Once again I wasn't completely thrilled with my entry. So I'm
deciding to expand the entry.
I think I would go with the faking being a wolf demon. I'd find
some kids who think it's cool to worship demons. I'd crash among them
using Cannonballs powers and when the smoke clears I'd make sure to
use Wolfsbane's powers to be in transitional wolf form acting
injured. I'd tell them I'd need to feed and use Karma's possession
power to zone them out and tell them that meant that I had fed. I
would tell them that if they wanted to have my services that they
would have to show their fear and then I would use Mirage's power to
show it
Of course there would be a demand of tribute in return for
services. I think the most common service I would offer is the “high”
of experiencing your greatest desire even if only temporarily. The
next most common service would of course be giving rides via flight
or some kind of wagon/dog sled conveyance. Next would be
intimidation. Either as a wolf-man, wolf, using Mirage's fear power
or even just taking over a subject making them seem to pass out when
“my master” wanted to show their strength over them.
I would establish a set of “taboos” that would dictate the
terms of my services. “Divine interference” comes with
conditions. Any “malevolent request” requires an “equal act of
benevolence” to balance the karmic debt. Killing would be forbidden
since the only act to balance to taking someone’s life would be
sacrificing one's own life. Also it would go against divine law for a
divine being to take a non-divine life.
If nothing else my excuse if I couldn't do something would be that
being cast from Heaven reduced my power and invincibility. Of course
I would also say, “Do I look like a genie to you?”
Basically my demon ways would of course be a scam to make me money
and get me stuff but ultimately it would teach my masters to be
better people or if nothing else learn to balance their behavior.
Thanks for reading
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Thursday, March 14, 2013
If I was an Original New Mutants Powered Composite Super Being
To reiterate
I distinguish composite super beings from "power mimics" like the Super Adaptoid or Amazo who gain their powers from being exposed to other super beings because they only have the specific power sets of a specific group of super beings and cannot just acquire more like the two androids mentioned can.
For me the appeal of a composite super beings is similar to the appeal of power mimics. When you have the combined powers of a super team you can use it in ways that individual team members can't no matter how cooperative they are. Like the Super Skrull combining Mr. Fantastic's stretching with the Thing's superhuman strength to use the super strength in places where it's difficult to reach. Something the two can't do as individuals. Mr. Fantastic can reach but he lacks the super strength. The Thing has the strength but lacks the reach.
As a composite super being you can mix and match the powers of the composing super beings or use only individual's power sets at a time or none at all.
Background
The original New Mutants were a team of adolescent mutants brought together by Charles Xavier (Professor X) who was under control of the Brood Queen at the time. However before his possession he had contemplated creating a new team of young mutants not for combat purposes like the X-Men but strictly as just students learning to use their powers. His choice of recruits were Sam Guthrie (Cannonball), Danielle Moonstar (Mirage all though originally Psyche), Roberto da Costa (Sunspot), Xi'an Coy Mahn (Karma), Rahne Sinclair (Wolfsbane). They were primarily chosen because they were being targeted by the White King of the Hellfire Club Donald Pierce who actually had Sam Guthrie already working for him.
They went on a number of adventures before Charles Xavier was freed of the control of the Brood Queen. After his release he decided to keep the team together and forbidding them to go on missions and into combat until they graduated. Of course that never stopped them from going on adventures.
Description
The New Mutants originally wore the standard X-Men uniform. A black body suit with a broad yellow vertical stripe on the chest and yellow trunks. It was accessorized with yellow gauntlets, yellow boots with folded cuffs and a red belt with the X-Men symbol for a buckle consisting of a red circle with a large black “X” in it against a yellow back ground.
Cannonball
As described in If I Was Cannonball Sam Guthrie is a tall, thin, blond haired, blue eyed, male. They went out of there way to play up that he was a hillbilly there fore they originally drew him as awkward and not quite handsome as super beings are usually drawn..
Mirage
Danielle Moonstar is originally drawn as a coltish, tallish, native-american girl (Cheyenne I believe) with long dark hair and dark eyes. She personalized her uniform with hide boots and a headdress with feathers. She eventually evolved into the teams “Hot Girl”.
Sunspot
Roberto is a short, although athletic, Brazilian boy with dark skin, hair and eyes. His hair is naturally curly/wavy and he keeps short but not severely short so you can see the natural wave or curl to it.
Karma
Xi'an Coy Mahn is an averaged height (for a North American anyway) Vietnamese female with short dark hair and dark eyes. She was often portrayed as severe looking. Of course given the troubles that dogged her, her whole early life it makes sense to portray her that way.
Wolfsbane
Rahne Sinclair is a short, petite (5'2”, 110lbs) Scottish girl with red hair and green eyes. Her hair is originally portrayed as very short, almost fuzzy, similar to the length of wolf fur. This apparently a consequence of her mutant power. She has often complained that it wouldn't grow any longer than that. In her lupin and transitional form her fur was a reddish-brown color. Her costume was made of “unstable molecules” and would transform into a collar when she transformed into her “beastly” forms.
Powers
I am going with their powers as they were originally, before they underwent various modifications by either further forced mutation, magical enchantment or plain old had to be made more powerful to carry a comic book.
Cannonball
Cannonball possesses the power to project himself in flight via a “thermal chemical” propulsion method leaving behind him a “contrail” similar to a rocket. His max speed (at this time anyway) was 150 miles per hour and could generate enough thrust to carry at least over a ton of weight in flight. He flew with Sunspot who was carrying a small van or covered truck. I would say he could fly with greater weights since he didn't seem to stressed by it and frankly a vehicle that size would way more than a ton but then when a weight is bothered to be stated in a story it is because they are implying that it is the actual weight of the object. It's not specified how long he can fly for but it does quickly become his primary mode of transportation permitting him to fly across a city the size of Brazil while carrying a small truck or van.
When he activates his thrust and for up to possibly a minute after his thrust is turned off he generates a “blast field” that protects him and whomever he is carrying if he so chooses from the damage of a collision or the general damage that would normally be incurred in flight. It protected him from such things as a collision that destroyed a full grown tree, blasting through stone to free trapped minors and multiple shots from energy based weapons used by Hellfire Club security. Not to mention the strain of carrying over a ton of weight with him in flight using only one arm.
Mirage
Mirage's primary power is to draw the image of a subjects worse fear or greatest desire from their mind and manifest them as animated three dimensional holograms. She doesn't know what the images are going to be before they appear. She can't just probe a mind. These images are clearly holograms to those that they aren't drawn from but for those they are drawn from they are very, very real. The full range of the power isn't know but she can at least do it within line of site and has used it to draw her flying horse to her.
She possesses a secondary power that permits her to telepathically communicate with animals and understand them. She uses this most often to communicate with her teammate Wolfsbane while in her wolf forms. Once again the full range of the power isn't know but it does function as a handy communication device when they are separated on missions in large compounds so I'm going go with it is at least possible within line of sight. I will say that it does not extend into the hundreds of miles since she couldn't find Rahne when they were separated in different parts of the Asgardian continent.
Sunspot
Sunspot has the power to grant himself super human strength by drawing power from solar energy. In his earliest appearances he is strong enough to split a large boulder in two with one blow and is capable of toppling a sentinel (a giant mutant hunting robot). He is said to be able to lift 25 tons at arms length over his head at this period in his career. However his strength level is dependent on the amount of solar energy he is exposed to. Under normal conditions on Earth he has the above listed strength but in a setting with a greater sun or more suns he would be stronger.
A consequence of his elevation in strength is an equal elevation in his resistance to injury if for nothing else but to permit him to function with superhuman strength without damaging himself. He has of course survived blows from super strong opponents and falls from great heights and even being hit by an eighteen wheeler at one hundred miles per hour. He was even trampled by horse without suffering harm. However this does not necessarily translate into a greater resistance to temperature extremes, diseases or toxins. He would still require aid to survive in hostile environments such as a scuba tank for breathing while underwater and a spacesuit for surviving outside of the atmosphere.
There is no specific information on how long he can manifest his solar powered strength. It is of course based on how much solar energy he has stored. I'd wager initially he could store enough energy to function in super strength mode for as long as he could function in normal strength mode. Of course when he runs out of solar energy he has to be exposed to sunlight to recharge his strength. Instead of just resting and letting his strength rebuild by his body processing more “food based fuel”. This would basically mean that after a few minutes of full exertion he would run out of stored energy. However this soon grew into at least tens of minutes of full exertion giving him something resembling superhuman stamina.
He is constantly absorbing solar energy even at night without it being apparent. However when he activates his super strength this process accelerates and his skin and hair no longer reflects light making him appear to be completely black except his eyes and the inside of his mouth which seem to become luminescent. Dust particles that pass close to his body also become darkened making him seem to be surrounded by a corona of black spots from which he derives his name Sunspot. His exact rate of absorption isn't really specified but it doesn't really seem to take him long to recharge his strength in day light. In fact in day light one could assume he could remain in super strength mode for extended periods of time.
Karma
Karma has the ability to take over one or more subjects' bodies (usually people) by psionic means. Sort of how you control a video game character or a puppet. More a remote control capacity then an actual possession. She isn't left defenceless as she would be if she actually left her body and took over her target's body. She can however see through the subjects eyes as well as experience their other sensory input. This permits her control a subject she has caused to leave her sight.
The consciousness of the subjects themselves are repressed while controlled. They enter a dreamlike sleep and have no memory of being controlled. If she retains control of a subject for too long their personality begins to overwhelm hers. The time is not specified but I would imagine it is long enough for her to be useful. She is still in control but she starts to act according to their personality instead of hers. The more subjects she controls at once the harder it is to keep them all under control.
Because of how her power works the subject of her control can function clumsily at first as she gets accustomed to how their body works. Also given that there is no specifications about the range of the power one can assume it is at least as far as visual range.
Wolfsbane
Simply put Wolfsbane can transform into a wolf. The wolf form itself is not super wolfish (it will be eventually due to forced mutation). It has the same abilities and limits of a similar sized wolf except for two exception. The first is that as a wolf she retains her human intelligence and self awareness. She does however act more “wolfish” in wolf form. I would assume because although she has human intelligence the wolf form has wolf instincts instead of human ones. The second exception is that her wolf form can see into the ultraviolet and infrared spectrum even though real wolves cannot.
A second element of her wolf transformation power is that she can adopt a “transitional” form where she possesses both the advantages of her human and wolf forms. As an example she can use human speech in transitional form even though she can't in wolf form. Her wolf form is larger than her human and consequently she is also larger in her transitional form. She is ten inches taller in this form. This has the advantage of giving her more muscle mass making her stronger and more durable although not super humanly so.
How long she can remain in each form isn't stated but one would assume the longer she is in wolf form the more she will act like a wolf because she will grow more accustom to functioning with wolf instincts.
If I was an original New Mutants powered composite super being
With Cannonball's powers
Once again for this power set I'd become a sky writer and play “Rocket Man”. However there's a different thing I would do. Thrust being a big component of the power set I'd build myself a “flying shell” that I could use as a cargo carrier or even a passenger carrier. I'd supply the thrust and the shell would provide the lift. Even if it wasn't perfectly secure the blast field should theoretically protect the shell while I'm flying it.
With Mirage's powers
It's funny that I would get more out of her secondary power than her primary power. I would become an animal trainer or at least a pet psychiatrist. I would use the primary power as a reward/punishment tool. Also I would get a pet and between the pet and this power set I would have my own personal security system.
With Sunspot's powers
I think with this power set you go into the entertainment industry. Most likely entertaining at kids parties. Lifting the parents cars and tying metal things into knots. Doing all this combined with the appearance the power set provides will make you a lot of money I'm sure.
With Karma's powers
In a lot of ways this power set isn't my cup of tea. I don't like to force people to do things against their will. Then on the other hand it's right up my alley as well. The ability to stop someone without hurting them does appeal to me and the dark side of me would love to be able to order people around like puppets. Of course being me I would use this power set for “non-violent” conflict resolution. “Stop punching yourself” of course would have a whole new appeal to me as I make someone hit themselves to subdue them.
Then it dawns on me. Synchronized sports or at least personal training. Get certified as a personal trainer and offer people a work out while they zone out. I would make the body go through the work out and their minds would be free. This would build their “muscle memory” even if not their conscious memory. They could acquire some new skills without even knowing it. I would definitely do that. My slogan would be “Do you find exercise too tedious? Let me do it for you while you relax.”
With Wolfsbane's powers
This is my “take back the night” power set. I spend a lot of time at night in wolf form running around exploring. Using my transitional form to get me into places I couldn't because of the limitations of the wolf form. I'm not saying I'd go running out into the forest but rather in urban settings. It would be my excuse to exercise more. Running through the darkened cityscape, able to see into the shadows, the cool breeze blowing through my fur. I would love that. I'd do much like a real wolf would. I'd get to know the town I live in by smell as well as the cities I regularly visit. If nothing else it would be my excuse to find new places to visit during the day with friends.
In Combination
Combining all of the powers I might even play at being a “demon” werewolf. I'd live in an old abandoned building and use Mirage and Karma's powers to show I have power over souls. Wolfsbane's powers would govern my wolfish appearance. Cannonball's powers would show I have power over “hellfire” and Sunspot's powers would show that my true power lies in darkness.
Combining Wolfsbane, Mirage and Sunspot's powers I would do as I would as Ursa Major. I would accompany people hunting. Probably track down the prey and carry it out if it got stuck in otherwise inaccessible areas. Of course it would be easier to track then with Ursa Major since aside from enhanced senses the “animal telepathy” also helps. This would also help me steer those hunting towards the old and sick deer rather than the healthy ones. Of course given that I could sense the animals thoughts I would have those asking me to help them hunt take the time and give thanks to their potential prey before letting them actually hunt them.
Combining Sunspot and Cannonball's powers I would use them haul freight in short hauls. As long as it didn't exceed my ability to carry it, I would be a great delivery service.
Combining Karma and Mirage's powers I would hire myself out to help people get over their greatest fears. Mirage's main power would of course permit me to determine what there fear is Karma's power would let me “sedate” the person if they couldn't deal with what was happening in the therapy. I would take them over and send their consciousness into a dream like state while I kept them from hurting anyone accidentally should they panic and become dangerous.
Thanks for reading
I distinguish composite super beings from "power mimics" like the Super Adaptoid or Amazo who gain their powers from being exposed to other super beings because they only have the specific power sets of a specific group of super beings and cannot just acquire more like the two androids mentioned can.
For me the appeal of a composite super beings is similar to the appeal of power mimics. When you have the combined powers of a super team you can use it in ways that individual team members can't no matter how cooperative they are. Like the Super Skrull combining Mr. Fantastic's stretching with the Thing's superhuman strength to use the super strength in places where it's difficult to reach. Something the two can't do as individuals. Mr. Fantastic can reach but he lacks the super strength. The Thing has the strength but lacks the reach.
As a composite super being you can mix and match the powers of the composing super beings or use only individual's power sets at a time or none at all.
Background
The original New Mutants were a team of adolescent mutants brought together by Charles Xavier (Professor X) who was under control of the Brood Queen at the time. However before his possession he had contemplated creating a new team of young mutants not for combat purposes like the X-Men but strictly as just students learning to use their powers. His choice of recruits were Sam Guthrie (Cannonball), Danielle Moonstar (Mirage all though originally Psyche), Roberto da Costa (Sunspot), Xi'an Coy Mahn (Karma), Rahne Sinclair (Wolfsbane). They were primarily chosen because they were being targeted by the White King of the Hellfire Club Donald Pierce who actually had Sam Guthrie already working for him.
They went on a number of adventures before Charles Xavier was freed of the control of the Brood Queen. After his release he decided to keep the team together and forbidding them to go on missions and into combat until they graduated. Of course that never stopped them from going on adventures.
Description
The New Mutants originally wore the standard X-Men uniform. A black body suit with a broad yellow vertical stripe on the chest and yellow trunks. It was accessorized with yellow gauntlets, yellow boots with folded cuffs and a red belt with the X-Men symbol for a buckle consisting of a red circle with a large black “X” in it against a yellow back ground.
Cannonball
As described in If I Was Cannonball Sam Guthrie is a tall, thin, blond haired, blue eyed, male. They went out of there way to play up that he was a hillbilly there fore they originally drew him as awkward and not quite handsome as super beings are usually drawn..
Mirage
Danielle Moonstar is originally drawn as a coltish, tallish, native-american girl (Cheyenne I believe) with long dark hair and dark eyes. She personalized her uniform with hide boots and a headdress with feathers. She eventually evolved into the teams “Hot Girl”.
Sunspot
Roberto is a short, although athletic, Brazilian boy with dark skin, hair and eyes. His hair is naturally curly/wavy and he keeps short but not severely short so you can see the natural wave or curl to it.
Karma
Xi'an Coy Mahn is an averaged height (for a North American anyway) Vietnamese female with short dark hair and dark eyes. She was often portrayed as severe looking. Of course given the troubles that dogged her, her whole early life it makes sense to portray her that way.
Wolfsbane
Rahne Sinclair is a short, petite (5'2”, 110lbs) Scottish girl with red hair and green eyes. Her hair is originally portrayed as very short, almost fuzzy, similar to the length of wolf fur. This apparently a consequence of her mutant power. She has often complained that it wouldn't grow any longer than that. In her lupin and transitional form her fur was a reddish-brown color. Her costume was made of “unstable molecules” and would transform into a collar when she transformed into her “beastly” forms.
Powers
I am going with their powers as they were originally, before they underwent various modifications by either further forced mutation, magical enchantment or plain old had to be made more powerful to carry a comic book.
Cannonball
Cannonball possesses the power to project himself in flight via a “thermal chemical” propulsion method leaving behind him a “contrail” similar to a rocket. His max speed (at this time anyway) was 150 miles per hour and could generate enough thrust to carry at least over a ton of weight in flight. He flew with Sunspot who was carrying a small van or covered truck. I would say he could fly with greater weights since he didn't seem to stressed by it and frankly a vehicle that size would way more than a ton but then when a weight is bothered to be stated in a story it is because they are implying that it is the actual weight of the object. It's not specified how long he can fly for but it does quickly become his primary mode of transportation permitting him to fly across a city the size of Brazil while carrying a small truck or van.
When he activates his thrust and for up to possibly a minute after his thrust is turned off he generates a “blast field” that protects him and whomever he is carrying if he so chooses from the damage of a collision or the general damage that would normally be incurred in flight. It protected him from such things as a collision that destroyed a full grown tree, blasting through stone to free trapped minors and multiple shots from energy based weapons used by Hellfire Club security. Not to mention the strain of carrying over a ton of weight with him in flight using only one arm.
Mirage
Mirage's primary power is to draw the image of a subjects worse fear or greatest desire from their mind and manifest them as animated three dimensional holograms. She doesn't know what the images are going to be before they appear. She can't just probe a mind. These images are clearly holograms to those that they aren't drawn from but for those they are drawn from they are very, very real. The full range of the power isn't know but she can at least do it within line of site and has used it to draw her flying horse to her.
She possesses a secondary power that permits her to telepathically communicate with animals and understand them. She uses this most often to communicate with her teammate Wolfsbane while in her wolf forms. Once again the full range of the power isn't know but it does function as a handy communication device when they are separated on missions in large compounds so I'm going go with it is at least possible within line of sight. I will say that it does not extend into the hundreds of miles since she couldn't find Rahne when they were separated in different parts of the Asgardian continent.
Sunspot
Sunspot has the power to grant himself super human strength by drawing power from solar energy. In his earliest appearances he is strong enough to split a large boulder in two with one blow and is capable of toppling a sentinel (a giant mutant hunting robot). He is said to be able to lift 25 tons at arms length over his head at this period in his career. However his strength level is dependent on the amount of solar energy he is exposed to. Under normal conditions on Earth he has the above listed strength but in a setting with a greater sun or more suns he would be stronger.
A consequence of his elevation in strength is an equal elevation in his resistance to injury if for nothing else but to permit him to function with superhuman strength without damaging himself. He has of course survived blows from super strong opponents and falls from great heights and even being hit by an eighteen wheeler at one hundred miles per hour. He was even trampled by horse without suffering harm. However this does not necessarily translate into a greater resistance to temperature extremes, diseases or toxins. He would still require aid to survive in hostile environments such as a scuba tank for breathing while underwater and a spacesuit for surviving outside of the atmosphere.
There is no specific information on how long he can manifest his solar powered strength. It is of course based on how much solar energy he has stored. I'd wager initially he could store enough energy to function in super strength mode for as long as he could function in normal strength mode. Of course when he runs out of solar energy he has to be exposed to sunlight to recharge his strength. Instead of just resting and letting his strength rebuild by his body processing more “food based fuel”. This would basically mean that after a few minutes of full exertion he would run out of stored energy. However this soon grew into at least tens of minutes of full exertion giving him something resembling superhuman stamina.
He is constantly absorbing solar energy even at night without it being apparent. However when he activates his super strength this process accelerates and his skin and hair no longer reflects light making him appear to be completely black except his eyes and the inside of his mouth which seem to become luminescent. Dust particles that pass close to his body also become darkened making him seem to be surrounded by a corona of black spots from which he derives his name Sunspot. His exact rate of absorption isn't really specified but it doesn't really seem to take him long to recharge his strength in day light. In fact in day light one could assume he could remain in super strength mode for extended periods of time.
Karma
Karma has the ability to take over one or more subjects' bodies (usually people) by psionic means. Sort of how you control a video game character or a puppet. More a remote control capacity then an actual possession. She isn't left defenceless as she would be if she actually left her body and took over her target's body. She can however see through the subjects eyes as well as experience their other sensory input. This permits her control a subject she has caused to leave her sight.
The consciousness of the subjects themselves are repressed while controlled. They enter a dreamlike sleep and have no memory of being controlled. If she retains control of a subject for too long their personality begins to overwhelm hers. The time is not specified but I would imagine it is long enough for her to be useful. She is still in control but she starts to act according to their personality instead of hers. The more subjects she controls at once the harder it is to keep them all under control.
Because of how her power works the subject of her control can function clumsily at first as she gets accustomed to how their body works. Also given that there is no specifications about the range of the power one can assume it is at least as far as visual range.
Wolfsbane
Simply put Wolfsbane can transform into a wolf. The wolf form itself is not super wolfish (it will be eventually due to forced mutation). It has the same abilities and limits of a similar sized wolf except for two exception. The first is that as a wolf she retains her human intelligence and self awareness. She does however act more “wolfish” in wolf form. I would assume because although she has human intelligence the wolf form has wolf instincts instead of human ones. The second exception is that her wolf form can see into the ultraviolet and infrared spectrum even though real wolves cannot.
A second element of her wolf transformation power is that she can adopt a “transitional” form where she possesses both the advantages of her human and wolf forms. As an example she can use human speech in transitional form even though she can't in wolf form. Her wolf form is larger than her human and consequently she is also larger in her transitional form. She is ten inches taller in this form. This has the advantage of giving her more muscle mass making her stronger and more durable although not super humanly so.
How long she can remain in each form isn't stated but one would assume the longer she is in wolf form the more she will act like a wolf because she will grow more accustom to functioning with wolf instincts.
If I was an original New Mutants powered composite super being
With Cannonball's powers
Once again for this power set I'd become a sky writer and play “Rocket Man”. However there's a different thing I would do. Thrust being a big component of the power set I'd build myself a “flying shell” that I could use as a cargo carrier or even a passenger carrier. I'd supply the thrust and the shell would provide the lift. Even if it wasn't perfectly secure the blast field should theoretically protect the shell while I'm flying it.
With Mirage's powers
It's funny that I would get more out of her secondary power than her primary power. I would become an animal trainer or at least a pet psychiatrist. I would use the primary power as a reward/punishment tool. Also I would get a pet and between the pet and this power set I would have my own personal security system.
With Sunspot's powers
I think with this power set you go into the entertainment industry. Most likely entertaining at kids parties. Lifting the parents cars and tying metal things into knots. Doing all this combined with the appearance the power set provides will make you a lot of money I'm sure.
With Karma's powers
In a lot of ways this power set isn't my cup of tea. I don't like to force people to do things against their will. Then on the other hand it's right up my alley as well. The ability to stop someone without hurting them does appeal to me and the dark side of me would love to be able to order people around like puppets. Of course being me I would use this power set for “non-violent” conflict resolution. “Stop punching yourself” of course would have a whole new appeal to me as I make someone hit themselves to subdue them.
Then it dawns on me. Synchronized sports or at least personal training. Get certified as a personal trainer and offer people a work out while they zone out. I would make the body go through the work out and their minds would be free. This would build their “muscle memory” even if not their conscious memory. They could acquire some new skills without even knowing it. I would definitely do that. My slogan would be “Do you find exercise too tedious? Let me do it for you while you relax.”
With Wolfsbane's powers
This is my “take back the night” power set. I spend a lot of time at night in wolf form running around exploring. Using my transitional form to get me into places I couldn't because of the limitations of the wolf form. I'm not saying I'd go running out into the forest but rather in urban settings. It would be my excuse to exercise more. Running through the darkened cityscape, able to see into the shadows, the cool breeze blowing through my fur. I would love that. I'd do much like a real wolf would. I'd get to know the town I live in by smell as well as the cities I regularly visit. If nothing else it would be my excuse to find new places to visit during the day with friends.
In Combination
Combining all of the powers I might even play at being a “demon” werewolf. I'd live in an old abandoned building and use Mirage and Karma's powers to show I have power over souls. Wolfsbane's powers would govern my wolfish appearance. Cannonball's powers would show I have power over “hellfire” and Sunspot's powers would show that my true power lies in darkness.
Combining Wolfsbane, Mirage and Sunspot's powers I would do as I would as Ursa Major. I would accompany people hunting. Probably track down the prey and carry it out if it got stuck in otherwise inaccessible areas. Of course it would be easier to track then with Ursa Major since aside from enhanced senses the “animal telepathy” also helps. This would also help me steer those hunting towards the old and sick deer rather than the healthy ones. Of course given that I could sense the animals thoughts I would have those asking me to help them hunt take the time and give thanks to their potential prey before letting them actually hunt them.
Combining Sunspot and Cannonball's powers I would use them haul freight in short hauls. As long as it didn't exceed my ability to carry it, I would be a great delivery service.
Combining Karma and Mirage's powers I would hire myself out to help people get over their greatest fears. Mirage's main power would of course permit me to determine what there fear is Karma's power would let me “sedate” the person if they couldn't deal with what was happening in the therapy. I would take them over and send their consciousness into a dream like state while I kept them from hurting anyone accidentally should they panic and become dangerous.
Thanks for reading
Monday, January 28, 2013
If I was Angel
Background
Warren Worthington III is a mutant with feathery wings born into a wealthy family. In his teens he was invited to attend Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters as part of the first group of X-Men. Unlike the others Warren had already began a career as a superhero when at an other he boarding school. He wore a nightshirt as a costume and named himself the Avenging Angel. He has since had a long and illustrious superhero career with various groups like the Champions of Los Angeles, the Defenders and of course many incarnations of the various "X" groups.
Up until he lost his wings to amputation his powers remained stable but since then his powers have gone through a number of variations all based on his angelic theme. He was Death where he had techno organic wings with launchable poisoned feathers; (eventually) as Archangel he would maintain his usual powers but would transform back into Death again when enraged; finally he now possesses "angelic" powers from the "Celestial Seed of Life".
Powers
For this posting I'm going to stick with "classic Angel". Therefore his body is adapted for flight meaning his strength to weight ratio is higher than a normal human due to his body being more lean than average. His stamina and vision are also superior to normal although to what degree is not documented but one would assume not super humanly so but then they are geared toward high speed, long distance flight so still greater than the general population maybe even greater than an elite athlete. One would expect that his vision is naturally polarized to protect it from the harsh sun light at high altitudes and that like a bird he could see over further distances to permit navigation despite the heights he's flying at.
His wings are flexible and can be tied down so as to be concealed. His top flight speed is 150 mph (240kph) and his cruising speed is 70 mph (112kph). He can fly at his top speed for for up to half an hour and fly overall for 12 hours. He can perform a power dive for up to 180 mph (290 kph).
His maximum altitude is 29,000 feet (8840meters) and he can only maintain that height for several minutes. He routinely flies at 6,500 feet (1981 meters) but he could fly at 10,000ft (3,000 meters) just as easily.
He's capable of flying with up to 500lbs of cargo with him in flight. He's flown around carrying Colossus in his metal form. How much it affects his stamina has never been stated. It should noted that his arms are strong enough to carry a 500 lbs person so his overall general strength is fairly high.
I should note that Angel can get airborne from a standing position with just one wing beat. Also he is ridiculously agile in flight frankly beyond what feathered wings seem to permit.
If I was Angel
I would say that I wouldn't go out of my way to be a superhero. I mean if I could give a hand I would. I'm not a monster but I don't see having feathery wings as a real superhero power. If nothing else the wings would make you an excellent target. This is another one of those power sets that I think is more suited to enhancing your daily life.
This is of course an excellent travel power set. Seventy miles per hour in the air is better than seventy miles per hour following a road. However I'm more thinking of the wind through my feathers and hair. The ability to feel the flight, being dependent on air currants and rising up on thermals.
Having said that last sentence I would probably go into business with someone who wanted to open a hang gliding or sky diving business. If nothing else I could provide an extra security if shoots or hang gliders fail. I could also provide the ice breaker for getting people into the air for the first time. Hell if I really wanted to I could offer tandem flying runs. A whole new sport altogether. Heck maybe have clients wear the flight suits then carry them and drop them and pick them up again when they need to gain height again.
Yes that is what I would do if I was Angel. I would open a tandem flight business mixed with hang gliding and skydiving.
Thanks for reading.
Warren Worthington III is a mutant with feathery wings born into a wealthy family. In his teens he was invited to attend Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters as part of the first group of X-Men. Unlike the others Warren had already began a career as a superhero when at an other he boarding school. He wore a nightshirt as a costume and named himself the Avenging Angel. He has since had a long and illustrious superhero career with various groups like the Champions of Los Angeles, the Defenders and of course many incarnations of the various "X" groups.
Up until he lost his wings to amputation his powers remained stable but since then his powers have gone through a number of variations all based on his angelic theme. He was Death where he had techno organic wings with launchable poisoned feathers; (eventually) as Archangel he would maintain his usual powers but would transform back into Death again when enraged; finally he now possesses "angelic" powers from the "Celestial Seed of Life".
Powers
For this posting I'm going to stick with "classic Angel". Therefore his body is adapted for flight meaning his strength to weight ratio is higher than a normal human due to his body being more lean than average. His stamina and vision are also superior to normal although to what degree is not documented but one would assume not super humanly so but then they are geared toward high speed, long distance flight so still greater than the general population maybe even greater than an elite athlete. One would expect that his vision is naturally polarized to protect it from the harsh sun light at high altitudes and that like a bird he could see over further distances to permit navigation despite the heights he's flying at.
His wings are flexible and can be tied down so as to be concealed. His top flight speed is 150 mph (240kph) and his cruising speed is 70 mph (112kph). He can fly at his top speed for for up to half an hour and fly overall for 12 hours. He can perform a power dive for up to 180 mph (290 kph).
His maximum altitude is 29,000 feet (8840meters) and he can only maintain that height for several minutes. He routinely flies at 6,500 feet (1981 meters) but he could fly at 10,000ft (3,000 meters) just as easily.
He's capable of flying with up to 500lbs of cargo with him in flight. He's flown around carrying Colossus in his metal form. How much it affects his stamina has never been stated. It should noted that his arms are strong enough to carry a 500 lbs person so his overall general strength is fairly high.
I should note that Angel can get airborne from a standing position with just one wing beat. Also he is ridiculously agile in flight frankly beyond what feathered wings seem to permit.
If I was Angel
I would say that I wouldn't go out of my way to be a superhero. I mean if I could give a hand I would. I'm not a monster but I don't see having feathery wings as a real superhero power. If nothing else the wings would make you an excellent target. This is another one of those power sets that I think is more suited to enhancing your daily life.
This is of course an excellent travel power set. Seventy miles per hour in the air is better than seventy miles per hour following a road. However I'm more thinking of the wind through my feathers and hair. The ability to feel the flight, being dependent on air currants and rising up on thermals.
Having said that last sentence I would probably go into business with someone who wanted to open a hang gliding or sky diving business. If nothing else I could provide an extra security if shoots or hang gliders fail. I could also provide the ice breaker for getting people into the air for the first time. Hell if I really wanted to I could offer tandem flying runs. A whole new sport altogether. Heck maybe have clients wear the flight suits then carry them and drop them and pick them up again when they need to gain height again.
Yes that is what I would do if I was Angel. I would open a tandem flight business mixed with hang gliding and skydiving.
Thanks for reading.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
If I was Banshee
Background
Sean Cassidy (yeah I'm sure he was named after the singer but I can't say for sure) is a mutant who is the cousin of Black Tom (who I made an entry about previously) and father of Siryn (who now also goes by the name Banshee). He is most famous for being a X-Men and a number of the derivative groups there of but he started his career as an Interpol officer and later reluctantly as a criminal. His worst crimes were committed when he was kidnapped by the mutant group Factor Three who put a bomb device on his head and forced him to do his bidding. That brought him into contact with the X-Men who eventually freed him.
Description
Sean is what you would call a tall, "handsome devil" with blue eyes and strawberry blond hair. I believe he was created as some kind of Sean Connery clone but I couldn't say for sure. He was created before my time.
As an X-Man he has worn a number of costume variants of the X-Men uniforms as well a green and yellow version of his own individual costume. Regardless of the costume he wore they all had the one same feature, a pair of "wings' similar to the flap of skin of a flying squirrel that permits aids him control his flight.
Powers
Banshee has a combination of superhuman vocal cords and "psionic" abilities making him a master of sound. He is capable of generating a "sonic scream" that can be used to do things like generate concussive force, shattering/disintegrate objects (referred to as his sonic lance) or even counter other sources of vibrations like when he prevented Moses Magnum from unleashing earthquakes powerful enough to destroy japan. He can also use his voice in non-violent ways like putting people in trances, causing disorientation or even knocking them unconscious.
His psionic powers let him use his powers for things other than just yelling. He can use them to direct sound below and behind him, propelling him through the air in controllable flight at speeds apparently up to the speed of sound. He can also warp sound around him creating a sonic force field although I have no idea how effective of a shield it is as I have no comic books with him using his powers like that. His psionic abilities also protect him from being harmed by sound and sonic attacks.
Whether he has a specialized hearing mechanism or it's actually part of his psionic repertoire he is capable of using his voice for sonar. He has used it to scan a large underground compound from the outside with enough clarity for him to point out a safe place for Nightcrawler to teleport to even though neither of them had been inside the compound before.
As Black Tom is immune to his powers, he is immune to Black Tom's in return.
If I was Banshee
Well I'd learn to sing for one thing if only to give myself more vocal versatility. I haven't seen Sean portrayed as being a singer of any type other than after he's had a pint or two not unlike myself. I'd like to sing well and use my superhuman vocal powers to bring some joy to people and even bring some "spiritual up lifting". Singing does more than entertain people. When done right it moves people and inspires them in fact as mentioned above sound affects the human mind in many ways that have nothing to do with actually interpreting the sound.
With the discovery of directed sound I would have another skill to learn. Using directed sound you can talk to one person in a direct line from you and only they could hear you. I watched a documentary on it. It's really wild to see some one react to a sound while every one else around them is oblivious. It's not only an effective way of stealth communication, it's also an effective way of directing your sonic attack directly at the target you want to hit.
Mostly I would be a signer. The rest of the powers would be for my personal amusement. I would get around using the flight power. I would flirt at a distance using directed sound or maybe even learn to use a sound or two to make people "feel good".
Despite this power set's potential for destruction I can't see myself using it that way. Yes I would help if I saw someone was in trouble but I would use it to help people feel better. Actually if I'm to believe some medical claims, sound can be used to help harmonize the body back into health. The claims are controversial but if they were true I would learn how to use the powers that way. Maybe open my own "Healing and Harmony Center".
Thanks for reading
Sean Cassidy (yeah I'm sure he was named after the singer but I can't say for sure) is a mutant who is the cousin of Black Tom (who I made an entry about previously) and father of Siryn (who now also goes by the name Banshee). He is most famous for being a X-Men and a number of the derivative groups there of but he started his career as an Interpol officer and later reluctantly as a criminal. His worst crimes were committed when he was kidnapped by the mutant group Factor Three who put a bomb device on his head and forced him to do his bidding. That brought him into contact with the X-Men who eventually freed him.
Description
Sean is what you would call a tall, "handsome devil" with blue eyes and strawberry blond hair. I believe he was created as some kind of Sean Connery clone but I couldn't say for sure. He was created before my time.
As an X-Man he has worn a number of costume variants of the X-Men uniforms as well a green and yellow version of his own individual costume. Regardless of the costume he wore they all had the one same feature, a pair of "wings' similar to the flap of skin of a flying squirrel that permits aids him control his flight.
Powers
Banshee has a combination of superhuman vocal cords and "psionic" abilities making him a master of sound. He is capable of generating a "sonic scream" that can be used to do things like generate concussive force, shattering/disintegrate objects (referred to as his sonic lance) or even counter other sources of vibrations like when he prevented Moses Magnum from unleashing earthquakes powerful enough to destroy japan. He can also use his voice in non-violent ways like putting people in trances, causing disorientation or even knocking them unconscious.
His psionic powers let him use his powers for things other than just yelling. He can use them to direct sound below and behind him, propelling him through the air in controllable flight at speeds apparently up to the speed of sound. He can also warp sound around him creating a sonic force field although I have no idea how effective of a shield it is as I have no comic books with him using his powers like that. His psionic abilities also protect him from being harmed by sound and sonic attacks.
Whether he has a specialized hearing mechanism or it's actually part of his psionic repertoire he is capable of using his voice for sonar. He has used it to scan a large underground compound from the outside with enough clarity for him to point out a safe place for Nightcrawler to teleport to even though neither of them had been inside the compound before.
As Black Tom is immune to his powers, he is immune to Black Tom's in return.
If I was Banshee
Well I'd learn to sing for one thing if only to give myself more vocal versatility. I haven't seen Sean portrayed as being a singer of any type other than after he's had a pint or two not unlike myself. I'd like to sing well and use my superhuman vocal powers to bring some joy to people and even bring some "spiritual up lifting". Singing does more than entertain people. When done right it moves people and inspires them in fact as mentioned above sound affects the human mind in many ways that have nothing to do with actually interpreting the sound.
With the discovery of directed sound I would have another skill to learn. Using directed sound you can talk to one person in a direct line from you and only they could hear you. I watched a documentary on it. It's really wild to see some one react to a sound while every one else around them is oblivious. It's not only an effective way of stealth communication, it's also an effective way of directing your sonic attack directly at the target you want to hit.
Mostly I would be a signer. The rest of the powers would be for my personal amusement. I would get around using the flight power. I would flirt at a distance using directed sound or maybe even learn to use a sound or two to make people "feel good".
Despite this power set's potential for destruction I can't see myself using it that way. Yes I would help if I saw someone was in trouble but I would use it to help people feel better. Actually if I'm to believe some medical claims, sound can be used to help harmonize the body back into health. The claims are controversial but if they were true I would learn how to use the powers that way. Maybe open my own "Healing and Harmony Center".
Thanks for reading
Thursday, February 17, 2011
If I Was Vanisher
Background
Vanisher is one of the X-Men's oldest enemies. Over the years he has gone from major villain with his own henchmen to an X-team indentured transporter (since he can teleport other people as well as himself) until he was killed by a Sentinel.
Description
Vanisher is a bald man of average height and build with green eyes who now has tribal tattoos. By the end of his career he gave up wearing a costume.
Powers
The Vanisher can teleport himself and extra mass. Technically it seems he passes at an incredible speed through another dimension and reappears on Earth. So fast it seems that neither he nor the inhabitants of that dimension are aware of his passing through it.
His powers are "psionic" in nature and includes an instinctual spatial awareness ability that permits him to "teleport blind" to anywhere in his range. In other words he may want to teleport behind a closed door but if there is something that would prevent from him "materializing" there he will know not to teleport there even if he may not know what was in the way or any other detail of the area.
The maximum range of his teleportation powers is not yet been declared but he has teleported himself and seven other people from Southern California to an island north east of Madagascar. When he assembled the Fallen Angels (a group of young mutants runaways) he regularly teleported ten others including a 20 feet tall, 6000 lb. dinosaur.
If I Was Vanisher
I think I've talked enough about liking to explore and how I'd use various super powers to do it. Well the ability to teleport blind makes it even easier to explore places I haven't been. Also it makes taking vacations easier or even group vacations. The places that are opened up to you when you can get there almost instantaneously; a Maui beach in the afternoon and dinner by the Eiffel Tower at night. Imagine you're watching television and you're thinking the place you're watching seems like it would be a great place to visit so you just teleport there and check it out in real time. Then you come back and watch the rest of the show.
This is another one of those power sets that are life changing. The ability to move freely through the world in literally the blink of an eye makes it all different. I would have to do something life changing with it. I could do like Harry Keogh the Necroscope and use it to be the most kickass weapon delivery system ever. "Put the bomb where?" Poof. Poof again. "Okay It's there." But I'm thinking more about delivering medical supplies and even transporting patients and doctors quickly to the places they need to be in an emergency.
I might actually wear a costume that hides my identity. That way I can help the police and military out without being identified by those I've helped them against and that they themselves do not abuse my help. It's not that I think poorly of everyone in the police and military but I know that these are large organizations with authority over people's lives and not every one giving the orders is necessarily interested in everyone's best interests. Don't take my word for it read history books or pay attention to the news.
To indulge my "darkside" I would do a lot of breaking and entering minus the breaking part. My sense of exploration would eventually lead to me teleporting into businesses after hours just to see what they're like after hours. Like how a hacker breaks into a system just to see what's there but doesn't do anything with the data they've seen. I might also become a scourge to preservation lands teleporting into them most often unwittingly just to see what it's like where I'm not suppose to go. I can also see myself transporting into royal palaces and the homes of world leaders just to see how they live. I could really get myself into a lot of trouble.
If nothing else I would develop a combat style based around teleportation. A lot of dodging by teleporting and quick counter attacks by shifting my position to an exposed area on my opponent. Among the deadlier moves would be teleporting myself in such a way that when I materialize my weapon appears inside my opponent but then that might not be possible given the intuitive spatial awareness that prevents teleporting into solid objects. Regardless it should be an effective combat style especially since I would dedicate a room to housing various weapons that I would use in combat and teleport there to switch weapons as needed.
Thanks for reading.
Monday, February 14, 2011
If I Was Black Tom
Background
Thomas Cassidy is an Irish born mutant with a knack from crime who is the cousin of the former X-Man Banshee. He is the long time partner in crime of the Juggernaut and the two have fought the X-Men on many occasions.
Description
Black Tom is a tall, well put together man (6' tall, 200 lbs) with black hair and brown eyes. Typically he wears a goatee.
His current costume is a black body suit with red ankle high "boots" with a black over coat with red trim on the sleeves and something like a large bat shaped "T" as its emblem.
Powers
Black Tom has the ability to project bolts of heat, concussive force or both simultaneously that he must project through a wooden medium such as his shillelagh which is unharmed by its use. There doesn't seem to be a specified limit to his powers but it is noted that he can melt metals with his heat blasts and can wreak "considerable havoc" with the concussive force.
He is immune to the powers of his cousins Banshee and Siryn.
If I Was Black Tom
One of the first things I would do is set up my house to have easily accessible pieces of wood in every room. With that done I would move to making myself a "side arm". Among my choices would be wands of various styles. There are tons of websites that sell ornately crafted wands. Some look pretty nice. I may keep a wand or two up my sleeve. I may make use of my own carving skills to make gun shaped carvings, maybe a variety of dragons or "laser guns". I even thought it might be cool to make wooden replicas of Iron Man's gauntlets. If nothing else I would wear a couple of rings carved from wood on each hand.
Another thing I would do is make sure all my bowls and plates were made of wood as well as my serving and baking utensils. That way I could use a low level heat blast to warm food in them. Possibly I could use the force aspect of the concussive blast to mix things or at least shake them up. Having said that I might make a number of hand tools out of wood that can make use of my blasts. Or I might just use chopsticks for wood burning and carving. With a lot of practice I may even develop laser-like precision in cutting using the powers.
I know that as with all energy blast powers I would like to see at how low of a level of output I could use the energy blasts. I would like to use the concussive element of the blast to push things with minimal damage to them and I would like to be able to use the heat element of it to warm a person or a room without burning them.
I might also find ways to use my powers for propulsion. A wooden paddle would be a great tool to push myself along in a canoe. I might use a wooden board to move along the water or on the snow by projecting force out the back of it. I might create a flying rig that lets me use the blast power that I can guide with my arms. Possibly a safety harness attached to some gauntlet-like arm rockets.
I might also take up kendo and become a swordsman. That way I could use the wooden practice swords in all kinds of cool martial arts way. That may lead me to playing local protector or at least trying to be useful.
Thanks for reading.
Thursday, December 2, 2010
If I was Cannonball
Background
Sam Guthrie is a mutant who first manifested his powers in his early adolescents who first used it to free himself and a number of other miners from a cave in. Ever since he has essentially been on one X-men derived team or another over the years.
Description
Samuel Guthrie is a tall thin man with blond hair and blue eyes. He's had a variety of costumes over the years which have mostly been variations on the uniforms warn by the Students of the Charles Xavier 's School for Gifted Children. There was however the time when he dressed more like a world war two pilot even including the aviator's goggles.
Powers
Cannonball's primary power is the ability to generate a thermal chemical reaction that provides him thrust to fly. To protect him during flight his body generates a "blast field" a personal force field that protects him from harm.
Initially he could only project the thrust along his legs permitting him to fly in a straight line and he couldn't stop until he taxed his flight power or until he hit a large enough object that could resist his momentum. The blast field lasted long enough to protect him from the consequences of crashing and it extended to anyone he was willingly carrying in flight with him.
Now he can fly with great agility as his ability to direct his motion is a function of his will as well he can stop and start at will. He can even direct his thrust from anywhere on his body permitting him to use it as a sort of energy blast attack. His force field can even be called up at will and extended to protect a small group of people standing around him. He has enough control over his blast field that he can use it trap a target in it. It can be used to absorb kinetic force directed at it which can then be used to enhance the power of his blows or to increase the force of his impact with a target or even increase the duration of his flight.
The upper limit of his power varies by the writer currently handling him but he can lay waste to an area of several city blocks by impacting with the ground starting from a high altitude. His top speed used to be 150 mph but now it seems to be closer to the speed of sound. His maximum range is unknown but it would seem to be that he can fly for hours without needing to land or rest.
It is possible that he is immortal after a fashion. He is believed to be an External a member of a specific group of "immortal" (there are ways of killing them) mutants but since the concept was introduced it hasn't been pursued so I'm not including it as part of his power set for this posting.
If I was Cannonball
I won't lie to you. The whole appeal of these powers for me is the fact that while your flying you leave a contrail like a rocket. I would spend hours learning how to do sky writing and sky drawing. I'm serious the sky would be my canvas but more realistically I would spend so much time pretending to be a rocket or that I'm a "space man" with a "rocket pack".
There's at least one obvious way to make a living as a living reusable missile but I'm not going down that route. I'd rather defend the homeland at home than abroad. I'll lay down my life to protect my country but I won't lay it down just to make somebody's political career from my country or from another one. As a consequence I may join an international aid organization and like with my post of having Wonder Man's ring I would protect them to let them get to places where they would otherwise be attacked by someone.
You know as I think about this power I can't help but think that I would never really find out how much damage I could do. Frankly I would be far too afraid to smash face first into anything that up until having the power would readily crush me if I tried to punch through it. It takes a lot of courage to fly head first into something at 150 mph. When Sam Guthrie first used his power he was saving lives so he didn't really have time to think about it. It would have to be that kind of situation for me to first try it too. Or at least some kind of adrenaline charged situation like me being uncontrollably angry and I'm only concerned with breaking something.
Now when I think about it this would be a power where I would be inclined to take up a Robin Hood role. This would be an awesome power for dramatic break and entry. Smash into people's private vaults and then fly off with the take and redistribute it among the needy. I might even get a costume made to hide my identity and to give people something to focus on.
HMM now I'm thinking how good of a power this would be for fighting fires. Smash into the ground from a high altitude and let the shock wave create a vacuum that would put out the fire or at least portions of it. If the power can be used to demolish several city blocks in one strike then imagine how large and powerful the shock wave is and how much of a vacuum and ergo how large of a fire that can be tackled.
Thanks for reading.
Sam Guthrie is a mutant who first manifested his powers in his early adolescents who first used it to free himself and a number of other miners from a cave in. Ever since he has essentially been on one X-men derived team or another over the years.
Description
Samuel Guthrie is a tall thin man with blond hair and blue eyes. He's had a variety of costumes over the years which have mostly been variations on the uniforms warn by the Students of the Charles Xavier 's School for Gifted Children. There was however the time when he dressed more like a world war two pilot even including the aviator's goggles.
Powers
Cannonball's primary power is the ability to generate a thermal chemical reaction that provides him thrust to fly. To protect him during flight his body generates a "blast field" a personal force field that protects him from harm.
Initially he could only project the thrust along his legs permitting him to fly in a straight line and he couldn't stop until he taxed his flight power or until he hit a large enough object that could resist his momentum. The blast field lasted long enough to protect him from the consequences of crashing and it extended to anyone he was willingly carrying in flight with him.
Now he can fly with great agility as his ability to direct his motion is a function of his will as well he can stop and start at will. He can even direct his thrust from anywhere on his body permitting him to use it as a sort of energy blast attack. His force field can even be called up at will and extended to protect a small group of people standing around him. He has enough control over his blast field that he can use it trap a target in it. It can be used to absorb kinetic force directed at it which can then be used to enhance the power of his blows or to increase the force of his impact with a target or even increase the duration of his flight.
The upper limit of his power varies by the writer currently handling him but he can lay waste to an area of several city blocks by impacting with the ground starting from a high altitude. His top speed used to be 150 mph but now it seems to be closer to the speed of sound. His maximum range is unknown but it would seem to be that he can fly for hours without needing to land or rest.
It is possible that he is immortal after a fashion. He is believed to be an External a member of a specific group of "immortal" (there are ways of killing them) mutants but since the concept was introduced it hasn't been pursued so I'm not including it as part of his power set for this posting.
If I was Cannonball
I won't lie to you. The whole appeal of these powers for me is the fact that while your flying you leave a contrail like a rocket. I would spend hours learning how to do sky writing and sky drawing. I'm serious the sky would be my canvas but more realistically I would spend so much time pretending to be a rocket or that I'm a "space man" with a "rocket pack".
There's at least one obvious way to make a living as a living reusable missile but I'm not going down that route. I'd rather defend the homeland at home than abroad. I'll lay down my life to protect my country but I won't lay it down just to make somebody's political career from my country or from another one. As a consequence I may join an international aid organization and like with my post of having Wonder Man's ring I would protect them to let them get to places where they would otherwise be attacked by someone.
You know as I think about this power I can't help but think that I would never really find out how much damage I could do. Frankly I would be far too afraid to smash face first into anything that up until having the power would readily crush me if I tried to punch through it. It takes a lot of courage to fly head first into something at 150 mph. When Sam Guthrie first used his power he was saving lives so he didn't really have time to think about it. It would have to be that kind of situation for me to first try it too. Or at least some kind of adrenaline charged situation like me being uncontrollably angry and I'm only concerned with breaking something.
Now when I think about it this would be a power where I would be inclined to take up a Robin Hood role. This would be an awesome power for dramatic break and entry. Smash into people's private vaults and then fly off with the take and redistribute it among the needy. I might even get a costume made to hide my identity and to give people something to focus on.
HMM now I'm thinking how good of a power this would be for fighting fires. Smash into the ground from a high altitude and let the shock wave create a vacuum that would put out the fire or at least portions of it. If the power can be used to demolish several city blocks in one strike then imagine how large and powerful the shock wave is and how much of a vacuum and ergo how large of a fire that can be tackled.
Thanks for reading.
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