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Have you been good this year? Because if you have, you're probably not getting superpowers. Calamity Claus is like that horrible aunt who picks that one cousin who dresses like an idiot and makes snide remarks about you as her favorite, who gives him a fully functional robot while you get an IOU. Calamity Claus then laughs as your horrible cousin uses his robot to steal your presents. I fortunately never had that aunt. Though I did have a grandmother who seemed to think the piano should only be touched by people who had taken lessons. (Seriously, my cousin who was five years younger than me could play it all she wanted, but when I so much as pressed a key, she'd yell "PLAY, DON'T POUND!" How she even heard me lightly tap the high-C key from three rooms away is anyone's guess.) Ahem. Methinks I will introduce a Dragon beside the Davenport's lovely Christmas tree.
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"A fight avoided is a fight won," that's her motto. Though if Nighthound insisted on a fight, she would definitely subscribe to the Army's rules of confrontation: "Don't bring a knife to a gunfight. Bring guns. Bring lots of guns. Bring your friends who have guns. Bring their friends who have guns." Lots of guns. And a wrecking ball. And explosives. Everything she could bring that would tip the balance in her favor and increase the likelihood of Nighthound's death would be present at that fight, because the second she saw Nighthound, she would scan his futures to determine how much of a threat he was. When it was determined that holy flipping cow this guy needs to die yesterday, she would begin amassing all the weaponry and heavy machinery she could get her hands on. And she would bring all the Supers she could recruit—strength, teleportation, invulnerability, precogs running the gamut from "barely Spidey-sense" to as close to her level as she could manage. Because when it comes to Nighthound, there's no kill like overkill. And this is a radish.
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Susan has two more attributes that make Nighthound more of a danger to her: she is female and attractive. Her favored strategy would be to stay as far away from him as humanly possible. If a fight were necessary, she would use everything at her disposal--guns, explosives, crowbars, etc. Though when she learned about his vulnerability to blunt force trauma, she would search high and low for a wrecking ball. She wouldn't want to get closer to Nighthound than she had to, is what I'm saying.
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It's not that bad, honestly. The only time I ever experienced a natural disaster was when I was much younger and my family lived in North Carolina the year Hurricane Fran hit. We lived at the top of a hill, so there wasn't really any flooding in our house. Our yard was a wreck, and I remember the ground was so wet your feet went skeersh every time you took a step on anything that wasn't concrete, but we made it through unscathed. Mostly, it was a lot of raining, and a lot of wind during the night. Even living on the West Coast, there's not a lot of excitement. Then again, I've never lived in California, nor do I plan to, so I've stayed away from most of the earthquakes. I'd much rather think about her befriending Batman. Thanks. I wanted to try writing a different kind of superhero, with the same sort of power that would make her combat capable. Just to see what other sorts of applications there are for powers like that. (Hopefully, I can come up with something more exciting than "visualizing the synergy of our company's assets and stockholders for long-term synergizationitizing." ) Earthbound fiction doesn't give a lot of opportunities for massive reptilian foes. (Unless, of course, you're in an RP with Lightwards. ) The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of having her face another precog. Not Whitelaw—I'm thinking he's more the evil advisor type. Maybe make him the Master to Susan's Doctor.
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Not a single one would be reaped. Lucentia would complain, Funtimes would turn her name into a piece of candy, and Lightwards would shoot Effie in the chest and order her to reap Funtimes vanillas instead. Funtimes and Lightwards would have their very own two-person Hunger Games right there while Lucentia complained and Purple Phoenix had his fourteenth existential crisis. Even Lord of the Rings? "Saurman, you poopieface! Stop killing all the awesome tree people or I'll turn your robe into a toilet!" "A what?" "Too late." Or Narnia? "Whaddya mean, this eternal winter sucks? I just made hot cocoa and turned all the snow in the driveway into cheeseburgers!" Or Batman? .... I'm not sure the world is ready to see Funtimes meet the Joker. She can see multiple potential futures. She's blind to her own, but she could use an opponent as a mirror to determine when to duck or when to shoot. So if she got into a duel with, say, Nighthound, she could look at his futures and determine when he was going to carry out his more devastating attacks and when would be the best time to beat him with a crowbar. (Answer: immediately.) However, she prefers to use them for long-range strategy. I'm considering adding a Dragon who is also a precog, though. Like I said, I'm not entirely sure where I'm going next.
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I liked the way Collins sort of deconstructed a revolution while playing it straight—she showed how the war brought down an oppressive dictatorship that needed to topple, yet also showed the personal cost of becoming the symbol of a revolution. Is she more of the Tony Mendez type of spy, or more the James Bond type? Because if she's more the James Bond type, then I'll have no choice but to add Funtimes to the story somehow. There is no other way to give Whitelaw metal teeth or a lethal bowler hat with this world's technology. I have been toying with the idea of having her go full superhero, though. Not to clean up the crime in Spokane, but just to get the people's attention. Edit: I'll have to try the toast thing here. 115 degree summers aren't unusual. It's less than a month from Christmas, and it was 81 degrees today. I can't wait to get my degree and move somewhere with snow.
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It's not a perfect series by any stretch, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't cry at least once during each book and movie. Here is the song. Well—yes, but first I have to write and title it.
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Mostly just editing my latest school project, due Sunday; stressing about my next two projects; and wondering what the heck I'm going to do next in my WIP. You?
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Just got back from seeing Mockingjay: Part 1. "The Hanging Tree" fits surprisingly—almost disturbingly—well with the Reckonersverse. And it's also one of the most beautifully haunting songs I've ever heard.
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Oh, jeez. Can you imagine how annoying they would be as a couple, with her bragging and his whining? All right, cool. Just ensuring the general background information I have is accurate.
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Quick question, Kobold: How long has Lightwards had Claudius? (I think it was mentioned in one of the Question threads before, but I'm not sure which one or when. )
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I refuse to let Nathan die before Nighthound. Agreed. Some of the ships I invented just to give them a cool name.
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No, no, it means Calamity really is Santa!
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Of course. Traveler would definitely be able to gift his exciting power of not being murdered. This is going to be good. All of them. He will soon rival Chicago Joe for ship supremacy. (Ship-premancy?)
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It makes me feel kind of bad for Trixie, though. Sure, she's kind of a jerk, but seeing that? Still, if she's bragging about it, she'd probably need to see it. Then again, making Backtrack live that scene twice…. "Sugarcube Corner? Huh, wouldn't expect a dictator like that to let a cupcake shop survive. Well, maybe it means she's not as bad as I thought. Or…or maybe it means she returns once every day to force the owners to hand-feed her cupcakes cooked by overworked, underpaid orphans who are eaten if they don't give her the flavor she wants! Eep!" (You're faster than me. That one I did this morning took me about 20 minutes, I think. Faster than I used to be, but still.)
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I'm pretty sure that, following this scene, Remington "convinced" Backtrack to show Trixie a few scenes from the life of this alicorn she claimed to defeat, to see if she was really as fearless as she claimed to be. One of these inspiring scenes took place in a church. (I like the comic. )
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Pegasus: a pony with wings. Earth pony: a pony with neither wings nor a horn. Unicorn: a pony with a horn. Alicorn: a pony with wings and a horn.
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I'm still Twi. Unless somebody wanted to switch names with me
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Jingleberry's first onscreen appearance will be the Christmas special?
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Wait—I've got it! Nathan has always been a bit of a geek—in addition to being a longtime Whovian, he owned all of the Harry Potter books before Steelheart ordered them burned. So say hello to…. Epic Name: Traveler Real Name: Nathan Sperry Preferred Name: Nathan Primary Power: Epic Repelling Charm. Every time an Epic decides to kill him, Traveler (ahem—sorry, Nathan) is able to remind them of all the urgent appointments they have that do not involve murder. The Epic will rush off to meet those appointments, giving him time to…. Secondary Power: TARDISing. Nathan is capable of teleporting to the area with the lowest concentration of powerful Epics per square mile. He rarely knows where he'll end up, but he knows he will be relatively safe there. Tertiary Power: Invisibility Cloaking. Once he TARDISes to a safe location, he will automatically remain unseen for the first fifteen minutes after his arrival to ensure he has time to find the safest part of the safe location. So, yes, Nathan's entire power is "Not being murdered."
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I was about to say that maybe hatred + strong powers = alicorn, but Lightwards and Lucentia (both earth ponies) are arguably the most hateful of them all. And then I was going to say that maybe cruelty + strong powers = alicorn, but Ray's biggest atrocity is probably knocking someone over on her bike, while Fortuity, the canonical mass murderer, is merely a unicorn. The only alicorns we've created who seem to follow that logic are Steelheart and Koschei. And of those two, the only one with true offensive powers is Steelheart; Koschei's main attack style is useless on Epics, and if he went up against Steelheart, repeated healing and resurrection would be his only defense. So….yeah. I think our logic is more "Oh, he'd look good as an alicorn. I think this one would look better as a pegasus. Hmm…the horn makes her look weird. She gets to be an earth pony." Oh, if only there were a draconequus creator. I would make Baxter Game into one. I would then create a comic where Autumn attempts to comfort an increasingly glum Backtrack. When they reach Game's office, Autumn says "It's not as bad as you think, really." When they open the door and are greeted by draconequus!Game, Backtrack shrieks "YOU'RE RIGHT IT'S SO MUCH WORSE" and tears off into the sunset. Thanks. I tried to think what powers alicorn!Nathan could possibly have, but couldn't come up with a single thing. Except maybe actual teleportation and….I don't know….the ability to build a Dayinthelifeinator? He's just too human for me to take the whole giving-him-powers-thing seriously.
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It's mostly about the aesthetics, I guess. Funtimes is an earth pony, Trimmer is a unicorn, Rewind is an earth pony, Scorch is an earth pony….heck, even Fortuity, who was acknowledged in canon to be a High Epic (and a pretty powerful one, too) wound up as a unicorn. Whatever the case, we know one thing for sure: Lucentia will complain about it.
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A beautiful pony for a very ugly woman. Mine too. And Koschei is the only High Epic who actually wound up as an alicorn. Also, because I really should be doing homework and couldn't resist distracting myself….
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That one actually made me laugh out loud. But why stop with Epics?
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She's like that horrible girl in high school who walks up to some poor girl at the bottom of the totem pole, says "I'm invited, right?" and then proceeds to wreck her birthday with her constant complaining and put-downs. (Fortunately, I never went to school with her. I hope she doesn't exist outside of Disney Channel, but people can be awful. )The pony creator has far more colors available, which makes it possible to capture her spirit, if not her exact appearance. Though I still wish the pony creator had a glitter option. You look cool, Backtrack. The coolest girl ever. Edit: Nighthound is not allowed to be an alicorn. Unless he has fairy wings.