Question 4

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Idea: If Firefight punches minivan-sized holes in this RP, I vote we soothe our sorrow by having our characters do something so ridiculously non-canon Brandon Sanderson will laugh without knowing what he's laughing at. Like all beating up on Calamity, who is actually Santa Claus.

[mail-mi he/him]

Idea: If Firefight punches minivan-sized holes in this RP, I vote we soothe our sorrow by having our characters do something so ridiculously non-canon Brandon Sanderson will laugh without knowing what he's laughing at. Like all beating up on Calamity, who is actually Santa Claus.

I say yea!

[Newan he/him]

Question for Newan: you say she subconsciously nullifies her ability on her feet so she can walk. Technically, could someone stab her through the soles of her feet if she wasn't expecting it?

 

Hmm...... possibly, but not probably.

 

2)I think I´m leaving the final say on this to Joe.

3)I see. By the way, I appreciate you being open on this.

4)Just because she hasn´t attacked high Epics doesn´t mean that high Epics didn´t go to find out what´s going on with the regular murder of Epics in their territory. 

 

Talking about that, she also would have to let down her power on her ears and eyes to get sensory information, although that would still cut of senses like smell and touch.

 

2) Of course.  I agree.

3) I appreciate all of your suggestions!

4) Yeah but the idea is that she is really good at what she does.  Being sneaky and covering her tracks, and also choosing not to fight someone who a High Epic would care about aren't things that Calamity gave her.  She's just clever.  

 

Yeah.  This power is so impossible that it breaks down in all sorts of ways upon close inspection.  How can she see if her eyes are reflective?  If she doesn't feel the force of things touching her, does that mean that her body has no pressure on it?

 

It pains my perfectionist soul to do this, but let's just say that she can walk, hear, see, and not die from explosive decompression through the power of Handwavium.  

 

Don't worry too much about her being overpowered.  I'm planning on having Bobby escape very early on.  From then it's just a matter of time until he steps on a crack.  

[Fatebreaker he/him]

You know what Nathan and Backtrack need?

 

Jetpacks

http://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/jetpack/

[Kobold King he/him]

You know what Nathan and Backtrack need?

 

Jetpacks

http://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/jetpack/

Funtimes could probably make Nathan his own jetpack.

Backtrack, were he to acquire such an item, would inevitably run out of fuel at the peak of his flight.

[Edgedancer he/him]

Idea: If Firefight punches minivan-sized holes in this RP, I vote we soothe our sorrow by having our characters do something so ridiculously non-canon Brandon Sanderson will laugh without knowing what he's laughing at. Like all beating up on Calamity, who is actually Santa Claus.

I guess if we ever get proof that we are violating canon lef and right there is no reason to hold back anymore.

 

(Does second or third week of January sound okay to everyone?)

Hmm...... possibly, but not probably.

 

2) Of course.  I agree.

3) I appreciate all of your suggestions!

4) Yeah but the idea is that she is really good at what she does.  Being sneaky and covering her tracks, and also choosing not to fight someone who a High Epic would care about aren't things that Calamity gave her.  She's just clever.  

 

Yeah.  This power is so impossible that it breaks down in all sorts of ways upon close inspection.  How can she see if her eyes are reflective?  If she doesn't feel the force of things touching her, does that mean that her body has no pressure on it?

 

It pains my perfectionist soul to do this, but let's just say that she can walk, hear, see, and not die from explosive decompression through the power of Handwavium.  

 

Don't worry too much about her being overpowered.  I'm planning on having Bobby escape very early on.  From then it's just a matter of time until he steps on a crack.  

4) For a couple of murders maybe but she needs a lot of victims to keep her from feeling guilty for over seven years (my personal estimation would be at least one per week) and that´s enough to make just about everyone notice her activities.

Plus, if she does live in Astoria her powers would have made her a beacon to The Metal should she come within 1km of him... and he probably would have noticed the person in her basement as well.

 

I think it would make more sense to say that she chooses selectively what her power reflects and she simply doesn´t reflect ordinary nonharmful light. Granted that would also mean to drop the reflective form (although she could activate it whenever she wanted) but on the upside we wouldn´t need handwavium for her not taking vitamin supplements to balance the lack of sunlight and it goes better with the idea of her laying low, which is very hard should you be a human mirror.

 

You know what Nathan and Backtrack need?

 

Jetpacks

http://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/jetpack/

Everyone needs Jetpacks.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

You know what Nathan and Backtrack need?

 

Jetpacks

http://poorlydrawnlines.com/comic/jetpack/

 

 

Funtimes could probably make Nathan his own jetpack.

Backtrack, were he to acquire such an item, would inevitably run out of fuel at the peak of his flight.

 

I think she has a new Super Secret Weapons Project ™ for when she gives Team Funacid their Christmas gifts. In October sometime. Because Christmas is such a fun holiday, and when you're an Epic you can do pretty much anything you want, so why not celebrate Christmas on Halloween and Christmas Day?  

 

(Seriously, though, expect Nathan to have a jetpack soon. Though it would have to be after his secret is inevitably spilled to all of Portland, since it would be rather suspicious to see a powerful teleporter flying around on a jetpack. Unless she tells everyone his secondary is…um…spontaneous jetpack creation? ) 

 

I guess if we ever get proof that we are violating canon lef and right there is no reason to hold back anymore.

 

(Does second or third week of January sound okay to everyone?)

 

Sounds good to me. 

[Newan he/him]

4) For a couple of murders maybe but she needs a lot of victims to keep her from feeling guilty for over seven years (my personal estimation would be at least one per week) and that´s enough to make just about everyone notice her activities.

Plus, if she does live in Astoria her powers would have made her a beacon to The Metal should she come within 1km of him... and he probably would have noticed the person in her basement as well.

 

I think it would make more sense to say that she chooses selectively what her power reflects and she simply doesn´t reflect ordinary nonharmful light. Granted that would also mean to drop the reflective form (although she could activate it whenever she wanted) but on the upside we wouldn´t need handwavium for her not taking vitamin supplements to balance the lack of sunlight and it goes better with the idea of her laying low, which is very hard should you be a human mirror.

 

4) I thought of a solution.  She doesn't live in Astoria.  Her house is secluded, outside of town.  When the guilt becomes too much for her and she needs a fight, she drives to a different town because the epics are too powerful in Astoria.  The only reason she hasn't moved farther away is that it would be very difficult to move Bobby.  

 

Yeah, but that would make it an active power.  That's not what I want for her.  

[Fatebreaker he/him]

Newan: So if someone shot her in her mouth, would it be reflected around inside her head, for would her reflective coating break from the inside?

[Edgedancer he/him]

I think she has a new Super Secret Weapons Project ™ for when she gives Team Funacid their Christmas gifts. In October sometime. Because Christmas is such a fun holiday, and when you're an Epic you can do pretty much anything you want, so why not celebrate Christmas on Halloween and Christmas Day?

 

(Seriously, though, expect Nathan to have a jetpack soon. Though it would have to be after his secret is inevitably spilled to all of Portland, since it would be rather suspicious to see a powerful teleporter flying around on a jetpack. Unless she tells everyone his secondary is…um…spontaneous jetpack creation? ) 

 

 

Sounds good to me. 

Little did Lightwards know that the museum was only an experiment for the flying fortress she was about to gift Sam. (What do I hear you say, she didn´t know Sam at this point. Clearly Funtimes is a precog. )

 

4) I thought of a solution.  She doesn't live in Astoria.  Her house is secluded, outside of town.  When the guilt becomes too much for her and she needs a fight, she drives to a different town because the epics are too powerful in Astoria.  The only reason she hasn't moved farther away is that it would be very difficult to move Bobby.  

 

Yeah, but that would make it an active power.  That's not what I want for her.  

4)Makes sense.

 

Not anymore than turning it off for parts of her body, like you already intended and given that having it turned on constantly as a passive just makes it more active, gives her less reason to hunt Epics. In that regard the influence might come less from activating it but straining it aginst more powerful Epic powers.

[Newan he/him]

Newan: So if someone shot her in her mouth, would it be reflected around inside her head, for would her reflective coating break from the inside?

 

Every possible visible part of her his reflective (even the underside of her eyelids), so it would bounce around inside her mouth.  If it went down her throat it would kill her.

 

Not anymore than turning it off for parts of her body, like you already intended and given that having it turned on constantly as a passive just makes it more active, gives her less reason to hunt Epics. In that regard the influence might come less from activating it but straining it aginst more powerful Epic powers.

 

Actually, that is really awesome.  I like that a lot.  So the power only activates as it is needed.  (I do still want to keep the reflective appearance though, just because it looks cool)

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Little did Lightwards know that the museum was only an experiment for the flying fortress she was about to gift Sam. (What do I hear you say, she didn´t know Sam at this point. Clearly Funtimes is a precog. )

Tertiary power: Party precognition. Funtimes can see all future members of her parties, both party animals and party poopers. She can't predict the outcome of their parties, but can see whether or not her friends will live. She doesn't consider every situation a party because shaddup that'd break the plot.

[Kobold King he/him]

Tertiary power: Party precognition. Funtimes can see all future members of her parties, both party animals and party poopers. She can't predict the outcome of their parties, but can see whether or not her friends will live. She doesn't consider every situation a party because shaddup that'd break the plot.

 

Epic Name: Plot Bunny

 

Passive Ability: Conceiving of a highly detailed storyline filled with well-developed characters and intense action sequences.

 

Primary Ability: Causing all events within a certain radius of her (around the size of one state) to reenact the storyline in her head.

 

Secondary Ability: Negating any event which would interfere with her narrative.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Epic Name: Plot Bunny

Passive Ability: Conceiving of a highly detailed storyline filled with well-developed characters and intense action sequences.

Primary Ability: Causing all events within a certain radius of her (around the size of one state) to reenact the storyline in her head.

Secondary Ability: Negating any event which would interfere with her narrative.

Technically, Plot Bunny should be considered a party pooper and thus one of Funtimes' enemies. However, Plot Bunny is an actual bunny and therefore loved by Funtimes.

[Edgedancer he/him]

Actually, that is really awesome.  I like that a lot.  So the power only activates as it is needed.  (I do still want to keep the reflective appearance though, just because it looks cool)

Shouldn´t be much of a problem as long as she keeps her eyes normal.

 

Tertiary power: Party precognition. Funtimes can see all future members of her parties, both party animals and party poopers. She can't predict the outcome of their parties, but can see whether or not her friends will live. She doesn't consider every situation a party because shaddup that'd break the plot.

That must have reacted very weirdly to Nighthound and Lightwards.

[Kobold King he/him]

Technically, Plot Bunny should be considered a party pooper and thus one of Funtimes' enemies. However, Plot Bunny is an actual bunny and therefore loved by Funtimes.

 

Artist's representation of Plot Bunny:

 

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Artist's representation of Plot Bunny:

Did I say loved? I meant adored.

[Edgedancer he/him]

Artist's representation of Plot Bunny:

 

Plot bunny is the superior bunny.

[Newan he/him]

Shouldn´t be much of a problem as long as she keeps her eyes normal.

 

I can live with that.  Completely reflective face but with normal black pupils might actually look even cooler than smooth reflective eyes.  I think this actually means that a smart Epic could figure out that by attacking Lillian's eyes and causing them to go reflective, they would momentarily blind her.  

Edited December 2, 2014 by Newan

[Kobold King he/him]

Saw this in the "You Know You're a Sanderfan When" thread:

 

 

When talking about the 1850's in history and the teacher says what happened in Oregon, and the first thing you think is of the epics.

 

I wonder if he's referencing WHIO or directly referencing the novel...

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Saw this in the "You Know You're a Sanderfan When" thread:

I wonder if he's referencing WHIO or directly referencing the novel...

Hmm.

Let's go with WHIO.

Edit: Also, going through TVTropes reminds me of just how many Woobies we have. I'd even contend that all of our vanilla characters, with the exceptions of Autumn and Revolution, are various shades of Woobie.

Of course, given the setting, that's kind of expected.

Edited December 2, 2014 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles

[Seonid he/him]

New post up. Will O'the Wisp and Ari. And it's for real this time. Sorry for the false alarm earlier y'all. Hope you enjoy it. I'd say more, but my break's over. Gotta run!

[Kobold King he/him]

Hmm.

Let's go with WHIO.

Edit: Also, going through TVTropes reminds me of just how many Woobies we have. I'd even contend that all of our vanilla characters, with the exceptions of Autumn and Revolution, are various shades of Woobie.

Of course, given the setting, that's kind of expected.

 

Remington has shades of the Stoic Woobie. Epic!Sam would become Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds.

 

Also, Ari is incredibly awesome. Who's going to do the honors of ponifying her?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Remington has shades of the Stoic Woobie. Epic!Sam would become Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds.

 

Also, Ari is incredibly awesome. Who's going to do the honors of ponifying her?

 

And then we have Nathan, Arvin, Vondra (who, just from his bio, seems more like an Iron Woobie), and Baxter Game—but I think the most impressive is Ray, who managed to become a Woobie from her very first appearance. (Thanks, Nighthound.  ) 

 

I could, but if someone else feels inspired, go ahead.

[Kobold King he/him]

And then we have Nathan, Arvin, Vondra (who, just from his bio, seems more like an Iron Woobie), and Baxter Game—but I think the most impressive is Ray, who managed to become a Woobie from her very first appearance. (Thanks, Nighthound.  ) 

 

I could, but if someone else feels inspired, go ahead.

 

I put much effort into trying to keep Sam from becoming a Sympathetic Sue. Wes, should he ever be released from Lightwards' control, would become a stunning example of The Dog Bites Back. (Why don't we have a TV Tropes page already? )

 

I'd say go for it.