Question The Bad Ideas thread

Malady wrote: ^ Now I ship Eli and Heather... ... And trying to think of humanized names of other GOOs for something like Nyarko-san... "Claudia" for Cthulu?

Someone already beat you to it for some of them.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyaruko:_Crawling_with_Love

The opening because it's just so catchy. And good luck finding a cure.


It also features the schools gargoyals. AKA Nightgaunts.

^ ... I did name Naryuko-san that in my response... Although I did spell it wrong... And I mean their humanized names are English-ish, instead of Japanese. Like Heather for Hastur...

www.hello-cthulhu.com/?date=2003-11-30

Introducing Imp to the Hooligans. She'd run them ragged.

Imp vs Goobers...

JG wrote:

mhalpern wrote: Imp vs Goobers...

This is the BAD ideas thread.

This is not the "Hilarity ensues" thread!

You'd be surprised. We've had some hilarious ideas right alongside the horrifying nightmare fuel. Sometimes at the same time if you have the right perspective.

JG wrote: Putting Imp and Razorback in a room together.

With a fresh pot or two, assuming it's possible to ever call it fresh, of deviser grade coffee.


Start selling deviser grade coffee at Starbucks.
Hook the Goodkinds on deviser grade coffee.
Let shine try to improve deviser grade coffee.

Let Jade anywhere near deviser grade coffee.
There has to be mentioned in a cannon story sometime. As at least a noodle story,

JG wrote: Putting Imp and Razorback in a room together.

Doesn't Razorback draw? I seem to remember Jericho swiping his sketchpad or something like that.

Hmm. Carrying a sketch pad around would be rather useful for Razor, too -- if he finds himself having to communicate with does not understand ASL and his vodor is broken (again), he can always resort to writing. And being a sketch pad instead of, say, a notebook, it does not feel like defeatism.

Also, how good is Razor's thumb dexterity? Teenagers nowadays seem to communicate via texting and Snapchat more than, you know, using their voices anyway...

JG wrote:

Valentine wrote:

JG wrote: Putting Imp and Razorback in a room together.

Doesn't Razorback draw? I seem to remember Jericho swiping his sketchpad or something like that.

I'd completely forgotten about that!

Do I sense a new art student for Imp in the Spring term?

Sir Lee wrote: Hmm. Carrying a sketch pad around would be rather useful for Razor, too -- if he finds himself having to communicate with does not understand ASL and his vodor is broken (again), he can always resort to writing. And being a sketch pad instead of, say, a notebook, it does not feel like defeatism.

Also, how good is Razor's thumb dexterity? Teenagers nowadays seem to communicate via texting and Snapchat more than, you know, using their voices anyway...

Key word there is nowadays. Gen 1 takes place something like 10 years back. And there is little mention of smart phones. They are very new and expensive. So texting madness isn't quite a thing yet.

NJM1564 wrote:

Sir Lee wrote: Hmm. Carrying a sketch pad around would be rather useful for Razor, too -- if he finds himself having to communicate with does not understand ASL and his vodor is broken (again), he can always resort to writing. And being a sketch pad instead of, say, a notebook, it does not feel like defeatism.

Also, how good is Razor's thumb dexterity? Teenagers nowadays seem to communicate via texting and Snapchat more than, you know, using their voices anyway...

Key word there is nowadays. Gen 1 takes place something like 10 years back. And there is little mention of smart phones. They are very new and expensive. So texting madness isn't quite a thing yet.

No, that was the time of little tiny screens, pressing a number 3 times to get the letter you want, and txtng lk ths bcs letters r 2 hrd 2 type.

JG wrote:

mhalpern wrote: Imp vs Goobers...

This is the BAD ideas thread.

This is not the "Hilarity ensues" thread!

See most bad ideas involving Jade, they are both hilarious and horrifying,

oh and Imp vs Madcap...

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

NJM1564 wrote:

Sir Lee wrote: Hmm. Carrying a sketch pad around would be rather useful for Razor, too -- if he finds himself having to communicate with does not understand ASL and his vodor is broken (again), he can always resort to writing. And being a sketch pad instead of, say, a notebook, it does not feel like defeatism.

Also, how good is Razor's thumb dexterity? Teenagers nowadays seem to communicate via texting and Snapchat more than, you know, using their voices anyway...

Key word there is nowadays. Gen 1 takes place something like 10 years back. And there is little mention of smart phones. They are very new and expensive. So texting madness isn't quite a thing yet.

No, that was the time of little tiny screens, pressing a number 3 times to get the letter you want, and txtng lk ths bcs letters r 2 hrd 2 type.

All of which will work real well with super speed and claws.

Asking or excepting tink for romantic advice. Oh wait Mr. Kitty Pounce already did that.

Cause getting advice from a hyper-active, faerie with no romantic experience at all sounds like a good idea.
After all it's not like as far are we know there are no male faeries and they don't even reproduce via sexual reproduction or even at all.

Tink could reproduce by fission.
You know, feed her too much sugar and she splits into two Tinks.

What could possibly go wrong?

JG wrote: Putting Imp and Razorback in a room together.

Nah, Imp and Jericho. I think they have similar sick senses of humor at times.

Anna Banana, Potassium Manifestor

Astrodragon wrote: Tink could reproduce by fission.
You know, feed her too much sugar and she splits into two Tinks.

What could possibly go wrong?

Is anyone entirely certain that she hasn't already, and only looks like one fairy because of quantum superposition? "It's a kind of magic."

So then she would have had a cumulative skull volume sufficient to support sentience all along, amongst her 613 entangled selves. Perfectly safe, as long as she avoids other n-space singularities.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Anna Banana, Potassium Manifestor

Have you seen Banana no Nana ? This is more or less the main character's power

GrimGrendel wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Anna Banana, Potassium Manifestor

Have you seen Banana no Nana ? This is more or less the main character's power

No, I meant that Anna can manifest large quantities of pure potassium

Porta Porter,

A teleporter that can only port to portapotties

mhalpern wrote: Porta Porter,

A teleporter that can only port to portapotties

And only if they were significantly "christened".

mhalpern wrote: Porta Porter,

A teleporter that can only port to portapotties

Well it will be easy to get to fairs, outdoor concert and rallies anywhere in the world.

Cryptic wrote:

JG wrote: Putting Imp and Razorback in a room together.

Nah, Imp and Jericho. I think they have similar sick senses of humor at times.

Keep adding that kind of personality and you would have a very crowded room.
Ribbon, Jade, Ayla, Sam, and even jobe from some points of view.
Is there a master list of pranksters anywhere?

Beltane, of course. And possibly Robert Rose.

don't forget murphy

Tink; infused with one of the 'lost' Artificter spirits.

Cryptic wrote: Tink; infused with one of the 'lost' Artificter spirits.

That isn't a bad idea, that is nightmare fuel! I don't want to think of what she would do with powers of an Artificer. First thing would be to try and make more "fairies" like herself. *shudders*

Dreamer wrote:

Cryptic wrote: Tink; infused with one of the 'lost' Artificter spirits.

That isn't a bad idea, that is nightmare fuel! I don't want to think of what she would do with powers of an Artificer. First thing would be to try and make more "fairies" like herself. *shudders*

Um right.
My first thought after reading this was "someone would die."

How about a pallet cleanser then; Just to torment the Rev and the Goobers take Gachnar as your familiar some how.

Cryptic wrote: How about a pallet cleanser then; Just to torment the Rev and the Goobers take Gachnar as your familiar some how.

Now that is more doable and involves a lot less pointy objects entering bodies at high speed.

Hmm, wonder what Star Trek Online is like in the WU.

OH!!! Using Shifter DNA (Jimmy T's for example) to create Venom like symbiots!

Hmm, a ghost girl in an invisible bikini wandering around where? Dorms, kid's home, or just follows him around where ever?

I apologize for this one, I am sick and this idea came to me while spending dinner with my little sister's boyfriend.

Male mutant, or female if you wanna go the circus side show way, who's mutation makes their scraggly ass several month old beard come to life, and the mutant can make it jump off their face and attack people. I'm not talking prehensile hair, I mean jump off one person and latch on like an alien face hugger.

Whole dinner I had my hand hovering near a steak knife in case it attacked. Shame I couldn't shave it off of him, as I was trying to be nice for her birthday. And ok, I admit I do kind of like the kid, as he is fixing my gaming laptop for much cheaper then the local computer shops would.

Cryptic wrote: scraggly ass several month old beard come to life, and the mutant can make it jump off their face and attack people.

I'll sue your detachable animated hair and raise you detachable animated bums , yes this is a thing, its a kids book and it even spawned an animated series:

Really this just goes to show that there are no bad ideas. And any Idea can be made to work with the right execution. I don't really know how much Andy Griffiths is worth, but he has definatly made a nice profit off of this idea.

Cryptic wrote: I apologize for this one, I am sick and this idea came to me while spending dinner with my little sister's boyfriend.

Male mutant, or female if you wanna go the circus side show way, who's mutation makes their scraggly ass several month old beard come to life, and the mutant can make it jump off their face and attack people. I'm not talking prehensile hair, I mean jump off one person and latch on like an alien face hugger.

Whole dinner I had my hand hovering near a steak knife in case it attacked. Shame I couldn't shave it off of him, as I was trying to be nice for her birthday. And ok, I admit I do kind of like the kid, as he is fixing my gaming laptop for much cheaper then the local computer shops would.

There was a "Kids Next Door" like that only with mustaches.

The hair on the back of Jades neck seemd to rise, something was up. Without breakig stride she cast Jin into her shirt. Moments later the memory returned.

There was a ring following her, and it was positivly glowing with power, it was pink. Which was strange considering that Jid didn't normally see in colour.

Jade spun around.

The ring coinued to float in the air, it really was pink.

She folded her amrs, her foot tapping her foot, "what is going on here."

"jade Sinclair, you have been chosen to be a Guardian fo Cute."

"what?"

"Take the ring if you accpet this duty."

Jade looked about, scaning the area, if someone was pranking her, still that ring did seem to have some kind of power about it. she reached out and took it, putting it on her finger.

The power flashed through her, for a moment everything seemed to glow, when the light faded her uniform had bneen replaced by a white and pink suite, with a hello kitty emblem on the chest. "I can make anything you imagine, a voice said in her mind, " as long as its cute."

she reached out with her hand, an thought of a bunny rabbit.

Pink light streamed from the ring and apink bunny rabbit appeared on the path beside her. Jade reached out and touched, and on impulse tried to cast Jin again.

Something rippled, and it was as if she was seeing double, Jade watched the bunny rabbit and at the same time the bunny rabbit watched Jade. Jin? she thouht, backing away a bit. Yes, the throught came back.

"This is going to be so cool," Jade squeeled.

konzill wrote: "jade Sinclair, you have been chosen to be a Guardian fo Cute."

Whelp she's damned. It's "Puella Magi Madoka Magica" all over again.
Someone call... lets see, we need Tenyo, the reverend, Sara, and Jerico. Maybe there combined efforts can save her.

^^ Why is this here instead of in the Micros?? ... Other than that, it's interesting...

She gets a Green Lantern Ring type power... A cuteness limit isn't that much, what with Hello Kitty robots and stuff.

I wonder if she'll hit a Willpower Limit Exceeded, like that one time with the Ring trying to make too complex things...

Oi.... that's almost as scary as the idea I had for my space elf to be a 'magical girl' type hero, though her magic is all tech to the highest order.

Cryptic wrote: Oi.... that's almost as scary as the idea I had for my space elf to be a 'magical girl' type hero, though her magic is all tech to the highest order.

Didn't Jade do that in her combat final?

Razerback in a peddle powered airplane.

"It's a bird. It's a plane." Technically it's both of those things. "It's...

Razerback in a peddle powered airplane, in full rager mode, chasing an F-18.

Well, that's sorta... laughable? Considering that pedal-powered planes are propeller-driven, and the fastest EVER prop plane (the Soviet airliner Tupolev TU-114) only reached Mach 0.73 (the incredibly loud Republic XF-84H "Thunderscreech" was designed to reach Mach 0.9, but never reached the goal) and the F-18 is a supersonic plane... Razor simply has no chance of catching the F-18.

Didn't say he was going CATCH it ...

(Really? A serious reply to a dippy comment in the 'Bad Ideas' thread? Shirley you jest!)

This bad idea came from a failed attempt at eating reduced salt bacon, which led to this conversation.
Me: This bacon has no flavour.
(Takes another piece.)
Me: Yep, no flavour at all, it's absolutely tasteless.
(Takes another piece)
Me: It's like eating greasy cardboard, but I think the cardboard would taste better.
Mom: Why are you still eating it than?!
Me: It's bacon, I'm hoping the next piece will taste better.

Anyways:
Bland Mush Guy
His power is to make everyone within 5 meters of him taste all food as greasy, textureless mush or cardboard with absolutely no flavour to it. Drinks are the equivalent of warm, stale water. It also affects him, constantly.
While this power did make him somewhat popular in highschool as it made the cafeteria food edible, it has left his social life somewhat wanting. His favourite activity is to go to fine restaurants and sit in the middle of the restaurant with some of the cheapest food and watch the nearby diners complain about the quality of the food. Since he's been banned from practically every restaurant in his city, he has to go farther afield to indulge.

I think this guy stalks me. Every time I go to a McDonald's, he's there.

Domoviye wrote: This bad idea came from a failed attempt at eating reduced salt bacon, which led to this conversation.
Me: This bacon has no flavour.
(Takes another piece.)
Me: Yep, no flavour at all, it's absolutely tasteless.
(Takes another piece)
Me: It's like eating greasy cardboard, but I think the cardboard would taste better.
Mom: Why are you still eating it than?!
Me: It's bacon, I'm hoping the next piece will taste better.

Anyways:
Bland Mush Guy
His power is to make everyone within 5 meters of him taste all food as greasy, textureless mush or cardboard with absolutely no flavour to it. Drinks are the equivalent of warm, stale water. It also affects him, constantly.
While this power did make him somewhat popular in highschool as it made the cafeteria food edible, it has left his social life somewhat wanting. His favourite activity is to go to fine restaurants and sit in the middle of the restaurant with some of the cheapest food and watch the nearby diners complain about the quality of the food. Since he's been banned from practically every restaurant in his city, he has to go farther afield to indulge.

"Ayla no!!! Put down the knife it's not worth it!!!"

And thus did Ayla did became the hero of the school forevermore.

Least you got bacon, even if it was bland.
I brought some home from the store, and the next thing I know all that was left of it was a full drippen jar that I ended up spilling cause someone left it on the stove.
Which to add insult to insult I spilled so I spent a day smelling like the bacon I didn't get.

A teleporter who, whenever they have a particularly nice dream, unconsciously teleports into the bed of whomever they're dreaming about.


Or, for a different sort of fun, a teleporter who instead of teleporting to people instead switches places with them. And their dream teleporting is on much more of a hair trigger, swapping them several times a night with people they barely know.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: A teleporter who, whenever they have a particularly nice dream, unconsciously teleports into the bed of whomever they're dreaming about.


Or, for a different sort of fun, a teleporter who instead of teleporting to people instead switches places with them. And their dream teleporting is on much more of a hair trigger, swapping them several times a night with people they barely know.

Better/ worse idea. A telaporter who telaports who ever he or she is dreming about to them.

Bob, he floats. No matter what you strap to him, he continues to float. Great if the boat sinks, but bad if you are in a submarine.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: A teleporter who, whenever they have a particularly nice dream, unconsciously teleports into the bed of whomever they're dreaming about.


Or, for a different sort of fun, a teleporter who instead of teleporting to people instead switches places with them. And their dream teleporting is on much more of a hair trigger, swapping them several times a night with people they barely know.

Related- a shifter that can only shift in their dreams and ends up stuck the whole day, unless someone knocks him out, then you get the seldom seen true form...

mhalpern wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote: A teleporter who, whenever they have a particularly nice dream, unconsciously teleports into the bed of whomever they're dreaming about.


Or, for a different sort of fun, a teleporter who instead of teleporting to people instead switches places with them. And their dream teleporting is on much more of a hair trigger, swapping them several times a night with people they barely know.

Related- a shifter that can only shift in their dreams and ends up stuck the whole day, unless someone knocks him out, then you get the seldom seen true form...

That was more or less Heyoka's power. And I think there is another who shifts in there sleep as well.

NJM1564 wrote:

mhalpern wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote: A teleporter who, whenever they have a particularly nice dream, unconsciously teleports into the bed of whomever they're dreaming about.


Or, for a different sort of fun, a teleporter who instead of teleporting to people instead switches places with them. And their dream teleporting is on much more of a hair trigger, swapping them several times a night with people they barely know.

Related- a shifter that can only shift in their dreams and ends up stuck the whole day, unless someone knocks him out, then you get the seldom seen true form...

That was more or less Heyoka's power. And I think there is another who shifts in there sleep as well.

Jimmy T would wake up looking like what he dreamed about. The longer or more intense the dream (something like that) the harder it was for him to shift back to normal.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: A teleporter who, whenever they have a particularly nice dream, unconsciously teleports into the bed of whomever they're dreaming about.

A few more ideas about their first teleport:


Nice version:
The teleporter wakes up in the bed of their crush (naked, of course), who reciprocates but has been too shy to say anything. They're both horribly embarrassed, but also excited, and now they have to figure out how to get the teleporter back across town without anybody noticing.

Mean version:
The teleporter wakes up in the bed of the school idol, who has no desire to see some random classmate in their bed (naked) and sets up a hollaballoo. Optionally a mutantphobe.

Awkward Version:
The teleporter was dreaming of their hot teacher. Who is married.

Alternative Awkward Version:
The teleporter has a significant other, but that's not the bed they wake up in. Optionally, while they're not particularly interested in their 'target', that person is interested in them.

Dangerous Version:
The target isn't sleeping in their bed at all - they snuck out for a night on the town, and the teleporter has just appeared, naked and asleep, in the middle of the city.

Combination:
The teleporter dreams about one of their classmates, but wakes up in the bed of the teacher that classmate is sleeping with.

Add to pretty much any of these an important secret on the part of the target (sexual orientation, mutant ability, sexual partner, etc) for extra fun.

And I haven't even touched the fun you can have if the teleporter is gay or bisexual.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Add to pretty much any of these an important secret on the part of the target (sexual orientation, mutant ability, sexual partner, etc) for extra fun.

At least the teleporter's learning the ropes, one way, or another.

mhalpern wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote: A teleporter who, whenever they have a particularly nice dream, unconsciously teleports into the bed of whomever they're dreaming about.


Or, for a different sort of fun, a teleporter who instead of teleporting to people instead switches places with them. And their dream teleporting is on much more of a hair trigger, swapping them several times a night with people they barely know.

Related- a shifter that can only shift in their dreams and ends up stuck the whole day, unless someone knocks him out, then you get the seldom seen true form...

i'm pretty sure that character already exists in G2, can't remember his name but he is a resident advisor in Tia's cottage and stuck as a girl on the day they have the party to welcome incoming freshmen.

NJM1564 wrote:

mhalpern wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote: A teleporter who, whenever they have a particularly nice dream, unconsciously teleports into the bed of whomever they're dreaming about.


Or, for a different sort of fun, a teleporter who instead of teleporting to people instead switches places with them. And their dream teleporting is on much more of a hair trigger, swapping them several times a night with people they barely know.

Related- a shifter that can only shift in their dreams and ends up stuck the whole day, unless someone knocks him out, then you get the seldom seen true form...

That was more or less Heyoka's power. And I think there is another who shifts in there sleep as well.

I mean ONLY capable of shifting in his sleep, and it isn't just oposite sex either, if he watches a horror movie...

mhalpern wrote: I mean ONLY capable of shifting in his sleep, and it isn't just oposite sex either, if he watches a horror movie...

Imagine if he watches a horror anime.

NJM1564 wrote:

mhalpern wrote: I mean ONLY capable of shifting in his sleep, and it isn't just oposite sex either, if he watches a horror movie...

Imagine if he watches a horror anime.

Hey, tentacles need love too!!

OH TO HELL WITH IT!!!

Stealing the Venom Symbiot's origin story an rolling it with one of DPRagan's old ideas of a devisor grown skin suit; skin suits from space for my Space Elf and her friends.

NJM1564 wrote:

mhalpern wrote: I mean ONLY capable of shifting in his sleep, and it isn't just oposite sex either, if he watches a horror movie...

Imagine if he watches a horror anime.

Or the episodes of RWBY Vol 4 featuring the Grimm Nuckelavee, beats tenticles in creepiness factor, by a long shot.

As far as horrors go, I've always been partial to Iruoch from False Covenant by Ari Marmel.

With spider hands and webs for hair
a black and never-blinking stare
a scarecrow's form, a dancer's walk
there's no mistaking Iruoch

And that's just the nursery rhyme version. That doesn't cover its two-toned voice that overlaps a grown man and a small child speaking in unison, or the invisible chorus of giggling children that seems to follow it everywhere, or any number of other tiny details that makes Iruoch horribly creepy.

Well for my Icy Fic Darcy's gonna end up channeling the beasty the Jabberwock is a pale reflection of, and in another story I was thinking of having someone channeling Old Slendy, or one of my local Things that Go Bump!

Hmm, speaking of Jabberwock, now that we know Razorback is an Avatar....

You know how spirit hallows tend to be peaceful sylvan glens, majestic mountains, etc., until some avatar-powered mutant strip-mines them? What about other features?

a paragon of the spirit of pot-holes (every speedster's favorite companion!)
an elemental avatar of both water and earth, as persistent as a phosphate mine's clay settling pond
an avatar hosting the municipal spirit of Orlando, also known as Theme World World, Land of the Rat

null0trooper wrote: You know how spirit hallows tend to be peaceful sylvan glens, majestic mountains, etc., until some avatar-powered mutant strip-mines them? What about other features?

a paragon of the spirit of pot-holes (every speedster's favorite companion!)
an elemental avatar of both water and earth, as persistent as a phosphate mine's clay settling pond
an avatar hosting the municipal spirit of Orlando, also known as Theme World World, Land of the Rat

Discworld has its share of thouse, like Anoia the goddess of things that get stuck in drawers. There was a lot more of them in the Hogfather, due to a surplus of belief all sorts of unlikely concepts gain a personfication. If I recall correctly one was responsible for spreading warts.

null0trooper wrote: You know how spirit hallows tend to be peaceful sylvan glens, majestic mountains, etc., until some avatar-powered mutant strip-mines them? What about other features?

a paragon of the spirit of pot-holes (every speedster's favorite companion!)
an elemental avatar of both water and earth, as persistent as a phosphate mine's clay settling pond
an avatar hosting the municipal spirit of Orlando, also known as Theme World World, Land of the Rat

That last one reminds me of Princess from the Velveteen vs. series. She's an avatar (or that world's equivalent, at least) of the Disney Princess. Empowered by the collective belief of the world's preteen girls, she lives in the Crystal Glitter Unicorn Castle, where animals make all her clothing, and she travels in pumpkin coaches.

In Gen2 timeline, Razorback as a tour-guide at a Natural history museum, one of the major ones obviously. He is uniquely qualified, not many prospects for the job can be mistaken for an exhibit, or bring people in like an exhibit, providing they aren't H1, but then you have security at the front door to turn any guns away....

mhalpern wrote: In Gen2 timeline, Razorback as a tour-guide at a Natural history museum, one of the major ones obviously. He is uniquely qualified, not many prospects for the job can be mistaken for an exhibit, or bring people in like an exhibit, providing they aren't H1, but then you have security at the front door to turn any guns away....

Razorback's Australian, and guns aren't really a problem in Australia. Biggest problem is that Razorback likes the Outback, not the cities.

Phoenix Spiritus wrote:

mhalpern wrote: In Gen2 timeline, Razorback as a tour-guide at a Natural history museum, one of the major ones obviously. He is uniquely qualified, not many prospects for the job can be mistaken for an exhibit, or bring people in like an exhibit, providing they aren't H1, but then you have security at the front door to turn any guns away....

Razorback's Australian, and guns aren't really a problem in Australia. Biggest problem is that Razorback likes the Outback, not the cities.

Well at least that doesn't kill the idea of him using a natural history museum as a place to hide in plain sight which is where the previous idea stemmed from

Razorback as a rickshaw driver.
Razorback as a Police negotiator.
Jerico as a fashion consultant.
Jerico as a Camouflage designer. (If you can't look at it you can't shoot at it.)

Tink learns about the Nac Mac Feegle, and gets ideas.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Tink learns about the Nac Mac Feegle, and gets ideas.

And gets one of the devisors to build her a set of mousepipes.

I'm thinking Wee Mad Arthur is more her style, the Mac Nag Feegle are a bit to country for her tastes.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Tink learns about the Nac Mac Feegle, and gets ideas.

“An' things ha' come to a pretty pass, ye ken, if people are going to leave stuff like that aroound where innocent people could accidentally smash the door doon and lever the bars aside and take the big chain off'f the cupboard and pick the lock and drink it!”

Tink looks up from the book, and over to one of the devisor crowd, "Oh, 'Shine!"

"'Shine! Come back!"

"I ain't seen a Tennessee boy run so fast since one of the Florida alumni got drunk, rather, drunk-er than usual, at the Vandy game a few years back. Gave 'Go Gators!' a whole new dimension."

Would people mind trying to poke holes/improve this idea with me? Taken from Reflections and Fliters discussion pages:

Cryptic wrote: I think I have Jess's primary power set worked out!!! The boy/girl swap thing is just an odd/amusing side effect of her being a shape-shifting mimic. She takes on the reflection of another person to use their power. Kind of like... Duplex I think it is. Haven't quite decided on her limit or how she learns she can mimic powers yet.

Cryptic wrote: I've thought about it some and I think I have an idea how to explain the gender swap and being a mimic; Her base power is internalized Probability warping that works like this; Jess was thinking about his twin sister when he touched the mirror when the Warping kicked in and swapped him to her. Why did it do that? It flipped the XY to XX of when he was conceived. To mimic another's powers it flips the switch of "If I manifested with X power...."

To much?

Malady wrote: Woah. It tracks alternate timelines or something. Cool! ... Being able to copy any power is sort of OP. 'Cause it's basically Mimeo.

Unless, he has to go back to a baseform or trying to chain transforms does something different, depending on when the transform is applied.

Like, Boy -> Girl -> Energizer Mimic Attempt gets a different result than Boy -> Energizer Mimic Attempt or something.

Cryptic wrote: Like I said, haven't worked out all the details yet, mostly cause I'm stuck on how she leans about the mimicking. Original version was have her touch the refection of Val's Cousin, and have something wonky happen like revealing she's not human. Which could still work if I had some clue as to how her not humanness manifests.

Cryptic wrote: Would people mind trying to poke holes/improve this idea with me? Taken from Reflections and Fliters discussion pages:

Some things that needs to be considered is:

What constitutes a mirror? Dose it have to be a silver backed glass? Or would anything reflective do? And how much surface aria is needed? Would a shiny button change him back?

And what about distorted or broken reflections. What would a fun house mirror do? Or chipped glass? Or dirty glass?

Is there any link to the original mirror he used to transform? If it brakes what happen?

Is damage transferred back?

He changes with a mirror would being hit with enough force to break the mirror shatter the reflected image and turn him back?

How much does changing his body change his mind?

Is there any effect on the person he is reflecting? Being swapped with his form. Seeing through his eyes. Trapped in the mirror.

Is it limited to a human form? What about someone with GSD? Or a animal? What about a zoanthrope.

How good will he be at using these powers? Many mutant powers can be uncontrollable at first.

Is there a time limit? Itll sundown? Midnight?

Will normal skills transfer true? Look ma I know how to fly a Chinook helicopter.

What about specific knowledge?

Wow I know the Gover-ntors ATM number.

Is there a limit to the max power he can nick? Hay basterd hold still a sec I want to take your reflection.

If more than one person is reflected at the same time would he get a gustalt form of them and both there powers?

How "detaled" Is the reflections? Will Aylas secret Hello Kitty tattoo be revealed. And would the form reflected be male or female.

Could he change other people? And if so do any of the above apply?

Could he change other things?

NJM1564 wrote: Hay basterd hold still a sec I want to take your reflection.

That reminds me: I forgot all about the 'steal your soul' aspect of mirrors and cameras.

Also, is there a mystical component such that (alchemical?) mercury glass and/or silvered glass (A use for blood silver! Let's find us some pixies.) works better/longer?

null0trooper wrote:

NJM1564 wrote: Hay basterd hold still a sec I want to take your reflection.

That reminds me: I forgot all about the 'steal your soul' aspect of mirrors and cameras.

Also, is there a mystical component such that (alchemical?) mercury glass and/or silvered glass (A use for blood silver! Let's find us some pixies.) works better/longer?

You could add magical metals and crystals to that list.

See this is why I asked for help; half of this I hadn't considered.

I think her power is as much Magic, in some form, as Warping. Cause really isn't magic just another way to alter the world?

Forgot about the steal your soul thing... Hmmm.... maybe that's how the copy works? She picks up a trace of the other person's soul?

Any way I do see there being a 'Tuned to me' aspect as well as a 'I want to use them' (after she learns control) to her powers; so no a shiny button or a random surface won't effect her if she touches it. Thinking it works best with silvered glass, but in a pinch she could used any attuned shiny object. Hmm, might throw in a size limit to what works... Had been thinking the size of a make up compact mirror/pocket watch being the smallest she can use.

breaking the mirror... Eh, bad luck happens? Hadn't considered that, but I will now.

I don't see damage transferring, unless some how that is part of the reflected power.

Warped reflections shouldn't bother her, if I go with the touch a soul/reflect a soul... Oh there's a thought... soul reflection; let's her See like the Wizard's Sight from Dresden files? Hmmm have to mull that, though I like it.

Change the body, change the mind; Yeah there is some of that going on already. Why else do you think he's taking being a she so well? I'm gonna have to see how things play out as to how much the body effects the mind.

Not seeing anyone taking his form when he touches their reflection, though admit I hadn't considered that.

GSD; no issue, Someone like razor; no issue, "dumb" animal can't work. Yeah thinking anything that can be argued as to having a 'soul' (though I may stretch the definition... sue me, part of me likes Slime Girls and I could see Jess getting Schrodinger-ed by Jose's familiar) she can copy powers from.

No no control or other knowledge would come with the powers. Be to easy. She's have to pull a Mimeo. Which I think she's smart enough to realize, even if she doesn't know of him.

Time limit... still working that one out. But yes there is one.

Details... Mmm, I think unless the detail in question is visible, or he's seen it, it isn't copied. So to use the Ayla example; if she touched his reflection without knowing what's in the 'Goodkin vault', if Jess dropped her pants as Copied Ayla, she'd be fully female. But after she learns about the big bit; Ayla with male Jess's junk, maybe a touch exaggerated and recolored to match Ayla's coloring. After seeing Ayla in all his glory, exact replica. Thinking Jess is gonna prefer female forms for some reason.

I can see Jess being able to use reflections made on Mithril or alchemy made objects objects even if the reflective surface isn't attuned to her.

Crystals... maybe they let Jess teleport? I had a Potter character that could do that.

Don't think Jess, at this time, can alter other people. Isn't she potentially powerful enough?

Cryptic wrote: See this is why I asked for help; half of this I hadn't considered.

I think her power is as much Magic, in some form, as Warping. Cause really isn't magic just another way to alter the world?

Forgot about the steal your soul thing... Hmmm.... maybe that's how the copy works? She picks up a trace of the other person's soul?

Any way I do see there being a 'Tuned to me' aspect as well as a 'I want to use them' (after she learns control) to her powers; so no a shiny button or a random surface won't effect her if she touches it. Thinking it works best with silvered glass, but in a pinch she could used any attuned shiny object. Hmm, might throw in a size limit to what works... Had been thinking the size of a make up compact mirror/pocket watch being the smallest she can use.

Don't think Jess, at this time, can alter other people. Isn't she potentially powerful enough?

I've bin considering magic as phisics from from the sprespective of energy. Where sciance usualy starts from the perspective of matter.

Soul means to me mind. Essence might work. An imprint of there essence. A 2D snapshot. Cause you know mirrors are flat.

You could have it so that the less mirror like objects he uses the harder it is for him to use it. And have it take up more energy to hold it. With that original mirror being the easiest for him to use. Almost effortless. So large antique mirrors would be the next best to that original.

I didn't say it would work well. Say a partial imprint or just there appearance. With a severe time limit attached. All based on familiarity.
What I'm looking at is two scenario. Once is that he could "easily" change his sister. And what would happen to an MCO goon drags him into an interrogation room. Once with the nice wall length 2 way mirror.
Though it would have to never work on someone with a BIT. That is just a real bad kettle of worms that does not need to be opened.
Of coarse there could be interesting exceptions to those rules. A shape shifter or one of the J team. It would be interesting to see if it would work on Fubar and how he would react to the offer. Probably with saying no. His transformation wasn't via his mutant aspect but do to exposure to a class X. But even it it could work I don't think it should even be attempted until he is grown up and mastered his power. And even the existent of the transformation should be nothing more than giving him a chance to walk on the land.

Edit: Oh, and potentially powerful doesn't mean much. He is going to have to go through a lot to achieve that potential. Every form is different and every power. Even those with what seems like the same power might control it drastically differently. He would have to learn so very much. To get any real millage out of the powers. I see a lot of prat falls in his future.
Trip. Splat. Whoops wrong feet.



Oh, and could he use unexpressed powers? Like someone who can make fire can also make just light or heat but never realized it.

And how would avatars work with him? Just an emulation of there power?

His reaction to knicking Saras powers might be interesting. His new tentacles playing with him in public.

Make an exosuit like sams for Fubar.
http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00084.htm

NJM1564 wrote: Make an exosuit like sams for Fubar.
http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00084.htm

You forget he's rather large. Not Tiny Tim large, but still large enough that they'd likely run into Physic's issues.

Something like a portable tank would be more practical. And Fubar does not need to have a fake "face" to present to people; he can readily do one himself. It has been shown to work even with psychic nulls.

Cryptic wrote: GSD; no issue, Someone like razor; no issue, "dumb" animal can't work. Yeah thinking anything that can be argued as to having a 'soul' (though I may stretch the definition... sue me, part of me likes Slime Girls and I could see Jess getting Schrodinger-ed by Jose's familiar) she can copy powers from.

No no control or other knowledge would come with the powers. Be to easy. She's have to pull a Mimeo. Which I think she's smart enough to realize, even if she doesn't know of him.

Time limit... still working that one out. But yes there is one.

Details... Mmm, I think unless the detail in question is visible, or he's seen it, it isn't copied. So to use the Ayla example; if she touched his reflection without knowing what's in the 'Goodkin vault', if Jess dropped her pants as Copied Ayla, she'd be fully female. But after she learns about the big bit; Ayla with male Jess's junk, maybe a touch exaggerated and recolored to match Ayla's coloring. After seeing Ayla in all his glory, exact replica. Thinking Jess is gonna prefer female forms for some reason.

There are pros and cons to "can't see it; can't copy it". Copying Eldritch without getting all the tattoos might be downright dangerous. Even getting ("... Chewing Through the Straps") Metro's dual respiratory system right might require practice, and therapy.

There might be a need for a bit of magic/esper going on to pick up required secondary powers .

Even then, Jess is going to have to learn very quickly to be cautious about who he copies for what, because more than a few folks hide the full extent, if not the nature, of their powers. Copying a low-level Deviser or Gadgeteer sounds fine - less chance of Diedrick's anyway - until you copy Generator for help with that electronics homework.

Hm ... Pounce meets Pouncer? Jess as a (relatively normal) male pixie meets Tink?

Sir Lee wrote: Something like a portable tank would be more practical. And Fubar does not need to have a fake "face" to present to people; he can readily do one himself. It has been shown to work even with psychic nulls.

it doesn't even have to be very portable, with how long range Fubar is, he basically just has to be somewhere in the city or nearby suburbs to project there.

What he needs to do is have Belphegor build him an Aquarichair.

Kettlekorn wrote: What he needs to do is have Belphegor build him an Aquarichair.

Your plan failed at the mention of Belphegor. Belphoebe on the other hand.

"I know of a mutant friendly place where there's not going to be hairy eyeballs pointed at you"


You just know someone is going to write about a mutant with hairy eyeballs right? Probably on stalks.

Tink meets Absinthe's pixies AND the J-gang trio of Trixie, Dixie and Brunhilda.

Sir Lee wrote: Tink meets Absinthe's pixies AND the J-gang trio of Trixie, Dixie and Brunhilda.

Unless Absinthe of Malice has been completely excised, Absinthe has both her fairies and the Grove pixies.

Imagine Tink with a faceful of 'glamour' that would stagger an ox ...

DonTZ125 wrote:

Sir Lee wrote: Tink meets Absinthe's pixies AND the J-gang trio of Trixie, Dixie and Brunhilda.

Unless Absinthe of Malice has been completely excised, Absinthe has both her fairies and the Grove pixies.

Imagine Tink with a faceful of 'glamour' that would stagger an ox ...

I REALLY don't want to, now that Absinthe's father is canon, however, such a microscene is inevitable, if just a spoon full of sugar can make the sanity go bye, then a dose of Absinthe's glamour...

Sugar doesn't make 'the sanity go bye-bye', it just turns up the insanity to 11 and the speed to 'squirrel!'

Now imagine if she got her 'spoonful of sugar' in a huge mug of devisor coffee?

"Hey Tink! I heard Jericho said you're way too itty-bitty to drink a mug-full of his coffee. Something about cranial volume being too small?"

"Monica, I love you like a sister, but this is ALL on you."

Cross posted here and the discussion thread:

“losing” forms; I'm not seeing it happening. Jess will always have her base two forms. Might throw that in as a fear while learning the ins and outs though.

Either or swapping could be an interesting twist I'm gonna consider, though memories do sync when they swap places.

It might be safest for Jess to only mimic a fraction of the level of each given power set, within reason. (Aquerna: full power. Tennyo or Fey: dial things back from 'fried, extra crispy')

Fey may be fine power wise, not like Jess would get an echo of Aung to whisper Eco-disaster spells to her. Tennyo copying... yeah... no. Billie is just a whole order of power I don't wanna try writing.

Val's cousin looks like this NSFW!!!! under a Venom like skin suit.

Kidding. Val's cousin is really a decedent of Sidhe that were off Earth when the Sundering cut off their outpost. Not sure if they still have magic, are more or less humans with long life spans and pointed ears, or what. She does have a skinsuit though, which is what I had considered Jess duping and ending up 'snuggling' Val in a semi liquid form. Val's also a mutant, but hasn't manifested yet.

I'm rethinking the shifting aspect. Thinking less full on copy and more just picks up traits some how. Dupe a Fey, get elf ears, a more red tinted hair color, and an added cup size for f!Jess form rather then full Fey. And cause you lot think it Should Be Done; Dupeing Fubes results in this .

If Jess dupes an avatar when the avatar power fades the spirit would either get kicked out, or end up stuck like Sparky and Scott. Actually I'm tempted to get Val get mojoed or something with the same results as Scott and Sparky, just with a different spirit.

Hmm hadn't considered Cait copying, but I feel she's in Tennyo's category and not gonna get played with.

Here's the page for the picture, so there's context.

Cryptic wrote: Cross posted here and the discussion thread:

“losing” forms; I'm not seeing it happening. Jess will always have her base two forms. Might throw that in as a fear while learning the ins and outs though.

Either or swapping could be an interesting twist I'm gonna consider, though memories do sync when they swap places.

It might be safest for Jess to only mimic a fraction of the level of each given power set, within reason. (Aquerna: full power. Tennyo or Fey: dial things back from 'fried, extra crispy')

Fey may be fine power wise, not like Jess would get an echo of Aung to whisper Eco-disaster spells to her. Tennyo copying... yeah... no. Billie is just a whole order of power I don't wanna try writing.

Val's cousin looks like this NSFW!!!! under a Venom like skin suit.

Kidding. Val's cousin is really a decedent of Sidhe that were off Earth when the Sundering cut off their outpost. Not sure if they still have magic, are more or less humans with long life spans and pointed ears, or what. She does have a skinsuit though, which is what I had considered Jess duping and ending up 'snuggling' Val in a semi liquid form. Val's also a mutant, but hasn't manifested yet.

I'm rethinking the shifting aspect. Thinking less full on copy and more just picks up traits some how. Dupe a Fey, get elf ears, a more red tinted hair color, and an added cup size for f!Jess form rather then full Fey. And cause you lot think it Should Be Done; Dupeing Fubes results in this .

If Jess dupes an avatar when the avatar power fades the spirit would either get kicked out, or end up stuck like Sparky and Scott. Actually I'm tempted to get Val get mojoed or something with the same results as Scott and Sparky, just with a different spirit.

Hmm hadn't considered Cait copying, but I feel she's in Tennyo's category and not gonna get played with.

You could base the quality of the dupe based on the mirror used.
Cheaper newer mirrors only providing minor characteristics.
Older mirrors with more history making better copies and lasting longer. Power of the copy also influencing the time it takes. And using the power making them where out faster.
You could also set a time indicator with the mirror distorting over time. With fog or something slowly covering the mirror from the outside in. Or perhaps the silver backing wearing off. Healing over time once the transformation is undone.
However If the fog completely covers the mirror it gets locked. And he can't use it until repaired. Leaving him stuck in that form until it is.

GAHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!

I have had the Belle Bonjure! Emma Watson trailer stuck in my head all day and in the next few days You will be getting a taste of the insanity that it has brought. Think Beauty and the Beast meets Mass Effect 2 with a dose of Friendship is Magical Girls.

The main reason I haven't posted it yet is cause the title is not coming to me, as well as the main character.

Wait... You do mean MythrilMoth's Friendship is Magical Girls , right? (Just for those who don't know about it. It's not like there's any other...)

Malady wrote: Wait... You do mean MythrilMoth's Friendship is Magical Girls , right? (Just for those who don't know about it. It's not like there's any other...)

Yep, that one. Though what I wrote up came out less Magical Girl as Busty Equals Rank! IDKW.

Cryptic wrote:

Malady wrote: Wait... You do mean MythrilMoth's Friendship is Magical Girls , right? (Just for those who don't know about it. It's not like there's any other...)

Yep, that one. Though what I wrote up came out less Magical Girl as Busty Equals Rank! IDKWWW!

FTFY.

Devisor Grandma: She developed her own special knitting technique which allows her to create beautiful and intricate knitting projects. On closer inspection, her technique and the resulting knitting appear to be impossible.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Devisor Grandma: She developed her own special knitting technique which allows her to create beautiful and intricate knitting projects. On closer inspection, her technique and the resulting knitting appear to be impossible.

The Mad Tatter?

She wrote a book on the subject titled. "The kiting of eldridge abomination." "Also known as how a shawl ate my soul."

Also reminds me of one of this weeks new webcomics.
superredundant.com/?comic=630-whiteboard-of-doom

In real life I actually met a woman who liked knitting mobious strips and cline bottels. She worked out how to knit both of them without any seams.

There are all sorts of devisors wrth exploring. What about one who is limited to stone age materials or even just wood. it reminds me of Dwarf fortesss, the Elves in DF make hln sorts of unlihely items from wood. As can Dwarves expitriencing a strange mood. One person reported that he got a wooden anvil once, and it was still usable.

^ IIRC, artifacts are indestructible, so because it wouldn't be incinerated, it works. But an ordinary wooden anvil wouldn't work?

But, it still would burn...

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Devisor Grandma: She developed her own special knitting technique which allows her to create beautiful and intricate knitting projects. On closer inspection, her technique and the resulting knitting appear to be impossible.

There's a character in the Green Rider series that kind of does this, though she's knitting/cat's cradling as spell focuses. VERY creepy old lady.

More a bad idea on my part, but i am seriously thinking Di'ar from Long Way may be very Drow like in appearance, and I am very tempted to have her get sent to Whateley as part of her cover story just so I can have her run into Jobe and the Drow Swarm as well as Nikki.

konzill wrote: In real life I actually met a woman who liked knitting mobious strips and cline bottels. She worked out how to knit both of them without any seams.

There are all sorts of devisors wrth exploring. What about one who is limited to stone age materials or even just wood. it reminds me of Dwarf fortesss, the Elves in DF make hln sorts of unlihely items from wood. As can Dwarves expitriencing a strange mood. One person reported that he got a wooden anvil once, and it was still usable.

There's an interesting idea. Ever see The Kids Next Door? The Whatlyverse needs 2*4 technology.

A student decides to mess with the "no titles unless you actually have them" rule by choosing the codename "Serdoc Tercaptin"

Alternatives he considered:
Bear Ronprints
Duking
Jenn Rallord

Hardass hammers him just to make the point back that Whateley really isn't kidding, and that the Professors, Doctors, Sergeants and Admirals on the staff don't find this funny.

I didn't get the second one (but then, non-native English speaker here. Sometimes puns escape me). I got the other three, I think.
(30 seconds later) Oh. Got it now.

Sir Lee wrote: I didn't get the second one (but then, non-native English speaker here. Sometimes puns escape me). I got the other three, I think.
(30 seconds later) Oh. Got it now.

This the one you missed?
Bear Ronprints = Baron Prince

I am so very tempted; [url=http://questionablecontent.net./comics/3425.png]Asspull swords[/url]

Cryptic wrote: I am so very tempted; [url=http://questionablecontent.net./comics/3425.png]Asspull swords[/url]

What about the fighting style used by Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo?

What would Tetsuo Ito think of the 'S-Not-For-You nose hair techniques?

A devisor girl who unfortunately internalized the idea that only boys are allowed to do science, and her devises only function when the majority of those observing think that the operator is male. (The operator themself is not included in the tally. If the operator is alone they work fine.) The actual gender or sex of the operator doesn't matter, just how they are perceived.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: A devisor girl who unfortunately internalized the idea that only boys are allowed to do science, and her devises only function when the majority of those observing think that the operator is male. (The operator themself is not included in the tally. If the operator is alone they work fine.) The actual gender or sex of the operator doesn't matter, just how they are perceived.

... That sounds so sad...

Interesting, but so sad!

... But, she can make devises no matter what, they just don't operate without male-perception??

Wondering how her DEV trait gets discovered... She has to make a devise, then she has to use it, then she somehow has to demonstrate it under observation in the Labs for Testing?

... What about a girl-DEV who can only copy things made by guy DEVs? ... Or can only make DEVs when they work in teams? ... Is the latter even possible under Whateley rules??

Malady wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote: A devisor girl who unfortunately internalized the idea that only boys are allowed to do science, and her devises only function when the majority of those observing think that the operator is male. (The operator themself is not included in the tally. If the operator is alone they work fine.) The actual gender or sex of the operator doesn't matter, just how they are perceived.

... That sounds so sad...

Interesting, but so sad!

... But, she can make devises no matter what, they just don't operate without male-perception??

Wondering how her DEV trait gets discovered... She has to make a devise, then she has to use it, then she somehow has to demonstrate it under observation in the Labs for Testing?

... What about a girl-DEV who can only copy things made by guy DEVs? ... Or can only make DEVs when they work in teams? ... Is the latter even possible under Whateley rules??

Her stuff works normally when she's alone, so discovering her powers wasn't difficult. Proving that her devises weren't junk... that took a while.

Oh, and to clarify - she doesn't actually believe that only guys are allowed to do science. Except maybe in a "there's a double-standard in the scientific world that I need to fight" sort of way. It was a viewpoint she was exposed to as a kid, but she quickly figured out what's what. I imagined her as a Sweet Polly Oliver sort of character, who is entirely female but comes to Whateley disguised as a boy so that she can make her devises function.

She'd probably let her close friends / Poesies in on the secret. My original version required everyone looking at her to consider her male, but decided that that was too cruel, because it would mean that if she told any of her friends her secret, their presence would turn off her devises in her hands. But she only needs a majority perspective. As long as the general population considers her male, she is unlikely to be in any situations where she needs to use a devise but can't. And if push comes to shove, she can always hand a devise to a male friend and say "Here! Push this button!" Since everyone would consider the guys male, there wouldn't be a problem.

Of course, even if she keeps the fact that the effect is observer based to herself, she will still have to deal with explaining that her devises are only usable by guys (or in private). Have fun convincing a strident feminist that it's not you who are sexist, it's your mutant power! Especially if they think she's a guy.

Actually, though, a devise that only works when you're not being observed could be pretty useful. A good way to detect peeping toms.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: use a devise but can't. And if push comes to shove, she can always hand a devise to a male friend and say "Here! Push this button!" Since everyone would consider the guys male, there wouldn't be a problem.

Some how I read that as she only needs to devise a male. Like she makes a mechanical guy to use her devises.

NJM1564 wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote: use a devise but can't. And if push comes to shove, she can always hand a devise to a male friend and say "Here! Push this button!" Since everyone would consider the guys male, there wouldn't be a problem.

Some how I read that as she only needs to devise a male. Like she makes a mechanical guy to use her devises.

Didn't someone propose something like a mechanical guy recently? (Unless it was a wiki-walk that ended up there.)

null0trooper wrote:

NJM1564 wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote: use a devise but can't. And if push comes to shove, she can always hand a devise to a male friend and say "Here! Push this button!" Since everyone would consider the guys male, there wouldn't be a problem.

Some how I read that as she only needs to devise a male. Like she makes a mechanical guy to use her devises.

Didn't someone propose something like a mechanical guy recently? (Unless it was a wiki-walk that ended up there.)

There was a song on youtube I posted about someone of a deviser-ish nature who made a robot friend left for collage and by the time she came home it had committed suicide out of lowliness. Could that have bin it?

A Wiki page for Pickles.

BRAIN BLEACH!!!

NJM1564 wrote:

null0trooper wrote:

NJM1564 wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote: use a devise but can't. And if push comes to shove, she can always hand a devise to a male friend and say "Here! Push this button!" Since everyone would consider the guys male, there wouldn't be a problem.

Some how I read that as she only needs to devise a male. Like she makes a mechanical guy to use her devises.

Didn't someone propose something like a mechanical guy recently? (Unless it was a wiki-walk that ended up there.)

There was a song on youtube I posted about someone of a deviser-ish nature who made a robot friend left for collage and by the time she came home it had committed suicide out of lowliness. Could that have bin it?

Yep! It doesn't take much to trigger a wiki-walk.

Remember its origin point? That's a different magnitude of difficulty without prompting.

Cryptic wrote: A Wiki page for Pickles.

Just remember to get pics of the pickled Prickles.

For completeness, y'know.

Bad Verses Idea, Phase vs Anomaly, its hard to say who would win, it could go down very many ways.

Cryptic wrote: A Wiki page for Pickles.

But surely you are following pickles on facebook?

JG wrote:

mhalpern wrote: Bad Verses Idea, Phase vs Anomaly, its hard to say who would win, it could go down very many ways.

I'm leaning towards Phase if we're just talking straight brawling.

except that light Phase is still effected by gravity somewhat, and heavy Phase is effected by gravity a lot, and i doubt either will play fair, also warper vs warper strangeness can really screw things over

Yes, but Phase thinks he's Batman, has a year of BMA under his belt. Plus he has more experience dealing with gravity warpers than Anomaly has dealing with density warpers. So I agree that Phase has the advantage at the moment, although as Anomaly starts to build up her own force multipliers, the balance might tip. Of course, Phase might be using magic by that point, so who knows.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Yes, but Phase thinks he's Batman, has a year of BMA under his belt. Plus he has more experience dealing with gravity warpers than Anomaly has dealing with density warpers. So I agree that Phase has the advantage at the moment, although as Anomaly starts to build up her own force multipliers, the balance might tip. Of course, Phase might be using magic by that point, so who knows.

Yes but not many people can last long against Eldritch, Anomaly is one of them, also Anomaly very likely SHOULD have magical abilities, even if the spirit committed suicide more or less, she IS an avatar, Phase is a Wiz-0.

Also a lot of Phase's stuff might not effect Anomoly

Megaphone: A Siren who is capable of projecting her voice so that she can be heard clearly by anyone or everyone within a half mile radius. The sound isn't loud, but it cuts through walls, earplugs, and loud noises without difficulty. Unfortunately for her, the first time her powers manifested was... memorable. (Let's just say that she has no need of an Elliptical Reflector Dish

Anomaly, Anomaly,
Fucks around with gravity,
Gives a hug, and high fives,
Strikes your gut, and pokes your eyes.
All that, simultaneously!

it is a tad disturbing when you start writing a character you're semi basing on yourself, and diagnose them as having at least Quinzel-Osborn Syndrome with maybe a side of Popeye syndrome.

elrodw wrote: Oooohhh!! Idea!!

Angst-off between Murphy and Kayda!!

Kayda, Murphy, and Ayla join together to form a training team that defeats all others with the power of overwhelming angst.

Because The Three Little Witches, and Tansy, Kayda, and Elaine are both Blonde, Brunette, Redhead Trios, and Elaine and Pally are both Fiery Redheads , and I'm on a past-life bender:

They share past lives... Or at least Pally and Elaine do? ... And possibly Clover and Tansy... And both Abra and Kayda are Brainy Brunettes ...

I just realized the both Clover and Tansy have names relating to plants...

... Wait... If the Clover = Lez idea happens... They'll be more similar than ever... That just got more likely to me...

There may be an easier way to get there: Both trios of souls/spirits used a "triple goddess" archetype to pattern their early incarnations on. Like spirits adopting a "pattern" to avoid fading away. Or one more powerful entity split itself three ways, each of which has developed more along the lines of maiden/mother/crone. Since then, they've tried their hand at the usual gender-swaps, and single or dual archetypes when scheduling interfered, but the trios do love each other and like to hang out together when they can. That would make them very similar, while still being unique.

Actually, Tansy, Lanie, and Kayda don't fit too badly as Maiden, Mother, and... the other one. Tansy is still figuring out how love and friendship work, Lanie is a Poe RA, and Kayda has suffered a great deal of the slings and arrows of life, and is on her way to becoming a shaman.

Not a perfect match, certainly. But if you shove a little and squint at it a bit...

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Actually, Tansy, Lanie, and Kayda don't fit too badly as Maiden, Mother, and... the other one. Tansy is still figuring out how love and friendship work, Lanie is a Poe RA, and Kayda has suffered a great deal of the slings and arrows of life, and is on her way to becoming a shaman.

Not a perfect match, certainly. But if you shove a little and squint at it a bit...

You run into,the problem that none of them are maidens (though Kayda's was really taken from her, and Tansy's not much better), there is a stunning lack of children in order for there to be a mother, and calling them 'crones' is stretching a definition even more the Donald Trump could do so.

Phoenix Spiritus wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Actually, Tansy, Lanie, and Kayda don't fit too badly as Maiden, Mother, and... the other one. Tansy is still figuring out how love and friendship work, Lanie is a Poe RA, and Kayda has suffered a great deal of the slings and arrows of life, and is on her way to becoming a shaman.

Not a perfect match, certainly. But if you shove a little and squint at it a bit...

You run into,the problem that none of them are maidens (though Kayda's was really taken from her, and Tansy's not much better), there is a stunning lack of children in order for there to be a mother, and calling them 'crones' is stretching a definition even more the Donald Trump could do so.

I was taking view that physical qualifications are less important than the mental ones. Innocence (regarding relationships), motherly instinct, and guiding spirit matter more than what they have done with their genitals.

I'll admit, though, that Kayda as crone is more of a stretch than the other two. The stress she's overcome isn't really much worse than that of the other two, and while she's being groomed as a shaman she isn't really there yet.

Maybe something from The Three Faces of Eve ... The Morrigan and her sisters, perhaps? The Trix were associated with Raven Spirits...

Bad Idea - Someone at Whateley gets the TLW into a Replica Dr. Macabe Device, and they go in to try and get Raven Spirits.

Malady wrote: Maybe something from The Three Faces of Eve ... The Morrigan and her sisters, perhaps?

The Morrigan was who I had in mind.

Re: earlier comments
It's important to not mistake "maiden" for "virgin". If we were talking about males, no one would be disqualifying a character as the "young buck" because he wasn't a virgin.

Nor is child-bearing a prerequisite for adulthood/womanhood. Lanie's internal image as the female warrior/protector fills the "mother" role (as does Grizzly) whether she has children yet or not.

The "crone" isn't inherently the others' mother or grandmother. Not that Walky Talky is a spring chicken, but much of the point of Pejuta is to become a Wise Woman/Medicine Woman/Shaman/Keeper of Mysteries. That IS the crone's role.

Malady wrote: Bad Idea - Someone at Whateley gets the TLW into a Replica Dr. Macabe Device, and they go in to try and get Raven Spirits.

Huginn, Muninn, and the Sun-Stealer? That could work for Paly, Abra, and Clover.

I'm sorry Jess but because of this picture you're joining Wondercute...

A Frankenstein's Monster like Power Mimic that has to have a part of someone with the power grafted to their body before they can mimic the power.

Cryptic wrote: A Frankenstein's Monster like Power Mimic that has to have a part of someone with the power grafted to their body before they can mimic the power.

A long time back I posted a bad idea for a shifter who took "you are what you eat" literally - they slowly took on the attributes of the things they consumed. This includes intelligence, so in order to maintain human thought, they need to eat human flesh.

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

Cryptic wrote: A Frankenstein's Monster like Power Mimic that has to have a part of someone with the power grafted to their body before they can mimic the power.

A long time back I posted a bad idea for a shifter who took "you are what you eat" literally - they slowly took on the attributes of the things they consumed. This includes intelligence, so in order to maintain human thought, they need to eat human flesh.

I recently read a Zombie story that used that sort of a plot.

A Hawthorn training team that's been inspired by the Doom Patrol.

Although... I suppose Outcast Corner could kind of been seen as the Gen1 version.

Cryptic wrote: A Hawthorn training team that's been inspired by the Doom Patrol.

Although... I suppose Outcast Corner could kind of been seen as the Gen1 version.

Compared to Robotman, Crazy Jane, Rebis, Dorothy Spinner, Danny the Street, Charlie the Doll, and Coagula, (Grant Morrison's run was my favorite version) Outcast Corner is rather normal.

A crazy cat person devisor. who's robot cats form up into a human sized version of Voltron, or a Voltron like suit of power armor.

hmm, might actually use this idea in Reflections...

Sims based off The Asylum Pictures .

Valentine wrote: Sims based off The Asylum Pictures .

No love for Troma ?

Something like that might finally be too much for Wondercute. The Outcasts would probably love it though.

Katssun wrote:

Valentine wrote: Sims based off The Asylum Pictures .

No love for Troma ?

Something like that might finally be too much for Wondercute. The Outcasts would probably love it though.

I was reading the "Other Aborigine" thread about hunting alligators and turtles, and thought of the schlock monsters from The Asylum.. Imagine going out on an alligator hunt and having Gunny throw Supercroc at your team.

Valentine wrote: I was reading the "Other Aborigine" thread about hunting alligators and turtles, and thought of the schlock monsters from The Asylum.. Imagine going out on an alligator hunt and having Gunny throw Supercroc at your team.

Which leaves them responsible for feeding the mutated Burmese python that had planned to eat Supercroc.
Asylum even thought of that: "Snakes on a Train" (Not to be confused with "Shark on a Train", which was a local news story)

There's also Python 2000, from another top-flight production company :

Sometimes I think I'd be safer in Australia.

Original Wondercute members forming a hero team.

null0trooper wrote: Sometimes I think I'd be safer in Australia.

Real-life Sharknado? Cyclone Debbie washes up shark on Australian street
Monster Croc Vs Bull Shark : Shark is eaten alive by a crocodile named Brutus in Australia
Australia: Snake eats crocodile after battle
Huge spider takes down snake in Australian battle to the death