Weldun Posted April 10, 2007 Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 Re: Superhuman women and normal women Oh' date=' I saw your location. I just offered them as a suggestion since they ship internationally by "USPS Destination Post Office," which means that the USPS picks up from their warehouse and distributes packages throughout the world to the Post Office in your country for delivery to you.[/quote']Yeah, but then after posatge and shipping, followed by the exchange rate, it costs more than a season box set to get one DVD. Do you see my problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted April 10, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 10, 2007 Re: Superhuman women and normal women Yeah' date=' but then after posatge and shipping, followed by the exchange rate, it costs more than a season box set to get one DVD. Do you see my problem?[/quote'] Ah, I see now. I didn't realize regular postage to you from the US was that expensive, and I wasn't thinking exchange rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weldun Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Re: Superhuman women and normal women Sucks to be us, sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korvar Posted April 11, 2007 Report Share Posted April 11, 2007 Re: Superhuman women and normal women But you make up for it by being in Australia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Re: Superhuman women and normal women Truthfully, though, I hear australian women are great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdamnhero Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Re: Superhuman women and normal women And hey, don't something like 90% of the world's poisonous insects and animals live in Australia? That's gotta count for something, right? (OK, maybe not as much as the women thing. But still.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korvar Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Re: Superhuman women and normal women Australia has a poisonous mammal, a poisonous octopus, and a poisonous constrictor snake. There are only three types of animals in Australia - Dangerous, Odd, and Sheep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
name_tamer Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Re: Superhuman women and normal women Australia has a poisonous mammal' date=' a poisonous octopus, and a poisonous constrictor snake. There are only three types of animals in Australia - Dangerous, Odd, and Sheep.[/quote'] In which category do humans fall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Re: Superhuman women and normal women In which category do humans fall? Odd, sub-category - Drunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Re: Superhuman women and normal women Australia has a poisonous mammal' date=' a poisonous octopus, and a poisonous constrictor snake. There are only three types of animals in Australia - Dangerous, Odd, and Sheep.[/quote'] I would have thought there was a fourth: "On the barbie". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrestlinggeek Posted April 12, 2007 Report Share Posted April 12, 2007 Re: Superhuman women and normal women Back on topic, the question has come up of "what is super-beauty?", along with "different people have different tastes, how can one woman be beautiful to everybody?" Have you ever read JMS' "Rising Stars?" There is one character, who's name I can't remember right now, who's power is being the world's most beautiful woman. She is beautiful, but her actual power is an illusion field that changes everyone's perception of her, so that she always conforms to the exact likes of whoever is looking at her. It even works on film. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Re: Superhuman women and normal women I've always thought that the ACTIONS of a super powerful character could (and perhaps should) determine how they are viewed by the public. I am sure that there are many people in the Marvel universe who would consider "She Hulk" to be a beautiful woman, despite the fact that she is tall and green skinned with quite obvious muscles. If someone looking like that saved your life i'm sure that you might consider her beautiful ! On the other hand we have "St Barbara", my character in a "Champions "campaign, who is petite, blonde, beautiful and athletic but finds that, especially in a combat situation, she has to DO something to get people to listen to her (a multi coloured fireball usually gains people's attention ! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st barbara Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Re: Superhuman women and normal women In which category do humans fall? Well that depends. We do have a reserve( or a series of them) for some of our more poisonous (or venomous) humans. They are called "parliaments" (both State and Federal) and "talk back radio" ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
name_tamer Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Re: Superhuman women and normal women Have you ever read JMS' "Rising Stars?" There is one character' date=' who's name I can't remember right now, who's power is being the world's most beautiful woman. She is beautiful, but her actual power is an illusion field that changes everyone's perception of her, so that she always conforms to the exact likes of whoever is looking at her. It even works on film.[/quote'] There is a power write-up in USPD2 that sounds a lot like this. The game effect: +20 to Seduction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristopher Posted April 13, 2007 Report Share Posted April 13, 2007 Re: Superhuman women and normal women Australia has a poisonous mammal' date=' a poisonous octopus, and a poisonous constrictor snake. There are only three types of animals in Australia - Dangerous, Odd, and Sheep.[/quote'] In which category do humans fall? All three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 Re: Superhuman women and normal women Heh. Humans are dangerous, odd, and sheep, huh? I'll keep that in mind and change my species as soon as I get a chance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted April 14, 2007 Report Share Posted April 14, 2007 Re: Superhuman women and normal women Heh. Humans are dangerous' date=' odd, and sheep, huh?[/quote'] Mostly to themselves. And have you seen society? sheep to the core. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcan Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Re: Superhuman women and normal women I think they do. I'm pretty sure I've seen art of kids rooms with She-Hulk posters. It seems you're more likely to see Johnny Storm on a poster than Sue' date=' though.[/quote'] Well, in their defense, it's kinda pointless to have a picture of the Invisible Woman... (Arise from the grave, yon thread!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 Re: Superhuman women and normal women Heh. Humans are dangerous, odd, and sheep, huh? I'll keep that in mind and change my species as soon as I get a chance. I think a good case could be made that the humanity could at least be divided into those three categories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagisawa Takumi Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Re: Superhuman women and normal women It's interesting that the major comics franchises have done little to address this issue. Do little girls in DC's universe play with Wonder Woman and Starfire dolls rather than Barbie and Skipper? Do guys in Marvel's universe hang posters of She-Hulk or Sue Storm instead of Halle Berry in their bedrooms? I found this kind of ironic, because of all the impossibilities. For example, the average American human female is about 5' 5" tall, with the male at 5' 9". Wonder Woman was at one point 5' 10" (Although I hear she's grown to like 6' now. Yay artists) And Starfire is 6' 4". On the Marvel side, She-Hulk is 6' 7", but at least Mrs. Reeds/Sue Storm was, at last count, something like 5' 7-8", maybe a bit less. Honestly, I think most girls would 'give up' their dreams of being like these women once they're old enough to realize that they'll never be that tall. Just like most women when they look at 'super' models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Re: Superhuman women and normal women That tendency of superheroish women being unusually tall and "built" did get some ribbing in an issue of the last series of "Dial 'H' for Hero". A male construction worker has been turned into a female superhero by the dial, then lost the "off" switch. When "she" goes shopping for civilian clothes, the protagonist learns that normal stores just don't carry Amazon sizes. "Maybe you could find out where Power Girl shops?" Oh, and the first issue of "The Initiative." Cloud 9, who happens to have a neat power she uses for flying joyrides, but is otherwise uninterested in using for hero or villain purposes, is drafted by the government. She has an awful moment in the women's locker room, when she realizes that all the other girls are built like brick outhouses--"even the lizard chick!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singingcrow Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Re: Superhuman women and normal women The Powers comics actually deals with these subjects on a pretty regular basis. They've also dealt with more adult subjects in an intriguing manner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackinder Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Re: Superhuman women and normal women Honestly' date=' I think most girls would 'give up' their dreams of being like these women once they're old enough to realize that they'll never be that tall. Just like most women when they look at 'super' models.[/quote'] Yeah, but consider the extremes that some girls (and adults) go to, attempting to emulate their idols - eating disorders, self-mutilation, etc.. Wanna think about those unfortunate souls in a universe where superheroes are possible? There may not be a lot of these sorts of people, but only because their mortality rate will be so high. They will be the ones looking to get instant superpowers from a toxic chemical spill, or a rad accident, or a dodgy experiment. OR, by simply placing themselves in extreme danger and then waiting for their latent powers to emerge. Yeah, they don't cover this much in the comics but, if the real world is any guide at all, I will bet a crapload of money that this sort of thing happens a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
name_tamer Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Re: Superhuman women and normal women There may not be a lot of these sorts of people, but only because their mortality rate will be so high. They will be the ones looking to get instant superpowers from a toxic chemical spill, or a rad accident, or a dodgy experiment. OR, by simply placing themselves in extreme danger and then waiting for their latent powers to emerge. Yeah, they don't cover this much in the comics but, if the real world is any guide at all, I will bet a crapload of money that this sort of thing happens a lot. In Mutants & Masterminds' very interesting Paragons setting, these people are called "origin chasers." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nagisawa Takumi Posted February 16, 2009 Report Share Posted February 16, 2009 Re: Superhuman women and normal women I stand corrected, Sue Storm AKA The Invisible Woman officially 5' 6" tall. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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