#and his powerset is amazing

[wanderingmind867]

It's still stunning how overpowered superman was in the 60s. I don't mind, because I actually kind of like the powers. It's more interesting to have cool power fantasy escapism, rather than boring edgy stories of noir darkness (superman will always be cooler than batman in this regard). But yeah. Superman only had two big weaknesses: Kryptonite and Magic. And he could do so much stuff. He could time travel by spinning around the globe. He has a photographic memory. He has heat vision, x-ray vision and he's completely bulletproof. And this is just stuff i've seen in the first 10 JLA comics. I like his large powerset, honestly.

[parallelcrying]

There is is just so much here that connects dots in my head I didn’t know I had.

Sylvester Ashling Power Analysis/Speculation

Sylvie has been on the mind for a while, so here's my interpretation of how his epithet works (with evidence where I can find it)

Sleep Dust

Sylvie's sleep dust exists as a thin coat on him at all times

Evidence: "[Wonder how] your jacket is white with all this... weird orange dandruff?" (Prison of Plastic - CAST LIVESTREAM! [PART 2])

This coat is loose enough that any movement is enough to dislodge it

Evidence: Molly bumping into Sylvie (EP1 - Quiet in the Museum!)

Sylvie can release the sleep dust at will, but the speed changes depending on how spread out it is (Smaller = Faster). The largest range he can release it is at least the size of a museum room.

Evidence: Putting Indus to sleep (EP2 - Bear Trap)/Using Sleep Dust on Molly + Giovanni (EP2 - Bear Trap)

Once the sleep dust leaves Sylvie's body, it doesn't last long

Evidence: The sleep dust disappears completely after Giovanni blows it away instead of falling back down (EP2 - Bear Trap)

The sleep dust is able to put a person to sleep for several hours. However, you can still wake up from it the same way you would as if you fell asleep normally

Evidence: Molly falling asleep for at least 4 1/2 hours (EP1 - Quiet in the Museum!)/Mera waking up Indus (EP3 - The Doctor is In)

Sylvie likely has an immunity to his own sleep dust

Counting Sheep

Counting Sheep trades Sylvie's sleep dust's potency for mobility

Evidence: Molly only becomes sleepy for a few moments when a Counting Sheep hits her, rather than falling asleep for hours like before

Sylvie can summon at least 27 sheep at once

Evidence: 27 sheep onscreen for like one frame (EP2 - Bear Trap)

Nightmare Fuel

Nightmare Fuel requires the target to have a certain amount of drowsiness before it can be activated, but nightmares can still be summoned without the target being asleep

Nightmare Fuel summons a past nightmare the target has had, usually their worst one

Evidence: "That fire he summoned was from my nightmares" (EP3 - The Doctor is In)

Sylvie doesn't need to know what a person's nightmare is to summon it

Evidence: "Pyrophobia, huh?" (EP2 - Bear Trap)/Being confused when Mera's nightmare is already reality (EP4 - Reflection)

Sylvie uses his yo-yo to activate Nightmare Fuel

Evidence: An orange light travel along the string of the yo-yo whenever he activates Nightmare Fuel (EP2 - Bear Trap/EP4 - Reflection)

Sylvie can manipulate any Nightmare Fuel he summons

Evidence: "I'll keep that fire where it is" implies he can control where the fire moves (EP2 - Bear Trap)

Nightmare Fuel can be used based on any nightmare a person has ever had in their life

Evidence: Nightmare Fuel has summoned more things than the target's worst fear (Bear statues coming to life/Duck/Blue fire)

Dream Big

If Sylvie were to use Nightmare Fuel on himself, "he will be paralyzed and his heart and thoughts will race in anxiety until the spell gets dispelled"

Evidence: Majin Ask (Thank you to gayfrogstheremix for providing me the source)

Sylvie can bring dreams to life. This includes himself, but potentially also includes anyone else who is asleep

Evidence: "Can lull targets to sleep and bring their dreams to life" (Sylvie Bio)/"Sylvie can use his powers to examine his patients’ dreams up close and personal." (Epithet Erased Website)

Sylvie had to train himself to lucid dream Beefton, although he is still unable to control him completely

Evidence: "I think Sylvie had to do training, to like, specifically kind of lucid dream a Beefton into existence" (Epithet Erased QnA Stream Part 5)

Beefton was first created when Sylvie was 11

Evidence: Beefton is 4 years old (Beefton PoP Infocard)

Sylvie could bring any of his dreams to life through Wild Dream but chooses not to

Evidence: "He could probably Wild Dream about whatever he wanted, but it might not be helpful, it might be destructive." (Epithet Erased QnA Stream Part 5)

Sylvie likely uses Dream Big in his day-to-day life, even outside of battle

Evidence: Beefton's interests include "Doing Sylvie's homework after Sylvie falls asleep" (Beefton PoP Infocard)

Sylvie could theoretically use Dream Big to use another epithet, but he would have to train to do so

Evidence: "Could Sylvie like fall asleep and then dream of having a different epithet?"/"Yeah?"/"He could. It'd take a while." (Epithet Erased QnA Stream Part 5)

Miscellaneous

Sylvie can likely drop asleep at will. He may also enter the REM stage of sleep (when you have the most vivid dreams) extremely quickly

Evidence: He can dream Beefton only a few seconds after falling asleep when it usually takes ~90 minutes to enter REM sleep

All of Sylvie's summons are made of his sleep dust

Evidence: Counting Sheep explode into Sleep Dust (EP2 - Bear Trap)/Mera's Duck + Beefton is the same color as the Sleep Dust

All of Sylvie's (personal) summons have some form of sentience

Evidence: Counting Sheep have the ability to distinguish themselves from each other ("The pompadour sheep thinks it's the leader of the flock" (Sylvie Trivia 2))/Beefton has a personality and memories separate from Sylvie ("Beefton did all that!?" (EP3 - The Doctor is In))

The 'realness' of a Nightmare Fuel/Dream Big may depend on how asleep the target is

Evidence: Molly's fire leaves no trace behind (EP2 - Bear Trap) but Beefton's damage remains (EP3 - The Doctor is In)

Sylvie will most likely reach tier 2 in a decade or so

Evidence: "Sylvie's stats are currently in the high-stars, but if he continues on his current trajectory then it's very likely he'll reach the Orbit tier in Proficiency by the time he's in his late 20s to early 30s." (Star Mechanics Explanation)

[catgirl-catboy]

Luffy and Zoro are fucking smart, and the only reason a lot of people seem to think otherwise is because of a narrow view of what intelligence seems like.

Luffy:

Always thinking about how to use his Devil Fruit in creative ways

Understands political matters (speech to Vivi in Alabasta)

Most emotionally intelligent character in the series.

Amazing at recruiting new crewmates

Powerset requires great spacial intelligence.

Lowkey makes a lot of good tactical decisions.

Zoro:

Taught himself basic Haki in Alabasta. He hasn't even heard of Haki at this point.

Knows quite a lot about pirates and bounty hunters

Very good with numbers, even in flashbacks! Capable of remembering exactly how many duels he has lost.

Capable of thinking on his feet. (First two examples that come to mind are him testing Nami's character in Arlong Park and him moving the cage in Orangetown.)

A pun master

[moltensmusings]

Tangent time for Juvia and Gr()via in fairy tail. It will be negative about the ship so if you like that ship I'd scroll on!

I know I've spoken on it before, but being reminded of just how much or Juvia's existence centered around Gray is so annoying. It's clearly her powerset was the main reason Mashima wanted to keep her around. Visually she's distinct from other female characters with her styling meaning that we don't see her fall into the traps of her fashion becoming less and less unique as time goes on.

She has a lonely backstory which results in this desperation to be loved and seen leading to her latching onto Gray when he's the first person who seems to do that. In a story where the author cared about writing complexity this would likely lead to an arc where the character unpacks their obsession and grows. But unfortunately this is a shounen manga where most of the women are often reduced to who they love meaning that Juvia is not allowed to move beyond the gimmick of her being a crazy obsessive girl who ultimately does get with Gray despite his clear dislike of that obsession because Mashima decided it would happen.

This, in turn, means that the consistent theme of Gray having his boundaries bulldozed by various side characters never gets to be taken seriously and Gray himself suffers as a character for it.

It would've been amazing to see Juvia grow out of her obsession and befriend Gray. I would've adored Gray getting the chance to make friends with Juvia like he did with Lucy without this hanging threat of it getting weird and him getting uncomfortable.

Beyond just female characters being based around romance in shounen, it's a common theme that almost no important character is allowed to end up single, or without some sort of implied romance for them. Look at any big name shoune series and it's ending and you'll see the trend that everyone has to end up in a heterosexual marriage or romance at the very least because heaven forbid anyone be content in being single or, even worse, queer. I think honestly I get more agitated about this the older I get because out of everyone in Fairy tail, Gray is the one Character who always seemed thrust into romantic situations more than being in them because he was a willing participant.

Now I know happy single gray and Juvia getting a proper friendship arc with members of the guild is wishful thinking, but at the very least I wish we could've seen Juvia move outside of her overbearing obsession. If nothing else a focus on her friendship with Lucy and maybe even erza would've been amazing.

[phoenixcatch7]

Finding out Tom Holland did ballet and gymnastics and how it affected how he could act as spiderman was an absolute game changer for me. My eyes had been opened.

Like, yeah, spiderman would be phenomenal at performance sports like that. He'd be AMAZING. More than that, do you know how insanely fun it is to bend and flip and stretch??

Spiderman is famous for being a speed/flexibility build, rather than tanky like so many other high ranking heroes. Instead of the normal super speed/strength/durability/energy blast powerset, he has stuff like super balance, or super agility. He's small and light, bendy and strong, fast and precise.

More than that, he could be interested in learning the performance sports. They teach ways to move and hold your body in ways sparring or katas can't, and once he's progressed far enough with his fighting skills I can definitely see him turning towards the movement side of things - also a very important part of his skillset in comparison to the average hero's.

Listen:

Hnnnng spiderman doing a collab/solo performance with a company out of absolutely nowhere (he's been practicing and training religiously for weeks and months and years) and it gets a huge audience/huge views and yeah everyone expects good things but he just blows it out the water. Jjj has no context to build on. He watches it several times and the worst thing he can say is about spiderman setting the bar too high and making other performers feel bad (those in the know who helped him train got tickets to see it live specially).

[gaypyro]

Rating the New Champions Variant Covers

So marvel recently revealed a bunch of Varient Covers of "What if every hero had a sidekick/youth counterpart" and while I love most of the designs, some definately are better then others

#22

I hate the Vision Design and I dont know why. Something just feels fundamentally off about it/ Maybe its the fact its a pitch white, skintight 8 year old? Maybe its the posing? The Debris? IDK Man is feels weird.

#21

and

#20

These two get paired together for a single reason

It's just Billy and Teddy. I love Billy and Teddy, their some of the only actual Gay Men in Marvel, but come one guys. Certainly you can do a young Dr. Strange and Young Hulk thats different? Strange goes higher if only because I like the art more, the Young Hulk I just dislike entirely

#19

Speaking of uninspired, the only reason Miles is above Billy & Teddy is that at least shes a different gender then her mainline counterpart. Other then that its probably the laziest design here. Also, you may notice the webbing seems off, that will be a recurring trend here where limbs or background elements were layered improperly or something.

#18

I actually really like this character design. It looks like a fun character in a superhero elementry school spin-off book. The only issue um... thats Storm. Its the next gen Storm and she's white. That's basically my only issue, and why shes above the 3 I actively somewhat dislike designwise, but... Storm is one the premiere Black Superheros. Having her next gen counterpart be white feels so weird. I

#17

On one hand, I can 100% see normal Deadpool wearing this. On the other, the My Boy adds way to much charm for me to rate it with the other uninspired ones, and at least I dont feel like its whitewashing anything. We are at the point where I'd unironically love to see any of these designs in a book, even if its an Elseworld instead of main universe one.

#16

Teen Female Wolverine has been done to death, but I do like how this one goes for a more monstrous Angle compared to Laura and Gabby. The tattered, beast up costumes, beastial feet, large Ponytail giving off the deelling of a mane, nasty looking teeth, and BONE CLAWS very much makes it feel more like a feral forest mutant then the more clean, assassin design Laura had.

#15

The big thing I like here is it isn't a reimagining of Carol Danvers current, captain marvel outfit, but her Miss Marvel ones. We already have Kamala for a new gen version of Carols current design, so a reimigining of the old one, in a way that doesn't feel super fetishy is nice. First I thought it was a dude, but it might be a girl? Unsure.

#14

I really love this design, but it doesn't really scream Black Panther... and I honestly dont care. I love bright colors, makes my brain go byr, and the fact she has a completely different powerset most likely intrigues me.

#13

I have a weakness for fishpeople of all types ok? I find the designs naturally appealing. Even still, Starlord's Chibi Starfish Successor is neat, but not amazing. The ideas done a lot better later on.

#12

He looks like he is having so much fun with his Mentor. I also like how, unlike everyone else, Black Cat's Apprentice is kinda chubby. I don't know man he just seems like he'd be a fun guy to hang out with at college.

#11

Whats better then a succesor to one hero? a Succesor to TWO HEROES! The Captain America Succesor I feel very much has some elements of Wasp design, and I always am down for High Tech Wingspans even if they weren't intentionally going for it.

#10

Instead of being the Scarlet witch they made her the Magenta Witch. All in all I just really like the sorta sorceror design, especially the chosen color scheme. Also ghostly mystical fire is fun you should follow it into the swamp.

#9

Listen I love this design. Its in the top 10 for a reason but man... that arm. Every time I see the image I cant help but notice how insanely small his arm is, like he was supposed to have both arms resting but they decided "Have him twirl a stake so people know its blade."

#8

Moon Squire is here to kick ass and pass third grade math! I just like the Cowl mixed with baseball cap design lol. Moon Knight always fucking kills it with the drip though so im not surprised.

#7

A Friend told me It's Gwen Tennyson cosplaying Magneto and now I cant not see it. I do like that shes implied to have a different powerset then Eric as well, always fun when they did that.

#6

The better Chibi Venom. Only missed the top 5 since I dont think he'd be able to carry a book as the main protag, he is the perfect sidekick though. Just this mildly creepy cutie pootie handing with the fairly creepy Symbiote. After Extreme Venomverse shouldn't be surprised the Venom varient is amazing, but I am suprised thats the direction they went.

#5

If Next Gen Storm and Next Gen Moon Knight are in the Elementary School book, Wee-Hulk is the main god damn character. She's just a very fun little kid hulk, I especially love how shes doing the Iconic "She-Hulk holds a Car Above her head" pose with an electric scooter.

#4

Listen, Non-Binery Latin America Iron Man with the Criminally Underused Grey Armor design is great. They gpt Green Hair, Pronouns, and the backing of Americas #1 Arms Dealer, ready to take on the world!

#3

The Thing has become one of them Yancy Street Kids, and the Fantastic Four are his gang. I just love the design, Spiky Rock person is always a favorite of mine.

#2

Miku Ghost Rider. On Roller Skates. With a fucking Hellfire Flail. I am imagining she has an entire like, Magical Girl Transformation Sequence whenever she transforms, just with a lot more demons and fire then normal.

#1

Listen, I get it. Legs dont bend like that. She is objectively less creative then the last 3 or 4. But, I like Crows. I like Ravens. I like Thor. And this Thor looks like she wont take any of Odins BS when he goes shit dad mode.

[pinkiepiebones]

Renfield Interview Info from SCREAM magazine (and a little bit from "L'officiel Hommes")

-Nicholas Hoult taking about Renfield's growth: "...he ends up in a scenario where he sees an interaction between Rebecca and Teddy... Renfield sees someone who is able to stand up for their themselves, risk everything, and stand by their morals. He feels completely inspired by it because he sees her do the exact thing he's been wanting to do for many decades, but hasn't found the voice to be able to say it. So, he's completely awed and inspired, and that feels like his way out. But obviously, he has a big journey to go on in actual change instead of just the idea of it."

-Following Hoult, the movie's idea man, Robert Kirkman, adds: "There's an admiration for Rebecca that forms very early on in the movie, that drives Renfield to emulate her. Rebecca shows Renfield a different way of living, a different way of existing that is possibly going to lead to something that he never in a million years thought he could attain, which is happiness. We meet him at the beginning of the movie when he's at his lowest point. He has nothing but regrets. There was a tremendous amount of sorrow in his life, and (Rebecca) becomes this beacon of hope that drives him to strive to be something more."

-The writer of the article (Bryan Cairns) writes: "Renfield isn't your ordinary mortal" and that phrasing just tickled me. He's not like ~other~ mortals, he's over a hundred and twenty years old!

-Renfield's powerset includes superhuman strength, endurance, and speed. I wish the speed bit had been played with...

-Director Chris McKay about Hoult: "I have never worked with somebody who wants to do as many stunts as possible... If he wasn't working on first unit, he'd want to go over to second unit so he could be part of the stunts and be in the scene as much as possible. We had a dance scene that we ended up cutting from the movie, he learned all the choreography and threw himself into it. It was incredible to work with so many actors that are nice people and so committed to the movie and characters."

The Hoult interview in "L'officiel Hommes" doesn't have much Renfield stuff but here's what I gleaned:

-First off, his The Great costar Elle Fanning interviewed him for this lol

-Elle: "And you're a good dancer! You do some dancing in Renfield."

Hoult: "Cut! Gone. There was a whole dance sequence that we practiced for weeks. It was a dream fantasy sequence. We shot it all in one night, we had these amazing dancers, and then it's not in the film."

Elle: "That"'s showbiz though, isn't it? That happens all the time. Sometimes the things you're most excited about get cut.

Hoult: "It's been a bit of a learning curve for me; when you get really attached to things in the script, and you put in a lot of effort to learn them, or whatever it might be, and then it just doesn't work in the end." (Aww)

-Elle: "What's with your obsession with vampires? Are you one? Is that why?"

Hoult: "(laughs) That's it. I just like leeches and anything that drinks blood, basically. Mosquitoes, all blood-sucking creatures."

-Hoult asserts that the real bugs he did eat on the set of Renfield were all dead and dried, not alive. He says "I wasn't just randomly picking bugs off the floor" to which Elle responds "if you were a real actor, you would've." XD

-Hoult says that for Robert Eggers's NOSFERATU he was "flirting with an accent" and a dialect coach on set said "Don't do that. That's terrible."

-Hoult says Renfield's voice and accent were mostly just his own voice and accent- contrasted with NOSFERATU, where it's set in a different era and is a serious piece.

So there you have it!!!

[the-physical-world-1969]

Angel

I’ve always thought that the coolest X-Man is Angel. 

You can fight me on that. Yes, yes, maybe he has a personality like wet spinach and his powerset is amazingly boring and all that jazz, but when I was seven that didn’t matter because he had a huge pair of honking beautiful white wings strapped to his back. 

This was entirely the fault of the art in the books. You’d have all these amazing multi-page spreads of all the X-Men, charging at the viewer, but what always caught my attention were his big white wings enveloping part of the page in the background. 

There was this book on all the X-Men in our school library, a sort of who’s-who encyclopedia-type thing, and it used deliberately simple language to appeal to third-graders and to help struggling readers. It first introduced me to the X-Men, and I must have borrowed it at least four times. I don’t remember a thing about the book except for the bits about Angel, mainly because I borrowed the book to keep re-reading his sections. In every one of his depictions, he was either soaring triumphantly into the sky, vaulting over vast buildings in cityscapes, plunging over green fields, or elegantly weaving around explosives. He was never shown like the other X-Men were, with their destructive powersets and locked in fierce battles. He was always flying free. 

I used to lie in bed and imagine that I was also leaping into the sky with his big white wings and looking out over the blue ocean, or infinite green meadows, or waving at airplanes. In my mind’s eye, I drifted along on air currents and rode on winds like soft cushions as he did. 

I still like to imagine flying with his wings sometimes.

[zahri-melitor]

New(ish) Comics:

City Boy #5: I really do love this comic. Having Cameron meet Swamp Thing was inspired (and I am enjoying how hard Greg Pak is going for 'nope we are fully recanonising Chemo nuking Bludhaven!')

Also heartbreak! Poor Cameron. He's allowed to go a little mad right now, as a treat.

I actually want to see Cameron get to spend some more time with Jack Hawksmoor in the future to investigate the overlap in their powersets.

Batman/Superman: World's Finest #20: I really should read Kingdom Come. Also 'who's Booster Gold' lol. Just you wait, you two. You'll meet Michael.

Hawkgirl #4: Seriously I adore this. Vulpecula is great, it's chock full of queer women, there are actual! civilian! characters! and the payoffs coming through are so good. I really wish this was getting and extension.

Warlord #23: if DC isn't going to give these to me I am just going to read them myself.

This week in Warlord Travis Morgan has encountered what appears to be an episode of Star Trek (ta'al, enlightened peaceful race of 'absolute equality' that run around wearing skimpy robes, etc) He goes off to fight their enemies, the Orms, who are green and Neanderthal-like, accompanied only by the hottest girl from the previous scenes who is the only one brave enough to come with him (so peak Travis really).

Travis shoots a computer controlling an artificial sun with his gun, because he's forgotten that he's almost out of bullets for some reason. Perhaps he's made more off page.

Annnnnd... then Travis gets tied up! Amazing. Spectacular. I actually really love the layout of this page.

Excitingly he spends 4 whole pages tied up, because Grell is having a good week.

(The reveal is that the 'Children of Ba'al', our enlightened folk, like to sacrifice people to Ba'al and eat them. I know, this is a major surprising twist to me too)

[1979semifinalist]

Hi Kelly, how you doing? I am extremely exited to know Polaris is finally in better hands (as well as Duggan's)! I love your book especially the team lineup. We love this duo! Polaris and Captain Marvel, YES!!

I have two simple questions: Anything big coming for Lorna? I know it's Captain Marvel's book but I'm curious, as she's been amazing under your pen. Also, I see she's on the X-Men cover crossover. Is she going to be in the X-Men book too? Thank you. Looking forward to the Brood Saga!

Hey! Thanks for reading. Glad you're enjoying it!

I've been having a lot of fun with Lorna. While I mapped out a pretty "big moment" for most of the cast in the arc, in Lorna's case I think her powerset is so big she's sort of naturally slotted into the second in command, which I think means there's less of a "huge moment" for her coming up, but she's sort of just consistently killing it from beginning to end. I really don't know how this team would have made it without her so far. Which feels right, y'know?

As for the crossover -- it's not a full-on typical crossover. It's more like the the X-Men are dealing with the Brood in their story and we're dealing with it in ours -- and they sort of come together in Captain Marvel #49. But I don't think the current Captain Marvel cast actually appears in the last X-Men issue that kicks into our 49 -- if they do it's probably just a little bit?

[undertheknightwing]

What are your thoughts on Titans finally introducing the Red? (I just did a like 6 hour binge if all the episodes and screeched like a hyena when I actually saw them using it 😂)

It low key makes me wish that Ivy was in the show because I’ve always kinda equated them together as people that have a strong connection to a force of nature but aren’t necessarily the ones that are most important to it.

Honestly next to animal powers plant powers are probably my favorite powerset. Probably why in my own verse my favorite OC is a hero with Chlorokinesis which is just rad.

Anyway enough of s strangers rambling in conclusion I think animal Gar and plant Ivy should be friends cause it be neat lol

It felt like I finally won something with this show when Jinx namedropped the Red and then they kept calling it the Red in the most recent episode. It was amazing!! And the scene with Gar connecting to it's dimension on the stairs was perfection! 🤩 it's my favorite scene in the entire season so far. I adore Ryan's acting and this season just proves he should have had time in the spotlight seasons ago.

I hope season 4's part 2 really dives into what the Red dimension is, how it works, and why it chose Gar to save all life on earth instead of Animal Man and Vixen who are connected to it too.

The only thing I'm worried about is that the writers will use whatever plans they have with the Red to wrap up Gar's entrie character in like two episodes with each Gar focused scene being a total of twenty-four minutes at most, because this is still Titans were talking about. This show doesn't exactly have the best track record of treating Gar like an actual character and seem to love wrapping up any story in relation to his character as quickly as possible but will gladly give their favorite batboys all the spotlight to develop their characters.

A few months ago me and a mutual discussed an au where Gar was created by Poison Ivy and is taught to be an anti-hero just like her and Harley, but Gar goes through a "I wanna be a hero" phase and Ivy leaves him in San Francisco with the Titans - or more specifically - Dick Grayson so Gar can see being a hero sucks because rules and realize being bad is more fun. It's a fun au!

[dascarecrow]

Build The Roster - Injustice 3 (Base Roster Newcomers)

So it turns out that Tumblr has an image limit per post so I had to split things up to do this the way I wanted to.

Now we can get to newcomers, which will be made up of...

Hawkman

I would like to see how he plays in an Injustice game and I'm a fan of the character so I'd like to see him in regardless.

Static

First off we need a lightning user in the game. Second they've been trying to get him into the series since the first game. Thirdly, well they say third times a charm so why not put this Milestone hero in the third game.

Stargirl

We need some Justice Society inclusions in the next Injustice game and Stargirl is a poster child for the JSA. Her Cosmic Staff would also allow a lot of variety for gameplay if she got in.

Beast Boy

It would be amazing to see the iconic five Titans all playable in the same game and Beast Boy's shapeshifting could make for a wonderful moveset

Captain Atom

His energy powers could make for a fun moveset and I'm partial to the character so he gets in. Not to mention he's had a role in the extended material for Injustice.

Icicle

An odd pick to be certain but there are reasons. One, we need an ice powered character as it's practically tradition at this point. Two, if we out in a Justice Society character than we need someone who represents the Injustice Society. Three, they could draw from the depiction of Cameron Mahkent in Stargirl to create a compelling character.

Plastic Man

Few reasons for this one. His hyper elastic powers would translate into something unique for a fighting game. He has a big presence in extended media for Injustice and he was a big part of Grant Morrison's run on JLA, which is arguably my favorite Justice League run in the comics.

Mr. Terrific

Why settle for just one JSA member? I believe Mr. Terrific could play differently than anyone ever seen in Injustice and that stage cameo from the first game could finally pay off.

Isis

Since Shazam and Black Adam are going to be absent in this roster I decided to look at someone else in the Shazam family to join up. Most of the Shazam heroes are too similar in powerset to replace either of them but Isis boasts unique powers over nature which could be fun to see in an Injustice game.

Vibe

Vibe is just a personal favorite of mine that has unique powers that could be fun to see in a fighting game. And then there's his unique connection to the Multiverse which could lead to a lot of story potential with him as well.

Mirror Master

Time for some villains on this roster. The Flash is my favorite DC hero and he deserves to have one of his Rogues join the fight. I went with Mirror Master for the unique moveset he could have in the game if he joined.

Parasite

We definitely need a Superman enemy in the game and Parasite's unique absorption powers could turn him into an effective copy fighter like Shang Tsung is in Mortal Kombat.

Circe

There's been a Wonder Woman enemy in both prior Injustice games so why not keep the trend going with Circe who's mastery of magics could provide plenty of havoc for the heroes.

Metamorpho

Guy has unique powers which could translate into a unique moveset for a fighting game.

Red Tornado

Mortal Kombat has Fujin with his wind powers so why shouldn't DC get in on the action with their own wind controlling android. Plus his robotic nature could make for some engaging dialogue.

Katana

With her magic sword she could play like Kenshi does in Mortal Kombat.

Saint Walker

We've seen villainous Lantern Corps appear in the first two games so why don't we do something different and have the main member of the heroic Blue Lantern Corp appear. After all the world of Injustice is a bleak one that needs all the hope it can get.

And to finish things off we have...

Eclipso

I wanted a mystical "Big Bad" for the game and Eclipso would be a fitting, if unexpected pick for that role. His powers over darkness and ability to possess people would certainly have both gameplay and story potential.

With that we have worked out the base roster for a prospective Injustice 3. I know it's a bit hero heavy but in the world of Injustice the role of hero and villain aren't so clear cut.

To finish things out we'll determine the roster for DLC inclusions in Injustice 3 so please read that post for the full experience for this Build The Roster.

[hottakehoulihan]

@simurghed said (I tried to reblog but something's not working)

"Please oh please gush at me randomly about Wormpowers!" Okay! Hope you didn't mean concisely! Heck, this could be a good tournament of sorts; comparing not the folk who HAD the powers but how great the powers themselves are.

"Please oh please gush at me randomly about Wormpowers!"

Okay! Hope you didn't mean concisely!

Heck, this could be a good tournament of sorts; comparing not the folk who HAD the powers but how great the powers themselves are.

You'd have to specify whether the tournament was about 1: Cool. 2: Desirable. 3: Scary. 4: Would win in a fight (boring)

A: Grey Boy is depressingly(?) close to a childhood OC of mine, though far more OP since I didn't have that "invincible and also eternally young and clean" aspect to it.

B: Circus is a great magical girl that only needs a mascot and I'd love to know what they're like when in civilian form.

C: Mouse Protector is a lot of enthusiastic cringe about much of my childhood and the childhoods of some of my contemporaries, and also Droopy Dog--a cartoon character I hate.

D: Night. I love the synergy between Night and Fog/Purity, and just the way Night fights in general.

E: There's a member of maybe the fallen--can't remember who or whether it came up in PRT Quest or in Ward--that when they speak people listen. That's it; the words compel attention above and beyond all else. I feel like this would be a nightmare power for me to have and would both "solve" my problems and also do so in the worst possible way and so it's probably the one I'd get.

F: I think about Coil a lot. Remember that crappy-but-fun Nicholas Cage movie "Next"? It's kind of Coil.

G: I should bring up Taylor but…do you like the color of the sky? Which Taylor? Her powerset evolves and grows so much. At the start? It takes her seven or more arcs to realize she can disguise herself with bugs, and she STILL isn't using them to track where the bullies are (or who is around her) on a 24/7 basis and this is silly of her. Side note: If I ever write a Taylor/Sophia it'll be called "Nosee'um" probably. Not sure I'd do that, but I know how it starts. (And ends.) Anyway, it's really the administration and surveyal part of her power I particularly envy. I can't chase two rabbits at once and sometimes not even one, but she could herd billions.

H: (heh) Grue is actually amazing and especially after his second trigger. There's a fanfic out there where he goes solo and grimdark and he captures evil capes and saps their power, slowly making himself a very strong grab-bag cape. He had Viktor chained up in his basement to facilitate this. Speaking of H.

I: Screamer is amazing. Imitating voices perfectly and making them seem to come from anywhere? A whole nonviolent origin story just for her would be fun.

J: Accord. I want more Cenotaph, and it's half because I want more Accord.

K: Edict. Edict has a mystery power where if you don't do what she says you get a minor temporary curse? Someone with a weak unremarkable power having to make it work and maybe figuring out how to make it super good actually? Sounds familiar in a good way. I want more.

L: Mama Mathers is a nightmare villain; one of those things that make you wonder how they could ever lose even more than Coil does.

M: Roulette's power is great for something I might give someone in a TTRPG. Useful, game-directing, but not gamebreaking. …super frustrating, though.

N: Alexandria's memory, tho…

O: Weld. Weld's powers, with someone else at the helm? Could be so gender. SO gender.

P: Golem. But only in a lewd way. Or home decoration. Or both at the same time.

Q: Sanguine could apparently look great in red, dish out damage to Behemoth, and just walk around and cure people of bloodborne illnesses, sort of like Panacea could do, if she'd just cut loose a bit (there's no reason she couldn't make a steady stream of non-self-replicating cancerphage/virii emitters with finite lifespans. She could walk into a hospital, focus for a bit, then relax and read a book while her creations did all the work.

R: Myrrdin because it really feels like he had to study and scheme to build his "spells" and maybe in a way indistinguishable from

S: Big Picture can stop and think about someone as long as they want.

T: Semiramis. With that power someone could keep a car, house, or a rare book in good condition. Not to mention people.

U: Engel? I mean, supernaturally pretty and compelling?

V: Flor is hilarious.

W: Horizon's power includes Xray vision? And the rest is just some punchy-boom? That's the kind of weak powerset I'd love to see get explored.

X: Blindside (Even more fun than Nice Guy!)

Y: I love Regent. Hijack is fun too, but Regent's power was great and he used it so effectively!

Z: Tattletale, of course.

But my favorite is like I said at the top before I got started.

[honda-hatch]

Reviewing the First 14 Issues of Amazing Spider-Man Because Nobody Asked Me To But I'm Procrastinating From Editing a Presentation Video for a Grad Class (Scattered Spoilers)

The Amazing Spider-Man #1 (March 1963): What a strange issue this is. Admittedly, I'm new to older comics, so this multi-chapter meandering story really kept me from trying to get further in for *years.* Now having actually read it, its still a weak story, but not straight-up garbage or anything. Spidey saving astronauts isn't particularly exciting, but the fight with the Fantastic Four is -- it sets the stage for many of the webhead's fights where he's obviously outmatched, but holds his own with agility and quick thinking. Pete is obviously very early in his career at this point, but it serves as an excellent display for his potential, not to mention it highlights his desperate need for money (the F4 note that they can't give salaries, but like, Jesus Christ do they clearly have money. Maybe if Johnny didn't buy a new car every week, they could pay a salary). Then, we have the final plot, Spidey vs. the Chameleon. The first of many plots where the city initially turns against our favorite wall-crawler due to his framing. It isn't executed very well here, due to the cramped size of the story, but it is a fun concept, and we get to see the first of many times Spidey conveniently runs out of web-fluid. A solid issue overall, if not the best possible introduction to the character, imo.

The Amazing Spider-Man #2 (May 1963): Here we are introduced to Peter Parker's first "real" super-powered enemy (for lack of a better term). The Chameleon is just good at disguises. While Peter's first fight with the Vulture isn't all too memorable, it does establish the concept of the "chase fight," a troupe critical to the book. If you're unfamiliar with what I mean, I'm referring to fights that bring the webhead and his adversary up, down, and all around the Big Apple over the course of the fight. Pete's clever solution is an interesting display of the scientific prowess that he'll develop throughout the series. The second story, our first introduction to the Tinkerer... is goofy as hell. Sure, an old guy in a Vulture costume might seem silly, but the Tinkerer is a straight up alien who runs a discount repair shopo so he can sneak alien transponders into consumer electronics. I guess it fit the tone of Marvel at the time? I don't know.

The Amazing Spider-Man #3 (July 1963): Finally, a book-length story. This is an excellent issue. Now no longer cramped into half or quarter length stories, we get an excellent introduction to Doc Ock. He promptly beats the shit out of Peter, who has had a relatively easy time winning fights so far, to the point that he questions if he should give up the mantle of Spider-Man. After a random human torch pep-talk, he returns to fight again, concluding the issue with a triumphant victory, managing to put two of Doc Ock's arms out of comission and getting in close to finish him off. An excellent issue, and definitely a cut above the first two.

The Amazing Spider-Man #4 (September 1963): Another solid issue. Though Sandman doesn't get presented as the highly sympathetic villain he'd later become, he's still very entertaining. The highlight of the issue is a chase fight through midtown high, culminating with the (admittedly silly) solution of Spidey attacking Sandman with a drill, causing him to break into sand to avoid the attack, then getting sucked up into a vacuum. Another incredible victory for the wall-crawler. It's still a fun read.

The Amazing Spider-Man #5 (October 1963): Finally, ASM is a monthly book! What a pleasant surprise. That being said, having zero context for Doctor Doom's powerset, I didn't really understand why he kept breaking out random decoy robots and trap holes. Overall, a bit of a bland issue that quickly fades from the memory.

The Amazing Spider-Man #6 (November 1963): Why does the Lizard need to be based in the Everglades? Who cares! It makes for a fun change of location. Even if the Lizard's design is a bit rough at this stage, he's an intimidating villain with power greater than the wall-crawler's. His sympathetic backstory serves as a twist for the issue, and our chase sequence for the issue takes place in the Everglades, and then... a castle in the Everglades. Regardless, its great fun with a happy ending (even if not for Pete).

The Amazing Spider-Man #7 (December 1963): What a way to finish 1963! This issue is fantastic. We see Vulture's escape from prison, and then we get to see him beat the crap out of Spidey as his original solution obviously fails. The issue culminates in an incredible chase fight through the Daily Bugle, with setpieces scattered throughout. We even get a nice little touching note to end on with Betty Brant and Peter. What a guy, what an issue.

The Amazing Spider-Man #8 (January 1964): Looking at this cover for the first time, I expected this to be a real slog of an issue, but its actually great fun. The Living Brain/Flash fights are a good time, and its entertaining to read Pete's inner monologue as he tries not to turn Flash into a grease stain on the gym floor. The Living Brain is less interesting, but is another entertaining interior fight. The Living Torch section confirms that the F4 could absolutely pay Peter if they wanted to, and that Pete can still thoroughly outmatch them if he's really trying. A fun issue.

The Amazing Spider-Man #9 (February 1964): An excellent example of the personal drama that makes this hero great. Sure, Electro is a big threat, but Aunt May's health is in a rough place for the first time of many. Peter gets bodied by Electro, but he's still focused on helping his aunt first. Frankly, he beats Electro rather nonchalantly, but the May plot makes it a worthwhile issue.

The Amazing Spider-Man #10 (March 1964): Another excellent issue. While the Enforcers themselves are literally "big guy, small guy, and guy with lasso," they facilitate a fight that lsts for half the entire issue, with Spidey fighting off what must be a dozen different goons aat once, with everything in the environment being used. The issue closes out with two twists: an amusing reveal of the "Big Man," as well as some interesting characterization for JJJ. A standout issue among these early entires to me, along with #7.

The Amazing Spider-Man #11 (April 1964): Another issue in a series of bangers. Intrigue with Betty Brant! Spidey has to go to Philly! Doc Ock returning! A massive fight with a bunch of guys on a boat as well as Doc Ock! An accidental death on the wall-crawler's hands! Oh, the humanity! Not to mention Pete gives himself a damn sprained ankle early in the issue. The guy just can't catch a break.

The Amazing Spider-Man #12 (May 1964): Our first immediately continued story from the last issue, and it doesn't really let up. Doc Ock returns to New York and demands to fight the webhead, even kidnapping Betty Brant in the process! Luckily though, she escapes, as apparently, one of Pete's biggest weaknesses is the fact that a regular virus absolutely wipes his spider-powers. Who knew? Anyhow, he gets unmasked, but it doesn't really matter. The issue concludes with another exciting fight with Doc Ock. The guy just generates entertaining issues. Really does seem to be Pete's nemesis at this point.

The Amazing Spider-Man #13 (June 1964): Finally, the city *really* turning on Spider-Man! Mysterio really gets Spidey up in a bind, but the actual resolution for the issue is a bit weak. How can Spidey clear his name? Well, he uses an audio recorder when Mysterio is monologuing. How can Spidey beat Mysterio's spider-sense jamming smoke/sonar? Swinging randomly. Bah.

The Amazing Spider-Man #14 (July 1964): My God! The return of my beloved Enforcers! The introduction of Green Goblin?? And the Hulk's here too?? Yeah, sadly this is a lame issue. For whatever reason, the Green Goblin's first of many conniving schemes is... luring SPidey out to Hollywood with the help of a producer so that he and the Enforcers can kill him while they film... Why not just... gang up on him in New York? Why, so they can randomly stumble into a cave where the Hulk is, of course! Yeah, idk. The randomness is nuts with this one. Not to mention Green Goblin's friggin... broomstick. Hm. At least the Enforcers fight was kinda fun. Still a lame issue, though.

That's it for now. Perhaps I'll review them in 14 issue blocks for no reason. I am trying to read everything chronologically, ish, so it might not just be ASM next time! We shall see. If that happens. lol

[charmed-redemption]

What's your favorite memory?

" This is the hardest thing that I had to do in a while"

Rico paused and did his best to rthink. What was his favorite memory. The first time that he had sex would be safe yet the first time was over rated. As a prince he was supposed to have a child so anything surrounding that was out.

"I guess the first time I did a spell that noone of my generation could do. My fa,ily thought that I was going to have a devensive powerset completely yet when I created a fire ball of blue blames instantly killing a demon the satisfaction was amazing. "

[secondarythings]

These tags are amazing. From the bottom: Daud's and Corvo's powers are so similar. Vision, Blink, Time. The main difference is blast vs pull (the same movement but opposite) and Daud's summonung vs Corvo's rats (or maybe possession). Parallels or narrative foils. I hc they're both a could have been. Similar beginnings, similar abilities but the choices. Cirvo chose to defend, Daud to attack. But would each of them have stayed on those paths if the roles were reversed? What would Corvo have done if he'd been abducted as a child? What would Daud have done if he hadn't? The Outsider enables you to make choices, but doesn't choose for you. I think that their powerset highlights that. The "only" difference between them is how they choose to act.

Of course with the fucked up wrinkle that Daud killed Jessamine and is responsible for Corvo's state in which the Outsider marks him. Daud chose first.

As for what the powers mean to them? One theme is keeping, I think. Pull and summons brings people and objects to Daud. His version of Blink has elements of bend time in it. A sort of universal stop? All powers boil down to "now no one can hurt me in the way I've been hurt before". I think the Outsider comes to people at the lowest point in their life. Corvo, jailed, tortured and about to be executed for the murder of his defacto wife with their child missing; Emily at a coup during a celebration of her mother, tarnishing her image, memory and legacy when her father and protector is as good as dead. Daud must have been in a similar position, in order to have been marked.

In his line of work, Daud was possibly wounded. And like Corvo and Emily, betrayed. Maybe he decided to trust someone, maybe even for the first time since his abduction as a child. And that got him almost killed. Or....someone else. Maybe he wasn't fast enough, couldn't hold onto someone, failed to protect someone, so his power is to give power to others. But only if they're worthy.

Essentially, maybe Daud is afraid of losing people

theres one piece of dishonored lore that i want to know more than anything. why did the outsider mark daud?

i don't mean his actual, personal reason though. from what we've seen, the outsider offers his mark to people who have recently fallen from grace or otherwise tasted the bottom of a boot. corvo was framed for the murder of his empress and lover, emily was toppled from her throne by an egomaniacal despot.

but what about daud? did he botch some contract or get backstabbed in the early days of the whalers? what left him sobbing and hollow in the gutter and why was it so compelling to make god offer gifts?