Voidus Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 Who wants to play Superman? Kobold? Is it a Stormfather? Is it a Dragon? No it's a God Beyond! Gaining Rep faster than a Brandon Sanderson. 3
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 1, 2015 Author Posted August 1, 2015 I'd personally consider it much less moral and righteous to not kill Zod once it became apparent he couldn't be stopped or persuaded to cease his declared genocidal campaign against humanity. I still say that moment needed more consideration than it got. In the moment, it was handled fairly well—but then not two scenes later, he's exchanging quips with the US military. Having a no-kill hero like Superman break his rule should have been THE moment, the one that haunts him forever, not just a scene that devastates him when it happens and is quickly forgotten. It had so much potential, but it just happened and was over. I'm not against the scene in principle, but I think it was played wrong. Kobold? Is it a Stormfather? Is it a Dragon? No it's a God Beyond! Gaining Rep faster than a Brandon Sanderson. How about Lex?
Voidus Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 (edited) How about Lex? If only we had a creative leader of a dark scientific organisation around... (Alternatively Edge, if he can RP Nighthound then acting as someone who's evil is only at Lex's level should be a walk in the park) Edited August 1, 2015 by Voidus 2
Edgedancer he/him Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 I still say that moment needed more consideration than it got. In the moment, it was handled fairly well—but then not two scenes later, he's exchanging quips with the US military. Having a no-kill hero like Superman break his rule should have been THE moment, the one that haunts him forever, not just a scene that devastates him when it happens and is quickly forgotten. It had so much potential, but it just happened and was over. I'm not against the scene in principle, but I think it was played wrong. How about Lex? To be fair, this is a dark Superman that never had a no killing rule. You know, nothing to angst about if you never were a person that is against killing. Then we also need our Batman. By the way Twi, did you start that pug found?
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 1, 2015 Author Posted August 1, 2015 By the way Twi, did you start that pug found? I did, but I'm waiting on Chaos to see if posting a link in General Discussions is against the rules. I read the site rules three times and didn't see anything forbidding it, but I still want to be sure.
Voidus Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 (edited) To be fair, this is a dark Superman that never had a no killing rule. You know, nothing to angst about if you never were a person that is against killing. Then we also need our Batman. By the way Twi, did you start that pug found? Joe's Batman, Twi is of course the strong female suprehero we all know she loves so much... Wonder Woman. EDIT: I did, but I'm waiting on Chaos to see if posting a link in General Discussions is against the rules. I read the site rules three times and didn't see anything forbidding it, but I still want to be sure. Could we get a PM link in the meantime? Edited August 1, 2015 by Voidus
Edgedancer he/him Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 (edited) Joe's Batman, Twi is of course the strong female suprehero we all know she loves so much... Wonder Woman. Can I be the last quarter of an hour villain the trailers keept secret that suddenly pops up to force the "heroes" to work together and give a convenient suprise why they aren't killing each other anymoe? Edited August 1, 2015 by Edgedancer 1
Voidus Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 (edited) Can I be the last quarter of an hour villain the trailers keept secret that suddenly pops up to force the "heroes" to work together and give a convenient suprise why they aren't killing each other anymoe? I feel like you'd make a good Scarecrow, you wouldn't even need drugs to make people face their worst fear, just read them a scene from Nighthounds POV. (Incidentally as one of my favourite villains of all time there's no higher praise I can give) Edited August 1, 2015 by Voidus 2
Mailliw73 he/him Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 Then we also need our Batman. Hmm, who do we know that likes Batman? *cough*lookatmyuserimage*coughcough* *coughcougcough* Sorry guys,I'm seem to be getting sick. Like I was saying, who could possibly like batman? 1
Voidus Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 Hmm, who do we know that likes Batman? *cough*lookatmyuserimage*coughcough* *coughcougcough* Sorry guys,I'm seem to be getting sick. Like I was saying, who could possibly like batman? I suppose Joe could be Daredevil instead, though I feel like the characters still been tainted by that movie.
Mailliw73 he/him Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 I suppose Joe could be Daredevil instead, though I feel like the characters still been tainted by that movie. Did you see the Netflix show? I only got to watch the first episode so far, but I liked it a lot. Very dark though. 1
Voidus Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 Did you see the Netflix show? I only got to watch the first episode so far, but I liked it a lot. Very dark though. I'm a couple of episodes in but I got distracted when classes started back up. Now I'm trying to get my brain to stop having a seizure every time I try to end a statement in this new language we're doing this semester. But it has been good, on it's way to redeeming him.
Blackhoof Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 I still say that moment needed more consideration than it got. In the moment, it was handled fairly well—but then not two scenes later, he's exchanging quips with the US military. Having a no-kill hero like Superman break his rule should have been THE moment, the one that haunts him forever, not just a scene that devastates him when it happens and is quickly forgotten. It had so much potential, but it just happened and was over. I'm not against the scene in principle, but I think it was played wrong. I agree, it needed to be a more powerful moment. On top of that, the movie just wasn't very good in general. But I do find the no-killing rule that many heroes have to be taken too far sometimes. I think heroes like that are great symbols, but a strong, blanket "no-killing" is wrong when it gets too far. Like Batman never killing the Joker despite him continuously escaping and causing mayhem every time. It seems... almost cowardly to me, the idea that a hero has that moral principle so strong that they would rather imprison a villain who has escaped over and over and will keep escaping and killing more and more people, just to maintain their own sense of morality. They seem.... weaker to me than a hero that breaks their rule when completely necessary and chooses to deal with the emotional and personal fallout from doing so. I don't know, just some thoughts. Hmm, who do we know that likes Batman? *cough*lookatmyuserimage*coughcough* *coughcougcough* Sorry guys,I'm seem to be getting sick. Like I was saying, who could possibly like batman? 4
Edgedancer he/him Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 I agree, it needed to be a more powerful moment. On top of that, the movie just wasn't very good in general. But I do find the no-killing rule that many heroes have to be taken too far sometimes. I think heroes like that are great symbols, but a strong, blanket "no-killing" is wrong when it gets too far. Like Batman never killing the Joker despite him continuously escaping and causing mayhem every time. It seems... almost cowardly to me, the idea that a hero has that moral principle so strong that they would rather imprison a villain who has escaped over and over and will keep escaping and killing more and more people, just to maintain their own sense of morality. They seem.... weaker to me than a hero that breaks their rule when completely necessary and chooses to deal with the emotional and personal fallout from doing so. I don't know, just some thoughts. The whole no killing rule has an intersesting origin with the code of comics, which essentially censored comics to keep their "violent" nature from "corrupting" the youth. Before that? Superman would shoot at criminlas and catch the bullet out of the air just for giggles and Batman had no problem with using guns or killing in general. It just kinda sticked (probably because inventing good new villains would have been to much work otherwise. )
Mestiv he/him Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 (edited) I'll just leave it here for Twi... Edited August 1, 2015 by Mestiv 7
Kobold King he/him Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 The whole no killing rule has an intersesting origin with the code of comics, which essentially censored comics to keep their "violent" nature from "corrupting" the youth. Before that? Superman would shoot at criminlas and catch the bullet out of the air just for giggles and Batman had no problem with using guns or killing in general. It just kinda sticked (probably because inventing good new villains would have been to much work otherwise. ) ...Is it just me, or does that sound like a game a particularly self-righteous Epic would like to play? 1
Blackhoof Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 (edited) That is exactly the sort of game any Epic who likes to have fun with both guns and their victims would play O.o Edited August 1, 2015 by Blackhoof
Edgedancer he/him Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 That is exactly the sort of game any Epic who likes to have fun with both guns and their victims would play O.o They'd line some people up, tell them he'll kill X of them and then randomly shoot at them and sometimes catch the bullet. Kind of like Epic russian roulette. By the way, does anyone remember how Kobold adopted Shiny Sparkle? I imagine this would be the kind of trouble he would have to deal with when raising her. For reference the song is "Everybody shut up!" from Ninja Sex Party and I thought about putting this picture on Shiny's psp but couldn't make it look good. 4
Kobold King he/him Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 They'd line some people up, tell them he'll kill X of them and then randomly shoot at them and sometimes catch the bullet. Kind of like Epic russian roulette. By the way, does anyone remember how Kobold adopted Shiny Sparkle? I imagine this would be the kind of trouble he would have to deal with when raising her. For reference the song is "Everybody shut up!" from Ninja Sex Party and I thought about putting this picture on Shiny's psp but couldn't make it look good. 5
Edgedancer he/him Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 It seems that someone decided to go to... radical parenting methods.
Kobold King he/him Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 It seems that someone decided to go to... radical parenting methods. I HAVE A COPY OF THE STRONG-WILLED CHILD BY JAMES DOBSON AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO USE IT I HAVEN'T READ IT BUT I'M NOT AFRAID TO THROW IT AT SHINY'S HEAD NEXT TIME SHE MOLESTS THE NEIGHBOR'S DAUGHTER. 1
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 1, 2015 Author Posted August 1, 2015 I HAVE A COPY OF THE STRONG-WILLED CHILD BY JAMES DOBSON AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO USE IT I HAVEN'T READ IT BUT I'M NOT AFRAID TO THROW IT AT SHINY'S HEAD NEXT TIME SHE MOLESTS THE NEIGHBOR'S DAUGHTER. Hey, woah now. I…I know Shiny needs boundaries, but do we really need parenting advice from another Epic to keep her in line? 1
Voidus Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 (edited) I have an odd desire to RP as one of my Epics who shapeshifted into a turtle and promptly forgot how to turn back. So if a random turtle appears somewhere in the near future you know why... because I'm insane. Edited August 1, 2015 by Voidus 5
Edgedancer he/him Posted August 1, 2015 Posted August 1, 2015 I HAVE A COPY OF THE STRONG-WILLED CHILD BY JAMES DOBSON AND I'M NOT AFRAID TO USE IT I HAVEN'T READ IT BUT I'M NOT AFRAID TO THROW IT AT SHINY'S HEAD NEXT TIME SHE MOLESTS THE NEIGHBOR'S DAUGHTER. Are you going to burst into the room if something consentual happens? Hey, woah now. I…I know Shiny needs boundaries, but do we really need parenting advice from another Epic to keep her in line? Now I wonder if that member of the Coven is keeping a Kindegarten running. I have an odd desire to RP as one of my Epics who shapeshifted into a turtle and promptly forgot how to turn back. So if a random turtle appears somewhere in the near future you know why... because I'm insane. All hail the insane turtle! 1
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