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Post by Castoro Chiaro on Jul 16, 2012 19:35:08 GMT -5
Okay, this is going to be where I step in as a huge comic book buff. Rounding people up is the Superhero Registration Initiative, and Manifests who think they are superior is many things, but mostly it's Magneto and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants. The problem is, in a world with so many superpowered beings, there's one constant- Someone is always more powerful. Tossing in an evil organization of Manifests or Normals isn't as fun because it's a faceless organization. Sure in some ways it's efficient but it's no fun when waves of grunts go speeding around waving their arms and shouting like stormtroopers. In my experience it's also fun and an interesting change of pace to have one, maybe two, major villains with an indiscriminate goal- Blow EVERYTHING up, kill EVERYONE. Sylar, from Heroes, for example, was such a good villain because his goal was fairly simple- Feed on other people's powers and kill everyone who gets in his way. That's what I think we should make. A Sylar. A real character with reality behind them, not a faction of baddies. I mean we can have those too, I'm not saying we shouldn't do that as well, I'm just saying for point of reference that most of the time a chaotic neutral free agent is fun. It'd be more DKR's place to talk about it, but she's developing a character that fits this mold. I'd really love to see other factions pop up, though. The I'm loving the idea of having so many shades of grey (just not 50 please).
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Post by Bendi on Jul 16, 2012 19:49:43 GMT -5
Oh yeah, I'm all for having lots of different characters! Really, I think that June could go either way, and with the Doctor character I'm working on now, it'd probably depend on who their patient is.
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Caineachu
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Post by Caineachu on Jul 19, 2012 14:01:30 GMT -5
Yeah, I also think we need some kind of central villain, a big bad who thinks he's in the right. Someone who can control people/influence them, maybe someone with Manifest of Voice?
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Post by JazzyRagdoll on Jul 19, 2012 22:19:55 GMT -5
Well that was why I made Adam Conroy, to be that big bad. He's supposed to be the Big Bad with no real morality.
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Post by JazzyRagdoll on Jul 19, 2012 22:27:32 GMT -5
The problem with having someone who believes in a righteous cause is that it makes it a different mechanic than a villain who is irredeemably bad, a bad bad bad big bad.
Think of The Operative from Serenity versus, again, Sylar from Heroes. Sylar knows what he's doing is wrong and he revels in it. The Operative feels that he is in the right, that he works for the greater good. Redeemability versus irredeemability. Selflessness versus self- motivation.
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Caineachu
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Post by Caineachu on Jul 19, 2012 23:03:36 GMT -5
I kind of want a villain like Amon of Legend of Korra. Someone who can give speeches and get crowds behind him, and has some truly powerful ability so they're a real threat. And a voice like Amon's couldn't hurt either.
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Post by JazzyRagdoll on Jul 19, 2012 23:18:46 GMT -5
I'm not saying we can't have that too. I was just saying that AdCon was for that purpose as a chaotic neutral. Also Amon wasn't a true Lawful Evil bEcause after everything he was lying for power.
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Caineachu
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Post by Caineachu on Jul 20, 2012 1:12:11 GMT -5
That is true, I forgot about that for a second.
Also, just read Adam's character sheet. He seems pretty sweet in a "holy shit god help us" kind of way.
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Post by Castoro Chiaro on Jul 20, 2012 16:04:24 GMT -5
I guess while we're on the subject of plot, how do you guys wanna run this RP? Should we have a main thread, with other threads tethering from it for different sub-plots, or just a main thread and other "AU" threads whose stories will never intersect with the core RP?
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Caineachu
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Post by Caineachu on Jul 20, 2012 16:06:14 GMT -5
I like the first idea. The thread Abby and I will eventually start will have Alex and Mack's story from the beginning of their interactions.
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Post by XxUkarixX on Jul 20, 2012 16:20:55 GMT -5
I like the first idea best. Kind of how we had FW but we'd do rps on the side.
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Post by Double Rainbow Knight on Jul 25, 2012 23:30:33 GMT -5
Aaaahhaha. Yeah. If I can ever get off my lazy ass and actually MAKE her, we'll have a...
Well.
Let's call her a regular New Lancester superhero.
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Post by Nyx Aeterna on Dec 17, 2012 21:22:46 GMT -5
Let's do something.
Like I seriously have no idea what, but let's find something to do, maybe. xD
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Post by Castoro Chiaro on Dec 21, 2012 17:09:32 GMT -5
We had a plot line started, I just neglected to post for a long ass time. Something to get the characters mingling would be good.
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