Taboo Topics (Heavily moderated)

Karilyn · Post by **Karilyn** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:28 pm

Has a superhero been who's powers are tied to menstrual blood?

Miss Starseed · Post by **Miss Starseed** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 2:29 pm

Probably among upstanding members of society only.

Plasma · Post by **Plasma** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:31 pm

Karilyn wrote:Has a superhero been who's powers are tied to menstrual blood?

Ever read The Sandman?

Crawfish · Post by **Crawfish** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:38 pm

Xeraphem wrote: cool stuff

Hey that was pretty cool.

And actually there probably is a lot of blood-related stuff, considering how it's instantly perceived as a dark and moody way to characterize something.

Crawfish · Post by **Crawfish** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 5:38 pm

Xeraphem wrote: cool stuff

Hey that was pretty cool. This reminds me how X-Men was basically an allegory for homosexuality!

And actually there probably is a lot of blood-related stuff, considering how it's instantly perceived as a dark and moody way to characterize something.

Xeraphem · Post by **Xeraphem** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 6:26 pm

Homosexuality, Handicapped vs. Stairs, any minority you can think of, the X-Men in some form or fashion can relate to it.

Actually, come to think of it, Colossus turned out to be homosexual before Marvel killed him off. And add to him being bff's with a demonic-looking, wall-crawling, teleporting, Catholic priest in training: I SMELL A SITCOM! :awesome:

Plasma · Post by **Plasma** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:30 pm

Xeraphem wrote:And add to him being bff's with a demonic-looking, wall-crawling, teleporting, Catholic priest in training: I SMELL A SITCOM! :awesome:

Xeraphem · Post by **Xeraphem** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 7:33 pm

I love you. ;w;

Crushter · Post by **Crushter** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:15 pm

Miss StarSeed wrote:By the by, using blood as a weapon/defense/what have you has also been done to death. Browse around weeaboo roleplays. Every "element" story has at least two or three "blood users".

Blood Golems are cool.

DoNotDelete · Post by **DoNotDelete** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:42 pm

I always thought radioactive guys were kinda cool.

Crushter · Post by **Crushter** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:43 pm

Ame no Akai wrote:You know, I dare you to find a power that hasn't been used before. We've got waves after waves of superhero stories. I don't think you're going to find anything unique and non-retarded.

In other words, go for it. Just make sure the writing is actually good and you have interesting elements to flesh it out, and you should be good to go.

As long as a charcter is interesting, and at least a few times uses his/her power in a interesting way, I like him. Scarecrow is very unoriginal, but his character and his actions make me like him, because he uses it in a different way.

BANANA · Post by **BANANA** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:26 pm

Ame no Akai wrote:You know, I dare you to find a power that hasn't been used before. We've got waves after waves of superhero stories. I don't think you're going to find anything unique and non-retarded.

In other words, go for it. Just make sure the writing is actually good and you have interesting elements to flesh it out, and you should be good to go.

"If you have an idea, it's been thought of before."

DoNotDelete · Post by **DoNotDelete** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:38 pm

You all think in such linear terms.

Avengifier · Post by **Avengifier** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:45 pm

Thanks for the help and input everyone, I really appreciate it.

I feel like thinking up totally original superpowers now.

Crawfish · Post by **Crawfish** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:53 pm

idk, I'm sort of a roleplay nerd (like, online forum stuff) so I've had my fair share of cool ideas for superpowers. I also at one point had a webcomic (that didn't take off, but still) about superpowered kids, so you have to have some originality. There was a kid whose power was to cause physical pain, one who controlled his own unique element (like periodic element) and could shoot beams based on it and such...Then there was the girl whose powers changed based on how the sun was reflected in the sky (morning, overcast, sunny, etc.).

So there are some ideas that haven't been done to death, but they're hard to appeal. Controlling water would just be good because it would take so much creativity and talent to attack. Freeze it, vaporize it, etc.