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Project Prometheus (Original Setting Superhero Quest)

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Gore17 said:
This might just be due to my sleep deprivation on account of being awake for 27.5 hours, but it slots in so well with my previous speculation of Uiara still being alive: I don't think they're dead. I think that, instead of the first vote being who lived while the rest died, it determined who was recovered before another faction snatched them.
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As fun as it is to speculate, I would be a little put out if this happened because it's shooting the story in the foot thematically. A fairly big deal has been made of the fact that we're the lone survivor whose duty is to now nuture and pass on the torch to the next generation.

It just, uh, doesn't work as well if you go "actually they were secretly all alive and brainwashed! Psyche!"
 
I do like the plot element of "One of them Survived and turned their back on Justice Unlimited for Reasons"

I mean it would be with Uiara... kinda dumb if it was her? She had an issue with Silver but she still cared for them. She wouldn't stand for her last words being used to harm the home she had right?
 
Arcus said:
As fun as it is to speculate, I would be a little put out if this happened because it's shooting the story in the foot thematically. A fairly big deal has been made of the fact that we're the lone survivor whose duty is to now nuture and pass on the torch to the next generation.

It just, uh, doesn't work as well if you go "actually they were secretly all alive and brainwashed! Psyche!"
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Well that's the thing we already aren't the sole Survivor. Our ghost in the machine lives and we have known that for sure
But the thing is I think we know for sure at least 3 are dead
Adamant (our lady's closest member)
Red huntress
Sliver Valiant (the leader on our proverbial Prometheus)
I personally think the water gal might me dead
 
Arcus said:
As fun as it is to speculate, I would be a little put out if this happened because it's shooting the story in the foot thematically. A fairly big deal has been made of the fact that we're the lone survivor whose duty is to now nuture and pass on the torch to the next generation.

It just, uh, doesn't work as well if you go "actually they were secretly all alive and brainwashed! Psyche!"
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When you think about it, that's just a general problem with theorizing. You've got to balance the cool tidbits of what may be theory foreshadowing with the chance of the author actually putting fingers to keyboard and writing that plot point in.

I think the "Fish=Uiara" theory still has some weight tho.
 
Plus, Bitterman has direct feedback and incorporates it. There's a nonzero chance someone will come up with something cool, and he'll slightly alter plans to address it, put his own twist on it, or just use it vertabim because he thought his own plan was mildly crappy and this seemed way cooler.
 
Kermie said:
When you think about it, that's just a general problem with theorizing. You've got to balance the cool tidbits of what may be theory foreshadowing with the chance of the author actually putting fingers to keyboard and writing that plot point in.

I think the "Fish=Uiara" theory still has some weight tho.
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See that theory, I am more hesitant on because when we have gotten of fish doses not play with either the personality nor how you would effectively use her as a tool. Because if you were able to bring her to bring her under control it's much better have her publicly alive like they are doing with the spider. That way you can use not only her status as a big name but her formidable power
 
ScorpioSting said:
Plus, Bitterman has direct feedback and incorporates it. There's a nonzero chance someone will come up with something cool, and he'll slightly alter plans to address it, put his own twist on it, or just use it vertabim because he thought his own plan was mildly crappy and this seemed way cooler.
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I don't do that. Changing something because someone guessed a twist or to shock people is a good way to ruin a story. You guys guessed Opale's whole deal and that stayed put because the work had been done to set her up. You have to have confidence in your plan and not let feedback change it too radically.

I know where this story is going and places where it can be changed are votes!
 
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Oh, I didn't mean that as in "Oh shit they're onto me better change gears", I meant that as in "Oh shit that's cool damn, I gotta use that". You know, like you've said how Keith will show up, referenced Rei and Gallop and Behind The Hero, or stuff like that.
 
daedalus725 said:
See that theory, I am more hesitant on because when we have gotten of fish doses not play with either the personality nor how you would effectively use her as a tool. Because if you were able to bring her to bring her under control it's much better have her publicly alive like they are doing with the spider. That way you can use not only her status as a big name but her formidable power
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Don't buy that any of JU other than Eve and Leizi are alive....... More likely Fish is something else... But I wonder
 
ScorpioSting said:
Oh, I didn't mean that as in "Oh shit they're onto me better change gears", I meant that as in "Oh shit that's cool damn, I gotta use that". You know, like you've said how Keith will show up, referenced Rei and Gallop and Behind The Hero, or stuff like that.
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Yeah, I'll throw in minor references and characters---that's the joy of a web serial, you have space to do that---but the major bones of the story are in place.
 
daedalus725 said:
I mean we have a mission to find the girl who pretend to be an A.I to the public she's dead but we know that she has a meat body separate

She shot Scarlet, manly with a laser beam
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I wonder.... I don't think any philosophers are mind controlled. Uiara was good but .... as said ifalive she could be used

why would someone Keep a member asleep.... and what would mak it worth it.... Uiara is not that.
 
Uh Fish and Sun are Controlled by drigs of some sort.

Its why Fish has zalgo text in her narration.

That said I dont think fish is Uirra but another kid from where towarri grew up who was recaptured.
 
Crazyone47 said:
I wonder.... I don't think any philosophers are mind controlled. Uiara was good but .... as said ifalive she could be used

why would someone Keep a member asleep.... and what would mak it worth it.... Uiara is not that.
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See that's what I mean we know the Philosophers do use most likely two forms of coercion, as we "seen" them using drugs in the private meeting on ansntsi but we also think they used something different for the launch of crusades.

I don't think fish is Uiara I very much think she is another victim, raised in the "cult" that was mentioned
 
I already mentioned lip reading as something John could work to improve his spying capabilities, but another thought occurs: braille occupies space, as something 'raised' unlike normal written/printed text. Probably way less immediately useful, but still.
 
Hey QM I know Superhero Genre means John cant wield Guns but would something like Crossbow be fine?

With his Clairvoyance I think a Long Range Weapon would work well for him. It would even fit his cover of Tech Hero by making a weapon for himself with trick arrows like Miss Naught aling with his Barrier Gauntlets.

Since he can make a Weapon for Leizi no reason not to make himself one.
 
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If he can fight with barriers without worries about the shields on the team then thats fine.

But the barriers might not be good enough to use in fighting when also Giving our team shields.

Sides like I said its a good way to raise his hit and inprove his cover as a tech hero.
 
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Wing101r said:
Hey QM I know Superhero Genre means John can wield Guns but would something like Crossbow be fine?

With his Clairvoyance I think a Long Range Weapon would work well for him. It would even fit his cover of Tech Hero by making a weapon for himself with trick arrows like Miss Naught aling with his Barrier Gauntlets.

Since he can make a Weapon for Leizi no reason not to make himself one.
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Sure, it will be a Global Action next turn.
 
I'm a bit late to the Q&A but I still have questions.
  1. Can Mendicant use their powers on themselves?
  2. How old was Towarri when she joined Justice Unlimited ? She was said to be the same age as Automne, but she had also joined Justice Unlimited about a year after Apiary died, aka six years ago.
  3. What countries were the worst hit by the famines following the Leviathan's fall ? 4.
  4. What's the current geopolitical balance ?
  5. What year did the Leviathan fall ? We know that Osayin developed his powers about twenty years later, and that New Dawn formed after Osayin's death, which was more than 25-30 years ago because Nora was in the womb during the Susurration.
  6. How do Mendicant's powers work ? We know that their symbiotes are made from their bodymass and overuse can cause bleeding.
  7. Does Mendicant regularly give out their super-HRT symbiotes ? Did they give some to Dreamcatcher or Cisma for example ?
  8. What happened to Nora's dad ? What happened to Uiara and Yara's mom ?
  9. What was Valiant Red's power ?
  10. How did Uiara feel about Valiant Silver's fanart ?

Also, a theory about the Susurration.


Jacob's Ladder is an attempt to turn the residents of Elysium into gods via hijacking the Leviathan. Valkyrie disabled the mechanism for doing so, but part of it still took hold of the citizens of Horizon, allowing the godification to be potentially completed, which is why she tried to Goldnine them.

The Leviathan woke up again thanks to the Philosophers attempting to try the godification process again.


Also the Hand has some form of precognition allowing them to find baby metahumans like Towarri. And the Philosophers technically have Eve's body, they just don't have her mind.
 
If we assume Socialite Butterfly is Key, or working with Crusade in some capacity which i think is likely, that opens up another possibility for Uiara making the video. It depends on what exactly the limits on her powers are. if the clones are good at obeying orders but bad at improvising she could have micromanaged CloneUiara until she got a usable take.
 
StarSingerBlue said:
I'm a bit late to the Q&A but I still have questions.
  1. Can Mendicant use their powers on themselves?
  2. How old was Towarri when she joined Justice Unlimited ? She was said to be the same age as Automne, but she had also joined Justice Unlimited about a year after Apiary died, aka six years ago.
  3. What countries were the worst hit by the famines following the Leviathan's fall ? 4.
  4. What's the current geopolitical balance ?
  5. What year did the Leviathan fall ? We know that Osayin developed his powers about twenty years later, and that New Dawn formed after Osayin's death, which was more than 25-30 years ago because Nora was in the womb during the Susurration.
  6. How do Mendicant's powers work ? We know that their symbiotes are made from their bodymass and overuse can cause bleeding.
  7. Does Mendicant regularly give out their super-HRT symbiotes ? Did they give some to Dreamcatcher or Cisma for example ?
  8. What happened to Nora's dad ? What happened to Uiara and Yara's mom ?
  9. What was Valiant Red's power ?
  10. How did Uiara feel about Valiant Silver's fanart ?
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1. They can. It's actually the easier application of their power.
2. 15. She was 22 during the Movement.
3. Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, Guyana all had large swathes of coastline completely obliterated.
4. America has gone full Christo-Fascist, China and Japan both invaded Korea, climate change and desertification have disrupted global food supplies, the EU is dealing with an energy crisis and Russian expansionism as the U.S. has pulled out of NATO. I also have notes that "Africa doing ok, research political subdivisions, it's a whole continent dummy".

I'm, uh, working on it.
5.I posted a timeline somewhere, but it was March 23, 2001
6.RAFO
7. They lowkey supply them on the grey market anonymously. They're approximately 150x easier to make than a healing or anti-aging one, so they can hand the out like candy. Dreamcatcher used one of theirs, Cisma was before their time.
8. Nora's dad will come up in the next update. Yazmin and Yara's mom died in childbirth, despite her father in law's company being the most advanced medical company in the world. Ellie's dad was a one night stand who ran off because he was actually already married (her mom didn't know).
9. Algernon-type. Specialized in hard-light constructs.
10. She paid for it! The first time it was posted was a mistake, but it unleashed something in them both. Again, the really spicy stuff, or the stuff that revealed too much personal information, was kept private.
 
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