Super Squirrel Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Okay, one of my players has a character who is 19 year old girl who looks 13 in actual age. She wants to have Secret ID but has yet to come up with a name yet. The press has been assured that she is, infact, 19. She has a press released photograph of her in costume (not yet designed). Knowing only this tiny bit of information, what nickname would you think the press would give her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent Escafarc Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Does she have any visible powers and where does the campaign take place? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storn Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Legal? no... just kidding. How about "Princess"? Knowing nothing about her skill/power set... since we have the Princess of pop. or "Engenue" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Squirrel Posted March 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 The press has not been informed of what her powers are yet other than she helped the group stop some ninjas robbing a museum. The campaign city is tenatively called Harbor Port and is a made up city in the Northeast part of the United States. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Squirrel Posted March 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Originally posted by Storn "Engenue" Just what does this mean? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acroyear Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 It'd be silly, then... like Ninja Busting Teen or Powered Museum Patron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Squirrel Posted March 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 We are going with Prodigy Princess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Law Dog Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Jailbait. Heh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Hiemforth Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Originally posted by Super Squirrel Just what does this mean? Ingenue: An ingenuous or naive girl or young woman. (Ingenuous: Characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; lacking in sophistication or worldliness.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Shecky Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Originally posted by Law Dog Jailbait. "Jailbait" was my first thought too. The media knows she's actually 19, but I could imagine a newspaper running her picture with the headline "JAILBAIT?" So it's technically incorrect, but I think it would stick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad GM Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Powers and appearance would be the two biggies, but in their absence: The Girl Scout (I have enough trouble resisting the cookies as it is...) The Grrrl Scout New Kid in Town Coed Supreme - or Kid Supreme Ms. Tery (Mystery, get it? Actually, there was a comic by this name long ago) Prima Donna (means 'first lady') The Babysitter from Hell Generation Z Little Miss Muscles Got in a tussle Beating up ninjas in spades Along came a hero Who mistook her for a zero But look who saved the day (more like an editorial cartoon) Ninja-Whackin' Power-Packin' Mama The (Pre- ) Teen Titan (I think this was a comic somewhere, too ) Got a little silly there, but that's all I could think of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Law Dog Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Originally posted by Uncle Shecky "Jailbait" was my first thought too. The media knows she's actually 19, but I could imagine a newspaper running her picture with the headline "JAILBAIT?" So it's technically incorrect, but I think it would stick. And that's all it takes to get the media stuck on something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 As a rule, the media love a) Aliteration (The repetition of sounds like Teen Terror), and adopting pop-culture references (like "Girl Wonder"), and c) something demeaning to the individual like "Lawdog Lolita" or "Guardian Gidget".* *= Before I'm asked who the heck Gidget is, it's an old TV series about a teenage girl (Played by someone in their twenties), and YES it was befoe my time too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Squirrel Posted March 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Originally posted by The Mad GM Little Miss Muscles Got in a tussle Beating up ninjas in spades Along came a hero Who mistook her for a zero But look who saved the day I'm going to put this up on my webpage if you don't mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Rune Posted March 20, 2003 Report Share Posted March 20, 2003 Originally posted by Blue As a rule, the media love a) Aliteration (The repetition of sounds like Teen Terror), and adopting pop-culture references (like "Girl Wonder"), and c) something demeaning to the individual like "Lawdog Lolita" or "Guardian Gidget".* *= Before I'm asked who the heck Gidget is, it's an old TV series about a teenage girl (Played by someone in their twenties), and YES it was befoe my time too. That someone was Sally Field....and, yes, it was before my time too. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Law Dog Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Originally posted by Dr. Rune That someone was Sally Field....and, yes, it was before my time too. Doc But the New Gidget from 80's syndication wasn't. Oh, the Horror! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Rune Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Originally posted by Law Dog But the New Gidget from 80's syndication wasn't. Oh, the Horror! D'oh!!! I had forgotten about that one....(though I do remember she was MUCH hotter than Sally Field ) Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Originally posted by Blue As a rule, the media love a) Aliteration (The repetition of sounds like Teen Terror), and adopting pop-culture references (like "Girl Wonder"), and c) something demeaning to the individual like "Lawdog Lolita" or "Guardian Gidget".* Lord knows the press can be cruel when they assign names. In one game I was in, we had a tiny lady brick named "Dynamo" who was good in a fight, only she had a nasty temper and had a rep for being a tad brutal. Plus on of her disads was Unluck with regards to the press. As her most frequently heard battle-cry was 'I'm 'onna THUMP you!" she got stuck with the nick-name "Thumper." Heck, even we started calling her that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZootSoot Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Originally posted by Dr. Rune That someone was Sally Field....and, yes, it was before my time too. Doc 'Twas in the movies first (without ms. Fields), sixties surfing stuff. Supposedly based on the writer's teen daughter getting that nickname when she was learning to surf, a contraction of girl and midget (she was short); Big Kahuna on meeting her "Look, a girl midget, a Gidget!" (Oh, God, am I ollld!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Law Dog Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Originally posted by Blue c) something demeaning to the individual like "Lawdog Lolita" or "Guardian Gidget".* Hey, now. Law Dog is nobodies Lolita. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thirdbase Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Buffy, or Miffy, or Susie, or Anglecakes. Sorry about that but I work at a hotel and we just had the Highschool Drill team competition and they all had names like these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaratustra Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Puni Puni Poemi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superskrull Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Originally posted by Zaratustra Puni Puni Poemi. Nabeshin would be proud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamashii2000 Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Originally posted by Blue *= Before I'm asked who the heck Gidget is, it's an old TV series about a teenage girl (Played by someone in their twenties), and YES it was befoe my time too. Sure it was.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad GM Posted March 21, 2003 Report Share Posted March 21, 2003 Originally posted by Super Squirrel I'm going to put this up on my webpage if you don't mind. By all means, feel free! Am I a published poet now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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