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DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 6m

Valeria: There was nothing you liked about him? Nothing at all?
Doom: He was arrogant. I could see that right away. Rude. Never knew his place. A little, puffed-up peasant. And always with his rowdy, uncouth friend, Grimm.
Valeria: We're talking about you and my father.

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 1h

I have been far and learned many things, Richards. And of all living men, only you can truly appreciate my genius.

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 2h

Valeria: My father used to explore the Negative Zone all the time.
Doom:I discovered the Negative Zone YEARS before Reed Richards did.
Valeria: This again?! We need to focus.

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 3h

You never cease to amaze me, Richards…

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 4h

Reed watched as Von Doom reinserted his hand into his gauntlet.
“That's brilliant.” he said with genuine admiration.

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 5h

Valeria (to Doom): Tell me about you...and my father.

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 6h

Do you really think you’re everything I deny in myself?

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 7h

While you're loathe to admit it, we're one and the same.

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 8h

What the hell are you doing in my private quarters, Richards?

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 9h

Let me d-die in peace… and R-Richards with m-me…

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 10h

No obsession is stronger than one shared.

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DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 11h

If Reed Richards and Victor von Doom had managed to bridge their gulf, they might have worked together -- and the terrible chain of events which created Doctor Doom would not have occurred, sparing this world untold misery.

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 12h

“It's brilliant of Doom, really.”
“Well, if you can stop being IMPRESSED for a minute, Reed, maybe--”

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DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 13h

Valeria (to Doom): You brought something out of him. Something no one else could have. Not even my mother. I came here to show you that HE brings something out in YOU. I'm here to remind you that in life, as in physics, when two particles interact, they are both changed. Forever.

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 14h

I regret that things could not have been different. You might have given the world so much.

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 15h

Yes. You know me, as I know you.

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 16h

I am most impressed, Richards. While hardly the equal of my own vast armory, your weapons are rather sophisticated for a man who claims to be dedicated to world peace.

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 17h

In all the universe, there is perhaps one other, besides myself, who might comprehend. Though it pains me, I must seek out and take counsel with my most hated enemy!

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 18h

He lived “rent free” in your head. Once Reed figured that out, once he saw how futile your attempts at true damage were, he would never take you seriously again. But he never told you that. And he NEVER made fun of you.

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 19h

I have watched over Richards for many years now. I understand how fate and my hand have guided you here.

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 20h

Victor von Doom and Reed Richards are but opposite sides of the same coin--

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 22h

Only you could be hypnotic and condescending at the same time.

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 23h

I do believe I like these Reeds.

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 23h

Reed stared at the empty board. “You seem to have misplaced your pieces, Victor.”
“For men of our intellect? How ... materialistic of you, Richards.” Doom held up his hands, both closed into loose fists. “Choose for white,” he said.

DoomReed Quote Bot @doomreedbot.bsky.social · 1d

I am impressed, Richards. A lesser man might have been momentarily disoriented by my unexpected assault, but YOU react without hesitation.