Bruthaman

Geez-Louise I haven't even thought of Brandon Lee in years. And then that link taking me back. Shocking how much he looked like Heath Ledger's Joker in that makeup. And how ironic that they are both no longer with us.

As for 'Scrapper Moments' if no one has mentioned him yet, I'd like to submit Matt Damon as Jason Bourne.
No awkward pauses, just pure purpose driven flow.

e/signed

Friend, given the current state of affairs in the world today, a 40 gigaton gigglebomb strike seems like just the ticket. I believe I'd like to help you out with that.

Becomes shiftyeyed and cackles maniacally while rubbing hands together.

P.S. Oh and Neko... I promise I'll never tell anyone.

I totally agree with you. But to be reasonable, they couldn't have included everything. The movie was two and a half hours long as it was. And to give credit where it's due, they did allude to things that can be explained with simple introductory sentences in the next movie. If you read the paper that Harry is reading when the movie opens...

Mornin Fedor.

Stop that at once! Decorum demands that the staff present a united front to the student body. Besides, if you keep that up, the Maggie Smith type will probably pop a stay on her corset and eventually lose control of her bladder in a most unprofessorlike display of hysterics.

P.S. On a similar note. Would really like to have seen much more Master Class magic from Prof. McGonagall.

Apparates into the center of the diningroom. And wielding an amber and agate wand declares with a florish 'Satiatus Appetito!'

Profiteroles and pumpkin juice for all!

Good morning Rookery!

Read the books. Saw the movies... all of them. Saw the new one last night. Lots of snogging and soapy bits (bout bloody time I say!) Nasty but forseeable surprise at the end for those in the know.

Felt to me, like they spent the whole movie setting it up plotwise for the next installments. Well done but ultimately unsatisfying.

And how was your day?

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2. No

Go to Paragonwiki.com and type leadership in the search function. I hope that helps.

You're right and you're wrong. It's not that no one pays any attention. It's more like too many people, pay far too little attention. So while in the best of all possible worlds it might be a good idea, in this world too few people would be paying enough attention to it to make it worthwhile. And then the concept of 'Guest Star' would have to be explained to each of the ones that did. But keep right on thinking and submitting suggestions.

OMG! I didn't even know there was such a thing as a portable workbench. And I was happy in my ignorance. Now there is just one more thing in my life that I can pine over and will never have.

No doubt next you'll be telling me that there's an unlockable 'make nude' feature!

The answer is meat.

Kudos friend!

Abraham Lincoln said 'No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child.'

Whether or not I agree with the whole AE controversy or not, is totally beside the point. True heroes, don't only fight crime. They do all the things this society needs to help those that need help. And you Sir/Madam are a true hero!

The dude who played Spawn is named Michael Jai White. But are you serious...? Can it be that they are actually gonna do a remake or sequel?

If there's even the remotest possibility of that happening, I'm gonna start picking up every penny I find. Why, I may even begin passing on those accursed chain letters I keep finding in my e-mail.

As for Mr. Reynolds, what a coup! I guess his ship has finally come in. What with him being tapped for the Deadpool movie. And now the one and only Green Lantern. If it's done right, I won't have any complaints. If it's done right, he could wind up like Harrison Ford. With two iconic characters to his credit.

But of course it all hinges on whether or not it's done right.

All of my heroes and villains have bios. I have some heroes on Champion. Most notably Hot Koko, Scion Sable and Captain Atomic. But you asked for my main character, and that is the one and only Bruthaman. Being the paragon of virtue that he is... Where else would he hang his baret, but on the Virtue server! In any case, although I could very easily expand on it, both in and out of the game his brief bio is as follows:

They say that you can tell a Texan from a mile away. But that’s only because you can’t tell them a darned thing from up close. Lucien Thibideau was born in Galveston Texas in 1974, to Henry and Ida Mae Thibideau, a pair of low level mutants. They hadn’t known that they themselves were mutants. They just knew that there was a ‘lil sumthin special’ bout the two of them. Although seven years in the Texas State Pen, for involuntary manslaughter ended a very promising boxing career. Henry is still both big and fast. Ida Mae is a sweet little chocolate woman, with a real knack for cooking and doctorin’ on a body. She runs a boarding house for the less fortunate roun Offatts Bayou. Lucien is bigger, stronger and faster than his Dad. And instead of a knack for ‘doctorin,’ he’s got what he calls real ‘Fire-power.’ Well, he’s all grown up now and moved to Paragon City. Folks say he’s a real good brutha. And he’ll help you if he can. He’s got a sense of purpose. He’s a surefire Bruthaman.

As for why there is such a proliferation of 'Darkness' on the Blue, as well as the Red side of things?

Totally aside from the subtle interventions of Infernal Inc.'s upper (or perhaps lower) echelons. Well... you see, the very same players who don't subscribe to the Judeo/Christian take on everything we can't perceive directly, also necessarily, don't subscribe to their particular beastiairy.

That, and 'Bad Guys' interactions are just inherently fraught with dramatic potential. This means that unless you're particularly creative or willing to exercize, the 'Bad Guy' is gonna get all the good lines, while the 'Good Guy' winds up looking like a Pollyanna (or if that reference is too esoteric for you substitute Carebear )

Good luck with that! And I'm not being in the least bit facetious. But I simply refuse to believe that you haven't noticed, that this game is chock full of every sort of atheist, agnostic, outright satanist, and any other stripe of naysayer you care to shake a bible at. So many so called heroes have 'Dark' origins that it's a wonder their not all fighting the gang members and CoT for the right to cut out civilian hearts themselves. Anything, and I do mean absolutely anything in this game that carries even the faintest whiff of sanctity is almost by it's very nature doomed to a very meager following. But by all means go ahead and give it the old college try.

It's an awsome bust of you Juggy. But it's not immediately clear (at least not to me) who 'this guy' is, or how to contact him to possibly do a bust of Brutha'man. More info, plz dude!

Comrade Chertov: Intelligent, charming & persuasive almost from birth, 50 year old Anatol Chertov (whose name means ‘Eastern Devil’) was recruited by The Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti (KGB) straight out of university. His flawless execution of operations in such diverse and far flung areas, as Washington, London, Iraq, the Congo & Serbo-Croatia, have earned him the envy and admiration of his both his peers and certain members of the KGB’s upper echelon. It has also garnered him a network of fiercely loyal covert operatives from Novgorod to Nicaragua, as well as the sobriquet ‘Red Wolf.’ Within perhaps one successful mission, of attaining the coveted Director’s chair of Moscow Station, his lady, Svetlana Ordonova, a Prima Ballerina with the Bolshoi Ballet, disappears. While investigating her disappearance, the Politburo itself presses unfounded charges of treason against Chertov. He is thrown into Lefortovo prison. Two weeks later Anatol escapes. He defects, and has apparently gone underground in America.

He's a natural to go blue.

Kryterion: Damien Christian has always been a perfectionist. He was the neatest 5 year-old anybody had ever seen. So nobody was surprised, that when he grew up, he became obsessed with becoming the perfect man. He studied behavioral psychology, abnormal psychology as well as differing schools of philosophy and mysticism. He came to believe, that perfection could be attained through applied chemistry and micro-biology. So he applied himself to the study of these things. And in due course, he mastered those fields as well. The result of all this application, was a potent elixir. That transformed his body, on a cellular level, into a super strong, almost invulnerable tank. Unfortunately, he has absolutely no patience with even the slightest of imperfections, in either himself or others. And so far, no one has been able to convince him, that the perfect man, is not obsessed. He’s calling himself Kryterion now. He’s taken to wearing the most outlandish getups, and accosting people on the street. He is definitely headed for a major break with reality. But in the meantime, he’s Hell on the criminal element.

He on the other hand, could snap and go rogue at any moment.

Do I have 'any characters ready to go rogue?'
Oh Helz Ya!

I for one refuse to engage in pointless speculation. But I do have a Mastermind, Comrade Chertov complete with a back-story, who is ready, willing and soon able to switch over to the blue side. I also have a Tank called Kryterion. And he's such a freakin perfectionist, he could snap at any moment. Then instead of blue and white his costume could change to red and black. And there you have it! Insta-villian! Just add maniacal laughter.

Continued Kudos to the long suffering Devs. Who despite our constant carping and neverending doom saying, continue to give us almost exactly what we want.

P.S. I suspect, that after messing about with the Mission Architect, not a few AE players are beginning to develope a new found respect for what the Devs have to go through. I also suspect that the Devs knew this would be so and are currently engaged in a grand collective bout of 'Nyah-nyah, nyah-nyah, nyaaah, nyah's

Good concept. Nice lil backstory. Good execution. Nice rendition. What's not to like? And her upperbody development is rather reminisent of Powergirl, if you catch my drift. She's a bonafide winnah Dude!

Oooh...Yeah! Tha evah lovin' Whispers! Now that's what ah'm talkin bout. I will totally quit clownin ya now dude.

Welcome back!
Just like anything else in life... ya make time for what's important. 'Course I reckon making a living through a high level of beautiful creativity qualifies as being sorta important.
But it's nice to see that you haven't abandoned this method of pressure relief.
Thanks for sharing what you do with us. I feel honored.

Dark... That was so warm and fuzzy I coughed up a hairball. But seriously, it was thoughtful and unusual. I'm sure she'll love it!

Soo... apparently, we have more in common than sunny dispositions and cinnamon complexions. Yesterday was my birthday. So I guess we share dominion in 'The Age of Aquarius' Keep on rockin' this is your time. Oh, BTW Happy Birthday Lil Sistah!

P.S. I believe that if he knew you, Don Cornelius would approve.

Sorry you're leaving. Be back soon. Blood Wolffe has pretty much covered my commentary. Good shading will definitely help to put better perspective on the scene. But even if you don't change a thing, it's still a cut above a lot of the stuff I've seen.

As for the whole Muay Thai thing... Way to go dude. I love how fast and close one has to be to do Muay Thai well. Elbow strikes rule!

As I said before... Come back to us soon. Preferably with action photos of yourself.