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Okay, I don't want to half-ass this, so I'm going to ask a series of questions.
1. If a normal-looking Inhuman woman, for example, marries a normal man, is there a possibility that their child is born as a monstrous inhuman? I know there are genetic 'castes' among the inhumans and I wasn't sure if monstrous deformities could come from the offspring of 'purer' lineages.
2. Conversely, if a very tolerant, very body-positive man marries a 'lower' caste inhuman woman with monstrous deformities, then I assume their child will likely have monstrous deformities too. Would the child's deformities have to match the mothers?
3. I assume that in the age where the majority of the population has superpowers, mutants and inhumans are no longer shunned, and are welcome in broader society. Is this true?
4. Since Terrigen Mist can have such an irreversible effect on Inhumans (and depowered mutants, apparently), and there are a lot of inhumans and mutants mingling in the world population (assuming question 3 is true), then Terrigen Mist would be a highly controlled substance right? I ask this because I don't want to have a cop-out origin story where my character has a random 'whoops! exposure to Terrigen Mist!' moment, and bam! suddenly has deformities and powers.
With the answers to most of these questions, I can hopefully massage the character's origin/history into something that is acceptable.
I'm not as familiar with Inhumans as I am with mutants, but I'm willing to make changes. I will have to ask a few questions though, does my character have to come from Inhuman society ie. Attilan? Or can he just be someone exposed to Terrigen Mist? Coming from Attilan means it doesn't make sense for him and his parents to have Japanese names, nor for him to be as steeped in pop culture as he currently is. And some mutants ie. The Morlocks, are pretty inhuman-looking.
"How did I get my powers? I bit a radioactive shrimp. What? I have to be the one that gets bitten? Shrimp can't bite!" Face Claim — 박형석(Park Hyung Seok) | Color — FF0000
Name
Ebisugawa "Tai" Taihou
Superhero Alias
Ebiranger
Age
18
Sex
Male
Sexual Orientation
Pansexual/Asexual
Hero Connection
None.
Appearance
Fashion Sense:
Taihou tends to dress very casually when not in uniform, most of the time sporting sweatpants and some t-shirt with a weird design or mascot character. He also wears black rubber claw-gloves with bumps and various attachments for interacting with everyday human objects, lovingly made by his father. Taihou enjoys IP merchandise from his favorite genres and loves displaying said merch whenever given the opportunity. His aesthetic resembles that of a middle school fanboy for all things shounen. The only thing he really lacks is video game merchandise because his hands are not conducive to playing games, so he never really got into them.
Distinguishing Features:
Taihou is somewhat short for his age. He has short, straight, red hair, and guarded, red eyes. Long antennae sprout from the top of his head, while his skin is covered in patches of rust-red chitinous shell. Instead of hands, his arms end in pincers, with his left being larger and bulkier than his right. A large, lobster-like tail protrudes from his lower back.
Personality Traits
Shy and introverted, Taihou is an otaku who likes nerdy, boyish things, like Super Sentai, Ultraman, Godzilla movies, Cantonese Kung Fu movies, and giant mecha anime. He has poor self-awareness and loses himself to excitement when it comes to his hobbies or when doing 'heroic' deeds. This makes him appear to switch between an 'outgoing' side and a 'shrinking violet' side. Growing up in a world where his appearance has been ridiculed as 'monstrous', Taihou has attempted to close himself off from the ostracization by embracing isolation. Yet his spirit continues to burn with fiery heroism. In a field dominated by exemplars of the human form, Taihou seeks to prove that even Saturday morning cartoon monsters can be heroes.
Secret Origin
Taihou was born to parents of Japanese descent living in San Francisco. Though the father, Ebisugawa Saizen was of distant Inhuman descent, life was pretty normal for the small Asian family. Still, Saizen and his wife, Mizuko, kept their eyes peeled for news of terrigen release, as Saizen had learned of his lineage when a cousin had accidentally been exposed and acquired powers. When they caught wind that some terrigen had been released over the ocean somewhere, they temporarily swore off seafood until the proper authorities could confirm that all contamination had been accounted for. Unfortunately, Taihou, who was only ten at the time, went on a field trip with his fifth grade class to the aquarium. And even though his teachers and chaperones had notes to keep him away from seafood, during lunch, a friend of his who didn't like shrimp, traded his meal for Taihou's. The effect of the terrigen-infused shrimp had an immediate effect, and Taihou was rushed to the hospital, where proper medical staff could at least made sure he survived his transformation. In an ironically coincidental twist of fate, Taihou's Inhuman metamorphosis gave him shrimp limbs. The next few years of his life involved rehabilitation as his lack of human hands handicapped him severely, though his family and school tried to be as accomodating as possible.
Because of his unique hands, his mother kept him away from house chores, so his father taught him to participate in handyman hobbies, where his destructive, 'fat fingers' were less of an issue. Through this he was able to develop passable levels of manual dexterity, though he needs to resort to wearing special rubber gloves that provide him with some form of grip in order to deal with various everyday objects.
After the initial shock and the hospital stay, young Taihou thought it was kind of cool, and began to wonder if he could be like Spider-Man someday, after all, Spider-Man's powers just made him more spider-like, while his own transformation made him more shrimp-like, and both creatures were arthropods. Dreams of becoming a hero began to fill his mind, and he hadn't really considered the social stigma that still existed against those who didn't outwardly appear human. Things came to a head during a class in which all the students took turns standing in front of the class and read aloud their essay on what they wanted to be when they grew up. Taihou announced loudly and proudly that he was going to be a hero, like the ones from TV shows and cartoons, like Spider-Man. The other students jeered, calling him Baltan-seijin, and that he would never be a hero. He ran home in tears and binge-watched his favorite shows, realizing the sheer number of clawed, arthropod-like aliens, and that to the rest of the world, he looked just like these monsters. Though his parents tried to encourage him, he closed himself off from his peers, allowing the hurled insults to roll off his shoulder. Over time, with no friends and no after-school activities, Taihou began spending more and more time at home, going to school only for his mandatory studies.
To keep him engaged, his father started encouraging him to try various feats with his quirk, filming him, and posting videos online, resulting in playlists like the "Hydraulic Pinch Channel" and "Shrimp Tail Parkour", in which Taihou pushes the limits on what he can crush with his claws and using his massive tail to aid in ridiculous jumping feats. Online, things that were not socially acceptable found their niche, and behind the barrier of the internet, Taihou was allowed to be himself, reviving his hope in one day pursuing his dream. So he began applying himself so that one day he could apply to the best hero school. He knew that people who looked like him didn't have to monsters or villains.
Family Tree
Father - Ebisugawa Saizen
Mother - Mikawa Mizuko
Inspirations: Spider-Man, The ever-lovin' blue-eyed Thing
Abilities - Inhuman: Pistol Shrimp
Does whatever a pistol shrimp can! Taihou has powerful, crushing claws and a powerful tail that helps him jump high in the air and swim rapidly. He can breathe underwater, plates of red shell pepper his skin, providing some protection, and overall, He has the proportional strength and endurance of a human-sized shrimp. Long antennae sprout from the top of his head, are sensitive to smell and touch, and aid his otherwise clumsy fingers. He also has a secret technique: his left claw is evolved to produce a high-powered 'snap' that shoots forth a destructive sonic bullet. (Think MIB's Noisy Cricket on steroids)
OTHERS
Likes:
Seafood
Nori (seaweed paper)
Pastries
Shounen media
Cats
Aquariums
High-speed trains
Dislikes:
Sour foods
Scavenger birds, like crows, pigeons, and seagulls
Messy behavior
Fears:
Being treated like a monster. Being blocked from becoming a hero based on his appearance.
Hopes:
To become a 'monstrous', 'disfigured' Avenger and break down the stigma against 'ugly' Inhumans.
Heroes:
Ultraman (various)
Red Ranger (various)
Bruce Lee (the one and only)
Hobbies:
Watching his dad make Gunpla
Tokusatsu shows/movies
Giant mecha shows/movies
Being a Youtube content creator
Skills:
Extensive otaku knowledge/hardcore fan of specific shounen genres
Feats of strength
Jumping
Some fix-it, handyman skills (he doesn't need a wrench, after all)
Deficiencies:
Feats of manual dexterity
Socializing
Musical Taste:
JAM Project, and hot-blooded shounen songs in general.
Entertainment Preferences:
Tokusatsu shows, like Ultraman, Super Sentai, and Godzilla movies. Old school Cantonese Kung Fu movies. Old school giant mecha anime. Youtube videos.
Themes:
Physical Drawbacks:
Of particular note is Taihou's extreme lack of manual dexterity, as he has pincers instead of hands. He has special gloves and other handicap equipment for dealing with everyday objects like doorknobs, eating utensils, computer keyboards, and his cell phone. He has to use spoons and forks like a barbarian instead of the more culturally refined chopsticks that his parents eat with.
Eating Habits:
Taihou was taught from a young age that heroes were not picky about their food and always ate their vegetables so they could grow up to be strong, so Taihou has always had a fairly healthy and nutritious diet. He isn't a health nut, and does like his occasional snack or junk food, but he never loses self-control, or let his cravings consume him. His one weakness is sour foods, while he is fine with a dash of vinegar or lemon and lime added for flavor, excessively sour foods is not something he can handle. Seafood of any sort is his favorite.
Hygiene Habits:
Taihou was taught from a young age that heroes required self-discipline. Due to his clumsy fingers, acts of personal hygiene, like tooth brushing and applying soap when washing, were difficult. But his parents taught him to push through and overcome the difficulty in order to develop self-discipline. So Taihou now has very regimented self-care routines. He's not afraid of getting dirty, because he knows he'll clean himself up, but messy behavior, like dropping crumbs on the floor, is one of his pet peeves.
As Talia approached, the sisters didn't know how to answer, Sylvia was being quiet and reticent, while Vivian gesticulated in a flustered manner before settling on, "H-he wanted to help and took one of the hand shovels to dig, and umm...he cut a poor earthworm in half. You can imagine his remorse and disgust, right?" Vivian nudged Sylvia for an affirmation.
"Uh...oh yes, it was very upsetting," Sylvia added, "But that's just the nature of working with...well, Nature. We'll talk to him later to make sure he's okay." Meanwhile, the sisters continued to migrate the herbs in their pot to the small fenced-in yard.
By the time they finished, it had gotten dark, and as the sisters headed in, they noticed a crowd gathering outside the repaired hole. "It kinda sticks out like a sore thumb, doesn't it?" Vivian stated, rather callously.
"Don't be like that Vivian!" Sylvia chided, "Repairing is very difficult. Imagine if you baked a cake and someone took a chunk out of it. You can't just patch it up with dough, nor can you bake a portion of cake to fit the missing piece perfectly, now can you?"
"I suppose you have a poi...Oh! Who's this?" Vivian began, but her attention was drawn immediately to Ada.
"You okay?" Din asked Euden with a wink, before turning her attention back to the fishmen that continued to crawl ashore on the island. Seeing Linkle and Geralt deal with what appeared to be the fishmen's boss, Din felt it would be better for her to make sure they weren't distracted by dealing with the other pelagics. Swinging her Rod of Seasons, Din froze several patches of the lake surface. The she unfurled her wings and unleashed a gale towards the island, the breeze flowing over the platforms of ice she had created. She hoped to either cool the lake surface enough that the patches of ice would grow and cover the whole lake, preventing any more pelagics from surfacing, or else cause the platforms to crash together, creating waters that were too cold and too difficult to navigate, mincing any pelagics that dared to try. Seeing Din return, Gogoat came to her side and continued to fight off any pelagics that approached. Not only did it seem that puncturing attacks seemed to work well against he scales of these fish creatures, but grass was also naturally effective against water-based beings.
"Are...are you from...Varjo?" Vivian asked with shock and suspicion in her voice, "...no...because if I think it is, then it's not it...? AAGGHH!" She ran her hands through her long, pink hair in frustration.
"...O-other worlds?" Sylvia repeated. "You mean...like the realm of the gods?" Sylvia considered the possibility that Neil was an angel, but like monsters, male angels were incredibly rare, if not entirely non-existent. Then again, this guild did seem to have a propensity for attracting male monsters. And if Talia was hearing music from Neil's room without evidence of an instrument, it might be heavenly, angelic music. But the more Sylvia dwelt on the idea that Neil was an angel, and imagined him in shining armor wreathed in light, the more her thoughts deviated from the question at hand, to the point that she grabbed her face in a fluster and had to be shaken out of it by a nudge from Vivian.
"Sorry, my knowledge is mostly baking, and Sylvia's is mostly medicine," Sylvia apologized, though she looked at Neil with skepticism. "You're not...keeping any of that 'Huwana' stuff, are you?"
Vivian welcomed Neil's aid, and wondered why Talia suggested that Neil rest; after all, he had just come back from an aborted quest so he really shouldn't be tired. Vivian was starting to guess that Talia might be interested in Neil as well, and not just because of music from his room.
After a morning of work, the sisters were exhausted. Sylvia was idly pulling herbs that were occupying her pot and replanting them in the ground. The sisters listened to Neil talk. He mentioned 'back home' and that there weren't any monsters where he was from. he also 'thanked God' at the end, making the sisters wonder if he came from some human city that adhered very strongly to the Church, raising some alarms. Ultimately, it was Vivian who had the courage to ask, "Where exactly are you from?"
Din watched in awe from the shore as Euden transformed into a massive dragon. Fortunately, she had chosen to continue casting spells from the shore, and was not affected by the gust that the dragon created. But when the dragon dematerialized, and the young boy began to fall, Linkle called out, spurring Din to action. From the shore, Din shot into the air with a powerful flap of her wings and dove like a bullet towards the falling Euden, only to open her wings and begin decelerating so that she would not impact with Euden with too much force. However, she hadn't thought this move through entirely: since her wings were attached to her arms, she couldn't hold him and fly at the same time. She did the first thing that crossed her mind in such a tense situation. As a dancer and acrobatic, her legs were strong enough hold up her own body weight or to cradle others if necessary. So she wrapped her legs around Euden's waist while her arms continued to flap, though the added weight essentially forced her to slowly descend to the floating house. Looking at the blond prince closely for the first time, she couldn't help but notice his innocent but determined face, and the fact that they were engaged in a rather compromising embrace made Din turn away, blushing in embarrassment. It also didn't help that Geralt was right there, causing a flurry of conflicting feelings.
Din eventually touched down and disengaged from Euden. Gogoat, still on the far shore, decided that it needed to reunite with its master, and leaped onto the bridge leading towards the island, using Horn Leech on any pelagics that stood in its way.
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