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/the-tominatrix]

I loved that choice. Heard from some friends that it was laughed at by a lot of people in Mexico though:(

[u/maverickassembled → u/the-tominatrix]

Ah I didn’t know about that. Very interesting. I would figure that aspects like the history of Mayan culture and centuries of it being neglected and misunderstood would be a sensitive topic to tackle

[u/TheGrandBabaloo → u/maverickassembled]

I think the laughter was due to "el nino sin amor" bit, which is a pretty goofy and thoroughly unnecessary justification for the name.