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Absolute Comics: A Brave New World

Sail on, Sep.

New Feature Suggestion: Option to hide status bar

I doubt I'm the only one that thinks this is a good design feature at this point.

@HeySeuss

I don’t particularly agree that this is a good design feature. In terms of modern standards of message boards, the status bar existing to promote community and communication on the right-hand side of the website is pretty much a good feature. The problem lies in not the utility of the status bar nor its existence but rather the people who choose to abuse it to harass others or spam the page. I understand that the issue with the abuse of the system is a relevant concern, of course, but the fact that people want to hide the status bar is a big issue that the moderation staff might have to address sooner rather than later.

𝐀𝐁𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄

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^{“Don't talk rot,}
_{You're a hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a target feels?”}

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Name

Xaara Tryansa Ibbdinton

Age

Twenty-Nine

Appearance

Xaara is unassuming, standing at a height on the lower end of the interstellar average for her ethnicity and gender; a fact that has been often utilized to her benefit in busy crowds when tracking down contracts and escaping from various individuals. When considering her attire, Xaara prefers wearing simplistic synthetic fibers that are the norm among the lower income brackets though one thing that seems to be a recurring preference is a jacket derived of ballistic fibers and design to not only keep her warm but also protected by conventional weapons. Xaara’s hair is drawn roughly and at mid-length with her bangs held by unremarkable clips to keep them uniform and as a form to not obstruct her vision. Her hair, which was once blonde, has for several years of her life been dyed into a pale teal color. Her eyes, cerulean, appear reminiscent of her personality—cold, icy, and unforgiving.

Traits

Background

Xaara was supposedly born in 2421 CE on the colonial principality of Ganymede.

The authenticity of Xaara’s identity is in dubious waters at best, as evidenced by investigations into her legitimacy as a professional bounty hunter from various rivals over the last decade. Whilst there is documentation that appears to shut down any suggestion she is not who she says she is, there is also issues in confirming it. As per her dossier, Xaara has no living relatives, mentors, or childhood friends due to the pacification of their lives on Ganymede twelve-to-fourteen cycles ago. Some people suggest this coincidence is too convenient to be valid. Xaara’s personal preference to talk as little about her past as possible makes the issue quite difficult to prove or disprove.

The events between her past and becoming a founding member of Absolute Magnitude are many—and likely seen as well-respected accomplishments for a woman of her relatively youthful age.

Personality

Analytical
Blunt
Introverted
Sarcastic
Stoic

Strengths

Dexterous: Xaara realizes she needs to be quick to survive in tense situations despite her incessant need to be completely prepared for a scenario. She isn’t tall or strong so she has had to adapt to be quick and clever instead.

Piloting: For many years, Xaara had to operate independently in her career as a bounty hunter and freelance pilot. She doesn’t boast any victories over pirates, smugglers, or renegade militants but the records that can be unraveled attached to her dossier shows that she has more than credentials to graduate from flight school.

Sniper: Perhaps Xaara’s biggest asset is her ability to strike from a distance—with a high precision energy rifle outfitted with a multi-functional scope. Even beyond her capability as a fighter pilot is her talents as a long-range sharpshooter, a reality that has ended the careers of various criminals throughout the interstellar territories.

Trained Combatant: Xaara appears relatively competent in terms of close quarters combat. A fact that encompasses archaic studies like swordplay but also the martial arts. Whether Xaara’s understanding of either forms come from could be anybody’s guess as she has made it abundantly clear that like her background she has no interest in sharing the facts of their origin.

Weaknesses

Perfectionist: Xaara is finicky, almost to the point of madness—a fact that is abundantly clear in her methodology and belief that if you have to do something that you should do it correctly. This obsession with the details and preparations for things is a double-edged sword that has led her to argue incessantly on multiple occasions. For men and women of action, this trait can seem impossible to work with.

Reclusive: Even amongst those close to her, Xaara remains a constant curiosity. This is, in part, due to her tendency to be reclusive and guarded about her past and experiences. This particular predisposition makes her seen as difficult and puzzling; a reality that has led to an amount of distrust between her partners and contacts. It brings the question—is she just antisocial or is she hiding something?

Short: As aforementioned, Xaara is not particularly tall or imposing. She holds a somewhat athletic build due to her line of work, but this does not mean she can last any amount of time in a brawl without using her size and intelligence to her advantage. As such Xaara can count the volume of scenarios where a situation ended with her being pinned against a wall by her throat or thrown across a room.

Socially Inept: As skilled as Xaara is with a rifle and blade, she is often limited in the profession when working alone due to the fact that she is socially inept; so much so that she cannot comprehend why people are angry when she gives a blunt, matter-of-fact response that seems to have an absence of empathy or relatability. It is this reason that she’s a notoriously bad investigator when she doesn’t have a trail to follow from a potential target or a partner that can handle the social aspect of gathering information.

𝐀𝐁𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄

Made Xaara's CS look like Poole's.

Absolute Comics: A Brave New World

Just so you know, Green Grenade has been too busy lately and his inactivity might not make the most productive point. But if I pick up Batman in his absence (a thought I've been considering), I'm sure to be willing to work with you on that front.

In the meantime, I have to figure out a Jason Todd arc since the current one is on ice. Sadness.

𝐀𝐁𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄

Yeah, it’s been a good hot minute. Miss you and your obsession with indenting everything.

Absolute Comics: A Brave New World

Is there a posting requirement?

@Sodomite

There was a posting requirement, but as you can tell a few of us had some actively blurbs and Wraith hasn't enforced it all too much. I've been meaning to get a new Space Ghost post up and figure out what we're doing with the Batman arc since GreenGrenade is really busy as of late. Anyway, initially Wraith had a "once every two weeks" expectation.

𝐀𝐁𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄

I am also bored of TOR starfighter ops, but I still like piloting tropes.

But yes, the hardest part was getting a visual aid I liked—Sinon just happened to beat over other choices I was mulling over. Honestly, if Saber had any attire out-of-armor that wasn’t absolute garbage (or in spats) I would’ve picked her. But Sinon lets me play with the sniper angle as well as have some fun with the tropes I’ve come up with.

𝐀𝐁𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄

Xaara

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^{“Don't talk rot,}
_{You're a hunter, not a philosopher. Who cares how a target feels?”}

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Name

Xaara

Age

Twenty-Eight

Appearance

Xaara is unassuming, standing at a height on the lower end of the interstellar average for her ethnicity and gender; a fact that has been often utilized to her benefit in busy crowds when tracking down contracts and escaping from various individuals. When considering her attire, Xaara prefers wearing simplistic synthetic fibers that are the norm among the lower income brackets though one thing that seems to be a recurring preference is a jacket derived of ballistic fibers and design to not only keep her warm but also protected by conventional weapons. Xaara’s hair is drawn roughly and at mid-length with her bangs held by unremarkable clips to keep them uniform and as a form to not obstruct her vision. Her hair, which was once blonde, has for several years of her life been dyed into a pale teal color. Her eyes, cerulean, appear reminiscent of her personality—cold, icy, and unforgiving.

Traits

Background

Xaara was supposedly born in 2422 CE on the asteroid principality of Ceres.

The authenticity of Xaara’s identity is in dubious waters at best, as evidenced by investigations into her legitimacy as a professional bounty hunter from various rivals over the last decade. Whilst there is documentation that appears to shut down any suggestion she is not who she says she is, there is also issues in confirming it. As per her dossier, Xaara has no living relatives, mentors, or childhood friends due to the pacification of their lives on Ceres twelve-to-thirteen cycles ago. Some people suggest this coincidence is too convenient to be valid. Xaara’s personal preference to talk as little about her past as possible makes the issue quite difficult to prove or disprove.

The events between her past and becoming a founding member of Absolute Magnitude are many—and likely seen as well-respected accomplishments for a woman of her relatively youthful age.

Personality

Analytical
Blunt
Introverted
Sarcastic
Stoic

Strengths

Dexterous: Xaara realizes she needs to be quick to survive in tense situations despite her incessant need to be completely prepared for a scenario. She isn’t tall or strong so she has had to adapt to be quick and clever instead.

Piloting: For many years, Xaara had to operate independently in her career as a bounty hunter and freelance pilot. She doesn’t boast any victories over pirates, smugglers, or renegade militants but the records that can be unraveled attached to her dossier shows that she has more than credentials to graduate from flight school.

Sniper: Perhaps Xaara’s biggest asset is her ability to strike from a distance—with a high precision energy rifle outfitted with a multi-functional scope. Even beyond her capability as a fighter pilot is her talents as a long-range sharpshooter, a reality that has ended the careers of various criminals throughout the interstellar territories.

Trained Combatant: Xaara appears relatively competent in terms of close quarters combat. A fact that encompasses archaic studies like swordplay but also the martial arts. Whether Xaara’s understanding of either forms come from could be anybody’s guess as she has made it abundantly clear that like her background she has no interest in sharing the facts of their origin.

Weaknesses

Perfectionist: Xaara is finicky, almost to the point of madness—a fact that is abundantly clear in her methodology and belief that if you have to do something that you should do it correctly. This obsession with the details and preparations for things is a double-edged sword that has led her to argue incessantly on multiple occasions. For men and women of action, this trait can seem impossible to work with.

Reclusive: Even amongst those close to her, Xaara remains a constant curiosity. This is, in part, due to her tendency to be reclusive and guarded about her past and experiences. This particular predisposition makes her seen as difficult and puzzling; a reality that has led to an amount of distrust between her partners and contacts. It brings the question—is she just antisocial or is she hiding something?

Short: As aforementioned, Xaara is not particularly tall or imposing. She holds a somewhat athletic build due to her line of work, but this does not mean she can last any amount of time in a brawl without using her size and intelligence to her advantage. As such Xaara can count the volume of scenarios where a situation ended with her being pinned against a wall by her throat or thrown across a room.

Socially Inept: As skilled as Xaara is with a rifle and blade, she is often limited in the profession when working alone due to the fact that she is socially inept; so much so that she cannot comprehend why people are angry when she gives a blunt, matter-of-fact response that seems to have an absence of empathy or relatability. It is this reason that she’s a notoriously bad investigator when she doesn’t have a trail to follow from a potential target or a partner that can handle the social aspect of gathering information.

𝐀𝐁𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐔𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐆𝐍𝐈𝐓𝐔𝐃𝐄

Yeah, it'll be a bit. But recharging and throwing my hat here.