A thought: Loyalist Male Psychics in Praetoria
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Agent White,
Posted on: 2012-04-22 16:28 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
It's a good question. The Praetorian Psimon Omega is on the run from Mother Mayhem, and there are several male seers among the Awakened in First Ward, so we know she collects them, just not sure what she -does- with them.
Play First Ward. Apparently, there ARE male Seers in the Network. Why don't we see them in the original Praetoria zones? No idea.
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Originally Posted by Agent White
just not sure what she -does- with them.
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@Roderick
She makes them dead parrots?
They're probably there but just not as common, since women are more likely to have psychic powers.
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Is that actually a stated fact anywhere in CoH lore?|
Originally Posted by Blood Red Arachnid
women are more likely to have psychic powers.
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Note: That's a serious question. Aurora Borealis, Vanessa DeVore, Sister Psyche, Penny Yin, Katie Douglas, Fortunatas and Seers greatly outnumber... Malaise, Psimon Omega and a handful of the Awakened (Is that it? I can't think of any other male psi-users). But is that just a writer tendency, or is Psychic ability somehow tied to gender?
@Roderick
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Bane spiders all have some psychic ability. They're still outnumbered by Fortunatas and Widows, though, as far as ability goes, and it's played up as being pretty minor until the mind-link enhances it. Anyway this isn't apparent unless you read the lore because they don't have any psychic attacks... it is part of the concept though.
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Originally Posted by Roderick
Is that actually a stated fact anywhere in CoH lore?
Note: That's a serious question. Aurora Borealis, Vanessa DeVore, Sister Psyche, Penny Yin, Katie Douglas, Fortunatas and Seers greatly outnumber... Malaise, Psimon Omega and a handful of the Awakened (Is that it? I can't think of any other male psi-users). But is that just a writer tendency, or is Psychic ability somehow tied to gender? |
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I think a good deal of male Psychics in Praetoria are outright killed off, and those that aren't are cast aside to become members of the Awakened. It seems that Mother Mayhem prefers female psychics... -probably- because she is female and thus would find their bodies more comfortable should she need to reside in one for awhile.
The technical answer is that male brains work in a different way, so she might not be able to link up with them so easily to feed on their psychic energy.
The more likely answer is that she's just not into boys.
@Golden Girl
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I think it's clear something is done with them, we've just seen the end result with the 'Awakened'.
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There's the PPD Psi-Division, they seem all male. Although their abilities appear to come from training, not inborn powers. And in Praetoria the Syndicate is full of male psi-users, right up to Wu Yin himself.
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Originally Posted by Roderick
Is that actually a stated fact anywhere in CoH lore?
Note: That's a serious question. Aurora Borealis, Vanessa DeVore, Sister Psyche, Penny Yin, Katie Douglas, Fortunatas and Seers greatly outnumber... Malaise, Psimon Omega and a handful of the Awakened (Is that it? I can't think of any other male psi-users). |
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Stated in lore, it is not. Enforced in lore... that is a different story. I always just saw it like this as far as the game goes.
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Originally Posted by Roderick
Is that actually a stated fact anywhere in CoH lore?
Note: That's a serious question. Aurora Borealis, Vanessa DeVore, Sister Psyche, Penny Yin, Katie Douglas, Fortunatas and Seers greatly outnumber... Malaise, Psimon Omega and a handful of the Awakened (Is that it? I can't think of any other male psi-users). But is that just a writer tendency, or is Psychic ability somehow tied to gender? |
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I think they're just tryng to make the game world more relaistic |
Originally Posted by Roderick
Is that actually a stated fact anywhere in CoH lore?
Note: That's a serious question. Aurora Borealis, Vanessa DeVore, Sister Psyche, Penny Yin, Katie Douglas, Fortunatas and Seers greatly outnumber... Malaise, Psimon Omega and a handful of the Awakened (Is that it? I can't think of any other male psi-users). But is that just a writer tendency, or is Psychic ability somehow tied to gender? |
@Golden Girl
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Originally Posted by Golden Girl
I think they're just tryng to make the game world more relaistic
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I will just pretend this makes any sense at all.
Plastic surgery. We all know Mother Mayhem isn't entirely real, if you know what I mean. Neither are many of the "female" Seers. It all makes sense.
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The way I had always heard it, women have several times greater connectivity between the right and left lobes of their brain (not sure how this works, since I heard this from a dumb-down version many years before I even learned what Corpus Callosum), and because of this they are more likely to harness hidden abilities with their mind in superhero lore. Men, having less connectivity, go with the simpler solution of bashing things with a rock.
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How utterly sexist.
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Originally Posted by Blood Red Arachnid
The way I had always heard it, women have several times greater connectivity between the right and left lobes of their brain (not sure how this works, since I heard this from a dumb-down version many years before I even learned what Corpus Callosum), and because of this they are more likely to harness hidden abilities with their mind in superhero lore. Men, having less connectivity, go with the simpler solution of bashing things with a rock.
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Comic book logic? Sexist?|
Originally Posted by Agent White
How utterly sexist.
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It balances out though - so while woman have more joined up brains and can withstand pain better than men, men are generally taller, faster and stronger than women.
@Golden Girl
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How about we leave Praetoria and anything related to it after i23. 
Let's go for something new and fresh...no more goatee universe or anything like that.
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Ultimately I think it's just a tendency of people to think of Psi based powers as being feminine. Psi Blast's base color is even bright pink, a "feminine color."
@Oathbound & @Oathbound Too
Sure most psychics are female. They're also mostly evil.
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@Starflier
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Originally Posted by Starflier
Sure most psychics are female. They're also mostly evil.
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@Golden Girl
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In Praetoria, it seems, every (or almost every) female psychic who doesn't join the Syndicate or Resistance is forced to become a Seer. What I want to know is, what happens to male psychics. I don't think there are any male Seers, so would they just join Powers Division?
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