Question The Micro-Scenes Discussion thread

Schol--R-LEA, I could see that happening if Dina was younger and a student at Whateley. That would be a fun fanfic, de-aging the cast of Dumbing of Age back to high school instead of college and put them in Whateley Academy. Just imagining what each of their powers would be is a fun thought experiment. Spot on with Dina's powers, she just has a way of blending in until she speaks up.

Yeah, as I said it was Dina's own comment on that which got me thinking of it. But you can bet that Poe would be filled to the brim with David Willis characters that year, what with Becky (who probably would have had to run for her life when she manifested anyway, so little things like sexual orientation are hardly going to matter), Carly (maybe with the power to turn into UltraCar, going full circle as it were), Ethan, Marcie, Faz (who would be ever so quick to point out that he's technically bisexual - with charts, just like in Shortpacked!), Conquest (OK, so Connie hasn't been in DoA much so far as I've seen, just waiting tables at the pizza parlor the one time, but it would make sense for her to be there too), Ruth, and maybe Billie depending on what she copped to in the application form.

And poor Amber - being Amazi-Girl won't get her much at Whateley, beyond some pokes for the corny codename. Oh, and make sure that Billie and Ruth don't meet any Dylans or they'll never be sober - I doubt either of them would go for any exotic Devisor drugs from Le Carnival, but any chance for alcohol is likely to be too much for them to pass up.

Now I'm trying to figure out which courses Jason, Penny, Daisy, and Galasso would be teaching. Or maybe Galasso would make more sense as the manager of the power plant, I'm not sure - he's always wanted power, after all I'm guessing that Reagan in this case would be a robot Galasso built, rather than the real RR resurrected, or worse, zombified (though we could probably skip that entirely, given that it was originally a throw away gag about 80s nostalgia that took on a life of its own).

Oh, and we should totes hook Daisy up with Songbird.

I'm not really up to writing it, sadly. Maybe we can convince Willis to read enough WA that he'd be willing to write it himself?

As for Joe's comment about Harvey, we all know the only thing up Bunny's alley is Nikki's... shutting up now.

Ok, not my best work, but it did seem like a void that needed filling.

@Schol-R-LEA

Is that info canon for your Championship Part II ?

Can I use Doc. Sagittarius if I need Dynamorphs? ... Is he even alive after his experiments?

Malady wrote: @Schol-R-LEA

Is that info canon for your Championship Part II ?

Can I use Doc. Sagittarius if I need Dynamorphs? ... Is he even alive after his experiments?

No. It Is Not.

Bek D Corbin wrote:

Malady wrote: @Schol-R-LEA

Is that info canon for your Championship Part II ?

Can I use Doc. Sagittarius if I need Dynamorphs? ... Is he even alive after his experiments?

No. It Is Not.

Whoops. ... I meant, for his Championship Part II AU of Whateley, if the events relayed by his Micro Scene were the... events that happened to his version of Sunburst. ... I am not even thinking that such events are what happened in the Canon Cabal Official Whateley-verse.

And yes. I remember the long discussions on the meaning of the word 'canon'. ... Although I'd be hard-pressed for their precise location...

So, what word should I use for fanfic authors' timelines? I guess something like "Schol-R-LEA-verse canon"?

I'm thinking 'Fanon', but that's also used for what the fans think are canon, or as TvTropes Laconic says: "Fan Wank that's accepted by a fandom as Canon."

I'm unclear on who was supposed to be narrating that micro-scene.

I was guessing Ayla, he would be the only one I could think of would be welcome (or at least push into without being rendered down to atoms) a conversation between Jadis and Natch over Natch's private life.

Going forward, I get the feeling Sunburst would be one of the few Superhero's willing to mentor a Superhero version of Jadis. I wonder what a superhero team consisting of Sunburst, Natch and Jadis would be like?

The ultimate good cop/bad cop routine?

Speaking of which, does letting Nacht stare at prisoners count as coercing a confession?

Depends what the local laws for admission of evidence gathered by superpowers are.

It would be hard to argue Natch isn't doing something to them when you have a video of her just staring and smiling and super-hardened criminals start peeing their pants, literally, and spilling their guts.

Defence attorneys are going to at least try to get it dismissed as evidence.

Malady wrote: @Schol-R-LEA

Is that info canon for your Championship Part II ?

Relative to that particular fanfic, sure. It isn't actual canon, of course, perhaps we could call such things 'deuterocanon' I suppose.

As for Dr. Sagittarius, if you can figure out a justification for them still being alive after more than half a century, feel free to use them.

@Phoenix Spiritus:

Interesting! I wonder which birthday this is... Do we even know when Nacht's birthday is?

Formatting idea:

New Paragraph starting when a new person speaks and ending when you finish describing their way of speaking?

Malady wrote: @Phoenix Spiritus:

Interesting! I wonder which birthday this is... Do we even know when Nacht's birthday is?

Formatting idea:

New Paragraph starting when a new person speaks and ending when you finish describing their way of speaking?

Typo-things [ Click to expand ] [ Click to hide ]

"Natch" x3+ -> "Nacht"

"Of course the business suited" -> "Of course, the business-suited"?

"With a silent nod the business" -> "With a silent nod, the business"

"Frowning the" -> "Frowning, the"

"black suited" x2 -> "black-suited"

"Yes Trevor," -> "Yes, Trevor,"?

"Trevor Jadis. My name is Ayla," the woman asked the black suited woman." -> "Trevor, Jadis. My name is Ayla," the woman [Not 'asked'? 'Requested', more? And it seems to be a oft-refrained complaint for the look of it, like an in-joke?] the black-suited woman."

"blank faced, black haired girl snarked, "And if you wore a dress or a skirt she" -> "blank-faced, black-haired girl snarked, "And if you wore a dress or a skirt, she"

[Anyways, mainly hyphenation errors and missed comma for taken breaths? Try speaking it aloud and see where you take a breath?]

"giver" -> "give"

Forget us - I'd be surprised if Nacht knew when her birthday was. It doesn't seem like the type of detail that "Mother Dearest" would have concerned herself with.

Well, Marzena claimed to be her mother -- so she probably had some sort of papers, like a fake birth certificate. The real question is if the date on that fake birth certificate matches Kate's real birth date.

Or, for that matter, considering the various scams Marzena was involved with, which probably involved change of identities, whether there is a birth certificate that Kate has ever considered here "real one."

Sir Lee wrote: Well, Marzena claimed to be her mother -- so she probably had some sort of papers, like a fake birth certificate. The real question is if the date on that fake birth certificate matches Kate's real birth date.

Or, for that matter, considering the various scams Marzena was involved with, which probably involved change of identities, whether there is a birth certificate that Kate has ever considered here "real one."

Perhaps they used the date she was "dipped" in the Erebeal liquid.

With Sunny there, do you really think Nacht gets a say in when her birthday is? Or if she's going to celibate it?

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: With Sunny there, do you really think Nacht gets a say in when her birthday is? Or if she's going to celibate it?

Oh, while Sunny really thinks it would be good for Kate to loosen up, I very much doubt that she would force Kate into a motel bed with Thorn. She would leave the choice to be celibate to Kate, although she would tease her mercilessly about it.

Sir Lee wrote:

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: With Sunny there, do you really think Nacht gets a say in when her birthday is? Or if she's going to celibate it?

Oh, while Sunny really thinks it would be good for Kate to loosen up, I very much doubt that she would force Kate into a motel bed with Thorn. She would leave the choice to be celibate to Kate, although she would tease her mercilessly about it.

Well-played sir... I noticed the typo and was just going to mention it... but you sir are a genius.

Nice micro-scene, I can actually believe that Toni would learn a style of martial arts just to cheese someone off. But now I have in my mind Chaka in a fight grabbing her opponent and doing a spinning pile driver.

Hmmn, TBH the lack of any response to the Whisper micro, or to the reference to Citizen Kane in the Sunburst micro was a little disappointing, but so it goes.

Valentine, thank you for that micro-scene, even if it will never happen. It would be very nice if that happens somehow to the MCO.

And Phoenix, why would you subject Gunny to that level of insanity, let alone Louis through secondary exposure. Even for Gunny that is just too cruel. Shoot, I think seeing that would make even Gothmog question his sanity.

Fever dream, bought on by stress and overwork after the Combat Final's finished.

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: Fever dream, bought on by stress and overwork after the Combat Final's finished.

Ah, that makes sense. Poor Gunny is going to need a vacation after the Combat Finals are over.

Dreamer wrote:

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: Fever dream, bought on by stress and overwork after the Combat Final's finished.

Ah, that makes sense. Poor Gunny is going to need a vacation after the Combat Finals are over.

For real. And you guys haven't even seen the worst ones yet.

NeoMagus wrote:

Dreamer wrote:

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: Fever dream, bought on by stress and overwork after the Combat Final's finished.

Ah, that makes sense. Poor Gunny is going to need a vacation after the Combat Finals are over.

For real. And you guys haven't even seen the worst ones yet.

You haven't seen a bunch of strange combat finals, but yes, I'll agree with Neo that you haven't seen the WORST one yet. It's ... well, you'll have to decide when you read it.

elrodw wrote:

NeoMagus wrote:

Dreamer wrote:

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: Fever dream, bought on by stress and overwork after the Combat Final's finished.

Ah, that makes sense. Poor Gunny is going to need a vacation after the Combat Finals are over.

For real. And you guys haven't even seen the worst ones yet.

You haven't seen a bunch of strange combat finals, but yes, I'll agree with Neo that you haven't seen the WORST one yet. It's ... well, you'll have to decide when you read it.

Just make sure Kristin lets me know when she's about to release it so I have time to get to my fallout shelter.

NeoMagus wrote:

elrodw wrote:

NeoMagus wrote:

Dreamer wrote:

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: Fever dream, bought on by stress and overwork after the Combat Final's finished.

Ah, that makes sense. Poor Gunny is going to need a vacation after the Combat Finals are over.

For real. And you guys haven't even seen the worst ones yet.

You haven't seen a bunch of strange combat finals, but yes, I'll agree with Neo that you haven't seen the WORST one yet. It's ... well, you'll have to decide when you read it.

Just make sure Kristin lets me know when she's about to release it so I have time to get to my fallout shelter.

Neo since it may have been my bad influence that helped push you along, I've got your back.
Do you want the tank, or the nuclear grade bomb shelter? I also have access to a cave with a good water supply far from civilization if you want to become a hermit for safety.

@Domo: Never tell me the odds

You know, I think there's an at least 90% chance Dom has been watching the new BBC Sherlock Holmes, or possibly the Robert Downey Jr. movies.

I don't have cable and I haven't watched an adult tv show in at least 3 years.
The character Probably was created for another story (where she had much better control over her powers and much more outgoing) about 2 years ago as a side character.
I did watch the second Sherlock Holmes movie, but it was in Chinese at the time. And I don't think it had any real influence on her.

Domoviye wrote: I don't have cable and I haven't watched an adult tv show in at least 3 years.
The character Probably was created for another story (where she had much better control over her powers and much more outgoing) about 2 years ago as a side character.
I did watch the second Sherlock Holmes movie, but it was in Chinese at the time. And I don't think it had any real influence on her.

I guess his codename is "Probably"?

Reminds me of Worm's Dinah Alcott.

Her codename is Probably.
And yeah I noticed the similarity about a year after writing her up. But they're pretty different overall. You can ask her about scenario's all you want, she won't be able to answer anything that isn't directly affecting her or in her immediately vicinity. She also has a LOT less control in what percentages she sees, and more control in changing the outcomes.

You know, that could be a series of YA books...

"Miss Powerful: the adventures of a 'tween mutant."

It could. But I have other plans for Miss Powerful.

So, how'd/when'd you come up with Miss Powerful? And what about the amusing Car Running scene?

... Unless you don't want to say, of course. Just asking 'cause you gave for Probably...

Huh. There's nothing indicating Probably's a girl. I think? The "[Make] probability my bitch" seemed more male to me, with the use of "bitch"?

EDIT: I'm wrong. "small girl in broad daylight" ...

Probably is a girl. She may or may not be appearing in a future story.

Miss Powerful is just a fun little character I came up with. I was thinking of making a series of short little events concerning her adventures. And running around with a car over her head to test out her strength seemed par for the course.

So what do think of "From Ben to Egg" so far, that was my first draft, and I had no intention of getting that far, it was going to be a more cliffnotes style thing might end up moving it to its own thread for the next iteration.

Jar jar, you made Jade scary.


Excellent!



Mhalpern, you may want to move the story to its own fanfic topic. Looks like you could have a decent story there.

mhalpern wrote: So what do think of "From Ben to Egg" so far, that was my first draft, and I had no intention of getting that far, it was going to be a more cliffnotes style thing might end up moving it to its own thread for the next iteration.

I think it's definitely an interesting start, though you might consider actually starting a thread for it in the Fabrication Lab if you want to go further with it. That's probably better than just writing pieces of it in the Micro-Scenes thread.

Domoviye wrote: Jar jar, you made Jade scary.


Excellent!



Mhalpern, you may want to move the story to its own fanfic topic. Looks like you could have a decent story there.

Jade is not scary most of the time?

Jarjaross wrote:

Domoviye wrote: Jar jar, you made Jade scary.


Excellent!



Mhalpern, you may want to move the story to its own fanfic topic. Looks like you could have a decent story there.

Jade is not scary most of the time?

Point.

@Jarjar

I think Sam should be more surprised that Jade had plans for this, or at least re-think her opinion of Jade, and be something like sad that the Wondercute Break Scenario could have been avoided if they had known about Jade's plans or something?

"Something like sad" 'cause sadness is not the emotion I'm talking about. I just think that the emotion I have no name for is something like Sadness, but it might not be.

It's the feeling brought on by ThisAllCouldHaveBeenAvoided.

OH! "Apparently things were well in hand here." ... That's not from Sam's POV? Is it narrator sarcasm-thing? 'Cause that's just awesome!

Jade is far from the least stable of Team Wondercute, she may actually be the most stable. Well maybe second to Molly. You do need to know where her point of stability is though, because it is outside the norm.

Okay so I knew the second Microscene wasn't done well but class was about to start and I didn't have time to rethink/edit it and wasn't sure I'd still have the idea after class. It was a little rushed.

None of this is an excuse just an explanation. I accept the consequences of my shoddy workmanship.

@Malady: I didn't represent the time scale very well, after finding Jade the entire sequence takes less than 15 seconds. Sam was supposed to be speechless.

@Valentine: Jade may be stable but she doesn't appear to be to those around her or the Whateley staff. Also she is functionally the least like a normal teenager in the group. She is a tactical genius who acts like a ten year old girl.

Jarjaross wrote: Okay so I knew the second Microscene wasn't done well but class was about to start and I didn't have time to rethink/edit it and wasn't sure I'd still have the idea after class. It was a little rushed.

none of this is an excuse just an explanation. I accept the consequences of my shoddy workmanship.

@Malady: I didn't represent the time scale very well, after finding Jade the entire sequence takes less than 15 seconds. Sam was supposed to be speechless.

@Valentine: Jade may be stable but she doesn't appear to be to those around her or the Whateley staff. Also she is functionally the least like a normal teenager in the group. She is a tactical genius who acts like a ten year old girl.

*nods*

When I get ideas, if I'm out, I load up my email program (Outlook) and send an email to myself. Else I make a text file and put the idea in there for later. But, if your email costs money, then you can't do that...

Get a calendar program and make an alert in the near-future with your idea in there, so you get notified?

Anyone got any other tips?

EDIT: It's not like you can't clean it up.

Jarjaross wrote: Okay so I knew the second Microscene wasn't done well but class was about to start and I didn't have time to rethink/edit it and wasn't sure I'd still have the idea after class. It was a little rushed.

None of this is an excuse just an explanation. I accept the consequences of my shoddy workmanship.

@Malady: I didn't represent the time scale very well, after finding Jade the entire sequence takes less than 15 seconds. Sam was supposed to be speechless.

@Valentine: Jade may be stable but she doesn't appear to be to those around her or the Whateley staff. Also she is functionally the least like a normal teenager in the group. She is a tactical genius who acts like a ten year old girl.

I agree fully that she doesn't appear stable, but once you understand her worldview, it becomes apparent. She acts like a 10 year old girl, except when she is acting as cold blooded nut, and she switches back and forth easily.

Valentine wrote:

Jarjaross wrote: Okay so I knew the second Microscene wasn't done well but class was about to start and I didn't have time to rethink/edit it and wasn't sure I'd still have the idea after class. It was a little rushed.

None of this is an excuse just an explanation. I accept the consequences of my shoddy workmanship.

@Malady: I didn't represent the time scale very well, after finding Jade the entire sequence takes less than 15 seconds. Sam was supposed to be speechless.

@Valentine: Jade may be stable but she doesn't appear to be to those around her or the Whateley staff. Also she is functionally the least like a normal teenager in the group. She is a tactical genius who acts like a ten year old girl.

I agree fully that she doesn't appear stable, but once you understand her worldview, it becomes apparent. She acts like a 10 year old girl, except when she is acting as cold blooded nut, and she switches back and forth easily.

Precisely my point, and why Sam comments on her instability. Sam isn't completely in the know about how Jade works. None of the staff are, so from her perspective Jade is the least stable group member.

@Mhalpern - Hey! A new Egg Girl post, and just as I was gonna post this Egg Girl Song!

Hmm... A Dev-Bra. Interesting! ... Can't use it though, unfortunately.

Armored, Anti-Groping Dev-Bra? ... Why not a Gadg-Bra?

What about the B-Cup notification?

I kinda hate it when people blame extreme emotional responses on estrogen. Testosterone doesn't make you any more rational you know.

This probably has less impact coming from someone who has a mental disorder that hinders emotional responses to an extent.

NeoMagus wrote:

mhalpern wrote: So what do think of "From Ben to Egg" so far, that was my first draft, and I had no intention of getting that far, it was going to be a more cliffnotes style thing might end up moving it to its own thread for the next iteration.

I think it's definitely an interesting start, though you might consider actually starting a thread for it in the Fabrication Lab if you want to go further with it. That's probably better than just writing pieces of it in the Micro-Scenes thread.

I dont have permission to start a fabrication lab thread... otherwise I would

It appears very simple to get. You just ask.

Who do I ask?

Kristen, there's a topic about it somewhere.

I keep re-reading the Micro-Scene Archive... And ItWasAllJustADream pops up every once in a while...

What if Serious!Jade was a Recurring Nightmare for Gunny? ... Or basically any Micro-Scene for any certain character. But, right now, I'm thinking of Serious!Jade...

It could very well be his nightmare, but I don't want it to be. I want Serious!Jade as you call her to be a very real threat to people.

Then again if I had my way I'd be writing Jade in my off time, and I'm way to inexperienced (+not babs) to do that.

Also who says Serious!Jade isn't real? Jade scares the pants off of the other ultraviolents for a reason.

Jarjaross wrote: It could very well be his nightmare, but I don't want it to be. I want Serious!Jade as you call her to be a very real threat to people.

Then again if I had my way I'd be writing Jade in my off time, and I'm way to inexperienced (+not babs) to do that.

Also who says Serious!Jade isn't real? Jade scares the pants off of the other ultraviolents for a reason.

Her rooming with Tennyo is enough reason for the other ultraviolents to be afraid, if all you knew was their reputations, you would think of Jade as a devisor with access to unlimited antimatter, that is deadly WITHOUT it.

mhalpern wrote:

Jarjaross wrote: It could very well be his nightmare, but I don't want it to be. I want Serious!Jade as you call her to be a very real threat to people.

Then again if I had my way I'd be writing Jade in my off time, and I'm way to inexperienced (+not babs) to do that.

Also who says Serious!Jade isn't real? Jade scares the pants off of the other ultraviolents for a reason.

Her rooming with Tennyo is enough reason for the other ultraviolents to be afraid, if all you knew was their reputations, you would think of Jade as a devisor with access to unlimited antimatter, that is deadly WITHOUT it.

I don't know what is scarier Silly!Jade with unlimited antimatter or Serious!Jade with unlimited antimatter.

Jarjaross wrote: It could very well be his nightmare, but I don't want it to be. I want Serious!Jade as you call her to be a very real threat to people.

Why can't it be both? That Serious!Jade is his nightmare, because she's a very real threat to people.

Jarjaross wrote:

mhalpern wrote:

Jarjaross wrote: It could very well be his nightmare, but I don't want it to be. I want Serious!Jade as you call her to be a very real threat to people.

Then again if I had my way I'd be writing Jade in my off time, and I'm way to inexperienced (+not babs) to do that.

Also who says Serious!Jade isn't real? Jade scares the pants off of the other ultraviolents for a reason.

Her rooming with Tennyo is enough reason for the other ultraviolents to be afraid, if all you knew was their reputations, you would think of Jade as a devisor with access to unlimited antimatter, that is deadly WITHOUT it.

I don't know what is scarier Silly!Jade with unlimited antimatter or Serious!Jade with unlimited antimatter.

Silly!Jade, Serious!Jade would just kill you with it, Silly!Jade would give all non-exemplars and regens in the area cancer for the sake of bright flashing lights.

Malady wrote: @Mhalpern - Hey! A new Egg Girl post, and just as I was gonna post this Egg Girl Song!

Hmm... A Dev-Bra. Interesting! ... Can't use it though, unfortunately.

Armored, Anti-Groping Dev-Bra? ... Why not a Gadg-Bra?

What about the B-Cup notification?

Scrambled Egg Girl - Hatsune Miku - Colenna Wu [ Click to expand ] [ Click to hide ]

Nope as I said the Dev-Bra gave Ben the impression its creator was a pervert (most likely female pervert but never the less), not necessarily armored (slightly flame resistant and tougher than standard), the devise properties make it a one size deal, the notification was the current cup size, for practical reasons, after all one cant be expected to have a wardrobe of Devisor clothes, made with changing bodies in mind.

Edit, mostly it was a tool to torture err I mean track Ben's changes, without having to deal with department store issues pertaining to appearances. May do more with it in future iterations and after "hatching", but it was also a "you have divisors who make anything you can think of, so you know THIS exists" partially inspired by Glow's costume,

I meant that you talked about the C and A-Cup notifications, but made no note of a B-Cup notification, but then, I'm assuming it happened, you just didn't mention it.

Malady wrote: I meant that you talked about the C and A-Cup notifications, but made no note of a B-Cup notification, but then, I'm assuming it happened, you just didn't mention it.

That happened during the time skip, haven't ironed out the the dates, not sure about the year either, no reason to go day to day at that point, also wanted to make the growth feel faster than it truly was, for perspective reasons, in at that point in time Ben will have just gotten used to the idea he had them in the first place, now being forced to come to the realization that they aren't exactly small either. Also not a whole lot happens between the first time putting the Dev-Bra on and C-cup, in truth I was debating between B and C for that scene but I felt that going straight to C captured the illusion of things going quickly better

Also Ben/Betty/Dragon Egg (note this is considered a temporary codename for MID purposes, when that scene is expanded on this will be mentioned), is a very reserved person and very much an introvert, though it may not have been my intention originally, the egg shell itself may evolve into a form of literary tool, whether it grows more as she comes out of her proverbial "shell", I don't know, but probably.
Originally it was cause dragons are cool and I liked the idea of a rather slow and intricate transformation path that gives the mutant a chance to process things a little bit at a time rather than it all being thrown in their face, which happens to be one of the things I look forward to with Danny Franks, though sibling antics also are a sizable factor

Right now though, I need a bigger character pool, and I haven't even decided on the timeline yet, and I don't really have a huge intention of creating a hole cast for what was just an idea in my head that itself has gone through multiple iterations in what I would like to see in a transformation story in general, in small snippets since my love of the book series The Inheritance Cycle began to meld with my love of transformation stories in general. The character pool is especially important for the next chapter on where employing the "shell device" would start. And Betty doesn't even have a last name yet, or a middle name and I may need 2 of those! And if I decide the last name starts with a D than Aaron/Erin may be out of the question as are all A and E middle names! Heck the only reason I chose the name "Ben" was that it rhymes with "Egg", and "Beatrice" or rather the shortened "Betty" doesn't sound too different from "Ben" and I want to keep away from using Cannon students too much because I know I will misinterpret them and their developments will make my best prediction on them glaringly off, I may have good guesses, but I have no way of knowing how any cannon student will respond to different situations, and the more I do so and the more different they become, the more forced they will be. I feel like before I go much further I need a Fanfic character pool that's more than just me, I mean Tekhe from the Bad Ideas might come in as a side character, but this is the most I've developed any character, and its more than I intended to.

And that's basically where I'm at, I can't decide on the year, the names and am in need of a "fan-fiction cabal" and a bunch of other details that WILL stick out like a sore thumb for being missing, aren't there...


As I was rant typing, the names Benjamin Nathan Davidson and Beatrice Natalie Davidson came to mind so thank you... And yes, the fact that BND would be pronounced "bend" if it were a team in RWBY might have helped that along...

Well, what characters do you need, in as specific as you want 'cause I can come up with stuff if you want.

Any characters I make, you can take.

You could set the story in some alternate 2006, or perhaps a bit earlier, like 2000, where there isn't a big looming threat, and so you don't have to deal with The Bastard and stuff...

Or, have some alt-continuity where The Bastard is wiped out due to the appearance of some info source that isn't in Canon, like Phoenix Spiritus's Solomon, or some Oracle Devise, or, to use one of my ideas, an Oracle of Delphi Avatar.

You could delay The Bastard by having something happen to the Sierre Madre Mountains, like a Nano-plague or a Zombie Infestation, or something.

Or to use another of my ideas... Something with that Well of Mimir Cult, which, given the Well of Mimir, could give people prophetic powers by drinking it, or if you want to go Odin, by dropping their... right, or left, eye into the Well, for power...

general students mainly, powers aren't exactly important, as combat is not what drives the main conflict for the story, at least not right now, the steady transformation does, its not a story about super fights, yes they will exist, but that's not what its about, I need friends and reasonable enemies, it will probably be in 2007, or 2016, so that I have more source material to piggy back on, I just have a personal rule on no shipping with Canon characters and letting them keep to the background not going too far ahead on them as I could invoke serious discrepancies.

and staying away from the mega arks.

Kettlekorn, I'm at a complete loss for words...

NeoMagus wrote: Kettlekorn, I'm at a complete loss for words...

Seconded.

That Scene reminds of [C] - Control , 'cause of the money fighty things...

Well, I'm not at a loss for words. I do have a few.

The first were: What were you smoking?

And then: Where can I get some?

The only time I smoke is when I'm on fire. I have, however, been known to eat an excess of jelly beans, generally sourced from this Kroger . Normally I purchase groceries from Food City because out of my local options their store is the most convenient to access and the most pleasant to be within, even if their self-checkout machines are slightly substandard. Unfortunately, my Food City only carries Jelly Belly. My local Kroger, on the other hand, carries Private Selection jelly beans, which I prefer. They also have 32oz containers of maple syrup, which are rather more convenient than the 24oz containers found at Food City.

Truly, I am the height of sophistication.

Kettlekorn, you need to lay off the jellybeans. They're obviously bad for you.
Still that story DEFINITELY rates a

Nice take down Domoviye, not exactly what I expected, but hey, Tink was there!

I'm behind with commenting on the micro-scenes.

Jarjaross: Loved the Jade scenes, felt like something which could happen in canon. With Jade it is hard to predict how she will react and what she has planned.

Domoviye: Love Miss Powerful and can't wait to read more about her and her antics. Any more about Rose and how she deals with her mother living in denial would be nice. And that Tink scene with everyone contributing to taking down Mimeo was perfect. Gave me a much needed laugh.

And Kettlekorn, just what in the world did you eat before bed to come up with that Dragonball Z/Whateley Academy dream/nightmare of Ayla's?

Dreamer wrote: I'm behind with commenting on the micro-scenes. .

Domoviye: Love Miss Powerful and can't wait to read more about her and her antics. Any more about Rose and how she deals with her mother living in denial would be nice. And that Tink scene with everyone contributing to taking down Mimeo was perfect. Gave me a much needed laugh

Thank you. I've got a few more ideas for Miss Powerful and Rose that I'll put out every Monday until my muse shuts up. I think people will like them.

With Mimeo, I've wanted Tink to fight him for a while, but anything that lasted a while just seemed like Mary Sue for Tink, so not going to happen. Then reading the Mimeo thread, it hit me, make her the delivery system for someone else's plan. They couldn't use a robot, he'd just crush it, someone bigger couldn't get close enough, and Mimeo could get away from anyone who isn't a speedster before they grabbed him. And without being carefully positioned, they wouldn't be able to direct the virus to his mouth and nose without being obvious, at which point he breaks the nozzle to the reservoir of virus, or starts beating them to a pulp, gaining a new power. Tink had the right powers, and was odd enough to make him pause on beating her up long enough that there was nothing he could do.
It was perfect.

Tink, For all your "WTF?" needs, right?

That being said, I was laughing hard the entire time I was reading that. Thanks for the great mood enhancer.

She is kind of a WTF character

I could actually see something like that working on Mimeo, and you're right, Eldritch would despise him for hurting students.

Domo, you have been a busy little bee. Loved how Tink reacted to getting the autographed pic from Mimeo and then the future scene with her against Mimeo as she is drinking a large container of devisor coffee, I pity Mimeo. Another new character with Marni, what a way to find out you are a mutant. And love how Rose retaliated against the jerk who destroyed her blueprint, pink glittery paint, hehehe.

Seems like Rose is a gadgeteer with a danger sense tied to her gadgeteering

Dreamer wrote: Domo, you have been a busy little bee. Loved how Tink reacted to getting the autographed pic from Mimeo and then the future scene with her against Mimeo as she is drinking a large container of devisor coffee, I pity Mimeo. Another new character with Marni, what a way to find out you are a mutant. And love how Rose retaliated against the jerk who destroyed her blueprint, pink glittery paint, hehehe.

Mimeo would probably win against Tink. The plan actually counts on it.
They figure Mimeo will go hyper like Tink does, they'll fight and while Tink goes to sleep at the end, they're hoping Mimeo will also be really tired. With his powers it won't be as bad as Tink's collapse, but even having him significantly tired for 10 or 15 minutes, might be enough to let the power armour catch him.

With Rose, I liked her retaliation to. She's not a shrinking violet even if she's not one to crow about her revenge.

mhalpern wrote: Seems like Rose is a gadgeteer with a danger sense tied to her gadgeteering

Danger sense? Where did you get that idea?

Domoviye wrote:

Dreamer wrote: Domo, you have been a busy little bee. Loved how Tink reacted to getting the autographed pic from Mimeo and then the future scene with her against Mimeo as she is drinking a large container of devisor coffee, I pity Mimeo. Another new character with Marni, what a way to find out you are a mutant. And love how Rose retaliated against the jerk who destroyed her blueprint, pink glittery paint, hehehe.

Mimeo would probably win against Tink. The plan actually counts on it.
They figure Mimeo will go hyper like Tink does, they'll fight and while Tink goes to sleep at the end, they're hoping Mimeo will also be really tired. With his powers it won't be as bad as Tink's collapse, but even having him significantly tired for 10 or 15 minutes, might be enough to let the power armour catch him.

With Rose, I liked her retaliation to. She's not a shrinking violet even if she's not one to crow about her revenge.

mhalpern wrote: Seems like Rose is a gadgeteer with a danger sense tied to her gadgeteering

Danger sense? Where did you get that idea?

The need for a shield

Ah, ok. No that was just her brain getting inspired because of something it saw. No danger sense for her.

Abandoning Idea:

Re-imagining Whateley as a Campaign Comic ... Well, a Campaign Story, anyways.

Main writer's block and Primary Micro-Scene Focus: Character Creation Section.

Domoviye wrote: Ah, ok. No that was just her brain getting inspired because of something it saw. No danger sense for her.

Ahh so it wasn't a second function of her esper trait that lets her understand machines,

mhalpern wrote: esper trait that lets her understand machines,

Uhh... Do you mean the "Gadgeteer Trait"?

mhalpern wrote:

Domoviye wrote: Ah, ok. No that was just her brain getting inspired because of something it saw. No danger sense for her.

Ahh so it wasn't a second function of her esper trait that lets her understand machines,

She's just a gadgeteer, similar to Loophole in understanding machines and figuring them out by just looking at them, but much weaker.

Malady wrote:

mhalpern wrote: esper trait that lets her understand machines,

Uhh... Do you mean the "Gadgeteer Trait"?

From canon - Gadgeteer is a specialized branch of the Esper trait.

Yeah I find it interesting that "esper" is a "spectrum trait" that covers all the intuition related abilities

mhalpern wrote: Yeah I find it interesting that "esper" is a "spectrum trait" that covers all the intuition related abilities

^_^ Currently, at least. Wasn't there an earlier story where they were theorizing that it was a branch of Alchemy, and therefore Magic? The Power Geeks probably change classifications every few years for the new Grand Unified Theory that solves all of the problems until someone brings up an exception.

FuzzyBoots wrote:

mhalpern wrote: Yeah I find it interesting that "esper" is a "spectrum trait" that covers all the intuition related abilities

^_^ Currently, at least. Wasn't there an earlier story where they were theorizing that it was a branch of Alchemy, and therefore Magic? The Power Geeks probably change classifications every few years for the new Grand Unified Theory that solves all of the problems until someone brings up an exception.

I think you're thinking something else, the most common branch trait of esper is danger sense, what you might be thinking of is Devising, not esper, esper is dangersense, seeing the past or future, knowing the history of an object by touching it, or understanding something on proximity, if someone was a low level esper and their eyes didn't change color or anything, in many cases, they may not ever know, as esper abilities are inherently subtle

In reality all mutant powers are a derivation of the Cth(Ex) and Cth(Mys) traits...

Hey Malady you do know that the bell and rosary are Christian symbols right? The rosary being almost exclusively Catholic.

One of my favourite stories in Christian mythology (yes there is a mythology) is about a catholic missionary who used a giant iron bell as a 1-handed mace to bash in the heads of infidels. While saying the Lord's Prayer. In priests robes and armour. In the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

Jarjaross wrote: Hey Malady you do know that the bell and rosary are Christian symbols right? The rosary being almost exclusively Catholic.

One of my favourite stories in Christian mythology (yes there is a mythology) is about a catholic missionary who used a giant iron bell as a 1-handed mace to bash in the heads of infidels. While saying the Lord's Prayer. In priests robes and armour. In the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

It's pretty much from Chou's origin story..."a bell, a bead necklace thing and a Chinese straight sword". except for referring to them as a rosary.

DanZilla wrote:

Jarjaross wrote: Hey Malady you do know that the bell and rosary are Christian symbols right? The rosary being almost exclusively Catholic.

One of my favourite stories in Christian mythology (yes there is a mythology) is about a catholic missionary who used a giant iron bell as a 1-handed mace to bash in the heads of infidels. While saying the Lord's Prayer. In priests robes and armour. In the middle of the Amazon rain forest.

It's pretty much from Chou's origin story..."a bell, a bead necklace thing and a Chinese straight sword". except for referring to them as a rosary.

Yes and bells are used in religious symbolism around the world. Rosaries are not, there are rosary like neclaces used in some other cultures but they are not rosaries. A rosary has a crucifix hanging down from the 'centre' after 4 beads and then a circle of 40 or so (I don't remember the exact number) beads each of which is equally spaced but of different sizes or engravings.

And, that section was from Nocte , presuming that it's the same Nocte... ... We don't have a Call Out feature where we can auto-email people to bring them into the conversation, right?

A "Rosary" is used to count off the prayers in a Rosary, which is an Orthodox (Catholic?) tradition of saying prayers like the Hail Mary, Our Father, Hail Holy Queen and others in specific patterns (usually five "decads", which is five time ten Hail Mary's with the associated other prayers between them).

Since the Hail Mary gives Protestants conniptions, and the Hail Holy Queen right out makes them swear, its not something your likely to see done outside Orthodox Christian groups.

(FYI, "Catholics" are just one of the "Orthodox Christians", but since they are like 1/6th of the population of the planet, they tend to be counted as a seperate group).

... Okay, these calls a Buddhist prayer bead set a rosary.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_prayer_beads

They are similar to other forms of prayer beads used in various world religions and therefore the term "Buddhist rosary" also appears.

tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OneHundredAndEight

It is the number of beads on a Buddhist o-juzu or rosary.

And they are wrong.

The generic term is "Prayer Beads", a set of "Rosaries" are prayer beads in the exact configuration to say the "Rosary" prayer. If they are not meant to be used to say the Rosary, they are not "Rosary Beads".

Jarjaross wrote:

DanZilla wrote: It's pretty much from Chou's origin story..."a bell, a bead necklace thing and a Chinese straight sword". except for referring to them as a rosary.

Yes and bells are used in religious symbolism around the world. Rosaries are not, there are rosary like neclaces used in some other cultures but they are not rosaries. A rosary has a crucifix hanging down from the 'centre' after 4 beads and then a circle of 40 or so (I don't remember the exact number) beads each of which is equally spaced but of different sizes or engravings.

A rosary has, on the 'tail' hanging in the center, the crucifix, a large bead, 3 small beads, and then usually a second large bead, all below a 'medallion' joining the tail to the loop. Then there are 5 sets of 10 small beads around the loop, each set of 10 separated from the next set by a large bead.

There is a very specific prayer sequence for the beads, and then a final prayer at the medallion at the end. With each chanting of the rosary, one meditates upon one of 4 (3 to some ultra-orthodox Catholics) sets of 'mysteries' - each set has 5 mysteries in it, one for each decade - a set of one large and 10 small beads.

Of note is that the rosary beads are also useful for counting the prayers of the Divine Mercy chaplet.

*Wonders if so much Rosary chatter happened on original posting...*

All too busy praying it in order to try and remember the proper order of the prayers.

And no, I couldn't describe a Rosary if my life depended on it, my family never had one. There was five in my family (two adults, three children) and we just took turns being the cantor (the Rosary is mostly in multiples of five, so it worked well for us).

(And no, that's not meant to be confusing. "A Rosary" is the set of prayer beads. "The Rosary" is the prayer you say.)

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: (FYI, "Catholics" are just one of the "Orthodox Christians", but since they are like 1/6th of the population of the planet, they tend to be counted as a seperate group).

Don't say that to anyone who is Catholic, or orthodox for that matter, they will get pissed at you. Orthodox Christians are a different sect that broke away from the Catholic Church before there was even a notion of Protestant Christianity.

Orthodox and Catholics disagree about the Pope, and that's mostly it. Both groups admit that the core "Christian" teachings are the same, because they date back to the Council of Nicaea in the third century, 12 hundred or so years before the "Schism" over the Pope.

How "fanatical" individuals are about it is kind of a matter more of politics rather then religion. In places where one side or the other were persecuted, they get a bit hung up about it. Most places in the world its not that big a deal.

My opinion may be coloured by 12 years of Catholic school.

Phoenix Spiritus wrote: Orthodox and Catholics disagree about the Pope, and that's mostly it. Both groups admit that the core "Christian" teachings are the same, because they date back to the Council of Nicaea in the third century, 12 hundred or so years before the "Schism" over the Pope.

And, at this point, most branches of Catholicism are "in communion" with each other such that they largely have reciprocity among their rituals with some quirks for groups that have more or less restrictive guidelines (for example, the Roman Catholic Church accepts Greek Orthodox weddings, but the Greek Orthodox Church does not feel that the Roman rite is stringent enough). You can't take Holy Communion in another branch, but that's largely because the customs are different enough to risk offense.

Now if you really want trouble, point out to a Baptist that that they're technically a lapsed Catholic... although there too, you get some funny distinctions like how I recently had to convince my wife that "Christian" didn't just refer to the various Protestant branches. And that's nothing compared to when you run into a Baptist who claims that their religion is older because it started with John the Baptist, who was born before Christ. Oy vey...

Main thing that struck me about the story was the the choice of one item to take and one to reject reminded me of Kingdom Hearts. And I have seen "rosary" used as a general term in a number of places, the same way that "bible" has become a general term for "holy book" even in secular contexts. They've become generic trademarks.

FuzzyBoots wrote: Main thing that struck me about the story was the the choice of one item to take and one to reject reminded me of Kingdom Hearts.

Yeah, I'm quite sure that Nocte based it off Kingdom Hearts, as the original ended with:

Alex woke up, wondering what that dream was about. He concluded that he needed to stop playing videogames before going to sleep. He got dressed, had a quick breakfast. He had a gun show to go to. Hopefully, he would find another sword to add to his collection.

EDIT: And now I added that into the Author's Notes.

... Well, no one's complaining... So I might expand on the scene? Nah. Don't got the time. Anyone can co-opt it, perhaps give it to another Tao Servant, but give them the Beads or the Bell... Which'd change the opening scene, as they can only choose one, and have to reject the other, and being the last person means that they're forced into wielding something... ... Unless there's more swords...

Sometimes I wonder if anyone even notices my stories. OTOH, seeing how the current talk has almost nothing to do with the micro-scene that inspired it, maybe it's just as well.

Just got a chance to read all the micro-scenes.
Schol-R-LEA, it's interesting, and having all the goddesses and paladins talking and plotting is cool. Are you thinking of making more, giving us an idea of what they're plotting?

If I ever figure that out myself, I might. While this particular summit meeting was related to 'Islands in the Sun' - in a nutshell, both Hikaru and Amatarasu herself wanted advice from their peers about the plan to extend Japan's wards, the former wanting reassurance and the latter seeking intelligence about the situation (even a goddess of her stature can't know everything that's going on) before making a decision - the broader picture of how these secret Internet meetings got started, what the group's long-term goals are, etc. is something I haven't worked out. The fact that there are now several Avatars hosting or serving as Paladins for gods and goddesses around, three of whom are going to be Whateley students that year - Hikaru (Amatarasu), Chandi (Saraswati), and Nasir (Thoth - man, and you thought Kayda had trouble from her hometown; after going into hiding, Nasir is once again in nice middle-class home in a city named Cairo - but now when he looks out his window, instead of seeing the Mother of Egypt drifting lazily down her banks, he's looking across Old Man River towards Missouri, and he's finding that even 'the most depressing city in the US' is a step up from what he had been dealing with) - is significant, but I'm not sure just how yet.

Two things did occur to me that someone might ask about regarding that fanfic.

For the first one, when asked which name she prefers mortals to use for her, Inanna stated that all of the names people know her by are ones given to her by them, so she doesn't mind if she is known as an Inanna, Ishtar, Astarte or any of the others.

As for the second question, yes, there are definitely aspects of being the mortal representative of a fertility goddess that are problematic for Headmistress Carson; however, she was aware of them when she accepted the role as Paladin, and in fact it was in part to keep someone else from having to deal with them that she accepted the role in the first place.

Fortunately, Langley isn't the jealous type, and in fact finds it a nice change from before.

That could make being headmistress challenging.

That it does. She did take a leave of absence for a few months not long after making the bond, and a shorter one the following spring, but she had the presence of mind to make an agreement with the deity right from the start the she would not deliberately put Liz into a position that could be harmful to her students, and made it clear that this included any contact of a sexual nature. Despite this, and despite some conflict between Astarte and the Astarte Force (it gets a bit crowded in there - while Forces are not sentient per se, they do have tendencies and instincts after a fashion), the bond mostly a harmonious one.

Poor Brittany. If there were ever a power that could be worse for her than this one, I couldn't think of it.

However, I am not quite so evil as to connect this storyline to the one regarding Lady Astarte. I'll leave that to Domoviye.

Oh, and for the record: Av-5m, Ex-4 (including the mental package, and with sight and hearing at Ex-6), ESP-2 (clairvoyance and psychometry).

I remember a microscene about a suicidal H1 mutant from awhile back. Is this the same character?

Mind over Matter has a Somebody-Else's-Problem field!

It seems a good skill for a talented mutant psychic to learn. Instead of stealthing or barging his way into a crime, he casually strolls in, sees whats going on, and mind whammies the criminals at just the right moment.

And it's horrible that he learned it from TV.

He had to learn it somewhere, and it was funnier than saying it was from a book.

Arcanist Lupus wrote: I remember a microscene about a suicidal H1 mutant from awhile back. Is this the same character?

Yes, though she isn't actually one of mine - she was one of the characters in another fanfic by (I think) Elrod. I 'borrowed' her for the earlier micro-scene, figuring it would be a one-off, but while I was fixing some typos on this one I had a brainwave and re-wrote it to have her be the student they were discussing.

Wasn't the suicidal room mate Tink's new room mate, making it a Domovyie character?

Different character, who was suicidal for different reasons. The original Brittany Sholes character was the one who sicced H1! on Lucid. Unfortunately, that story arc seems to have vanished with the server move, though it might mean that Lucid is going to go canon and they didn't want to have the original on the site yet.

Domoviye wrote: He had to learn it somewhere, and it was funnier than saying it was from a book.

Did he learn it from the perception filters of Doctor Who?

Yep. Doctor Who. Mind Over Matter is a sci-if fan.

Schol-R-LEA wrote:

Arcanist Lupus wrote: I remember a microscene about a suicidal H1 mutant from awhile back. Is this the same character?

Yes, though she isn't actually one of mine - she was one of the characters in another fanfic by (I think) Elrod. I 'borrowed' her for the earlier micro-scene, figuring it would be a one-off, but while I was fixing some typos on this one I had a brainwave and re-wrote it to have her be the student they were discussing.

I can't remember the writer, but it wasn't a canon author, or anyone whose being considered for it as far as I know.

Pity. Does anyone know who the author was? Also, does anyone have that particular story archived anywhere? I tried Wayback Machine but apparently it didn't capture the forum messages.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Pity. Does anyone know who the author was? Also, does anyone have that particular story archived anywhere? I tried Wayback Machine but apparently it didn't capture the forum messages.

Oh, it does, but it seems the older ones are better kept. Just change the parameters in the URL here:

web.archive.org/cdx?url=crystalhall.org%...ilter=statuscode:200

Now... You're looking for Lucid, who's Praenunito's Character. They're a really big writer. It's all in one page. 1,172 KB, MHT. ... Enormous...

But then again, there are other H1! Mutants? Or not? ... Anyway. Get one of my archives, if you haven't already, and look for "Lucid". There should be only one entry...

Malady wrote:

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Pity. Does anyone know who the author was? Also, does anyone have that particular story archived anywhere? I tried Wayback Machine but apparently it didn't capture the forum messages.

Oh, it does, but it seems the older ones are better kept. Just change the parameters in the URL here:

Don't you love invisible pixels.

Malady wrote: But then again, there are other H1! Mutants?

There are some mutants from H1 families, Diamondback for one. But none of them have supported the group to any great extent. H1 is mostly in the background as a general threat and an annoyance, so no main characters have really dealt closely with the organization itself beyond avoiding it, except for Silver Ghost.
That could change in the future though.

Ribbon was a member of H1, and a mutant, although never at the same time. Circuit Breaker's brother was at the H1 murder camp when he manifested and was murdered. I don't think we know what his thoughts on the matter were, though.

...and Delta Spike's devise actually worked right, with no explosions?

Ib12us wrote:

Malady wrote:

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Pity. Does anyone know who the author was? Also, does anyone have that particular story archived anywhere? I tried Wayback Machine but apparently it didn't capture the forum messages.

Oh, it does, but it seems the older ones are better kept. Just change the parameters in the URL here:

Don't you love invisible pixels.

OH! ... Fixed!

web.archive.org/cdx?url=crystalhall.org%...ilter=statuscode:200

Domoviye wrote:

Malady wrote: But then again, there are other H1! Mutants?

There are some mutants from H1 families, Diamondback for one. But none of them have supported the group to any great extent. H1 is mostly in the background as a general threat and an annoyance, so no main characters have really dealt closely with the organization itself beyond avoiding it, except for Silver Ghost.
That could change in the future though.

There was an H1 friendly mutant (at least he worked for the MCO and an evil scientist against other mutants) called Cleaner (Ron Pruitt) in LightofFury's story called Negation.(ElrodW originally posted it which may have led someone to believe it was one of his)

and

There was Wasamon's Scarlyt from his story A Study in Scarlyt who was a Rabidly H1 leaning teen who became a mutant in the course of the story. Truly a VERY dark story...

Sir Lee wrote: ...and Delta Spike's devise actually worked right, with no explosions?

No boom today. Boom tomorrow. There's always a boom tomorrow. What? Look, somebody's got to have some damn perspective around here! Boom. Sooner or later. BOOM!

Malady wrote:

Ib12us wrote:

Malady wrote:

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Pity. Does anyone know who the author was? Also, does anyone have that particular story archived anywhere? I tried Wayback Machine but apparently it didn't capture the forum messages.

Oh, it does, but it seems the older ones are better kept. Just change the parameters in the URL here:

Don't you love invisible pixels.

OH! ... Fixed!

web.archive.org/cdx?url=crystalhall.org%...ilter=statuscode:200

I can see... I can see.... Oh god I can see it.

DanZilla wrote: There was Wasamon's Scarlyt from his story A Study in Scarlyt who was a Rabidly H1 leaning teen who became a mutant in the course of the story. Truly a VERY dark story...

So, no H1 Officers who've mutated. Ok.

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Ib12us wrote:

Malady wrote: OH! ... Fixed!

web.archive.org/cdx?url=crystalhall.org%...ilter=statuscode:200

I can see... I can see.... Oh god I can see it.

Are you referencing something?? ... If so, can anyone enlighten me?

Yeah, it's a big load. ... I really should have made a python program to search through all of those? ... Maybe not... ... I should have copied it down and ran through it in my spare time... So gonna do that...

Malady wrote:

DanZilla wrote: There was Wasamon's Scarlyt from his story A Study in Scarlyt who was a Rabidly H1 leaning teen who became a mutant in the course of the story. Truly a VERY dark story...

Scarlyt Ramble [ Click to expand ] [ Click to hide ]

Oh, yeah! Scarlyt! ... Freaky Cool! ... Freaky, but still, awesome... Like Shock and Awe? ... Yeah, her mind's pretty dark, but... What she achieved was pretty awesome... Am I that jaded or whatever?

I'm like, "How do I say that she's amazing, without saying that I approve of her actions?" Although, given people's assumptions of her, her achievements weren't that awesome?

Am I weird? 'Cause I'm feeling that... ... Now I don't know what I feel anymore...

EDIT: Ah. tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AdmiringTheAbomination ... That fits. I think...

So, no H1 Officers who've mutated. Ok.

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Ib12us wrote:

Malady wrote: OH! ... Fixed!

web.archive.org/cdx?url=crystalhall.org%...ilter=statuscode:200

I can see... I can see.... Oh god I can see it.

Are you referencing something?? ... If so, can anyone enlighten me?

Yeah, it's a big load. ... I really should have made a python program to search through all of those? ... Maybe not... ... I should have copied it down and ran through it in my spare time... So gonna do that...

Maylady forgot to put in the link and I ran with it.

The last ref is kinda from a boss raid and I blemished it.

Well, an odds mangler was involved in the test, and since it was her head the devise was sitting on... well, let's just say it may not have been a completely fair test of it's inclination to go boom.

I couldn't find it in Wayback Machine, but I did find it, thanks to the link Malady has to Rubberjohn's archive. I downloaded that (the whole thing this time, not just the micros) and was able to bring the whole thing up again.

I can extract it for folks, but I don't know if it would be appropriate for anyone who isn't the author or an admin to repost it.

EDIT: I've put a BBcoded version of the story on my GDrive, if anyone wants a copy PM me and I'll give you the link and access to it.

Okay, I caught the references to Redwall, Valdemar, Echidna, Wolverine, Disney (although this one was easy), Frog and Toad, and the Tasmanian Devil, but if any of the others were referencing specific stories, I missed those.

I think you caught most of them. The fur color ones are just cause you see so many odd colored fursona on the net, ditto the chimera ones. the Chakat is here.

EDIT: Forgot about the Grape Ape and Wizard of Oz references.

WOW Rose's parents have a seriously dangerous case of denial.

EDIT I almost want to borrow her for From Ben to Egg, nice juxtaposition

You have NO idea.

Domoviye wrote: You have NO idea.

They are about at the point where denial turns into negligence

It gets better, or worse depending on your point of view.

Domoviye wrote: It gets better, or worse depending on your point of view.

Let me guess, visible physical changes will happen and they will claim that Rose isn't their child, cause their child is a baseline who looks different than Rose will end up looking like...






Does my lack of pronouns stand out too much, I wanted to keep that possibility in my speculations....

How did you guess...

So wrong.

Believe me when I say there are big things planned for Rose.

Domoviye wrote: How did you guess...

So wrong.

Believe me when I say there are big things planned for Rose.

On the subnote thing I had to leave the possibility open, well considering their reaction to Mind over Matter, they aren't H1, just really really scared...

Yep. They're scared and hoping that by ignoring it, it'll go away.

sigh, yeah, I'm up to my old tricks again... so, time for a game of 'catch the reference', anyone?

Well, first to get out the way the two obvious ones: the "burn IDs" aliases Mephisto mentions are the Golden Age Hawkman and Indiana Jones.

Of the mess of names below... let me see... Dr. Amazing and Professor Quartermane are both canon, of course. Frank Hardy Jr. might be the son of one of the Hardy Boys. Dr. Germahn might be the fourth-wall-explaining-guy from El Goonish Shive. Dr. Osterman is probably Dr. Manhattan from Watchmen.

There's a whole Wilde family tree there which I assume is a reference to something or a bunch of somethings, but I have no idea what.


And besides the point, seeing Professor Quartermane's name again made me think... at the time Razzle Dazzle was published, I think Bek admitted that he was a homage to Professor Challenger. The wiki mentions also the name as being an Allan Quartermain nod, but I wonder if it is also intended to be an homage to Professor Bernard Quatermass...

Not bad, but you missed what I expected to be second most obvious of them (after Dr. Jones, of course): Bruce Signe, the exemplar/gadgeteer rager. At least neither he nor his relative named Jennifer turn green when angry...

Whereas Terrence, Richard and Rose shouldn't really be related to them, since they all come from that other comic book company... and yeah, the trenchcoat comment is a clue. The Wilde family as a whole are canon, being part of the Doc Savage pastiche in 'Razzle Dazzle'.

So I had this thing that started out a a series of micro-scenes, but it all hung together and eventually I turning it into a mini-story that was too big to post here, so I've posted it in the Fan Fiction thread instead.

Enjoy!
Getting the Team Back together

Hmmn, I wonder how long it will take for them to try and recruit Ribbon...

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Hmmn, I wonder how long it will take for them to try and recruit Ribbon...

That depends upon whether Jade is there for new Poe freshman, or comes in at a later date. After that, about 15 minutes, most of which Jade is gushing over the new cute little girl that looks younger than she does.

Good point. Hmmn, I bet they might also want my own fanfic character Serendipity, if they could get past the 'everything is always going my way' part.

OTOH, they will undoubtedly tap Clover if they could, and getting Clover and Serendipity together in the same place would be a Bad Idea...

Well, perhaps having everything go your way inadventently harms the people around you? Where does 'you' stop, and 'others' begin? ... Possible psychological: Do people like you due to your powers making it so, or ecause they actually do? And does it matter?

... Also, a villain with the power can still be beaten if choices/chances are restricted so the best that can happen for them, is still within the events that you want...

Malady wrote: Well, perhaps having everything go your way inadventently harms the people around you?

Yeah, this is a definite issue with luck manglers. It does necessarily even have to cause bad luck for others, but as with Teela Brown , it could simply end up that what is lucky for them isn't necessarily good for anyone else.

But I was thinking more about the fact that Lizzy and Clover are already going to be in the same classes (they'll both be 8th graders that year), which is a risky thing given the way probability warping can run wild when there are two or more manglers in close proximity. Having them on the same team as well would be a recipe for disaster.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: Lizzy

Well, I didn't know she was a Luck Manipulator 'til now, 'cause it wasn't given in the scene? I think...

No, you're right, it never comes out and says so; at that point she had no idea what powers she might have beyond her sex-related changes and some general Exemplar indicators. However, the story does imply that she is more than just normally lucky.

IIRC, what I said in the previous thread as EX-2, WA-3p, ESP-3par. She was described by one reader as 'that girl who all the other girls hate because everything always goes right for her'.

Schol-R-LEA wrote: However, the story does imply that she is more than just normally lucky.

OH! ... I missed that...

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@Domoviye:

So, I guess she has to finish her fights real quick, else she can't fight anymore due to exhaustion? Or is it a continuous range of power ups so she doesn't have to go "FULL POWER!" every time, and conserve energy that way?

Malady wrote:

Schol-R-LEA wrote: However, the story does imply that she is more than just normally lucky.

OH! ... I missed that...

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@Domoviye:

So, I guess she has to finish her fights real quick, else she can't fight anymore due to exhaustion? Or is it a continuous range of power ups so she doesn't have to go "FULL POWER!" every time, and conserve energy that way?

She can only go up to full power as of yet. She can do many short bursts of a few seconds at a time, followed by normal energy expenditure, to go longer.
So running from the MCO, she would run normally along the street, turn a corner, power up and jump to a third story balcony, power down and climb onto the roof, jog to the edge, power up again jump across the road, jog, power up, jump, jog, etc, and keep doing it for about thirty minutes, wanting only a good meal and a chance to sit down for a bit.
If she powered up and ran for ten minutes , she'd be halfway across the city before it ended, but she'll be going to bed and not waking up for a while, after eating a huge meal.
It's a very tactical power.

Domoviye wrote: Probably is a girl. She may or may not be appearing in a future story.

Miss Powerful is just a fun little character I came up with. I was thinking of making a series of short little events concerning her adventures. And running around with a car over her head to test out her strength seemed par for the course.

Going through old posts to patch my archives, and I came across Probably again...

I was wrong in thinking there weren't any indications of her girlness... "small girl in broad daylight" ...

So, how far along an event chain can she predict, and how far in the future?

For example, two steps would be:

95% chance he'd punch me. 30% chance for me to escape unhurt. If he punched me, 63% chance someone would help me.

A third step might be the chance that the hypothetical rescuer actually manages to be useful.

I didn't want to get too bogged down with details, so I just showed the most obvious ones.
As for how far she can predict, consider anything beyond the next minute or so as educated guesses with a bit of luck on her side.
If she somehow foiled a plot by an evil supervillain known for murderizing people successfully, and he knew lots about her, her power would say 90% chance he'd kill her very soon. Good educated guess.

@Domoviye - ... You have so many characters... "cat's eye", I think?

... "Cat's eye gem"... Catgirl to come? Or Jewellery-related powers... ... No, wait. It's a Power Gem! So betting on that!