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Post by dantalion on Oct 13, 2019 15:39:48 GMT -8
Couple concepts. Both have their powers as the result of a cosmic parasite in their brains.
1. Telepathy. Passively read surface thoughts. Dig deeper with concentration and effort. If it isn't too overpowered, implant memories and the like.
2. Shadows. Move from shadow to shadow. Control shadows, tendrils of shadow (either with increased strength or his own strength).
The parasite causes pain, intrusive thoughts.
What's a better fit for the board?
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Oct 13, 2019 15:53:19 GMT -8
Welcome dantalion! I think both would fit just fine but my personal opinion, the shadows thing sounds really awesome and far more original! Telepathy is used a lot all over supernatural based shows and movies, but that's not a problem if that's what you're leaning toward. FYI, I'm going to move this convo to Plots. Feel free to toss any other thoughts, ideas, or suggestions at us!
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Post by dantalion on Oct 13, 2019 18:14:06 GMT -8
So, a few inspirations for this character. The basic "feel" of the shadow abilities and the voices are from Jackie Estacado of "The Darkness". The second is a little more obscure, David Selig of Robert Silverberg's "Dying Inside". The parasite is slowly killing him (I'm leaning toward Jackie Selig, aka "Wraith"). Nothing really helps the pain, and the "intrusive thoughts" are of course the parasite talking to him. In addition to prodding him to use his powers for ill, it "shows him things"-- violence, horror, etc. Jackie wasn't Blipped, and neither was the parasite. This is a worm-like creature from The Dark Dimension that slipped into our reality when Doctor Strange tangled with Dormammu, so you can imagine the kind of shit it throws at Jackie. So, actual power set. Feel free to veto any element, but I figure the MCU is pretty OP-tolerant. Shadow Sense: Detect shadows up to half a mile away. Shadow Manipulation: Creating, deepening, shaping shadows. Shadow Travel: Teleport from one shadow to another within his "shadow sense" (ugh). Shadow Tendrils: "Solid" shadow tentacles that manifest from any shadow within range. Capable of lifting/throwing/etc objects and people up to half a ton. Alternately, he can "solidify" shadows to smother or otherwise restrict those trapped inside. A side effect of these solid shadows is a degree of "armor". Think bullets hitting water. Faceclaim: Aaron Paul, especially Jesse Pinkman Thoughts? Edits? Protestations?
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Post by Ariel on Oct 13, 2019 18:35:04 GMT -8
Welcome dantalion ! I am loving the shadow ability, its fresh and we love something original that works well with the rpg! I play Nebula from GoTG, she's currently on Earth so if your character ends up there somehow, I can definitely think of a few different ways that we can have your OC interact with her as well as other characters. The MCU rpg is currently taking place during the timeline of Infinity War, here is the rpg timeline which might help you decide where to start your character after you've created his backstory: mfcsrpg.proboards.com/thread/4285/ooc-marvel-cinematic-universe-timeline
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Post by dantalion on Oct 13, 2019 18:43:30 GMT -8
GotG is by far my favorite of the MCU series (serieses?).
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Oct 13, 2019 18:44:18 GMT -8
Those are great power sets! I know that David Selig name. Someone had joined awhile back and named their character David Selig but he kinda disappeared. Was that you? If so, welcome back! If not, what a random coincidence!
I don't think any of those are pushing it. There are some people with crazy powers in the MCU. Are you seeing him as a good guy or bad guy?
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Post by dantalion on Oct 13, 2019 18:48:12 GMT -8
Weird. Not me, but it's from one of Silverberg's more intense novels, so, it tends to leave an impression.
I'm seeing Jackie as rather an in-between kind of guy. He's fundamentally a decent person, way deep down, but his resistance to the parasite is waning. Like, he's not going to go around robbing banks or anything, but he's not typically going to go the non-violent route. As the parasite starts dominating more and more, he'll become more horrific. Tone is definitely closer to Incredible Hulk or Jessica Jones than The Avengers.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Oct 13, 2019 19:01:04 GMT -8
Ah, must be a character I didn't know was popular then!
The in-between type is definitely the most interesting. Never quite know what they'll be up to. I also like the idea that he's got this internal struggle with the parasite so really, it's not always in his control of what type of guy he is.
So, connections. Let's see if we can hash some of that out! If you look at the Available Character threads, you can see all the canon characters in play. The Character Bios board has all characters, canon and original.
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The RPG for this title doesn't really go in a linear fashion. If you look at the Locations Threads, you'll see dates for each. So it's basically like we do a lot of flashback stuff to fill out our characters' histories. Some of it is more "current" game time but mostly, I think we're fleshing out our backstories. That means several storylines going at the same time for each character. As many as you feel comfortable uggling.
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Post by dantalion on Oct 13, 2019 19:53:12 GMT -8
Jackie is pretty much exclusively active in NYC, and so has definitely had a run-in with Spidey. I'm seeing something like Jackie got mugged, eviscerated the culprit, and Spider-Man came to the "rescue" only to find Jackie standing over a dude full of steaming holes. Spidey went all Teen Avenger on him, and Jackie shadow traveled the f*** outta there.
I know they aren't active, but Doctor Strange and Wong would likely be aware that some kind of cosmic critter is loose in their city.
I'm open for other connections. Y'all know the board better than I do.
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Post by dantalion on Oct 13, 2019 20:03:23 GMT -8
Thoughts on Frank Castle hunting Wraith in the background?
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Oct 13, 2019 20:23:14 GMT -8
That sounds like a great start! Our Spidey player is away due to family medical issues but when he's back, I'm sure he'd be up for playing out a flashback scene of that, but it can definitely be set as part of his history in case he thinks back on it in scenes taking place afterward.
Hmm, let's see who else is in New York. Tony Stark is there mostly, as is the Avengers Facility. Nebula's storylines have been taking place there. So have OC's Winter and Kyrin and many of Andro's (also OC). Seems everyone but Hope is mostly in New York.
Hope van Dyne goes between San Francisco and New York a lot. I play her. My backstory is that she's having to serve Scott's time for his little fanboy trip to help Cap since it was the Ant-Man suit that was involved. It was settled that she works with the Avengers on an on-call basis. She's not officially an Avenger, more of an outside contractor. Hank's never trusted anyone else with the Pym Particles, especially not a Stark, and that kinda passed on to Hope, hence the reason her not officially signing on to the team. She and Tony have learned to get along, kinda like rivaling siblings, what with their similar upbringings.
And just saw your newest post. I would LOVE to see Frank Castle and some of the other street level/MCU show characters in the RPG!
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Post by dantalion on Oct 14, 2019 5:16:43 GMT -8
In locations, do I need to request that a new one be made, or is it kosher to jump on existing threads (like the 2017 Mobi Mart in NYC)?
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Oct 14, 2019 6:59:51 GMT -8
I had no chance to say welcome yet, dantalion! I'm Ilona and mostly not online with anyone at the same time except of marathon weekends, because, sadly, I live very far away from everyone else.. My mother language isn't english, so if you find any grammar mistakes in my posts, feel free to either ignore or mention to me (the mentioning is appreciated as well XD). In our MCU RPG I do play Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, The Grandmaster as a supportive character and Andro who is an OC (for more info see his bio). I'm looking forward to any plays with your character in the future.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Oct 14, 2019 7:04:38 GMT -8
In locations, do I need to request that a new one be made, or is it kosher to jump on existing threads (like the 2017 Mobi Mart in NYC)? Actually both is kosher. If you find an already existing location that fits the scene, feel free to use it. If you need one that wasn't created yet, just let our admin Heidi or our co-mod, which is me, know in the thread "request a new location". There you can also add pictures you want to be used for that if you like. You find that thread in every of our RPG sections.
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Post by Ariel on Oct 14, 2019 13:04:11 GMT -8
dantalion I've got a suggestion for a character interaction. Nebula finds out that the government is holding some of the Avengers hostage and after hearing of sightings of a ship arriving to Earth, she convinces herself that her sister Gamora may be among them (she will be, but Nebula doesn't know that yet). She crosses paths with Jackie Silver and hires him to help her break her sister out of the government holding facility. Let me know what you think, I am open to any other ideas you might have as well! And if anyone else who isn't getting captured would like to be involved in Nebula's government raid, please let me know. Hollywood Heidi DarkSideCookie Lady Lee-o The Jester Of Tortuga Anduin Kristi Lynne
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Post by dantalion on Oct 14, 2019 13:23:52 GMT -8
That definitely works. Jackie is super good at getting in and out of places.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Oct 14, 2019 21:55:11 GMT -8
dantalion you can use existing threads if they fit in with the timeline you're looking for. If not, you can suggest a new location in the Request a New Location thread, either by providing the new date you need for a location you already see or an entirely new location. That Spidey/Icequeen/Iron Man scene at the Mobil Mart ended but that doesn't mean the thread is closed down. If, say, you wanted your character to have witnessed what went down there, you can post there. Or if he walks in and sees the place a wreck, etc. Only keep in my that Spidey/Icequeen/Iron Man have already vacated that area, but it's definitely not required for someone to always be in a scene with others. We sometimes will do lone-posts where our character isn't interacting with anyone. Just kinda doing their own thing, giving their own reactions, etc. Basically character development. So that thread is dated February 2017. Now if you wanted your character to go to that particular Mobil Mart but at a different date than that, just let me know and I'll create that same location but with the date you want. Only thing we try to be sure to do is keep an individual location linear. So each post added to the location takes place after previous post. If what you're thinking of takes place in February 2017 as well, maybe just not immediately after what occurred, you can always start your post with a heading like, ***A few hours later*** or ***A few days later*** It's really easy to made adjustments or move threads to a new location, so if it turns out there's a better fit for the scene someone is doing, I can easily fix it.
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Post by dantalion on Oct 24, 2019 7:59:06 GMT -8
So, at the Battle of New York, the Hulk killed most of the staff and customers when he threw a chitari ship through WaHi Diner, including Jackie's only actual friends. Jackie hates the Hulk. Is Banner publicly known as the Hulk at this point?
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Oct 25, 2019 8:48:03 GMT -8
Oi, interesting! I'm playing Banner/Hulk and totally looking forward to some complications between your character and him. I think Banner is publicly known as the Hulk, or wasn't he before he left the planet Earth? Might need some help here lol.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Oct 25, 2019 23:08:50 GMT -8
Huh!! In all the times I've seen all the MCU movies, I actually never even thought to consider if people know Bruce Banner is Hulk. I had to search online and it took me awhile to even dig up that question. Found a couple people asking the same thing and giving the response that was mirrored my thought; don't know because it was never addressed in the movies one way or the other.
However, one really on-the-ball fan had a response that makes me agree that the public DOES know. He said that true, it's never been addressed in the movies, however, Black Widow publicly released all of S.H.I.E.L.D.'s intel. Of course! That was one of the major plot points in Captain America: Winter Soldier. S.H.I.E.L.D. knew that Bruce Banner was the Hulk so that data had to have been in the intel released to the public.
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Post by Anduin on Oct 25, 2019 23:12:23 GMT -8
DarkSideCookie dantalion I think he's publicly known as the Hulk by now. In the first Hulk movie only the Military knew his true identity if I remember right, but later in Avengers 1 Black Widow (and some more Agents *gg*) sought after Bruce because they also knew that he was the Big Green Guy. And after the Battle of New York the Avengers were called Heroes - although they also destroyed parts of the City... But I'm also not really sure. What about our Marvel-Mastermind?! Hollywood Heidi Do you know if 'normal' people knows that Bruce Banner is the Hulk? EDIT: LOL, didn't know that Heidi was online at the same time and just typing an answer for this thread.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Oct 25, 2019 23:21:29 GMT -8
Lol no prob! I totally should have made the deduction of people knowing due to Black Widow's intel dump. Guess I'll have to watch the entire MCU yet again as penance.
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Post by dantalion on Oct 26, 2019 4:26:45 GMT -8
So maybe not absolutely everyone, but def people highly interested in the Avengers. Like, remember how IRL the Panama Papers were leaked, and it turned out the world's billionaires we're involved in a literal conspiracy to protect their money from taxes, but practically nothing happened and everyone forgot like the next month? I imagine the SHIELD dump went something like that.
Jackie would definitely know, in that case.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Oct 26, 2019 6:51:58 GMT -8
Funny though, that it seems all of us never really thought about that. XD I even play him in the RPG lol.
So, yes, I agree! I'd be totally down for Jackie knows very well.
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Oct 27, 2019 12:03:26 GMT -8
Exactly, Dantalion. People who pay attention to that stuff would have taken notice but there are a lot who don't and even the ones who do, soon just brush it to the back of their mind because it doesn't directly affect them. So even if a person didn't see or hear about it when it was leaked, the info would always be there on the interwebs if someone suddenly wanted to know months or years later. We should start chatting about ways to get Jackie intertwined. I'm liking the Hulk thing so far! Are there any other characters you're picturing some kind of a connection or pass crossing with? There's a timeline in the RPG Locations thread if you wanted to scan that over or let us know about when in time you're thinking of starting something or with which character(s) and we'll let you know what's going on during that time and with those characters.
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Post by dantalion on Oct 27, 2019 12:09:10 GMT -8
Yes, Mistress
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Post by dantalion on Oct 27, 2019 12:53:55 GMT -8
It's unlikely Wraith and Spidey have only run across each other once. That said, it's unlikley Firx will let that fight happen any time soon. So maybe Spidey keeps seeing someone that looks familiar, he blinks, and dude is gone. Maybe there's a split second of spider-sense as Firx and Jackie have a moment's fleeting hostility toward Webhead, then *poof*.
It's likely SHIELD knows something is doing Wraith's killings and assaults. Very likely Strange and Wong are aware, as well. Hell, a sorcerer would be able to detect Firx with, you know, magick.
To do some lore here for a second, I'm thinking that each kill, Firx absorbs any emotional response Jackie has. He's completely dead to violence, and each kill gets Firx that much closer to taking over. When there's no kill, Firx induces pain to eat the emotions that way. It's gotten to the point that Jackie occasionally blacks out (or is sleeping), and Firx takes over. For the sheer joy of violence, Firx takes the body to Grandmaster's fight club, maybe?
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Post by Hollywood Heidi on Oct 27, 2019 22:46:20 GMT -8
Lol!! Mistress seems to be a common nickname for me around here. Not a complaint. DarkSideCookie is our Grandmaster player so we'll wait for her to chime in on that one. I know Grandmaster is always looking for a new Champion since losing Hulk, though I don't know if Firx is the type that can be reasoned/negotiated with? Is the reason he takes the bodies to the fight club is because he's drawn to the violence there? Lol, this idea made me think of a cat's way of saying 'Hey, I like you' by leaving dead animals at your doorstep. XD I like the Spidey idea as well, but unfortunately, our Spidey player has been consistently away for varying reasons, so for now at least, that might just have to be something your character references in memory for stuff that happened in the past. Maybe something to play out later if our Spidey player ever returns. Anyone else you're thinking of some sort of connection with? Someone else he may have crossed paths with? Maybe one of the characters Jackie thinks might be able to help him with his Firx problem? ~*~ NEW ASGARD CREW - I'm reposting the below as it's gotten buried and I feel we're about ready for the crew to break up. Here's the list as it was last posted and I've added notes regarding the last two below. Getting away: Drax Hope Loki Peter Quill Rocket Getting taken in: Bruce Gamora Mantis Thor Tony Undecided: Groot Nat For our two undecided, we still haven't heard from Lee-o, so I'm making the moderatory decision that both are escaping. For Groot, I think the Guardians wouldn't want the teenager taken in. He'll be easy to work around as he seems to mostly keep to himself and his video game. For Nat, she's never been one to be locked up, especially not now since she was already on the Wanted list. I think she can get away with Hope and the rest and after they get back home, we can say she took off on her own, as she tends to do, so we don't have to worry about working around her being there. She can pop back whenever Lee-o is back and available to play her. Ariel dantalion DarkSideCookie The Jester Of Tortuga Kristi Lynne Lady Lee-o Anduin
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Post by dantalion on Oct 28, 2019 4:28:32 GMT -8
Sorry this wasn't clear. When Jackie is asleep or blacked out, Firx takes control of his body to go fight.
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Post by DarkSideCookie on Nov 3, 2019 1:53:29 GMT -8
As for the Jackie/Grandmaster idea: you can totally count me in!!! The Grandmaster is practically collecting champions to fight for him (also, he would need some challengers for the time he'll be getting back the Hulk - at least that's what he thinks lol -), so I don't think there has to be a huge reason to draw his interest. Once he'd see Firx is a fighter, the Grandmaster would be interested. I'm actually really glad you mentioned that idea because the Grandmaster is a supporting character only because it's difficult to tie him into the storyline permanently but my heart would break if there wasn't anything more to do for him. I just love him so much. XD
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