[OOC] The Gifted: A Fast Paced Superpower RP

[Letter Bee]

@Potato, sorry again for potentially making you angry, but, well, it sounds as though, how do I put it, the entire conflict is unwinnable.

[Yog Sothoth]

I'm thinking about making a second character who is either based off of one of the seven deadly sins or a catholic themed hero

[RoflsMazoy]

Yog Sothoth said
I'm thinking about making a second character who is either based off of one of the seven deadly sins or a catholic themed hero

Why not have both?

You could have a catholic themed hero that also happens to be something to do with the seven deadly sins and is being catholic as repentance

[Archmage MC]

Yog Sothoth said
I'm thinking about making a second character who is either based off of one of the seven deadly sins or a catholic themed hero

Make a male Lust. There ya go, we have our pervert xD.

Seriously though go for both. Or be one of the 4 horseman of the apocalypse, Death is my fav vote, but thats a common one. Could play around with War or something.

[Letter Bee]

Letter Bee said
@Potato, I know you'll be angry at my latest post, so I'm saying sorry in advance. It's just that, well, I wanted to establish some Chekhov's Guns I was thinking about, and, well, you were asleep so I cannot ask your permission.I'm really sorry.Will edit.

Reposting.

Also, why I think the conflict is unwinnable:

For one thing, the villains hold all the advantages; wealth, power, direct damage powers and equipment, and of course, public opinion, which is against the Heroes. Everyone hates Metas now and is clamoring for their heads, and merely exposing Aperture's crimes or the Voice's hypocrisy would not make things any better, because Metas are still threats, or rather, de facto threats, and stuff like that is just going to escalate, with Non-Metas using violence and Metas reacting in kind, which will cause things to escalate until things deteriorate to a true Crapsack World.

[Aura]

Yog Sothoth said
I'm thinking about making a second character who is either based off of one of the seven deadly sins or a catholic themed hero

I think one of the seven deadly sins would be more fun

[Archmage MC]

Letter Bee said
Reposting.Also, why I think the conflict is unwinnable:For one thing, the villains hold all the advantages; wealth, power, direct damage powers and equipment, and of course, public opinion, which is against the Heroes. Everyone hates Metas now and is clamoring for their heads, and merely exposing Aperture's crimes or the Voice's hypocrisy would not make things any better, because Metas are still threats, or rather, threats, and stuff like that is just going to escalate, with Non-Metas using violence and Metas reacting in kind, which will cause things to escalate until things deteriorate to a true Crapsack World.

It can all be fixed with a giant alien invasion, much like Justice League.

Plus I'd think some heroes have powers that can develop further. Example, Light has a ton of toon tropes she can borrow from and develop powers with, so yeah, there is one example.

[Yog Sothoth]

Archmage MC said
Make a male Lust. There ya go, we have our pervert xD.Seriously though go for both. Or be one of the 4 horseman of the apocalypse, Death is my fav vote, but thats a common one. Could play around with War or something.

the thought did cross my mind but I have the other sins in mind, right now I am deciding between gluttony, sloth, envy or wrath as the sin that my character is based off of.

[RoflsMazoy]

Archmage MC said
Make a male Lust. There ya go, we have our pervert xD.Seriously though go for both. Or be one of the 4 horseman of the apocalypse, Death is my fav vote, but thats a common one. Could play around with War or something.

Everyone forgets about conquest though

Everyone knows the four horsemen are war, death, pestilence and famine but originally, pestilence was actually conquest in the Revelations. Someone changed it some time and now everyone forgets about conquest.

It says the first horseman to come will be conquest, riding a white horse and wielding a bow. The second horseman to come will be war, riding a red horse and wielding a great sword. The third horseman is supposed to be Famine, riding a black horse and holding scales. Death is the very last horseman, riding a pale horse and not said to be wielding or holding anything in particular.

[Archmage MC]

Yog Sothoth said
the thought did cross my mind but I have the other sins in mind, right now I am deciding between gluttony, sloth, envy or wrath as the sin that my character is based off of.

Sloth or Pride are probably the two nastiest sins, especially since they're very subtle. Wrath is pretty easy to do. Envy is a werid one that is pretty ambiguous.

I'd say Pride, Sloth, or Envy myself. Though Wrath is fun.

RoflsMazoy said
Everyone forgets about conquest thoughEveryone knows the four horsemen are war, death, pestilence and famine but originally, pestilence was actually conquest in the Revelations. Someone changed it some time and now everyone forgets about conquest.

I know the Binding of Isaac has that, I just dunno, Conquest sounds too much like War, probably why that was changed.

[Archmage MC]

-double post

[RoflsMazoy]

Archmage MC said
Sloth or Pride are probably the two nastiest sins, especially since they're very subtle. Wrath is pretty easy to do. Envy is a werid one that is pretty ambiguous. I'd say Pride, Sloth, or Envy myself. Though Wrath is fun.I know the Binding of Isaac has that, I just dunno, Conquest sounds too much like War, probably why that was changed.

I play the binding of isaac as well and that's how I found out about conquest.

Apparently, in some translations (or something), the first rider was reported as spreading pestilence. In the other translations, it says the first rider went out to conquer. This led to much confusion, but pop-culture likes pestilence more for some reason.

Also, Death is the only one explicitly named in the traditional texts.

There's also theories about the first horseman such as: it's actually Jesus or it's actually the anti-christ.

[Letter Bee]

Archmage MC said
It can all be fixed with a giant alien invasion, much like Justice League.Plus I'd think some heroes have powers that can develop further. Example, Light has a ton of toon tropes she can borrow from and develop powers with, so yeah, there is one example.

That would work; Alto's backstory already has Aliens. That said, though, I think that an Alien Invasion would not be in Potato's plans.

[Yog Sothoth]

Archmage MC said
Sloth or Pride are probably the two nastiest sins, especially since they're very subtle. Wrath is pretty easy to do. Envy is a werid one that is pretty ambiguous. I'd say Pride, Sloth, or Envy myself. Though Wrath is fun.

I came up with powers for the sins. pride is basically a very powerful douche bag who thinks he's better than anyone else. Gluttony would have consuming powers that eat away at things. Sloth would essentially mind f*** things with mental attacks that make it seem like their enemies are on a drug trip and slow them down. Envy would have the power to know about what makes people jealous and play on their emotions and influence them. Wraith would be easy since it would involve fiery powers and a character with anger issues.

[Letter Bee]

Anyway, point of my posts, are that, well, I'm asking Potato to throw me/Mass'/our faction a bone.

[Aura]

Yog Sothoth said
I came up with powers for the sins. pride is basically a very powerful douche bag who thinks he's better than anyone else. Gluttony would have consuming powers that eat away at things. Sloth would essentially mind f*** things with mental attacks that make it seem like their enemies are on a drug trip and slow them down. Envy would have the power to know about what makes people jealous and play on their emotions and influence them. Wraith would be easy since it would involve fiery powers and a character with anger issues.

Sloth and Envy sound fascinating

[RoflsMazoy]

Letter Bee said
That would work; Alto's backstory already has Aliens. That said, though, I think that an Alien Invasion would not be in Potato's plans.

Oh right, I wasn't going to mention yet but my arm thing came from another dimension. And it used up all of it's energy going to this one and there's a bit of other stuff too.

Alternate dimensions usually give a reason for aliens, but this instance might not. I won't say too much because I want to reveal it later, but currently there is still a hole between my arm's dimension and this one, but it's very small. There's also a bit more than that which might give a reason for not aliens. But I also have something that might(?) give another reason for aliens. I don't want to use that though because it sounds pretty bad in my head.

[Archmage MC]

Aura said
Sloth and Envy sound fascinating

Agreed. And if your evre running low on ideas, FMA:Brotherhood is a good anime to take ideas from.

Also, I asked awhile ago, but how strong do you think Light's super strength be?

[Letter Bee]

Cool, I guess, @Rofis!

[Archmage MC]

Wow, did Disney make Gravity Falls? It so doesn't feel like a Disney show. lol