I wouldn't make a good super hero...


Angry_Citizen

 

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I was running my brand new shield/stone tank yesterday through Atlas when I realized I wouldn't make a good hero.

My reasoning on this is the plethora of snide and wise-acre comments that go through my mind when the civillians thank me for rescuing them. I doubt I'd be able to keep my mouth shut if I were in-game and doing the same thing.

Here are just a few examples:

You’re my new favorite hero!
• May I have the name of your old favorite hero? I’d like to send them a sympathy card for taking their job.
• Can I have the old favorite hero’s phone number? I’ve got some serious gloating time coming to me.
• Wow, it’s a good thing I have really low standards, huh?

Maybe I was wrong about capes.
• Perhaps, I wouldn’t know… I’m not wearing one.
• Oh absolutely! They’re very slimming and for pure panache they’re just FAB-ulous!

How can I ever repay you?
• Well, you can start by not being so danged stingy with the influence and prestige!
• Weeelll… it’s not very heroic.. but my apartment isn’t far from here…
• Lucky for you I have an “easy-finance” low interest payment plan for just such situations!
• Well… in some cultures saving a person’s life makes that person your slave…

You’re Awesome!
• Good start… keep ‘em coming.
• You tell me this as if I didn’t know it already.
• No, I’m Steelclaw … say it with me… Steel-Claw…

This is the most exciting thing that’s ever happened to me!
• You really need to get out more then.
• Do you need a cigarette now?
• Hey! This is a teen rated game! Put your clothes back on!!
• Yet… judging by the fact that you gave me NO influence or prestige.. you’re not going to tell another living soul about it.

You’re the Best!
• The best at WHAT precisely? I’ve been burned by that compliment before.
• Then I demand a raise.
• I’m a second level hero whose still street sweeping… you really need a better basis for comparison.
• You know, my mom says the same thing, but I think dad pays her to.

You are so strong.
• HEY! I don’t make comments about YOUR body odor, do I?
• Heck yeah! Did you see the way I ripped off that Hellion’s arm and beat him over the head with it? Pure win, baby!

Thank you for helping me.
• My pleasure; that’ll be $29.95… unless you want to take advantage of our “buy one get one at half price” special.. in which case I’ll take the full $44.98 up front now and the next time I rescue you will be a freebie.
• And thank YOU for continuing to walk through the bad parts of town with your purse hanging out in plain sight and still refusing to either drive to work or take self-defense classes. Without people like you I’d be out of a job.

Nice costume.
• I’m not a human… this is what I look like.
• Oh. Er… thanks.. you too… nice… umm… shirt.
• (female hero): It’s not my “costume” you’re looking at and my eyes are UP here. The eyes… you know.. the part that’s about to shoot lasers at you.

Thank you very much. Every week someone is trying to steal my purse.
• And yet you continue to carry it around with you.
• There’s this magical invention called “A Wallet.”
• That’s horrible! Here… give it to me for safe keeping.

Paragon City needs more heroes like you.
• See… that would mean more to me if I hadn’t heard you say the exact same thing to “Rouge.Angle69” yesterday.
• I’m a fire/kinetics controller… trust me… Paragon already has more than enough of me.
• You think so? So do I. We cat-girls are like, totally underpopulated.

Finally, someone with honor!
• Honor? Yeah… umm.. totally… I rescued you for honor.. it had nothing to do with the experience points, influence, prestige, inspirations, salvage or enhancements I hoped to get from you…
• Where?!
• Finally, someone with gullibility!

Thank you! You arrived just in time!
• Bull***t… I’ve been standing over there watching you… at the end of it you two were standing around exchanging recipes for Lasagna.
• Are you sure? Purse tug-of-war is a great cardio and resistance work out. I bet you could have done at least a dozen more reps.
• What? I save your freaking life and now you’re gonna complain that I was almost late?!

I’m so glad you came along.
• So was my mother… 15 hours of labor can make a person impatient.
• Oh really? Got something valuable in that purse you didn’t want to lose, huh? Say, have you heard about Going Rogue? Soon we heroes will be able to turn villain… Yeah, I know.. shocking… heh.

You’re a saint!
• Oh great! So now in addition to having to save your freakin’ a**… I’ll be responsible for saving your SOUL too?!
• No, no… common mistake… I got the halo from collecting candy canes during the winter event.
• Huh? A saint? Oh.. Oh sure.. Yes.. Absolutely my dear… I’m a saint… And if you’ll come back with me to my.. er.. church.. I’ll show you a holy rite called the “laying on of hands.”
• Yeah, and so’s an entire New Orleans football team if you believe the hype.
• If you can declare me a saint, then you must be the Pope… see? This is what happens when you walk instead of riding in the bubble of the pope-mobile.


I hope my children grow up to be just like you!
• You hate them that much, huh?
• I can help with that… first you want to get a swimming pool sized vat of toxic waste… then make them go swimming during a lightning storm.. you may want to buy a couple lightning rods first to increase your chances…
• Here’s a card… this is a place where you can get replacement robot parts cheap.
• Aw, that’s easy… I hear Countess Crey is always looking for more lab rats… and she pays extra for the young ones.
• Then you’d better get to work.. you’ll need to be a billionaire before getting murdered in front of their eyes.


My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw

 

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LMAO...excellent...


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@MissKyo, Leader of the Teamsters coalition on Protector

 

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Steel, you are a Paragon City treasure.


 

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Nice

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Thank you very much. Every week someone is trying to steal my purse.

• That’s horrible! Here… give it to me for safe keeping.

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best one there was


 

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Steel, you are a Paragon City treasure.

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Indeed. I think we should gold plate Steelclaw and put him on display.


 

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Steel, you are a Paragon City treasure.

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* Oh, so you're saying those guys who broke into my apartment last night weren't thieves; they were treasure hunters?
* That explains the "X" shaped birthmark.
* Is THAT why there are always pirates hanging around me?
* Yeah, I know... and if ONE more person tries to bury me again!
* Now I know why my lady love had to pay capital gains tax when she got me.

Oops... sorry.. it's an instinct.. Jus' can't resist da list.


My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw

 

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Steel, you are a Paragon City treasure.

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Indeed. I think we should gold plate Steelclaw and put him on display.

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* Can't.. because then I would be GoldPlatedSteelClaw and that's too many letters for a forum name.
* Hey.. this gold plating.. was it good quality? I only ask because now my skin underneath is turning green.
* Okay, we seriously need to go back to Steelclaw.. I completely forgot what a soft metal gold is... my first major battle.. well.. let's just say it didn't go well...
* I've had enough of this! I woke up this morning propped up on four cinderblocks and my gold claws were missing.
* I'll have to refuse... see.. I would be forced to write a new parody song of "Gold Finger" but "Gold Claws" is missing a syllable.


My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw

 

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A list truly worthy of praise.


 

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he had more in him -_-


 

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he had more in him -_-

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... well, Steelclaw has a lot of SOMETHING in him, but...




"A soft answer turneth away wrath. Once wrath is looking the other way, shoot it in the head." Seven Habits of Highly Effective Pirates

MA Arcs: #12285, "Small Fears", #106553, "Trollbane", #12669, "How to Survive a Robot Uprising"

 

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he had more in him -_-

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... well, Steelclaw has a lot of SOMETHING in him, but...





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* ... and yet my garden will never go unfertilized.
* Why do I get the sneaking suspicion you aren't referring to charm, intelligence and personality? Well... maybe personality.
* Hey, it wasn't my fault! I drank too much... the aliens abducted me... magic was in the air...
* Strange you should mention that... my Lady Love is always telling people "don't encourage him... if you do he'll never stop..."


My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw

 

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* Strange you should mention that... my Lady Love is always telling people "don't encourage him... if you do he'll never stop..."


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Man, I know exactly how you feel. I've debated wearing shin-guards when we go out on dates, just to avoid all the kicks under the table from when I say something that's apparently embarrassing or inappropriate.


 

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* Strange you should mention that... my Lady Love is always telling people "don't encourage him... if you do he'll never stop..."


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Man, I know exactly how you feel. I've debated wearing shin-guards when we go out on dates, just to avoid all the kicks under the table from when I say something that's apparently embarrassing or inappropriate.

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Well.. when she and I first started going out I told her:

"You think I'm funny NOW.. but a year from now we'll be at a party and someone will say to you 'oh, he's SO funny.. living with him must be hilarious!' to which you will reply 'oh yeah, 24 hour a day jokes.. yeah.. real hilarious.'"

I was wrong though...

It only took her 3 months to reach that point.


My mind wanders so often you've probably seen its picture on milk cartons. - Me... the first person version of the third person Steelclaw

 

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thats part of why im still single.

but one of my favorites was when a civvy says "i hope my kid grows up just like you" and im a kheldian in nova form...she apparently wants her kid to grow up as a tape-worm. maybe paragon has some good law schools...


 

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Man, I think these sorts of things all the time. Especially when they say "I hope my children grow up to be just like you!" My heroes aren't exactly what you hope your kids will grow up to be.

I mean, ALL of them have perfect snarky responses, up to "I killed my parents"


Yaaay, Steelclaw list! ^^


 

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How can I ever repay you?


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Well if you're offering, I'm a bit short on inf at the moment, and Human Blood Samples sell quite well at Wentworths...


 

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Steel, you are a Paragon City treasure.

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Indeed. I think we should gold plate Steelclaw and put him on display.

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* Can't.. because then I would be GoldPlatedSteelClaw and that's too many letters for a forum name.
* Hey.. this gold plating.. was it good quality? I only ask because now my skin underneath is turning green.
* Okay, we seriously need to go back to Steelclaw.. I completely forgot what a soft metal gold is... my first major battle.. well.. let's just say it didn't go well...
* I've had enough of this! I woke up this morning propped up on four cinderblocks and my gold claws were missing.
* I'll have to refuse... see.. I would be forced to write a new parody song of "Gold Finger" but "Gold Claws" is missing a syllable.

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New Going Rogue powerset: Electroplating.


 

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hilarious!


 

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* I'll have to refuse... see.. I would be forced to write a new parody song of "Gold Finger" but "Gold Claws" is missing a syllable.


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How about "Gold Talon"?


 

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How can I ever repay you?


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Well if you're offering, I'm a bit short on inf at the moment, and Human Blood Samples sell quite well at Wentworths...

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This, the original list and the few follow ups were pure gold


Doom.

Yep.

This is really doom.

 

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Steel, you are a Paragon City treasure.

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Indeed. I think we should gold plate Steelclaw and put him on display.

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* Can't.. because then I would be GoldPlatedSteelClaw and that's too many letters for a forum name.
* Hey.. this gold plating.. was it good quality? I only ask because now my skin underneath is turning green.
* Okay, we seriously need to go back to Steelclaw.. I completely forgot what a soft metal gold is... my first major battle.. well.. let's just say it didn't go well...
* I've had enough of this! I woke up this morning propped up on four cinderblocks and my gold claws were missing.
* I'll have to refuse... see.. I would be forced to write a new parody song of "Gold Finger" but "Gold Claws" is missing a syllable.

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I found a work around for you


 

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I hope my children grow up to be just like you!
• Then you’d better get to work.. you’ll need to be a billionaire before getting murdered in front of their eyes.

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Say this out loud in "Batman voice". Awesome.


Global name: @k26dp

 

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Sneaky Niviene is sneaky.

/nice!


August 31, 2012. A Day that will Live in Infamy. Or Information. Possibly Influence. Well, Inf, anyway. Thank you, Paragon Studios, for what you did, and the enjoyment and camaraderie you brought.
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epic win!


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@Torell Guardian, Liberty & Freedom

 

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I wonder if he's seen it yet?