Gotta figure out the best way to do this. I have a fairly simple way of introducing Angel to the skirmish even late. After that though everyone seems to be gathering at the mothership and she'll be quite out of the loop.

Well I'm sure you're already thinking on it, but you could just say she's been busy fending off some of the ground side aliens. I've kept them floating around for this purpose.

I edited my post, what's going to happen now with the story?

I can't tell if this is you asking me to update or if you really want me to say what's going to happen next. Anyways I suppose I should pump out another story.

Yes that was the direction I was leaning. There are plenty of people that are probably trapped or need medical attention.

@KriticalKrab

I tried to weaken Basoth, as in my mind it seemed that he was just fighting forever.

[Edit: Just had an Arc idea: The Corrians (Basoth's Race) invade earth.]

@KriticalKrab

I tried to weaken Basoth, as in my mind it seemed that he was just fighting forever.

[Edit: Just had an Arc idea: The Corrians (Basoth's Race) invade earth.]

I can only assume the Corrigans would just be a copy of your guy, and what reason would they have for invading?

I'm gonna put my vote toward the GIANT ROBOT OF DESTRUCTION AND DEATH (patent pending) Arc.

Really, @The Patriarch? I didn't want to be the one to say this, but your posting style is... how do I describe it... convenient. Probably not the best word to describe it, but perhaps I should explain my reasoning.

The first thing I started disliking was when Bolt was shot by a security guard, but you weren't too badly injured due to a bulletproof vest. However, I was willing to forgive that since I myself have no experience dealing with bulletproof vests and shouldn't be one to judge about that.

Then Bolt was able to dodge Press' laser that targeted Bolt's bag of money. In that post you claimed that he "noticed the hero." How? Press and Bolt weren't exactly next to each other or even in front of each other when it happened. Still, I was willing to forgive that too, since there weren't exactly precise details about their locations.

Then on to the subject of getting shot by Press' laser. Bolt was hit by a laser bolt that explodes upon impact. And I mean EXPLODES. Bolt just shrugged it off like it was nothing. Bulletproof vest or no, intense training by the Shadows or no, Bolt does not have toughened skin or anything like that, so it shouldn't be possible for Bolt to not at least feel some lingering pain from that.

Finally, your latest post. Lifting a car, even if it is a completely totaled car, and your surfboard using electromagnetism? A guy that repairs a car in a minute? For a car that's practically been sliced into two? It sounds just far too perfect. Seriously, intense training by these so-called Shadows or not, He's still an adolescent. He's already been releasing massive amounts of electricity, and I highly doubt this car mechanic was right around the corner. Even if he was, repairing that kind of damage in merely a minute is quite outrageous. If it were that easy for anyone to do, Press could have done it himself.

What I'm trying to say is that you seem to be trying to make your character as unbeatable and as perfect as possible while barely staying under the radar of Mary Sue detection. You use this whole "Shadows" story as an excuse to have your character be stronger than an average adolescent. Thing is, our characters are still adolescents. They still have things to learn. You seem to have had Bolt learn everything but restraint. Frankly, it's quite too much.

@The Patriarch@Scarifar
For that last point, I think the idea was that the mechanic had some form of technopathy where he could manipulate mechanical objects. It does seem quite convenient that he has someone like that in his back pocket so readily available without prior introduction.

Yeah, and I'm not even mentioning the grammar mistakes, mainly because I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt there. You know, like, maybe English isn't his first language or something.

I also want to say that if a car's front is completely destroyed (IE, what just happened), it's impossible to repair. The engine will be too damaged, so you'd need a new engine. This might be okay in a regular car, but in a $7,000,000 car from the 60's, it might be a bit hard to find a new engine that works proper. It's also extremely hard to fix metal that's been bent like that. A few dents, easy, but there's a reason why cars with their fronts totaled are always write-offs.

Really, @The Patriarch? I didn't want to be the one to say this, but your posting style is... how do I describe it... convenient. Probably not the best word to describe it, but perhaps I should explain my reasoning.

The first thing I started disliking was when Bolt was shot by a security guard, but you weren't too badly injured due to a bulletproof vest. However, I was willing to forgive that since I myself have no experience dealing with bulletproof vests and shouldn't be one to judge about that.

Then Bolt was able to dodge Press' laser that targeted Bolt's bag of money. In that post you claimed that he "noticed the hero." How? Press and Bolt weren't exactly next to each other or even in front of each other when it happened. Still, I was willing to forgive that too, since there weren't exactly precise details about their locations.

Then on to the subject of getting shot by Press' laser. Bolt was hit by a laser bolt that explodes upon impact. And I mean EXPLODES. Bolt just shrugged it off like it was nothing. Bulletproof vest or no, intense training by the Shadows or no, Bolt does not have toughened skin or anything like that, so it shouldn't be possible for Bolt to not at least feel some lingering pain from that.

Finally, your latest post. Lifting a car, even if it is a completely totaled car, and your surfboard using electromagnetism? A guy that repairs a car in a minute? For a car that's practically been sliced into two? It sounds just far too perfect. Seriously, intense training by these so-called Shadows or not, He's still an adolescent. He's already been releasing massive amounts of electricity, and I highly doubt this car mechanic was right around the corner. Even if he was, repairing that kind of damage in merely a minute is quite outrageous. If it were that easy for anyone to do, Press could have done it himself.

What I'm trying to say is that you seem to be trying to make your character as unbeatable and as perfect as possible while barely staying under the radar of Mary Sue detection. You use this whole "Shadows" story as an excuse to have your character be stronger than an average adolescent. Thing is, our characters are still adolescents. They still have things to learn. You seem to have had Bolt learn everything but restraint. Frankly, it's quite too much.

first of all you guys destroyed my character's car, which I could have complained as being a dick move, but I didn't. Also the machanic has superpowers and can repair any form of machinery, it's his powers. Also he's a villain and has been trained for a long time to harness his powers. He's not a member of the titans. Also to say that English is not my first language is very rude of you.

I don't see why you guys are complaining about him getting his car fixed, it's not like I killed your characters. Again HE'S A VILLAIN, he's suppose to be fairly powerful and lifting a totaled car with electromagnetism is easy, it's not like he is exerting any kind of physical strength. I'll agree that the grammar may not have been that great, but I have busy schedule and don't want to fall behind.

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first of all you guys destroyed my character's car, which I could have complained as being a dick move, but I didn't. Also the mechanic has superpowers and can repair any form of machinery, it's his powers. Also he's a villain and has been trained for a long time to harness his powers. He's not a member of the titans. Also to say that English is not my first language is very rude of you.

I don't see why you guys are complaining about him getting his car fixed, it's not like I killed your characters. Again HE'S A VILLAIN, he's suppose to be fairly powerful and lifting a totaled car with electromagnetism is easy, it's not like he is exerting any kind of physical strength. I'll agree that the grammar may not have been that great, but I have busy schedule and don't want to fall behind.

1. That's just life. Sometimes people shoot space junk and total 7 million dollar cars and that's okay. You just gotta move on.

2. That's the issue, it's too convenient and borderline cheating to have a super-powered guy down the road who can fix your stuff almost immediately, and that's me ignoring the actual form of damage the car's sustained.

3. I don't get this one.

4. This one is sort of irrelevant. It's just the fact that your're essentially making your character a mini-mary-sue by having all these advantages available to you at the flick of a wrist.

5. This one's down to KriticalKrab, but I'm pretty sure the answer to this would be no, since the whole adolescent thing is in play.

Anyway, that's just my series of opinions since I feel as though I should get involved in these discussions more. I feel so social right now.

So social

Ooh colors.

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1. That's just life. Sometimes people shoot space junk and total 7 million dollar cars and that's okay. You just gotta move on.

2. That's the issue, it's too convenient and borderline cheating to have a super-powered guy down the road who can fix your stuff almost immediately, and that's me ignoring the actual form of damage the car's sustained.

3. I don't get this one.

4. This one is sort of irrelevant. It's just the fact that your essentially making your character a mini-mary-sue by having all these advantages available to you at the flick of a wrist.

5. This one's down to KriticalKrab, but I'm pretty sure the answer to this would be no, since the whole adolescent thing is in play.

Anyway, that's just my series of opinions since I feel as though I should get involved in these discussions more. I feel so social right now.

So social

but it's just a car, it's mot like he repaired some insanely powerful weapon the guy. I feel like your problems would be more reasonable under a different circumstance. Also how is he a Mary-sue? He's done nothing OP.

Ooh colors.

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but it's just a car, it's mot like he repaired some insanely powerful weapon the guy. I feel like your problems would be more reasonable under a different circumstance. Also how is he a Mary-sue? He's done nothing OP.

The thing is, it doesn't HAVE to be an insanely powerful weapon. It's just considered downright ridiculous that your car is instantly repaired simply because you don't want the space junk to go 1/0/0. Bolt isn't a Mary-Sue by any means, but he's definitely going on the borderline of what is considered Mary-Sue (Non combat wise. I don't focus on the combat. I'm a pacifist.) in this RP.

It's like how Aang is the bridge to the spirit world n' the real word. If we replace the real world with normal characters, and the spirit world with characters which are destroying dimensions and playing endless celestial chess in a higher plane. Your character is becoming that Aang.

^ Also, that was a terrible example of me.

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but it's just a car, it's mot like he repaired some insanely powerful weapon the guy. I feel like your problems would be more reasonable under a different circumstance. Also how is he a Mary-sue? He's done nothing OP.

I have mentioned surviving an explosive laser bolt to the chest without any significant injuries, if any, as well as releasing huge waves of electricity without becoming even remotely tired.

As funny and possibly appropriate as this is, now is not the time for this. We are having a srs discussion.

>:(

That there is my srs face. We are srs face people and must act srs.

But seriously, this is serious.

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I have mentioned surviving an explosive laser bolt to the chest without any significant injuries, if any, as well as releasing huge waves of electricity without becoming even remotely tired.

I did at least have him take the hit and he clearly made the exclamation of being hurt, but I can post next with him feeling the injury. Also in my character sheet I clearly stated that he can release enough electricity to combust his enemies. He has huge reserves of electricity

There's so much going on I can't reply to one thing, so i'll try to get on the things that most of you are talking about.

1)It is ridiculous that you had a seven million car to begin with. Finding a random, unnamed, super powered mechanic is even more so. That's the same as if one of the hero characters decided to find a sidekick and started rping like that.

2)Yes it is just a car, so let it go, if you really want to take care of a care that badly join a racing RP. I think I saw an interest check for one earlier. Your guy rides around on a board anyways.

3)Your character has been using his powers all day but he's not at all fatigued, make it so he's tired. I imagine trying to blast everything in sight is taking it's toll on him.

If you guys really want to argue some more, we can take it into the pms, but I would like for this to stop now.

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I did at least have him take the hit and he clearly made the exclamation of being hurt, but I can post next with him feeling the injury. Also in my character sheet I clearly stated that he can release enough electricity to combust his enemies. He has huge reserves of electricity

Yeah I was still willing to accept him having a near-unlimited amount of electricity to fire, the problem was that he was also quite resistant to injuries that would normally incapacitate regular human beings. I expected Bolt to be a Glass Cannon; instead, he's a Lightning Bruiser, which your CS clearly does not indicate.

Also, why does he even have a Ferrari? He can fly on a metal surfboard.

Which also beings me to the subject of electromagnetism. Do you even know how the process works? I know only a smattering on the topic, and even I think the way you use it is a bit outrageous. It's one thing to be hovering over the ground a few inches, and another to be flying across the sky. Then again, cartoon and comic book logic does not always translate well in real life logic, so...

Anyway, that's my take.