>> Hmm, what happened to Groundhog sounds awfully ironic. <<
In a way it's ironic. I have a few other characters who can't use their powers; frex, Cheersquad is a paralyzed speedster whose Super-Speed now only works for speed-reading and auctioneering. He used to drive a zoom ambulance until someone crashed into it.
What happened to Groundhog is an example of evolution getting ahead of itself. It doesn't have perfect aim. So as the percentage of superpowers in the population increases, it creates a pervasive problem: a majority of those with innate powers (rather than acquired by outside events) are born to ordinary parents. It is difficult or impossible for ordinary parents to meet the special needs of superkids. Sometimes that's fatal. Other times, as with Groundhog, it has crippling side effects. His parents honestly did the best they could for him, but like many parents of special needs children, some of their efforts went very wrong. I still give them credit for keeping him alive though.
>>I'm going to have to read more of your heroes fiction.<<
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Date: 2014-05-31 06:08 pm (UTC)In a way it's ironic. I have a few other characters who can't use their powers; frex, Cheersquad is a paralyzed speedster whose Super-Speed now only works for speed-reading and auctioneering. He used to drive a zoom ambulance until someone crashed into it.
What happened to Groundhog is an example of evolution getting ahead of itself. It doesn't have perfect aim. So as the percentage of superpowers in the population increases, it creates a pervasive problem: a majority of those with innate powers (rather than acquired by outside events) are born to ordinary parents. It is difficult or impossible for ordinary parents to meet the special needs of superkids. Sometimes that's fatal. Other times, as with Groundhog, it has crippling side effects. His parents honestly did the best they could for him, but like many parents of special needs children, some of their efforts went very wrong. I still give them credit for keeping him alive though.
>>I'm going to have to read more of your heroes fiction.<<
Polychrome Heroics has a series page.
Also, next Poetry Fishbowl is this Tuesday on a theme of "first contact." Feel free to come leave me prompts!