LAST EDITED ON Mar-20-08 AT 01:59 AM (EDT)
 
I've revised my original City of Heroes story, "Starting Over", which depicts the re-origin of the Silver Spectre. Changes include:

- Changed the Spectre's name to reflect its proper spelling. When I originally wrote the story, "Silver Spectre" was unavailable, so the original version of the character (who still exists on Infinity) was named "Silver Specter". (Amusingly, Firefox is insisting that "spectre" is misspelled. This is why I don't use canned spell checkers.)

- Fixed the non-hero names and the backgrounds of the various Cryptic-created characters (most notable Ms. Liberty) where applicable. Much of the official information was unavailable when the original version of "Starting Over" was written.

- Adjusted a scene toward the end so that the doctor in charge of the experimental treatment tried out on the Spectre was the young Max Netrinov, later to become Prof. Neutrino.

I kept my non-dickhead interpretation of Statesman, though, because frankly I think a universe's #1 signature hero shouldn't be a dickhead.

Excelsior,
--G.
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Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Admin
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

>I kept my non-dickhead interpretation of Statesman, though, because
>frankly I think a universe's #1 signature hero shouldn't be a
>dickhead.

I heartily agree. (Though I do acknowledge that his powers come from/he is in some sense an incarnation of Zeus, and, well...)

*goes to read*

I see you kept the old Storm Kick animation too. :)

>I see you kept the old Storm Kick animation too. :)

Yep. Unconstrained by the necessities of gameplay, I saw no particular reason to change it. It didn't work well as a gameplay maneuver, but it's very cinematic.

--G.
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Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Admin
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

>I kept my non-dickhead interpretation of Statesman, though, because
>frankly I think a universe's #1 signature hero shouldn't be a
>dickhead.

Mmhmm. I like the young Marcus from "The Web of Arachnos" much better.

...of course, he's a former criminal mastermind turned superhero. What's not to like? :)

--The Evil Midnight Lurker what Lurks at Midnight
"An object at rest--CANNOT BE STOPPED!!!"

>...of course, he's a former criminal mastermind turned superhero.

Come on, now, "criminal mastermind" is a bit of a stretch, isn't it? That's like calling Jake Cutter from Tales of the Gold Monkey a criminal mastermind. :)

--G.
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Benjamin D. Hutchins, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief, & Forum Admin
Eyrie Productions, Unlimited http://www.eyrie-productions.com/

>I kept my non-dickhead interpretation of Statesman, though, because
>frankly I think a universe's #1 signature hero shouldn't be a
>dickhead.

After looking back at some of the history of City of Heroes, I'm starting to think the comic based their Statesman off how Emmert seemed to act to the players :)

Matrix Dragon, J. Random Nutter

*smiles* Is it sad that I keep thinking that -this- is what the "Official" CoH fiction should be like?

I wonder how much we'd have to slip under the door before they let you write a few short stories for the website or something.

No, no, that's not how it's done. We have to dress up as our villain characters, storm their citadel, hold them at gunpoint, and demand that he be allowed, in the grand tradition of supervillains everywhere.

>No, no, that's not how it's done.

You know, I think Moonsword has a point there...