Kobold King he/him Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 Talking about Weird Al, he had a Polka duel with Pinky Pie once, right? Which means PP totally needs a new personality. Voidus, mind if we take care of that? For the record Voidus, the only acceptable response to this question is "Okey dokey loki." Though it does raise a pressing hypothetical scenario. If Quota devoted all of his energies into making someone frown while Pinkie Pie tried to make them smile, who would win? 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 24, 2015 Author Posted January 24, 2015 For the record Voidus, the only acceptable response to this question is "Okey dokey loki." Though it does raise a pressing hypothetical scenario. If Quota devoted all of his energies into making someone frown while Pinkie Pie tried to make them smile, who would win? Depends if Pinkie Pie used the "Smile Song" as her primary attack. If so, Quota would explode from the sheer effort of attempting to hold back his intended victim's smiles. 1
Edgedancer he/him Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 I'm taking it's fitting in a backstory sort of way? …Well, it's better than having "Practice my twerking moves in line at the DMV" be canon, I suppose. Yup, horrible horrible backstory. For the record Voidus, the only acceptable response to this question is "Okey dokey loki." Though it does raise a pressing hypothetical scenario. If Quota devoted all of his energies into making someone frown while Pinkie Pie tried to make them smile, who would win? Pinky has the advantage of fourth wall breaking, so she can just get his weakness and make the world a happier place. 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 24, 2015 Author Posted January 24, 2015 Yup, horrible horrible backstory. Pinky has the advantage of fourth wall breaking, so she can just get his weakness and make the world a happier place. And then Nighthound died. At the same bank where he caused this horrible backstory to take place. I would gladly give Pinkie Pie Quota's weakness. 1
Kobold King he/him Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 I would gladly give Pinkie Pie Quota's weakness. Don't hold out on her. You're the GM; give her the weakness of every Epic in Oregon. I wonder if the Elements of Harmony could neutralize Calamity itself. 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 24, 2015 Author Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Don't hold out on her. You're the GM; give her the weakness of every Epic in Oregon. I wonder if the Elements of Harmony could neutralize Calamity itself. Firefight spoilers. Seriously, if you haven't read the book, turn back now. I'm warning you. Well, if you insist…. Before Firefight, I held that the different members of Prof's Reckoners cell represented one of each of the Elements of Harmony. David: Loyalty Abraham: Kindness Prof: Generosity Cody: Laughter Tia: Honesty Megan: Magic However, with a recent turn of events (THANKS, REGALIA), I believe the bearers of the Elements may need to be revised. David: Loyalty Mizzy: Laughter Abraham: Kindness Megan: Magic Prof's betrayal sadly leaves Generosity without a bearer, and I'm beginning to distrust Tia, which makes her an unlikely bearer of Honesty. Before we determine whether or not the Reckoners are capable of facing Calamity, I think we'll need to figure out who bears which Element. Edited January 24, 2015 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles 2
Kobold King he/him Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 Firefight spoilers. Seriously, if you haven't read the book, turn back now. I'm warning you. Well, if you insist…. Before Firefight, I held that the different members of Prof's Reckoners cell represented one of each of the Elements of Harmony. David: Loyalty Abraham: Kindness Prof: Generosity Cody: Laughter Tia: Honesty Megan: Magic However, with a recent turn of events (THANKS, REGALIA), I believe the bearers of the Elements may need to be revised. David: Loyalty Mizzy: Laughter Abraham: Kindness Megan: Magic Prof's betrayal sadly leaves Generosity without a bearer, and I'm beginning to distrust Tia, which makes her an unlikely bearer of Honesty. Before we determine whether or not the Reckoners are capable of facing Calamity, I think we'll need to figure out who bears which Element. ALSO MAJOR SPOILERS. If you haven't read Firefight, turn back. I'M WARNING YOU. The problem is that we don't have an abundance of characters to choose from just yet. Warbreaker, Stormlight, and the other Cosmere books all have huge casts of characters while the Reckoners books revolve around a very few individuals. That said, I'd like to nominate Dawnslight as the bearer of Generosity. Using some of the greatest powers we've yet seen in an Epic, Dawnslight devotes his entire conscious existence towards creating a lush and bountiful utopia. He lavishes the people of Babilar with magical fruits, and brings warm weather for them to enjoy. He is the very picture of an innocent child's generosity, frozen in time by his coma and brought to gargantuan scale by Calamity. He's the perfect bearer for Generosity, in my opinion. 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 24, 2015 Author Posted January 24, 2015 ALSO MAJOR SPOILERS. If you haven't read Firefight, turn back. I'M WARNING YOU. The problem is that we don't have an abundance of characters to choose from just yet. Warbreaker, Stormlight, and the other Cosmere books all have huge casts of characters while the Reckoners books revolve around a very few individuals. That said, I'd like to nominate Dawnslight as the bearer of Generosity. Using some of the greatest powers we've yet seen in an Epic, Dawnslight devotes his entire conscious existence towards creating a lush and bountiful utopia. He lavishes the people of Babilar with magical fruits, and brings warm weather for them to enjoy. He is the very picture of an innocent child's generosity, frozen in time by his coma and brought to gargantuan scale by Calamity. He's the perfect bearer for Generosity, in my opinion. Read Firefight before you read this. Seriously, people, it's better than the original—and that's saying something. Last chance to turn back. Funny, I was about to nominate the same character for Generosity. Dawnslight's only interest thus far seems to be giving and giving, and in a world where the most magnanimous Epics give only for the pleasure of taking it away later (LOOKING AT YOU, REGALIA) that is no mean statement. Unless Calamity pulls one of those terrible evil-all-along twists with him (and I really do think Sanderson is better than that) then I too nominate Dawnslight as the bearer of Generosity. Honesty, though, is a difficult one. I said Tia after the first book, given the way she learns and shares what truth she knows about Epics and their powers/weaknesses….but after Firefight, I'm not sure how much I trust her. She knew a lot of things that could have prevented disaster and even tragedy, and she just kept them to herself. Maybe she has good reasons, and I'll reserve judgment until I've finished Calamity, but I no longer think Tia is the best representation of Honesty. I would have nominated Exel, because he's awesome, but I can't do that, either. (SERIOUSLY, REGALIA, I HATE YOU SOOOOOO MUCH.) 2
Kobold King he/him Posted January 24, 2015 Posted January 24, 2015 (edited) Read Firefight before you read this. Seriously, people, it's better than the original—and that's saying something. Last chance to turn back. Funny, I was about to nominate the same character for Generosity. Dawnslight's only interest thus far seems to be giving and giving, and in a world where the most magnanimous Epics give only for the pleasure of taking it away later (LOOKING AT YOU, REGALIA) that is no mean statement. Unless Calamity pulls one of those terrible evil-all-along twists with him (and I really do think Sanderson is better than that) then I too nominate Dawnslight as the bearer of Generosity. Honesty, though, is a difficult one. I said Tia after the first book, given the way she learns and shares what truth she knows about Epics and their powers/weaknesses….but after Firefight, I'm not sure how much I trust her. She knew a lot of things that could have prevented disaster and even tragedy, and she just kept them to herself. Maybe she has good reasons, and I'll reserve judgment until I've finished Calamity, but I no longer think Tia is the best representation of Honesty. I would have nominated Exel, because he's awesome, but I can't do that, either. (SERIOUSLY, REGALIA, I HATE YOU SOOOOOO MUCH.) I begin to see Regalia as increasingly like Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove. "It is no concern of mine whether your family has--what was it again?" "Um, food?" "Ha! You really should have thought of that before you became vanillas! We're through here. Take him away." This obviously makes Obliteration Kronk, which will radically improve my future re-readings. Now's probably when I should remind you not to progress unless you've read Firefight. Capisce? Dawnslight it is, then. I don't trust Tia either at this point. She's a good person, but she simply keeps too many secrets to earn the Element of Honesty. Perhaps if Obliteration winds up as redeemed, we'll find out that he's an exceptionally honest person. Or perhaps we could give Cody the Element of Loyalty and give David the Element of Honesty. I'm not really confident with either of those possibilities, though. Edited January 24, 2015 by Kobold King 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 24, 2015 Author Posted January 24, 2015 I begin to see Regalia as increasingly like Yzma from The Emperor's New Groove. "It is no concern of mine whether your family has--what was it again?" "Um, food?" "Ha! You really should have thought of that before you became vanillas! We're through here. Take him away." This obviously makes Obliteration Kronk, which will radically improve my future re-readings. Now's probably when I should remind you not to progress unless you've read Firefight. Capisce? Dawnslight it is, then. I don't trust Tia either at this point. She's a good person, but she simply keeps too many secrets to earn the Element of Honesty. Perhaps if Obliteration winds up as redeemed, we'll find out that he's an exceptionally honest person. Or perhaps we could give Cody the Element of Loyalty and give David the Element of Honesty. I'm not really confident with either of those possibilities, though. I approve of this imagery. Alas, continuing along these same lines would mean including spoilers... ….so just quit now. *long gasp* "I destroy things because I'm scared of something deep down inside and Regalia cut out a chunk of my DNA because of some deep-seated terror that makes her into a horrible person and I'm kind of sick of thinking of myself as one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse but I can't because of that terror I have stored deep down inside, the same terror that's turning me into King of the Creepers, a title that makes it hard to flirt with the ladies." *longer gasp* "David doesn't seem interested in cutting out a chunk of my DNA and using it as a bomb and he just told me that I'll have to get over whatever deep-seated fear is making me kill people and I believe him more than I believe Regalia so if I face that fear, I can stop being a creeperface. "Oh yeah. It's all comin' together." If Obliteration is redeemed—which I'm beginning to hope happens more and more—I think he would be perfect for Honesty. Unlike Regalia, he didn't conceal his motives. His plan was to destroy—a plan he laid out in the open for all to see. He seemed motivated not purely by the pleasure of destruction, but also by what he sincerely believed was the truth: that "the seed of the Epic is in each one," and that the only way to prevent that seed from growing was wholesale destruction. That is the darkest side of Honesty. Now imagine if Obliteration were redeemed. We could see that honesty, that commitment to truth, channeled in a way that…would most likely still be terrifying, but terrifying in a really cool way that makes us cheer him on, rather than chant "And then Obliteration died." 3
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 25, 2015 Author Posted January 25, 2015 Aaaannnnnnd I knew I was forgetting something when I posted for Funtimes today. Mailliw and mail-mi, do you want me to edit in a Quota post once I have it written up, or just wait?
mail-mi he/him Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 Aaaannnnnnd I knew I was forgetting something when I posted for Funtimes today. Mailliw and mail-mi, do you want me to edit in a Quota post once I have it written up, or just wait? Whatever works for me.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 25, 2015 Author Posted January 25, 2015 Whatever works for me. Cool. I'll get something written up for him, then, and depending on who has posted, I'll either edit him into Funtimes' post or post it alone. Also: I couldn't find an appropriate section of the Gallery that would allow me to upload this, but I promised I'd post it to this site for my sister. So tell me what you think and I'll tell her. She did another drawing of Steelheart that I said looked like Newcago graffiti that probably got someone killed. 2
Kobold King he/him Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 Cool. I'll get something written up for him, then, and depending on who has posted, I'll either edit him into Funtimes' post or post it alone. Also: I couldn't find an appropriate section of the Gallery that would allow me to upload this, but I promised I'd post it to this site for my sister. So tell me what you think and I'll tell her. She did another drawing of Steelheart that I said looked like Newcago graffiti that probably got someone killed. That is seriously awesome. For a moment I thought it was Kelsier based on the cape, but I recognized Steelheart pretty quickly. I definitely get a serious dark-Superman vibe from the picture, and the surrounding buildings are pretty awesomely drawn. I kind of want to see to graffiti that would have gotten her killed in Newcago. How old is she, and how long has she been drawing? 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 25, 2015 Author Posted January 25, 2015 That is seriously awesome. For a moment I thought it was Kelsier based on the cape, but I recognized Steelheart pretty quickly. I definitely get a serious dark-Superman vibe from the picture, and the surrounding buildings are pretty awesomely drawn. I kind of want to see to graffiti that would have gotten her killed in Newcago. How old is she, and how long has she been drawing? I asked her for permission to post the graffiti, and she said maybe. She's 17, and she's been drawing for about 3 years. She says she only started "trying" to draw (instead of doodle, I guess?) about a year ago. 2
Mailliw73 he/him Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) Nothing I could think of but I´m certain that it could be funny for Lightwards and Lucentia to have a "You´re drunk" conversation. This would be awesome, but maybe it should wait till the Thoughhttown gang leave so we don't hold up the MEE any more. Great post, Mailliw! I do have one question, though. How difficult to get rid of is the Mrs. Trattner hallucination? We've seen from Thoughttown posts that Altermind can cause hallucinations in people even after he's left their presence. Will the sobbing Elizabeth stay put in the Sadry residence, or will she invisibly follow Sam around wherever she goes until AM's weakness is activated again? (If the latter, then Altermind would have just made a huge mistake--both by threatening her mother, and by giving her a direct means of testing which part of her message set off his weakness. ) The hallucinations from when he leaves someone's presence are a weaker and he can't do more than one or two at a time. The Mrs. Trattner hallucination won't be a long one, just enough to shake her. It should only last five to ten minutes. Did anyone notice the flickering of Altermind's illusions? Am I going to get RAFO'd? Hopefully. That was kinda the point of including it. Yep. I considered mentioning what set it off outright, but decided that it'll be better for hints like this and then for the weakness to be revealed at a better moment. You'll see it eventually. But for now, RAFO. Sparks, given that Sam ought to act weird with the illusion of her mother it wouldn´t even be a far stratch for other people to notice that and make a connection. Thinking about it, with someone setting of his weakness shouldn´t he have become visible outright spelling it out to people. Only a short flikering seems like getting of easy after having his weakness activated. Edit: Alright Funtimes, no more drugs for you. It wasn't his exact weakness. Think of it like how Kool-Aid effected Sourcefield. Sam came close to it, close enough to cause him to flicker, but my understanding is that she wasn't precise enough to completely shut it down. Aldo noticed, and Lucentia probably did too. I can imagine either one of them cornering Sam after the meeting is over and trying to pressure her to reveal what she said that set AM off. Kobold is correct. Edge, I sent you a PM with Altermind's updated weakness since Firefight. Sam was close enough to rattle him and weaken his hallucinations, but not enough to cancel them. Frequency and his group are starting to try and take over the city as well, not sure were exactly they are right now but the fugitives are with him. The Panda told his mutant slaves to bring Reader along, so he should be somewhere in the trail of attackers but Lightsworn wasn´t precise here. With the time skips taking over one hour in the Panda posts (exact time not given) I´m not sure if the timelines exactly match up. (The group around Autumn doesn´t really seem to have spend that much time getting to the clinic, so maybe we should have a small timeskip there, while Baxter takes care of Backtrack.) I believe they were in the east edge of the city. I planned for the pandas to rush in during Newan's next post, but he's been busy recently and hasn't gotten to it yet. So that part of the story is a bit behind. That is seriously awesome. For a moment I thought it was Kelsier based on the cape, but I recognized Steelheart pretty quickly. I definitely get a serious dark-Superman vibe from the picture, and the surrounding buildings are pretty awesomely drawn. I kind of want to see to graffiti that would have gotten her killed in Newcago. How old is she, and how long has she been drawing? I want to see this graffiti too. I asked her for permission to post the graffiti, and she said maybe. She's 17, and she's been drawing for about 3 years. She says she only started "trying" to draw (instead of doodle, I guess?) about a year ago. It's weird to see you guys with younger siblings who are my age. Tell her it'll help boost you up in the ranks of the Sharders and their upvotes to lessen the gap between you and the king of Kobolds. She might think you're crazy, actually. Edited January 25, 2015 by Mailliw73 2
Mailliw73 he/him Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 Wow. I just looked at the rep I got on Altermind's last post and apparently, hinting towards a weakness gets you more upvotes than usual. I didn't think that post was anything exceptional either. 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 25, 2015 Author Posted January 25, 2015 Wow. I just looked at the rep I got on Altermind's last post and apparently, hinting towards a weakness gets you more upvotes than usual. I didn't think that post was anything exceptional either. If that's the case, you're all going to love Funtimes' first flashback. I liked the post, though. You did a good job conveying his terror and how quickly it transitioned to anger. 1
Mailliw73 he/him Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 If that's the case, you're all going to love Funtimes' first flashback. I liked the post, though. You did a good job conveying his terror and how quickly it transitioned to anger. I think we'd love that regardless. Thanks. Kobold, what exactly are Glamour's powers? I thought they were simple illusionary ones, but these new sun-draining, blinding badchull ones are awesome. I'm just not sure what his powers are exactly. I loved his post, I'm just confused. 1
Kobold King he/him Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 I think we'd love that regardless. Thanks. Kobold, what exactly are Glamour's powers? I thought they were simple illusionary ones, but these new sun-draining, blinding badchull ones are awesome. I'm just not sure what his powers are exactly. I loved his post, I'm just confused. Thanks. Glamour has the ability to control light. He can use that for simple and unconvincing illusions, but he can also manipulate it on a large scale to perform feats like causing flash blindness or submerging a small area in darkness. Wow. I just looked at the rep I got on Altermind's last post and apparently, hinting towards a weakness gets you more upvotes than usual. I didn't think that post was anything exceptional either. Like I said before, I liked it. Though it does make me think I should start hinting about more of my Epics' weaknesses if I'm to stay ahead of TwiLyght. I asked her for permission to post the graffiti, and she said maybe. She's 17, and she's been drawing for about 3 years. She says she only started "trying" to draw (instead of doodle, I guess?) about a year ago. Tell her the King of the Kobolds has specially requested her work. Maybe having a royal patron will boost her confidence.
Guest Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) Sounds good so far. As for questions, is it technically possible to hit him with something his powers could affect by moving it fast enough? No. Basically, everything is sped up. His vision, his Specific Decay field ability, his movements, his thought processes. (It's important to realize that this is NOT time dilation, as that wouldn't work with what I'm about to describe. It would seem a bit like time dilation to him, but really, it's similar to Quicksilver's ability, from Days of Future Past.) The moment an object touches him, the Specific Decay field would dissolve the first layer, and then repeat ad molecular nauseam for the entire rest of it. If you threw a building at him, he would just burn an Ozymandias shaped hole through it. (Although I may have to create a loophole for his underpants...What do you guys think?) And what group should I join? I really don't know where to start. You guys appear to have specific turns that you are taking. Oh and by the way, I PMd his weakness to Twilight. Edit: Sorry for taking so long with this, BTW. I've been battling over in Social Groups. Edited January 25, 2015 by inexorablePanda
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted January 25, 2015 Author Posted January 25, 2015 I want to see this graffiti too. It's weird to see you guys with younger siblings who are my age. Tell her it'll help boost you up in the ranks of the Sharders and their upvotes to lessen the gap between you and the king of Kobolds. She might think you're crazy, actually. Tell her the King of the Kobolds has specially requested her work. Maybe having a royal patron will boost her confidence. She has agreed to your demands, and here it is. Me: If you drew that in Newcago, Steelheart would kill you in five minutes flat. Sister: Yeah, but it would be the happiest five minutes of my life, knowing he'd seen it. 2
Kobold King he/him Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 And what group should I join? I really don't know where to start. You guys appear to have specific turns that you are taking. Oh and by the way, I PMd his weakness to Twilight. The turn structure is pretty fluid, actually. We tend to follow a general order just to make sure everyone gets a chance to post, but really, we're not nearly as regimented or precise as we look. As for groups: I'd say it depends on how you want to RP your character. If you'd like him to be not yet fully corrupted, working to keep The Dalles safe from Epic tyrants, then he'd be welcome to join The Dalles City Guard. If you'd like him to follow an Epic zealot in his attempt at taking over the city, then Frequency's gang is right for him. If you'd like for him to a criminal/mobster type working for a larger crime syndicate, then you should consider having him join Quicksilver's gang. If you'd like for him to completely renounce his humanity, allow himself to be transformed into a humanoid panda bear, and lead an army of mutated yet inexplicably adorable monsters into The Dalles, then the Panda Empire would be the perfect place for him. And if none of those sound right, you could always have him show up at the edge of town to form his own faction. We're pretty loose with rules here, so you'd be welcome to try. Just give us some general idea of what you're planning, and nine times out of ten we'll accept it. She has agreed to your demands, and here it is. Me: If you drew that in Newcago, Steelheart would kill you in five minutes flat. Sister: Yeah, but it would be the happiest five minutes of my life, knowing he'd seen it. Oh. My. Stars. That is the derpiest Epic I have ever seen. And the thought of Steelheart finding this on a bridge as he patrols the city just makes it better. 2
Guest Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 I think I'll have him show up in town and poke around a bit. With the possibility of joining Quicksilver later. How much backstory should I post here, and how much in the Dalles?
Kobold King he/him Posted January 25, 2015 Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) I think I'll have him show up in town and poke around a bit. With the possibility of joining Quicksilver later. How much backstory should I post here, and how much in the Dalles? Poking around a bit is a perfectly valid (and encouraged) course of action. As for backstory: that's all up to you. You could post it all in his official bio here, and we'd read and love every word of it. It would also be quite fine--and it is in fact quite common--to reveal details of his backstory through flashback sequences or through his thoughts on the thread itself. It all boils down to personal preference, and how you'd like to write his character. As a general rule, those of us who make complicated plans for our characters' story arcs and personalities in advance tend to reveal their backstories more slowly. Those of us who create characters with little idea of where they'll ultimately end up tend to reveal more details from the beginning. Either style is perfectly fine. Edited January 25, 2015 by Kobold King
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