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No… it just needs to do well. The first film was as much of a commercial success as it was a critical flop, wiki says it grossed over $500m worldwide which is GOOD.

I'm a LITTLE disappointed by the opening weekend – given that Iron Man joined the $100m club – but it's still pretty respectable. Guess we'll have to see how it goes… it does need to make a fair amount as it had a BIG budget.

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I'm guessing if someone is asking the question then they're probably interested enough to know more than one not-very-telling number.

Besides, if someone comes up with an actual distribution – that's something we can all benefit from.

That said, I'm not expecting such a data set to turn up or the often outlandish numbers presented in stories to be marginalised even if it is.

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An average is pretty meaningless if you don't know the SD. I mean, what if the SD is considerably larger for one gender? Or if it's just big, period? Sure, a ballpark figure is handy but if he's asking then surely he'll want to know the range etc.

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I'll tell you this – averages are probably the most over-rated statistical measure there is and have absolutely 0 value on their own. That's one of the first things anyone doing a stats module will learn – the first will most likely be that an hour of statistics can stretch into infinity.

What you really want to be looking at are the average (aka mean) and the standard deviation if you're interested in distribution trends. It will tell you faaaaar more.

Where you'd find that kind of information? Beats me… it's probably out there somewhere.

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As I've waxed lyrical on several sites in recent years… – and it's likely that my own age has proven to be a factor in my increased disdain for it – it's not big or clever to write stuff with people below the age of concept if the story is intended as pornographic… now, obviously the age of consent varies but it's generally nice to play it safe and say 18.

I'm using porn in a very general sense… specifically the definition given to it – to lead to sexual arousal. Yes, the 14 year old out muscling her older brother may never have any sexual overtones etc. but when I'm reading porn… I don't want a bunch of kids in it. That's actually a pretty general statement in itself… I'm talking 0 kids in a story intended as erotica. There are a number of reasons but let's just say, it's better to be safe than sorry and I think the days when people would overlook ages have passed.

Yes, some people still write them. Yes, I imagine a pretty high percentage of people still read them… and yes, there are still a metric ton of them posted around the 'net… That's hardly a justification though.

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#FTF10 is still going strong… and if you're very lucky, you can see the common or garden Kulli.

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That sounds like it came straight from the pages of an FMG story… Kind of like HSC's…

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Hmm, an all girl team, eh?

Let's see… I'd say as a potential roster I'd put on…

She-Hulk – obviously.

Geiger – makes sense as she can copy She-Hulk's powers… and she's probably bored of the Initiative and lordy, she isn't going to get anything else.

Rogue – for the reason mentioned above, also a pretty versatile character and all around hottie.

Ms. Marvel – Heavy hitter.

Stature – She's probably getting bored of being the only powered up girl in the Young Avengers by now.

Jubilee – Yeah, I know she got depowered but as if that ever stopped anyone…

Psylocke – Is she dead? People get better from that all the time in comics…

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Except Colossus… Actually, I'd kind of like to see another Rogue vs. She-Hulk fight… if only to see Rogue get big and green…

But thinking about it, She-Hulk has put her time in on the big name teams… it's just a shame that she's on neither the New nor Mighty Avengers – especially as she had a history with the original Avengers… though, one might argue that's a good reason for her NOT to rejoin an Avengers team… but I guess that she's got so much stuff going on at the moment – Red Hulk, Last Defenders, bounty hunting… she'd struggle fitting it in… not that it stops Wolverine or Spidey from appearing in about 500 places at once.

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Wow, you're almost as modest about your writing skills as I am…

Just mark it NSFW and you'll be fine.

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