mickilennial

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I leave for a few hours to see the new Indiana Jones and you guys had this happen. Like ???

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You're reading "delinquent" into it.

@Hound55

Metahuman Concentration Camp Attendee isn't much better. 😂

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But it's the governments making the decision on whether an individual requires that rehabilitation/education rather than a voluntary thing, the governments and public opinion would be deciding if they're delinquents or not, which would mean that most of the characters who felt pressured into joining PRCU would probably end up in a similarly pressured situation (or just enforced enrollment) with this one, wouldn't they? Or have I missed something?

@Nemaisare

Perhaps. It's hard to say until we see the exact terms of the proposed setting in a OOC.

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For my own two cents, I think "an institution for the rehabilitation of superpowered youths" sounds remarkably similar to "an institution for the education of superpowered youths", it's probably less a matter of how similar we make things and more a matter of still mourning the death of a well-liked premise and character-driven plots.

@Nemaisare

The thing is characters like Lakisha, Haleigh, etc. aren't delinquents. I think that's the sticking point.

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The perfect solution is to not have this problem in the first place

@Roman

Yep.

Honestly, I'm not convinced Lakisha will 1:1 fit Ju-V without massive rewrites and honestly she'd be a completely different person which isn't too enthralling for me personally. I might have to go with a new concept if I like the proposed OOC well enough. I know Kuro feels the same with Haleigh. Good luck, either way.

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It seems that a good amount of people are still into the conceit of “superhero academy”. I don’t think anyone is expecting any interpretation of that core idea to be PRCU but with the serial numbers filed off.

My disagreements/issues/etc with Wraith aside, I do somewhat understand the inclination to not be pleased if people decided to do a wholesale spiritual successor. If I shut down Pariah Online and the core of my players decided they still wanted to play those characters in a “trapped in a video game MMORPG” role-play I would be very much in my feelings about it. I get that those who are close don’t want to incite any annoyances, especially with their close friends.

That said, Kuro and others who have come to the conclusion that “well he doesn’t own the general idea”. Of course not. Don’t think Wraith or anybody else said he did. This is more about keeping a general group together than the ability to adapt all of those same characters to another setting. As someone who was briefly involved with PRCU, I’m not going to lie and say I wouldn’t like to play Lakisha alongside the others in a similar structured idea. ‘Superhero Academy’ on its own can be adapted and interpreted in so many different ways, after all. Anybody who would choose to adapt that general idea would have different influences, tone, themes, etc. going through their own personal interpretation. People spent a lot of time, invested a lot of energy, etc. into their characters. It’s no surprise they want something a little in the same vein.

Suppose in many respects it's a complicated situation. What is the perfect solution? IDK if there is one.

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...just, I have a family. Please don't do that to me.

@Hound55

I'll think about it. I am not known for sensible decisions or... mercy.

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