So are we getting a new login screen every issue from now on?
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Posted on: 2012-06-01 01:26 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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There are a few bits during Civil War that explained the phenomenon in the Marvel universe, and if you Google 'Marvel floating timeline' you'll get some interesting reading. Authors have mentioned it in interviews and articles sporadically over the years. Time passes for individuals very slowly in the comics--which is pretty reasonable considering how much happens in the average 20 or 30-something page comic. Peter Parker is barely 30 now (in the mainline universe, not the Ultimate universe), because only about 13 years have passed in the Marvel universe since 1962. However, time passes normally for the world at large, which is the device that allows Marvel to exist alongside current events, and still retain its rich history.|
Originally Posted by Plug_Nickel
I'm all for time passing in comics (and CoH) - I'm just not used to people "aging" in real time. I mean, Peter Parker should have died of Parkinson's disease years ago (even sooner since he has the proportional age of a spider, hehe). Not realistic, but that's what seems to happen in comic books, and I’m cool with that.
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City of Heroes has a floating timeline too. Events in the past and the future are always happening (not that most characters are aware of it), and our characters can experience the same event twice if they exemplar down to a lower level team. There's a bit of in-game text that appears in your chat box when you join someone else's team, letting you know that you're now experiencing the world as affected by their actions. At that point, your character is no longer simply him or herself, but rather a divergent path, an alternate self living in a world where the team leader and his friends probably witnessed Statesman's death or saved the Faultline dam instead of you and your friends.
I love this wibbly wobbly stuff, but it's all just fictional devices. But it's also the physical laws of these pretend universes. From an IC/RP perspective, Marvel's heroes and our characters typically have no way of being aware of any of this, because it all exists on the other side of the fourth wall.
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Which means that only Deadpool can see it.
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Originally Posted by Captain-Electric
From an IC/RP perspective, Marvel's heroes and our characters typically have no way of being aware of any of this, because it all exists on the other side of the fourth wall.
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Well time has passed so she has grown up like we all do |
Originally Posted by Plug_Nickel
I agree, because Penelope Yin pisses me off. She's like 13 in Faultline when you meet her (or appears to be anyway), and then suddenly she's in her twenties and joining the Freedom Phalanx! This load screen just keeps reminding me how silly that is.
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Was thinking the same thing while typing. |
Originally Posted by Frosty_Femme
Which means that only Deadpool can see it.
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This. I always thought she was 16 at the very least.
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Originally Posted by Rajani Isa
Please note - Penny was doing deliveries for her dad in Overbrook before the FIRST rikiti war.
How old do you think she was that dad let her zip about town in this kind of city? |
I loathe the new login screen...it is mainly the face she is making.. just looks silly to me.
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Originally Posted by Paladiamors
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I hope we get one soon, this one is horrid!
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Mom used to correlate my age/growth with that of Faleshia (sp) from General Hospital. It was kinda like having a twin. It worked until she hit puberty (first), then suddenly she's like a year or two older on the show...I felt left behind. :-/|
Originally Posted by Plug_Nickel
I met her in Faultline in March. Now, three months later, she's all grown up and dressing like a B-movie slattern? Whether she was introduced six years ago or not, she shouldn't be the only character in game (or in comics) who ages in real-time. Just my opinion of course.
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Originally Posted by Sparkly Soldier
"People assume that time in Paragon City is a strict progression of cause to effect, but actually, from a game-playing, character-development viewpoint, it's more like a big ball of wibbly wobbly, timey wimey... stuff."
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Compared to a lot of "western" or "European" views, those with Asian herritage tend to look younger, especially if they are not old. And I can see her playing to that (especially since she is a mind reader, you know).
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