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Reply Subj: I said SPILLED. Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2017 at 04:58:19 pm EST (Viewed 699 times) | |||||||
Quote: Quote: So the problem would be, if her current elemental material vanished before she could fully assimilate it over time, would she be able to set herself right quickly enough?Quote: I suppose that depends on whether she finished assimilating the material from the *first* time.That first material came from deleted Dead Galaxy matter so it was also pretty weird. Quote: Quote: And then there are whatever adjustments the Doomherald wants.Quote: I'm guessing he wants his stuff back.We shall see. Quote: I guess [the Hood] says those things out loud occasionally to see if they've changed from the usual being so wrapped up in themselves that they don't even hear him. Yuki Shiro would have caught on right away, and refused to let go of it. Instead of just correcting him, she would have derailed the whole conversation with "Wait, hold on...what do you mean 'victory is mine'?"The Hood is an old-school villain who believes that victory is not enough. His enemies must also lose. He is driven by that same urge that makes Edward Nygma send messages to Batman. He has to give his adversaries a chance or how will they know they failed? Of course, occasionally someone uses that chance effectively, and then the Hood accepts the result and moves on to the next ploy. Quote: Faite is always aware of the least worst scenario. Because she doesn't have the near-infinite sight the Hooded Hood does, it's what makes her really conscious of alterations she makes.You may be overestimating the Hood's insight. He makes up for a relatively weak perception using the Portal of Pretentiousness and good research. Quote: Also for the reason that she believes, like Lara, that the Hooded Hood has made himself into a slave to his own plot alterations. Because he makes one change that will require another correction later, which requires another and another. Sure it makes it dangerous to kill him (if he misses a change, all hell breaks loose), but it also puts him in servitude to the timeline. So she's very careful with her changes so they don't require more changes down the line.The Hood has retconned so much that he no longer had a proper past or single origin. He is a self-made man. Quote: What will be interesting to see though is as she becomes closer to and more emotionally tied to the Lair Legion, she might start to change her point of view of what's urgent and important. She might start to become more reckless. The only reason she's resisting that urge now is because she feels like the call to become more reckless is being dictated by the Hooded Hood himself, because he wants a new and tougher rival. She's trying not to fall for it.Quote: For the time being, she's hoping the Lair Legion will just be patient with her choosiness and accept that there's a reason she has to be so careful. If that changes, she'll become very conflicted.Omnipotent characters are always tricky, aren't they? When I first started writing Parodyverse stories there were a bunch of active poster-characters with do-anything powers - The Shaper of Worlds, the Chronicler of Stories, Jarvis, Yo, Hollywood V, Starseed, Space Ghost, Banjoooo, Grim Reaper etc. As the stories became more serious, some of those powers were defined better and became easier to include. But there have always been "their power trumps the rest" types around; the Shoggoth and Dancer are examples, and if we talk about narrative imperative rather than raw power, there's also Xander and Al B., who in their own niches are pretty much as hard to beat as Batman in his. Fortunately, in a shared Parodyverse, all these characters offer checks and balances so that there can still be drama, tension, and mystery. And we've established "cosmic rules" to allow for proper storytelling. For example, if Hatman was investigating a murder mystery whodunnit, there has to be a reason he doesn't just phone up Lisa and ask the Destroyer of Tales who was responsible. And if Lisa foresees that Hatman will die that night the there had to be a reason she can't just intervene and save him - or else there's no stakes to the story. In that sense, I think the PV is actually a better place to cope with cast with do-anything abilities than most. Quote: Quote: We've pretty much assembled most of the dominos now. Time to knock them over.Quote: Faite is smart enough when dealing with the Hooded Hood to plan her changes as late as possible, so he has a really hard time predicting what she'll do or when and stopping it. I'm sure it irritates him terribly sometimes, and that's one of the rare moments of satisfaction she gets.I'm trying to ensure that everyone is included for story's end and that characters that especially need a moment get them. So look for a last burst of Hoodiness before the resolution. | |||||||
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