A super-villan example
Name: SinkInspiration: 8/23/08, at the mall; mis-read a guy's t-shirt as "Sink or Die"
Hero or Villain: Villain
Skills/abilities: Can pass through any substance without a trace (like Kitty Pryde/ Sprite/ Shadowcat) -- but only vertically (and downwards?); thus, if wants to break into a bank vault, has to first get up on the roof in order to sink down.
Notes: Costume is a white porcelain bathroom sink, with grey leggings; after experimenting with different names (e.g. "The Plopper"; "Down"; "PassThru"; "Pass Through Vertically"), he settled on “Sink” -- but then couldn’t figure out how to represent “sinking” in a costume design; thus, the bathroom sink, plus tights.
(Apparently, this ''naming, costume'' thing is harder than it would seem.)
Not hee-larious -- but enough to keep me amused, anyway. :)
--GG
posted by Gye Greene @ 10:42 PM
5 Comments:
The whole naming thing can be tricky for us superheroes AND villians...sigh...
I really like Sink. Esp the superpower. But the costume...I feel like it needs to have a more ominous aspect to it. Like a sinkhole. Tough one. Funny that it came from a misread shirt slogan. What was the actual slogan?
Can you work this into your dissertation? "The Criminology of of Super Villains that are power disadvantaged relative to their peer group."
-GC
Slag,
Ominous: Well, dunno -- Chairface Chippendale isn't really ominous, either (or is he, and I've missed it?).
Actual shirt: Not sure -- the guy was walking. The "or Die" part was correct, though.
--GG
Gtr C,
Better to make it a whole new Dissertation. :)
But, it **would** be a fun Criminology course to teach: "Costumed Villains and Vigilantes, and the Depiction of Crime and Criminality".
--GG
Post a Comment
<< Home