are so well liked, they got personality and actually survive to live up to the name of the Predator with a list of feats behind them.
