Name: Christian Garcia

Age: 17 (January 1, 1998)

Gender: Male

Sexuality: Straight

Appearance:

Christian stands at 6 feet, 2 inches (about 187 cm), and weighs about 200lbs ( about 90.7Kg), lean. It’s actually very uncommon for people to think he’s well out of high school. In the words of his very proud father, “He’s about as close as you can get to a Hispanic Zeus, minus the white skin, hair, and the beard.”

Christian usually likes to wear his extremely dark brown (it’s uncommon for people to mistake it as black hair (his ID even says “BLK” under “hair.”) in a defined side part, with the sides faded. He tries to keep himself clean shaven at all times, and has a straight, almost unnaturally bright white set of teeth. His hazel eyes are usually hidden behind a set of shades, and although they are a big hit among his peers, they’re the least favorite parts of his body.

He is very muscular from playing football and lifting weights (as well as from his power, but he’s oblivious to that). Being Hispanic, his skin has a very well defined tan.

Although there can be a lot to show off (in terms of wealth and appearance), Christian decides to stay humble in the way that he dresses. He chooses to wear casual button ups with jeans, and accompanies the outfit with plain vans. Every once in a while, he will go out with a flashy pair of vans, but that’s about as opulent as he gets.

Personality:

Christian is known around town by the older folks as the, “nice, charming young man.” He is compassionate, caring, and well rounded. He is an excellent student, both academically and socially. Although he is not captain of the football team, he is just as, if not more, popular. He leads a good handful of clubs around his high school’s campus, participates in a number of sports, and is also a Boy Scout.

He is still not without flaws. Although coming from a family that made sure he worked for almost everything he wanted, he is still somewhat spoiled. He can sometimes flaunt his wealth off (without really meaning to), and can sometimes come off as arrogant. He can also be very clique oriented, shifting his personality to that of whatever clique he is hanging around at the present moment.
Likes: Sports, video games, comic books, playing pranks, girls, and other general boy stuff.
Dislikes: Seafood, annoying people, lazy people, disrespectful attitudes.

History:

It’s safe to say that Christian comes from a life of luxury, but has humble beginnings. He was born into a rather wealthy and loving family. His father and mother were both CEO’s of very successful businesses. However, they made it very clear to Christian that he was not going to grow up spoiled. They gave him a very modest allowance, and taught him the value of staying humble and appreciating what was given to them. They made sure that at 14, he was working a part time job to save for things that he wanted to buy. That still didn’t stop them from buying the occasional luxury item like his Audi he got for his birthday at 16.
Before he even went into high school, Christian was very involved with sports. His parents put him in a myriad of little league sports; and he excelled in all of them, maybe even a little too much. He carried that on into high school, becoming first string in every team sport, and dominating almost all individual sports.

His excellence in sports and his school, as well as parents’ statuses, propelled him to the top of the social food chain in high school. He was loved by almost all of the school; teachers, staff, and students alike. He was invited to every party and social event, big and small.

Life was good for Christian, until the day he was kidnapped.

Power: Super Strength/ Toughness.
Think of Colossus from Xmen, except not made of metal, and exponentially weaker. Christian is able to bench almost double his body weight, and his skin is slightly tougher than the average person’s; this means that it is only slightly harder to get wounded (cuts/scrapes/bruises/etc.). It’s really kind of self-explanatory.

Weakness (at his current power level): Because he is so strong, he is slightly slower in terms of movement and reaction time (it isn’t much, but it’s enough for a really agile person to take advantage). His skin isn’t everything-proof. In fact, it’s fairly easy to inflict any kind of damage. For example, if someone wanted to stab Christian, he could (with some slightly extra effort), do so. He also doesn’t do so well in water; he tends to sink easier.

Yes, clearly the issue is that I cannot work with others. Nevermind the fact that I made the changes requested except in a way that doesn't cripple the character for the entirety of the rp. Nevermind that it's perfectly reasonable for someone to get angry when unreasonable demands are made of them. No, the problem must be that I don't work well with others. :/
I'll throw out this version since, apparently, it's somehow OP despite being debatably the weakest power so far.
If this had been brought up in a PM, say, by Lillium telling me "oh I don't think that the way you implemented those edits is enough" in the PM that we already had, then it would have continued the in PM. Instead, they decided to say it here in the OOC, so it remained here in the OOC. I understand wanting to take your friend's side, but that kind of thing isn't going to go uncommented on.
The hider specifically said "don't read this." It was in a hider specifically because it wasn't a part of the discussion, it was a venting outlet that, as opposed to the alternative of PMing the other rpers here, is a functional and relatively civil way to express oneself. I don't like people talking about me behind my back, so I don't want to talk about others or issues with others behind their back. So I chose to make it possible for Lillium to see it if they chose to despite my warning that they probably shouldn't, instead of saying it outside of a hider or PMing the other rpers, since it was mostly meant for them to see. Notably for you and Jinxer to see so you could see the hypocrisy of singling out my character's powers when, compared to other accepted powers, mine are incredibly useless.

See, here's the thing. If the disagreement with how I handled the changes was brought up in a PM, I'd have kept it there. It wasn't. It was brought up in the OOC for all to see. And unlike normal players, GMs have certain control over an RP, which means they need to be held accountable for how they use it. This particular example wasn't an issue of "oh there's a dispute with another person so it should be solved privately." If it were, Lillium would have started this differently and thus I would have handled it differently. Instead, this became an issue of "someone in power is, debatably, abusing it." Which is something that should be handled publicly. The fact that Lillium blatantly said "the opinions of other Rpers are irrelevant, stay out of this" shows that.
I don't consider anything of what I said to be even approaching "abuse." If you do, please elaborate and I'll work on making sure it doesn't happen again. I also don't consider what I said to be aggressive towards Lillium; it was at worst an aggressive tone in my explanation of my reasoning, not directed at anyone. Again, if you disagree, tell me and tell me specifically instead of making an overarching post where portions pretend to be directed at everyone when they clearly are meant for a single person.
I understand if you three aren't attempting to nerf any powers, but that's the situation I was presented with. "Make your character useless or it won't be accepted."
I did simply put forward my point of view and explained why it was what it was and, lo and behold, it wasn't even acknowledged. It was totally ignored because the GM in question already made up their mind without thinking about the consequences of what their demands would result in. This is very aggravating when it happens. Similarly, it is aggravating when another GM ignores the issue entirely and subverts it by simply saying "oh I don't like your tone so, despite the actual issue and the points that each side makes, I'm taking side X instead of yours."
It wasn't the suggestion that I reacted angrily to. It was the ignoring of a reasonable compromise and the giving of a demand that I reacted angrily to. The actual suggestion I took into account and applied as well as I could without killing any viability of the character.

You are not a despot. An RP requires players to exist. The position of GM does not give you the right to treat the players like secondary classes or to demand that they not give input to issues that affect the RP that they are a part of. If you think that something shouldn't have outside input, then take the advice of your fellow GMs and take it to PMs. But the opinions of other players matter, and you shouldn't outright ignore them or tell them to not express them just because they disagree with you. Don't abuse your power as a GM.

The thing is. On RP Guid there's a thing. GM's are the most important. They thought up the idea and they have a specific way that they want it to go.

In a rp:

GM'S are the god and the CO-GM's are the gods as well.

All hail GM and Co-GM's