Question A Little R & R 2: Alyss in Wondercute Land

Lady Havok (Blast from the Past) wrote: I'd love a chance to have a nice meal with my darling daughter.

Angeldude wrote: Roulette looses all essence when shifting? Interesting. Baselines and non wizard mutants can hold essence just fine, but when Amy shifts she looses all of it.

Angeldude wrote: Another possibility is to potentially use her energizer mode to generate essence when not a wizard. Nikki (I know, it's bad to compare with her when it comes to magic, but bare with me) can absorb lightning and can draw power from live wires to use as essence, so we know that it is possible to convert between electrical energy and essence.

Angeldude wrote: Would it be possible for Roulette to use some spell that doesn't cost essence, but instead converts stored electrical energy into essence?

Angeldude wrote: A bigger problem, is that, as discussed on the Baseline Mages thread, a magic user must have their well lit in order to cast spells and if they use too much essence, it burns out and needs to be relit.

konzill wrote: Does Amy know that Catalin knows the secret of Poe Cottage? Her saying “My mom has some odd ideas about mother son bonding time.” would expose the secret otherwise. I though the spells Mrs Horton puts on everybody was supposed to prevent that kind of sli[pup. Unless spells placed on Amy break whenever she changes powersets.

konzill wrote: To be Honest I can't actually remember weather Catalin actually knows the Secret of Poe or not. seeing as most of the TG Outcasts are not actually in Poe.

Dpragan wrote: We also learned one important thing GEO is still around and has not been shut down, I guess the DARPA's investigation is still under the radar.

annachie wrote:

Dpragan wrote: We also learned one important thing GEO is still around and has not been shut down, I guess the DARPA's investigation is still under the radar.

Or completed and the game was cleaned up.

null0trooper wrote: I think it may be limited to prevent revealing The Secret to someone who doesn't already know what's going on.

Katssun wrote: It also exactly what the Bad Seeds and the Book are for. I doubt she'll have to go as far as Jobe did, but it's probably better than relying on Wondercute. Her reputation won't get better from that.

Dangling Starbrite off a building until she cries like a baby might do it though. Wouldn't violate Alyss' principle of not hurting kids either. Just some tough surrogate parenting!

I really hope for Sapphire's sake that no one tries to destroy her cloak.

Esar wrote: I love the smell of a new Morpheus's Story in the morning.

null0trooper wrote: I think it may be limited to prevent revealing The Secret to someone who doesn't already know what's going on.

It's about not revealing the Cottage's secret, but it does not prevent someone from outing themselves. (But yes Eric Mahren knew about Poe, he was not told about it but he realized it.)

Danny and Frank/Esoteric are bonding, yeah !

Reverse GSD is a very interesting concept.

Thanks Morpheus.

Valentine wrote: I wonder if Roulette could get Kayda's tea recipe for her Magic classes? IIRC it would give her a little bit of Essence.

Malady wrote: Now I'm wondering where they found the nappies. Does the school store sell them?? ... The school is preped for teen preg, even if it doesn't happen very often??

mhalpern wrote: I just realized, isn't there a rule against using biohazardous material in a prank? if there is, Starbitch violated it, BIG time, unidentified fecal matter is a biohazard after all.

null0trooper wrote:

mhalpern wrote: I just realized, isn't there a rule against using biohazardous material in a prank? if there is, Starbitch violated it, BIG time, unidentified fecal matter is a biohazard after all.

I think there was a rule prohibiting biohazardous materials in a fireworks competition - but that may have been only in the Micro-Scenes.

I wonder what sort of reaction Sapphire will have to Diamondback. She could end up needing some serious help

When we reached Hawthorne, I saw Caitlin standing out front, talking to a snake girl. From the waist up, she looked pretty human, but from the waist down, she had an enormous snake tail.

Suddenly, Sapphire stopped. “What?” I asked, noticing that she was just standing there and staring straight at the snake girl. “Are you okay?”

Instead of answering me, Sapphire pulled her cloak tighter and began to scowl. Then it dawned on me. Sapphire was either afraid of snakes, or just of someone with such severe GSD.

A few seconds later, the snake girl slithered away while Caitlin turned and went back into the cottage. Sapphire lowered her head, pulling the hood up and over it so that I couldn’t see her face very clearly. Then, she continued walking into Hawthorne, not saying a word as she went to her room and vanished inside.

null0trooper wrote: That's another good reason for her to get dragged, kicking and cursing, into Wondercute. She wouldn't "belong" in Team Kimba, but she could be inspired by hearing about some of the pranks and stunts they learned to do. For example, Phase spent hours and hours figuring out how to snatch someone's panties. Yes, it was juvenile, but it taught him control of his power in a way that adult instructors might not have thought of or realized as motivating.

Even with her manifested ribbons, Alyss is scary. Instant garrote, as needed. You can cut a finger on the edges of some commercial trim, so there's an improvised blade, or wire saw. Throw in Exemplar 6 strength - yikes!

Steel Ribbon wrote: "The default manifested material simulates the appearance and texture of silk, but it demonstrates thrice the tensile strength... "

null0trooper wrote: You can cut a finger on the edges of some commercial trim, so there's an improvised blade, or wire saw.

• Strength
• Fast regen
• Looks far less deadly than she really is
• Carries a parasol
• Wears Lollita dresses
• Fabric based superpower

Valentine wrote:

Steel Ribbon wrote: "The default manifested material simulates the appearance and texture of silk, but it demonstrates thrice the tensile strength... "

Typical commercial silkworm silk from Bombyx mori cocoons has a tensile strength of about 0.5 gigapascals (GPa), a breaking elongation of 15%. Spider silks are much stronger.

SANICRO 36MO ARMOR WIRE FOR LOGGING CABLES is about 15% stronger. Much stronger than most steels, and about 40% as strong as Kevlar.

mhalpern wrote: I mean if Alyss loops her manifested material through her bracelets say 20 times, and stretches the ring across 1 ft, almost anything is going to be pulled 20ft, at 1/20th the force required to lift a Buick

Most people weigh less than a 20th of a car, the ribbons may have to be reinforced braided or twisted together to handle the force, most likely resembling rope but they could also be layered as a ribbon cable but regardless of how, she has shown enough control of how she manifests stuff that it should be easy enough for her.

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

mhalpern wrote: I mean if Alyss loops her manifested material through her bracelets say 20 times, and stretches the ring across 1 ft, almost anything is going to be pulled 20ft, at 1/20th the force required to lift a Buick

Most people weigh less than a 20th of a car, the ribbons may have to be reinforced braided or twisted together to handle the force, most likely resembling rope but they could also be layered as a ribbon cable but regardless of how, she has shown enough control of how she manifests stuff that it should be easy enough for her.

Friction would be a problem unless she has a real block and tackle.

konzill wrote: Now that I think about it there is actually an even bigger reveal in this story. And that is that mutants altered by their mutation can pass on their specific changes to their children. The human race is on the verge of splitting into multiple species.

Valentine wrote: I wonder if Star(not so)bright will try any of her antics on Team Awesome? Because at that point Alyss' retaliation gloves will come off.

konzill wrote: Now that I think about it there is actually an even bigger reveal in this story. And that is that mutants altered by their mutation can pass on their specific changes to their children. The human race is on the verge of splitting into multiple species.

Valentine wrote: In one of the stories it's explained that Fubar is more human on the genetic level than a high level regen like Jade or Peril.

Sir Lee wrote:

konzill wrote: Now that I think about it there is actually an even bigger reveal in this story. And that is that mutants altered by their mutation can pass on their specific changes to their children. The human race is on the verge of splitting into multiple species.

Not really. There is precedent. Phoenixfire has pretty much identical powers to her mother, Magma, for instance. Gizmatic is a devisor, and so is Jobe -- only with a different focus, which is probably more a matter of personal preferences rather than the particulars of the mutation. And, of course, there's the Harrow family, who are known to breed true for PDP...

So... it happens. Not all the time, but it does happen.
[snip]

annachie wrote: And the whole "hatched from an egg" thing is normal?

mhalpern wrote: I just realized something, Wondercute will protect Danny from Bullies and Ribbon will protect him from Wondercute... Everyone is happy except for enemies of cute...

mhalpern wrote:

annachie wrote: And the whole "hatched from an egg" thing is normal?

Well there is a pretty straight forward mammalian analog, the tricky part is in order to be compatible with most people the egg has to come out fertilized, but I do believe that there are animals that do that. But it doesn't matter, life finds a way....

annachie wrote:

mhalpern wrote:

annachie wrote: And the whole "hatched from an egg" thing is normal?

Well there is a pretty straight forward mammalian analog, the tricky part is in order to be compatible with most people the egg has to come out fertilized, but I do believe that there are animals that do that. But it doesn't matter, life finds a way....

Echidna and platypus, both of which are found around here.

Katssun wrote: Just a reminder, Ribbon doesn't know her bracelets are ebidium, or that ebidium is dead to magic and stabilizes against warper effects.

She and Rachel just know they're really heavy and dense, but not useful for much outside their weight.

Should be entertaining for whoever is at the other end of a thrown bracelet attached to a ribbon at Whateley.

annachie wrote: And the whole "hatched from an egg" thing is normal?

Malady wrote:

annachie wrote: And the whole "hatched from an egg" thing is normal?

There are biological differences between eggs and live births... Eggs mean that all the nutrients for the growth are gathered all at once, and stored in the egg... Unless there's some Energizer Hatchling that uses Energism to get energy...

Anyway, live births have their nutrients being able to be given more slowly, over the pregnancy length...

Also hatchlings grow differently than live births... IIRC, hatchlings can operate by themselves, while live births need mothers?

Phoenix Spiritus wrote:

Malady wrote:

annachie wrote: And the whole "hatched from an egg" thing is normal?

There are biological differences between eggs and live births... Eggs mean that all the nutrients for the growth are gathered all at once, and stored in the egg... Unless there's some Energizer Hatchling that uses Energism to get energy...

Anyway, live births have their nutrients being able to be given more slowly, over the pregnancy length...

Also hatchlings grow differently than live births... IIRC, hatchlings can operate by themselves, while live births need mothers?

'Needing mothers' is nothing to do with eggs or live births, it's to do with being a mammal. We are called 'mammals' because of the mammory gland which produces milk. There are mammals that lay eggs, there are mammals that grow their young in pouches, and there are mammals that keep them inside and use a placenta to feed them. All of them are mammals because the mother feeds the young using milk.

mhalpern wrote:

Katssun wrote: Just a reminder, Ribbon doesn't know her bracelets are ebidium, or that ebidium is dead to magic and stabilizes against warper effects.

She and Rachel just know they're really heavy and dense, but not useful for much outside their weight.

Should be entertaining for whoever is at the other end of a thrown bracelet attached to a ribbon at Whateley.

True but for most uses she doesn't need to know that, until she inevitably finds out in BMA, they are smooth, strong and can be used in a variety of ways because her ribbons are also smooth and strong we know that if it wasn't so dense it would be great for armor, and Alyss knows this as well. Mechanically they are in a very useful shape too.

joreymay wrote: In terms of some "harmless" revenge, Alyss is old enough to be aware of the (declassified) OSS weapon (tested, but not deployed) which was a small squirt bottle of a liquid which produces the smell of brown pants. A squirt of that on the back of SB's skirt would give her a day she would not soon forget and a rumored rep she would not quickly live down.

mhalpern wrote:

joreymay wrote: In terms of some "harmless" revenge, Alyss is old enough to be aware of the (declassified) OSS weapon (tested, but not deployed) which was a small squirt bottle of a liquid which produces the smell of brown pants. A squirt of that on the back of SB's skirt would give her a day she would not soon forget and a rumored rep she would not quickly live down.

trick is acquiring it... though a squirt of Tetrahydrothiophene may do nicely as well or another common oderizer, it isn't a brown smell, but strong enough sulfur smell will make people loose a meal.

joreymay wrote: In terms of some "harmless" revenge, Alyss is old enough to be aware of the (declassified) OSS weapon (tested, but not deployed) which was a small squirt bottle of a liquid which produces the smell of brown pants. A squirt of that on the back of SB's skirt would give her a day she would not soon forget and a rumored rep she would not quickly live down.

Valentine wrote: It's also possible that she was born/hatched within a very short time. The egg merely providing a protective case for the birth. So she may not have been laid and incubated for 9 months then hatched.

Also, there are non-mammals that give birth live, such as some sharks and rays. As for hatchlings not needing mothers? Some do, some don't. Baby birds sure need their parents, sea turtles not so much.

mhalpern wrote:

joreymay wrote: In terms of some "harmless" revenge, Alyss is old enough to be aware of the (declassified) OSS weapon (tested, but not deployed) which was a small squirt bottle of a liquid which produces the smell of brown pants. A squirt of that on the back of SB's skirt would give her a day she would not soon forget and a rumored rep she would not quickly live down.

trick is acquiring it... though a squirt of Tetrahydrothiophene may do nicely as well or another common oderizer, it isn't a brown smell, but strong enough sulfur smell will make people loose a meal.

mhalpern wrote: trick is acquiring it... though a squirt of Tetrahydrothiophene may do nicely as well or another common oderizer, it isn't a brown smell, but strong enough sulfur smell will make people loose a meal.

Sir Lee wrote:

mhalpern wrote: trick is acquiring it... though a squirt of Tetrahydrothiophene may do nicely as well or another common oderizer, it isn't a brown smell, but strong enough sulfur smell will make people loose a meal.

At Whateley? Finding someone able to synthesize some prank-worthy chemical to get back at a bully? Any one of Hazmat's lab gang would be capable to do it. Some might do it for free.

Valentine wrote:

mhalpern wrote:

joreymay wrote: In terms of some "harmless" revenge, Alyss is old enough to be aware of the (declassified) OSS weapon (tested, but not deployed) which was a small squirt bottle of a liquid which produces the smell of brown pants. A squirt of that on the back of SB's skirt would give her a day she would not soon forget and a rumored rep she would not quickly live down.

trick is acquiring it... though a squirt of Tetrahydrothiophene may do nicely as well or another common oderizer, it isn't a brown smell, but strong enough sulfur smell will make people loose a meal.

I wonder if Ribbon has met Nate yet. Seems to me he's been weaponizing certain emanations.

I shrugged at that. “I still need to find a good project car…”

“Just make sure you can reach the pedals,” she teased.

“Yeah,” I responded with a shrug. “I’m taking that into consideration.”

“Maybe platform shoes,” Martina suggested.

I responded in the mature manner of the responsible adult I really was beneath my cute girlish exterior. I flipped her off with both hands, which earned a laugh.

“Maybe a monster truck,” I said with a grin. “I’ve got to admit, I’ve got a lot to compensate for…”

“Maybe a go cart,” my roommate suggested.

I snorted at that. “Those Team Awesome kids in Hawthorne would just steal it.”

“And security would chase them all over campus,” Martina said with a grin. “Sounds like a win-win to me.”

“You’re not the one who’d have to chase them down to get the damn thing back,” I pointed out.

Echo wrote: Has there been speculation on what kind of vehicle Alyss might choose as a project vehicle?

I shrugged at that. “I still need to find a good project car…”

“Just make sure you can reach the pedals,” she teased.

“Yeah,” I responded with a shrug. “I’m taking that into consideration.”

“Maybe platform shoes,” Martina suggested.

I responded in the mature manner of the responsible adult I really was beneath my cute girlish exterior. I flipped her off with both hands, which earned a laugh.

“Maybe a monster truck,” I said with a grin. “I’ve got to admit, I’ve got a lot to compensate for…”

My vote would be for her to acquire an Alvis Stalwart bodyshell from somewhere. Of course that is exotic enough that some of the Gearheads might decide to help Alyss turn that into an amphibian fit for the 21st century, without the drivetrain issues the originals had. Maybe with things like an all-electric drivetrain, drive-by-wire, all axle independent multimode steering and pedals placed where Alyss can get at them.

Remember that Ergonomic put together a baby Bolo in a couple of months, though he was probably dricking at the time.

“Maybe a go cart,” my roommate suggested.

I snorted at that. “Those Team Awesome kids in Hawthorne would just steal it.”

“And security would chase them all over campus,” Martina said with a grin. “Sounds like a win-win to me.”

“You’re not the one who’d have to chase them down to get the damn thing back,” I pointed out.

That sounds like 'Super Mario Karts: Whateley edition'. I like it!

But how about an all terrain motorized skateboard with large self-adjusting smartwheels (not stamped Radiks)?

Sir Lee wrote: Petals? It's a car, not a flower.

Angeldude wrote: On the topic of Ribbon's future car and the petals: given that Ribbon has some level of telekinetic control of her ribbons, would she be able to press the petals completely with her ribbons and TK?

I'm also curious how thick she can make her fabric and if she can essentially make platform socks to increase her height.

mhalpern wrote:

Sir Lee wrote:

mhalpern wrote: trick is acquiring it... though a squirt of Tetrahydrothiophene may do nicely as well or another common oderizer, it isn't a brown smell, but strong enough sulfur smell will make people loose a meal.

At Whateley? Finding someone able to synthesize some prank-worthy chemical to get back at a bully? Any one of Hazmat's lab gang would be capable to do it. Some might do it for free.

There is that, and while effective, it isn't something that I can see Ribbon doing, especially not if it's being offered for free [snip]

Echo wrote: Has there been speculation on what kind of vehicle Alyss might choose as a project vehicle?

“Maybe a go cart,” my roommate suggested.

I snorted at that. “Those Team Awesome kids in Hawthorne would just steal it.”

“And security would chase them all over campus,” Martina said with a grin. “Sounds like a win-win to me.”

“You’re not the one who’d have to chase them down to get the damn thing back,” I pointed out.

That sounds like 'Super Mario Karts: Whateley edition'. I like it!

But how about an all terrain motorized skateboard with large self-adjusting smartwheels (not stamped Radiks)?

Malady wrote: Why stick with a pedal system? Why not use some other control scheme, possibly involving various buttons ?

There's tons of gadgeteers... Although, an alternate control scheme would have to be licensed and tested and stuff???

JG wrote: there are a lot of powerful idiots in the world.

Kettlekorn wrote: Hand controls shouldn't be a problem unless they were designed by an idiot.

mhalpern wrote:

Kettlekorn wrote: Hand controls shouldn't be a problem unless they were designed by an idiot.

For normal driving yes, but the defensive driving hell course that is Whateley's driving lessons, no it isn't, it needs to preform race feats for its vehicle class,

Kettlekorn wrote:

mhalpern wrote:

Kettlekorn wrote: Hand controls shouldn't be a problem unless they were designed by an idiot.

For normal driving yes, but the defensive driving hell course that is Whateley's driving lessons, no it isn't, it needs to preform race feats for its vehicle class,

So? Feet only handle three functions in driving: throttle, brakes, and clutch. Hands, meanwhile, have eight fingers and two thumbs. Some of those are occupied by gripping the steering wheel or gear selector, but there are still plenty free to reallocate to throttle, brake, and clutch controls.

Malady wrote: A psi is like the only power they don't have. Lol.

Malady wrote: Ribbon-cloth isn't permanent though?

Glad to see Starbitch get one, and Gravmax really needs to learn. Imagine once Razorback and Caitlyn find out, he's going to be crying. Outcasts do NOT tolerate bullies. This will not end well for him.

Yolandria wrote:

Glad to see Starbitch get one, and Gravmax really needs to learn. Imagine once Razorback and Caitlyn find out, he's going to be crying. Outcasts do NOT tolerate bullies. This will not end well for him.

I can picture it now...Grav being chased by Razor right into the waiting arms of Noms. Who will gladly give him a slice of his own power back at him.

Malady wrote: Ribbon-cloth isn't permanent though?

Dev Brownies even with just Ember, would have been pretty bad.

Yeah! Finally counter Gravmax! ... And how else would things suddenly dropping be explained, other than his powers?

Wild Pack. Yeah, I can't take that name seriously. Adam, you really need to pick a better name...

Imagine if R&R was the first intro to Whateley, and you took everything without UnreliableNarrator... Wow, things would be different! 'Cause R&R don't know that Security Auxiliaries are a thing.

PoisonedWeaponry! So rare to see at Whateley, no? ... I guess if Saph can't provide the poison at any point, just run to the chem labs and make something... ... Aquerna working with Jerry to manufacture poison for her claws??? *shrug*

Ebidium was made by Dr. Diabolik??! Woah.

I wonder if TeamAwesome's tagged for another story... ... And if anyone could resist joining Wondercute... But, they know where to stop, unlike Gen2 Remake... I think...

A psi is like the only power they don't have. Lol.

Aegis... So, you trying for RescueRomances? That "Deliberately Seeking Romance" just totally taints a rescue, ya know?

I hope Downpour gets help from Wondercute... Or just plain eating sweets... ... Fanidea! Wondercute Costumes for every girl!

Cardcaptor Sakura is so weird to me, Given that Tarot Style Magic is a thing in the WU... How do things like Ghost in the Shell and other cyberpunky stuff change, 'cause Dev and Gadg are focused in Japan? ... I guess we'll hear about that as worldbuild in G2 as the PODs start butterflying harder...

The lack of F2M AgeRegresses is interesting... *shrug* ... GAIA! :Lol:

Caitlin is RA in Hawthorne, and Miranda's there as well. Is it weird having your older sister as an RA??

I expected the brownies to find their way to Tink, but no.

Iwasforger03 wrote:
Of course, he won't figure it out the first time. They never do. It takes a while for the pounding to work its way through their brain.

Buster took until apparently this new semester to figure out that Aquerna just wasn't worth it, either for the punishments or for anything else.

wait... wait... Gravmax went after Anna. GRAV went after a HOOLIGAN/UNDERDOG/WONDERCUTE... OH DEAR GOD.

The hooligans, the outcasts, AND wondercute AND the DRAGONSLAYERS and Ayla, Chaka, TNT and the Furies, many of the Devisors/Gadgeteers, Handmaid's Own, ? That fool boy is doomed and I cannot WAIT to read it. Please please please please please.

It starts out simply. Just another day, another victim. Suddenly, he's wearing the wrong clothing. A very cute pink dress well suited to a cute young girl like Alyss. Before he can fully process this, a very loud hunting call echoes out across the grounds and Razorback starts charging at him. He panics and runs, reflexively making everything heavy... only it isn't working. Something is countering him... (Superchick AND Anomaly working together?). He flees. Razorback is hot on his tail. Suddenly a bunch of kids, including some dude with an invisible skateboard, a girl covered in tattoos, and some hot ass blond are all running over his path and tripping him up. Despite this, somehow, he manages to stay ahead of the raptor from hell. Somehow. At first.

He can't get his bearings though. Everywhere he turns, somebody is cutting him off and knocking him over, forcing him to change directions as he flees. He runs for the forest, maybe he can hide there... Razorback isn't behind him anymore. He looks around, breathing out a sigh of relief... when a nut falls on his head. He looks up. Almost a hundred squirrels, a girl, and a raptor from hell are perched in the trees above him. Somehow, the squirrels are completely unafraid of the raptor. They're all staring down at him. The girl chitters something.

Gravmax is admitted to Doyle for bite marks. He tells a wild and crazy tale about the outcasts, wondercute, and the hooligans, but all of them have alibis. Nobody else reports seeing anything, but lots of students, and cameras, swear up and down all of those people were accounted for. Gravmax finds a note tied with pink Ribbon on a very pretty pink shirt. "This is your only warning."

mhalpern wrote: I do find it interesting that the Bad Seeds haven't yet put together that those bracelets AREN'T just jewelry, after all, what's 30lbs of a round smooth object for an Ex 6? Nothing. What's a 30lb round smooth object thrown by an Ex6? probably at least equivalent an ancient 20lb cannon,

Who's the best qualified to work on Imp's fancy one-of-a-kind motorcycle at the school?

Iwasforger03 wrote: He panics and runs, reflexively making everything heavy... only it isn't working. Something is countering him... (Superchick AND Anomaly working together?).

Iwasforger03 wrote: Boy is doomed mate, doomed.

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

Malady wrote: Ribbon-cloth isn't permanent though?

I keep waiting for someone to forget that they're wearing Ribbon-cloth and have it vanish on them.


I'm slightly jealous, because I've had a concept for a pro-mutant town rolling around in my head for a while. On the other hand, I'm probably never going to turn my ideas into actual stories, and I borrowed the idea from Spiral in the first place so I can hardly blame Morpheus for reclaiming his own idea.

Oh look, it's Unstoppable! I remember him! This is going to be fun.


Alyss, at Whateley the "you don't want to admit you were beaten up by a little girl" shtick doesn't work nearly as well. Here, little girl beatings will provoke sympathy and understanding as well as laughter and humiliation.

mhalpern wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

Malady wrote: Ribbon-cloth isn't permanent though?

I keep waiting for someone to forget that they're wearing Ribbon-cloth and have it vanish on them.

I am waiting for someone to not know they are wearing Ribbon-cloth until it vanishes about an hour and a half later....

mhalpern wrote: I can't find "un"Stoppable on the wiki, and I forgot his powers

mhalpern wrote: I can't find "un"Stoppable on the wiki, and I forgot his powers

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Oh look, it's Unstoppable! I remember him! This is going to be fun.

joreymay wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote: Oh look, it's Unstoppable! I remember him! This is going to be fun.

What was the story where he was defeated and mocked?

Iwasforger03 wrote: I can't wait until he gets on the wrong side of Team Kimba or Aquerna... or the Outcasts... or Kodiak... or Loophole, or... well, damned near anybody outsider the freshman.

Sir Lee wrote: It's possible, but then, her mind is already fully developed. Short of brain trauma or some sort of dementia, she shouldn't devolve.

"Weird?" I asked, reaching up to touch my hair a little self-consciously.

"I wasn't going to say anything," Melanie said, looking down at me with an uncomfortable expression. Then she quickly blurted out, "I mean, you do look very pretty, but... "

I let out a sigh at that, wondering why I felt bothered by that. I'd never considered myself vain before, at least not about anything but my beard. But now, I actually felt a little bothered by the idea that they thought I looked weird. And the fact was, with my eye and hair color, it wasn't a surprise.

Iwasforger03 wrote: The see more colors bit is genetic and can occur in men, but is more likely in women. If he didn't have it as Big Al, he shouldn't have it as Alyss, strictly speaking. I suppose it could happen, but it's bloody unlikely.

peter wrote: A theme he hit in a lot of these cases was the effect that Hormone's play on the body, and personality. He had cases where a protagonist was turned into a bimbo by ramping up the appropriate hormones. It was not gratuitous mind you. They were not that sort of books.

But it got me to thinking about the fact that Alyss lacks a lot, or all, of the hormones that helped form Big Al's personality.
I have to believe that this would have an effect on her character. Memory and conditioned behavior would mean this would not be a sudden transformation, but over time she might find herself becoming more 'little' girl like because of it.

Rose Bunny wrote: Yeah, there are a lot of characters in the Whateley Universe that have names that are in use in Marvel or DC.
one could almost make a topic of it.

The biggest one I can think of is Falcon.

Valentine wrote: On the Fastrack 9 Aug 17

Is that Alyss' Wondercute outfit in the last panel?

Sir Lee wrote: Her eyesight is sharper, and likely has better color discrimination (women often have).

konzill wrote:

Sir Lee wrote: Her eyesight is sharper, and likely has better color discrimination (women often have).

I'm fairly sure that one has been well and truly debunked. Ability to decern colours is directly based on how many colour receptors you have. And the vast majority of the population has three. People who are colour blind only have two, and there are a very small number of people out there who have four.

Jarjaross wrote: Yes, the thing is those few who have four are almost universally women.

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

Jarjaross wrote: Yes, the thing is those few who have four are almost universally women.

Which makes for an interesting take on feminism in the Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks, where the magic system depends on the users' ability to see color.

Arcanist Lupus wrote:

Jarjaross wrote: Yes, the thing is those few who have four are almost universally women.

Which makes for an interesting take on feminism in the Lightbringer series by Brent Weeks, where the magic system depends on the users' ability to see color.

amratner wrote: The following are from R&R #:
A Little R&R
By Morpheus
Part 3
Hawthorne, Sunday September 2nd, 2007
Monday September 3rd, 2007
Roulette:
Labor Day. The first Monday in September was Labor Day

Where do you get the date you gave above?

amratner wrote: The following are from R&R #:
A Little R&R
By Morpheus
Part 3
Hawthorne, Sunday September 2nd, 2007
Monday September 3rd, 2007
Roulette:
Labor Day. The first Monday in September was Labor Day

Where do you get the date you gave above?