TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted February 14, 2015 Author Posted February 14, 2015 I hereby declare this AU canon. She should have spoken to Backtrack. He alone is cowardly open-minded enough to recognize the perils of Calamity's Cupcake. Calamity's Cupcakes sounds like the kind of curse Hogwarts students would use if they lived in the Reckonerverse. I think it sounds more like a Doctor Doofenshmirtz swear word. "Now that I have you trapped, Perry the Platypus, there is no way you can escape and punch me in the—OH CALAMITY'S CUPCAKE!" 1
Kobold King he/him Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 I think it sounds more like a Doctor Doofenshmirtz swear word. "Now that I have you trapped, Perry the Platypus, there is no way you can escape and punch me in the—OH CALAMITY'S CUPCAKE!" Guess what two alliterative words will be uttered by Backtrack next time he suffers physical harm. 3
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted February 14, 2015 Author Posted February 14, 2015 Guess what two alliterative words will be uttered by Backtrack next time he suffers physical harm. Curse you, Quota, for not allowing me to upvote this. 1
Kobold King he/him Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Curse you, Quota, for not allowing me to upvote this. Is it kind and supportive that I upvoted this, or cruel and taunting? I'm just I had enough upvotes to spend on that comic. If I hadn't been able to upvote that model of comic, pony, and AU perfection, I'd have started uttering speels of Reckoners-themed curses myself.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted February 14, 2015 Author Posted February 14, 2015 Is it kind and supportive that I upvoted this, or cruel and taunting? I'm just I had enough upvotes to spend on that comic. If I hadn't been able to upvote that model of comic, pony, and AU perfection, I'd have started uttering speels of Reckoners-themed curses myself. I'm going to go with kind and supportive. What other Reckoners-themed curses do we have? Sparks Calamity Calamity's fires Calamity's cupcake Any others? 1
Kobold King he/him Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 I'm going to go with kind and supportive. What other Reckoners-themed curses do we have? Sparks Calamity Calamity's fires Calamity's cupcake Any others? Sparky sparkmuffins? Slontzecakes?
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted February 14, 2015 Author Posted February 14, 2015 Sparky sparkmuffins? Slontzecakes? I suppose you could also count "great googly moogly" and "great Noodly One," but those aren't exactly tied to the Reckonersverse. 1
Voidus Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 (edited) Stupid* meanieface full of lame? Edited February 14, 2015 by Voidus
Kobold King he/him Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 I'm surprised "Nighthound" hasn't become a curse by the time of Steelheart.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted February 14, 2015 Author Posted February 14, 2015 (edited) I'm surprised "Nighthound" hasn't become a curse by the time of Steelheart. Isn't it obvious? By the time of Steelheart, no one wants to remember Nighthound. Damnatio memoriae. Edited February 14, 2015 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles 3
Kobold King he/him Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 Isn't it obvious? By the time of Steelheart, no one wants to remember Nighthound. Damnatio memoriae. That, or it is a curse word, but none of the characters were foul-mouthed enough to use it. 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted February 14, 2015 Author Posted February 14, 2015 That, or it is a curse word, but none of the characters were foul-mouthed enough to use it. The last time Prof heard it, he gasped, put his hand to his heart, and swooned like a lady in an old-fashioned movie. 5
Kobold King he/him Posted February 14, 2015 Posted February 14, 2015 The last time Prof heard it, he gasped, put his hand to his heart, and swooned like a lady in an old-fashioned movie. Thanks. This had me giggling like a lunatic in front of my laptop. My entire family thinks I've lost my mind. 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted February 14, 2015 Author Posted February 14, 2015 Thanks. This had me giggling like a lunatic in front of my laptop. My entire family thinks I've lost my mind. It's payback for the "penguin in an escalator" simile from the Valentine's Day comic? 1
Kobold King he/him Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) It's payback for the "penguin in an escalator" simile from the Valentine's Day comic? I worked hard on that one. MY family already KNOWS I'm insane. Why doesn't yours, Kobold? Oh, they know I'm insane. And most of them are insane too to some extent or another, which helps. Unrelated, but while looking for MLP dinosaur art I think I found what the Mane Six would look like as chiskreven. Edited February 15, 2015 by Kobold King 3
Kobold King he/him Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 If I were participating in What Happened in Astoria, right now I'd be creating a vanilla character. Remember how in Steelheart it mentions the thriving trade in Epic DNA? There's a line that mentions how some people harvest DNA from live Epics, and then secretly sell them on the black market. Can you imagine a man who covertly takes samples of Astoria's most dangerous Epics? He would have to be Astoria's resident badchull/super agent. 3
Voidus Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 If I were participating in What Happened in Astoria, right now I'd be creating a vanilla character. Remember how in Steelheart it mentions the thriving trade in Epic DNA? There's a line that mentions how some people harvest DNA from live Epics, and then secretly sell them on the black market. Can you imagine a man who covertly takes samples of Astoria's most dangerous Epics? He would have to be Astoria's resident badchull/super agent. That is an awesome idea for a character.
Kobold King he/him Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Would you mind if a created said bad chull? I wanted to write a Monster for Brightdeath, Red's a total creepy, Mistwraith is turning into a monster, and Amber is a Reckoner. But I want to write a badchull whose badchullness doesn't come from being careful. You're welcome to him, but one thing to keep in mind is that this man would be EXTREMELY careful. There's no way he could survive as a David Charleston kind of character, carrying out his operations by the seat of his pants. I think he'd need to plan his harvests in excruciating detail, taking the place of people like servers or barbers at the exact right time to collect from an Epic. And he would most likely not be a fighter--at the first sign of an Epic being on to him, he'd need to call off the harvest and get as far away from said Epic as possible. Epic harvesting isn't a job for the rash or the brazen. He'd be a tough person to write, but you're free to try your hand at him.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted February 15, 2015 Author Posted February 15, 2015 Okay, I left work, and when I got on this site an hour later, I'd gone from 723something to 7255. WHERE DID IT ALL COME FROM Also…. If I were participating in What Happened in Astoria, right now I'd be creating a vanilla character. Remember how in Steelheart it mentions the thriving trade in Epic DNA? There's a line that mentions how some people harvest DNA from live Epics, and then secretly sell them on the black market. Can you imagine a man who covertly takes samples of Astoria's most dangerous Epics? He would have to be Astoria's resident badchull/super agent. Would you mind if a created said bad chull? I wanted to write a Monster for Brightdeath, Red's a total creepy, Mistwraith is turning into a monster, and Amber is a Reckoner. But I want to write a badchull whose badchullness doesn't come from being careful. I love this character idea. But I also love turning expectations on their heads. Is there anyway you can make this badchull a 60-year-old grandmother, maybe one who crochets doilies as a hobby? 1
Kobold King he/him Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) Okay, I left work, and when I got on this site an hour later, I'd gone from 723something to 7255. WHERE DID IT ALL COME FROM Also…. I love this character idea. But I also love turning expectations on their heads. Is there anyway you can make this badchull a 60-year-old grandmother, maybe one who crochets doilies as a hobby? I theorize that certain individuals inadvertently connect their accounts to the Rep Dimension, a world where everyone on the planet sits around clicking on green arrows all day. This allows them to accumulate dozens of upvotes in a matter of hours, with little obvious causation. Also, you should know that I've officially started a Reputation Log on my computer, where I can chart out our respective reputation levels and determine whether you're gaining rep at a faster level than I am. I haven't gotten as far as I have by ignoring potential threats. Making this character a grandma would be awesome. Edited February 15, 2015 by Kobold King 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted February 15, 2015 Author Posted February 15, 2015 Yep. One badchull grandma coming up. It also fits with the character being careful—simply by being someone no one would expect to harvest Epic DNA, she has the perfect cover. Adopting typical grandmotherly hobbies would also give her further cover, especially if those hobbies consume a large portion of time. 1
Kobold King he/him Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 Name: Margaret Jones Age: 72 Hobby: Knitting socks. Occupation: Stealing DNA from powerful epics. And not powerful epics like Backtrack, of course. Vanilla She is a careful planner and rarely does anything seat of the pants. She's actually very strong but asks like an old dandy as a cover. Margaret is not good at fighting but is very good at running and is mobile. She can hack mobiles, though not to the Reckoner's level. Margaret is well known in the underground by her code name: Knitter. Most people assume its a refference to something a lot more badchull. It's not. Margaret also has a number of Epic tech in her arsenal, which has saved her on multiple occasions. Awesome! I can't wait to see her in action. Maybe her most prized piece of tech could come from a spatial distorter whose DNA she harvested in California. It allows her to fold space in a subtle way, allowing her to form short-lived wormholes from one nearby location to another. It could help her to escape tight jams.
Kobold King he/him Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 (edited) Oh, yeah. Möbius-Tech would be excellent "Hey, Moby?" "I told you not to call me that, Slaughterhouse. What is it?" "Just thought you should know that you have one less hair than usual. You had 108,763 hairs on that pretty scalp of yours yesterday. You let that sweet old lady in here... and now you have 108, 762." "Um... what?" "Do you think this is a coincidence? You should have let me butcher that grandma when we had the chance!" "You memorized how many hairs are on my head?" "Aren't you in the slightest concerned about her getting into your hair? She could steal your DNA and build machines out of you!" "I'm far more concerned with the fact that you've MEMORIZED THE HAIRS ON MY HEAD." Edited February 15, 2015 by Kobold King 5
Voidus Posted February 15, 2015 Posted February 15, 2015 So a 60 year old grandma who goes around stealing blood from living Epics without being noticed and has a portal gun? Someone needs to pitch this to Hollywood.I have a bunch of tech ideas from working on PP's backstory if you're interested? 2
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted February 15, 2015 Author Posted February 15, 2015 Name: Margaret Jones Age: 72 Hobby: Knitting socks. Occupation: Stealing DNA from powerful epics. And not powerful epics like Backtrack, of course. Vanilla She is a careful planner and rarely does anything seat of the pants. She's actually very strong but asks like an old dandy as a cover. Margaret is not good at fighting but is very good at running and is mobile. She can hack mobiles, though not to the Reckoner's level. Margaret is well known in the underground by her code name: Knitter. Most people assume its a refference to something a lot more badchull. It's not. Margaret also has a number of Epic tech in her arsenal, which has saved her on multiple occasions. Perhaps she is also a regular attender and active member of the Church of the Singularity. By complete coincidence, she also has a device that allows her to immediately assess how many assailants are on her tail and how well armed they are.
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