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Miracleman - Jan 30, 2008 7:38:16 am PST #9708 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

Such a stupid stupid quandary.

I'm monkeying around with that superhero/alternate history book idea and coming up with characters. Some of these characters, natch, are variations on some recognized comic-book characters...there's a "Superman" guy, a "Batman" guy, etc. etc.

I have this whole thing about a "Captain Marvel" guy (the "Shazam" Captain Marvel, not the Dead of Cancer Marvel Comics Captain Marvel), but it's problematic because...I can't think of a decent alternate backstory.

In the comics, Captain Marvel gets his powers from gods, has a magic word and when he says said magic word he is struck by lightning and transformed. That's kinda primal, man, the lightning thing. Lightning has this deep-down Jungian-type resonance as a transformative force. I want something like that, but, for obvious reasons, I would prefer it not be lightning.

I am blanking big time. Anybody have any other ideas for a natural or pseudo-natural force that has some transformative resonance?

Ailleann - Jan 30, 2008 7:39:09 am PST #9709 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda

Fire?

juliana - Jan 30, 2008 7:39:18 am PST #9710 of 10001
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I miss them all tonight…

Anybody have any other ideas for a natural or pseudo-natural force that has some transformative resonance?

Earthquake. Fire. Flood.

Ginger - Jan 30, 2008 7:42:36 am PST #9711 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

500kv transmission line

Rick - Jan 30, 2008 7:43:18 am PST #9712 of 10001

Wind.

Connie Neil - Jan 30, 2008 7:46:05 am PST #9713 of 10001
brillig

500kv transmission line

"I need my powers! Where's a power substation?"

Amy - Jan 30, 2008 7:47:54 am PST #9714 of 10001
Because books.

Water. There's a whole baptism thing there.

Dana - Jan 30, 2008 7:49:20 am PST #9715 of 10001
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."

Sunlight! Photosynthesis!

Miracleman - Jan 30, 2008 8:06:30 am PST #9716 of 10001
No, I don't think I will - me, quoting Captain Steve Rogers, to all of 2020

These are all great.

I just have to pick a satisfying one and then figure out how to make it look awesome as a superhero symbol.

Liese S. - Jan 30, 2008 4:23:42 pm PST #9717 of 10001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

Gather the following:

1 final inspection
1 certificate of occupancy
1 set bank paperwork
2 each subcontractors, sound system and appliance repair

Add in, slowly,

56 boxes (and counting)
various flavors of thrift store furniture
one million pieces of unsorted paper
new linens and furniture, gradually

Prepare by,

cleaning windows with solvent
scraping off drywall mud
painting and finishing trim
mopping, sweeping and mopping again

Add heat in the form of:

fever, one serious cold
pressure, two jobs

Stir well. Let sit.

After an indeterminate time, you will have one new home.

I'm not moved yet. But I'm almost there.

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