What If...


BlueRaptor

 

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I had this idea today after thinking about some character backstories. (LOLRP)

One of the most popular filler stories in Comic Books are "What If..." Stories, which serve to answer minor questions such as "What if this hero died during this event" or "What if this person and this person swapped powers"?

This is a concept not alien to CoX right now, particularly with the Portal Corps quests. I also realize that, yes, if I really wanted to, I could go to the MA and make arcs like this, but I just thought this would be interesting.

The idea is functionally the same as an issue of a "What If?" Comic, or perhaps something like Futurama's "Anthology of Interest", in which you are shown (and in this case, have to deal with) what would happen if something went differently. This could be done through Ouroboros, or Portal Corp, or something... No clue. But it would be an interesting series of arcs and taskforces.

Some examples being...

What Statesman received the Power of Tartarus? (Also, What if Lord Recluse received the power of Zeus?)

What if The Weaver survived Red Widow's assassination attempt?

What if the Alpha and Omega Teams had switched places?

What if the the Freedom Phalnax (and possibly the upper echelons of Arachnos) were Riktified? (Not turned into the Lost. Full on Rikti)

What if Statesman was used in Crey's Revenant Hero Project?

What if the Rikti redirected power to Magic as opposed to Science and Technology?

What if Arachnos took over Paragon City as opposed to the Rogue Isles (This one might be too similar to Praetoria actually...)

And so on, and so forth...

I can't fit all that into an AE Limit. But that would make a very... odd task force, to say the least.


 

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That's a tall glass to think about. Oh dear. I'll break it down simply:

1. We'd have Recluseman.
2. We'd have one more Weaver.
3. Hero 1 would develop a God complex and be a total dick.
4. We'd be by fighting Rikticore, Riktidel, Riksman, Rikter Psyche, and maybe Riknapse.
5. Synapse would be a happy man.
6. They'd hook up with CoT and produce the ugliest babies known to mankind.
7. Paragon skies would be cloudy.



 

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Originally Posted by Sigium View Post
7. Paragon skies would be cloudy.
LOL

(Rogue Isles: Where you dont notice the Halloween event is over since you never see the sun anyway)