Comments on: Eliminate Weirdness Without Making Your Fantasy Mundane!

By: Last Equinoxx

Last Equinoxx — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:25:51 +0000

B. Mac > 6 arms, not 8 (well, only 4 because, actually, he already had 2).

By: Educated Amateur

Educated Amateur — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 16:22:31 +0000

In one of my stories, the supervillain doesn’t have any powers other than his ridiculously large intellect, which he uses to create all sorts of weird enhancing gadgets.
In fact, he’s not really all that much of a megalomaniac, since he doesn’t really want to take over the world, even though he tries on a regular basis. The only reason his is a supervillain is because it is the only thing that gives him a challenge. He actually created his archnemesis just so he could have someone who was worthy of the name.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:47:33 +0000

I used to want to be an astronaut or a scientist when I was younger, but now I’m glad I decided to be a journalist! More werewolves? Can’t they think of anything better than that? I mean, werewolves have been written about so many times now that you’d die before being able to count every mention of them. Ditto vampires and zombies.

I think the astronaut/scientist/nuclear waste supervillian origin story has gone stale. I’d rather have my supervillain go on one of those cave tours, trip up, and accidentally cut himself on a stalagmite made of a rare substance. Then of course, the psychosis and superpowers would set in.

By: B. Mac

B. Mac — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 15:52:52 +0000

J.J. Thompson's son is an astronaut that turns into a werewolf. Astronauts Ben Grimm and Reed Richards turn into a walking piece of concrete and a freaky stretch-mess respectively. And I think one of the Green Lanterns was a test-pilot before he started getting beaten up by tentacled aliens on a weekly basis. It almost makes you wonder why anyone would want one of those sexy NASA/Air Force jobs... they never end well.
On the other hand, being a scientist in New York City is even worse.

Beast (species-change).
Greengoblin (psychosis).
Lizard (species-change and psychosis).
Antman (too much to describe here. He shrinks a lot. And talks with ants. Then he becomes a rapist).

By: lilacfields

lilacfields — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 07:05:39 +0000

Eight arms would be kind of handy, wouldn’t it? Okay, bad pun. But seriously, werewolves? Do they just have a jar with random words on bits of paper to pull out when they need an idea?!

Writer 1: “Okay, I got ‘mermaid’, ‘fairy floss’ and ‘piranha’. Hmm, I’ll make MJ get kidnapped by a mermaid who tries to feed her to piranhas. Then I’ll have Spidey subdue her with the Fairy Floss of Doom!”

By: B. Mac

B. Mac — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:44:00 +0000

I vaguely remember he also grew eight arms, nearly lost Mary Jane to a were-wolf and crash-landed a space-shuttle on the Brooklyn Bridge… and that was just the cartoon show.

By: lilacfields

lilacfields — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 06:10:40 +0000

Peter Parker had an unknown sister, a clone, his parents were spies AND his aunt married Doc Oc? Phew, Web-Head has a lot on his plate!

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By: mysticgust

mysticgust — Sat, 03 May 2008 20:35:20 +0000

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