Kobold King

10 minutes ago, breakingamber said:

Later, Knighthawk gets a motivator made out of her powers, and uses it as bait.

Note: Gloss was not killed in the making of this motivator.

"So then I--SPARKS THAT HURTS THAT HURTS THAT HURTS."

"Are you alright, Lady Epic?"

"Yeah, some slontze just had to have their hair dyed and it couldn't wait for the stylist. And I TOLD YOU to stop calling me that."

1 minute ago, winter devotion said:

I actually went back and checked when drawing her. I’d assumed she’d had dark hair too!

Also Red can’t be a yuri character cuz she’s actually slept with people, hahahahahahahahahaha. 

You know what, scrap all the Darkrose canon, clearly it's not in keeping with the character. This is Sam's official Epic profile.

Real Name: Samantha Trattner

Epic Name: "Do I really need one? C'mon. Fine, just make it 'Gloss' or 'Toner' or something dumb like that."

Powers and Abilities: Her hair changes from black to blonde and back again. She can control it if she focuses hard enough. Otherwise it just happens at random when no one's looking.

"At least I'm not Backtrack."

Weakness: "Who even sparking cares."

Modus Operandi: "Will the Reckoners please just come and kill me now? I don't want to be remembered for this."

On 8/22/2014 at 6:46 AM, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Remington adjusted the strap holding his empty rifle to his back. The other two—one a blonde girl in black with purple lipstick, the other a slim, brown-haired woman in a flowing green skirt and crocheted blouse—shrugged and followed, the blonde with a pinched expression and the brunette with a smile. The unicyclist pedaled ahead of them all, following Funtimes closest. 

So I thought Winter had taken artistic license when she drew Sam with blonde hair, since I'd always pictured her with dark hair and had just forgotten to mention it. But re-reading the thread I've discovered that Winter was right all along and Sam has been blonde this whole time.

Sorry for doubting you, Winter. Once again I prove that I know the least of anyone about my characters' lore.

18 minutes ago, winter devotion said:

It's fine. I mean, Nighthound happened. Abuse of things like that can be interesting. 

But yeah, I understand why you might wanna avoid that. Ko's a complete moron when it comes to people's feelings for that exact reason. I honestly have no idea if they're actually attractive or if it's just their power. 

Another reason why Kokichi would make Oregon complicated: Every single female character is automatically attracted to Nathan , who loses everything interesting about him and becomes completely boring. (That's not happening now because he's not really a central part of the plot in the same way. Like, he didn't start it off.)

What Happened in Oregon as a harem anime would be... interesting, to say the least.  I'm 90% sure it ends with Doctor Darktimes and Shiny Sparkle killing everybody else and having a yandere battle to the death, though.

2 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Oregon is a genre.

If we write any more fanfics I think we'll qualify for a fandom category on AO3.

Just now, winter devotion said:

Okay, I'm being unnecessarily possessive about YA being led by female characters and Nathan is fine because Oregon isn't YA. 

Oregon defies genres.

3 minutes ago, winter devotion said:

The "carries granades in her top" thing. 

I think there was way more emphasis on the grenades than the top.

1 minute ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

I hate purple prose and so the descriptions were good in my opinion. They painted a picture without wasting my time.

I....got none of that? Maybe he described them s couple times, but it didn’t strike me as excessive. And mind you, I’ve read Eldest, where a well endowed female character literally pats her breasts affectionately after a long purple passage to drive home the fact that yes, she has boobs. And I watched Chuck for a couple seasons, so I saw the same thing done in a visual medium. I’ve seen excessive boob descriptions and this isn’t that, is what I’m saying. 

I use adjectives and adverbs like I just came back from a sale on them, so my prose veers towards the purple side and when I read it I find myself mentally taking note of great adjectives to use.

I'm re-reading Firefight currently, and it seems like there are twice as many references to her knowledge of guns and habit of carrying grenades in her top as there are references to her physical appearance. i.e., he's infatuated with her, and physical attraction is certainly a part of that, but it's her personality and interests that really reel him in.

Just now, winter devotion said:

The thought of Toph with guns is actually terrifying. 

Almost as terrifying as her awesomeness turned up to eleven with the aid of Kokichi's powers. 

If Kokichi teamed up with David would he become literally invincible because of plot armor?

2 minutes ago, winter devotion said:

I've been watching Avatar and: Toph or Remington Springfield?

Both. They team up and save Oregon.

Or... more of it than would be saved otherwise. Toph's heroics have a bit of a destructive side.

2 minutes ago, breakingamber said:

You need to find something better to do than make bad call-out posts for fictional villains.

1 minute ago, winter devotion said:

Do one for Lightwards. 

What Altermind's Epicsona looks like vs what he actually looks like.

And no, I don't have anything better to do than make bad call-out posts for fictional villains.

Just now, Mailliw73 said:

I’ll probably stay up to date with this question thread though and pitch in here and there. Depending on how fast they move these days I guess. 

Well, recently an incredibly deep and characterization-heavy question came up.

...in the Invocation universe where there was no Epic corruption, what are the chances of uncorrupted Jade Delancey, Sam Trattner, and Emma Runes collaborating on pranks against Daniel Dewhickey and/or Professor Cardinal?

3 minutes ago, Mailliw73 said:

Wow, it's strange for me to see this thread two and a half years after I left this forum to see characters like Backtrack still being discussed. 

I was similarly pleasantly surprised to find that What Happened in Oregon refuses to die entirely. Parts of it peter out, but the story as a whole remains of interest to a lot of people around here. Myself definitely included.

7 minutes ago, winter devotion said:

No, my thing just glitched and double posted. Is it possible to delete a thread without mod powers or do I need one of you guys with them to do that for me?

 

I think you need a mod.

@Voidus, are your powers sufficient to delete Winter's accidental double post?

Verily, it art indeed a graphe.

Just now, winter devotion said:

The number of Epics is ludicrious, honestly? Like, the setting I’m developing has near two thousand superpowered individuals globally and the amount of damage from each fight is still super high. Seems like there should be less vanillas in the Calamity timeline, considering there’s so much deliberate violence. It’s bad enough when most of the collateral is incidental. 

My Hero Aca does a really good job discussing how collateral damage effects society, especially All Might vs All For One.  

NO SPOILERS I HAVEN'T GOTTEN TO THAT FIGHT YET

Ahem. No, I agree. I think the Calamity timeline does have a dearth of vanillas, though, especially considering several entire cities have been Obliterated. And most of the ones who do survive are half-feral scavengers out in the wasteland.

20 minutes ago, Vortex said:

just like to point out that steelheart didn't know that megan's power(s) were more than just illusionary powers.

 

Steelheart watches Firefight produce an entire army of Knights Radiant battling against a horde of Voidbringers.

"Hey, that's pretty creative. You should be a writer."

4 minutes ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

She most certainly would do that. Bonus points if some or most of the articles are from outlets she'd previously dismissed as catering to conspiracy theorists, except now she's taking them completely seriously. Jade might scoff at them, but secretly she'd wonder. And that video would prompt at least a dozen calls to Jade's cell phone, each increasingly panicked and accusatory and demanding she port home at once, which would cause Jade to spend the protests huddled in a stall in the nearest campus bathroom. 

And it probably is, yeah. It seems like a utopia—but that's in comparison to a universe where residence in the two ideal cities (Newcago and Babilar) comes with a "may be casually murdered by an Epic for any or no reason" clause. 

"Nonsense, dear. 'THETRUTHHASBEENHIDDENFROMYOU.net' is a perfectly legitimate news source. You must have misheard me before."

Even without corruption and with a plethora of superheroes to protect it, the Invocationverse probably has its own ridiculously high bodycount.

1 minute ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

Which would add both a potential overarching plot and another layer of interaction, since I’d imagine the reps from Coca-Cola would act much differently—and have differing interests—than the reps from the federal government. 

Now I'm imagining Senora Delancey sending Jade a bunch of articles about supposed shady government projects based on research from the college. A lot of them look bogus, but some are just plausible enough to make students question it.

And eventually a leaked video surfaces of someone being killed with a weapon that operates suspiciously like the unique powers of another student, triggering massive controversy and protests on the campus. No one knows if the video is legit, if it depicts what it says it depicts, or even if it's all a hoax from some Epic with flawless digital editing powers.

Man, the Invocationverse is probably a chaotic place sometimes.

2 minutes ago, The Young Pyromancer said:

I thought this was going to be a high school?  Isn't that traditional?

Since when have we done anything the traditional way?

1 minute ago, TwiLyghtSansSparkles said:

I can see an Epic college doing both. Offering a research scholarship to students willing to complete a set number of hours in a lab allowing their powers to be studied would be a good way to get Epic students through the door, at which point guidance counselors could push the school's superheroics elective. The number of lab hours completed could even correlate directly with how much scholarship money the student would be given—which would, of course, be limited by how much scholarship money the school had to offer. And now I'm picturing scholarship drives in surrounding areas—i.e., the supermarket cashier asking everyone who goes through their line if they want to round up their total to donate to the university's Future Heroes Fund. 

Were that the case, that's probably how Jade would've gotten in, completing as many lab hours as the school was wiling to give and paying for the rest through loans. Of course, the lab would make her nervous at first, what with her mom having filled her head with horrible what-if scenarios that were pure conjecture on her part, but terrifying nonetheless. 

Well, some technology like the gravatonics in the Reckonerverse was based on Epic powers but not based on motivator tech. i.e., there'd be a pretty huge financial benefit from Epics allowing themselves to be studied--all kinds of corporations would pay good dollar to get their hands on the research results. That would probably cover a lot of expenses for a usual college, and a combination of backing from government sources, donations, and mysterious shadowy figures who want to use the college for their own diabolical ends would cover the rest.

3 minutes ago, winter devotion said:

I like organization? 

I suppose a little organization for these AUs wouldn't hurt. 

Also, am I the only one who feels like the Invocation College universe could be treated as either parody or as a straight scenario? It seems like in the Invocationverse there'd be at least one college out there that attracts a ton of Epic students of various ages and backgrounds by offering some special boon. Maybe by offering free courses to students willing to use their powers in laboratory settings for study, or by providing training for Epics wanting to go into superheroics as a career.

@winter devotion I have two questions.

1--aren't several of those perfectly suited for the crack-fic nature of the WHOOC thread?

2--why isn't it called "Into the Oregonverse"?