phydaux Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Genre Convention #39c The destruction of said base will ALSO not be noticable by the inhabitants of the city. Genre Convention #39d If the secret base is an island, it's destruction will be via an explotion SO BIG it will be visible from space. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astralfrontier Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Genre Convention #40 Many heroes (and some villains) will be endowed not only with superpowers - their destinies are so clearly marked out that even their given birth-names will be some sort of linguistic witticism or suggestion of their origins, powers or personality (e.g. alliterative names like Billy Batson, or Scott Free aka Mister Miracle). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tae Kwon Dan Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Not to be totally geeky, but I believe Scott Free did not know is real name. Scott Free was actually a fitting name given to him after the fact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Golden age Genre Convention #40 trivia question - What was the name of the guy who shot little Bruce Wayne's mother and father? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Depends on which version of the mythos. I think the mainstream universe, it's Joe Chill. Movieverse it was the Joker, Jack Napier. Plus all the elseworlds/alt universe versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyBoy Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Originally posted by phydaux Golden age Genre Convention #40 trivia question - What was the name of the guy who shot little Bruce Wayne's mother and father? Pre-Zero Hour: Joe Chill Post-Zero Hour: Their murderer was never found. Which leads into Genre Convention #41: If the hero's past starts to contradict itself, some reality-altering event will come along and change it so it makes more sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phydaux Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Was Zero-Hour the same as the reboot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astralfrontier Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Originally posted by FlyBoy Pre-Zero Hour: Joe Chill Post-Zero Hour: Their murderer was never found. Which leads into Genre Convention #41: If the hero's past starts to contradict itself, some reality-altering event will come along and change it so it makes more sense Genre Convention #41a: "Reality-altering events" often come in the form of cosmically powerful supers, each with their own distinctive callsigns, costumes, and sometimes their own separate comic-book lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanguard00 Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Genre Convention #42 No matter how bad a superhero was beaten during a fight, win or lose s/he will look fine in their 'secret' identity. Only major injuries will carry over out of costume, and those aren't nearly as debilitating as they seemed to be when the hero 'barely' defeated his foe. Corollary: Major injuries MAY carry over into the secret identity, but this is for plot purposes only and are only rarely noticed/commented on by associates. Genre Convention #43 Any villain who decides to turn over a new leaf and become a hero will almost certainly refrain from changing his name and/or costume, unless said villain-turned-hero is in a team of villains-turned-heroes, in which case it won't matter because everyone will find out anyway. Genre Convention #44 In any instance where half the city is demolished by a would-be world conqueror, no other superhero or superhero team except the one directly involved will notice anything amiss. Exception: Crossover events. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Not necessarily one for the list, but more of a question: Can anyone explain to me the significance of all of the Alliteration in many of the names of superman characters? Was this just a habit of the creator? Clark Kent Lois Lane Lex Luthor Lana Lang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 An explaination maybe Originally posted by Blue Not necessarily one for the list, but more of a question: Can anyone explain to me the significance of all of the Alliteration in many of the names of superman characters? Was this just a habit of the creator? Clark Kent Lois Lane Lex Luthor Lana Lang "But... 'Green Goblin', " Peter said in weak protest. "It just sounds so..." "We have to make the name more memorable! And nothing makes people remember a name like alliteration!" J. Jonah Jameson said. "Do you really think so?" Peter Parker asked the nearest bystander. "I wouldn't know," Robbie Robertson commented. Then J.J.'s secretarty, Betty Brant, informed him that he had a conference call with the noted scientists Bruce Banner and Reed Richards. -Spider-Man, by Peter David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlyBoy Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Originally posted by phydaux Was Zero-Hour the same as the reboot? There have been two major reboots in the DCU. "Zero Hour" was the second... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Re: An explaination maybe Originally posted by Hermit "But... 'Green Goblin', " Peter said in weak protest. "It just sounds so..." "We have to make the name more memorable! And nothing makes people remember a name like alliteration!" J. Jonah Jameson said. "Do you really think so?" Peter Parker asked the nearest bystander. "I wouldn't know," Robbie Robertson commented. Then J.J.'s secretarty, Betty Brant, informed him that he had a conference call with the noted scientists Bruce Banner and Reed Richards. -Spider-Man, by Peter David Good Points from...er... all of them I think names heavy with Alliteration just made the list at #45! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristopher Posted November 24, 2003 Report Share Posted November 24, 2003 Originally posted by FlyBoy There have been two major reboots in the DCU. "Zero Hour" was the second... The other was "Crisis on Infinite Earths", wasn't it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet Posted November 25, 2003 Report Share Posted November 25, 2003 Convention #46: For supervillainesses, the lower the décolletage the more evil the woman is. Really bad girls may dispense with a neckline entirely and just have their shirt front plunge clear to their waist. (Note that this convention does not always apply to heroines.) Corollary: A high neckline does not necessarily indicate a less evil villainess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcholmes Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 More educated heroes... Just a wild thought. One of the things that I always like about the Buffyverse is that the characters were aware of the genre conventions and cliches. Wouldn't it be interesting to have a hero who was fluent with the conventions of the genre. "Say, Investi-Gator, what's with all these old newspaper articles?" "Well, Nebraska Man, I've been tracking these three unsolved murder cases. All of these kids watched loved ones killed before their eyes. Two of them have thrown themselves into the study of martial arts and the other has been heavily involved in electronics." "But... why? These cases are fifteen years old." "True, but this is classic superhero origin stuff. I fully expect at least one of these three to don tights any day now." "I see your point. We've been looking to fill out our ranks ever since Wombattallion and Groovy Girl left the team." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 I've actually done that. It can be a real hoot for a campaign in a comedic vein. My players as well occaisionally dabble in it. "You're the bad guy, I'm the good guy. Good triumphs as long as Ellis isn't writing... that's the way it works!":) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rechan Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 Genre Convention #47. Possessed/Mind Controlled individuals can only 'fight it' and break free when they have their loved one/team mate/other significant individual at gunpoint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 Genre Convention #48 Battle survivability is not directly related to armor coverage - a square foot of light kevlar fabric on your chest is all you really need to be virtually bullet-proof. Fantasy Convention: Battle survivability is not directly related to armor coverage... but armor coverage is inversely related to COM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 Re: More educated heroes... Originally posted by bcholmes Just a wild thought. One of the things that I always like about the Buffyverse is that the characters were aware of the genre conventions and cliches. Wouldn't it be interesting to have a hero who was fluent with the conventions of the genre. Grant Morrison pulls this trick quite often. His post-Crisis Psicho-Pirate was actually aware reality had been retconned, for instance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rechan Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 Originally posted by Solomon Genre Convention #48 Battle survivability is not directly related to armor coverage - a square foot of light kevlar fabric on your chest is all you really need to be virtually bullet-proof. Fantasy Convention: Battle survivability is not directly related to armor coverage... but armor coverage is inversely related to COM. On the Chest? Nah. Only parts of the chest. No one ever gets hurt in the bared skin area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Scrivner Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 Convention #49 Heroines possess not merely Buns of Steel but thighs, knees, calves, ankles and feet of the substance as well. This explains why they can run, leap, climb, and perform complex martial arts manuevers in footgear that would cripple an ordinary woman after a few minutes' wear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wormhole Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 #50: So-called criminal masterminds insist on dropping the TPO detective types into ridiculously over-elaborate death traps that can be escaped with alittle create thinking when it would be quicker and more effective to put a bullet through their heads and toss the corpses in the Hudson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solomon Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 Genre convention #51 Any agency named after a real or immaginary animal is evil and bent on world domination. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rechan Posted November 28, 2003 Report Share Posted November 28, 2003 Genre Convention #50a. Any master plan that a super-intelligent master villain can be beaten by a simple flaw that is looked over. Or by sheer luck alone. Genre Convention #50b. Super intelligent mastermind villains will always make stupid mistakes at crucial moments, no matter how smart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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