I feel I should do a review of something, but nothing came out this week that was really notable that hasn't either already been covered by others, or something I can't really say more except go buy it (Great Ten, of course). I dunno, I think it's an after effect of Blackest Night - I'm a bit burnt out by everything, tired while bored at the same time. Weekends last a bit too long for my liking nowadays - not much to do over them.
Ah well, instead of whining, let's have a look at what is atm, just known as my 'combined team'. It's a group of superheroes from all walks of life, and all teams. Some run their own teams, some don't do huge amounts of hero work, some are still learning how this all works. So, he's a teeny tiny summary of 25 of my characters
Asguardian (Asguardian weapon wielder, celebrity gym instructor)
Cheshire (perpendicular universe cat woman, psychologist)
Daemos (the Night Stalker if he used every method provided)
Dracula (iron crusader of the night)
Depth Charge (aquatic amnesiac environmentalist, jailbait lover)
EVGA X-18 (biologically powered robot from the stars)
Focus (time lost alien hybrid)
Gaia (silent moral guardian, queen of the earth)
Hades (Olympian deity in human flesh)
Hellfire & Brimstone (human volcano, former villain)
Honeybee (mystic bee queen)
Marlowe (child detective in a man's body)
Night Child (Victorian vampire, valediction in waiting)
Odin (one-eyed detective archer)
Omega (flying brick optimist, the first public superhero)
Orchid (man in woman's body, secret keeper)
Paladin (heavenly soldier)
Ronin (blacksmith footballer with a penchant for the Japanese arts)
Scarab (heat beam eye blasts with too much interest in insect armour)
Skeletron (time travelling cop, not anyone's chosen one)
The HIVE (another universe's psychic triplets)
Valkyrie (mentally addled criminal's daughter)
Voltage (undercover electrostatic cheerleader)
25 (15M 11F 1R)
What a great album cover
12 years ago
Pretty awesome line up, I'm glad you posted this, Now I can steal ya ideas easier... :P lol but nah really looks interesting. Why must you torture me with info for your story that's not coming soon...
ReplyDeleteIt's also one of the ones with alot of various plot points about them, including arranged marriage, incest, outing someone girl, immortality, jailbait loving, dating Catwoman, premature aging, body swapping, repressed love, mental illnesses, sibling rivalry, celebrities who either love or loathe the spotlight, and so much more.
ReplyDeleteMind you, all my teams have that, but this is the most varied because it's the largest, and the biggest mish-mash of ages and personalities.
But I will admit most of these characters are white, but that is partly how people associate I find. I'm white, and most of my friends are white British. Just because it is the majority. Still, everyone I write sounds a bit like me anyway, so you know ;)
And it's all hype building, so when I get round to it you're blinding by the anticipation you don't realise it's utter crap ;)
Oh I definitely understand, I'm glad you aren't just throwing in token other races because then it seems forced. Just half of those plots would be an awesome read so all of them with that group just sounds amazingly good.
ReplyDeleteAh, The good old Grant Morrison method. :P Lol I couldn't resist.
I don't understand tokenism. I mean, how is that not a form of racism? Generally I've just designed or thought characters, and worked from there. Some have evolved far beyond my original plans, while others are still in flux - one example is Honey Bee. She has no name, no personality, no real look, but has powers and a story arc involving another character on the team. I think she'll be black, a young Naomie Harris. Surfice to say, she's school age, a repressed lesbian and one of the few true mages of the world. Apart from that, nadda for her. Depth Charge and Paladin are both black, Hades s sort of albino (Greek god living in the underworld for centuries, your skin will loose alot of colour I think), EVGA is green and gold, so yeah, Asguardian is like one eighth and that is about it for skin colour beyond various shades of white. I don't know many, so when writing they're quite similar to any other character in that respect. Why should skin colour dictate personality?
ReplyDeleteWell, it's worked out pretty well so far for him ;)
Agreed 100%, you took the words right out of my mouth. I like the idea that living in the underworld would cause his skin to lose pigmentation because it makes sense and gives him a reason as opposed to being that way just because.
ReplyDeleteI will give him that, he's made a career of it.
But in a much longer and contrived way? Yes, well, it made sense and worked for me anyway, and if it does that, it's in my stories. And even though I write it all, there's so much variety in it. And anyway, who covers such topics like ephebophilia (not pedophilia), incest and body swapping in both positive and negative light without being comedic?
ReplyDeleteCause I can't think of any...
He's a good ideas man, but needs a real editor.
You know, I've just realised I might be the bastard child of Grant Morrison and Kevin Smith ;)
Yep, a much much longer and contrived way. :P And no one covers that stuff without making a joke, although I gotta go look up ephebo whatever, gimme a sec.... Ah looked it up, got ya.
ReplyDeleteHm.. Will Smorrison?
Damn, that's a lot of work you put into your creations Nagash! You've got a lot more creativity then I do, that's for sure. So what are your plans for your stories exactly? A loose script here at the blog wouldn't sound like a bad thing to me!
ReplyDeleteI need a editor, quite possibly >.<
ReplyDeleteYep, it's never that funny anyway, it just comes across as stupid. See, it's not really well known, yet is the sortof easier one to do, I suppose...
*shudders*
It's rarely alot of work. It just comes into my head and I try to remember it all ;)
No, no scripts. Not until I actually write my ideas into comic form. Or have an artist who can actually draw >.<
I submit Falisha for art, may all checks payable to JT. And transferable from pounds to dollars,
ReplyDeletePay?!? for art?!? What, are you high? :P Suffice to say, I can't really afford artwork, but of course, if I set up a site, and it's an effort of love, sponsorship?...
ReplyDeleteLol @ What are you high? Sounds cool, I'll sponsor you as long as you plug my site... :D Lol
ReplyDeleteWell that's simples then, eh? ;)
ReplyDeleteAnd send me cash, but yeah just those two things.
ReplyDeleteNo cash for yous :P
ReplyDeleteI'll just steal your wallet again, :)
ReplyDeleteYou never stole it once :P
ReplyDeleteI stole it and replaced it, that's how good I am.
ReplyDeleteOh, so that's where my wallet bomb went to then :P
ReplyDeleteToo bad I gave it to Goodwill...lol
ReplyDeleteOh well, they'll live. Or not ;)
ReplyDeleteLol. Then they'll want revenge on you, I left your ID there.
ReplyDeleteDid it have a green or red sticker on it?
ReplyDeleteNo sticker at all, I think it fell off. ;) Bwahahaha
ReplyDeleteWell that's not good. I can't tell whether it was the asbestos bomb or the neutrino pulser...
ReplyDeleteIf I recall I did see a orange sticker on the ground not far from where I had it, what's that one mean?
ReplyDeleteWell, I suppose that's not some bad. Just a poison hanky bomb...
ReplyDeleteLol who the hell are you, the Green Goblin? :P
ReplyDeleteWell, not all my weapons of vilification are winners. Some are just for pranks...
ReplyDeleteSome or all?
ReplyDeleteJust some. Nobody survives the Reaper's Callous Blade, unless you're already dead...
ReplyDeleteHm...so Nekron could beat up the Reaper?
ReplyDeleteNo, because the Reaper is my worlds equivalent of Nekron, in a way. I won't spoil what exactly, as, well, you know, spoilers ;) Suffice to say, the Callous Blade is one of THE most powerful artifacts in my 'verse
ReplyDeleteHm...so it's basically your world's infinity gauntlets or whatever? I don't know much about Marvel but sounds about the same correct? Except yours is a blade of course.
ReplyDeleteI dunno, don't know much about them either. It's not really that powerful itself, save for being indestructible. It's the fact it contains the essence of the Reaper is the real problem ;)
ReplyDeleteHm..I'm gonna stop asking questions because it just makes me more anxious to read your stuff. Damn you Will!
ReplyDeleteMwahahahaha, and my evil plan of expectation is complete :D
ReplyDeleteUh oh, time to make the finger pyramid of contemplation!!!!! Dun dun dunnnnn
ReplyDelete*Steals your wallet while your fingers are all tangled up* Mwahahahaha - that was my real plan all along!!!
ReplyDeleteNoooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!! Good thing I keep my REAL wallet in the front of my underwear. Lmao
ReplyDeleteOh, that's OK then, I'll just turn all the taps on and ensure your fingers stay tangled. Mwahahaha :P
ReplyDeleteLol, the Taps? Alrighty then, too bad I'm so amazingly awesome that my fingers are impossible to be tangled.
ReplyDeleteHuh, it seems that my old comment was deleted. How annoying. Can't remember what I put either...
ReplyDelete*Sets your trousers on fire*
Hm... your own blog screwed you over.
ReplyDelete*Wonders why, their just gonna burn off and I have diamond skin...*
Nah, the blog hoster did ;)
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a time everything burned. It shall do so again. That or fire is pretty
Yep, and that's secretly me Bwahahahaha!
ReplyDeleteHm... well in that case *punches you across the room with my diamond skinned fist*
No, you can't be TEH INTERWEBZ!
ReplyDelete*Your punch goes through me as I phase, leaving you to stumble through before I lean, grab your heart and pull it out* Mwahahahaha
Nagash...I am...your Interwebs!!!
ReplyDeleteGladly my body reproduces my limbs in seconds after losing them, so I don't miss a beat when calling the Ghostbusters to get your transparent ass. Bwahahhahaha
*Punches router, which feedbacks into you*
ReplyDeleteI'm not a ghost though, so just solidifies into unbreakable matter, before punching my way through the entire Ghostbusters before smashing my way through both your legs
Laughs it off like Hawkeye being slapped by She-Hulk
ReplyDeleteMy legs quickly fix themselves, then I grab my gun out of my belt and shoot you, freezing you into carbonite.