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Subj: They are, but it has nothing to do with the Hood this time. Posted: Sun Jan 03, 2016 at 12:36:51 pm EST (Viewed 625 times) | Reply Subj: Not when your shoulder-blades are tingling. Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2016 at 08:24:54 pm EST (Viewed 1 times) | ||||||
Quote: Which is a long-winded way of saying that I wanted to take the time to define some new character interactions we hadn't seen before, such as Liu Xi/Sallym and to push some others in new ways, such as Mumph/Baroness.I'm not against that at all. My reaction was more of "Oh, that actually works. I didn't think of it." Quote: I think you're already established her as a force for balance. Indeed, when Dark Thugos offered her a spot in the New Pantheon she turned him down partly because of that. Otherwise by now she might have been Goddess of Force.A really uncooperative one, at that. Quote: The bigger the retcon the more power it takes and the harder it is to sustain. The original Hood's abilities were quite finite, so he has to use his retcons strategically and sparingly, like judo moves that use his opponents' actions to do his work for him. Went is far more powerful but far less subtle. That said, even the God of Retcons can't retcon in beings of his own power level. He might erase Lara but he couldn't rewrite her as Goddess of Force.True, but Lara does have one retcon-related weakness that no one else has: She had to discover this universe at some point. If things change so she never did, it makes her disappear. Additionally, things could change so she went back home earlier than she normally would have. Quote: The next chapter re-makes a point originally noted by sorcerer supreme Xander the Improbable, that a really wise and powerful operator simply is not there when it happens, having already foreseen it and prepared the counter long before or set up someone else to deal with it. I forget which famous soldier argued that battles were won and lost before the first shot was fired, but there are certainly entities in the Parodyverse who applaud that sentiment.Faite is sort of a joke of mine, in a way, because she has a really useful power - the ability to change things as they are *right now*, as opposed to in the past or future - but she also feels a separation from events going on, and gets involved as little as possible. That's also how she makes herself scarce. Changes things so right now, she's not there. If the nu-Hood tries to retcon her, she knows it's coming because it's happening *right now*. But because she can change the right now, she's not there when he tries. Must be frustrating for a retcon-er, because he knows she has a past and should be there, but she's not. And yes, the name plays into that, because "Fate" makes sure something happens to you. Faite has the power to change things and make sure something happens or doesn't. Quote: And this is proper and good narrative. A Lightning Bolts hat is one aspect of Hatman's range of powers. Lightning is a key part of Lara's power-set. It is only natural that her range and scope is a league ahead of a relatively seldom-used aspect of Hatty's abilities.Lara learned about her power at age 13 or so, and she's been gradually honing it since. She joined a super-team at 16-ish or so, and then quit them two years later (actually a few times during then, but came back). So by the time she reached the PV, she'd been using her power almost all the time for nearly 10 years. I also think Lara has a better shotgun. Figuring out how to use it was just learning. She does have a much larger power reserve, though, because she draws it from all around her. | |||||||
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