Also, how could you not have both a team or school aspect in the game? I've seen both the education/mentoring standpoint and the team standpoint all done in the same game.

I think we can hit a middle ground by having a team of young heroes being actively mentored and guided in the field by more seasoned heroes.

Also, comedy characters are awful. The very word "Toon" in a superpower RP is a massive red flag.

@RumikoOharaBecause they played out the class and you do NOT have to play out the classes. They should only be relevant if some sort of important plot information or anything plot related is being done. That is why they fail. That may just be a common thing on this site but school RPs are successful everywhere else. In the end, RPs only fail when the writers just lose inspiration, go AWOl, or simply move on. RPs are meant to be enjoyed while they last.

As for the toon powers thing, I also disagree. I've seen comedy characters workout to everyone's enjoyment. The silliness aspect would have just been to make for a silly character, but I plan to make her serious. I'm not at a computer so I couldn't give you an example of what I mean by Faust silliness.

I can't decide to make her Domino-like or a Domino/Punisher type. :)

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I disagree about comedy characters being awful, the tone of RP I'm looking to set is lighthearted for the most part, serious events here or there but largely fun and upbeat rather than gritty and dark.

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I've never seen a comedy character in an RP that wasn't terrible. Sturgeon's Law is pretty strongly in effect here, as most writers are not as witty or funny as they think they are, and people that want to force their humor onto people are particularly not. Most people that play comedy characters just want, "so randum like le deadpool XD," and not anything with any actual depth or cleverness.

I'm not saying every RP needs to be all grim and dark all of the time. What I am saying is that joke characters become very tiresome very quickly and add nothing of value to the RP.

@Dead CruiserMaybe you just have no sense of humor? If all you think of is Deadpool for comedy then already that is narrow. After all, people are only funny to those who actually find them funny. It is all based on perspective.

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I mean, I suppose, but I'm not just going to decline someone solely based on that. If their prerogative is to just constantly make jokes even in serious situations then I suppose we'd have a problem, but characters like beast boy or even cyborg are more than welcome.

@Dead CruiserMaybe you just have no sense of humor? If all you think of is Deadpool for comedy then already that is narrow. After all, people are only funny to those who actually find them funny. It is all based on perspective.

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I'm just representing my own experience here. And as it happens, in the comics Beast Boy and Cyborg are both rather serious characters (almost tragic, in the latter case).

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You're pulling my leg if you're trying to tell me that Deadpool is a deep and gripping character. He's lucky if he's decently written in this day and age. Anyway, my point was that most "lmao toon powers so funny XDDD" are poor imitations of an already grating character.

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I'm just representing my own experience here. And as it happens, in the comics Beast Boy and Cyborg are both rather serious characters (almost tragic, in the latter case).

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You're pulling my leg if you're trying to tell me that Deadpool is a deep and gripping character. He's lucky if he's decently written in this day and age. Anyway, my point was that most "lmao toon powers so funny XDDD" are poor imitations of an already grating character.

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Deadpool is flippancy and mental psychosis at its finest. I haven't read the recent comics for him, but he's a deep and interesting character in his own right. I'm not pulling your leg there. There's plenty on the surface inherently wrong with him, but just like Captain America's far more than just a paragon, Deadpools a lot more than just dumb nonsense and morbid slapstick humor.

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Look, @HalfOfLancelot put it better than I ever could. If you're going to keep complaining about other people's character choices and acting like sort of an elitist then I'd rather you just not join.

Also, when would you guys want me to post the OOC? Do you want me to wait for some more interest?