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SPOILERS FOR THE TICK (2017)

Diana: Now that leads us into the question of, what do we
think the Tick is? Because it’s unclear if he’s just a hero with no backstory
or a hero that Arthur has somehow manifested. Because he’s obviously real, he
interacts with plenty of people, but he has no memories and he only functions
when Arthur is around.

Andrew: I think there is a possibility that the show is
going to go into an angle that Arthur has some kind of psychic power and he
manifests The Tick. I would like it better if the Tick just had no backstory on
purpose as a metaphor to say that in a story about vulnerable people the
invulnerable one doesn’t matter, but there is a possibility that they might be
building up to the fact that Arthur has created this character solely out of
nothing.

Diana: That would be interesting but at the same time I
wouldn’t like it because I do love this narrative of the main character being a
regular guy who has no powers in this world of superheroes. He’s this normal
dude trying to prove this great evil still exists and he’s going to make a huge
difference to the world, but if at the end of the day it’s like, oh he also had
powers, then as a viewer I’m like, well I can’t do anything to help the world!
I want to feel empowered as a viewer. As someone at home I want to feel like I
can do what Arthur’s doing and feel empowered and motivated but I can’t be him
if he ends up having powers.

Andrew: Yes. That perfectly encapsulates why that would be
disappointing.

Diana: Thank you. I pride myself on being perfectly
disappointing.

– The hosts of Talk From Superheroes on The Tick (2017)

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A few people have said suggested this and I don’t know about how I feel about it but let me add this: if Arthur is psychically manifesting the Tick, there’s also the possibility that the Terror really was dead until Arthur brought him through the conspiracy theories.

Well that theory just made us say HOLY SHIT and is hereby dubbed amazing.