Question West Shores Wildcat Discussion

Well, here is my first attempt, finally! I have to say that what I've ended up with is very different then what I started with. The amount of chopping and changes that has taken place in the planning stages has really been an eye opener for me. And really its still going. I went and chopped an entire scene out of this installment at the last moment and I believe the same will be true of part two.

A good start.

A few things,
1 does she have cat ears?
2 I never thought about the idea of a mutation taking away someone's speach.
3 is her irritability a hint as to a biological process (ok we don't need to know that one)
4 how long had she been out of the coma?
5 Are we going to see how she initially reacted?
Is that the same Dynamo that's with the Empire City Guard?

1 yes

2 yes she has the vocal cords of a cat now which limits what sounds she can make

3 No. I might throw it in towards the end of the story.

4 a few weeks

5 I tried that but couldn't make it work. I had a previous draft starting the moment she woke up from the coma, then had her transform over a few days. But that just made it read like the first bit of Steel Ribbon. sorry if it wasn't clear but she was in a coma long enough that she has to repeat the eighth grade. Also I'm now sticking to what she told Jane, when she did wake up she looked like she looks now, the changes happened while she was unconscious.

6 Damn, I thought I checked that all my codenames where not in the Wiki Already.Its not the same one. This ono is a local boy who is an eletro magnetic energiser. When I think of a new codename for him I'll update the story.

So seeing as I have to rename one of my background characters I'm thinking either:

Lodestone or Mag-Knight. He is a local boy recently out of high school. Officially he is working as a secrity guard for the largest business in the city. Unofficial he is the local hero.

**EDIT** after a bit of thought I'm going with Lodestone.

konzill wrote: So seeing as I have to rename one of my background characters I'm thinking either:

Lodestone or Mag-Knight. He is a local boy recently out of high school. Officially he is working as a secrity guard for the largest business in the city. Unofficial he is the local hero.

**EDIT** after a bit of thought I'm going with Lodestone.

You mean Maxine Granger from Glow?

The teenaged orphaned Ferokinetic mutant girl that used to go by the name Ironworks and I picture introducing herself to her target with a Princess Bride reference?

mhalpern wrote:

konzill wrote: So seeing as I have to rename one of my background characters I'm thinking either:

Lodestone or Mag-Knight. He is a local boy recently out of high school. Officially he is working as a secrity guard for the largest business in the city. Unofficial he is the local hero.

**EDIT** after a bit of thought I'm going with Lodestone.

You mean Maxine Granger from Glow?

The teenaged orphaned Ferokinetic mutant girl that used to go by the name Ironworks and I picture introducing herself to her target with a Princess Bride reference?

Hmm. Its pretty clear that Maxine made that up on the spot. So its not on her MID. So I think Its reasonable to assume that my Lodestone (a small time hero in California) knows nothing about the other Lodestone (a young villain in Michigan) and vice versa.

If the canon Lodestone ends up at Whateley, it could become an amusing detail to throw into a future wildcat story.

Especially if your Lodestone doesn't have a MID or has a different name on his MID that he doesn't like.


Looking forward to the next bit.

Well they are both small time, i wonder if the name policy would change, or if people will start adding location of origin initials (state abrievations) for non-legacy name share, as numbers are reserved for legacy names, and they are more restrictive than internet account names, cant have numbers at the end (unless legacy) have to live with it (save for some exceptions), shouldn't have real name hinted at, and has to be pronounceable, also has to be free of potential copyright infringement. Policy would then be, don't mess with the big league code names unless you are a legacy, making it so small timers and civilian mutants can use up fewer codenames.

"You will rue the day you crossed The Pink Wahonga!!!!"

Truthfully though, I feel you on the code names, it was hard enough for me to come up with the names for the civilian identities for my characters, heck I pulled the name "Edna" from the Incredibles (in universe its that Eddie did too but also didn't like the more common feminine versions of her birth name), Ben/Betty because Ben and Egg go together and her codename is lame, neither twin has a codename (out of universe) yet.

mhalpern wrote: A few things,
1 does she have cat ears?
2 I never thought about the idea of a mutation taking away someone's speach.
3 is her irritability a hint as to a biological process (ok we don't need to know that one)
4 how long had she been out of the coma?
5 Are we going to see how she initially reacted?
Is that the same Dynamo that's with the Empire City Guard?

Are you forgetting about Razorback?

Valentine wrote:

mhalpern wrote: A few things,
1 does she have cat ears?
2 I never thought about the idea of a mutation taking away someone's speach.
3 is her irritability a hint as to a biological process (ok we don't need to know that one)
4 how long had she been out of the coma?
5 Are we going to see how she initially reacted?
Is that the same Dynamo that's with the Empire City Guard?

Are you forgetting about Razorback?

Oh Yeah,

mhalpern wrote: Well they are both small time, i wonder if the name policy would change, or if people will start adding location of origin initials (state abrievations) for non-legacy name share, as numbers are reserved for legacy names, and they are more restrictive than internet account names, cant have numbers at the end (unless legacy) have to live with it (save for some exceptions), shouldn't have real name hinted at, and has to be pronounceable, also has to be free of potential copyright infringement. Policy would then be, don't mess with the big league code names unless you are a legacy, making it so small timers and civilian mutants can use up fewer codenames.

There is a reason why real government agencies use numbers instead of names for identification. Honestly The MCO ought to be doing so too. sure there is a codename but every MID should also have an associated number, which is actually used. Much like have social security numbers and license numbers and student numbers.Using names just dosn't scale.

Realistically Big name heros whould use existing Trademark law to protect their brands. And big name villians would use more direct methods to do the same. I'm reminded of what happened to the Whateley student that called himself Nyarlathotep.

konzill wrote:

mhalpern wrote: Well they are both small time, i wonder if the name policy would change, or if people will start adding location of origin initials (state abrievations) for non-legacy name share, as numbers are reserved for legacy names, and they are more restrictive than internet account names, cant have numbers at the end (unless legacy) have to live with it (save for some exceptions), shouldn't have real name hinted at, and has to be pronounceable, also has to be free of potential copyright infringement. Policy would then be, don't mess with the big league code names unless you are a legacy, making it so small timers and civilian mutants can use up fewer codenames.

There is a reason why real government agencies use numbers instead of names for identification. Honestly The MCO ought to be doing so too. sure there is a codename but every MID should also have an associated number, which is actually used. Much like have social security numbers and license numbers and student numbers.Using names just dosn't scale.

They actually do use numbers, don't ask me for a cite, though. ... I'd guess that codenames are used 'cause it's much easier to remember and stuff.

konzill wrote:

mhalpern wrote: Well they are both small time, i wonder if the name policy would change, or if people will start adding location of origin initials (state abrievations) for non-legacy name share, as numbers are reserved for legacy names, and they are more restrictive than internet account names, cant have numbers at the end (unless legacy) have to live with it (save for some exceptions), shouldn't have real name hinted at, and has to be pronounceable, also has to be free of potential copyright infringement. Policy would then be, don't mess with the big league code names unless you are a legacy, making it so small timers and civilian mutants can use up fewer codenames.

There is a reason why real government agencies use numbers instead of names for identification. Honestly The MCO ought to be doing so too. sure there is a codename but every MID should also have an associated number, which is actually used. Much like have social security numbers and license numbers and student numbers.Using names just dosn't scale.

Realistically Big name heros whould use existing Trademark law to protect their brands. And big name villians would use more direct methods to do the same. I'm reminded of what happened to the Whateley student that called himself Nyarlathotep.

The MCO does go by an ID number, but uses names because that is easier.

Wiki on MIDs including Loophole's.

Kristin posted recently about MID ID numbers, but I don't remember where.

I suppose part of it is that the MCO, and others, do have to talk to the mutant without using their real names.
Refering to them by just their id number would not only feel awkward, but could be hard to remember during an 8nterview whatever.