>> You know, I'd like to see a superhero [or hera] who's power come about because of their disability.. not in a DareDevil sort of way, which is more a common origin, but more like: Well, for example, imagine a tetra-paraplegic with a powered exoskeleton controlled by brain/machine interface... now imagine she/he built that themselves and just kept tinkering with it. Add in a dash of super-science and give it tactical mounts for weapons... and boom, sort of ironman. <<
The mostly-paralyzed superhero I have is a speedster named Cheersquad. He hasn't shown up on camera yet but I'm watching.
>> Or if you want to go down another route, given the sort of will-power that's needed to overcome disabilities and function in a world designed for able-bodied people, imagine that with even a touch of psi or magic! You ccould go a long way with a little of that and lot of stubborn. <<
I haven't done that one yet. It's valid in Terramagne; aside from an innate talent manifesting in puberty, another really common path is that it grows in very slowly adjacent to the person's passion or career. Super-Intellect, Super-Gadgeteering, and Telepathy or Empathy are especially prone to that. So anything that makes the person exercise their willpower all the time could blossom into Super-Will. And you might not even realize that was a superpower until you tried to deny them necessary services and got your ass handed to you.
Okay, yeah, I think I could make this work without falling into the supercrip LaBrea. Feel free to prompt for it.
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dancing_serpent
Well...
Date: 2014-05-30 06:03 pm (UTC)This is very close to what happened to Dr. Doohickey. See "Dr. Doohickey and the Problem of Locomotion" and "Dr. Doohickey and the Mad Science Scrambler."
The mostly-paralyzed superhero I have is a speedster named Cheersquad. He hasn't shown up on camera yet but I'm watching.
>> Or if you want to go down another route, given the sort of will-power that's needed to overcome disabilities and function in a world designed for able-bodied people, imagine that with even a touch of psi or magic! You ccould go a long way with a little of that and lot of stubborn. <<
I haven't done that one yet. It's valid in Terramagne; aside from an innate talent manifesting in puberty, another really common path is that it grows in very slowly adjacent to the person's passion or career. Super-Intellect, Super-Gadgeteering, and Telepathy or Empathy are especially prone to that. So anything that makes the person exercise their willpower all the time could blossom into Super-Will. And you might not even realize that was a superpower until you tried to deny them necessary services and got your ass handed to you.
Okay, yeah, I think I could make this work without falling into the supercrip LaBrea. Feel free to prompt for it.