Cassandra Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Government Agencies dedicated to dealing with super humans. Super Prisons. Super Hero and Super Villain Teams. Dictator's who rule through the use of Super Powers. Advanced Technology not available to the General Public. Real Secret Societies. Magic. Aliens. Alternate Realities. Cosmic Level Threats to Reality. The availability and use of chloroform. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Lack of proper mental health care/competent therapists. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Super-powered teens with absolutely oblivious parents. (I realize that might not be exclusive to a "superhero" universe....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Alternate Realities.How do you know that there isn't any?The availability and use of chloroform....without any adverse side-effects, like the person it is used on dying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted September 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe The Police cooperating with people in costumes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe They cooperate. As long as the person in costume doesn't resist while being arrested. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Gadget Stores that sell devices for Mundanes to help them detect, defend, or cope with Supers. Fortune Tellers that can actually see possible futures. Expensive private schools for super-kids. Expensive private schools that protect and isolate mundane kids from supers (kids or otherwise) Neutral Ground (an isolated island or country club where supers of all stripes can rub shoulders) Doctors (quack or otherwise) that will either remove superpowers from your kids or prevent them arising. Extremely serious Merc or Security outfits that will protect the wealthy from super threats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Government Agencies dedicated to dealing with super humans. "Agencies," plural, here includes most governments, who each have their own teams. Also possible multiple multi-nation (ie., United Nations, ASEAN, Africa, etc.) teams too. Dictator's who rule through the use of Super Powers. Including multiple minions and lieutenants, often with standing armies who also possess at least some super gear if not super powers themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Agencies that spend more money researching the heroes than the far more numerous criminals they oppose. Intelligence organizations that are riddled with double agents and and that are completely ineffectual against known spies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esampson Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe People who can be knocked unconscious again and again and again without suffering brain damage. People who will create a device worth billions who then use said device to rob banks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asperion Posted September 17, 2012 Report Share Posted September 17, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe People who can ignore the laws of physics at will. People who have median incmes and spend like millionairs. Someone with extreme psi power and act like the standard thug. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Giant monsters like radioactive fire breathing giant lizards or giant quasi hamsters with flaming eyes..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
massey Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Monster Islands Hidden Cultures Something that makes Earth worth invading by aliens Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Deities of every pantheon that actually do things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Something that makes Earth worth invading by aliens Or to put it another way, aliens who are enough like humans that Earth, and humanity, are worth conquering. (Given that assumption, it's easy to justify any invasion. For humans, "Because it's there" was historically an adequate justification for attempts at conquest.) 'Course, this assumption isn't unique to superhero settings. Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted September 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Billionaire CEOs who can divert company funds into things like Space Stations, high tech weapons, and secret lairs without the FEC or the stockholders being none the wiser. Billionaire CEOs who reveal the the world that they are powered armored superheroes and are still able to retain control of their company without their sanity being questioned. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Billionaire CEOs who can divert company funds into things like Space Stations, high tech weapons, and secret lairs without the FEC or the stockholders being none the wiser. Sadly, that isn't so far-fetched for things in the real world... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe super-hero tv and movie franchises where the actors acually have super-powers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted September 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Superheroes who are actors playing other Superheroes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted September 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe People in Superhero Identities testifying in court. Government Agencies that recruit super villains rather then attempt to find Patriotic Superheroes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grailknight Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Active deities and pantheons that proclaim their divinity and perform incredible feats but don't attract any meaningful numbers of new followers. Corporations that don't throw huge sums of money at the inventors of world changing technology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cygnia Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe People able to walk around despite being covered in pouches, weaponry bigger than they are, missing spines and feet and looking perpetual constipated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe People able to walk around despite being covered in pouches' date=' weaponry bigger than they are, missing spines and feet and looking perpetual constipated. [/quote'] She said Superhero Universe, not a Liefield pocket dimension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
psyber624 Posted September 18, 2012 Report Share Posted September 18, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Alien races with technology capable of destroying planets/stars at galactic distances, but seemingly unable to use them after being "driven off" by Earth based Heros Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zen Archer Posted September 19, 2012 Report Share Posted September 19, 2012 Re: Things That Exist in a Superhero Universe Active deities and pantheons that proclaim their divinity and perform incredible feats but don't attract any meaningful numbers of new followers. Or demonstrations against them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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