[OOC] Titans Together!

[KriticalKrab]

Bolt is villain so he can kill as much as his heart desires lol Kobby has so far been not very violent

@The Patriarch

I know it's not everyone, i'm glad for that, and while Bolt is a villain he still hasn't done much. From now on I'm going to keep things tighter on the killing.

[The Patriarch]

<Snipped quote by The Patriarch> I know it's not everyone, i'm glad for that, and while Bolt is a villain he still hasn't done much. From now on I'm going to keep things tighter on the killing.

@KriticalKrab

Are you saying that he is killing too much or too little?

[KriticalKrab]

<Snipped quote by KriticalKrab> Are you saying that he is killing too much or too little?

@The Patriarch

Bolt hasn't specifically killed anyone yet, but if you do plan on it try to keep it down. Keep in mind some of your attacks won't work as well as you would hope. For example that time you tried to kill all those civilians and those ships, I let the ships go down and the civilians were still injured or trapped but you didn't kill to many.

[VitaVitaAR]

I'm not sure if the Japanese is right, I'm trying for accuracy since Rei actually is Japanese and frequently insults people in her native language, and it seemed like the right place to use it. If anyone knows I'd like to be corrected if it's wrong. ^^;

[Rin]

@KriticalKrabI think you got the wrong idea there. ^^; Basically, um... Hotblood is supposed to be a kind of traditional hero, as in the "highly against killing sapient beings" kind. It's going to be a bit difficult for her to willingly join the team, honestly.

Bolt is villain so he can kill as much as his heart desires lol

@The Patriarch

...Yeah, this... This kind of thinking is why I'm always highly critical of people playing villain characters, honestly. ^^;

[VitaVitaAR]

@KriticalKrabI think you got the wrong idea there. ^^; Basically, um... Hotblood is supposed to be a kind of traditional hero, as in the "highly against killing sapient beings" kind. It's going to be a bit difficult for her to willingly join the team, honestly. <Snipped quote by The Patriarch> ...Yeah, this... This kind of thinking is why I'm always highly critical of people playing villain characters, honestly. ^^;

@Rin

Have to say I'm a bit concerned about this too. All of it, I mean.

[ReaptheMusic]

Krab, just to clarify, she was moving and allowing her tentacles to do lots of the work for her already, she wasn't stationary :3 but is okay.

[KriticalKrab]

<Snipped quote by Rin> Have to say I'm a bit concerned about this too. All of it, I mean.

@VitaVitaAR

I agree, I know I probably haven't been doing certain things when I should have, like denying certain characters. I know I haven't been to tight, especially with the killing. I don't know how things are going to proceed from here, but I feel like I haven't done a good enough job.

@ReaptheMusic

Oh, er, whoops.

[ReaptheMusic]

Krab, you're doing fine. Don't lose faith in yourself, but maybe just create a stricter regime? Off topic but I'm really glad that I left room for my characters skills to develop. I remember when I first started RPing I just wanted my characters to already be super strong and skilled. But it's no fun if there can't be any growth ^^ If this rp doesn't die, and I feel it won't, I really hope to get the chance to have it so Marilyn can be properly trained and increase her abilities so that she won't tire as quickly. Edit--- Question... This ship wouldn't happen to run on electronically engineered crystals would it?

[ScarlettWaters16]

@KriticalKrab Haha I feel so special that my person was captured by the main alien. xD :3 Thanks, I really did a lot with that.

[Archmage MC]

Oh, hes not expanding the portal, more like conjuring one and moving it, or conjuring one, expanding it a little bit, then closing it and redoing the process again and again. And if you want non lethal you should say. Because from what MC can tell, the aliens are going for lethal, and he can't do lengthy non-lethal ways of getting rid of them if his portals only stay open for a couple seconds at a time. And well, he has no problem going full lethal if they're going full lethal. And honestly every hero should do the same thing, I mean, if the joker keeps getting out and killing more people and they DON'T instantly give him the chair, well.... yeah. I could pull that they're super powered arcane bolts or something... I dunno.

[The Patriarch]

I'm not going to have Bolt kill constantly, but he doesn't care if people die because they're in his way. I do have to voice my concern that our villains are just going to be silly and have no teeth whatsoever, this isn't the sixties people, villains should be able to kill

[VitaVitaAR]

Oh, hes not expanding the portal, more like conjuring one and moving it, or conjuring one, expanding it a little bit, then closing it and redoing the process again and again. And if you want non lethal you should say. Because from what MC can tell, the aliens are going for lethal, and he can't do lengthy non-lethal ways of getting rid of them if his portals only stay open for a couple seconds at a time. And well, he has no problem going full lethal if they're going full lethal. And honestly every hero should do the same thing, I mean, if the joker keeps getting out and killing more people and they DON'T instantly give him the chair, well.... yeah. I could pull that they're super powered arcane bolts or something... I dunno.

@Archmage MC

They're heroes, is the thing. The only way to kill the Joker where he doesn't win is a legal execution or something like it. If non-lethality is an option superheroes are supposed to take it, it's how it works. I usually don't mind heroic characters killing enemies but this is a special case given what kind of characters these are.

I'm not going to have Bolt kill constantly, but he doesn't care if people die because they're in his way. I do have to voice my concern that our villains are just going to be silly and have no teeth whatsoever, this isn't the sixties people, villains should be able to kill

@The Patriarch

There's a difference between villains who are threatening and will kill and villains who just senselessly murder all the time.

[The Patriarch]

<Snipped quote by Archmage MC> They're heroes, is the thing. The only way to kill the Joker where he doesn't win is a legal execution or something like it. If non-lethality is an option superheroes are supposed to take it, it's how it works. I usually don't mind heroic characters killing enemies but this is a special case given what kind of characters these are. <Snipped quote by The Patriarch> There's a difference between villains who are threatening and will kill and villains who just senselessly murder all the time.

@VitaVitaAR

Yep and the most famous villain in comic books is a psychotic killer. The Joker is senseless killer and he's awesome

[Archmage MC]

Well, they're generic alien/demon X so I'm pretty sure lethal doens't matter as much since you can't really put an alien on trial. But just say if you have a problem with it and I can completely redo the post.

[VitaVitaAR]

<Snipped quote by VitaVitaAR> Yep and the most famous villain in comic books is a psychotic killer. The Joker is senseless killer and he's awesome

@The Patriarch

It's not because he's a psychotic killer that he's a good villain. And just trying to mimic the Joker does not a good villain make.

Well, they're generic alien/demon X so I'm pretty sure lethal doens't matter as much since you can't really put an alien on trial. But just say if you have a problem with it and I can completely redo the post.

@Archmage MC

Pretty sure the usual superhero doesn't think it's okay to kill people just because they're not human unless there's no other choice. And given the GM has asked you to change the post uh.

[The Patriarch]

I definitely plan to have Bolt make a grand entrance and insult to the heroes. I am thinking up tons of schemes for him to pull.

[Master Crim]

I've got a couple things to say about this. 1)Wow you're robot was built, destroyed, rebuilt and upgraded real fast. 2)I'd like to know who made him, I refuse to believe it was a random construction worker. 4)You're missing a little something.

@KriticalKrab

Well I was unsure of which of the companies within this DC variant stand with the Titans and which stand against. I would need to know this information before I can give an answer to who made him otherwise I will just have to make up some do-good Robotics Engineering group. As for his unfortunate past I can change that if it is unreasonable for him to created in such short times, though he will not have much depth in his origins that way. It could be however that he was constructed, first, shortly after the disappearance event and was considerably weaker as stated because of it. As they group used him more they gathered information on upgrades that could be made to make him stronger. Never having the time to implement these upgrades could account for his quick upgrade with the "2.0" model. As for the quick repair that could be attributed to the introduction of the Nanites being able to reconstruct and integrate quickly. This is how I see it anyways, but if that doesn't work in your book I can change it. Sorry, forgot the little slogan.

[Rin]

@The PatriarchOkays, let's see... Firstly, The Joker is not a great villain because he's a psychotic killer. He's a great villain because his madcap lunacy is the perfect foil for Batman's gruff, dour seriousness. He's a great villain because he's incredibly versatile, going from a buffoonish character who just wants to hit Batman with a pie in public one day and deciding to torch a bus full of orphans the next. He's a great villain because he has a striking motif and appearance, and was doing the whole "evil clown" thing before it became a fad. He's a great villain because he's capable of matching wits with Batman, and is constantly trying to push him into a situation that makes the Bat admit he's a madman like himself (which... Isn't so far from the truth, since Batman is arguable just as crazy as the villains he fights, just far more functional). A lot of classic Joker stories don't actually hinge on him just murdering people. I mean the Killing Joke has him kill one, maybe two people in a plan that hinges solely around driving Gordon insane and it's generally regarded as one of (if not the) best Joker stories. And a lot of the time even if he is just killing people right and left, there's more to it than just senseless carnage. ...In fact it's very rarely senseless carnage. Either he's trying to make a point, or he's doing it for comedy value (he is a clown, after all). He's the kind of character who you laugh at, but then cringe and wonder if you really should have laughed. And even though he suffers from an immense misaimed fandom (super-sanity, anyone? Makes me roll my eyes anytime someone seriously suggests the concept), he still has little backlash from the superhero fanbase. He wouldn't be so well-regarded if he was just a psychotic murderer who just happens to look like a clown. ...Anyways, the other thing. The villains thing. Um, see, I've been doing this online RP thing for a loooong time. Cut my teeth on Digimon RPs back in the late 90's (yes, I'm an old crone ;_;). And one thing I've noticed is that when people try to make villains, a lot of the time they kind of... Miss the entire point of a villain. It's hard to explain, but... A lot of the time they just end up being kind of one-dimensional. That statement about "he's a villain so he can rampantly murder whenever he wants!" brings up bad memories of characters that were less foils for the heroes and interesting characters in their own right and more... Adolescent power fantasies and misanthropes trying to be as awful as possible without any comeuppance they would recieve in the real world. I mean I'm not saying that's what your character is, it's just that the statement reminds of so many awful villain characters I've encountered over the years. Half of them wouldn't look out of place in a 90's Image comic (or its spiritual successor, the New 52). I've just grown pretty jaded towards player-controlled villains in RPs, I guess, and not just because a lot of the time they don't really get to do much other than sit on the sidelines waiting for their turn to do villainy to pop up. I dunno, maybe I'm just not as cut-out for superhero RPs as I'd like to be. I think the main problem is that most people seem to want to focus on grim 'n' gritty realism and basically roleplay the Dark Knight trilogy, whilst I want to do things more like the Marvel cinema universe, or the Big Hero 6 film, or... Not going to say like the silver age because that's often too focussed on wackiness without actually telling a coherent story, but... I guess more emphasis on fantastical elements, as well as making the heroes act like, well, heroes. I dunno, I feel like I'm babbling here and I really should get off my soapbox, but yeah.

[Asura]

You know what isn't dark, gritty or brings up ethical concerns upon its death of the heros?