[OOC] CLOSED - Ultimate One Universe: Season One

[Eddie Brock]

I gotta be honest: I don't much care for any of these attempts to deepen the lore of the symbiotes. I think that Venom (the symbiote) works just fine as a parasitic organism that just happened to hitch a ride on a prominent Earth mutate. Everything else has hit me the wrong way, although I prefer the new new retcon over Bendis' take.

Spoilers

The Thor: God of Thunder bit feels entirely tacked on, and the symbiote "dragon" is fine -- Thor's fought all kinds of crazy shit -- but having it be on Earth and have been with SHIELD secretly is just meeeeeeeeeeeh.

[mickilennial]

My Hider

I think its neat.

[Lord Wraith]

[Byrd Man]

spoilers

I like putting stuff in hiders too

[Master Bruce]

So...

When did everyone start rping, where and who was your first character? Mine was on a browser game that also had forum rp going on. I was a Jaffa called Tul'ak I think his name was

@Sep

I started off on Superhero Hype in 2003 as a member, then joined the game "World Of Heroes: The DC Universe RPG" as Nightwing in it's second season. I was 13 or 14 at the time. Then around 2008, I played Batman for the first time by... starting my own game with the very first Ultimate DC game after lobbying hard to play Batman in World Of Heroes, much to the chagrin of the player who actually played him. My first run wasn't very good at all, so when UDC rebooted a few years later, I really made the character my own. Then, years later, when that player disappeared and Batman became vacant in World Of Heroes, I got my shot and immediately blew it by being a lazy piece of shit.

So, lesson learned. If you think you want something and obsess over it too long, maybe try sticking with what you've got instead. Because you might just screw up what you originally wanted all along, if given the chance.

[mickilennial]

TIL I'm older than Bruce. Not sure how to feel about that.

[Retired]

I gotta be honest: I don't much care for any of these attempts to deepen the lore of the symbiotes. I think that Venom (the symbiote) works just fine as a parasitic organism that just happened to hitch a ride on a prominent Earth mutate. Everything else has hit me the wrong way, although I prefer the new new retcon over Bendis' take.

Spoilers

The Thor: God of Thunder bit feels entirely tacked on, and the symbiote "dragon" is fine -- Thor's fought all kinds of crazy shit -- but having it be on Earth and have been with SHIELD secretly is just meeeeeeeeeeeh.

@Eddie Brock

Generic thing here

Agreed with the hidden portion. Though, gotta love that Thor never thinks to mention any of this, even in drunken chats with Avenger buddies. It's not like you know a guy who once was possessed by one of the things, and may want to know some details about it or anything.

[Eddie Brock]

But the real question is...

Hider

... can we stack hiders?

Hider

Apparently!

[mickilennial]

Y'all need jesus.

[Retired]

TIL I'm older than Bruce. Not sure how to feel about that.

@Inkarnate

Obligatory TIL I've been roleplaying longer than MB.

[Lord Wraith]

I started off on Superhero Hype in 2003 as a member, then joined the game "World Of Heroes: The DC Universe RPG" as Nightwing in it's second season. I was 13 or 14 at the time. Then around 2008, I played Batman for the first time by... starting my own game with the very first Ultimate DC game after lobbying hard to play Batman in World Of Heroes, much to the chagrin of the player who actually played him. My first run wasn't very good at all, so when UDC rebooted a few years later, I really made the character my own. Then, years later, when that player disappeared and Batman became vacant in World Of Heroes, I got my shot and immediately blew it by being a lazy piece of shit.

So, lesson learned. If you think you want something and obsess over it too long, maybe try sticking with what you've got instead. Because you might just screw up what you originally wanted all along, if given the chance.

@Master Bruce

This is why I've stopped wanting to play Nightwing as of late, I used to obsess over playing the character because he's my favourite. But at the end of the day, I usually post as him three times and then disappear in the middle of the night.

[Byrd Man]

Then, years later, when that player disappeared and Batman became vacant in World Of Heroes, I got my shot and immediately blew it by being a lazy piece of shit.

@Master Bruce

And then I took over for you and you nitpicked the shit out of it....

[mickilennial]

This is why I've stopped wanting to play Nightwing as of late, I used to obsess over playing the character because he's my favourite. But at the end of the day, I usually post as him three times and then disappear in the middle of the night.

@Lord Wraith

Regardless, it still tends to be one of my favorite Nightwings to read.

[Eddie Brock]

I played Batman for a single post? Or was it just an application? Or all a fever dream? I just remember stepping in (or wanting to step in) because MB finally stepped down, and I knew there'd be no other chance.

And sure enough, there hasn't been...

[Master Bruce]

That's a lot of bitches.

@AndyC

And you know what they say about them.*



_{*Shout-out to any Cards Of Humanity fans}

[GreenGrenade]

re:Venom

I think it’s dumb

[AndyC]

Sure, I'll hide this, I guess.

Yay. I love when writers force into the narrative the whole "oh, that cool thing we only recently came up with? Yeah, these characters were doing that decades beforehand despite past stories contradicting this." Doesn't end up horribly done ever.

@Retired

Let's keep hiding it stuff, why not?

Yeah, I can't say I'm crazy about the villain being yet another existential threat from the dawn of time. Marvel does it a lot, but DC's been playing that hand wayyyy too much these days-- I mean, it worked when they introduced the Speed Force and the multicolored Lanterns, but for real, can't new stuff just be new?

That said, I kinda dig this angle and how it applies to Venom. For one, it gives them more to do than just "whoops, there's been some big misunderstanding and now we hate Spider-Man again." And two, it gives the series a touch of Lovecraft-style cosmic horror without just stealing the squid-monster motif. I don't really think Venom is protagonist material, but if they're gonna keep up with it, he does need his own niche in the Marvel universe so he doesn't continue to ride Spidey's coat-tails.

[mickilennial]

I played Batman for a single post? Or was it just an application? Or all a fever dream? I just remember stepping in (or wanting to step in) because MB finally stepped down, and I knew there'd be no other chance.

And sure enough, there hasn't been...

@Eddie Brock

You did around three posts after MB stepped down. I was playing Harleen Quinzel at the time, so I remember it a decent amount [especially since it was my first Hype-style game].

[Lord Wraith]

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Regardless, it still tends to be one of my favorite Nightwings to read.

@Inkarnate

Appreciate the sentiment, perhaps with the progress I've made with Thor, I'll be able to transfer that to other characters down the road. For the time being though, I am planning on taking Thor as far as this RP goes!

[Master Bruce]

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And then I took over for you and you nitpicked the shit out of it....

@Byrd Man

Yeah. I... did that, too. To say that I was a massive dickhole whenever it came to Batman at the time is a massive understatement. I had my issues with how JRK portrayed Bruce, but looking back on it, I shudder at my borderline harassment behavior. I wish the dude was still around so that I could've made amends before the games tanked.

Thankfully, I'm marginally less of a dickhole about Batman (and in general) now.