TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted February 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 I'd also say to leave him out. I mean what would be the alternative? Some of our teleportes jumping up to his space station and having some antics up there in an attempt to chear him(it?) up? Now I'm imagining Funtimes and Shiny performing a tandem juggling routine while Calamity weeps softly. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Now I'm imagining Funtimes and Shiny performing a tandem juggling routine while Calamity weeps softly. "Look at me, Calamity! I can sparkle..." "DO NOT TEMPT ME WITH THE SPARKLES. I GAVE YOU THE SPARKLES, WOMAN!" "I'm just shaking what my mama and Calamity gave me, then." 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted February 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 "Look at me, Calamity! I can sparkle..." "DO NOT TEMPT ME WITH THE SPARKLES. I GAVE YOU THE SPARKLES, WOMAN!" "I'm just shaking what my mama and Calamity gave me, then." "Hey. Hey. Calamity. Did you check the weather?" "We are in SPACE, Doctor Funtimes. There is no—" "Because the forecast calls for PANCAKES!!!!" *uncontrollable sobbing* "Maybe you should've gone with waffles instead." 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 "Hey. Hey. Calamity. Did you check the weather?" "We are in SPACE, Doctor Funtimes. There is no—" "Because the forecast calls for PANCAKES!!!!" *uncontrollable sobbing* "Maybe you should've gone with waffles instead." "Knock knock." "Really, Obliteration? I expected more from you." "And the destroying angel said 'knock knock,' and the archangel above all was supposed to say--" "Ugh, fine! Who's there?" "Non-canon." "Ugh. Non-canon who?" "Non-canon characterization." "...what does that even--" "YOU HAVE NO POWER OVER ME. I'M A GOOD GUY NOW." 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles Posted February 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Part of Obliteration's non-canon characterization is his love of terrible knock-knock jokes. Headcanon accepted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Part of Obliteration's non-canon characterization is his love of terrible knock-knock jokes. Headcanon accepted. They were his weakness, but after facing his fear he developed a taste for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Cancellers only cancel active abilities (Which completely canonizes Corpsemakers abilities)On Assumers I really don't think they're that bad personally, they need touch in order to actually steal your powers which means teleporters, telekinetics, forcefielders, speed Epics, flyers and a bunch of others are safe. I actually like it because it does add a way to kill High Epics, and hence pose an actual danger to them, since to date there are very few instances of a character discovering another characters weakness.And on the twins, unfortunately they have been tested and confirmed identical and it's a pretty big part of both their characters, retconning the pain thing in wouldn't actually be too hard compared to retconning them to be non-identical my worry is more that if they both have both powers it would be pretty much guaranteed to make them overpowered as hell, particularly Impact who is actually smart with her powers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 And on the twins, unfortunately they have been tested and confirmed identical and it's a pretty big part of both their characters, retconning the pain thing in wouldn't actually be too hard compared to retconning them to be non-identical my worry is more that if they both have both powers it would be pretty much guaranteed to make them overpowered as hell, particularly Impact who is actually smart with her powers. Personally I really love the twins as they are now and don't feel it'd be worthwhile to change them at all. Retconning in the pain in particular would really stick out to me. Especially given the sequence where MV's chilling on her not-date with Backtrack while Impact's pushing her powers to the limits in her fight with Deathwish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Personally I really love the twins as they are now and don't feel it'd be worthwhile to change them at all. Retconning in the pain in particular would really stick out to me. Especially given the sequence where MV's chilling on her not-date with Backtrack while Impact's pushing her powers to the limits in her fight with Deathwish. Oh yeah I hadn't thought about that in reverse, also since MV is looking for Impact it would be a bit weird to ask Backtrack for help if she could just sense the powers being used. Really not sure what to do now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mestiv Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Oh yeah I hadn't thought about that in reverse, also since MV is looking for Impact it would be a bit weird to ask Backtrack for help if she could just sense the powers being used. Really not sure what to do now. Just let's ignore that part about all twins having shared power. That's far less important to the worldbuilding than weaknesses etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Really not sure what to do now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 One of them has secretly been an X-Men all along? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Well I can try but now every time I write one of them my OCD is going to act up and I'll be twitching for hours.Darn canon destroying my Epics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 (edited) Well I can try but now every time I write one of them my OCD is going to act up and I'll be twitching for hours. Darn canon destroying my Epics. I'd say add in them having limited pain manipulation to make themselves not feel pain but then you'd have to replace the pills Impact got from Baxter with something else. Of course that still wouldn't fix the same powers problem. Edited February 18, 2016 by Edgedancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Well I can try but now every time I write one of them my OCD is going to act up and I'll be twitching for hours. Darn canon destroying my Epics. Don't fret about a thing. We're just in one of Firefight's alternate dimensions. Specifically, one she never makes windows into because it has Nighthound in it. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 I'd say add in them having limited pain manipulation to make themselves not feel pain but then you'd have to replace the pills Impact got from Baxter with something else. Of course that still wouldn't fix the same powers problem. Could have it limited to a certain degree of pain I suppose, otherwise I'd have to change the end of the Deathwish scene too. Don't fret about a thing. We're just in one of Firefight's alternate dimensions. Specifically, one she never makes windows into because it has Nighthound in it. I'm sure the twins would rather deal with pain every time they use their powers but still be in a universe without Nighthound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Could have it limited to a certain degree of pain I suppose, otherwise I'd have to change the end of the Deathwish scene too. I'm sure the twins would rather deal with pain every time they use their powers but still be in a universe without Nighthound. One of them is a shapeshifter that has been hit on the head, forgot about said power and now they think they are twins? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 One of them is a shapeshifter that has been hit on the head, forgot about said power and now they think they are twins? Backstory kind of needs them to be twins. If it were just the powers thing I could ship Impact off to Astoria and rely on MV being too busy fulfilling every tsundere trope I can think of to cause much trouble but the pain and sensing location thing is really going to be a problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Backstory kind of needs them to be twins. If it were just the powers thing I could ship Impact off to Astoria and rely on MV being too busy fulfilling every tsundere trope I can think of to cause much trouble but the pain and sensing location thing is really going to be a problem. Sisters from different mothers born around the same that just look really similair and have been told that they are twins because their father didn't want to own up to his sleeping around? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Sisters from different mothers born around the same that just look really similair and have been told that they are twins because their father didn't want to own up to his sleeping around? Did anyone ever tell you that you'd write excellent soap operas? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 (edited) Did anyone ever tell you that you'd write excellent soap operas? Maybe. Sometimes things get weird when I'm trying extra hard at throwing ideas around. Edited February 18, 2016 by Edgedancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Twin backstory spoilers Their weakness kind of revolves around them being actual twins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 (edited) Twin backstory spoilers Their weakness kind of revolves around them being actual twins Weaknesses are a psycological thing, aren't they? So whether they are twins by blood or only assume they are shouldn't make much of a difference. Edited February 18, 2016 by Edgedancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Isn't there a third kind of twin than identical and fraternal twins? An egg cell divides and then gets fertilized by two different sperm cells? I heard that kind of twin can look just about identical but still have different genomes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted February 18, 2016 Report Share Posted February 18, 2016 Weaknesses are a psycological thing, aren't they? So whether they are twins by blood or only assume they are shouldn't make much of a difference. Sort of but there's still an objectivity to their activation. Isn't there a third kind of twin than identical and fraternal twins? An egg cell divides and then gets fertilized by two different sperm cells? I heard that kind of twin can look just about identical but still have different genomes. Not that I'm aware of, it's either monozygotic (Identical) or dizygotic (Fraternal) Maybe having them just being very similar looking dizygotic twins could work, I'll have to think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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