Originally posted by Mindship
You gotta be careful. Do you really want to give a character powers which make writing stories harder?
Why don't you throw a few ideas out? I know you have one or two that you're just aching to share.
Originally posted by long pig
True enough. It really does come down to the writing, though. Powers don't really mean much at all.
Why don't you throw a few ideas out? I know you have one or two that you're just aching to share.
Yes, I know everyone hates these threads because they almost always suck. I also know that I'm piss drunk and it my enthusiasm could be from the beer instead of the idea, but I beg you bare with me.
All I got is the concept, no names or looks, just the general idea.
Okay...:
Basically, this happens in a world where there is a group of aliens who, for the sole purpose of protecting Earth, they give a single human superman-esue powers. The guy is flying around saving everyone
But, much to the dismay of the Aliens, throughout the hundreds of years of doing this, every man they give the power too eventually becomes corrupted. The aliens finally figure out that the old saying is true. "Absolute power corrupts absolutely".
After a while, instead of stopping the hero-making. They come up with a way to get a way around that problem.
So, they find a group of honorable people, but instead of giving them full power, they split up the superman-esque power and divide it up amongst the people.
Basically, one guy gets cosmic-like durability, like PC Superman. BUT, he doesn't get any extra stamina or strength! Invulnerability is all he as.
The next guy ONLY gets heat vision.
The next only gets superspeed-the clincher is he can't use it to it's full potential because it'd kill him.
The next guy can fly, the next gets ice breath, the next gets super strength and so on and so forth.
Anyone not hate the idea?
Originally posted by Darth Macabre
So humans are sheep to them? Why? Have they been around longer?
Perhaps they have a 'gaurdian' thing going for them; 'universal peacekeepers' . Whom then turn out to be protecting everything so they can ANNIHILATE everything. After all , a universe completely devoid of life is pretty safe wouldn't you say 😉
Originally posted by long pig
Yes, I know everyone hates these threads because they almost always suck. I also know that I'm piss drunk and it my enthusiasm could be from the beer instead of the idea, but I beg you bare with me.All I got is the concept, no names or looks, just the general idea.
Okay...:
Basically, this happens in a world where there is a group of aliens who, for the sole purpose of protecting Earth, they give a single human superman-esue powers. The guy is flying around saving everyone
But, much to the dismay of the Aliens, throughout the hundreds of years of doing this, every man they give the power too eventually becomes corrupted. The aliens finally figure out that the old saying is true. "Absolute power corrupts absolutely".After a while, instead of stopping the hero-making. They come up with a way to get a way around that problem.
So, they find a group of honorable people, but instead of giving them full power, they split up the superman-esque power and divide it up amongst the people.
Basically, one guy gets cosmic-like durability, like PC Superman. BUT, he doesn't get any extra stamina or strength! Invulnerability is all he as.
The next guy ONLY gets heat vision.
The next only gets superspeed-the clincher is he can't use it to it's full potential because it'd kill him.
The next guy can fly, the next gets ice breath, the next gets super strength and so on and so forth.
Anyone not hate the idea?
I'm sure I read a story a few years ago that was identical to that ... might have been an Elseworlds ... their was a group of people who each had one of Superman's abilities:
The heat vision guy had to release his power every 15 minutes because it was too much to contain for a human ... which meant that he never had a decent nights sleep and was always a little off.
The Speed power was just as bad as the person couldn't slow down and needed an exoskeleton (for some reason).
The durability guy couldn't feel anything at all.
The strength guy couldn't control it and therefore couldn't risk touching anyone.
They were all pretty much screwed by their powers but they still used them as a sort of Superman Police Force.
Scientist and researcher_______ _______ finds that hundreds of meteors are on a collison with earth,no amount of nukes or heroes can stop all of them in time,so he creates a device that simulates black holes,there is an acident when going into orbit with the space shuttle an it explodes,with time running out the heroes know it is only a matter of time before earth is devastated by the meteors,when look!! out of the depths of space its___________,with some help and his new powers he is able to repell and BFR the meteors a new hero is born_____________
But reed richards has some bad news the meteors were not natural,and there is a sinister plot begining to take form,stay tuned for more adventures of _______________________
Had some time to kill, work is slow
Originally posted by Scoobless
I'm sure I read a story a few years ago that was identical to that ... might have been an Elseworlds ... their was a group of people who each had one of Superman's abilities:The heat vision guy had to release his power every 15 minutes because it was too much to contain for a human ... which meant that he never had a decent nights sleep and was always a little off.
The Speed power was just as bad as the person couldn't slow down and needed an exoskeleton (for some reason).
The durability guy couldn't feel anything at all.
The strength guy couldn't control it and therefore couldn't risk touching anyone.
They were all pretty much screwed by their powers but they still used them as a sort of Superman Police Force.
Do you enjoy making me sad/sexually excited? 😠
Originally posted by long pig
Yes, I know everyone hates these threads because they almost So, they find a group of honorable people, but instead of giving them full power, they split up the superman-esque power and divide it up amongst the people.Basically, one guy gets cosmic-like durability, like PC Superman. BUT, he doesn't get any extra stamina or strength! Invulnerability is all he as.
The next guy ONLY gets heat vision.
The next only gets superspeed-the clincher is he can't use it to it's full potential because it'd kill him.
The next guy can fly, the next gets ice breath, the next gets super strength and so on and so forth.
HA! ... that's also pretty much exactly the plot from "Dynamo 5" ... a new Image comic I just started reading.
Their Superguy (Captain Dynamo) had these powers:
(Kinda Martian Manhunter-esque)
And his kids developed one power each:
Strength, flight, telepathy, shapeshifing & laser vision (and X-ray)
😛
