On Canon Updates and Potential New Muses

[kstarr]

Okay, yes, you're diving back into the hobby. I've got myself a nice cushy journal and stuff. And yes, new friends would be great- and I mean that in both the "actual other people for you to interact with" way and "other people for you to play besides me" way because while I do love my slasher flicks, I do not want to end up in one of those survival horror games that seem to be all the rage these days. Not without a minimizer bra and all the hair dye. I know my tropes.

And yes, Marvel finally has its crap together with some artists who know how to draw appealing clothing and costumes that AND have a grasp on how fabric interacts with the female body, which would be awesome for icons (let's hear it for that McKelvie-Anka-Wada trifecta of goddamn fashion sense). (Yeah, yeah, I know, glass houses. Let's not talk costumes too much here, Peej.)

Buuuut, back to my point. You can't really afford to keep up with Marvel beyond that $10 Unlimited digital subscription. Unless you find a nice place to settle in where everyone else is doing the same thing, you're the only comic-'verse player, or there's some other arrangement where you get to stay six months behind while somehow avoiding spoilers, that's just not gonna be fair to the rest of the other nerds.

Or maybe I'm just biased because I want you to find me some other non-new-52 types to hang out with. Well, I mean, I'm not gonna be mean to nu52 muses or anything. Well, I have some questions for Clark he might consider rude but...

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[bat_daughter]

That's quite the list of demands you've got going there, PeeGee.

[kstarr]

What can I say? Diplomacy has never been my strong point.

[bat_daughter]

*chuckles*

I'm just impressed you know the word at all.

[kstarr]

I run a successful almost-profitable business. [because the mun is ignoring the solo series where the Conner/Palmiotti run ended] I've had to learn many new words and skills.

[bat_daughter]

Successful, huh? Glad to hear that's going well for you.

[kstarr]

We put almost all the profits back into the company itself, R&D, paying everyone a living wage, that sort of thing.

Last month, I was on a magazine cover about eco-friendly, fair-trade, forward-thinking businesses. I made a joke about Luthor in the interview and no one suspected a thing!

Okay, the magazine barely has any subscibers outside Portland, but still.

[skyfaring_swordsman]

I see I'm not the only one finding new life, recently. It's quite a challenge getting back into the swing of things, no? One starts to feel rusty at the whole thing.

[kstarr]

Rusty, and yet antsy to do something. Anything.

Mostly, I wanna find something really big to punch. ...Okay, so, I'm predictable.

[skyfaring_swordsman]

Ha ha ha! Well, that sentiment I understand all too well. There's a lot of unjust people who I've yet to introduce to the edge of my shoe. I really should do something about that, no?

[wallcrawler]

Hey, look on the bright side. Bad as those costumes are, they've never been mistaken for footie pajamas.

Not that I'm speaking from experience, of course.

[Perish the thought.]

[kstarr]

I actually really dig your costume, and the general whole body tights look- works for you, works for Nightwing. And it worked for Spider-Woman when she wasn't being drawn by a moron who had no idea how fabric and boobs worked when combined.

Whhhiiich honestly has happened to me a lot too, so I feel that pain. You'd think the cleavage window'd be enough, you know? I figure I may as well show some skin since... well. Bulletproof. And I like how I look, because I have damn good reason to. [Let's face it, Amanda Conner Peej is Perfect Peej]

[wallcrawler]

Man, leave it to the good guys to actually appreciate the needlework. There's just no impressing the supervillain crowd.

[WHICH IS WEIRD, considering they run around in equally if not more ridiculous getups.]

I uh...can't really say I know what you mean, there. On the costuming woes. Pretty sure I am legally forbidden to take part in any fanservice-y stuff until I can be recognized as an adult.

[Which is to say hopefully never because y e a h he already doesn't do well with attention.]

I'd put in a word for you with Black Cat if I could, though. Bet you two'd have some stories.

[But there is the small problem where she currently...despises? Is that a strong enough word? Sure. She despises him and everything about him at the moment. Sorry Peej.]

But hey! For what it's worth, at least now I can cross "Meet a CEO who isn't secretly evil" off my bucket list. Thought that one'd take forever to mark off.

[kstarr]

Well, if we ever end up in a crossover game or something, and you want an intern job, you'd be welcome at Starrware. From what I know about you through the whole mun-4th-wall-thing, you'd fit right in, and I could introduce you to Atlee, if I really luck out and find an Atlee. She needs some friends closer to her own age.

[The mun also thinks catsitting Stinky would be a great wacky hijink]

[wallcrawler]

In all fairness, you'd probably have to resort to superpowers to keep me out of a lab.

And the crossover stuff's fine by me. I mean, do you have any idea how much fun it is bothering that bat guy?

[Favorite past time, right there. And how he spent a good chunk of his time at one of his past games.

...he may also be baiting the waters to see if any more of them are around, too.]

New friends wouldn't be such a bad thing, either. Or, well, more friends. You can imagine how well a science geek fares at my age on that front.

[Still, this version of him has at least made some progress on that front.]

[kstarr]

Well, the mun's got a musebox where things are wide open to anyone to tag with a "yes, this is totally a crossover universe where I work at Starrware in the labs and get to annoy Batman if/when he shows up" thing.

You'd probably get along with the Speedy that's there, too. Though part of me is vaguely worried some mentor type of yours will come along and accuse me of suggesting bad influences.

[wallcrawler]

Well, you're safe on that front.

[Theoretically, anyway. Though he doubted Uncle Ben would ever manage it, even if he could show up. He had a way of seeing the good in people, and a little leeway was allowed. And Captain Stacy was the sort to let his disapproving stare do all the talking.]

Where I'm from, they don't exist. Don't know about any of the other web enthusiasts, but there aren't exactly any other superheroes back home. Which means more work for me. Yay.

[This version of Spidey got his own Marvel universe! ...where no one else was so much as namedropped. He's probably alone on the hero front.]

I'll pester the mun about it later. You know, after he actually sleeps already.

[kstarr]

[Well, damn, now she just kinda wants to hug him, but she has a rule about hugs and teenage boys and never doing that, even when they seem totally innocent.]

I have a really nice big cousin who'd probably be willing to dish out some mentorly advice to a good kid like you. You'd... actually probably take to it a lot better than I ever did.

[wallcrawler]

...the weird thing is, the mun here says I've met him before. And he did. But I don't really know who it was.

Sparky's acting up all of a sudden though. Apparently she's your universe's answer to Electro. Lucky you.

[kstarr]

Big guy, blue tights, red cape, big S on his chest. Spitcurl. Impossibly friendly and mild-mannered.

[wallcrawler]

[Yeah, after a little thinking, all she gets is an exaggerated shrug.]

Not ringin' any bells.

[He...he only met Clark Kent, and secret identities were preserved XD]

[theotherspeedy]

1. I am so not a bad influence. I am totally an inspirational story about overcoming one's tragic beginnings and rising above them to lodge arrows in the knees and occasionally groins of pimps.

2. Web arrows. Lets make that happen.

3. Also I saw this thing on Mythbusters with powdered coffee creamer and I almost have it down to adapt to a Really Big Kaboom Arrow (working title, because calling it the Coffee Creamer Arrow just confused people), just need some help working out a good fuse mechanism that triggers once I nock it that will also work a good timed release of the powder right as the spark hits it.

[wallcrawler]

[Is...is he seriously counting these things off with his fingers?]

1. Excessive force is a thing, you know.

[Good lord he is.]

2. LET'S. But you are so footing the bill for all that web fluid.

3. Short range proximity activation. Place the transmitter in the bow, with a receiver in the arrowhead that arms an impact-sensitive detonator in the front of the arrow. Drawing back the arrow should pass them close enough to each other to arm, and the need for a fairly weak signal should allow the size to be kept to a minimum, even without the use of crazy super-tech. Impact-triggered detonation would also make it unnecessary for you to manually adjust the timer on any timed mechanism, or force yourself to only take shots from a certain range where the time to detonation would remain within the realm of error.

Plus, proximity arming would also let you use an impact fuse that wouldn't result in an entire batch going off just because you got a little rough with the quiver.

[theotherspeedy]

1. It is a thing that exists, yes.

2. I can work that. Inspirational story came with a trust fund- admittedly, I am now using about half of said trust fund to work towards a college education in social work, so taking into account both vigilante and medical insurance and prescription co-pay costs, without some sound financial investments I've got a nice, steady decline back towards the middle class in my future. But in the short term, web fluid is totally doable.

3. Yes. I like you. If you have any future ideas for arrows that do things besides hit things... just feel free to draw up some blueprints or something.

[wallcrawler]

Kind of a fan of the approach to crime busting that doesn't involve the risk of horrifically maiming someone for life. It's why I pull all my punches. Call me old-fashioned.

[Granted, if he didn't, he could probably kill someone. He may not be anywhere near Peej's league in the brute force category, but he's well beyond human. Your average street thug doesn't handle super strength well.]

And hey, I am so not going to get delegated to just being the Q to your Bond! You want your shiny new toys, you're going to have to pitch in too. Especially when you're the one who has aerodynamics and ballistic trajectories to worry about.

[That is, understandably, not a field he's bothered familiarizing himself with.]

[theotherspeedy]

I'm not all that averse to a little maiming if the person I'm doing it to is about to kill someone. Or do something a lot worse that whatever I end up doing to them. I guess it's the super-power-less mask-wearing thing. Supes and Bats have this same... difference of views.

I've got some... other perspectives that I think either of them probably don't have, but I really don't think you wanna hear those just yet.

And the blueprints I figured, you know. Draw 'em up, we pass 'em back and forth. Build some test models and find somewhere to apply the scientific method to field test them.

[wallcrawler]

I just figured it was because Bats was a natural grump. Y'know, permanent bad mood leads to some lashing out and all that.

And hey, spider over here. We are nothing if not good listeners! Especially since it's usually the first sign of something big about to hurt us.

[Sometimes it's more the little tingle in the back of your head more than, say, someone loading a gun, but same thing.]

Fair enough, I guess. I'll see what I can scrounge up for parts to start toying around with. Can't really afford to have anything custom built, but it'll be a good starting point.

[nices]

You think if we get anywhere close to each other things will erupt again? Or maybe the nu-me's fortress might attack us.

[kstarr]

Nah, I think we're cool. Or at least as far as this-me is, so you're safe to approach.

Last time I had a look at my genetic structure, I was like, way closer to being more like an alternate universe sister to you than an actual double/counterpart. Different combination of our alternate-parents DNA. Which is why we, you know. Don't look exactly alike. [And why you're pooooobably never going to fit into her hand-me-downs, but really, that's a blessing in disguise- maaaaaajor back pain any time you get hit with red solar radiation.]

[nices]

That's a relief to know! (Ta-da! PG's gonna get a sudden hug from her au-sister type for a few moments.) For the whole Kandor thing, since we didn't leave it on good terms mostly 'cause of me.

...Wow, no wonder I don't get the same looks that you do. And the looks I do get? Split down the middle. (Really? She's almost tempted to ask for her agent since her press is rising; has been for years and doesn't show any sign of stopping.)

[kstarr]

If it makes you feel better, in my mun's headcanon 'verse, I'm actually not allowed to talk to the press in any official capacity as Power Girl.

There was an Incident.

With a certain "news" network.

That got replayed on the Daily Show almost nightly for like, a month.

You'd think Kal would be more understanding about me trying to stand up against media punditry passing itself off as journalism, but noooooo...

[nices]

...For a month?! Let me guess, one of those special episodes that we'd find online instantly.

You'd think, but when it comes to journalism and anything revolving around the 'Planet' Kal wants us to keep things positive.

[kstarr]

They added sound effects...

[irredeemed_ant]

Least you got to pick your... ah, costume. For someone who was married to a fashion designer you'd think Pymie Boy could make an Ant Man suit which wasn't so... dorky... for me. Unless it was his revenge or something.

Also my guy seems to be considering some new comic peeps, though the one he's taken with would be a little would be god like for my taste.

[kstarr]

I'm as close to goddess as she gets, I think.

[irredeemed_ant]

With those looks I won't argue that one, Power Girl. But the only guy my guy currently has from your neck of the woods is that Freeze dude.

[bodilesswarrior]

...If anyone can reverse a trope, it's you.

[kstarr]

That's not a terribly promising way to start a conversation... I'm going to guess there's somewhere terrifying your player has you that you want to... ah... is recommended even a word we can use here? [Also avoiding "recruit" for personal, diplomatic- see Helena, she can totally use the skill and the word- reasons]

[bodilesswarrior]

[She relaxes, a bit, enough for a wry smirk.] Mine isn't horror, but it can get horrific. So not so different from Gotham, really.

But my point was - I figure you can handle anything they throw at you.