Escafarc Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe teams with one mmber planning ways to defeat them if they go renegede I've done that for my gaming group so doesn't qualify:D (of course we played Killer in collage too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Agenda Posted September 20, 2012 Report Share Posted September 20, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe On the base thing, there's powers and super-technology that can be used to explain their construction. There are mundane ways as well: if a prisoner can build a 30' tunnel in a prison with daily inspections without being detected, I'd say that's proof of concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Speaking of She Hulk . . . Comic Book Characters who know that they are in a comic book without being considered insane. ...except Deadpool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asperion Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Here's another great point about building construction: No amount of damage will ever cause them to either explode or colapse (unles it is at a dramatically appromate moment). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Air traffic control is much more of a hit-or-miss thing (ahem) in a superhero 'verse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Carman Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe ...except Deadpool. Doesn't apply. There are tons of other convincing reasons to consider Deadpool insane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe bungeling would be super-heroes for sidekice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted September 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe A major government organization dealing with national security and super humans run by a walking skeleton. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe He's got skin and muscle. You just can't see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yamamura Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Mole-men and other native races living among us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe A Celestial egg within the Earth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe [ATTACH=CONFIG]44746[/ATTACH] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Heroes meeting their (real world) artists/writers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esampson Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Egyptian tombs with intact burial chambers containing sealed sarcophagi that are mysteriously empty. Oh, wait. Those do exist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Egyptian tombs with intact burial chambers containing sealed sarcophagi that are mysteriously empty. Oh, wait. Those do exist. Existence in a non-superheroic universe does not preclude existence in a superheroic one. The title is not "Things that Exist ONLY In a Superhero Universe." Lucius Alexander Palindromedaries for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randian Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Egyptian tombs with intact burial chambers containing sealed sarcophagi that are mysteriously empty. Hardly mysterious. Occam's Razor says: the body was dumped or stolen before being sealed in, and the records doctored. In addition to the mundane explanations, in a superhero universe one could posit a probably long-dead person with the superpowers required to steal something from inside a sealed box, assuming there's no apriori reason that superpowers are only a modern phenomenon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randian Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe The title is not "Things that Exist ONLY In a Superhero Universe." True, but "Things That Exist ONLY in a non-Superhero Universe" would make for a rather boring thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted September 21, 2012 Report Share Posted September 21, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe True' date=' but "Things That Exist ONLY in a non-Superhero Universe" would make for a rather boring thread.[/quote'] Who besides you proposed it? Lucius Alexander The palindromedary says, phone booths Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randian Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Who besides you proposed it? I thought it obvious that a response like "telephone" or "house" would be a non-starter in this thread. Yes, those things exist in a superhero universe, but so what? Ergo, the only point of this thread is to talk about things that don't exist in a non-superhero universe, which is what we've been doing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esampson Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe . . . The title is not "Things that Exist ONLY In a Superhero Universe." I know. That's why I included it even though it exists in the real world. It's just one of those things that sounds like it comes from a comic book despite really happening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Existence in a non-superheroic universe does not preclude existence in a superheroic one. The title is not "Things that Exist ONLY In a Superhero Universe." Lucius Alexander Palindromedaries for example. Don't see the "Only" in the title or OP, actually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Don't see the "Only" in the title or OP' date=' actually.[/quote'] Errrrr........that's what I said, wasn't it? Lucius Alexander Has the palindromedary been chewing on my posts or something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted September 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Talking Gorillas. Aliens who speak english, even on their home world. Earth superheroes who are known and respected on alien worlds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asperion Posted September 22, 2012 Report Share Posted September 22, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Whenever anythimg comes from below ground, the space above is always clear no matter how busy things are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestlinggeek Posted September 23, 2012 Report Share Posted September 23, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe On the whole religion thing, I think a large percentage of the population in most comic book universes consider the pagan gods walking around to just be more supers using that as a theme. I even seem to recall seeing something like that involving Thor and Hercules in an old Avengers issue. And with a fair number of "ordinary" superhumans doing exactly that, it's easy to see how the line can become very blurred in most people's minds. Plus, if you think about it, what is ther real difference between mythological gods, as presented in comic books, and other super-humans? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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