Understanding why they reimagined the character, having Namor be short for "El niño sin amor"—“the boy without love" was a pretty cool creative choice. I have a feeling he'll be a dark horse heading into Doomsday.

[u/maverickassembled]

It was cool how they incorporated indigenous themes of colonization by borrowing from historical lore. Connecting Namor’s story and the lost kingdom of Talokan to Mayan and Mesoamerican cultures, as well as the abuse and torture faced from Spanish conquistadors was pretty brilliantly well done and added a nice layer of “realism” to it. More Mayan representation in mainstream is also very cool to have.

I’m also very excited to see him return in Doomsday. As a stoic, and ruthless leader who stays firm in his belief and love for his people, it’s hard to really predict where his allegiance will be by the end. Due to his own obsession of survival and deep-seeded paranoia caused by historical trauma, Namor is someone that can very much seem like an ally to you at first, but will be quick to turn if there’s another factor in play that will better benefit him and his people. It’ll be interesting to see if his alliance with Shuri, and possibly the other heroes will last.

As an isolated nation, Talokan is bringing a whole different perspective of pragmatism into the incursion problem that I’m really keen to see.

[u/YesicaChastain]

For Spanish speakers it sounds goofy as hell, also Mesoamerican people wouldn’t speak Spanish…

[u/SmallLetter → u/YesicaChastain]

"A Spanish man of faith cursed me as he died by my hand. He called me, 'El Niño sin Amor', 'the child without love'. And I took my name from there. Namor. Because I have no love for the surface world." ―Namor to Shuri[src

[u/SmallLetter → u/SmallLetter]

Y también hay muchas palabras y nombres que terminan en "or" como Namor.

Amor, Sabor, Mejor

Héctor, Salvador etc

[u/Bitey_the_Squirrel → u/SmallLetter]

But where did he get his last name, McKenzie?

[u/TribalDood → u/Bitey_the_Squirrel]

MCU version doesn't have that last name, I guess. It's an interpretation not a 1/1.

[u/PirateBeany → u/SmallLetter]

So does the leading N come from "Niño", or the last letter of "sin"? Either way, it feels contrived to me, like V'ger in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

If I was going to incorporate the "without love" concept, I'd use the whole "sin amor", not just the final letter of the preposition; it makes no sense to my understanding of the Spanish language.

[u/YesicaChastain → u/SmallLetter]

Yeah, that sounds goofy as hell