We have no idea who we plan on involving in the long run and I can't tell you who we do have lined up.I still don't quite get what you mean by "quirks". Could you give an example with a character that you guys don't plan on adding?
Not yet. You'll get full access to Jean, Rogue, and X-23 when we release the first beta.Can I get access to other girls except rogue. If so how???
I was on point with the theory I had in my mind, she becomes love sick. It brings other concerns about story-telling and how a quirk like that is even dissolved.Laura tends to have an obsessive streak. In the comics, she stalks Wolverine and often spies on him. If you attempt to pursue her then you become a target of this behavior. Discouraging her causes her to develop as her comic version does and realizing that this obsession is unhealthy, leading her to desire a "normal" relationship. Encouraging her quirk is you telling her this stalkerish behavior is acceptable and she ends up becoming possessive and protective. Both have upsides and downsides. I won't go into it. Y'all are gonna have to wait and see.
Aw c'mon, it was just the right amount. I don't think he was going to reveal more and I couldn't have asked for more.Stop giving story details, Shiny, please.
As for that Laura image - I don't even like defined muscles on women and you still got my Davy Crockett over here begging for conflict - for all the peverted reasons.
I'm worried I'll know too much about something I really want to experience for myself, like a good book or game.Aw c'mon, it was just the right amount. I don't think he was going to reveal more and I couldn't have asked for more.
Look at me, replying to myself... but yeah - I guess you don't necessarily need to feel some sort of affection if you are obsessed with someone. It'll be dissapointing if it's not a love sick scenario but if it's written well, I'll like it the same.(...) she becomes love sick.
I was on point with the theory I had in my mind, she becomes love sick. It brings other concerns about story-telling and how a quirk like that is even dissolved.
But for the sake of surprises and everything that makes experiencing something for the first time only once - stop giving story details, Shiny, please. We'll have fun talking about it and making theories but that's where it should end, at least for now while the game's still being made.
As for that Laura image - I don't even like defined muscles on women and you still got my Davy Crockett over here begging for conflict - for all the peverted reasons.
I'm worried I'll know too much about something I really want to experience for myself, like a good book or game.
Dude... chill out. What I revealed was COMIC information.Look at me, replying to myself... but yeah - I guess you don't necessarily need to feel some sort of affection if you are obsessed with someone. It'll be dissapointing if it's not a love sick scenario but if it's written well, I'll like it the same.
I'll still have a save file - or tab, if more than a few particular choices prove interesting - for each of the girls so to see how the others react when I outright refuse them, but still insist, or show indifference, towards their quirk.
The stuff I said I won't go into is what isn't already extant in the comic books.Both have upsides and downsides. I won't go into it. Y'all are gonna have to wait and see.
One of her earliest portrayals in the comic was that she attached herself strongly to people who showed her any kindness - Zebra Daddy in NYX and Hellion in New X-Men being the most obvious ones - because her upbringing had left her unable to process emotions properly, or at least to understand what she was feeling (they never stated it outright, but that was my reading of it at least). As a result, her normal reactions - attraction, jealousy, sadness - wound up being pushed to extremes and she tended to be obsessively protective of even casual friends, just because they treated her like a regular girl. It was an interesting character angle that was dropped quickly, I assume for obvious reasons, but one I would've liked to see developed.I was on point with the theory I had in my mind, she becomes love sick. It brings other concerns about story-telling and how a quirk like that is even dissolved.
I've written a character like her, then. And that's what - as a writer - I expected people to theorize about. It's an unfortunate fact, but it makes more sense than people believe it does.One of her earliest portrayals in the comic was that she attached herself strongly to people who showed her any kindness because her upbringing had left her unable to process emotions properly, or at least to understand what she was feeling (they never stated it outright, but that was my reading of it at least).
Not a lot you can do with characters like that after introductions - two courses, really; either corruption or understanding/aid of the condition. (And I don't mean just sexual corruption, corruption goes more than just one way.)As a result, her normal reactions - attraction, jealousy, sadness - wound up being pushed to extremes and she tended to be obsessively protective of even casual friends, just because they treated her like a regular girl. It was an interesting character angle that was dropped quickly, I assume for obvious reasons, but one I would've liked to see developed.
There wasn't much comedy in her early portrayals, she was definitely shown to be a broken young woman who'd had a miserable life. Her initial portrayal was very stoic - any humour came from people trying to explain that, yes, just because you're 15 and have a three-figure killcount, it doesn't necessarily mean that every problem needs to be solved with a disemboweling. Crucially, it was never because she was a Sabertooth-like sociopath, 'kill whatever problem stands in your way' was literally how she'd been raised and her bluntness was simply her reacting 'normally' to any situation that caused her issues. Additionally, unlike the majority of those kind of archetypal characters, she wanted to learn how to be better. As messed up as her life was, she knew everything about it was wrong. Her early appearances were thematically similar to Wolverine's, unsurprisingly, the beast learning to be a man, but it was played for tragedy instead of badassitude, and for a long time, any time she had to kill, no matter how justified (and the vast majority of the time, it absolutely was), she was shown as having felt like she failed herself.I've written a character like her, then. And that's what - as a writer - I expected people to theorize about. It's an unfortunate fact, but it makes more sense than people believe it does.
I would also believe that it's pushed to a somewhat comical extent since it has fiction attached to it - but what do you think? Was it comical?
I ask with genuine intent, I don't know much about any character that'll be present in the game.
Not a lot you can do with characters like that after introductions - two courses, really; either corruption or understanding/aid of the condition. (And I don't mean just sexual corruption, corruption goes more than just one way.)
I wonder how much we'll be able to push her onto either way in the game itself. And this is just me typing out what I'm thinking Shiny, please don't give me any absolutes.
Still - thanks for the explanation, dude.
Trully a gentleman.I come back here just to see her abs now.
I wasn't aware she was this good of a character. I love it - reminds me of mine.You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
A challenge, that. Having to learn how to work with two different human beings to get to a place of comfort over the difference held between. I've written that myself, but with a different theme - the thread isn't about that, tho', but maybe we could chat in PMs if you'd like to talk further about our ventures in writing.You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
One of her earliest portrayals in the comic was that she attached herself strongly to people who showed her any kindness - Zebra Daddy in NYX and Hellion in New X-Men being the most obvious ones - because her upbringing had left her unable to process emotions properly, or at least to understand what she was feeling (they never stated it outright, but that was my reading of it at least). As a result, her normal reactions - attraction, jealousy, sadness - wound up being pushed to extremes and she tended to be obsessively protective of even casual friends, just because they treated her like a regular girl. It was an interesting character angle that was dropped quickly, I assume for obvious reasons, but one I would've liked to see developed.
Love your analysis my dude. Been trying to portray all this from my research and outlining to the head writer. Gonna share this with him.There wasn't much comedy in her early portrayals, she was definitely shown to be a broken young woman who'd had a miserable life. Her initial portrayal was very stoic - any humour came from people trying to explain that, yes, just because you're 15 and have a three-figure killcount, it doesn't necessarily mean that every problem needs to be solved with a disemboweling. Crucially, it was never because she was a Sabertooth-like sociopath, 'kill whatever problem stands in your way' was literally how she'd been raised and her bluntness was simply her reacting 'normally' to any situation that caused her issues. Additionally, unlike the majority of those kind of archetypal characters, she wanted to learn how to be better. As messed up as her life was, she knew everything about it was wrong. Her early appearances were thematically similar to Wolverine's, unsurprisingly, the beast learning to be a man, but it was played for tragedy instead of badassitude, and for a long time, any time she had to kill, no matter how justified (and the vast majority of the time, it absolutely was), she was shown as having felt like she failed herself.
A lot of the focus on her early appearances is on the fact that she was a teenage prostitute - I don't think it was ever stated exactly how old she was, but she was implied to be about 15 or so when she showed up in the comics. They completely gloss over her habit of self-harming - and when you're born with foot-long blades and a healing factor, that's a dangerous habit to get into - or the fact that, in her next appearances in stuff like New X-Men, she was clearly suffering some serious issues, PTSD, etc. She's blunt and straightforward, but usually in a 'cutting the Gordian Knot' way, rather than a 'who gives a shit' kind of way, if that makes sense: you see a problem, you deal with it, you meet a threat, you make sure it can't be a threat anymore, someone hurts your friends, you make damn sure that doesn't happen again. The mid-to-late-00s weren't exactly a bastion of deep, or even good characterization, but there was some surprising nuance to be found and with Laura, I don't think they fully understood what they tapped intoTrully a gentleman.
I wasn't aware she was this good of a character. I love it - reminds me of mine.
I'd be more than happy to answer any questions about her or give some suggested reading. I'd never say 'this is how she should be' or anything - how I write her is how I write her, and that's closer to how she was about ten years back when they had her as a conflicted goth kid trying to understand what her emotions are, rather than the 'badass mom ready to kill without a second thought' they usually have her now. That's the period I find more interesting (and goth girls will forever be my ultimate weakness, so that's a bonus).Love your analysis my dude. Been trying to portray all this from my research and outlining to the head writer. Gonna share this with him.
You clearly walk with God. Can you explain the other girls like this?and goth girls will forever be my ultimate weakness, so that's a bonus
I never got much into super-humans or humans with any sort of ability that can't be explained rationally and with the intetion to respect how "humans actually are" - conciousness in a body. So I never expected much of that - I did read, I think, 10 issues from Deadpool when it was new. I barely remember that but I remember it not taking what I cared the most about it and making it interesting; I eventually drifted away from it.A lot of the focus on her early appearances is on the fact that she was a teenage prostitute - I don't think it was ever stated exactly how old she was, but she was implied to be about 15 or so when she showed up in the comics. They completely gloss over her habit of self-harming - and when you're born with foot-long blades and a healing factor, that's a dangerous habit to get into - or the fact that, in her next appearances in stuff like New X-Men, she was clearly suffering some serious issues, PTSD, etc. She's blunt and straightforward, but usually in a 'cutting the Gordian Knot' way, rather than a 'who gives a shit' kind of way, if that makes sense: you see a problem, you deal with it, you meet a threat, you make sure it can't be a threat anymore, someone hurts your friends, you make damn sure that doesn't happen again. The mid-to-late-00s weren't exactly a bastion of deep, or even good characterization, but there was some surprising nuance to be found and with Laura, I don't think they fully understood what they tapped into
That's what first hooked me onto Laura, the edge. Not easy to admit to still having a thing for edge but when it uses that cute of a face...I'd be more than happy to answer any questions about her or give some suggested reading. I'd never say 'this is how she should be' or anything - how I write her is how I write her, and that's closer to how she was about ten years back when they had her as a conflicted goth kid trying to understand what her emotions are, rather than the 'badass mom ready to kill without a second thought' they usually have her now. That's the period I find more interesting (and goth girls will forever be my ultimate weakness, so that's a bonus).
Yeah, stop me from being the only one who writes whole essays in the thread, please.You clearly walk with God. Can you explain the other girls like this?