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Post by dans on Oct 31, 2020 18:40:20 GMT
Chimney Sweep
Chim chiminey, chim chiminey, chim chim cher-ee! A sweep is as lucky As lucky can be Chim chiminey, chim chiminey, chim chim cher-oo! Good luck will rub off when I shakes 'ands with you Or blow me a kiss and that's lucky too... ================================ Besides incredible personal luck, what powers does the super hero Chimney Seep (secret identity is Bert Van Dyke) have? Perhaps can influence probability for events and other people as well. Anything else?
White Rabbit
Alice Liddell is the heroine known as White Rabbit. She has the power to shrink to tiny size. She probably has enhanced speed as well. Any other ideas?
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Post by lee on Nov 1, 2020 1:53:08 GMT
I see a character called Chimney Sweep having the ability to to generate a cloud of darkness particles, focused through and controlled by his chimney brush.
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Post by dans on Nov 1, 2020 13:17:27 GMT
I see a character called Chimney Sweep having the ability to to generate a cloud of darkness particles, focused through and controlled by his chimney brush. Chimney Sweep shakes his sweep and a cloud of black particles (not soot, more like mist)* appears, and then he can shape these clouds into useful forms and control their actions. He needs to periodically recharge the brush by actually cleaning real chimneys. The sweep has been in the family for years, and originally was a reward from a Kabouter whose chimney got stopped up and the tree in which he'd built his house caught on fire. The ancestor saved the tree, then cleaned the chimney, and became good friends with the Kabouter family.
(The clouds are never more solid than a pea soup fog, so he can't use them for lifting, or boxing gloves à la Green Lantern, or grabbing a speeding car and dragging it to a halt, or protective force fields, and they are always absolutely black.)** He _can_ fly, by pointing the sweep in the direction he wants to go. He can choose to leave behind a contrail of blackness or not. He can maintain a cloud as long as he wants or banish it instantly. Or, it will fade away in about 5 minutes.
* Perhaps he can create a cloud of soot as well as clouds of insubstantial particles. Such a sooty cloud could be a dangerous weapon!
** I won't be sure about the clouds being insubstantial until I try writing a scene in which he uses his powers. Perhaps instead, he can condense clouds into solid objects, but they are not very big.
In addition, Chimney Sweep is extremely charismatic. His ancestor who aided the Kabouter was Dutch.
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Post by redsycorax on Nov 2, 2020 0:02:17 GMT
Spiritmistress: Ayesha Khan was a hard working accountant, until a massive terrorist explosion near her opened her third eye and enabled her to communicate with spirits. In her case, she can also be possessed by particularly strong spirits and when this happens, she gains their memories, aptitudes for combat and direct previous experience, can converse with the willing dead, can command them and can also manipulate ectoplasm. She wears a white cloak, mask and cowl and her facial features are obscured by ectoplasmic 'static.' Now, she's a metahuman asset in the United Kingdom.
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Post by dans on Nov 2, 2020 0:15:00 GMT
Two more heroes - Sirocco and Gulfstream. I think they are both female. I think Sirocco (Sayruku Tariq) is possibly from Algeria and has air-related powers, while Gulfstream (Atlanta Svandóttir) is possibly from Iceland and has water-related powers. And despite their disparate backgrounds and powers, they might be really great friends, like Fire and Ice.
But other than their heroic names, everything else is speculation. Any thoughts?
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Post by dans on Nov 4, 2020 13:41:41 GMT
So I need some suggestions. In the 1960s, I am considering having two characters as members of an American super hero group based in Chicago. One is from Algeria and the other is from Iceland. Why are they not using their powers to protect their home countries?
I've considered: parents were Nazi sympathizers during WWII and left the country after the war, changed names, and never returned. (kids might not be welcomed home due to their backgrounds).
Parents moved to US (for other reasons) and kids brought up in US
Powers only work in North America.
Orphans adopted by US parents.
Bad experiences growing up led them to leave
Other heroes in their home countries
Any thoughts?
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Post by dans on Nov 5, 2020 19:29:37 GMT
I have an idea; not sure I've ever seen it anywhere else. How about a Hero Exchange Program? So a US Hero goes to Iceland and works with the Iceland Super Hero team (whatever they are called) for a while, and Gulfstream comes to the US and works with the Equity Concord of America for a while...
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