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Riddle of Sappho wrote: "Stephen, Marty won't ever not be a changeling," she cautioned him softly. "She'll have a vagina someday, and menstrual cramps and, God willing, beautiful healthy children." With a twinkle in her eye, Mrs. Horton said, "You might even have something to do with that."

Stronghold blushed fiercely, and with a tenderness most wouldn't ascribe to a PK Superman, he again brushed the lock of hair from her sleeping face. "I hope I'm that lucky," he whispered.

"But, despite that, son, Martine's past, thisMarty - Martin - lying here, this won't ever go away for her. And in the back of her mind, whenever she's happiest, whenever she thinks she's finally put it behind her, something will remind her that this, Martin, is who she used to be. Something will renew her fear that her secret will be exposed, putting her in new danger. And, sadly, there will always be those who will be only too happy to remind her. It will take a very strong man to be there for her when she goes through this."

Gender-complicated

This category covers people who can't be easily fit into the old-fashioned "male" and "female" binary categories. It is, by design, a very inclusive category. It covers (but is not limited to):

• transgender people in the usual sense, that is, people who have a gender identity different from their biological gender
  
• intersexed people, who have biological characteristics of both genders
  
• people who had their biological gender changed against their choice. The number of factors which can lead to such a transition are as numerous as the individuals they affect, including but by no means limited to an Exemplar trait, a bonded spirit in the case of Avatars, and even nanotechnology
  
• people who alternate between genders
  
• people who no longer have a gender as such

In Poe Cottage internal slang, members of this category are known as "changelings," and are said to be "changing sides in the war between the sexes."

The name of the category refers to an item on the Whateley Academy admission form, where the applicant is asked to mark his sex, with the options being "Male/Female/Complicated."

Sir Lee wrote: On the Drow: yes, I think it would be appropriate, considering that we already have 4 drow on Gen1 and apparently quite a few more in Gen2.

On the Sidhe: of course it's possible to add more stuff. That goes for any and every page.

0 A level that's used in a single very exceptional circumstance: a mutant who does not have a Wizard talent, but is still a trained mage. This is not used for any other circumstance, including a baseline Mage. There may be a similar use for a mutant who's also a trained psychic without any mutant psychic talent, but if so, it hasn't shown up in any stories.

1 an exceptional individual in their level. After all, even a weak ability to channel magnetism, electricity or telepathy is a potent weapon when combined with a creative mind.

2 a paragon, one of the great people whom you can look upon in awe of their achievements and wish you were as cool, even though they were clearly mortal, they were POTENT mortal. Heroes and Savants and rulers alike. (NOT the Paragon Esper trait.)

3 considered a demigod, or the greatest of mortal heroes in most early cultures. These would be people for whom epic ballads would have been constructed.

4 a clear, definable power in their own right. Anyone with a 4 would have been worshiped as a God in less modern times

5 an EXTREMELY powerful character. We're talking capable of punching some of the greats in the face and walking out alive - if they're not stupid. As far as mortal men would have been concerned in earlier times. This would be, not considered, but BE a God walking among men.

6 "We can measure the upper limits of this power with modern day techniques. We think." In the dark days of Christianity a Six ANYTHING could be likened to a Seraphim of Biblical Lore. Unstoppable, Indescribable, and a destroyer of nations, or a world-class conqueror, or a living Holy Icon.

7 "fuck all, we have no goddamn clue what we're dealing with here." This is truly beyond the ken of mortals. A Seven would have been considered one of the primordial forces that the Gods had to harness and chain to forge the world. This may be mistaken, but that is the perception. A Seven is the absolute limit of the Scientific, Wild-Ass Guess classifications that comprise the Mutant Classification system. Fey is a Seven because the Fae magics she use DO NOT seem to operate in any way a normal human wizard operates, beyond following the laws of magic. Hence, she gets thrown into a 7 classification because she can tap God's own lightningrods, ley lines, without dying instantly. Yes friends, if Sir Wallace Westmont tapped an actual Ley Line, he'd be mage on Flambe without some EXTREME precautions.

Level 1 Normal abilities, but body may be reshaped by the "exemplar effect". They're trim and strong, despite perhaps having a poor diet. This may shape people into alternate genders or give unexpected physical developments, without necessarily granting superhuman powers. Tend to heal quickly and are resistant to disease.

Level 2 Upper reaches of human physical and mental ability. The very tip-top of normal humanity may match or barely exceed them. They heal quickly enough that it is almost like a low-level regeneration.

Level 3 Just above human maximum in strength, agility, intelligence, etc. Better than any normal human, but not stunningly better. Their strength is much greater than human maximum, but they rarely exceed 500 or 600 pounds in a dead lift. At this level, we begin to see true regeneration, but it is a slow regeneration.

Level 4 True superhumans. They break the 1000 pound lift barrier. While not bulletproof, exemplars of this level have sufficiently resilient bone and muscle structure that low calibre bullet hits are unlikely to cause significant trauma unless a vital area is struck. Even without regen they are almost immune to illness and infection.

Level 5 Lower lift limit: 1ton. At this level memory is fully eidetic.

Level 6 ‘True bulletproof’ with low calibre shots unable to even penetrate skin, although the kinetic impact may slow them down a little.

Level 7 The highest level of exemplar ever seen.

Valentine wrote: If I remember correctly there are 4 characters that are or have the potential to be 7+ ratings. A fully trained Fey's Wiz Rating, Tennyo's Regen Rating, Jimmy T's Shifter Rating, and FUBAR's Psi rating. Kayda's Avatar Rating may be this high but no one is pushing to find out.

elrodw wrote:

Valentine wrote: If I remember correctly there are 4 characters that are or have the potential to be 7+ ratings. A fully trained Fey's Wiz Rating, Tennyo's Regen Rating, Jimmy T's Shifter Rating, and FUBAR's Psi rating. Kayda's Avatar Rating may be this high but no one is pushing to find out.

Kayda's avatar rating is NOT that high. She's at most a 5; her Ptesanwi spirit (Tatanka is her other MINOR spirit) allows her to channnel Wakan Tanka. She'd have to be a 7 to host Wakan Tanka directly, which she cannot do.

Valentine wrote:

elrodw wrote:

Valentine wrote: If I remember correctly there are 4 characters that are or have the potential to be 7+ ratings. A fully trained Fey's Wiz Rating, Tennyo's Regen Rating, Jimmy T's Shifter Rating, and FUBAR's Psi rating. Kayda's Avatar Rating may be this high but no one is pushing to find out.

Kayda's avatar rating is NOT that high. She's at most a 5; her Ptesanwi spirit (Tatanka is her other MINOR spirit) allows her to channnel Wakan Tanka. She'd have to be a 7 to host Wakan Tanka directly, which she cannot do.

My misunderstanding. I thought she had a closer connection to Wakan Tanka. (And that they were deliberately hiding it.)

Katssun wrote: But there are a fair amount of 6's in Gen1. For example, Ribbon and Hippolyta are both EX-6, Regen-6.

Dreamer wrote:

Katssun wrote: But there are a fair amount of 6's in Gen1. For example, Ribbon and Hippolyta are both EX-6, Regen-6.

I remember Ribbon as being an EX-6, Regen-4 for her ratings, not Regen-6.

elrodw wrote: Wondering if it would be prudent to make a separate section for crossover characters, like Kayda or SFL or Fey, labeled 2nd Generation or something. That would help place the 2nd gen stuff, and would allow someone who didn't want to see spoilers of Gen 2 to stop reading at that tag.

If it's a good idea, it's mine. If not, I'm going to blame the extreme pain from a torn rotator cuff.

elrodw wrote: Wondering if it would be prudent to make a separate section for crossover characters, like Kayda or SFL or Fey, labeled 2nd Generation or something. That would help place the 2nd gen stuff, and would allow someone who didn't want to see spoilers of Gen 2 to stop reading at that tag.

If it's a good idea, it's mine. If not, I'm going to blame the extreme pain from a torn rotator cuff.

Valentine wrote: A minor request of Sir Lee (hoping it doesn't make him surly) can you change either the banner color or the color of "Whateley Academy" in the banner. Those two blues are too close for either my monitor or my eyes. Thank you.

Domoviye wrote: I've got some write ups for stories and characters, but I really hate getting it looking nice on the wiki, who would be willing to post them for me?
Thanks.

Article Naming:

Use the codename if it's available, else use first name + last name. If there's only the first name or last name, then...

Sir Lee wrote: But that's to be expected. Enforcing the " One Steve Limit " in such a large universe is just about impossible. And stretches the suspension of disbelief.

Sir Lee wrote: Oh, at least four Elaines. I once suggested a possible club, consisting of Loophole, Skybolt and Delta Spike. Faculty Advisor: Elaine Claire. And that's just on campus. Greg/Gracie Goodkind had a psychotherapist named Elaine Allison, for instance.

But that's to be expected. Enforcing the " One Steve Limit " in such a large universe is just about impossible. And stretches the suspension of disbelief.

Schismatism wrote: I fear I must offer my most sincere apologies to Sir Lee for forcing them to clean up after me here and there; I'm that enigmatic and pseudo-anonymous editor who's been adding minor details to pages (and writing verbose summaries of Call the Thunder). I do hope I haven't caused you too many headaches. Wikia's editing tools are a bit tricky.

Sir Lee wrote: No, it's all right, there's nothing to apologize for -- this is how it's supposed to work.
As I have said time and again, researching is 90% of the work. Tweaking a few details here and there is MUCH less work than it would be to do the research and writing myself.
And it would be unrealistic to demand that every contributor be an expert in the minutiae of MediaWiki syntax, much less in the ad-hoc conventions we kinda-sorta settled on for the Whateley wiki.
So, you do the heavy lifting, and don't worry about the polishing -- one of the more experienced editors will take care of it. It's supposed to be a collaboration, not a competition.

With that said... you might want to register to Wikia, so that your edits are clearly identified. That's how you eventually build a reputation as a contributor. There's also a number of extra settings available for registered users.

Valentine wrote: If someone (Bek) would stop using weird story naming conventions it would be easier.

Malady wrote: ... Not sure how many blank date pages are there, but there's atleast 2007-03-09 , 2007-03-11 and 2007-03-12 .

Should I just fill them with linkbacks, like "Buffalo Gal Won't You Come Out Tonight Part 4 starts on this day", etc?

It's still information after all? *shrugs*

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So, how is this for a sample date page? ... I should have just used a big code box, like Template:Book ? And all the samples should go in the Template Category?

Malady wrote: Also, I want to add Hank 5 and Hank 6 , 'cause they're hold the only Peggy (Phoenixfire's Mysterious Sister) who could be the Mystery Peggy from "the-evil-that-men-do"?

Malady wrote: It's split into Gen1 and Gen2, but I'm not sure if Spooky goes in Gen1... Or a hypothetical Gen0, because as of Gen1, she's not a Junior High kid...

null0trooper wrote:

Malady wrote: It's split into Gen1 and Gen2, but I'm not sure if Spooky goes in Gen1... Or a hypothetical Gen0, because as of Gen1, she's not a Junior High kid...

Does she show up in any stories that take place completely before or after 2006-2011?

Malady wrote:

null0trooper wrote:

Malady wrote: It's split into Gen1 and Gen2, but I'm not sure if Spooky goes in Gen1... Or a hypothetical Gen0, because as of Gen1, she's not a Junior High kid...

Does she show up in any stories that take place completely before or after 2006-2011?

No, don't think so. ... How's that change things?

Malady wrote: I 'would' update the G2 Story List , if I could figure out how it's sorted on page load... It seems like its sorting by story?

Might as well finish Kansas and call Glimpses of the Sun as a continuation of Islands in the Sun.

There, there's now entries for every story in the first page of Gen2 stories if sorted by oldest to newest. ... Now to do the next pages... Later...

This name is incorrect as is the definition. Sahar means moon. What the author should have used is Sahir (which is not Arabic but Urdu and means "magician" or "enchanter" not "evil eye". The Arabic version is a name that means "one who stays up late at night" or "one whos stays up caring for a sick person".