Subject: Yay!
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Posted on: 2019-03-26 19:54:00 UTC
I will post on this later when I have some more time!
Subject: Yay!
Author:
Posted on: 2019-03-26 19:54:00 UTC
I will post on this later when I have some more time!
It's a place for all of us who don't have Permission yet to talk about what ideas for agents we have and give each other constructive criticism so when we request Permission, we can be confident that we aren't writing Sues.
Where they are from would be a spoiler. Also, I don't want to give too much away about their personalities just yet.
They'd be in the department of analytical science. One is a 40-ish year old man, the other is a teenage girl whose mother was a Sue.
The girl has a condition where she has some uncontrollable muscle movements and other symptoms, but there is a medicine to treat it. If I can't find a real-world condition that matches up, she'd have to try to treat it with Logicillin.
So, here are my ideas for agents so far.
Agent Quantum is a vampire from the diary of a neurotic zombie continuum (where vampire abilities are limited to immortality, flight and super strength and though they crave blood they can go without it. They also burn easily in the sun but this can be dealt with using SPF 150 suncream.). They were an unmentioned character who fell through a plot hole and landed in hq. They have short messy dark brown hair and silvery blue eyes. Her preferred outfit is an xkcd 'stand back I'm going to try science' t-shirt, a fleece of some sort, black or navy tracksuit bottoms and some loose trainers. She loves growing plants and collects cuttings of native plants from continuums she visits, meaning that the RC she works in is lined with many plant pots. She also likes chemistry, and by chemistry I mean mixing stuff together with her chemistry set and seeing if it explodes or not. She is currently trying to make something that is like sugar but with an even greater effect. Quantum is often very ditzy, unfocused and excitable, but is dangerously competent when made angry enough. However, that threshold is rather high.
Agent Kit is a half human half yo-kai from the yo-kai watch continuum. She was taken via embryo extraction kit from this fic and grew up in the nursery, just recently becoming an agent. She looks mostly human, apart from fox ears, clawed fingers and nine brown tails. Her brown hair is usually tied up in a neat ponytail. She did inherit some power from her father, but that mostly equates to small, slightly-bigger-than-a-candle-size fireballs. She just moved into a response centre with Quantum and is less than amused with her behaviour. Like her father, she is quite obsessed with looking good and spends most of her free time brushing herself, or trying to make her disguise as beautiful as possible. Before joining, she read through a large portion of the PPC handbook at least twice. She is highly protective of her canon relatives, but despises fics that ship her parents, or one of her parents and someone who they're not canonically related to, especially if they end up with kids.
...So, yeah. These are my agents so far.
We don't have any villains and one of the two agents I have in mind is based on me (therefore, it would be too difficult for me to capture his personality in the confines of a bio), and I really want to do this. Don't worry, this will not turn into an Emergency except in his daydreams and fanfics.
(Warning: Some canon knowledge of Kamen Rider Zi-O may be required, or this bio will be hard to follow. You can read up on the Kamen Rider wiki. I strongly recommend the pages on things like the Ziku Driver, the Ridewatches, the Anotherwatches and Another Riders, and maybe the Time Jackers.)
NAME: Fanon a.k.a. Kamen Rider Fanon
AGE: Adult
HOME CONTINUUM: Unknown
APPEARANCE: Japanese, thin, short white (but surprisingly tame) anime hair, brown eyes, wears something new every time he’s encountered. He has brown eyes.
AFFILIATION: Himself, Another Characters, one of the Mary Sue Factories
HEIGHT and WEIGHT: I don’t give specifics to make my writing more flexible.
BACKSTORY: He’s definitely had some affiliation with the Mary Sue Factories and tried to unite them, but “[they’re] too busy fighting amongst themselves and wasting their time on trying to breach HQ’s defneses to lend [him] an ear.” He resides in a secret lair that exists between the continua and has protections from being located by the PPC. Sometime before his first appearance, he character replaced Shrek using the methods detailed below and acquired the Shrek Ridewatch (details below).
PERSONALITY: Typical polite Kamen Rider villain applied to the PPC. Very polite and places an emphasis on the “rules of Tokusatsu” such as “no interrupting the transformation sequence”, “no interrupting the evil monologue in which I explain in detail exactly what you’re facing in terms of evil plans and just exposit wantonly”… when they’re in his favor. He has aspirations to create an army of character replacements and Suvians that he can control to become king of the multiverse. He has a tendency to ham things up in a similar manner to Kuroto Dan (before he went completely off the rails) and Woz, giving expository, scene-chewing, and mustache-twirling monologues. He really enjoys the sound of his own voice, and has a habit of telling PPC agents all about about his plans and powers, which tends to blow up in his face when that includes how to counter them. He thinks that there is nothing wrong with screwing up canon and will aid and abett Mary Sues whenever possible by interfering with missions. Direct combat is his forte, and he likes to drag Mary Sues on his side to make it nigh-impossible for agents to continue their mission.
ABILITIES AND ARSENAL:
• Suefluence - Has some level of Suefluence, as by making eye contact with canon characters, he can throw them OOC, implant non-canon memories of him being their best friend, or generally do just enough to their minds that they are ready to accept and use his Anotherwatch.
• Hacked Ziku Driver - A modified version of the Ziku Driver from Kamen Rider Zi-O that is painted with some red accents and compatible with his special Ridewatches.
Fanon Ridewatch - His personal Ridewatch. When it is placed in the left slot (his right) of the Hacked Ziku Driver and the Driver is spun 360º, it transforms him into Kamen Rider Fanon and accesses his main form.
Raku-Raku Ridewatch Creator - An orange-and-silver Kamen Rider-style dagger with two slots, one on each side of the hilt, for Ridewatches and Anotherwatches. It has three modes: Blade Mode enlarges the blade to be used for combat, Gun Mode allows him to shoot energy projectiles from the blade (classic Kamen Rider logic), and Watchmaker Mode allows him to create new Ridewatches and Anotherwatches in pairs. (See Ridewatch/Anotherwatch Creation below.) By plugging in one of his Ridewatches, he can execute its Slash Bash (Blade Mode) or SPaG Destruction (Gun Mode).
Ridewatch/Anotherwatch Creation - This is what allows him to interfere with canon. When he stabs or slashes a canon character with the Raku-Raku Ridewatch Creator in Watchmaker Mode, one of two things will happen:
• If the canon has enough commonly-used fanon surrounding them that directly contradicts their canon character (if a distinct, consistent “fanon self” can be identified separate from the “canon self”), the that canon will vanish into a plothole, and an Anotherwatch and Ridewatch based on that character will appear in the Ridewatch Creator’s slots. An Anotherwatch encapsulates its character’s fanon self, and when a compatible character from the same continuum uses that Anotherwatch, they will be transformed into the fanon version of that Anotherwatch’s character. Therefore, an Anotherwatch serves two purposes: Replacing a canon character with their fanon self, and eliminating another canon character from the equation entirely. The Ridewatch can be used by Fanon in the right (his left) slot of the Hacked Ziku Driver to access a Character Armor based on that character. Doing so augments his base Rider form with some of that character’s powers. (e.g. Sans gets stabbed by the Ridewatch Creator and disappears into a plothole. Fanon then gives Papyrus the Sans Anotherwatch and uses some Suefluence to convince Papyrus to use it. When he uses the Anotherwatch, Papyrus becomes the fanon version of Sans; wangsting all the time about how he couldn’t save his brother, always ready to take on the human with GASTER BLASTERS OF DOOM, super determined and still not a puddle despite what canon says should happen to him, can remember resets, and sexually attracted to fangirls. As for Papyrus, his original personality still exists, but lies dormant, and Papyrus has no idea what transpires while he is fanon Sans. Meanwhile, Fanon gains the Sans Ridewatch, which can be used to access Kamen Rider Fanon SansArmor, giving him Gaster Blasters, the ability to summon bone projectiles, and very low defense.)
• The canon will be surprised that that did nothing to them. Don’t question Tokusatsu logic, where getting slashed by a sword doesn’t mean being cut in half and finishing moves can go through the enemy without the damage that would logically cause.
• Adding on to the above: The main purpose of this ability is to generate character replacements without needing to wait for a fangirl to write them. An added bonus is that Fanon gets a new Character Armor to play with in his Suvian outings. The character replacement resulting from Anotherwatch use is called an Another Character, and a C-CAD will register both the character tricked into using the Anotherwatch and the Another Character they became. (Using the above example, a C-CAD pointed at Another Sans would register Papyrus, but would not be able to get a lock on his OOC level because he is dormant and hidden away. It would then register Another Sans as a character replacement.) Another Characters can be defeated in direct combat using a power from their home continuum (so the UNDERTALE player character’s determination would be able to defeat Another Sans), but can also be executed through normal means. When they die, they (or their remains) will crackle with electricity and then explode Kamen Rider-style, dropping the character transformed into them and the Anotherwatch used. The latter will also crackle with electricity and explode due to the damage sustained. For this reason, throwing Another Characters into lava is not advised as you will kill the canon who drops from them as well, but stabbing them through the chest or throwing them off a cliff is fine as the canon is dormant and will not be harmed. As mentioned before, however, Fanon really enjoys pitting agents against Mary Sues in combat, and since Another Characters are basically character replacements, it’s best to bring a counter to their power in case - no, for the inevitable moment that things go south.
• Takes One to Kill One: Defeating him permanently will require the assistance of a Kamen Rider agent.
• The Rules of Tokusatsu: Powers based on common Tokusatsu tropes, including:
• A force field that prevents anyone from interrupting his monologue or transformation sequence.
• Stealth Hi/Bye: The ability to teleport by hiding himself from the screen, or whatever counts as that in textual media. For example, he can run behind some trees or hide himself in an explosion and turn up in his secret lair.
• Plot Armor: He’ll always have his transformation trinkets. If someone throws his Ridewatches or Hacked Ziku Driver into, say, a plothole to a random location, he’ll eventually track them down, and he can rest easy that, by some contrived coincidence, they’ll avoid destruction.
Plothole Manipulation: Can open plotholes between anywhere and his secret lair.
• Common OC Creation: He can use the above method for replacing characters with their fanon selves to replace characters with original character concepts that are common within the fandom like Coldsteel and Herobrine, and he can acquire a Ridewatch from it. He still needs two compatible canon characters: One to be stabbed to get the Ridewatch and Anotherwatch and the other to serve as the host for the Another Character. As an example, he could make Steve disappear to get the Herobrine Ridewatch/Anotherwatch and use Notch or Alex as the host to become Another Herobrine.
For those who, as expected, don’t understand any of this: He’s a guy who uses the power of Kamen Rider Zi-O’s villains and heroes to replace characters with their fanon selves or character concepts used commonly within the fandom, provided the fanon for either is in some way consistent, and demands another canon character to serve as the host for the replacement. He also likes tormenting agents by forcing them to either face a Mary Sue in direct combat or abort the mission and face the Flowers’ wraths.
And more generally, all badfic? True, it's more PvE than PvP, but it counts.
This wouldn't be the first time someone attempted to introduce a Big Bad to the universe, but IMO, it doesn't work very well. If it's not an Emergency that drags in half of HQ whether we like it or not, it's aggrandizement for the few agents whom the villain sets up to be the Big Heroes, and that can be more irritating than entertaining without just the right balance of gravitas and humor. What makes your agents so special that the villain is picking on them, you know? Where are the DES and DIA, who ought to be dealing with this sort of thing?
I think Artemis and friends almost pulled it off with the Red Sue, way way back in the day. Some of the agents involved were DIA, which helped. But IIRC, the arc was never finished, which is always a potential pitfall.
I'll admit that a card-carrying, monologuing, mustache-twirling sort of villain sounds like it could be fun, though, if other people wanted to play on an opt-in basis and it didn't end up being a power trip for a couple agents singled out to be Big Heroes. There are questions that would need answers, too, about how he knows about the PPC, how did he ever become an agent and/or go rogue without being found out and stopped if he's prone to expositing his evil plans, how does he keep getting away from the agents to strike again, etc. The short answer to all of those might be "comedic hijinks," but a long answer would be required at some point. {= )
As always, I advise newcomers to start small, with a regular pair of agents doing regular sorts of missions, to establish your characters and also yourself, as a writer and a community member. It really helps to build a solid foundation first if you want to go on to do bigger things later. {= )
~Neshomeh
I will post on this later when I have some more time!
Quincy was kind enough to check over my agents a while ago, but I've been meaning to get critique on my changes since then.
Agent The First:
Chenille is a male rabbit-wearer taguel from Fire Emblem: Awakening; a former bit character tailored to be a canonical taguel's love interest that was recruited due to circumstance. Taguel as a species are shape-shifters that use special items known as Beaststones to transform. He suffers from night terrors of an event in his backstory. He speaks only when he deems it necessary but when he does he's blunt and abrupt, though not out of purposefully trying to be rude. Due to a lack of socialization, he's rather bad at "reading the room". He has trust issues that, in part, cause his to be distant when interacting with others. But for those he trusts -- as well as children -- he's fiercely protective of.
Agent The Second:
Merula Velveteen is a human woman (mostly), also originating from Fire Emblem: Awakening. She was a former Replacement for The Avatar -- a character most commonly known as Robin -- and was recruited by Chenille due to circumstance. Merula mainly uses Wind magic and a rapier from her home fic. Due to being a former Replacement!Robin, Merula has backstory-induced amnesia and only a few months of experiences. As such, she's unsure of not only her place in the world, but of her own personality. She attempts to remedy this by trying to make herself a personality, at least until her partner snaps her out of it by pointing out that she does have a personality: she's decisive in her actions and choices, and is willing and able to take drastic actions if she views them necessary. Her last name is a reference to velveteen rabbits, due to the noodle incident that was Chenille dropping her off in Medical.
The two become partners some time after Merula's recruitment.
These are the only two for now, but I have got an idea for a Kwami agent from Miraculous Ladybug bouncing around the back of my head.