Budweiserbob! said:
I also made another character but I ever put any serious thought into him.
"Infection"
He has the power to give any organism any disease, illness or infection. XD
This is more of a joke than an actual ability really.
I can just picture a scenario:
Infection: ah HA! Take this!
Magneto: *standing perfectly unharmed* ... what was that...
Infection: I've just given you AIDS! You will now die within 5 years.
Actually there is a super-being (female) in the D.C./Action Comics universe that has such powers. I can't remember her for the life of me; maybe some of u (more up-to-date) comic book nerds can help me out:
She's not one of the main characters AFAIK. I remember her from this old Legion of Super-Heroes comic (it's boxed up so I can't flip through it atm). Anyway the general story was that the LSH were auditioning for new members. Each "potential" had to come before the leading members of LSH and demonstrate their powers.
Well one of them was this girl (gosh her name is on the tip of my tongue) and she said she had the powers to manipulate germs; so she demonstrated on cosmic boy (I think) and gave him a series of illnesses. I remember one line that sorta went like "I will now give cosmic boy a touch of the stomach flu" (as he clutches his stomach and doubles over in agony) "Oh my, I think I went too far with that…" In the end, he had to be carried off in a stretcher, and she was rejected because they felt threatened by her. She was really cute looking too, ugh I hate it when I can't remember stuff.
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Hmmm... As a kid, I often fantasized about super powers. Growing up, I developed an interest in heroes that were flawed and vulnerable. So I drifted away from the likes of Superman, Thor and the Silver Surfer, and started favoring more "down to Earth" types like Spider-Man (my current fav) and Dare Devil.
So despite my mutant abilities; I'm not bullet proof, nor will I have super duper speed/flight etc.. My physical strength will be that of a peak male of my height and weight.
I will have trained all my life in Jujutsu, aikido and boxing. I would be a clever and resourceful street fighter, agile and quick; not a gymnast tho, so no flipping about for me. Being a college grad in Comp Sci (a current personal ambition of mine, being a geek), I'll be a tech-whiz, and an forensic science hobbyist. So I use a combo of detective work, street-wisdom and my fighting skills to solve crimes.
I won't be a millionaire, nor will I be an orphan (I found both to be too convenient). I will have my average, very family and friend oriented, life that I do now. So I'd have to juggle my regular life to make time to solve crimes (ala Spider-Man). Since I'm not rich I don't have access to fancy gadgets, super cars, or secret base hidden by my own personal cloud generator
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For weapons, I'm limited to what I can scavenge off of fallen foes, and what I can find in my immediate environment; so, in sticky situations I'll often resort to picking up lead pipes, garbage can lids, rocks or whatever. I'll have my mutant powers to back me up though, so no biggie.
My uncanny ability to adapt to situations and improvise makes it easier for me to find solutions in even the stickiest of situations; often turning the tides of the battle.
And I have many friends, and a few confidants. So I'll always have a safe haven; and somebody to save my ass when I'm knee deep in it. I'm also a good team player, and won't hesitate to cooperate with other super-begins as long as it furthers my agendas as well.
Now, for my mutant powers…
I've had this mutant in my mind since I was a kid sketching my own lil super-heroes. I'm actually in the process of writing up a story for this particular one. It's a WIP so things will adjust and change.
I don't have a name for him yet, I've never thought of giving my super heroes fancy names or suits. I've always thought of them as regular looking people who end up finding themselves in the middle of a battle, with the clothes on their back and barely enough time to hide their faces (by pulling their hoodies down, or wrapping a scarf around their faces).
My super powers would be: Control over Sound. Some of the things I can do:
- Cancel out sound waves within a certain area (to completely mute the area and disorient foes, giving myself the advantage)
- Amplify sounds to make them really loud, can be used to disorient, damage, cause pain
- Focus sound waves at will, to create "precision sound beams" that have varying levels of damage over long distances
- throw my voice; a gimmick I would use often to get out of sticky situations
- Appear larger than life to foes; lots of echoed laughter in dark alleys (ala The Shadow)
- Change my voice to sound like other people; used to gain access to secure areas that use voice recognition, trick and confuse gang members, haunt and taunt
- Isolate certain sounds and cancel them out; for example, cancel out my own foot steps so I can be stealthier
- Use sound bursts to slam foes around, move objects; and can even use it to levitate myself
- Manipulate how sounds echo off of objects; very aware of echoing possibilities, and can use it to transmit messages and other tricks
- Can "read the wind", hear any sounds that travel with the wind, use it to track objects
- doesn't have "Super Hearing" but can focus, isolate, amplify sound waves in his own mind.
- Has "Sonographic Memory"
😛 can remember sounds instinctively and recall them at will; can track people down over long distances merely by noticing a unique sound they produce: the sound of their voice/foot steps/hair in the wind etc
- Understands sound as a language; and therefore can communicate with animals that rely on sonar, like whales, bats etc
- Focus sound waves to create "Sonic shields" to protect myself from attacks
- Cause sonic booms; this is my ace-in-the-hole and I only use it when I want total destruction
Now, what's a hero without weaknesses:
- Relies on sounds, echoes. So any area where there is a lack of either (Say a vacuum or a sound proofed room) renders me erm… this superhero helpless.
- Any machines that can manipulate sound too will make my life complicated, although I always find ways to get around this, due to my natural awareness about sound
- Is just as vulnerable as any human being; if one finds a way to punch through my sonic shields (cancel them out perhaps) I'm toast…
- Extremely ticklish
😉 lol nah I just added that in there… or did I?
I'm still workin on this character, but its fun to think of all the wacky possibilities.
