Comic Relief

Well, first thought off the bat was that I have thought from day one of hearing about Titan Weapons that an impervium statue of Statesman would be *just perfect* for using on Lord Recluse in a States' TF. Because, you know. If *you* can't beat 'em, let *me* beat 'em WITH you. I say a statue because my first instinct was to use Statesman himself as a Titan Weapon for both irony's sakes (Zeus winning the war against the Titans.. ok, maybe that's too much of a stretch to be called ironic) as well as the fact it would make our Primal Earth Cole *much* more useful to have around...

Then I saw the super-rocker pic up above and was reminded, we need a headbang emote with 'throwing the horns' hand motion. I mean, I was REALLY dissapointed when there wasn't an emote of that in the Party Pack. Seemed a perfect fit to me, but NOOooo, just was NOT to be I guess. Fix please? I know it's not exactly comic relief but or costume idea but I thought I'd mention itt while I was reminded of it. And the times *I* would use it would be comedic. I'd try to replace some Sonic powers with that emote if I had it, too...

@Raven Lord, who agrees that Clowns Are Not Funny. (This message brought to you by the Positron Hates Clowns Foundation)

A chef's hat and oven mits would make my main villain Pie Man very happy.
He is an over the top cammpy villain, much like the ones on the old Batman TV show.

A carnie pack would be close enough to a clown pack >_>;

Whatever ends up getting made for this, I thnik it'd be a good idea to aim for a release around April 1st, to help the marketing.

A chef set:

• A few styles of chefs hats.
• Various pots/pans/kitchen items for hats.
• A variety of kitchen knives for bladed weapons.
• A wooden spoon for a club.
• Pots/lids of pots for shield.

• A variety of fish for weapons.
• This for a shield:
  

• Clown gun (with and without the "bang" flag).
• Oversized shoes.
• Oversized bowtie (all genders).
• Silly hats.
• Whiffle bat.

• Insect antennas.
• "Sewer" parts (could also be used to improve the Lost faction)

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I have always wanted a Tinfoil Hat.

A giant toon hammer for TW, maybe with a 10 ton sign on the side... and an evil smiley on the buisness end.

@Redcap

How about geometric shapes for heads.
A sphere.
A cube.
A pyramid.

With some appropriate logos/designs on them.

You know, maybe I just lack a sense of humour of any kind, but I don't really want comic relief in the slightest. I've always seen comic relief as a crutch plot device used by poor writers to balance out the drama of a heavy story where they are incapable of doing so in a dramatically appropriate fashion. Maybe I'm just jaded on the matter, but when you say "comic relief" I think "Chris Tucker" or "Chris Rock" and proceed to jam my TV remote into my face and try to change the channel.

If we're looking to inject more humour into the game - and I'm not as violently against that - then I'd say we should shoot at something that's amusing, but we can still take at least somewhat seriously. For instance, the cute space parasite you had on your Retro Sci-Fi suit may appear to some to be humorous, but it's still a space parasite that has bored through its victim's skull, thus if I wanted to treat it with dramatic weight, I could. A guitar as a Battle Axe option is... Kind of skirting the line. I wouldn't normally think I'd want it, but L4D2's Dark Carnival has convinced me otherwise, in the sense this sort of unorthodox weaponry can bring some degree of levity to an otherwise serious situation without actually breaking its overall tone.

Personally, if we're talking about humorous themes, I'd always want to view them through the lens of dramatic storytelling and a realistic environment. It's less a question of "What would be funny if City of Heroes were a slapstick cartoon?" and more a question of "What would humorous in this fairly believable world without taking us out of the experience?" Goofy Freakshow and zany Rikti ain't it, lemme' tell ya! But I actually honestly do find Flambeaux entertaining just because the in-game world is aware of her ridiculousness and treats her accordingly. She stands out as much because she's funny as because everyone around her is pretty much sick of her shtick.

I honestly don't think I can can suggest actual "comic relief" costumes or themes simply because I don't like comic relief, but let me just say that I don't find the Think Tank in the slightest funny. It's a disembodied brain. I like it so much not because it makes me laugh, but rather because it enables some pretty gruesome characters to exist in a much more visceral way.

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