AU Planning/Plotting Meme

[omegamods]

We had a fantastic response to opening the game, and now it's time to get ready for the real launch!

This is a post for AU plotting. Do your characters already know each other? Do you want to introduce some new elements to the setting, and let other people use them, too? Do you want to establish some villain teams to work together against the Omegafriends? Just want to decide where future plots will be going, or who will be rivals with who? You can do all of that here!

You can freeform it if you want, but here's a form you can use:

<b>Player:</b> <b>Character:</b> <b>From:</b> <b>Character Overview:</b> (Who they are, in a couple of sentences, so that people reading can get a good idea of who they're looking at here.) <b>Affiliation:</b> (Omegafriends? Villain? A specific villainous faction? Independent Hero? Non-powered?) <b>Looking forward:</b> (What are you planning to do with this character, in broad strokes?) <b>Possible CR Hooks:</b> (Are there any blank spots in your backstory or future planning that other people could fill in?) <b>I am looking for:</b> (Classmates? Teammates? Rivals? Family members? Childhood friends?) <b>Extra:</b> (This is probably where funny gifs/screencaps go.)

Don't forget to check out the Venture City Locations and FAQ posts for inspiration!

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[number1_kerbal]

Player: Vehrec
Character: Jebediah Kerman
From: Kerbal Space Program

Character Overview: A really enthusiastic ametuer astronaut and bussinessman, Jeb is borderline invincible-even the most grevious of damage is only enough to knock him out for a little while. As a superhero, he wears a full spacesuit with a jetpack and laser pistol, jet-packing and lasering his way through fights.
Affiliation: Omegafriend, Owner and Operator of Jebediah Kerman's Junkyard and Spaceship Parts, majority stockholder in Venture City Spaceport.
Looking forward: Building space things, going space-places, space, space, space... also making some Earth-friendships?
Possible CR Hooks: Are you an alien, legal or Illegal? Jeb always needs new test pilots and employees! And as his super-heroic alter-ego, he's just looking to preserve the town and maybe convince the mayor that his nuclear rocket engine won't explode and shower the town with plutonium.
I am looking for: Robots? Employees? Heroic action buddies? Whatever you've got!

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[atruebeoulve]

Player: Kururu
Character: Ramza Beoulve
From: Final Fantasy Tactics.

Character Overview: A young boy who's recently become a hero, Ramza Lugria is a boy who puts all his worth in what he can get from his birth. Though he hasn't awakened to his powers, he will be a Beoulve like his family. He's rather serious, but protective of both his identity and his legacy. (At the same time, however, Ramza is scared of dissapointment, and an overachiever, even if it is unhealthy to him.)
If you want more, see a wiki! If there were canonpoints... I'm taking his character from the beginning of his game, for that will make for interesting development.

Affiliation: Ramza is a new Omegafriend, though currently powerless. Except for the use of swordsplay.

Looking forward: I plan to have Ramza to awaken to both some FFT powers, alongside trying to push him along the path of discovering the corruption behind his original religion, and fighting demons and stuff. I would love for him to be painted as a bad guy as well, even though he's not. Perhaps when his powers are awakening and he accidentally uses a few Firagas? I'd love for Ramza to have a happy ending here though sob. FFT sob.

He'll be easy to slot into other peoples' stories, though, since Ramza is the sort to help those in need. He's also overly-trusting right now.

Possible CR Hooks: Well, Ramza is a nerdy boy. He's the sort of boy who probably had a few close friends. Sadly, he doesn't have a Delita or even an Alma here! Ramza is also from a rich family - and also, his superhero identity. The Beoulves are a famous family of superheroes, who pass on the name to their youngest at Ramzas' age. So, if you want people to have known his elder brothers, that's awesome! However, to mirror canon... his brothers weren't the most ideal heroes. They sometimes did bad things, and Ramza refuses to believe that! His family is spotless, and his father died in a non-odd way!

I am looking for: Ramza needs a sister. Or more family, or anything. If they're older then him, it would make for interesting conflict if they refused to take the Beoulve name, and he would probably have a distaste to them. He could also use the ever-helpful friend from a poor family. Just don't try and manipulate your way into ruling the world. :T Or any friends in general.

If you're another hero who grew up and has just become one, Ramza would also probably have crossed your path a few times. His elder brothers, Dycedarg (the really actually bad one who still used the name) and Zalbaag (the recently-retired one) did take him to see the base a few times, in order to get him used to the life he'd live.

Also! If somebody wished to be the Alma to him - a little sister who was his real sibling, instead of being half-siblings, that would be awesome. Though though his arc, this little sister... might end up possessed by a demon but released from it by the power of hope.
Maybe.
Possibly.

No promises.

Extra: I'm probably not apping Balthier, sorry. He's too hard for me to write! But I may be bringing in Raz from Psychonauts, and an OC Hero-turned-Villain summoner-like person. (Or maybe Larsa. Larsa as a superhero cleric sort of guy oh my gosh squee.)

I am really happy for this game? Oh, and I drew a pic of Ramza on his profile. I am art.

as for funny other people art, though:

[smartassrationale]

Thanks to Augustus's personality and profession of being a P.I, he could be the one to spread the lies of Ramza being a big bad. Mostly because he would do it for his own enjoyment and possible negative CR later when Ramza finds out it was him. Sort of an attempted blackmail thing we could work out. Definitely might be fun.

[bun_bun_maru]

Player: Prof
Character: Aya Shameimaru
From: Touhou Project

Character Overview:
In canon: A crow tengu reporter who takes pictures of people with her magic camera!
In Omegafriends: Aya Shameimaru: Teen Reporter! Loyal minion of the Daily Venture, she will stop at nothing to get pictures and interviews out of the Omegafriends. Her articles are of questionable accuracy but excellent sensationalism!

Affiliation: Independent. Non-powered initially, but eventually getting herself some SUPER SPEED and probably also flight.
Looking forward: What I'm looking at is for Aya to be sort of part Lois Lane, part Peter Parker, part JJJ to the Omegafriends - their news publication contact, who is always getting in trouble, and is always trying to make the Omegafriends look bad for unclear reasons.
Possible CR Hooks: Anyone else want part-time jobs at the Daily Venture? We could be coworkers!
I am looking for: Let's be real, "Friends" is probably a bit of a stretch for Aya, so let's go with "people who have known her long enough to put up with her". People for her to run into repeatedly and chase down for interviews and paparazzi photography.

Extra:

[crashes_rockets]

People who don't leave you alone despite your clear reluctance to engage them are ideal CR for Silver. He'd also be worth investigating journalistically, since he's an ex-villain and hasn't been willing to talk to anyone about what's up with that yet.

[pega_pony_princess]

Player: Walker
Character: Cynthia
From: Fire Emblem: Awakening

Character Overview: Cynthia is the tomboy younger princess of Ylisse, a MAGICAL FANTASY KINGDOM that is currently at peace. She's not in line for the throne, so when she asked her parents to let her go to Earth and be a hero they figured it would be good life experience for her. She's pretending to be a foreign exchange student from Wales by the name of Cynthia Grisialgwawr Rhithanadl Sanctaiddgwaywffon - although you can just use her English name, Cynthia Crystaldawn Phantombreath Holylance. Being from a MAGICAL FANTASY KINGDOM, she has very little idea what modern Earth society is actually like, so she is extremely likely to make stupid mistakes. She's also super into being an Actual, For-Real Hero, and generally tries to act as one in all aspects of her life. In her secret identity, this means she's the loud, energetic girl that always sticks up for the bullied kids and does her best to be a supportive and reliable friend. In her hero identity, she is a tremendous dork that is constantly making painfully corny speeches about Justice and Vanquishing Evil. Her 'powers', such as they are, come from special magical amulets that she receives as care packages from home, with each one having its own advantages and disadvantages.

Affiliation: Omegafriends/Justice Cabal

Looking forward: ALL JUSTICE, ALL THE TIME

Possible CR Hooks: Ylisse is currently a peaceful fantasy kingdom! Key word: currently. Any villains with magical powers or backstory can have heard of/attacked Ylisse in the past, maybe an older hero with magical powers can be FAMOUS BACK HOME and a target for her undying hero worship...she's basically a huge bundle of sharp, pointy hooks for anything magic-related.

I am looking for: She needs: older heroes to mentor her in heroism, younger heroes to hang around with, civilian friends to show her how things work IN AMERICA!!, annnnd maybe some kind of catty rival she can have snark fights with.

Extra:

[atruebeoulve]

...oh god i just got mental images. of ramza acting knightly to cynthia without even realizing that's what he was doing.

And Ramza would totally be the sort to take time out of his studies to help this new strange exchange student around.

[widerthanthesea]

Player: Prof
Character: Erika Kurumi
From: Heartcatch Precure

Character Overview: By day, a 14-year-old girl who is really into fashion and solving other people's problems. Also by day, the magical girl Cure Marine, vanquishing evil to protect the Heart Tree or whatever!
Affiliation: Omegafriend! And a Precure.
Looking forward: I'm looking at starting her as early canon, having just picked up her fairy and powers, and going from here. Fight villains! Get more super attacks!

Possible CR Hooks:
That thing I said about other people's problems is super serious. Do you have some personal strife to overcome? Erika just CAN'T WAIT to spend her entire day helping you solve it for no reason! This is a good way to get CR.

I am looking for:
Obvious are classmates and friends and rivals, but there is one extra slot! Canonically, Erika has a bit of an inferiority complex about her cool model big sister. I'm planning to have her just be around as an off-screen NPC, but I am ALSO up for the idea of just having it be someone else! Does anyone have a cool teen girl who would be interested in fudging some backstories to be Erika's sister?

Extra:

POWER HUGS

[pega_pony_princess]

...ngl it would be amazing if the Kurumis were Cynthia's host family. Failing that, Cynthia could try to constantly recruit Erika into the Justice Cabal?

[grays_animosity]

Player: Lisa
Character: Valerie Gray
From: Danny Phantom

Character Overview: Former catty rich girl attending the local public high school, now impoverished (thanks to collateral damage from a super-fight) and trying to start over. Moonlights as a 'hero', although she has no superpowers--just skills, weapons, and a thirst for vengeance.

Affiliation: Independent 'hero'--in quotation marks because she considers superheroes and supervillains alike the bad guys, and fights them both.

Looking forward: I'd like for her to struggle with some questions of morality, going beyond the black-and-white she sees in her mind to more shades of gray (heheh). Also, I really want at some point for her to get like--a mind-controlled suit that's melded with her body, like she does in canon, so that she can have a "OH NO, AM I SUPERPOWERED NOW???" crisis.

Possible CR Hooks: I WOULD LOVE IT if there were any heroes/villains who would like to take responsibility for the collateral damage that ruined her home/financial stability! This is a major thing for Val, so if you sign up for this, just know that Valerie is almost certainly never going to forgive you and will want your guts on a platter.

Also, if there's anyone out there who can provide her with weaponry/equipment so that she can go around fighting supers, that would be fantastic. Right now I have them down as "a mysterious benefactor", but for it to be someone in the game would be awesome.

I am looking for: Rivals/hated enemies would be great, as mentioned above. But I'd also like some friends (or former friends?) and some classmates, so that there are at least a few people she can talk to without immediately jumping to insults or shooting them in the face.

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[atruebeoulve]

morality issues, you say.

As you might be able to see, Ramza... is gonna have a lot of issues with morality of what makes a hero, and what doesn't, and how thin that line is. Oh and his family is very well-off, so... he may be able to do the weapon stuff, if you're interested? Though he has a fondness for fantasy-like weapons because lol fantasy game person.
he uses a sword. who even does that anymore.

[thedarkheir]

Player: Shini
Character: Soma Cruz
From: Castlevania

Character Overview: A teenage student with latent magical powers who suddenly got a massive inheritance from his Greatx8 Grandfather - the notorious Vampire Super villain Night King, and deciding to try to do some good with it.
Affiliation: temporarily Independent hero, might go omegafriends later
Looking forward: Basically learn to use his powers, and realizing the real reason he got the Night King's swag is because Night King plans to come back from the dead by hijacking his body.
Possible CR Hooks:
- People that fought the Night King being suspicious of this newbie who claims he is not a vampire
- Magely types to act as mentors or rivals wanting that sweet magic loot
I am looking for: Mentors, classmates/friends, and of course rivals

Extra: (This is probably where funny gifs/screencaps go.)

[stinglikeabat]

Joachim would be happy to provide questionably competent mentorship after the obligatory misunderstanding-fueled hero fight!

He seems like the type of guy who'd have had run-ins with the Night King before, and better/worse, in my recent canon review I found out that his grandpa is apparently Dracula with the serial numbers filed off. Wanna make them distant cousins or something, or would that mess up the Night King heritage plot too much?

[distorts_space]

Player: Eric
Character: George Parley
From: Gunnerkrigg Court

Character Overview: Teenage psychic in training who's powers have yet to manifest. Named George because her dad is psychic and wasn't QUITE as good at reading the future as he thought he was.

Affiliation: Trainee Omegafriend.
Looking forward: Parley's psychic powers eventually do manifest as the ability to teleport around. However, until she learns to CONTROL her powers, it means that her subconscious is in charge of them, teleporting her into all kinds of weird places that she doesn't necessarily want to go.
Possible CR Hooks: Her dad is a big name superhero from England, who goes by the name of Mystero. Parley grew up in Mystero's social circle being groomed to be the next generation of hero when he retired. So she potentially has met any British superheroes. She's 15, currently, so I believe that's freshman year in high school, just after switching from England to America.
I am looking for: Classmates, mentors, friends, crushes, rivals. You know, the usual spread.

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[atruebeoulve]

I think Ramza could have an interesting relationship with George - seeing as he's currently going to high school as well. (He's 16.) And his brothers and father were superheroes too, so.

Do you want a super serious guy who's awakening to his powers? And for no explained reason speaks in Ye Olde-ish English? (Because translations.)

[feelingincredible]

Player: Eric
Character: Robert Parr/Mr. Incredible
From: The Incredibles

Character Overview: Retired Superhero who is trying to be a normal insurance company office drone, but misses the glory days of fighting evil because of midlife crisis. Part of the Alpha Pals, an older super hero team that predates the Omegafriends, but was dismantled due to bad press, public pressure, and a period of low supervillainy.
Affiliation: Independent Hero who will probably eventually join the Omegafriends
Looking forward: Awkwardly trying to do heroics without letting anyone know he's doing heroics. Getting in over his head in the process. Eventually coming out of retirement.
Possible CR Hooks: Older superheroes and villains could be Mr. Incredible's old rivals and allies. Also really want to get his family together in SOME form.
I am looking for: ...Older superheroes and villains to be Mr. Incredible's old rivals and allies.

Extra: Apping Bob/Mr. Incredible really depends on getting a Helen/Elastigirl as a canonmate. Also EDNA MODE. EDNA MODE.

[villain_of_this_play]

Considering Kuja's background includes him being a former big-leagues bad guy, they're very likely to at least familiar at least by reputation.

[inelegantwords]

now with less fail since on computer and not on phone!

Player: Alec
Character: Date 'Dante' Kiyoshi
From: SKET Dance

Character Overview: A painfully shy teenager that hides his shyness through dramatic posing and cryptic word combinations. He is obsessed with the idea of 'visual music' world in which things are not always clear cut but dark and mysterious and edgy, and he also is in a garage band.
Affiliation: omegafriend but has a secret yearning to meet Lady Blue because -oh gosh- she is so cool!
Looking forward: I plan for him to grow into a really interesting character from his rather sketchy and small world and into a confident adult or at least a confident superhero but still a pain to get along with.
Possible CR Hooks: he's in a popular garage band and he is one the local high school's think tank since he is a little smarter than he acts. He also had normal hair and eye color until about a year ago when his powers started working and he had sudden dramatic change in his life. His parents are publis servants - his mom a elementary teacher and his dad works in the city office.
I am looking for: everyone come at me with ideas but especially looking for people to be in his band, people that can actually understand him, people that want to make him speak right, people that want to turn him to the dark side of the force, just ideas!

Extra:

[knows_your_name]

ppssssst

Do you need a drummer in your band?

[duitagain]

Player: Minki
Character: Dr. Nefarious
From: Ratchet & Clank

Character Overview: By all accounts, a stereotypical villain; his main goal is to prove he's not insane by blasting the heck out of everyone. Along the way, Nefarious turned into a robot, resurfaced ten years later, and then started getting dangerous (nearly turned everyone else into robots and hijacked time). All he wants is a friend, but he'll never admit that.
Affiliation: Independent Villain who doesn't particularly mind team-ups, or playing the lackey
Looking forward: Generally have him bounce between silly villainy to legit supervillainy to maybe even having to play the hero for a while. He's really just kinda figuring out what the heck he wants to be.
Possible CR Hooks: Older superheroes and villains that might know of Dr. Nefarious! Also young'uns that could give him a tougher time all in all.
I am looking for: Older superheroes, villains. Maybe a hero who could for whatever reason be his friend one day.

Extra:

[ivegotthemasterplan]

Sooo...

Need any help figuring out how he turned into a robot by any chance?

[oras]

Player: Rozen
Character: Jotaro Kujo
From: Jojo's Bizarre Adventure

Character Overview: A super stoic delinquent who doesn't talk much, acts, tough and keeps his cool, yet is also quick-witted and very loyal. Also makes terrible one-liners.
Affiliation: Omegafriends (because his grandfather made him join, tbh)
Looking forward: All the things! A lot of things! Namely him getting beat up in return, hahaha
Possible CR Hooks: Still trying to figure out Jotaro's AU background, but since he's more or less been forced to join via his grandfather, I'd like for maybe some people that have heard about him from his grandfather's stories? Doesn't have to be just heroes though, so villains who've overheard him would be okay too.
I am looking for: Friends would definitely be great, since Jotaro's not exactly a people person (seriously, he looks pissed off for half the time), especially ones that can put up and reign in his attitude. Also, rivals/enemies that could knock him down a peg or two because he's not very invincible, lbr.

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[atruebeoulve]

Ramza might have heard stories from his brothers of him, from said grandfather? Ramza was raised and forced into this job, so. (Even if he just wants to make his family proud.)

Of course, he's the opposite of a delinquent.

[villain_of_this_play]

Player: Shini
Character: Kuja
From: Final Fantasy 9

Character Overview: An Alien known as "Angel of Death" from a magic-fueled world who once tried cause WWIII and merge his world and earth together, but got Friendshipped in the face by a good guy and retired from big-leagues villainy to open a fashion house and changed his villain name to "Silver Narcissus".
Affiliation: Retired Villain, now Haute Coture Bad Guy Tailor/Designer
Looking forward: Snark, CR, and all the times.
Possible CR Hooks: Old villain affliations, heroes he fought against, clients, and considering he is extremely well-versed in magic, he can be a consultant on things magic.
I am looking for: I really want a Zidane to be the guy who got Kuja to retire, but I can settle for anyone that's sufficiently charismatic and "Enjoy life!"-y enough. And possibly a fashion rival on the hero's side (Edna Mode?). And definitely people that knew him back in his "Angel of Death" days.

[omnitrixter]

This guy is definitely a "live a little!" kind of person but I'm not sure how these two would meet.

[oxidegreen]

This is super heckamazingly tentative and dependent not only on AU factors but general RL shenaniganry, but why not.

Player: Dani
Character: Carona
From: Phantom Brave

Character Overview: Child of two superheroes who both died on the same tragic mission. Although she was supposed to be left in the care of the other supers, she mysteriously vanished the night of her parents' death and was never seen again. She was supposed to have necromancy powers; strange that someone with those kinds of abilities should show up now, six years later...

Personality-wise, very quiet and apparently subservient, although she has a tendency to make stupid "mistakes" when fighting against the Omegafriends. She still remembers her parents' lessons well, and they always insisted that even if her powers were looked at as strange or evil, she should always try her best to connect with people and be kind to them. She wants nothing more than to thwart her current guardian's plans and escape, but for whatever reason works out most conveniently, she doesn't have the power to do so at the moment.

As for her secret identity, she'd be a freshman in high school and considered kind of a weird kid; probably the target of some bullying since she also has a habit of staring at empty space as if something's there. Who even does that, right?

Affiliation: Villainous minion.

Looking forward: She would preferably start out on the villainous side while trying to quietly rebel against whomever it is that's currently got their claws on her. She's a nice girl deep down, even if the experience would have her somewhat cynical these days.

Possible CR Hooks: Someone to be her supervillain guardian/kidnapper! Her powers make it possible for her to summon zombies and ghosts to her side, and with some training she can be very skilled at using literally anything (and I mean anything, fish sticks included) as a weapon by calling upon its innate powers. Also, older supers who might remember that one time when two of their allies died and their kid went missing. It's almost as if this has some kind of connection to the incident, but what could it be...?

I am looking for: BIG HUGE IMPORTANT THING would be a villain who could have created the scenario to kidnap her and groom her as a super villain instead of a hero like her parents. However, it will probably take some kind of emotional manipulation, even if it's something along the lines of "do this or I will destroy your only macguffin that ties you to your parents."

[crashes_rockets]

Kidnapped by a supervillain as a little kid and raised to be their servant, you say. What if I weren't playing such a jerk but had a suggestion for the NPC?

[descendsfromshadow]

Player: Nick
Character: Blake Belladonna
From: RWBY

Character Overview: Ninja catgirl supervillain turned hero. Now a quiet, lone wolf hero with a love for books who is trying to prove her good intentions.

Affiliation: Formerly of a criminal organization, presently Omegafriends.

Looking forward: In canon, Blake is a member of a humanoid race called Faunus which are basically people with animal features, in her face feline ones like a pair of cat ears. For her AU, I was thinking of making her a "Hybrid", a class of humans who have been mutated through some event or twist of nature to have their DNA combined with animals. As such, she was raised in a criminal organization which could be an expy of the White Fang (an extremist Faunus group in canon) or whatever else might be available, and acted as a supervillain under the moniker Nightshade (a takeoff of her last name "Belladonna" which is another name for the deadly nightshade plant). Until her conscience caught up with her and she defected to the good guys when her former allies went too far.

Possible CR Hooks: First and foremost she could probably do with a moral compass type. She's a good person at heart but being raised to be a supervillain has left her with some rather non-heroic habits and methods that she might need to be pulled back from, not to mention just getting her to lighten up and have some damn fun every now and then. People who trust her, people who don't trust her. General villain redemption stuff.

Past villain CR is great as well. Allies, teachers, "family" anybody to throw some moral dilemmas her way would be perfect for her.

I am looking for: Teammates, friends, people to "you're not alone" speech at her every now and again. People with a stringent "black and white morality" worldview to butt heads with. I dunno, hit me.

Extra: The image I tried to post didn't work. Imagine something funny.

[widerthanthesea]

Did somebody say personal problems that can be addressed with friendship speeches

[fromthesamecloth]

Player: Ethan
Character: Ryuko Matoi
From: Kill la Kill

Character Overview: You know that one type of shounen hero? The one who's sort of a juvenile delinquent and is all hot-blooded and grumpy and speaks really informally and doesn't play by other people's rules but always does the right thing? Ryuko is the girl version of that. Also she has a magical outfit named Senketsu that gives her superpowers. He can talk, but only she can hear him.

Affiliation: Omegafriends, almost certainly.

Looking forward: I really just want to do the standard teen hero thing with Ryuko--make Senketsu's combat mode less of a stupid fanservice design, beat up bad guys, do terribly in school because she's so busy beating up bad guys, have one of the dumbest cases of Clark Kent Syndrome in the city (her hair is different in combat mode, but she has a very distinctive red streak in it either way. People think she dyed it like that because she's a fangirl of herself. ((Actual fangirls criticize her for not bothering with the full hair gel approach.)))

Possible CR Hooks: There's enough of a KLK cast looking at the game that I don't think there's anything plot-related, but she totally needs school friends either way. Maybe someone who actually gets good grades she can constantly ask to cheat off of? Or hey, maybe a teacher who's a super and knows what's up.

I am looking for: Well, classmates, like I said. Also, maybe some goofier villains as rivals. She can be a quipper when she fights someone she doesn't take very seriously.

Extra:

[inelegantwords]

/stares at

How about she is a friend of a painfully shy but smart guy that's on the school's think tank group and is easily manipulated to give over answers even though he too is an omegafriend though he has a small crush on a super villain.

He also has a totally different personality when he's being a superhero and fronting his garage band.

Kevin Levin (Villain) / Bullies and poverty and powers, oh my!

[buffing]

Player: Tsa
Character: Kevin Levin
From: Ben 10

Character Overview: Sixteen-year-old Kevin was born with his very destructive powers. I haven't decided their exact origin as of yet, as I'd like to leave that open for possible plotting as it comes up. But the fact is, he was born with his powers and encouraged to keep them secret, and for him they became something to be feared and ashamed of. Before he learned to control them, he would cause huge amounts of damage to his home. This put a huge financial strain on his mother, who was already on the poverty line to begin with.

I mention this because it's a huge source of resentment in Kevin toward the superheroes of Venture City. Suddenly he wasn't the only freak in town anymore, but instead of being ostracized and shamed for their powers, they were celebrated by the public and he hates them for it.

Kevin is a known delinquent who's been in and out of Juvie and shows up at school when he feels like it. He's more discreet about his criminal activity than he used to be, and is very good at keeping his powers secret. As far as he knows, nobody's linked the troubled teenager with a record to the seven-foot rampaging monster that's often seen working as hired muscle to well-known supervillains.
Affiliation: Freelance henchman / petty thief
Looking forward: I would eventually like to have Kevin slowly work through his issues and switch sides, but not for a while. I really want to get him established as a villain first.
Possible CR Hooks:

• Students and teachers will know Kevin as one of the delinquents at school, and generally avoid him for being total trouble. He generally keeps to himself, but bullies made fun of him for being poor and weird, and he's easily angered and very defensive around other students. Due to his anger issues he's easily antagonized, and more often than not he'll be the one who gets in trouble for starting a fight.
  
• Police Officers might know Kevin by name, too -- he used to be quite the regular for them, and shows up as a suspect now and again. These days, though, he's much better at covering his tracks and they're having more trouble putting him away.
  
• Villains, of course, will know Kevin -- both the human thief and the monster -- as muscle for hire. But Kevin takes extra care not to let on that he and this behemoth of a chimera are the same individual, even to his employers.

I am looking for: Employers, cohorts, peers in the villain industry, and bullies. Also if there's anyone apping one in, a social worker assigned to Kevin's case would be fantastic.

Extra:
COME AT ME BRO

[grays_animosity]

I like this thing we've got goin' on, you and me

[omnitrixter]

Player: Cybra
Character: Ben Tennyson
From: Ben 10

Character Overview: Fifteen year-old Ben Tennyson is a bit of a loner though not by choice. He's that friendly and cheerful guy you always see around school but doesn't have a set circle of friends and is usually the person getting bullied. This is partially because he has a tendency to be a real nerd with the weirdest hobbies including a love of Sumo Slammers, a series most people would assume he would've outgrown by now. In school, he pulls a solid B but that's more because he really doesn't care about school rather than from not paying attention in class. (He has a tendency to let other people look and sound smart and letting others assume he's a total idiot.) He's much better at athletics primarily because he actually enjoys them though he's small for his age and more lithe than muscular. Plus there's the fact that he'll step in to take the heat off of someone else getting picked on while preferring to avoid fighting unless he has no choice when he himself is the victim.

Ben has only just recently found the Omnitrix, an alien watch that allows him to transform into any one of ten aliens at a given time. (There are over a million potential alien forms but the Omnitrix's creator Azmuth set it up to arrange them in groups of ten with more unlocked as time went on so the user wasn't totally bogged down.) He's enthusiastic about becoming a superhero but the watch didn't exactly come with a manual, so Ben's learning how to use it through trial-and-error along with the Omnitrix throwing him wildcards. In his alien forms, each bears the symbol of the Omnitrix and green eyes. However, only one of his aliens, Upgrade, has a voice that matches his so it's not easy to immediately identify him.
Affiliation: Independent hero for the moment
Looking forward: Ben is learning how to be a hero and really, really needs to get some friends for starters. He's going to be goofy and at times really clumsy and downright bad at his self-chosen job though he'll improve as time goes on. At the same time, he's learning how to balance school, family, and superheroing and he definitely doesn't always get it right.
Possible CR Hooks: For one thing, Ben's completely green as a hero and will both succeed and make mistakes. Also, the guy is that kid you might know from school and even worked on projects with but you never really spent much time with him. Anyone knowing him as either purely one of ten different alien heroes or as Ben himself with no knowledge of what the funny-looking apparently-broken watch does would be great for starters.
I am looking for: Friends, family, mentors, enemies, throw me everything.

Extra: Some random facts. Ben's allergic to peanuts and is scared of clowns and peacocks. Yes, you read that right. Peacocks.

[buffing]

[TSUNTSUN]

[crashes_rockets]

Player: Ethan
Character: Silver
From: Pokemon Special

Character Overview: An asocial, brooding, loner teen hero with a mysterious dark past. Actually very nice and has a strong moral compass and admires most of the other heroes, he's just lonely and awkward and sad. I've been pretty wishy-washy on the issue, but he's probably going to have a single Pokemon, Pokemon being rare, mysterious maybe-magic-maybe-aliens-who-knows creatures who sometimes bond with human children.

Affiliation: Either independent hero or Omegafriend who acts like an indpendent hero more often than not. Former villain! He had Reasons.

Looking forward: Silver's canon backstory in Special is pretty convoluted and involves multiple supervillains who I would totally like to AU into the setting as mostly-off-screen NPCs! That said, any and all canonmates would be AMAZING to simplify how any plot stuff with him is handled and also to be canonmates with.

Aside from that, Silver needs super friends; his real name is Silver and he'll go by something else in costume, but he doesn't really have a secret identity in the sense that he goes to school or has a family. The job is his whole life, more or less.

Possible CR Hooks: If any veteran heroes want an old-timey nemesis who hasn't been seen for a few years, I offer Mask of Ice, a master of ridiculously circuitous plans, deadly ice powers, and unwilling child minions. Basically, if you used to fight this guy a lot, you can have Silver privately, awkwardly idolize you.

Really, you can have Silver privately, awkwardly idolize you in general. He's canonically a huge dork for cheesy hero cartoons.

I am looking for: Parental figures, people who like bugging the broody types until they become friends against their will, strictly business (AT FIRST?) relationships with other broody types.

Extra:

[buffing]

Hey, have another broody, socially awkward loner dork and future former villain! So... currently an actual villain.

I'm sure we can do something with this. Kevin's a freelance henchman, but he probably also steals stuff and sells it. So maybe some kind of strictly business relationship. Or maybe they knew each other from Silver's villain days.

[takaradical]

Player: Comrade
Character: Kaneo Takarada
From: Kill La Kill

Character Overview: L O D S OF E M O N E
What's that spell?
LOADSAMONEY
Bored rich kid who is not at all the intriguing and devilishly handsome Golden Tiger, master thief, even if he is mysteriously funded by the Takarada Conglomerate and you never see the two of them in the same place at the same time.
Affiliation: Takarada's pretty freelance, and he's mostly doing this for kicks. He's likely to team up with those heroic types in the face of any major threat.
Looking forward: I honestly don't have a whole lot in mind for him, but in general terms I'm thinking he at least learns to maybe stop being such an incredible toolbox and becomes an on again off again ally for the Omegafriends. Provided their goals line up at the time, anyway.
Possible CR Hooks: Takarada's kind of the new kid in town, since he's been meaning to expand his operations into the Americas for a while now, and that means he's the new kid at school too. If you're popular or in any way influential, it's likely that Takarada's tried to buy his way into your good graces at least once, since in canon his usual approach to problem solving is literally throwing money at it.
I am looking for: Heroic rivals, villainous rivals, school "friends"/ bullying targets, anything and everything you got!

Extra:

[number1_kerbal]

MONEY! Money for my space program!

[the_evil_forces_of_me]

Player: Nick
Character: Skeletor
From: Masters of the Universe. 2002 reboot.

Character Overview: Overlord of Evil and villain through and through. Scary Grim Reaper-looking dude out to conquer the world.

Affiliation: Overlord of Evil! He's got his own villainous faction at work here.

Looking forward: Possibly from another world but his specific origins are a bit up in the air at the moment. I'd like to hit a few points from canon though: mainly that he was a villain who tampered with dark powers, was grievously injured and vanished for many years only to return as something completely inhuman and much more powerful.

I've done some talking with our incoming Precure cast and he may become an archvillain to them, being out primarily to destroy/claim whatever power they're tasked with protecting here but he'll certainly be after everything he can get his hands on. He will also likely have been created by a greater force of evil, which can either end up being Hordak or whatever force of greater Trigon/Mephisto-like evil exists in this universe, which he'll also actively be trying to overthrow and replace.

Although I certainly expect the majority of his plans to end in failure, because that's the tone of the game and all, I am kind of hoping to get to play him as a legitimate threat for the good guys. Basically, I'm hoping to avoid villain decay as much as possible with this dude.

Possible CR Hooks: Enemies, obviously! Skeletor will clash with both heroes and fellow villain overlord types alike, Skeletor isn't one to make allies and any villain teamups he is a part of will probably fall apart pretty quickly. He will be looking for minions though but be warned, he is the definition of Bad Boss. On that note, he absolutely needs an Evil-Lyn, or at least a character to sneak around and seek to betray him for their own benefit

Also, any older heroes who wanted to be present or involved with Keldor's defeat would be great. Particularly if anybody wants to be the one responsible for losing his face.

Also, open to facilitate the character development of any optimistic types who want to come face-to-face with pure evil out there.

I am looking for: Rivals, enemies, fellow overlord-types to clash with. Also, I am ready and willing to NPC his goon squad myself but PC minions would be ideal.

Extra: The ultimate evil

[alilyinthemoonslight]

Set your target.

[sunbloom]

Player: MaxSalsa
Character: Itsuki Myoudouin
From: Heartcatch Precure

Character Overview: Itsuki's very much the super-responsible girl that runs the show. She's in charge of the student council (something I want to do here as well), she's the heir to a karate dojo... but there are some oddities in her closet that she has to work through first. Namely, that she's taking over that role for her older brother who has an Incurable Cough of Death he can't seem to shake until the team's mid-season upgrade. So she's been living as a boy for several years. It's not until she's befriended by her shiny new friends Tsubomi and Erika that she starts to shift back toward openly liking the girly things that she wants to like. And eventually, she'll become the magical girl Cure Sunshine alongside the rest of her team.
Affiliation: Um... funny story about that. If Tsubomi and Erika are early-canon, Itsuki is unpowered. So, she'll be starting off as a civilian, watching the proceedings and cheering on the Omegafriends from the sidelines. In a while, she'll be getting her powers as Cure Sunshine, and she'll be out to fight justice. Once she has powers, she'll be aligned however the rest of her team is (or with the Omegafriends, if something weird happens).
Looking forward: Itsuki has always amused me in a lot of ways, but I'm looking forward to playing her in an environment of heroes, from both sides of the coin. I also want to play with the idea of being able to see superpowers almost anywhere. Itsuki is used to having to stick to mundane options when there are people around and staying in form as little as possible to try and minimize the Precure's exposure in canon - being able to do the opposite would be spectacular. I do also want to play with her masculine tendencies and initial appearance - she spends quite a few episodes being mistaken for male, and it's something that can be entertaining to play with.
Possible CR Hooks: By default, Itsuki gets into martial arts because her brother is sick and can't be the heir to the family's dojo. I would like to keep this relatively similar, but I would not be averse to there being other family in the equation, or even someone else to become her older brother that may have been severely ill in the past, even if they're gotten better now. Assuming I can swing making her part (the president?) of the middle student council in Venture City, I would also love other student council members, or anyone particularly set against the student council for whatever reason.
I am looking for: Screw the origin story, I want all the things. I can shift Itsuki's backstory if there's an interesting result from it. Friends and family are good, opposition is good... seriously, give me everything!

Extra: Silly people, we don't have GIFs near to hand on mobile. That would be convenient.

[alilyinthemoonslight]

TWO THINGS -

1) First one is obvious. Yuri says hi! They won't know each other yet, but that should obviously change in short order. Might Itsuki wonder about this older girl randomly hanging around Tsubomi and Erika from time to time?

2) Satsuki will be involved in the High School's student council. (Or will just be finishing up that; the game will start around graduation time, so I haven't decided if she will be graduating then or will be going into her senior year in the fall yet.) If I can swing it, she will be president there too. It strikes me this could be some fun contrasting things, even if its between the Middle and High Schools?

[forgottendecade]

Player: Alec
Character: Joji Yuki aka Riderman
From: Kamen Rider Decade the Movie (plus the theme song and a couple music videos)

Character Overview: Joji was a very smart scientist that created the weapons that allow Decade and Diend to steal/power/destroy the Kamen Riders of all the other worlds. He invented the technology but was later tortured by the Evil Overlord Dude for his betrayal to the Dia-shoker organization. He managed to get away and replaces his missing arm with a new one that also turns into a blaster canon and other neat accessories. While he is not a completely heroic figure, he does try his best at helping others, even if it's to give them a chance to actually put their big people panties on to save the day.

Affiliation: Independent Hero and Dimensional Traveler that is in search of Decade to teach him some manners.
Looking forward:
He is really a neutral character who is only going to get involved with fights if he gets caught up in them, is pushed into them, or they are in the way of his goals. He has been to several dimensions by this point and feels that getting involved with every little battle is just a waste of time. That being said, him actually finding and befriending any one of either side would be interesting and might move him to actually become interested in this world's battles.

Possible CR Hooks: He is the scientist that not only invented a way to steal powers, he also created a way to steal people and force them to become minions through the use of a special set of cards. He travels across dimensions, resting in between the traveling since it takes a lot out of his energies to do so. Has an arm that is made out of some strange material that leeches energy from the atmosphere to power transformations and energy blasts.

I am looking for: Former members of the Dia-Shoker group - dimensional villains, other scientists, toku heroes that don't realize they are part of his past etc. People for him to fight for. People that he would befriend and try to help. Fellow mad scientists.
Extra:

[number1_kerbal]

Fellow rocket mad scientists unite!

[stinglikeabat]

Player: Foxfire
Character:Joachim/Grand Papillon
From: Shadow Hearts

Character Overview: Friendly neighborhood hero, pro-wrestler, sushi chef... Joachim Valentine is a man of many skills, as tends to happen when you're roughly five hundred years old. A lot of that experience is cancelled out by him being dumber than a sack of bricks, but his heart's always in the right place.

Affiliation: Omegafriends!

Looking forward: Maximum shenanigans.

Possible CR Hooks: He's travelled a bunch and has totally engaged in heroics elsewhere. He's got a large vampire family back in Romania and a semi-adopted human family who were partially responsible for him taking the hero thing seriously as opposed to just to look cool. And he has a restaurant. He-Man Sushi is a thing that happens in actual canon I cannot stress this enough because it is the most gloriously stupid subplot in the entire series and I am actually making it less stupid for the RP. (Ex: the waiters are just hunky dudes in silly hats rather than half-naked hunky dudes balancing the actual sushi on their heads.)

I am looking for: EVERYTHING. Aside from that, a dedicated rival would be great, as well as some established past friendly CR. He has younger siblings he doesn't see often these days, and he has a huge soft spot for kids whether they're related to him or not.

Someone to give him a hand with restaurant management would also be great because he is absolutely terrible with numbers. And he may or not end up opening a questionably legal wrestling ring of some sort in the basement. He is a seriously irresponsible business owner.

Extra:

[pega_pony_princess]

Interested in mentoring a newbie hero obsessed with JUSTICE SPEECHES?

Also the fact that Joachim opened a sushi restaurant in South America and it was themed after Saint Seiya was one of the best things in From The New World, no lie.

[badbadguy]

Player: Remaix
Character: Westar
From: Fresh Precure

Character Overview: So Westar is... special. He's kind of awful at the whole villain thing. Not because he's not strong. Because he actually is fairly strong, as are the monsters he summons. But just because he's really bad at being evil. Like, really bad. He's just as likely to unintentionally help people on his quest to do bad things. Doesn't help that he's not the brightest bulb.

He's possibly originally from another world? But I don't know, I'm still working on his backstory.

Also has a civilian alter ego, Hayato Nishi, in which he's less obviously evil. And he wears a ridiculous orange life jacket thing, seriously what the hell Westar.

Affiliation: Villain. Definitely not a mastermind, though. He's gotta be someone's minion.

Looking forward: Eventually, somewhere down the road, he'll probably end up switching sides. But that'll take a long while, because first? I'm gonna have all the fun having him be a seriously pathetic villain. He's going to be entirely too friendly with the heroes when he's not actively fighting them and even when he is fighting, he's going to fail. A lot. Expect many 'brilliant plans' to backfire on him.

Possible CR Hooks: Fellow villains! Pesky heroes that keep beating his monsters and are probably a little tired of him by now! People that love food and/or hang around places that sell food, since honestly nine times out of ten when Westar is in his Hayato persona, it's because he's getting donuts or burgers or whatever.

I am looking for: Anything and everything. Especially friends, because despite being a bad guy, Westar's pretty big on the whole friendship and teamwork thing! Fellow villains especially, but if you're a hero, feel free to befriend his civilian identity instead. Or just befriend him in all but name, that's totally possible too. Totally open to rivals/enemies too, of course.

Extra:

[hair_dress_accent]

... I could totally see Westar and Kallen being friends and fellow minions under another villain.