Brockton's Celestial Forge (Worm/Jumpchain)

You know I just realize that once Joe figures out Aura granting, he can do better than cauldron at power granting heck not only Aura but also Transhumanism too, like cyborgs and stuff, while also giving them weapons and armor that would allow them to take mid to high(depending) Parahumans. Tho that brings the question is there anything else in the celestial forge that provides other power granting options? Like maybe some magic or psychic powers.
There's an XCOM perk that will give advent's non-blacksite tech that will have psyonics... Psyonics are also true out of context problem to the shards, they will get false returns from anything psyonic.
 
There's an XCOM perk that will give advent's non-blacksite tech that will have psyonics... Psyonics are also true out of context problem to the shards, they will get false returns from anything psyonic.

There's also the perk of magical index which gives joe the ability to make anyone a Esper, so that's another class of powered people that not only could be potentially more powerful than the average parahuman but due to their nature of messing with reality they also always trip up thinkers.

So thats another good alternative
 
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Oof, it's imposible to follow the thread now that I'm back to work...
I have quotes from the Mesozoic era here...

People who remember reading, colors, or scents in dreams are said to be misinterpreting things somehow, which always sounded weird to me. That's what I was representing here. I'm not enough of an expert in dreams to give any definitive statement, but Joe was expressing the same kind of doubts with the common statements about dream states.
Random comment on reading in dreams: I'm able to 'obtain the meaning of writing' by looking at writing, but NOT able to correlate that meaning to what's actually depicted (the correct word shapes to actually have that meaning if someone were reading it), and if I look at it repeatedly trying to confirm what shapes are actually written, it continually changes with each mental scan. Brains are fun.
Speaking of reading in dreams like I'm using a computer in a dream and I go to look at the address of the web page and I can understand the meaning but it keeps shifting or like I can grasp a couple letters of it and then I move on to the next and then when I grasped which I only grasp the meaning of but not actually what they were slips my mind dreams are wacky yo.
I always hated the belief that pinching yourself wakes you up. I've had and have dreams that feature pain, sometimes quite significant. A pinch means nothing in a potential dream
Me too, but it's always been from pain or discomfort upon my real body outside the dream.
Pain does not wake me up either, it's the werewolf with a unicycle as it's legs
I'm also one of those people whose "pain" doesn't wake me up nethier.

I loved the conversation about dreams and differing human perspectives, one of the main reasons that I read these stories is to see how different characters and people see the world. I keep reminding people that The Dress was a real event, that has been studied, people literally perceive the world differently, not only visually, the way we pay attention to things, the way we listen to different things , words, tones, everything. Everyone is living in a different world, and it's a miracle we can communicate with each other at all. Dreaming is a reflection of our experiences and how we dealt with them, and this is before considering mental issues or traumas, Neuro-atypicalities like Asperger's, Autism, etc...


Oh hey look at this, truck kun is back after 15- ish chapter. Hopefully it won't lead to the reveal of Joe's civilian identity. Even though it would be hilarious.
It's hilarious and touching how Joe is still saving the city with his truck. I expect that the boxing gym would survive the emp bomb so may also be an evacuation site?

As many other I didn't realize until commented upon, this was such a beautiful detail. Thankyou!

What could a man who saw the highest level of combat but also maintained enough humor and grace to maintain a joke cape name say about the situation in Brockton Bay? What could a divorced father who's only daughter was head of the LA Wards team think about the conduct of young parahumans in a disaster area on the other side of the country? Why would I bother any of that?
I for one like Interludes, especially interesting ones.
Make Chen Interludes, where he goes as Mechasifting Invisible Chinese Warrior.
"You bast*** kidnappers! You are courting Death! I, your Father, will teach you!"

Feck the Interlude haters, I want the point of view of every "shaker and mover" in the story, we can extrapolate nobodies, but I love the PoV's from everyone that matters. Like some diamond handed apes say "WE LIKE THE INTERLUDES!"
Oh, and some Chen adventures would be magnificent.

I think a big part of it is Joe though. He's not willing to work with 'inferior' tech.

This was originally deeply rooted in his TRAUMA it was so masterfully presented that looked like a simple character quirk, then laid bare by Imp of all people, and he is now actively working on not being like this.

You know I just realize that once Joe figures out Aura granting, he can do better than cauldron at power granting heck not only Aura but also Transhumanism too, like cyborgs and stuff, while also giving them weapons and armor that would allow them to take mid to high(depending) Parahumans. Tho that brings the question is there anything else in the celestial forge that provides other power granting options? Like maybe some magic or psychic powers.

He is at Hive Daughter levels of killing cannon and once the danger of the entities has passed, he will usher mankind in a golden age, like Hive!Tailor and her bestie Hive!Dragon did.
 
I loved the conversation about dreams and differing human perspectives, one of the main reasons that I read these stories is to see how different characters and people see the world. I keep reminding people that The Dress was a real event, that has been studied, people literally perceive the world differently, not only visually, the way we pay attention to things, the way we listen to different things , words, tones, everything. Everyone is living in a different world, and it's a miracle we can communicate with each other at all. Dreaming is a reflection of our experiences and how we dealt with them, and this is before considering mental issues or traumas, Neuro-atypicalities like Asperger's, Autism, etc...

The weird thing is, I kept on seeing it as light blue with dark gold trim although everyone else kept on seeing it as black and blue, or white and gold. I wonder what that says about my eye vision.
 
The weird thing is, I kept on seeing it as light blue with dark gold trim although everyone else kept on seeing it as black and blue, or white and gold. I wonder what that says about my eye vision.

You're not the only one, I also see it as Blue and gold myself.

There's also the perk of magical index which gives joe the ability to make anyone a Esper, so that's another class of powered people that not only could be potentially more powerful than the average parahuman but due to their nature of messing with reality they also always trip up thinkers.

So thats another good alternative

This is the perk I am waiting for, because I predict a lot of Joe angst over such. The process of making someone an Esper involves hypnotism and chemical treatments to the point that well it is a medical procedure, it is close enough to be called Biotinkering that I fully expect Joe will treat it as such, and something close to his trigger event as well.

He would gain the ability to make anyone into an Esper, which he likely see as the ability to give anyone powers without a trigger event, but at the cost of stepping firmly into the biotinkering he wants nothing to do with.

And that ignoring the effect of all his quality perks would have on the process as well, given Joe's other perks helping him, he is not going to make no name Espers, but could be cranking out level 5s by the dozens. So he just got the ability to make a lot of very powerful 'parahumans' in mass numbers safely and without the trauma that comes from such.

All he has to do is be willing to do what in his mind it outright biotinkering like his power was supposed to be.
 
I would so love to see Papa Chen beating gang bangers into submission and then giving them a lecture and assigning them father's as parole officers/mentors and radically transforming the actual crime situation.

The weird thing is, I kept on seeing it as light blue with dark gold trim although everyone else kept on seeing it as black and blue, or white and gold. I wonder what that says about my eye vision.

The actual colors are two taupey shades. The reason why anybody sees it as the colors most of us do is because of how our brains have learned to autocorrect for poor visual conditions. Experience has taught us different things about what that sensory input probably is and so we see different things.
 
*people replied to the thread "Brockton Bay's Celestial Forge"*
"Hm, I wonder what they are discussing? Perks Joe might get? How his powers might interact? What the future of the plot will be?"

*what color is this dress?*

Forum discussions can go to some weird places. This is why I love SV.
 
So I restarted my fan art of Aperion.
I wasent really sure if I should have kept going with the injured angel, so I changed it to this instead.
Granted, Lord has described the mask to look like Snake Eye's but also with lenses now, but this honestly looks so good that this might as well be canon for me.
 
Regretfully, I need to announce another delay. I'm going to have to push the chapter back due to lack of time to write. I am determined not to let it slip anymore, so there will be a chapter next week and we will be seeing rolls for powers once more. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you for following the story.
 
Regretfully, I need to announce another delay. I'm going to have to push the chapter back due to lack of time to write. I am determined not to let it slip anymore, so there will be a chapter next week and we will be seeing rolls for powers once more. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you for following the story.
Naw, take your time lord we can wait another week, take care of your personal stuff that is always important and always make sure to take care of yourself too.
 
Regretfully, I need to announce another delay. I'm going to have to push the chapter back due to lack of time to write. I am determined not to let it slip anymore, so there will be a chapter next week and we will be seeing rolls for powers once more. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you for following the story.
Well alright then, take all the time you need. Real life comes before fanfiction.
 
Regretfully, I need to announce another delay. I'm going to have to push the chapter back due to lack of time to write. I am determined not to let it slip anymore, so there will be a chapter next week and we will be seeing rolls for powers once more. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you for following the story.
Dude, you are an amazing writer if you need breaks take breaks I want you to enjoy writing this story as much as I do reading it and if you'll indulge me for a bit I truly want to say that your amazing man you somehow make your stories feel real you know they make sense and your charters are so well defined and you understand them perfectly it's amazing I have endless respect and admiration for you truly I can't stress it enough take as much time as you want you magnificent genius of an author
 
Regretfully, I need to announce another delay. I'm going to have to push the chapter back due to lack of time to write. I am determined not to let it slip anymore, so there will be a chapter next week and we will be seeing rolls for powers once more. Sorry for the inconvenience, and thank you for following the story.
You're good, friend. Do what you need to do, we'll be here when you're ready
 
Is it bad that I prefer the interlude chapters more than the actual chapters? There so many people that would have great reactions to a major event in-universe.

Say, what would the author do when the Celestial Forge is maxed out? No more points at that point, right?
 
Just realized something huge for the Leviathan Fight.

1 The I-Fields, a field that blocks most forms of communication that Endbringer fights use, thus means that there is an area even more dangerous than normal, unless Apeiron hands out communicaters.

2
The Leviathan could pick up the dust left behind from the dust explosion, must will be useless, but some may still function, making his wave attracts even more dangerous, and may be used against Aperion when they fight each other.
 
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