Sunday, August 23, 2009

Awkward Super Heroes

I've been tossing around some ideas for characters for some larger writing endeavor, and I feel its time to actually commit them to something a little more sound than my memory!

Theodore Glass is invulnerable, there is nothing on the planet that could hurt him, but he has no idea. Theodore hasn't taken a risk in his life, he has almost no friends, and lives in a constant state of paranoia about the (non-existent) risks of his everyday life. He works from home, working tech support over the phone, and never stepping foot outside his house.....

Dorian Grisman has been alive for 452 years. He has the benefit of the compiled knowledge of that time, but he has a problem: He is confined to two dimensions, having had a mad artist paint a portrait so good that it lives on as him well after his body .

Hugh Mannitz suffers from a rare physical dissociative disorder similar to multiple personality disorder, but actually wakes up as a physically different person every time he sleeps. His mind remains the same, but he occasionally is stuck in the body of a little girl (or anyone else for that matter).

Jacob Sparrow can't fly, but hes closer than most. While he knew all his life that he was different from others, he didn't know the full implications of his differences until a near tragedy when he was knocked off a parking tower by a passing police chase. After falling most of the way to the ground, Jacob landed gently on a cushion of air about two feel high that he could create under himself at will. Unfortunately, he couldn't move or expand the cushion, but it was always there when he fell.

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I have others that perhaps I'll append at a later time, but thats a taster of the angle on super powers I want to take. I'd rather take superhero-type mutations and warp them to be a little less convenient!

PS - I'm open to suggestions for other "heroes" that might fit in with the gang too!

4 comments:

  1. I'm liking the physical multiple personality disorder guy. :)

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  2. i'm not over how much i love this concept. it's a bit similar to a really bad movie/tv show that jim liked, the name of which escapes me and google at the moment. anyway, one of the characters was invisible...but only if he was completely naked and no one was looking directly at him. do you know that one? i'll figure it out. anyway, keep it up! i love this! :D

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  3. mystery men! starring (amoung others) pee wee herman!

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