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Why Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch are Awesome!

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  1. They’re twins. By this time I don’t think I need to explain why we like twins so much on this blog.
  2. They both have cool super powers: super-speed (Pietro/Quicksilver) and probability manipulation (Wanda/Scarlet Witch). Kudos go to any superhero who manages to possess decent powers that aren’t punchy powers or the Superman pack.
  3. They’re mutants. We freaks have to look out for one another.
  4. They’re the offspring of one of the biggest, baddest mutants on the planet.
  5. Their nursemaid was a humanoid cow. I kid you not.
  6. They’re both going to appear in Avengers: Age of Ultron. Now that’s movie cred!
  7. Quicksilver is set to appear in X-Men: Days of Future Past, one of the few things about that film which I’m generally excited about.
  8. Scarlet Witch was trained by Agatha Harkness, a bona fide witch. Witches are naturally cool.
  9. Wanda rocks that hot Goth chick look.
  10. Quicksilver can run at supersonic speeds of up to Mach 10 and resist the effects of friction, reduced oxygen, and kinetic impact while moving at super-speeds. Dude can’t drive 55.
  11. Pietro can create cyclone-strength winds; run up walls and cross bodies of water. Jealous, Sonic?
  12. Dude was once involved with Crystal of the Inhumans. Have you ever made it with an Inhuman?
  13. Scarlet Witch briefly got to use the New Age-y battle cry, “Winds of destiny…change!”
  14. Scarlet Witch was once involved with an android. You don’t get too much more nerd culture than that.
  15. Wanda once short-circuited Ultron with her powers, whereas Windows ME would just crash on its’ own.
  16. Scarlet Witch was a member of the Super Hero Squad, where she was voiced by the legendary Tara Strong.
  17. On Super Hero Squad, Quicksilver was voiced by Scott Menville, who also voiced Robin on Teen Titans; we’ve already covered why Robin is awesome.
  18. Wanda can use her hex powers to light flammable objects, contain or remove air from a particular volume, deflect objects, stop the momentum of projectiles, open doors, explode objects, create force fields and deflect magical attacks, etc. Not to mention slice, dice and make Julian fries.
  19. The Ultimate version of Wanda has “do the math” in order to use her powers — she must calculate the mathematical probability that the effect she intends to create will actually happen, with the more unlikely the effect, the more complex the mathematical formula. We like sexy math nerds.
  20. They were both model pretty as teenagers.
Eat your hearts out, Brandon and Brenda Walsh!

Why Firestorm is Awesome!

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Firestorm
  1. He’s 2, 2, 2 heroes in 1!
  2. His nickname is “The Nuclear Man”, but he’s not that lame-o from Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
  3. One of the guys who comprise him is a science whiz. Science rules!
  4. Dude can fire nuclear blasts from his hands.
  5. He once turned some attacking robots into tricycles.
  6. He can roast a marshmallow on his head.
  7. He can talk to himself and not be labeled crazy.
  8. He once turned Lex Luthor’s mech suit into baby powder.
  9. He once saved Superman’s powers by changing a gold kryptonite rock into a bowling ball.
  10. He once turned a fleeing getaway car into a bathtub.
  11. He’s buddies with Cyborg.

Why Starfire is Awesome!

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  1. She’s a space alien. Alien babes are awesome by default.
  2. She’s golden. Literally.
  3. She has the strength of 8 humans. That’s more than the starting lineup of a basketball team.
  4. One word: midriff.
  5. She comes from a race which has the natural ability to fly. Take that, R. Kelly!
  6. She can really put away the mustard.
  7. She’s a princess. Princesses are hot right now.
  8. She was captured and pumped full of solar energy by the Psions, but instead of it killing her, it gave her the power to fire blasts of energy from her hands. Sweeeet!
  9. She once nearly came to blows with Wonder Woman! Despite her not actually possessing them, that takes balls!
  10. As a result of impending puberty, she gained the ability to fire starbolt energy from her eyes, as opposed to just gaining a face full of zits.
  11. She can instantly ‘absorb’ languages just by epidermal contact, usually by kissing. Who wouldn’t want to master French just by Frenching a hottie?
  12. Her powers are fueled by her emotions. I’d be in touch with my feelings too, if they gave me freakin’ super powers!
  13. This pic:
BOM-CHICKA-WOW-WOW!

Why Spike is Awesome!

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  1. He’s a dragon, and dragons are naturally awesome.
  2. He’s purple.
  3. The fillies love him. Play on, playa!
  4. He’s voiced by Cathy Weseluck.
  5. He once went super villain in order to ruin an owl.
  6. He can belch out correspondence scrolls.
  7. He’s got Rarity’s phone number on speed dial.
  8. He has an eye for spotting fine jewelry and precious stones, then eating them.
  9. He’s got that stylin’ green head fin.
  10. We’ve seen that in the future, he’s going to grow up to be a giant, badass fire breather.

Why The Test Twins Are Awesome!

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  1. They’re cute.
  2. They’re twins. We multiple births have to stick together.
  3. They’re geniuses. Big ups to the super geeks!
  4. They make wearing thick framed glasses seem cool.
  5. They have an amazing high-tech laboratory stored within their otherwise ordinary suburban house. Yeah, Dexter did it first, but it’s still very cool.
  6. They wear those symbols (Susan – star, Mary – crescent moon) as hair clips and also on their shorts and those symbols are present on everything they wear.
  7. They once dressed as super villains with stylish hair and black spandex outfits.
  8. Mary has that cute voice and wears those cute green moon insignia sneakers.
  9. Susan wears that adorable mini-skirt.
  10. They genetically modified Johnny’s dog Dukey, giving him human intelligence, the ability to speak and mad martial arts skills. Top that, Dog Whisperer!
  11. They’re the best thing about Johnny Test. Easily. It certainly isn’t Johnny himself, whom I find to be nails-across-a-chalkboard annoying.