Lord Liaden Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 There should be something Japanese in the Outback somewhere--part of an incursion attempt that failed, then was abandoned and forgotten. It could be a giant robot like Tetsujin 28, or a supernaturally powered statue that comes to life like Majin, Monster OF Terror. Perhaps even an army of elite Kamikaze soldiers in suspended animation chambers, set to be awakened at some point in the future for a terrible mission of vengeance. Or maybe Mr. Edo, so he can train Seeker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptnStrawberry Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 You could even throw Nazis into the outback. Historically, WW2 Germany did send u-boats to the Indian Ocean and the Pacific - even packing some with specialists and secret technology to help boost Japan's war effort. Remnants of the Axis could be lurking. . . (with/without Dr. Destroyer?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Now that raises a question for our Australian colleagues: does Oz have any appreciable white-supremacist movement that a neo-Nazi-type villain might tap into? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted September 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 The movie Picnic At Hanging Rock has great scenario potential. Some people who disappeared at a sacred site many years ago reappear--where did they go? Why did they come back? And did they come back right--or wrong? Yes. I've used this source myself in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted September 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Now that raises a question for our Australian colleagues: does Oz have any appreciable white-supremacist movement that a neo-Nazi-type villain might tap into? Absolutely. Even better, they keep being chased down the streets by left-wingers. It would be natural for them to gravitate to a superpowered leader, so they don't have to run away any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted September 15, 2015 Report Share Posted September 15, 2015 Speaking of opals, I remember a NOVA program about Australia's geological history mentioning dinosaur bone fossils veined with opal. Surely one can do something with that. If you don't mind stealing from H. P. Lovecraft, Australia is the ancient homeland of the Great Race, which specialized in swapping minds across time. Portions of their cyclopean cities still exist, buried in the Outback, with fragments of their trans-temporal archives and technology. Also the shafts leading even deeper into the earth, where dwell the invisible wind-controlling entities that eventually destroyed them. (Their bodies, that is. Their minds skipped ahead to the hardy coleopterous race that succeeds humanity on Earth.) But I find that character backstories and motivations usually lead to my favorite characters. Rummage through your favorite books, movies, etc. -- but for originality's sake, not comic books -- for stories and personalities you can adapt as villains. Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Tom 2009 Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 I hadn't remembered it until the above post, but another of the Aussie metahuman pics that I did was of a female meta called Black Opal (the forum member who came up with the idea -- and whose name escapes me at the moment -- had, IIRC, described her as a Green Lantern type), but I can't remember if she was a heroine or a villainess. Major Tom 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister E Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Drop Bear the wild mutant tourist-killing koala. Is driven into homicidal rages by the sound of English spoken in any accent other an Australian. "What's on teevee?" ~(famous last words) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Someone watched Wolf Creak recently, and made the evil bloke jump into Spring of Drowned Kola, did ya Mister E? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 Did I break the thread? . Anyways... Uncle Bob is the mechanical underworld guy in Sidney. If you need your Crime Buggy tuned up, or want a city destroying mech, Bob's your guy. Just make shur to pay this bloke in advance, or else. . (Name is based of a favorite saying in England and Australia: "Bob's your uncle") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted September 16, 2015 Report Share Posted September 16, 2015 I like the name "Uncle Bob" --sounds like something out of Mad Max. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCold Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Koradji- an aboriginal shaman who uses the Dreamtime to save his land and people....by drowning the rest of the world in THE LAST WAVE. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 Bill Shock he was asked by a mate to be a character in a local tv ad. having a talent for invention he created an electric "shock" suit - not necessarily damaging, but makde great sparks for the ad, something went wrong and he ended up killing his mate. The police chalked it up to an accident until they discovered that this mate was sleeping with Bill's wife. Even though he was innocent, he panicked and went on the lamb. He used the suit to rob convenience stores and the like, but didn't realize that the suit was turning him slowly psychopathic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Arc Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 I always thought that Dame Edna would make a great mastermind... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dame_Edna_Everage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted September 17, 2015 Report Share Posted September 17, 2015 The evil villain known only as The Kookaburra wields sharp talon gloves, but its most powerful weapon is its sonic laugh. It likes to sit on old gum trees as it plors its next job. (Exactly what Kookaburra is is up to the GM. Humanoid bird? Powered mutant? Man with bird theam weapons? Something more sinister?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 "Kookaburra" you spelled right?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Oh: And at risk of immodesty, I recommend my article "Megavillains" in Digital Hero #3 for suggestions on designing master villains. Horn-Tootin' Dean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Well, Lord Linden, Kookaburra is what my 3DS spited out, and I did do a Google search of the word, and it did point to the Australian King Fisher bird. So, yes, I spelled it right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCold Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Dingo, the armored menace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted September 18, 2015 Report Share Posted September 18, 2015 Qantan: Australian Richard Branson-type. Archconservative, powered armour, helicarrier base, needs to have a talk with somebody about Tom Abbott. Swagman: 100% Irish ancestry from 100% Irish ancestors who 100% migrated from 100% Ireland; magic user with deep connections to the Outback in spite of being 100% from 100% Ireland. Totally not denying anything, and that's just a tan, you stuck-up Pommie b*st*rd, now feel the wrath of my 100% Irish killstick. Firster: The early days of the First Fleet were rough, which is why his ancestor was picked out of the common rabble to be a trusty. They say that his ancestor was a gentleman, fallen into the criminal class for reasons out of his control. Of course, they also say that he was a jailhouse snitch with a bad imitation of a "posh" accident. Never mind that, though, because after five generations of sending their children to the best English boarding schools, the accent is the least of the family's concern. Keeping the dungeon under their Sydney mansion secret --now that's a top priority. Firster read a few comics in his youth, and one of the things he decided was that the Hellfire Club was a good idea, but kind of lame, in practice. His version of the Hellfire Club, now that's happening. Whether the demon he deals with is the same as the one his ancestor first appeased, now that's an open question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Tom 2009 Posted September 19, 2015 Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Dingo, the armored menace. 260px-Dingo_Armor1.JPG Oh, yeah -- Dingo before he turned into a good guy with a suit of nanotech-based armor. Major Tom 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted September 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2015 Once again, riffing off the casting of Australian actors as movie supervillains, an Australian Doctor Doom is conceivable. In the Real World, Julian McMahon is the son of a former Australian prime minister. He attended a fancy private school, and began studying law and economics. And then became a model. He later became an actor in ads, and then the soap opera, Home and Away, a show which, with it's rival Neighbours, has featured a lot of actors who went on to more notable roles. Moving to the US, he appeared in Charmed, Nip/Tuck, and most relevantly for our purposes, the Fantastic Four films. His role there was pretty thoroughly panned, but he did have a nice sneer. OK, there's plenty to work with there. However, I might go down a different route. Instead of a Doom homage, I might go with a DoomBOT homage. Basically, there are a bunch of these robots out there plotting away, not knowing that they are robots until something occurs to remind them. (Mix in a bit of Professor Ivo and T. O. Morrow.) One of their specialties would be building androids, naturally. The question is, are they working for a "real" supervillain, or are they just rogue units blindly following their programming? Back to Doom himself: a Latveria of sorts is possible, perhaps based on this example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted September 20, 2015 Report Share Posted September 20, 2015 Oh: And at risk of immodesty, I recommend my article "Megavillains" in Digital Hero #3 for suggestions on designing master villains. Horn-Tootin' Dean I'll harmonize with that note. Very interesting and useful article. So much so, that Hero Games offered a free sample from it on a former incarnation of their website, which you can read here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakboy6117 Posted September 21, 2015 Report Share Posted September 21, 2015 One suggestion to make black swan and opal a little different why not make them a couple gets away from the pesky romantic sneak theif trope makes for a more interesting dynamic black opal being very protective and jealous of her flirtatious girlfriend. As to black opal how about making her half-aborigine/half-Vietnamese. Both people who have been badly opressed by the Australian government. You could give her a cause helping refugees escape the deplorable conditions of Australia's internment camps. Kind of a robin hood type deal. Tags to riches successful mineral prospector and social crusader by day theif and head of underground railroad network by night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted October 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2015 Partly a bump, but I've also come up with another character. The Tigress from Tasmania. The joke: Hell hath no furry like a woman scorned. Obvious connection: the Tasmanian Devil. Unfortunately it's been done. The other well known predator from Tasmania was the Thylacine - the "Tasmanian Tiger". I'm looking for a female character, so that's the "Tasmanian Tigress". This is obviously correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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