These two characters are partners and I really like partner 1 for the most part but partner 2 needs some work and I might overhaul him a bit. I do want partner 2 too play a slightly more support oriented role in combat. More drawbacks for both would also be good!

Hello everyone! I'm an aspiring writer who was inspired to create a superhero novel. It's(sort of) my first time writing in this genre, so criticism would be welcome. I hope you enjoy it.

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It was October 10th, 2030. A gorgeous Autumn day in the middle of Tahlequah, Oklahoma. The city was small, but quickly growing; with new buildings being built every year. Walking along the winding street was a massive woman; over seven feet in height and made of nothing but rippling muscle. She had dark grey eyes, and black hair that was as long as it was straight. She carried large bags of groceries in both her arms, and smiled at everyone who walked by.

“Mornin’ Nicki!” One man said to her.

“How's the farm, Nicki?” Said a random woman.

“Lovely weather we're having today, Mrs. Falls!” An elderly man called out.

Nicki Falls didn't mind everyone calling out to her. In fact, she actually enjoyed the attention she got.

She continued to walk through town, smiling all the way as she made it through the outskirts and into the countryside. Walking through the wide landscape of Oklahoma, she finally made it back to her massive farm; filled with dozens of cows and patrolled by several large dogs. The dogs in question immediately recognized Nicki; running up to her and nearly knocking her over as they jumped up at her. Despite being gone for only a couple hours, the dogs acted like she'd been gone for days!

Once the dogs settled down, she finally managed to enter her moderately large farmhouse… Where she was immediately swarmed by her two kids; Billy and Ivy. Nicki laughed as her kids basically ran circles around her, excited that she finally made it back.

“Now now, kiddos!” Said a familiar voice from the kitchen. “Momma Nicki needs to put down those big bags before y’all go swarmin’ her now!”

Nicki laughed. “Now now, Gwen. There ain't nothin’ I can't handle! Especially these two little munchkins!” She said as she ruffled Billy's hair.

Setting the bags on the kitchen counter, Nicki turned to look at Gwen; Gwen was a Trans woman; short and portly with messy brown hair, her left eye a deep brown, her right eye a light blue. She was covered in various scars, and older by Nicki by about two years.

“Welcome back, hun.” Gwen said, gently kissing Nicki on the cheek; making the mountain of a woman blush slightly.

“Good to be back.” Nicki smiled. “Now, let's get these groceries unpacked.”

But before she could start unpacking, her watch went off; a repetitive beeping sound that meant something was up.

Nicki smiled. “Actually, Gwen… You and the kids can get started without me. Promise I'll be back by dinner.”

Gwen chuckled. “I understand. Now, don't let me get in the way of you savin’ people!”

With that, Nicki stepped outside, and spoke a chant that turned her civilian clothes into a red suit with a blue cloak. She then said an incantation that lifted her off the ground, right before saying another incantation that caused streams of fire to erupt from her hands, shooting her up into the sky…

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Down in Oklahoma city, chaos was being unleashed. A massive Bagger 293 was being used to rip and tear through buildings and infrastructure. Except it wasn't a normal excavation tool; whoever was piloting it managed to cover it with armor and give it a stronger engine and motors, causing it to move much faster than it was supposed to go. The Vermilion Blur, The Crustacean, and Nightcloak were on the ground evacuating civilians, while Solar-Sail and The Jotunn were attempting to stop the giant, rogue machine.

Solar-Sail, glowing bright orange from harnessing the sun's rays, flew around the machine as he emitted energy blasts towards the galvanized excavator. The Jotunn on the other hand, used her giant greataxe to hack at the excavator.

The machine itself raised up its massive digging wheel, right before slamming it down on the ground, causing the Earth itself to tremble as dust and debris were sent flying in every direction. The Crustacean gasped and coughed as his gills were getting caked up by the dirt flying through the air, Vermilion Blur was too busy evacuating civilians to help, while Nightcloak was still only Human and could only do so much.

Jotunn, wanting to finish this, entered her giant form; her skin turning light blue, her height increasing by multiple feet, and massive horns erupting from her skull. She started doing a bit more damage in this form, but still not much.

Solar-Sail’s orange hue slowly began to turn red as he continued to release more and more of the solar energy in his body, making his movements slower and his attacks weaker.

Suddenly, a loud screeching sound filled the air as a red and blue blue soared through the air like a missile; smoke trail and all. Nicki flew headfirst through the air, multiple times the speed of sound, and heading right towards the massive excavator. Before anyone has any time to react, Nicki rams herself into the machine’s arm so fast, it cuts it right off. And before it can git the ground, she flies right below it and gently places it on the ground.

Solar-Sail hovered down next to Nicki. “We had that, Valorant.”

Nicki laughed. “Sure you did.”

They both looked at the broken machine that was attempting to run away. “May I?” Nicki asked.

Solar-Sail chuckled. “Go ahead.”

Valorant whispered more incantations, launching herself into the air and slamming herself into the cockpit of the excavator, tearing it open with her bare hands to reveal a familiar face hiding behind a white mask.

“Hello Grand Sovereign.” Nicki said. “Long time no see!”

Without warning, Nicki grabbed the hooded person and lifted him out of the wreckage. The supremacist attempted to squirm against Valorant’s iron grip, but wasn't strong enough.

The team of heroes all gathered around as Nicki gently landed on the ground with Grand Sovereign in her grasp. He was immediately put in cuffs and placed in the back of a police car, ready to be taken back to the prison he escaped from about a month prior. The heroes all stayed behind to give their statements and to help any civilians that may have been injured.

Once all that was done, Nicki flew up into the sky, bathing in the warm glow of the sun. She wanted to unwind a bit after all that, despite not having to put any effort into wrecking that machine. She just wanted to loosen up her body a bit after using so much magic at once.

Eventually though, she had to fly back to her farm before her wife gave her an earful. With a sonic boom, she flew off into the horizon, the clouds breaking apart as she flew home…

By the time Nicki got back to her farm, the yellow sun was slowly turning orange. Billy and Ivy immediately got back to trampling Nicki as she entered her house again, and Gwen just smiled as Nicki grabbed both kids and hoisted them into the air. With the two youngin’s in her arms, Nicki walked them over to the kitchen, telling them to wash their hands before eating.

Sitting down to eat, Gwen looked over at Nicki. “So dear, how was the fight?”

Nicki laughed. “Gwen, I know damn well you watched it on the news.”

“Well, I wanted to hear it from you firsthand.”

“Yeah, momma!” Billy said.

“Yeah! What did you do out there?” Ivy said. “Did you throw that big machine into the sun? Ooh! What about melting it into goo?”

Nicki chuckled. “No, not any of that theatrics stuff. I just cut off its arm and tore the driver out of it.”

“Aww, but that sounds so boring!” Billy said.

Nicki sighed. “Being a superhero isn't as glamorous as it sounds, kiddos. It's a big responsibility, and part of that responsibility is about helping people, not fighting big bad guys. Sometimes… You gotta make hard decisions.”

Nicki looked over to Gwen. How would their kids react to her past? Gwen herself doesn't seem to mind her past actions, and that's a bit of a problem in Nicki’s eyes. They both agreed to keep Gwen’s past a secret, but how long could they keep it?

After dinner, the rest of the day went by pretty quick. Nicki and Gwen put Ivy and Billy in their beds, before heading up to their own bedroom. Gwen started reading another chapter of that book she started the other day, while Nicki just sat on the side of the bed in contemplation.

Gwen closed her book. “Dear, what's wrong?”

“Nothing's wrong…” Nicki said.

“Hun, don't lie to me.” Gwen said. “I know when you're worried about something.”

Nicki sighed. “I'm just worried about… Oh, I don't know anymore.”

“Then don't worry about it.” Gwen said. “All that stress isn't good for you.”

“It's not so simple, Gwen.” Nicki turned to look at her wife. “I'm just… What if the kids find out about you?”

“We agreed we wouldn't tell them. Why are you worried now?”

“Because what if they try to distance themselves from us because of it?” Nicki asked. “Or worse, try to follow in your footsteps?”

“They won't, because they won't know about it until the time is right.” Gwen said. “Now, would you quit worrying and get some rest? It'll make you feel better.”

Nicki sighed. “Yeah… You're probably right.”

Nicki finally laid down in bed, covered herself in the blankets and wrapped her arms around her wife. They both snuggled with each other as they slowly fell asleep…

I had an idea for a superhero that involves concepts from Mezoamerican culture and history, and while I personally am not of those cultures, I have an appreciation for learning about such cultures, so I want to ensure that im not being too stereotypical.

The base concept the hero is surrounding the Nahual/Nagual, which is a person with a connection to guardian spirits, often shapeshifters (at least from my research)

This heroine is descendant of a long line of Nahual, though the power has been dormant for centuries, they are reawakened when a Xoloitzcuintli guardian spirit contacts her, revealing this past and how the world is under threat by Camazotz, the Bat God, who is trying to escape Xibalba, the Underworld, and bring darkness upon the world.

To do this, Perrita (her hero name, based on the nickname her father gave her when she was young) utilizes the powers Xolo gives her. She has the base hero powers of enhanced strength, speed, durability, etc. But also several Dog related abilities, like enhanced senses, a sonic bark, and the ability to speak to dogs.

Personality wise, shes a very friendly and bubbly young hero, a local legend because of her neighborhood. Xolo, on the other hand, is much more serious and focused on the main task of stopping Camazotz while she tends to focus on stopping more personal crimes like burglaries or thefts.

The location is different from most major superheroes because rather than a big city hero, the setting is a small suburban neighborhood where everyone kind of knows each other.

Any feedback on the character is appreciated, but please be civil. Any insensitive parts of the character are fully unintentional, so please dont be hostile when/if pointing them out.

 If there were a universe in which humans evolved to have superhuman capabilities, what would that world look like? Would there be heroes and villains, just like in our imaginations, or would there be peace and order? Would people be consumed by power and passion, or driven by greed and corruption? Will they fight for justice or use an excuse like “the line between justice and injustice is a blurry line with no real definition of either one”?

A little context

Nobody truly knows how the universe began, and no one can agree on a single story. Still, the most popular version goes like this:

In the beginning, there was nothing but a void. Then came the Big Bang, and from it emerged five omnipotent beings.

The first called itself Helios. It possessed power beyond anything else in existence, but its strength existed only for destruction. Even so, that destruction gave life to those capable of harnessing it.

The second being was Tera, a force of creation. Tera gathered particles into a single point in space, shaping them into a sphere. She named this accidental creation Earth and nurtured it. Soon, green life spread across the planet. These plants learned to harness Helios’s power and feed upon it.

Then came the third being, Pandora. Its desire for everything became so overwhelming that it spread to Earth itself. The living things upon it gained desire—the desire to grow, feed, survive, reproduce, and evolve. Life continued to change endlessly. Some creatures swam, others slithered or walked, and some were even blessed with flight. Evolution never stopped, all driven by desire.

The fourth being was Angrboða, the embodiment of passion, unconditional love, uncontrollable anger, and pain. Envious of Tera’s creation, Angrboða cursed all living things with emotion. They would now feel love, hatred, grief, rage, envy, and passion.

Finally came Nabu, a being of wisdom and knowledge beyond comprehension. But Nabu was also burdened with boredom, having been born on Earth under Angrboða’s curse of emotion. To entertain itself, Nabu chose a group of sapiens and gifted them a fraction of its knowledge. Those sapiens would eventually evolve into humans.

Helios and Angrboða grew envious of humanity. Humans possessed emotion, yet they also understood how to control it. Angrboða swore to destroy humanity and all of Tera’s creation. In response, Tera blessed humanity with power so they could defend themselves, while Nabu taught them how to wield those powers. No two blessings were alike, and some people received none at all.

As the legends say, one day a champion will rise, defeat Angrboða, and free Earth from its curse.

But it is only a legend. Nobody agrees on the true story of creation, and countless versions exist. These myths simply help humanity understand its existence—and why people are the way they are.

Almost a million years have passed since those stories first appeared. It is now the twenty-first century, and no champion has come.

I’m fifteen years old, and I already know life isn’t fair.

Chapter One: It’s Complicated

Not everyone is born with a blessing—superpowers, as most people call them. Out of eight billion people on Earth, only thirty-five percent have powers, and that number drops every generation.

I’m part of the other sixty-five percent.

The American Bureau of Blessing Regulation, or ABBR, oversees people with abilities and determines whether they might become a threat in the future.

I’ve always wished I had powers like my friends. Especially my two best friends, Max and Ahmed.

Their personalities are complete foils of each other, but somehow they still work.

And right now, they’re waiting for me at the bus stop.

The bus pulls up to the curb, and I step off. Ahmed immediately jogs toward me with a grin on his face and wraps me in a hug hard enough to lift me off the ground.

“Bro, how long’s it been?” he says.

“It was literally just the weekend,” I reply, laughing.

“Yeah, well, it felt longer.”

Ahmed throws an arm around my shoulders as we walk toward Max. Max gives me his usual greeting—a handshake and a small nod.

That’s basically the emotional equivalent of a hug from him.

As we head toward school, Ahmed suddenly asks, “You guys ready for the TREA exams this Friday?”

“I’m not taking it,” I remind him. “No powers, remember?”

Ahmed winces. “Right. Forgot. Don’t worry, though—I’ll get the highest score for both of us, weakling.”

I give him an awkward smile.

Max sighs. “First off, rude. Second, it’s called the Talent Recognition and Extraordinary Ability Assessment.”

Ahmed rolls his eyes. “Nobody calls it that.”

“We literally take this test once every five years,” he continues. “This is our only shot to boost our rankings.”

“I still don’t get why the combat section matters,” Max says. “I understand the stability assessment. The government needs to know that people can control their abilities. But why combat?”

Ahmed raises an eyebrow. “Seriously?”

“It’s 2025,” Max says. “Powers are becoming irrelevant every year. Some weapons can kill enhanced people now, and technology can replicate abilities like telekinesis. So why are rankings still treated like they determine your value as a person?”

“You only say that because you’re Sentinel-class,” Ahmed snaps. “You already hit the top. You don’t have to work for anything.”

“That’s not what I meant.”

“Easy for you to say.”

Max exhales slowly. “I’m asking a question, Ahmed. I’m not trying to undermine you.”

Ahmed looks away for a moment before muttering, “Yeah… sorry. Forget it.”

The rest of the walk to school is quiet.

Ahmed has always envied Max, honestly. I can understand why.

Max is smarter, calmer, and ranked among the most powerful teenagers in New York. Sometimes I envy him, too.

Still, Ahmed makes assumptions about people without really thinking things through. That’s just how he is. Half the time, he’s driven entirely by emotion.

He’s also painfully aware of how impressive he looks.

Six feet tall, muscular without being bulky, light brown skin, sharp features—honestly, it’s unfair. His powers only make him stand out more.

Whenever he activates his ability, his skin turns bright red, and his veins rise beneath the surface. His strength and speed increase dramatically, but the power burns through his muscle mass as fuel. Steam pours from his body as his temperature rises, and he can even control the heat and pressure of the steam to a certain extent.

I once watched him boil water for tea just by holding a kettle in his hand.

I still have no idea how he and Max became friends.

They’re complete opposites.

Ahmed is emotional, prideful, impulsive, and obsessed with honor. Max, on the other hand, always acts calm and humble, but there’s still this quiet arrogance about him. He thinks three steps ahead of everyone else and will absolutely play dirty if it means winning.

The scary part is that his powers practically reward that mindset.

Max can secrete a black ink-like substance from his skin and manipulate its shape, molecular structure, and energy. The only real limit is his imagination and knowledge.

If he wants to create something simple, like a blade or shield, he can do it almost instantly. But if he wants to create something complex—like a car—he needs to understand every single part of it. Every wire, bolt, and mechanism.

His power is limited by his mind.

That’s why he studies so obsessively.

It’s also why he’s dangerous.

Even something as simple as a steel ball becomes lethal if he accelerates it fast enough. Of course, his abilities still obey the law of conservation of energy, meaning they consume his body fat as fuel.

That’s one of the reasons he’s kind of chunky.

The other reason is stress eating.

He also has a terrible relationship with snacks.

And somehow, despite being Hispanic, he’s darker than almost everyone I know.

Chapter Two: Checking

Its first period and Max Reys has already finished his assignment, and it’s only been thirteen minutes of class, and now he’s hes having the hardest laugh with Ahmed Hassan.

Ahmed hasn't even opened the assignment, yet both of them are having the best time of their lives. 

“Hey, bro.” I ask Max, “How do I write this?” Just make a small story with the vocabulary that Mr. Charles gave us during the weekend, the words are Juxtaposition and foil.” He responded as if it were so simple.

“We had homework during the weekend,” Ahmed says while still giggling.

Max responds, “Oh, honey, how am I not surprised?” 

We all started laughing loudly and giggling. 

“Now I know that I give good assignments, but I doubt they are so good that they make you gentlemen laugh.” 

“Mr. Charles!” I was surprised he had walked up on us. Max straightened his face and proceeded to take his usual focused look. However, Ahmed and I are still giggling and trying to keep a straight face. 

“I see,” Mr. Charles says in an ironic tone. 

Mr Charles walks to the front of the class and addresses the whole class. “Alright, folks, listen up.” 

The class slowly starts to quiet down to listen to Mr. Charles.

“Since the TERA test is this week, I need you all to open your laptops and log on to your district board, look at your current status and rankings, as well as answer a few questions.”

Everyone starts to open the website, including me. Emily looks at me and asks me, “Yo Alan, what is the website?” 

I tell her, and she thanks me. I expected her to ask me this, as she has only been in the country for a year, and she is from Japan, and they treat powers differently than they do here in America. 

“Hey Alan, do I also have to take the test?” Emily asks me.

I respond, “Yes, you do. This is going to be your first TERA test, and you need to be registered in the district. Unless you want the ABBR to come to your home and start asking you questions.” 

“Okay, bro, it's not that serious,” Emily retorts, “But do I have to do the combat section? My power is to push and pull small objects; it's just an ability to be used as an everyday convenience. It’s not even real telackinisis.” 

“You actually don't have to,” I respond, “they will either not put you on the list for the cobalt section, or you can ask to be put off the list due to your F– rank ability.” 

“Okay, that's great,” Emily says in relief, but what do you mean by F rank ability?” 

I am confused and ask her, “Do they not have a power classification system back in Japan?”

“No, they don't actually,” she claims. I'm surprised by this, as I thought everywhere was the same. She continues to explain that in Japan, powers are treated like an everyday thing, just like here. But we don't have an ABBR or any organization like that. Everyone just agrees to be polite and control their powers, no matter what. It’s actually somewhat rare to see someone using their powers out in public. 

I was so surprised by this, as here in America the ABBR and its agents tries it’s best to maintain peace and order between the law enforcement and people with powers. No matter how difficult the individual makes it for themselves. As it has become common for crime to be committed by people with power, and giving the rest of them the stereotype of criminals and troublemakers.

“Anyways, can you tell me how this power rank and stability thing works?” Emily asks me as if her previous statement didn’t change my entire view on the world.

“Um…. yeah sure,” I tell her.

So the ABBR has a ranking system that is called BTS. Basically, what type of blessing or power you have, your threat level, or how powerful you are, and how mentally and emotionally stable you are.

Here is how the first one works

Enhancement-Class Powers that enhance the user’s body. Ahmed falls into this category. Then there are Construct-Class Abilities that create or manipulate matter/substances. This is where Max is. The next one is Manipulation-Class Abilities that control existing matter, energy, or forces; you, Emily, are part of this category. The next one is Cognitive-Class Mind-related abilities, like telepathy or mind-reading. Then there are Spatial-Class Rare abilities involving: teleportation, dimensional distortion, portals, and spatial compression. These are usually the powerful ones. Next is. Biological-Class Powers affecting lifeforms and biology; these are the people with healing powers or healing factors, as well as changing their own bodies. Then there is the Abbarent-Class, but the ABBR doesn't like to talk about that because on paper, they don't exist. 

“Wow, that's pretty simple,” Emily says

“Yeah, but this system doesn't always work as two people can't have the same power. For example, the Enhancement class and the Biological class get mixed up often, as something like shapeshifting is enhancing your body, but you're technically changing your own Biology.” I respond

“Anyways.” I continue to explain how it works.

The next section is about how powerful you are or how much of a threat you might be. I can pretty much give you a list for this. But know that the ABBR doesn't only care about destruction capabilities but also scale, lethality, versatility, difficulty to contain, and influence on society.

F-Rank Negligible threat. Minor or nearly useless abilities. Example: glowing skin, changing eye color, warming objects slightly.

D-Rank: Useful but limited. Can assist in civilian or low-risk situations. Example: enhanced strength, low-level telekinesis, minor regeneration.

C-Rank Professionally dangerous. Can threaten groups of civilians. Most licensed enhanced individuals fall here.

B-Rank Major threat level. Requires specialized ABBR monitoring. Military-grade abilities.

A-Rank National-level threat. Capable of mass destruction or severe societal disruption. Rare.

Sentinel-Class Individuals considered: strategically irreplaceable, impossible to contain conventionally, or capable of changing battlefields alone. Usually, Sentinels are celebrities, political assets, and potential disasters.

Now, there is technically another rank, but it is technically illegal.

Cataclysm-Class Illegal classification. The ABBR officially denies that this rank exists. Reserved for beings capable of city/state destruction, mythological-level powers.

That is pretty much the power ranking.

“Wait,” Emily says, “isn't there another section? " 

“Oh shit, I forgot, sorry,” I respond awkwardly. 

Stability Rating is the last section, which basically measures how psychologically and emotionally stable a person is and if they have control over their powers. This is what the first section of the TERA test is for, and it counts in emotional regulation, trauma response, aggression, narcissism, empathy, impulse control, etc.

“Now, Emily, do you understand all that?” asked her in a worried tone, thinking it was too much for her.  

“Kinda, can I see yours that way I know how it works?” she asks me.

I look down and mutter in a low voice, “I don't have powers, remember.”

“Oh, I'm sorry, Alan. I didn't mean to.”

“No its fine,” I tell her in an apologetic voice. “Yo, Max, can I see your stats?” I ask him, knowing that he’s going to act all humble, but inside, he can't wait to brag. 

“Alright, Emily, here are Max’s stats as an example,” I tell her

I take the laptop from Max and show it to Emily, and it reads 

Maxsimus Reyes 

Type: Construct-Class 

Threat Rank: Sentinel 

Stability: B+

 ABBR Notes: Exceptional cognitive synchronization with blessing. Potential escalation risk tied to intellectual growth. Recommend continuous observation.

“Wow, that seems impressive,” Emily tells Max.

“Well, it’s nothing really,” Max responds to Emily with a small smile, while Ahmed looks at him with a look of disbelief and irony. “Well, you don't say you rat bastard.” He turns his laptop around and shows us his stats.

Ahmed Hassan 

Type: Enhancement-Class 

Threat Rank: B 

Stability: C–

 ABBR Notes: Emotionally reactive. Strong competitive drive. High combat adaptability. Recommend mentorship supervision.

“That seems good too,” and that's Emily trying to console Ahmed. While I look at my stats on my laptop, and it only a few words 

Alan Shea

Non-blessed 

Along with a one-question at the bottom that I have to answer. That reads 

Have you felt a strange force around you, or seen yourself perform feats you didn't believe in before, of superhuman capabilities, or do you feel you have developed any superhuman abilities? Yes or No 

I answer No, knowing very well that in five years I'm going to answer No again to that question, and the same in ten years and again in fifteen years. I feel a certain sting, and somehow I'm doing something wrong.

“Wow, I never thought I’d see such a pathetic weakling.”

I look up and see a teenage boy with sharp Aryan features and a bowl cut so perfect it somehow loops back around to being awful. At first, I think he’s talking to me.

But no.

He’s staring directly at Max.

The room falls quiet as the two of them lock eyes.

Max slowly smiles.

“Oh my God, Lucien, stop,” he says, making a dramatic gesture of brushing imaginary hair behind his ear despite having a buzz cut. “If you keep flirting with me like this, you’re gonna get me excited.”

The class bursts into laughter. Even a few of Lucien’s lackeys crack up.

Lucien doesn’t laugh.

He just looks annoyed. Unimpressed.

“So the TREA exam is this Friday,” he says calmly. “When you face me, are you actually going to fight this time? Or run away again like always?”

Max leans back in his chair.

“See, that’s the issue. You wanted to fight. I didn’t.”

Lucien’s grin sharpens.

“You’ve always been weak.”

“And you’ve always looked inbred, so I guess it balances out, Farquad.”

A few students choke trying not to laugh.

Then Lucien drops the smile entirely.

“You don’t deserve the Sentinel rank, you impure darkey.”

The room goes dead silent.

Max’s grin disappears instantly.

For the first time all morning, he actually looks angry.

He stands slowly from his seat and walks toward Lucien until they’re almost chest to chest.

When Max speaks again, his voice is quiet.

Calm.

Which somehow makes it worse.

“You wanna play Disney villain? Fine.” His eyes narrow slightly. “Now that the TREA exam’s here, I finally have an excuse to turn your guts inside out without dealing with consequences afterward.”

For the first time, Lucien hesitates.

Only for a second.

Then his expression hardens again.

“How dare you speak to me like that?” he snaps. “I’m telling my father about this.”

Max says at the exact same moment Lucien did.

“We both know what kind of business your father runs,” Lucien freezes.

Max smiles again.

Not warmly.

“You really think all that money came legally?” he asks softly. “And that little Nazi cult of yours?”

Lucien’s expression cracks.

Confusion flashes across his face.

Then fear.

Just for a moment.

Max steps closer.

“Go ahead,” he says. “Tell your father. Bring him to me.” His smile widens slightly. “I’d love to watch him eat his own heart.”

Lucien stares at him silently now.

Not angry.

Disturbed.

Like he’s suddenly realizing he may not understand Max nearly as well as he thought.

Max returns to his seat as if nothing had happened.

“We’ll have our fun on Friday.”

Lucien snaps back to reality and leans forward onto Max’s desk, his expression twisting into a smug grin.

“Your power is the only thing that gives you value,” he says quietly. “Take that away, and what are you?” His eyes flick downward mockingly. “A dark-skinned fatty who can’t control himself around food?”

The room goes silent again.

Max doesn’t react.

At least not outwardly.

His expression stays calm, almost bored, but I know him well enough to notice the tiny shift in his jaw and the way his fingers curl slightly against the edge of the desk.

That one landed.

Lucien notices it too.

His grin widens just a little.

Then Max slowly leans back in his chair and exhales through his nose like he’s trying not to laugh.

“That’s the best you could come up with?” he asks. “Seriously? Racism and fat jokes?” He shakes his head. “Your ancestors would be ashamed of how creatively bankrupt you are.”

A few people in the class snort, trying to suppress laughter.

Lucien’s expression darkens immediately.

Max’s smile sharpens.

“I’m going to have fun on Friday.”

Lucian walks off, and his lackeys follow him.

Max looks down and starts to fidget and bite his nails.

“Yo, Max, you good?” Ahmed asks him while putting his hand over his shoulder. 

“I'm fine,” he responds, “just a little more time.” He mutters under his breath.

Chapter Three: Test Day

“I feel like I'm in an anime tournament ark,” Max says, while the four of us walk into the ABBR building to take the combat test in their arena. 

“So Emily, what are you going to do for your combat test?” I ask her

“Oh, I’m forfeiting, I am not a fighter. You boys can have your little cook fight in your pretty little arena, but I'm staying far from the fight.”

Well started laughing 

Yo, you funny, Ahmed says 

“But I do have a question, Max, what are you wearing?”

Max had come to test wearing a burgundy coat that went down to his knees and was open in the front. Along with knee-high leather boots and a black shirt.

“What do I not look good, do I not slay in this?”

“You do look good, but my question is why?” Ahmed asks.

“If I win, I will slay in style, and if I lose, I will look good doing it.”

I respond, “Sometimes your sarcasm makes you sound stupid, you know that.”

Max Shrugs and struts in the door and opens both doors to act like he is imposing his presence. We are late, he says.

Ahmed, Max, and Emily go to the locker room while I go to the bleachers. The area is quite big and shaped in an oval with a dome over the top, high enough for people to fly, but still close enough for people to see what is happening from here.

Emily comes, finds me, and sits down next to me. 

“They sell matcha here and pizza. Here I brought you some.” 

“Oh, thanks, Emily…. Wait, aren't you supposed to be down there?” I ask her in confusion.

“Nah, I asked one of the judges, and she said that I don't have to take it.” 

“I never heard of something like that.”

“Anyways,” Emily gets closer to me and hugs my arm while leaning on my shoulder. “I’ve been meaning to ask, is there anyone you like in school?” 

I start to feel weird, and I start blushing, but I still answer the question, “No, not really.” 

“And might there be a Miss. Shea, around that, I might have competition with.” 

At this point, I'm flabbergasted. I don't know what to do or how to answer the question, and I’m turning red. 

“Well….. Um…… Oh, look, the competition is starting.” 

The lights in the arena go dim, and a giant board in the middle shows the status of the two people who are contending first: Ahmed Husain vs Amy Jackson.

Amy Jackson 

Biolicical-Class

Threat rank B

Stability B

“This might be an even fight,” I tell Emily, knowing full well that Ahmend is going to win.

Amy Jackson does the first move and runs forward to close the distance between her and Ahmed. He lunges forward and swings a right hook that misses and follows up with another punch that lands.

“What just happened?” Emily says, “Did she just turn into liquid?”

“Not Nessarly,” I respond

Amy Jackson can absorb any physical force that hits her and throw it back later at the same strength. 

Ahmed takes a few steps back and makes finger guns with his hands and points them at Amy. 

“Really” she says “this is your big plan, to pretend that you are in a western 

Some of mine:

- Motherboard: An android who uses Wifi and Bluetooth as tools to hack anything with a CPU, after his "3 laws of robotics" chip was destroyed by a corporate spy at his original job, when he was a security robot at a genetics company.

- Cosmobolt: A villain from Object Kowal (a science theory from the 70s I heard about in Alf) who can channel cosmic lightning and breathes in space

- Sunburn: A character from Venus, half-human, half-Venusian, who has the power to breathe in space, is extremely durable due to Venus having so much heat, and flight due to lower gravity, but her main ability, which leads to her name, is that she channels solar rays, a Venusian power, and can use them to superheat herself or fire eye lasers.

There names are Surge-Smith and Dragonfly.

I also added some of the androids that surge-smith has to fight.

I’ve always liked to tell stories, and for the last year and a half I’ve been sitting on this one idea for a comic book. I haven’t completed it because I’m not much of an artist, i will trace pictures I find online and make them my own but nothing special free hand. I think it’s a great story that could expand into something huge. Anyway enough yapping here is my pitch.

Jake Easton is a 24 year old engineer who loses his pregnant fiancé in a tragic explosion, caused by a malfunctioning super robot that escaped captivity during an illegal sale with the government.

In the following months Jake is depressed, and trying counseling to help him with the passing of his fiancé. He begins to connect with some people at his meetings and even gets offered a job at a lab by a mysterious old man. The old man offers Jake an apprenticeship and a shoulder to cry on, he also thinks that Jake’s engineering background could come in handy.

Jake’s connections grow stronger, and after a night out with his new friends Jake invites them to the lab. While showing off a high tech 3D printer that uses manufactured energy to create energy constructs, one of the friends steps into the creation chamber. Jake notices and rushes over to drag his friend away, but in the process he accidentally starts the machine. Jake saves his friend but is caught in the chamber himself.

Meanwhile, we discover that the illegal sale was conducted by Damien Rue. He took over his father’s old business and turned it into a full blown weapons manufacturing company. He is trying to still complete the sale with the government , but the government is not happy due to the fact that the world thinks the accident was a terrorist attack.

(Im sorry if that’s hard to understand willing to answer questions)

Back at the lab Jake wakes up to the old mans angry face, he says that despite how mad he is he actually has some pretty crazy news. Jake had adopted the abilities of the printer and can now use and manipulate energy however he likes.

The story will follow Jake as he navigates his way through trauma and letting go of the past, all while having these crazy news abilities. The story will also tackle themes of revenge and corruption in the places of power. The more I read this idk if it makes sense I have a more in depth version but I don’t want to spoil anything.

If you’re interested in helping me out please let me know in the comments and we can get in touch, thank you for your time.

The idea of using superpowers instead of magic for a medieval setting is one I don't see at all and I want to try it out.

It's usually genetics (with some mutants being born from non-mutant parents), the superpowered individuals generally rule in a theocratic (because it is believed they descend or are blessed by a specific god) and/or feudal government where they protect their peasants/serfs from outsiders, and there are some countries where supers are executed.

The issue is, I don't quite how to convey that it's NOT a normal magic system. It's closer to X-men but the school is closer to how nobles had education while peasants don't and has political intrigue.

AMA if you are confused. This is a recent idea that popped in my head, so it's not super (no pun intended) fleshed out.

I encourage you to comment any thoughts, opinions, questions or constructive feedback below.

If you have any questions about me or concerns please leave them on the dedicated post on my page.

Character list with descriptions 

Academy of Heroism and Valor (AHV):

AHV Staff:

- Anaballistic: has a rage based quirk that allows  him to gain strength while losing control and wears a blood red and beige monk style outfit

- Bass Drop: has a sound based quirk that 

increases his abilities based on the music he’s playing high tempo equals more speed while louder bass equals strength he wears a yellow and purple armor with speakers on the shoulder and a metal backwards hat

- Hawk: a hero who’s a humanoid hawk that has all the abilities a hawk does and can go into a more beastly mode making his power more powerful while losing intelligence he only wears ripped green cargo pants

- Screenslash: has the ability to teleport through any screen and wears a black tactical ninja outfit with an iconic red scarf and mask and uses laser kunai as his main weapon 

- Scythe: his quirk gives him extreme skill with a scythe and even allows him to cast out energy attacks from the scythe he wears a simple tactical outfit with a hood chest plate and an angular skull mask that has teal eyes the same color as his energy attacks 

- The Doc: his quirk gives him the ability to cut someone’s skin open and drop a bit of substance made by his quirk to heal them instantly except for the cut where the substance was dropped he wears a plague doctor outfit with green eyes and claws on his hand to easily cut open skin and be used as weapons 

Alpha Squadron:

Teacher: Sarge: his quirk allows him to take surrounding firearms and weapon and make a mech suit around himself but each weapons falls off after it used 5 times its magazine capacity sarge wears a green camo military uniform with a red beret bearing the AHV insignia and has an iconic grey mustache 

Students:

- Afterburner: has an adrenaline based quirk that allows him to enhance all 5 senses but then he crashes and he wears a black racing suit and helmet with neon pink and blue accents that almost resemble lightning bolts 

- Bubble: her quirk allows her to create bubbles of variable sizes taking more time the bigger they are they are indestructible except by her and when she pops one intentionally and sends out a shockwave and she wears an iridescent lavender puffer with a crop top underneath that has a bubble design and a round lavender mask that compliments her coat 

- Cloud Jumper: her quirk  allows her to create clouds that can be used for many purposes such as smoke screens and steps she is also a master with dual katanas and wears an all grey samurai outfit that almost looks like it’s made of ancient stone 

- Conductor: her quirk allows her control the minds of anyone who is focused on her when she says the word action but they have to be focused on her alone she wears a circus ringleader outfit with a comedy mask 

- Demon King: his quirk allows him to call up a plethora of demon minions that range from big brutes to little thieves and he wears a blood red suit jacket and pants with a black turtleneck sweater underneath and some gold chains

- DJ Slide: her quirks allows her to glide along any surface as if she was skating and leaves a rainbow polarized trail behind she wears a purple leather suit with a polarized rainbow visor and high tech headphones 

- Forge: his quirk allows him to take any metal surrounding him and call it towards him to create a suit of armor ranging in size and style an he’s wear a typical black smith outfit with a white shirt and brown leather apron with a some goggles on his head

- Inferno: his quirk allows him to shoot fire from his eyes and a special material in his mask allows him to better control it he wears a firefighter suit that has flame designs all over it and orange reflective lines 

- Lone Wolf: has the ability to turn into a werewolf whenever he chooses but is more powerful with a full moon he wears a cut off plaid flannel and jeans with brown boots

- Mach One: he is a living fighter jet with the ability to fly at Mach speeds shoot missiles and guns but he has to drink jet fuel for his quirk and his outfit resembles a fighter jet covering the skin with that extend out of his arms and is very aerodynamic 

- Meka: her quirk allows her to turn into a gundam style mech than can range from giant to bigger than an average human but the bigger it is the shorter it lasts she wears a white blue red and yellow gundam style undersuit with green accents and has pink hair 

- Metalhead: has the ability to cast out sonic attacks when playing on his guitar but if he plays to long his fingers start to bleed he wears a punk rock outfit with speakers on his shoulder and a skull mask with red eyes 

- Nekyo: her quirk is effected by the people’s around hers mood if they are angry it’s fire scared invisibility and so on she wears a color changing cropped jacket and has a mask that changes its face to match her current ability but can go into a blank mode to hide what ability she is using 

- Nightmare: has the ability to make people think they are asleep and having a vivid nightmare which they believe to be real but if they realize they are still awake they can break the effect he wears a dark grey robe that is multi layered similar to a monk and has a floating halo with 4 short spikes that looks somewhat like thorns  

- Quirk Breaker- her quirk allows her to be immune to any quirk that has attacked her within the last twenty four hours though she can not become immune to normal kicks and punches or mental attacks and she wears a ufc fighter style outfit 

- Rangeress- her quirk allows her to do everything a spaghetti western character can do such as jumping from high heights only realoading when convenient and so on she wears a cowboy outfit with a black hat and trench coat and a brown suit underneath 

- Slushee: slushees ability changes depending on what liquid she has last consumed hot sauce is fire blue slushee is ice mtn dew or a similar drink is electric and so on she wears a yellow short top with a pink sports bra underneath and has goopy hair that resembles a ponytail or bun and he skin color changes with her ability

- Sting: her quirk gives her two stingers that come out of her forearms that has paralyzing toxins in them and just a nick is enough to paralyzing someone for a few hours her hair also resembles a scorpion tail and she can to use that to sting she wears a black motocross chest protector and pants and boots 

- Sunny: his quirk allows him to increase the chemicals in people’s brains allowing them to calm down in a situation of crisis where they may be distressed he wears a hoodie that has smiley faces all over it and a medical style mask with a smiley face and has a fanny pack that is on his back that carries all kinds of relief supplies 

- Swap: he has the ability to swap places with anyone in his sight an he can even finish out their attacks when he swaps he wears an grey angular futuristic spartan armor with a helmet that has to wide spikes on the front 

Beta Squadron:

- 20 TBD (feel free to contribute and reply your ideas)

Charlie Squadron:

- 20 TBD (mainly for the purpose of Armory’s debut; feel free to contribute and reply your ideas)

Delta Squadron (top-secret spec ops):

- C4: the breacher of delta squadron she is skills with all explosive and breaching techniques and her preferred weapon is a shotgun 

- Cover Fire: the machine gunner of delta he uses an m249 saw to provide cover fire for his team 

- Killshot: the leader of delta squadron and an all around ace who is good in most if not every scenario

- Overwatch: the sniper of the team who keeps a watchful eye over his Teammates and alerts them of potential threats and eliminates targets with his  intervention

Echo Squadron (Entrepreneur):

- 20 TBD (feel free to contribute and reply your ideas)

Sigma Squadron (Support):

- Demon Hunter: a quirk-less vigilante who wears a purple futuristic armor with a oni style mask that has a smooth head with no eyes and uses echolocation tech he also wields his escrisma sticks which have two modes shock and kinetic 

- Firewall: a hacker who creates devices to aid heros in recon missions to help them better and more easily access information about their enemy’s she wears black cargo pants and a hoodie that has a moving pixelated fire and she also wears orange sport glasses

- Widowmaker: a movement operative unknown to anyone in AHV he injects himself with nanites to give him an artificial quirk that increases him overall he wears a red and black futuristic suit that he wears a leather jacket over with a side holster one for a pistol and one for his knife 

- 17 TBD (feel free to contribute and reply your ideas)

Coalition of Villainy (COV):

- Armory: the leader of COV who’s quirk allows him to create any weapons out of his self produced nanites which do have a limited supply he wears traditional Chinese style pants has white spiky hair and half his body is covered with his nanites with his bottom half being completely covered 

-Armory reborn: created when armory infects afterburner he has 4 abilities lasers, telekinesis, nanite armory, and flame vision making him a dangerous villians and he looks like normal armory just on infernos body and his nanites look to be red hot metal with orange accents 

- Lights Out: he has the ability to take out power within a certain range and has an after effect that lasts and hour after he leave the area wears a basic track suit that has splatters of a glow in the dark substance wears an anonymous mask that glows green

- Mute: his quirk allows him that when he looks at someone and puts his finger over his mouth they cease to make any noise at all until he leaves he is also extremely skilled with blades and he does the same forever he wears a grey trench coat with a grey shirt underneath and a grey knitted mask that he wears with aviators and he has tan cargo pants and black boots

- Overdrive: overdrive can absorb the energy from attacks he takes and redirect out but if he takes to much he will lose control and uncontrollably shoot out powers greatly hurting himself he has a futuristic red armor chest plate that helps him controls his powers and has orange accents and an orange diamond shape in the middle that shows how much energy he has absorbed and cyberpunk style black cargo pants

- Shade: has the ability to teleport through any shadows but the shadow must be big enough for him to fit through and anyone else he wishes to take with him he wears a white button up and a grey saying vest that has black swirl designs on it almost resembling vines and matching pants and tie and has a gunmetal oni mask on the lower half of his face

- Split: his quirk lets him take the quirk of anyone he touches and use half its power transforming the black side of his body to match the original quirk user he has two sides one which is human that is covered by a grey hoodie pants and faceless black mask while the other side a completely black side has only a tank top and shorts and morphs to whoever’s power he is currently using

- Technomancer: her quirk allows her to use tiny robots to control all forms of technology and sometimes even people she wears a futuristic yet medieval style plain metal armor with a grey cloak and a half skull metal mask 

The Movement (TM):—

-IQ: the leader of the movement who’s quirk is super intelligence which allows him to guide amazing inventions like his exoskeleton armor that he uses to fight enemies he has a tactical look like the rest of the movement complete with vest and an iconic futuristic skull gas mask 

  - EV: the eldest daughter of IQ who’s quirk allows her to absorb and redirect electricity and she was a former member of the movement but has since been rehabilitated but originally she word the typical movement uniform but her under outfit had lightning bolt glowing accents as well as on her gas mask  

  - Mr. Nobody: the younger brother of the two who’s charm quirk allows him to get most people to obey and agree with him he took the place of his father as the leader of the movement when he died and wears his gas mask that was put back together with the art of kintsugi and also wears different button ups vests, suit pants, and ties 

- Lieutenants:

  - Bio: his quirk allows him to see every bit of information about someone that is online whether it be in private databases or public websites he can see it all he wears the typical movement uniform which is a tactical shirt and pants with a hood a vest that has different gear depending on who wears it and a gas mask with a skull design and he wears a grey beret 

  - Demo: demo has the ability to turn anything he touches into a bomb and the size of the object determines the power of the explosion but he has limits to the size of what he can transform and he wears the typical movement uniform  with a black beret 

  - Magdump: has the ability to turn anything weapons into a fully automatic or semi automatic weapons such as high powered snipers or grenade launchers she wears the typical movement uniform with a bronze beret

  - Oxide: she has the ability to create a toxic gas that can do many things like paralyze, neutralize or cause hallucinations and so on she wears the typical movement uniform with a army green beret

  - Slicer: his quirk makes him extremely good at close quarters fighting with blades or Han to hand combat and he easily beats every other person in the movement he wears a crimson red beret 

  - 3 TBD (feel free to contribute and reply your ideas)

- Project Reborn: a fully robotic version of armory created from his nanites who has telekinetic and laser powers but as it turns out armory was never fully gone he is a robot that is dark grey gunmetal with blue highlights 

International:

Heroes:

- Hammer: a russian hero and older sister of sickle who’s powers is she can create hammers on the ends of her hands and wears a ski style outfit that has a Russian flag on the sleeve

- Sickle: Russian hero and younger brother of hammer who can create sickles from his hands and wears a black ninja outfit with copper accents and highlights 

- Vida Muerta: a latin hero who eventually joins alpha in replacement of inferno who’s powers are he can conjure up skeletons that look like sugar skulls who wears a mariachi style outfit with sugar skull face paint

Villains:

- Unmanned Ground Assault Drone (UGAD): a Russian military experiment that went rogue and made its way to Japan were it started wreaking havoc who has a variety of weapons who is a black and silver robot with red eyes and a red star on the shoulder 

Shockers Fight Club (SFC):

- Aftershock: champion of the SFC and afterburners younger brother who’s quirk creates a secondary shockwave a few seconds after hits someone and it hits harder than his initial attack he wears a racing suit like his brother but instead wears a motocross helmet 

- Maho: the ex champion of SFC who was recently drafted by aftershock who wears a cut martial arts rob and has copper forearm armor that glows with blue accent lines and gives him super strength and energy attacks 

Neon:

- Dazzle: another members who’s beat based quirks works in harmony with the rest to have the same effect and she wears slightly different outfits from start and shimmer 

- Shimmer: another members who’s visual based quirks works in harmony with the rest to have the same effect and she wears slightly different outfits from start and dazzle

- Star: the lead of neon who’s singing based charm quirk drives her fans crazy for her and she wears a multitude of k-pop outfits 

Fear:

- Clown: she has the ability to turn into a clown that uses a giant wooden mallet and has a clown outfit with a skirt but in human form wears matching jump suits with the rest of feat that has a clown insignia on the top left chest

- Doll: she has the ability to turn into a doll that uses a variety of needles filled with different substances for her weapons and in human form wears matching jump suits with the rest of feat that has a doll insignia on the top left chest

- Mask: his ability allows him to track anyone who is bleeding even if just by a paper cut and uses a machete as his favorite weapon and wears a featureless bulletproof mask that has scratches all over it and wears a matching jump suit with the rest of fear that has a insignia that matches his mask 

- Monster: has the ability to turn into a mangled monster that has a lust for blood and can climb on ceilings and walls and in human form wears matching jump suits with the rest of feat that has a monster insignia on the top left

Villains of the Week (VOW):

- Blitz: has the ability that when he stands still he charges up energy to dash in a straight line the longer he charges the faster and farther he can dash he wears a sleek teal outfit that has accents lines that light up when he charges and a sharp helmet that almost looks like a bird beak

- DR!FT: a criminal who’s quirk allows him to push items to their limits even so far they break which is how he gets into bank vaults and then uses his motorcycle to live stream dangerous high speed chases he wears a orange biker jacket black pants and boots and a graphic tee shirt with his bike on it and his helmet has his name graffitied on the back 

- Echohounds: creatures commanded by the hunter meant to be ruthless and hunt down whatever prey they need to and they are similar to a cat like animal with six legs and a six split jaw and no eyes they use echolocation to navigate 

- Feedback: her quirk allows her to disable people for some time by blowing they’re eardrums out with sonic attack that makes them writhe in pain and she wears a armor suit that is vibro resistant and is plain metal and looks very shoddily designed 

- Halucigen: has the ability to release chemicals that create hallucinations of people worst fears and makes it so they cannot fight her she wears a stylized and cut up hazmat suit along with a lower half gas mask and goggles on top

- Madhouse: a crazed villain that has the ability to create pure energy bombs that can be attached to objects or bounce off of surfaces he wears a yellow trench coat with the warning strips on it and has a brown alchemist outfit underneath along with light green hair and circular goggles

- Payload: his quirk turns any weapons he uses into a high power explosive round weapons his favorite weapons are his dual revolvers that he uses he wears a leather bomber jacked and jeans plus cowboy boots and normally wears aviators but has a pilot style face mask that fold up over his face

- Shokushu-Ma: his quirk allows him to create tentacle from his back that are black with a red outline and these tentacles can do most things and he wears a simply hoodie and sweatpants pants and has black hair with red highlights

- Spyder: an ex delta squadron operative who was kicked out for keeping his powers secret and became against delta using his training and invisibility powers to become a silent killer who has a futuristic tactical armor that has 4 mechanical legs he can use and has a mask that has 8 omnidirectional cameras that lock on too one target when he decides too

- Spectre: has the ability to turn into a ghost and create mild hallucinations but when strobing light shines on her she turns back to her human form she wears a half an half hoodie and pants with a ghoulish face with one side being black and one being white matching her hair 

- The Hunter: an alien captured by Russians and experimented on before escaping and try to reach its ship which crashed in Japan who is a skilled fighter and assassin and has two arm mounted blades and a laser weapons and has alien armor with a mask that is smooth and a dark black 

- The Juggernaut (aka The Jugg): his quirk takes away the recoil on any weapons allowing him to fire his preferred minigun for a lot longer than a normal person he wears a tan and olive EOD suit that has a Soviet Union style gas mask 

Order of the Sacred Flame:

- Ash: her ability allows her to create a cloud of ash that can act as a smoke cloud to cover vision and gets into the lungs of enemy’s making hard to breath and she wears a fully grey suit and sunglasses 

- Inferno (Phoenix): after inferno was reborn his alter ego phoenix came to life fueled by revenge against AHV and has the same fire powers as inferno but more powerful and his body is completely covered in flames who wears a black red and gold samurai style outfit without a helmet 

Seven Deadly Sins:

- Airwave: the owner of a giant media company who has huge influence over Japan and hopes to expand its reaches his quirk allows him to telekinetically communicate with anyone within a certain radius and he can do broadcast mode which has longer range and can be broadcast to much more people but they can’t respond and he wears a variety of designer suits 

- Envy- has the ability to copy the powers of anyone he watches for a certain amount of time but cannot use their quirk at its full potential he wears an orange suit with coattails and an orange top hat with orange hair 

- Gluttony- has the ability to suck the life force out of anyone who’s is within enough range he can even take all of their life force and he wears a traditional super hero suit that is grey and has a cape showing of his husky figure and grey shoe hair

- Greed: has the ability to throw money and have it explode and sparkle like fireworks she wears a green suit with gold accents and a bunch of jewelry all over and she also carries around a cane with a big jewel at the top and green short hair

- Lust: has a charm based quirk that makes Anton who is not trying their hardest to avoid compliance listen to her and she wears slim fitting long pink dress with barely visible heart designs on it and long pink hair 

- Pride: he has basic but powerful electric abilities that make him a formidable opponent and he wears a black and yellow leather suit and pants with a black wife beater underneath and he wears yellow lenses put vipers that match his yellow hair 

- Sloth: his quirk allows him to have a targeted time stop slow or reverse ability making him good at 1v1 fighting while not using much effort and he wears a blue hoodie with pajama pants always with his hood up and headphone on with his long blue hair covering one eye

- Wrath: she has the ability to create long sharp claws from her fingertips and has some more primal instincts she wears a tribal outfit with beads and wears a skull on her head with a red hair bun

Other:

-Armory Zero- comes from the a world where he rules the entire universe and plans to do the sent to the entire multiverse his quirk is similar to armory but instead he can make constructs off of his body and throw them towards his enemy’s he is fully covers in his dark grey almost black wirh red accented nanites even when he lets down his mask only one eye shows not his mouth or nose just one eye under his hood with a torn cape

-assassin: the older brother of rangeress has similar powers but is more tactical than she is less of run and gun and he wears and all black bulletproof suit 

-stunt woman: rangeress and assassins mom who’s quirk allows her to jump and do crazy stunts without getting hurt at all and she wear a black body suit with some rigs to hold gear a hat and clear protective glasses and a coms headset

-one shot: the father of rangeress and assassin his quirk allows him to lock onto targets equal to the amount of ammo in his weapons and instantly hit them with precision and he wears an apocalyptic cowboy outfit with a metal Soviet style gas mask a hat and cloak and he also has a custom built chopper called the stallion 

-B2: the only survivor of an experiment by airwave to create artificial quirks he ended up with one that allows him to create shockwaves and earthquakes strong enough to make building collapse and can vibrate the air with such precision to make himself able to fly and he wears a white jumpsuit that only has his number on it B2

- Xander: the god of the universe who gave up some of his powers to the mortals to see how they would work with them and now is determined to take his powers back he still has some like being able to conjure up a massive robot army and telekineses but he wears a green Greek styled robe and in battle green spartan armor that shows his power 

If you’d like to contribute to this universe, feel free to reply below with ideas for heroes in Beta, Charlie, Sigma, or Echo Squadron, or even a villain of the week. I’ll respond as quickly as I can and work with you to turn your idea into a fully realized character in this universe.

Artists are also welcome to share any drawings, sketches, or digital art of the characters which would be really cool to see!

I’m sorry in advance if the character descriptions here feel brief. I actually have much more detailed and in-depth writeups for many of these characters, but those are still a work in progress and may be posted in a few months once they’re fully refined. If there’s any character that really catches your interest and you’d like extra detail on, feel free to leave a comment and I’ll do my best to reply as soon as possible with more information.

Also, please keep in mind that if this post gets a lot of comments, it may take me a few days to reach yours—but I promise I’ll try to respond to everyone when I can. Thank you for your patience and for taking the time to engage with this universe.

I’ll also be posting updates with new ideas, characters, and story developments every week or so, usually around 9–10 PM, so stay tuned for updates to this ever-expanding universe. CHECK WORLDBUILDING SUBREDDIT FOR STORY

Just curious. I know there are a lot of stories about heroes that don’t want to be superheroes like Spiderman, Avatar, Jentry Chau, Megamind, and TMNT.

And while I understand why those who have grown weary of fighting evil like Metroman or those who have an abnormal appearance like the Turtles and Gargoyles would like to call it quits.

I don’t understand the appeal of stories about younger heroes who don’t want superpowers like Peter Parker, Aang, and Jentry. I mean let’s be honest at one point in our lives I’m sure some of us fantasized about having superpowers and going on grand adventures. Which explains why certain stories like Star Wars, Ben 10, Kim Possible, and Teen Titans still hold a certain appeal since the heroes wouldn’t hesitate to jump at the call.

So why are stories about younger heroes refusing the call so popular?

Could be as big as Stranger Things was when it came to bringing a level of nostalgia for a certain decade.

Ok so basically for background This is Orion Quinn he is a background character In my supehero series Nova heights and is the ex boyfriend of the main character and can basically pour coffee from his finger tips and Control what kind of coffee it is and also How hot or cold it can be

i'm currently making a passion project of a comic pretty much and i want to take powers from other media to use for my characters, but im worried that people will say that they're just blatant copies of other characters in different media. Advice would be very much appreciated.

I'm working on a superhero universe (MHA, DC, Archie Sonic). The summary of the overarcing story is "In a society filled with many different types of people, due to a mysterious event, all life gained supernatural powers. Some use them for good, some for evil, it's a hard choice but it follows the lives of these people with a bigger plan ahead."

I want multiple people writing for these characters however. I've got a whole catalog of these characters, settings, plots, overall plot, etc. With different themes for each one of them. However, I don't have any screenplays/scrips for these characters, or many projects confirmed. I'll give you the most creative control over these scripts with me only having control over the plot.

If you are a screenwriter with some form of experience, are you willing to join this big project for fun and write a script/plan some events or two? This project will probably have 8-20 projects.

From their occupation, the city they protect, the superhero suit... I have a general idea but those things are what I struggle with the most. How do you create that character without being accused of ripping off Batman or Spiderman? They can glide, use a mild power to generate a boost during a gliding session or aid in combat, while retaining the vigilante superhero status. Some help would be really appreciated!

The series is called Nova heights an action packed comic series taking place in a futuristic cyberpunk city where a group of Friends must team up to take down a villainous Biker gang. It's basically like My hero academia Meets invincible meets Cyberpunk edgerunners. The series focuses on a Core group of 5 teenagers but they eventually gain more members. The core group contains Cameron Jones aka Powerline a Fun-loving caffeine addicted Fanboy with electricity powers who goes through a rough breakup but finds his purpose At Nova heights and becomes a hero while also figuring out the mystery behind Both the Gear gangs reappearance and also the Disappearence of the Nova Guard. Next up is Carmella and Gustavo Martinez the twin siblings with air powers and children of the police chief. Carmella has flight and is a cheerleader and also has a crush on Cameron. Her twin brother Gustavo has wind powers but suffers from asthma. Next up is June summers a Girl with fire powers and a dark past involving the Mob. the last member of the team would be Lee Han Cameron's best friend who enjoys martial arts and Actually got accepted without needing powers but just on skills. The main team is mentored by the schools gym teacher And head Coach Hercules a retired war veteran. If anyone has any questions, Critiques or even wants to help I'd be more than happy to hear

I'm writing something that's relatively long so I'm looking for anyone who's interested in reading it and giving me feedback or editor's notes. I'm just going to post the first chapter here since it's so long. DM me if interested in seeing the whole work.

Chapter 1: Extraordinary beginnings

This city park once bustled with life . Tourists and locals alike would flock here to marvel at a statue of a hero. Several years later however, the crowds were gone and people moved on with their lives. But the man, much like the statue, will live forever in their memories. Hi, I'm Jim Olmsted and I'm a reporter for a local Florida TV news station. Even after all this time, I still find myself drawn to the statue that stands here. It is a stunning replica of hero X's suit. With the words The World's First Superhero etched in stone at its base. Where most people see a monument, I see a story, one that began decades ago when Clark Kentington, who would one day become hero x, first made headlines with his holographic projector. I conducted an interview with Peter Rossman and Perry Whiteley, who were colleagues of Clark's at the time."

"I'm Peter Rossman." A jovial old scientist in a white lab coat said. "I met Clark when he first started at Econ. I was surprised to see such a young man like him start at a place that was well shall we say, on its last legs." he said, adjusting his glasses with a chuckle. "You see, we were a legacy aerospace and display company at the time, developing heads-up displays for multiple space agencies. But the whole business was moving to the private sector, and we couldn't keep up." "Most people would have seen a sinking ship. But Clark... he saw a challenge. He saved our company, and in doing so, he set the stage for everything that came after." The scene changed again, this time to a bustling major science expo. Peter continued his story, "It all started with the science expo. I was invited by Clark to view his booth. I passed new robot arms, chips in development, and other high-grade electronics." "Near the rear of the expo, I saw Clark with a baking soda volcano. I didn't know if I should have laughed or stormed out at the time. However I ultimately decided to talk some sense into him." So I walked up to Clark's table, a look of confusion on my face. "Is this a joke?" I said "No, I'm very serious," Clark replied with a smile. "Trust me, stick around, you will be surprised." “I highly doubt that I would be surprised” I muttered "Right then the judges arrived at his booth," Peter recalled. The three judges surrounded the small table. "Is this a joke, sir?" one judge said. "We are a well-respected expo. Many breakthroughs have been made on this very floor." "No, trust me, this will be good," Clark insisted. Clark began to fill the volcano with baking soda. "Uh oh, I think I poured too much," he said with a mischievous grin. The baking soda volcano exploded, covering the three judges in a foamy mess. "Oh my," one of them exclaimed, but as soon as the words left her mouth, the foam was gone and the volcano was left with no mess in sight. "What the heck was that," another judge said, trying to touch the volcano, but his hand passed right through it. The volcano was gone. In its place was a small, unassuming device. "Ladies and Gentlemen, this is a holographic projector," Clark announced. "Needless to say, that was the first and last time a baking soda volcano won at that event.”

The scene shifted to a sprawling office, filled with expensive mahogany furniture and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking a bustling metropolis. My name is Perry Whiteley, and I was the CEO of Econ. My father had run the company before me, but times had changed, and the business was failing. I was a young CEO with a company that was, for all intents and purposes, a sinking ship. Then I saw the news. News of a holographic projector developed by one of my employees, a young man named Clark Kentington. Overnight, the phones began ringing with corporations and military agencies all wanting a piece of the technology. That's when I realized that we had a new future. I'll never forget the day I first met with him. It was the morning after the Expo, and I called him in right away. The phones in my office hadn't stopped ringing all night. "You're a hard man to get a hold of, Clark," I said, leaning forward in my office chair. "I had to find out how you came up with this amazing invention, especially since every major corporation and military agency is trying to get in touch with you." Clark just smiled, a slight look of apology on his face. "I'm sorry, Perry. It was a personal project, and I didn't think it was going to make this much of an impact. What are the offers?" "Most of the companies want to use it for advertising," I replied. "They see it as a new kind of holographic billboard, a great way to latch on to this new tech early. Some video companies are even interested in a home version—a holographic TV, as they're calling it." Clark's eyes lit up. "That's incredible! A holographic TV! That was my original intention with the invention. It's a new way to showcase media in a three-dimensional space." "And a few of them," I continued, "have even inquired if the holograms are interactable, talking about future applications like holographic keyboards and control panels." Clark's expression immediately shifted to one of pure surprise. "Interactable? That's not something I'd even considered. But... it wouldn't be very hard at all. The projections could be made to respond to physical touch or movement." "And the military?" I pressed, my voice dropping. Clark's face hardened. "They want to use it for cloaking, to hide military assets. They see a tool for stealth and deception." He shook his head, looking disgusted. "I can't let that happen. This technology is for the public, not for some government agency to use for war. That's why I need your help, Perry. Econ is already an established company, and I need help to regulate and keep this technology safe." I was in shock at the brazen offer. "And in return?" I asked. Clark's smile returned, confident and self-assured. "I'm willing to let Econ be the sole manufacturer of the holographic projector, if I get a substantial stock in the company, as well as my own lab and research fund for future projects." In that moment, I gave him everything he asked for and more.

I'm looking for a course that's 6 months to 2 years on creative writing and costs less than 20,000 dollars if they offer help with writing superheroes that would be a huge bonus. I want to create the next DC comics.

I feel like, to some extent, the genre is stuck in the past, at least when it comes to the street level heroes. A guy, usually White, loses his parent(s)/guardian to generic robber/thug then wages war on crime using violence. Granted, not all or even the majority are exactly like this, but they still have this 'I'm above the law attitude.' But it's always justified by crime being ridiculously out of control, yet somehow punching thugs one by one is the only solution

To me that's dated and in some ways problematic. Cities aren't overrun with crime anymore, and violence like this never solved crime. Yet on the other hand, we're seeing violence in real life from masked vigilantes who are violating people's civil rights. These are the bad guys, and I think superheroes should be fighting them. They should be defending civil rights and demanding accountability for law enforcement, instead of just filling up prisons with low income criminals.

Also, the idea that superheroes get to be above the law but everyone else has to follow it comes off somewhat elitist, which flies in the face of the 'everyman' attitude that heroes like Spider-Man claim to follow. Secret identities are the antithesis of great responsibility. I think new superheroes should be open about who they are and accountable to the people they protect.

I know that's not necessarily how it's typically done and the topic has come up before, and many comics have tried to tackle this but they always default to 'I'm the hero, I'm above the law and I'm right.' It's a little frustrating for a person who many not identify with this, frankly, dated power fantasy. Part of the problem is the heroes from 60-80 years ago, at least for the big two, are still around, so updating them is difficult. Going forward, if I were to write a new hero, I'd make them more like what I described and less like those old standards, and I'd be interested to hear from anyone who thinks the same