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capitalxxx2014-01-08 06:23 pm
capitalm) wrote in capitalxxx2014-01-08 06:23 pm
PRE-APPLICATION DISCUSSION POST!
Hey guys! I had some requests for a discussion post where people can shoot the shit about potential backstory and power ideas, so here it is!
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For best results, make sure to check out the FAQ and other setting information for inspiration, such as superhero registration and power levels, as well as taking at peek at the game wiki to see what's already been started!
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origin story input?
So far what I have is: Cynthia grew up with her superhero mother Sumia (and maybe a dad too?? I don't know what to do about the father situation, because no marriage or father-child relationship in FE:A is "canon"). She was very close to her mother, but despite that influence in her life, she did not particularly want to be a superhero. She was preoccupied with other, more normal things, like hanging out with friends and keeping up with school. She would have been happy to stay a civilian with cool powers and live a normal life. But, of course, it didn't go that way. One day, her mother MYSTERIOUSLY DISAPPEARED while on a mission, and Cynthia received the terrible news that her mother was probably dead. She also received her mother's wedding ring, which was found around where Sumia was supposedly doing superhero stuff. The event influenced her so greatly that her entire view on her role in the world shifted. Ever since then, Cynthia has worn the ring in her mother's memory, and she has vowed to follow in her mother's footsteps and become a superhero. Part of this is to help and protect others the way her mother did, but part of it is also to see if she can one day find her mother. She's hopeful that Sumia is still out there, somewhere.
She's definitely a registered superhero, as she believes that's more heroic (though she believes there's sort of a ~cool~ aspect to being a Teen Vigilante Superhero). She's young, so I'd imagine she would register with the Trailblazers.
As for her superpowers, they're innate. She can fly and she can make other stuff fly too. Sometimes at very fast speeds. Sometimes even in the direction she chooses. (She's still working on it.) I imagine she'd be a D ranking at the moment? Maybe just barely a C. She doesn't have too much combat training, or superpower training, but her powers have the potential to be pretty good as she learns how to use them.
Re: origin story input?
if she's a Trailblazer she'd receive training before she went into active heroing – I hadn't specifically thought about this before but there are probably like more experienced active Trailblazers and then, like, in-training ones who are newer and don't go on actual hero duty yet but get to spar with the older ones and then come along as backup occasionally or whevsies once they're good enough
I'm mostly just sort of thinkin aloud here though like you may have been assuming this was the case already oops
Re: origin story input?
that makes sense though!! that's probably where she stands right now, like, apprentice superhero in training. she looks forward to the day when she is able to fight in a real battle. she will make sure to fly a lot so that all of her enemies are intimidated by her cape. she is simply too heroic for them to handle
Re: origin story input?
CYNTHIA
im really looking forward. to her cape. god
thatd put her in the same boat as karkat. sitting on the trailblazer bench. it's a very prestigious bench
Re: origin story input?