Shared Superhero World

I made the mistake (will not really a mistake) of reading an article at io9.com http://io9.com/5878720/how-to-create-a-brand-new-iconic-hero-or-villain and started thinking about creating a world for superheroes. Thus making me wonder if anyone wanted to do a shared world (sadly the last one I started feel apart, between Nano, the holidays and everything. everyone that joined up was so busy.) The idea is for a new and original take on superheroes and the world they live in.

So I've put some feelers out and I'll see what happens. I need to get back to do something writing wise, maybe making something that's not fully a fantasy (swords and magic) world I'll get back to doing something fun.

I have a forum set up, comment if you want to know more, leave an email address if you want a link to the group. :D

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This sounds like an interesting idea and I'd like to take part. I'd rather not post my email on the forum, but I can NaNoMail it to you if you want.

I've actually recently been playing around with Superheroes in 750words.com. My goal, like many superhero guys, was to try to make them more humanized than the invincible man in tights. The way I went about this was mainly by having almost no one have powers. My MC had powers because he was the MC and he had a friend who had powers, but that friend was supposed to represent that spotless paragon Superman type. Most other heroes, though, were just acrobatic or had technology or some such. Also, except again for my MC's paragon friend, most people were either heroes for not entirely heroic reasons or didn't really want to be. My MC had his powers forced on him and acts as a hero partly to counterbalance the darker heroes. My Batman rip-off(*cough*) was brutal and cared more about revenge than heroism. My first heroine had a Robin Hood complex and my second had absolutely no control of her massive powers and would rather just be a normal person.

I didn't spend much time on the world, but I think it's a good idea to stay away from the Metropolis/Central City/etc "Hey look, it's New York!" city archetype. How to do that is the

I've been toying with an idea for a superhero story (sort of). The concept is that the MCs are actually hostages of supervillains. I will say, though, that I have the quintessential supersoldier hero in there. Then there is Sticky Fingers (or whatever name I decide is better for him), a conman with the power to steal almost anything with his hands. This tends to include thoughts, strength, identities (temporarily), etc. Ultimately, I see him in a Batman fanfiction, starting his story in Arkham Asylum as an extreme kleptomaniac.

I got burned the last time I tried to share a story world with someone--he started making major changes and plot decisions about my characters without consulting me--but I actually have a superhero world that I'm planning to leave open for other people to play in if I ever publish it. I could NaNoMail you what I have and you could see if it's something you'd like to use as the base for this.

Sorry I haven't been around, been busy with work!

With how I set up my shared worlds, if you create a character it's yours. We normally just decide on how the world works. for this one it'll be deciding on how powers come about and things like that!

Please send me a nano message or email magicalbookworm@gmx.com if your interested in joining. so far there's 4 people!

we're now at 6 members. Looking to double our numbers. Drop me an email magicalbookworm@gmx.com for the link

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