Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

I failed to get this posted last week due to Things and Reasons! But I will now, and I will even actually ask a question related to writing superheroes:

What's your favorite superpower to write? (let's include things like "has a flying armored suit" and "is an amazing acrobat" in powers, shall we?)

For me it's probably flying, because it's so fun to come with ways to describe it, and it can fit such a variety of moods: energetic, euphoric, etc. It's always good for giving a character a literal unusual perspective as well!

Work picked up this week, so less writing than I would like...but I'm actually writing something set in comic-book continuity, a missing scene, and it's been a while since I've written that so I'm enjoying it! How about you?

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[me_ya_ri]

Favorite to write: Immortality. Because there's is nothing not fun about writing all the angst, heartache and wonder of an immortal paired with a non-immortal. I may be a bit mean about it.

A close second would be characters who can heal from everything, again because of the contrast with normal soft-squishy people.

So you know, Clark and Bruce together always fits both of those. *grin*

I haven't gotten as many words as I would have liked this week because my mother is visiting until Monday but I have written so I count that as a win. I've just about got my last novella ready to publish (should upload it today) and I've started on a new novel that's just banging right along. It's a sequel to Artifacts of Awareness and wow, so much fun to get back to these characters! :D

Good luck with your story! It is nice to get back, isn't it?

[mithen]

Because there's is nothing not fun about writing all the angst, heartache and wonder of an immortal paired with a non-immortal.

Ooooh, that is a real winner! Nothing like a power that brings THAT much angst with it, I do love it. It is actually a big draw with Clark and Bruce, I agree. :)

I haven't gotten as many words as I would have liked this week because my mother is visiting until Monday but I have written so I count that as a win. I've just about got my last novella ready to publish (should upload it today) and I've started on a new novel that's just banging right along.

Wow, that is definitely an overall win, I think! I'm having nerve problems with my elbow right now and that's really cut into my productivity this week, which is making me sad. I'm trying to pamper it a bit!

[prince0froses]

My favorite super power to write is probably either enhanced strength or fire powers, since I give those to a disproportionate amount of my characters. I generally like exploring the more passive or mundane aspects of superpoweredness than the actual powers. Like Dade struggling with his rust-sickness, Dorian having to explain away/manage mundane devices with his claws, that kind of thing.

[mithen]

You know, I would really love to see more about Dorian struggling with everyday things dealing with his claws. I tend to forget about them, for some reason, and then when I get reminded about them I'm surprised. I bet there would be some intriguing things to write about related to them during sex-- times they get in the way, times they're used for sensation play…hmmm, yeah, some interesting possibilities there. :-)

[prince0froses]

You know, I don't have the time to give this realization the lingering it deserves, but I just realized something - Dorian has not only claws, but serpentine eyes, bite strength sufficient to eat metal, lava blood, and fire breath. While he's able to cover up the first two in public, and the latter two aren't overtly visible, by certain definitions he's a literal monster. And it really should phase him more than it does.

Like, Judah, when he was a little boy, heard his mother reading tales about monsters, identified with their amorality, and immediately self identified as a bad guy. A monster. And proceeded to live up to that. Meanwhile I am sure Dorian heard fairy tales and stuff during his time with his Dad, and here he is walking around looking like a demon with his slitted pupils and his claws, and completely rejects that label. Serathus is in his head bullying him all the time to give into the instincts of the dragon blood, saying that this is what he is and he should succumb to his nature (Serathus is projecting a lot here btw, dragons weren't always inherently terrible as I've mentioned before), and he still doesn't. Dorian looks in the mirror every day, sees a monster...and then glibly puts sunglasses on over those eyes, uses a stylus for his smart phone, and moves on with his life. Because he has to.

...sorry I suddenly had a lot of feelings.