Tales of the Parodyverse - Re: It means the journey has definitely ended.

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Subj: Re: It means the journey has definitely ended.
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 at 03:48:47 pm EDT (Viewed 2 times)

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Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 at 11:53:33 am EDT (Viewed 765 times)

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Vinnie's going to want his old quarters back eventually anyhow.

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I was careful about that in designing the scenario - he's currently housed in a neighborhood that's not great, but is being rehabilitated. The building he's in was purchased by Chiaki Bushido (under a corporation name of course) as investment property, and she charges rent to both Alto's Occult Bookstore and Vinnie De Soth. He just gets a slight discount over the average tenant.

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All the same, at some point I'll get Vinnie back to his original situation. I don't want things to get cushy for him or for him to be able to rely on the kindness of friends. It's like Peter Parker marrying a rich supermodel * takes cover from the wrath of CSFB! *

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Back home she's [Lara] a loner as a hero because most of the others are either jealous that she talks to a goddess, because the media likes her, or they just don't like her on principle.

Maybe she needs to work on her people skills?

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She'd have to make sure she never shed a hair againto prevent voodoo attacks, always cloaked her mind to prevent telepathic possession, never dated to avoid incubus seduction, ate blessed food to avoid demonic poisoning etc. Anyone's life would become a nightmare.

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Lara does have the advantage of being thousands or millions of miles away, or at a distance that can't be measured because it crosses impossible barriers.

So she'd never come to Parody-Earth again?

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If the magic or telepathy is based on any kind of energy or signal (and usually they are since Al B Harper makes everyone crazy trying to emulate it) Lara can usually absorb and redirect it, or detect it.

I guess it's like how magic can affect invulnerable Superman - it's magic. Al B. can try and codify it as an unknown energy source but it's always going to be just that little bit out of reach.

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The big exception to that would be *indirect* magic, such as the command of elements that Liu Xi has. If anyone else is elemental, or has control over environment or weather, they could wreak havok with poor Lara. Of course tampering with elements or nature on such a large scale, plus harassing Lara, would definitely get Liu Xi's attention.

I don't think any character can be completely safe from malicious attack, no matter how powerful they are, without losing their dramatic edge. That's one reason it's so hard to write all-powerful heroes like Superman; either one has to dumb them down and give them artificial weaknesses or one had to really strain with a series of ever-more-implausable uber-foes to threaten them. I prefer characters with limits that have to flex more than their powers.

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Lara has the advantage of having access to items that are out of the reach of most mortals, plus she can *touch* items that might be off-limits to the undead. Most of such items would be highly prized, so her talent may be worth something.

I'm not sure she'd want to do a deal with the devil, though. There's too often a nasty catch.

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She's probably on "standby" at least, looking to see if any trouble develops, since the Lair Legion won't be around to answer the call. And possibly looking for signs that someone's going to cheat and either bring down the Lair Legion or help the WNC excessively during the contest.

There's plenty of corners of the Parodyverse that bear watching.