[OOC] R.A.T.S. - Rapid Assault Tactical Squad - 1 Slot Open

[knighthawk]

You know,Brick has never once seen these girls. He was protecting the hostages, then there was the smoke grenade, then he went to the garage instead of the hall and caught up after they were on the roof.

[Behemoth542]

Also, I got lost in the XP counting. How much does Sigma have post level up?

[knighthawk]

I love smut. That said here were 3 articles of practical superheroine designs.

[Genni]

Also, I got lost in the XP counting. How much does Sigma have post level up?

@Behemoth542

Here's the current XP list going into the final round:

@rush99999 Rocksmith 118
@SimplyJohn Bumblebee 139
@Eklispe Flare 135
@knighthawk Brick 157
@GodOfWar Heretic 125
@Behemoth542 Sigma 127
@General Scales Psy-Warp 50
@KabenSaal Deimos 50
@Shadowman215 Void 50

Since Psy-Warp, Deimos and Void are all starting on level 2 they automatically get the 50 XP required for that level, based on the training they've been doing back at base while the rest of the party were actually working. :p

[Genni]

articles of practical superheroine designs.

@knighthawk

Celeste Pille - I don't like most of these, they all just scream the worst aspects of 'feminism' where a few body conscious extremists complain about any form of femininity or sexuality being portrayed without giving any regards to the character's own appearance or requirements. The fact that several of the designs are rip-offs of costumes the characters have worn in various media rather than actually being creative is a big bad for me too.

With Jen she wears the swimming costume because her body grows in the same way as Bruce's when she hulks out, so covering her legs with the redesigned costume would not only be worthless when it gets torn away moments later, but might actually get in She-Hulk's way when fighting.

As for Jessie's costume, all they've redesigned about it is the headwear. Apart from that they've given her breast reduction surgery and made her eat a couple of dozen cream cakes to pack on the pounds. Changing a character's figure does not count as a costume redesign.

Michael Lee Lunsford - These ones I like. The only one I'd have a problem with would be Supergirl's pencil skirt, since from experience I can tell you that tight, knee-length skirts are a nightmare to run in, and if she's expected to be able to fight while wearing one she may as well tie her knees together.

Lord Ingvard - There ones I love, and I may have to steal pay homage to them when it comes to creating some character of my own. Not are they fully functional, but they all work really well for the characters too. My only gripe would be Vampirella carrying a crossbow, which would be a little pointless given her powers, but a girl's gotta accessorise, right?

Having actually worked with comic book artists I can tell you exactly why female characters are drawn with such skin-tight clothing. Because it's simple to draw. When you have to draw the same character over and over having a basic, no frills costume where only the colourist has to worry about getting the palette correct is far easier than a costume with hundreds of details to remember each time from every angle.

Female character are given larger breasts because at a distance you need their curves to be noticeable and giving them a flat chest and smooth hips gives them a silhouette indistinguishable from a male's, which can make action scenes and group shots more difficult to lay out.

[rush99999]

Having actually worked with comic book artists I can tell you exactly why female characters are drawn with such skin-tight clothing.

@Genni

You've actually worked with comic artists? What is your job exactly?

[rush99999]

We're waiting on you now, @GodOfWar.

[Genni]

You've actually worked with comic artists? What is your job exactly?

@rush99999

At the moment I'm a freelance events planner, but a few years ago I was a comic book script editor.

[rush99999]

Say. If 1 of the gungirls is from Latveria, does that mean that this RP is set in the marvel universe?

[knighthawk]

Did anyone check the room the girls bursted out of?

[Genni]

Say. If 1 of the gungirls is from Latveria, does that mean that this RP is set in the marvel universe?

@rush99999

I'd says it's set in A Marvel Unverse, but not the mainstream one (616) or the MCU (199999.)

If pushed I'd say we're on Earth-6924, where Professor Erskine never experimented on the spear soldier serum, Red Skull never discovered the Tesseract/Cosmic Cube and Howard Stark never developed Arc Reactor technology by studying it. The dimensional space also interacts with the DC multiverse, but billionaire Thomas Wayne managed to fight off a mugger in Crime Alley and led Gotham into a brighter, more prosperous future, the Kryptonian High Council listened to Jor-El's warning and took action to save their planet and Hippolyta managed to keep her legs together after fighting Zeus to a standstill.

Did anyone check the room the girls bursted out of?

@knighthawk

Nope.

[KabenSaal]

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I'd says it's set in A Marvel Unverse, but not the mainstream one (616) or the MCU (199999.)

If pushed I'd say we're on Earth-6924, where Professor Erskine never experimented on the spear soldier serum, Red Skull never discovered the Tesseract/Cosmic Cube and Howard Stark never developed Arc Reactor technology by studying it. The dimensional space also interacts with the DC multiverse, but billionaire Thomas Wayne managed to fight off a mugger in Crime Alley and led Gotham into a brighter, more prosperous future, the Kryptonian High Council listened to Jor-El's warning and took action to save their planet and Hippolyta managed to keep her legs together after fighting Zeus to a standstill.

@Genni

So, basically Marvel without the fun things.

[rush99999]

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So, basically Marvel without the fun things.

@KabenSaal

I think you'll it's actually Marvel/DC but with most of the cannon Marvel/DC characters changed or removed altogether.

[knighthawk]

An interesting point to ponder: how familiar ar we with other meta's? So ar we've been knocking it around old hat like hellboy, but I'm wondering if our group is the exception or the rule? Also I'm wondering if any of our characters want to have a past with each other? Did any of us who are employed take down an indentured and bring them in to be part of this system?

[KabenSaal]

Does Hellboy even exist? Or did they just, not find him/open the portal/whateverthatguy'soriginstoryis.

[GodOfWar]

An interesting point to ponder: how familiar ar we with other meta's? So ar we've been knocking it around old hat like hellboy, butI'm wondering if our group is the exception or the rule? AlsoI'mwonderingif any of our characterswant to have a past with each other? Did any of us who are employed take down an indentured and ring them in to be part of this system?

@knighthawk

Does Hellboy even exist? Or did they just, not find him/open the portal/whateverthatguy'soriginstoryis.

@KabenSaal

If we are ringing our character's pasts together with other personales, and this world is based in the marvel/DC universe. Then I got dibs on hellboy being somewhere in Heretic's origin story. o3o

[General Scales]

Could be an interesting to figure out how the different characters would have an interaction with the world.

[Shadowman215]

If anyone wants a past with me just PM me so we can discuss them details tho <3

[rush99999]

@Genni

We're ready for the next turn.

[Genni]

@rush99999 Sorry for the delay, s wedding for this weekend dropped into my la with very little notice so it's been a mad couple of days.