Blackhoof Posted May 15, 2015 Posted May 15, 2015 Would he teleport away, though? And when he did, would he be drunk enough to assume it was because his powers thought he'd have enough and drink it anyway? I think he would teleport away just before the poisoned drink/food touched his lips and it would stay behind.
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted May 15, 2015 Author Posted May 15, 2015 I think he would teleport away just before the poisoned drink/food touched his lips and it would stay behind. But if he were drunk enough, would he go back for his poisoned beverage? That is what I want to know. 2
Redbird he/him Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 So I will want to start Heatsink off as in the government, are all his powers and everything fine?
Seonid he/him Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 I noticed that we were talking about having 2 PIs for a character in The Dalles (I think it was Ozymandius, but I'm not sure), and I just thought that I'd mention that Paladin has 2 PI's as well. Precognition and resurrection. Difficult to kill, to be sure. Not as hard to stop him from killing you, but that's the price you pay sometimes... Also, Team Paladin post up. Finally, Kobold, should Vondra send Weeks to the armory to deal with Deathwish? Since he's back and has a dragon, after all...
Kobold King he/him Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 Finally, Kobold, should Vondra send Weeks to the armory to deal with Deathwish? Since he's back and has a dragon, after all... Arsenal will transmit that the Deathwish situation has been resolved momentarily, so Weeks is more likely to be sent after Frequency's gang. Along with some of the Epics at the clinic, depending on how things go. In other news, a friend of my mother's just left town a few minutes ago, but before she left I was able to talk to her about aphasia. (In December she graduates school and becomes a speech pathologist, so she knows a lot about the subject.) Apparently Voidus' Epic has a particular variety of aphasia called fluent aphasia, which is characterized by the fact that the speaker has no difficulty speaking, but only in saying the right words. Frighteningly, most victims of fluent aphasia have no idea that they have a disorder, as their garbled words sound perfect in their own ears. It is everyone else's speech that they don't understand, meaning that one of the hardest parts of treating a victim of fluent aphasia is convincing him that he has a disorder in the first place. So Aphasia can neither communicate nor be communicated with while in his trances, and there's no way he'd be able to circumvent his aphasia by writing or otherwise recording his thoughts. The language portions of his brain would become completely scrambled during these visions, though an argument could be made for a telepathic Epic being able to pull the unaltered future from his brain. 2
Voidus Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 Arsenal will transmit that the Deathwish situation has been resolved momentarily, so Weeks is more likely to be sent after Frequency's gang. Along with some of the Epics at the clinic, depending on how things go. In other news, a friend of my mother's just left town a few minutes ago, but before she left I was able to talk to her about aphasia. (In December she graduates school and becomes a speech pathologist, so she knows a lot about the subject.) Apparently Voidus' Epic has a particular variety of aphasia called fluent aphasia, which is characterized by the fact that the speaker has no difficulty speaking, but only in saying the right words. Frighteningly, most victims of fluent aphasia have no idea that they have a disorder, as their garbled words sound perfect in their own ears. It is everyone else's speech that they don't understand, meaning that one of the hardest parts of treating a victim of fluent aphasia is convincing him that he has a disorder in the first place. So Aphasia can neither communicate nor be communicated with while in his trances, and there's no way he'd be able to circumvent his aphasia by writing or otherwise recording his thoughts. The language portions of his brain would become completely scrambled during these visions, though an argument could be made for a telepathic Epic being able to pull the unaltered future from his brain. That was my thought too, although I was going off of WebMD and Wikipedia rather than a speech pathologist I'm trying to think of where I could introduce him still.
Comatose he/him Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 Brandon is indeed still in the clinic. On the subject of morality, I think its difficult to apply the moral scales from our world to the Reckonerverse. I'm not saying ethics don't exist there, or that epics should not be judged, just that they should perhaps be judged differently. There are some things in our world that when done by a child, someone with a mental impairment, or someone with extenuating circumstances, are seen as less morally reprehensible than if they were done by someone else. I also think there is a difference between enjoying a character and condoning or agreeing with their viewpoint. Do I love Funtimes? Yes I do. I also have really enjoyed writing Euphoria, and enjoy the viewpoints of many of the epics in the RP. At the same time, I don't agree with their actions, or think my enjoyment of their viewpoints means they are morally good or superior to characters whose viewpoints I enjoy less. Not entirely on topic, but just my two cents 3
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted May 16, 2015 Author Posted May 16, 2015 Brandon is indeed still in the clinic. On the subject of morality, I think its difficult to apply the moral scales from our world to the Reckonerverse. I'm not saying ethics don't exist there, or that epics should not be judged, just that they should perhaps be judged differently. There are some things in our world that when done by a child, someone with a mental impairment, or someone with extenuating circumstances, are seen as less morally reprehensible than if they were done by someone else. I also think there is a difference between enjoying a character and condoning or agreeing with their viewpoint. Do I love Funtimes? Yes I do. I also have really enjoyed writing Euphoria, and enjoy the viewpoints of many of the epics in the RP. At the same time, I don't agree with their actions, or think my enjoyment of their viewpoints means they are morally good or superior to characters whose viewpoints I enjoy less. Not entirely on topic, but just my two cents Taking the corruption into account, I think the key question here is, "What would this Epic do, if they suddenly found themselves free of the corruption and were faced with the full weight of what they'd done?" There are Epics in this game who would probably shrug it off and continue doing what they were doing. Timeport and Nighthound come to mind, as do others. And there are other Epics who might look at what they'd done and decide that fixing it wasn't their responsibility (since it was, after all, that stupid star's fault for corrupting them) and quietly leave the area. And then there are other Epics who would be horrified by their crimes and do whatever they could to atone for them, living with the weight of what they'd done until they had done everything in their power to make things right. With the extenuating circumstances here, I think the degree to which an Epic would be willing to take personal responsibility for their crimes—whether or not they knew their suspended conscience was almost entirely due to Calamity—is what marks them as good or bad. So while Calamity does play a part, I think it's up to the Epic whether or not they take responsibility and act accordingly. 2
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 Got a question. If sightline wore drunk goggles, would they affect his vision? What if he got drunk? . . .No? I mean, his vision is supposed to be always perfect, almost the Ideal of Vision, so I don't think anything would affect it?
Mailliw73 he/him Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 . . .No? I mean, his vision is supposed to be always perfect, almost the Ideal of Vision, so I don't think anything would affect it? How well does his X-ray vision work? What's the thickest material he can see through? And how far can he see? Just curious, now that we're talking about it. It's been a while since we've seen him in action.
Edgedancer he/him Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 (edited) That would be interesting. (Is it Brandon? I bet it's Brandon. Taylor corrupts, and absolute Taylor corrupts absolutely. ) I'd say wait until morning, just to avoid prolonging this accursed night any longer. You want to corrupt a vanilla? I can help. Let's see... Autumn has been showing a tenedency to always assume everyone is thinking the worst about her. That looks like a promising start. (or we make a new one, that also works. ) I'm with Kobold on the matter the night needs to end. But if he were drunk enough, would he go back for his poisoned beverage? That is what I want to know. Well, he'd take the glass with him, so that might not be enough to save him. Especially if we are still before his upgrade. I noticed that we were talking about having 2 PIs for a character in The Dalles (I think it was Ozymandius, but I'm not sure), and I just thought that I'd mention that Paladin has 2 PI's as well. Precognition and resurrection. Difficult to kill, to be sure. Not as hard to stop him from killing you, but that's the price you pay sometimes... Also, Team Paladin post up. Finally, Kobold, should Vondra send Weeks to the armory to deal with Deathwish? Since he's back and has a dragon, after all... Yeah... Pre Firefight Epics kinda get a pass on a lot of things to avoid retcons. Not that that's a bad thing. Quick Kobold, ask a question! Edited May 16, 2015 by Edgedancer
Kobold King he/him Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 Quick Kobold, ask a question! Tell me about the Coven! ... Well waddya know. Reposting my question actually got results! Not very impressive results--we know scarcely anything we didn't know or had guessed already--but hey, it's better than a question that sits on the bottom of the AMA and rots, right? Hopefully we'll get a meatier answer to TwiLyght's west coast Epics question. 1
Voidus Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 Tell me about the Coven! ... Well waddya know. Reposting my question actually got results! Not very impressive results--we know scarcely anything we didn't know or had guessed already--but hey, it's better than a question that sits on the bottom of the AMA and rots, right? Hopefully we'll get a meatier answer to TwiLyght's west coast Epics question. If it's the twins that get mentioned it might destroy my headcanon that the momentum twins eventually ended up there. 1
Kobold King he/him Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 If it's the twins that get mentioned it might destroy my headcanon that the momentum twins eventually ended up there. And Backtrack becomes Night's Sorrow. Because he sees past nights and sobs about them. 1
Edgedancer he/him Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 Tell me about the Coven! ... Well waddya know. Reposting my question actually got results! Not very impressive results--we know scarcely anything we didn't know or had guessed already--but hey, it's better than a question that sits on the bottom of the AMA and rots, right? Hopefully we'll get a meatier answer to TwiLyght's west coast Epics question. That's the spirit! See, what did I tell ya. That's at least three major antagonist Epics in the book now, isn't it?
Voidus Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 That's the spirit! See, what did I tell ya. That's at least three major antagonist Epics in the book now, isn't it? I see that Brandon is adhering to the comic book sequels law that states that the third entry in a trilogy must include a large number of antagonists. I hope he pulls it off better than Marvel has. 1
Kobold King he/him Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 That's the spirit! See, what did I tell ya. That's at least three major antagonist Epics in the book now, isn't it? I kind of wish I'd asked about the Illustrated Guide to Epics just to make sure the idea's in his head, but what's done is done. Firefight: I'm counting this unnamed member of the Coven, Phaedrus, and Calamity himself. With a possible reappearance of Obliteration. This will be one packed book, unless it's miraculously longer than either of the others.
Voidus Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 I kind of wish I'd asked about the Illustrated Guide to Epics just to make sure the idea's in his head, but what's done is done. Firefight: I'm counting this unnamed member of the Coven, Phaedrus, and Calamity himself. With a possible reappearance of Obliteration. This will be one packed book, unless it's miraculously longer than either of the others. Plus potentially the Knighthawk foundry, particularly if they're headed by an Epic as has been speculated.
Edgedancer he/him Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 (edited) I see that Brandon is adhering to the comic book sequels law that states that the third entry in a trilogy must include a large number of antagonists. I hope he pulls it off better than Marvel has. To be entirely honest, until now every book had at least one High Epic that didn't get the focus deserved. (Nightwielder/Newton) So, hopes. Should we freeze the Coven/West coast question until after Calamity got published? Seems like he'll RAFO that one. (First misspelled published as puglished. ) Edited May 16, 2015 by Edgedancer
Voidus Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 To be entirely honest, until now every book had at least one High Epic that didn't get the focus deserved. (Nightwielder/Newton) So, hopes. Should we freeze the Coven/West coast question until after Calamity got published? Seems like he'll RAFO that one. (First misspelled published as puglished. ) Voidus would like to state of his own free will that this is not a nefarious plan set in motion by the pug empire to take over the world through careful manipulation of typos and totes adorbs pictures. He would also like to state that you should all adopt more pugs and share all your secrets with them.
Edgedancer he/him Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 (edited) Plus potentially the Knighthawk foundry, particularly if they're headed by an Epic as has been speculated. Then there's also introducing us the the new setting, which is probably going to be quite a lot if the other two are anything to go by and the follow up of Megan turning good. Voidus would like to state of his own free will that this is not a nefarious plan set in motion by the pug empire to take over the world through careful manipulation of typos and totes adorbs pictures. He would also like to state that you should all adopt more pugs and share all your secrets with them. Are the pug at least spike free? Edited May 16, 2015 by Edgedancer
Jo and the Bush all/any Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 How well does his X-ray vision work? What's the thickest material he can see through? And how far can he see? Just curious, now that we're talking about it. It's been a while since we've seen him in action. He should be able to see about as far as a sniper with a scope, but that never works in the city simply because Line of sight obstructions. The way his w-xay vision works is by having the obstruction close to his eyes. So if he pressed his face up against the wall, the thickest substance he could see through would be plywood.
Voidus Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 Then there's also introducing us the the new setting, which is probably going to be quite a lot if the other two are anything to go by and the follow up of Megan turning good. Are the pug at least spike free? Plus whoever Prof manages to recruit as henchmen antagonists. Plus side I guess Calamity is going to be a big book. Even the DA has limits on what we're willing to spike.
Kobold King he/him Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 To be entirely honest, until now every book had at least one High Epic that didn't get the focus deserved. (Nightwielder/Newton) So, hopes. Should we freeze the Coven/West coast question until after Calamity got published? Seems like he'll RAFO that one. (First misspelled published as puglished. ) He shouldn't RAFO the west coast, I should think, considering the book's set in Atlanta. And if he gives TwiLyght a minimalist answer on that front, we should still try to get more info out of him at other signings. Hurry! Edit the post before TwiLyght founds the world's first puglifications house. ...Which might not be a bad thing.
Edgedancer he/him Posted May 16, 2015 Posted May 16, 2015 (edited) He shouldn't RAFO the west coast, I should think, considering the book's set in Atlanta. And if he gives TwiLyght a minimalist answer on that front, we should still try to get more info out of him at other signings. Hurry! Edit the post before TwiLyght founds the world's first puglifications house. ...Which might not be a bad thing. On that front it might make sense to 1) ask if there was a mix up with the names Night's Sorrow and Night's Wisper and 2) to either specifically exclude them/him/her or ask for details. She will make her own pugs from now on and hey shall e Pugborn. Edited May 16, 2015 by Edgedancer
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