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@ERode How new would you be expecting player characters to be at their heroic/villainous endeavors?
And I guess how long has the current situation been the norm? Like have there been a few generations of Heroes already?

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Their persona should be new, at least. I have some flexibility with them having been an intermediate-level Hero before but then needing to swap to a new identity/hero form for whatever reason.

And this current situation, specifically of Neo-Astraea and corpo-heroes with a big fanservice presence, has been going on for about 50 years. History taught in school also only goes back to around 50 years (outside of vague "we founded this city in the far past" kinda hijinks). There are proper legends of pre-AE Heroes though, like...

The Firewatcher
The Rust Saint
The Imaginary Idol
Old John
The Ivory Hero.

Though at this point, there's dozens of unverified stories about them so you can make up whatever you want.
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@ERode Ayyyy.

Would a Hero/Villain with a reaaaally good PR team be able to sweep some... youthful indiscretions under the rug or get them hidden from view? I was kind of thinking of a character who physically very strongly resembles a (retired or otherwise removed from the picture) previous Hero/Villain who is/was pretty specifically hiding their face in their persona because of the obvious implications of such a strong resemblance.

and maybe need to shoot you some sneaky things about some other ideas if that's something that can pan out ehe
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Yeah, why not.

With enough distractions on the table, yesterday’s rising stars can be today’s literal-whos. Though depending on the youthful indiscretions involved, companies may push for a transformation that’s on-par with, say, a whole ass witness protection program. Or just fold it into their Villain backstory.
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The exploits of an aspiring villain who ends up doing heroic things and is painstakingly trying to rebrand as a villain shall commence...

... if I actually manage to rise from the dead this time.
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Alright, I'll probs get an OOC up around Thursday, once I figure out how much extra writing I wanna do. In the meanwhile, pitch me your Hero using this form. Think of it like a marketing kinda thing. Would be useful too to prevent unintentional overlap.


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Looks cool, ain't no one taking ice stuff from me haha.
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Here is my sheet, i might need help with the name. As i'm finding it hard to come up with a good name.

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Should the image be of them as their hero/villain persona? H-Haha...
Please let me live, I only found a full fc for a civvie appearance sobs
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@Eviledd1984 Bwahahaha, the not-wrestling RP gets a straight up wrestler.

@PapiTan I shall condemn thee to the deaths of Hell with this statement: it's their stage persona.
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@ERodeI'M GONNA CRY LMAO
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Haha i'm baseing him off wrestlers like John Tenta (Earthquake), Leon White (Big Van Vader), and Mick Foley (Mankind,Dude Love, and Catcus Jack). A heel persona but in reality he is a big teddy bear. Also was inspired by Juggernaunt and Bane.
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@ERode Realistically I probably don't have the time for another RP. At the very least I have to catch up in a couple others before even considering it. Plus if multiple people are going more for a nemesis/staged bad guy angle I wouldn't want to crowd that (though I guess I could go for a good boi instead).

That being said I do like making characters so I'll throw down the concept lol.

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@Yankee The word ‘brat’ is forever ruined for me, but otherwise it’s a hella fun idea kekeke.
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So do people just get assigned their powers since its the corp that's starting their initial marketing, or do they market what they already see in the "pre-Hero"?
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Scheming Ice B*tch @ERode

I don't got much info unless it's the official sheet but likewise, I did what I'm given atm.
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@Asuras It’s a combination, and it also depends on the agency at hand. If someone went viral for whatever reason and a scout saw the potential of turning that into an “origin” story (e.g heroic firefighter does a big thing), then they develop an angle based off of that. If it’s just someone with a marketable face and a useful personality, they mold them fresh, based off of market analytics and what the agency currently has.

Unless the talent is super rich or super big. Then it’s more the case that money talks and they can decide who they want to be…at least up to the extent that the public then buys into it.

@Megatron Dang, girl trynna trademark the word “freeze” with how many times she’s used it kekeke. Very Figma of her.
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I did the thing. How dare you make me actually do things like "make bad edits" or "find multiple fcs" to try and match what's in my head smh.


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@PapiTan Hotel? Pierced.

Looks good, fo sho. Maybe if she were better at negotiating, she could've at least gotten management to agree to get her to wear a half-mask though.
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(kid had a plan with some friends to photo bomb a bunch of scripted scenes after gaining access to a corporation's PR plans. Showing up in all their hero shots in the background started to give him powers, he used those powers to access more info and do it to other companies too. They kept it low tier, safe, always planning ten steps ahead and using all the insider knowledge.)
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