Supervillain Draft Thread - Team write-ups and post draft rankings
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Hey I already wrote that I'm taking Abomination, but here is the write up.
Abomination
This guy is a genius with Hulk strength. He killed Bruce Banner's wife and got people to believe it was Bruce.
Abomination is very similar to the Hulk in terms of strength, stamina and ability to regenerate, but differs in that the Abomination retains his intellect and cannot change back into human form. Additionally he possesses gills which enable him to breathe underwater, and enters a state of suspended animation when completely bereft of oxygen for long periods (such as being stranded in space for a few years). When originally created, the Abomination was approximately twice as strong as the Hulk in a calm state, but his strength does not increase with anger.
Abomination
This guy is a genius with Hulk strength. He killed Bruce Banner's wife and got people to believe it was Bruce.
Abomination is very similar to the Hulk in terms of strength, stamina and ability to regenerate, but differs in that the Abomination retains his intellect and cannot change back into human form. Additionally he possesses gills which enable him to breathe underwater, and enters a state of suspended animation when completely bereft of oxygen for long periods (such as being stranded in space for a few years). When originally created, the Abomination was approximately twice as strong as the Hulk in a calm state, but his strength does not increase with anger.
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May The Fourth Be With You
My Pick:
Ozymandius - DC
Ah. Mr. Ozymandius. So now I bring in my ultimate advisor, the smartest man on planet earth. Not to mention unbeatable in hand-to-hand combat with normal people. And while he can't necessarily defeat them, he has all the resources , abilities, and foresight to help me manipulate the omnipotent [see Dr. Manahattan]. Oh. and between the money of Dracula, Ganon, and Ozymandias, I really do have an unlimited bankroll.
His goal is world peace, and the way he accomplished that was he created an alien threat that made the world unite. My plan also allows for world peace, and that will be diverged later.
Mwahahahahah *hack* *cough*
My Pick:
Ozymandius - DC
Ah. Mr. Ozymandius. So now I bring in my ultimate advisor, the smartest man on planet earth. Not to mention unbeatable in hand-to-hand combat with normal people. And while he can't necessarily defeat them, he has all the resources , abilities, and foresight to help me manipulate the omnipotent [see Dr. Manahattan]. Oh. and between the money of Dracula, Ganon, and Ozymandias, I really do have an unlimited bankroll.
His goal is world peace, and the way he accomplished that was he created an alien threat that made the world unite. My plan also allows for world peace, and that will be diverged later.
Mwahahahahah *hack* *cough*
He was the antagonist in the Watchmen graphic novel and his plan was very evil and accomplished his desired outcome. He was a villain, even if it was for the 'right' reasons.
I think he is a great addition. I'll probably pick up another person who is 'goon' status to romp with Venom and Sylar with my next pick, I think I have enough minds.
I think he is a great addition. I'll probably pick up another person who is 'goon' status to romp with Venom and Sylar with my next pick, I think I have enough minds.
Well, there is a difference between antagonist and villain, but I'm fine with the pick. Watchmen was an interesting movie to say the least.
. Ozy killed a bunch of people, and regardless of the goal, that is villainous in its own regard.
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I just read more about Emma Frost than I ever really cared to. Thanks guys.
Anyway, three items I have so graciously ruled on:
A: Frost is going to be considered a villain for two reasons:
1: This quote from NME, who seems to be a much bigger comic aficionado than me:
2: This line from wiki: Frost has changed from one of the X-Men's more infamous foes to one of their most prominent members.
That to me falls under the same ruling as Godzilla who was such an incredibly popular villain, the creators had to make a switch.
B: Skynet is most certainly a single entity and a solid pick. The irony is that semi-protest came from Mr. Matrix Mainframe himself
C: And Finally, Adrian Veidt is a villain. The point of Veidt's role in Watchmen is to beg the question "do the ends justify the means" which, if one follows the Tales of the Black Freighter, it seems clear the answer is no.
Anyway, three items I have so graciously ruled on:
A: Frost is going to be considered a villain for two reasons:
1: This quote from NME, who seems to be a much bigger comic aficionado than me:
Yes, but that was about a 15 year period that coincided with my entire childhood.
That to me falls under the same ruling as Godzilla who was such an incredibly popular villain, the creators had to make a switch.
B: Skynet is most certainly a single entity and a solid pick. The irony is that semi-protest came from Mr. Matrix Mainframe himself
C: And Finally, Adrian Veidt is a villain. The point of Veidt's role in Watchmen is to beg the question "do the ends justify the means" which, if one follows the Tales of the Black Freighter, it seems clear the answer is no.
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No quarrels here, just questions and attempts at clarification. Anywho...I think Death needs a playmate, and an ambassador, and finally I can add a friggin' vampire to my team. This member is the original vampire. Forget that Dracula guy, he's the figment of a twisted Irishman. This lady is ruthless, beautiful, and all about the death dealing. She possesses pyrokenisis, exceptional strength, is resistant to sunlight, can fly, and can create telepathic links to her playmates and "prey". Plus, if any vampire harms her, they are harming themselves, as she is linked to their very existence. With my 5th selection I choose:
Akasha - The Queen of the Damned (Book Version)
Background:
Minions:
Being cold blooded, Vampires would make poor hosts for the Matrix Mainframe, and are generally ignored by the machines. However, like the slivers, they are compatible for the cerebral plug surgery to allow the matrix to download programs instantly into their brains. Now all my vampires know Kung-fu too! Lucky me.
More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Those_Who_Must_Be_Kept
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen_of_the_Damned
Akasha - The Queen of the Damned (Book Version
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Background:
Akasha is the very first vampire created.
As told in the novel, Akasha was originally from Uruk, or modern-day Iraq. She rose to become a Queen in Kemet, the land that would eventually become Egypt; she and her husband King Enkil wanted their people to turn away from their cannibalistic ways and encourage the eating of grains. Rice describes Akasha as a lovely young woman who was "almost too pretty to be truly beautiful, for her prettiness overcame any sense of majesty or deep mystery." Underneath her physical beauty, Akasha is a fundamentally dark, empty, nihilistic person with no sense of morality, ethics, or human compassion; her actions are almost always based on her insatiable need to fill her own inner emptiness.
Akasha eventually becomes fascinated by the spirits of the supernatural, forcibly bringing the red-haired witch sisters Maharet and Mekare to her court to commune with these spirits. Against their advice, Akasha forces the witch sisters to seek answers from the spirits to countless shallow questions she asks, but the ensuing answers, some in the form of obscene gestures, ultimately enrage the Queen by confirming her inner emptiness -- "She had asked questions of the supernatural, a very foolish thing to do, and she had received answers which she could neither accept nor refute." One spirit in particular, a bloodthirsty, aggressive entity called Amel, threatens Akasha and ultimately stages a weak but demonstrative attack against her. Akasha, in turn, has Mekare and Maharet publicly raped by her servant Khayman for their "witchcraft", and banishes them from Kemet.
One year later, the twin witches are recalled to the kingdom by Khayman, where they learn that Amel had kept his presence in the kingdom and that, when the King and Queen were coincidentally assassinated by supporters of cannibalism one night, the spirit of Amel joined with Akasha's soul as it rose from her body, re-entering her body through her wounds and fusing with her heart and brain to create an entirely new being: the vampire. Amel's deadly lust for human blood thus passed to Akasha. Akasha then took her king Enkil and passed the "Dark Gift" onto him, transforming Enkil into a vampire, and then made Khayman, who then passed it on to Mekare and Maharet. It was Mekare who tells the Queen what kind of being she has become, as well as explaining her newfound sensitivity to sunlight and thirst for blood.
As her progeny proliferate, Akasha's need for blood diminishes. Eventually she (along with Enkil) becomes a living statue, kept safe for centuries by guardians who know that she is the source of their existence and immortality. After one of these guardians tires of the task, he places Akasha and Enkil in the sun; vampires worldwide are burned or destroyed as a result of all being linked by the spirit of Amel that still resides in Akasha.
Akasha draws the vampire Marius to her and urges him to take her and Enkil out of Egypt. Marius does so and protects them for nearly two thousand years. At one point, Maharet stabs the statue of Akasha in the heart; as Maharet feels the energy leave her own body, it confirms the legend that to kill Akasha is to annihilate all vampires.
In 1985, the vampire Lestat wakes Akasha from her trance with his music. She rises and becomes a relentless destroyer, killing most of her vampire progeny worldwide while simultaneously kidnapping Lestat, who becomes her lover and cohort. She spares at least 16 (Maharet, Mekare, Khayman, Louis, Jesse, Gabrielle, Armand, Daniel, Marius, Mael, Santino, Pandora, Eric, Vittorio and the coven that made Quinn Blackwood; Manfred Blackwood, Petronia, and one from ancient Greece) vampires from her slaughter -- either ancient vampires she can't easily destroy, or Lestat's loved ones -- and demands that they join with her in her plan for a new world order: to kill 90% of the world's men and to set up a new Eden in which women, with Akasha as Goddess, reign. A heated philosophical discussion ensues; while Akasha insists that her plan is for the benefit of humanity in the long run and will usher in a new era of peace, Maharet boldly defies her and points out the underlying truth: that Akasha simply wants to dominate and be worshipped, to once again subject everyone to her will, and to once again create a new system of religious dogma to fill her inner emptiness, with absolutely no regard for the lives at stake.
As told in the novel, Akasha was originally from Uruk, or modern-day Iraq. She rose to become a Queen in Kemet, the land that would eventually become Egypt; she and her husband King Enkil wanted their people to turn away from their cannibalistic ways and encourage the eating of grains. Rice describes Akasha as a lovely young woman who was "almost too pretty to be truly beautiful, for her prettiness overcame any sense of majesty or deep mystery." Underneath her physical beauty, Akasha is a fundamentally dark, empty, nihilistic person with no sense of morality, ethics, or human compassion; her actions are almost always based on her insatiable need to fill her own inner emptiness.
Akasha eventually becomes fascinated by the spirits of the supernatural, forcibly bringing the red-haired witch sisters Maharet and Mekare to her court to commune with these spirits. Against their advice, Akasha forces the witch sisters to seek answers from the spirits to countless shallow questions she asks, but the ensuing answers, some in the form of obscene gestures, ultimately enrage the Queen by confirming her inner emptiness -- "She had asked questions of the supernatural, a very foolish thing to do, and she had received answers which she could neither accept nor refute." One spirit in particular, a bloodthirsty, aggressive entity called Amel, threatens Akasha and ultimately stages a weak but demonstrative attack against her. Akasha, in turn, has Mekare and Maharet publicly raped by her servant Khayman for their "witchcraft", and banishes them from Kemet.
One year later, the twin witches are recalled to the kingdom by Khayman, where they learn that Amel had kept his presence in the kingdom and that, when the King and Queen were coincidentally assassinated by supporters of cannibalism one night, the spirit of Amel joined with Akasha's soul as it rose from her body, re-entering her body through her wounds and fusing with her heart and brain to create an entirely new being: the vampire. Amel's deadly lust for human blood thus passed to Akasha. Akasha then took her king Enkil and passed the "Dark Gift" onto him, transforming Enkil into a vampire, and then made Khayman, who then passed it on to Mekare and Maharet. It was Mekare who tells the Queen what kind of being she has become, as well as explaining her newfound sensitivity to sunlight and thirst for blood.
As her progeny proliferate, Akasha's need for blood diminishes. Eventually she (along with Enkil) becomes a living statue, kept safe for centuries by guardians who know that she is the source of their existence and immortality. After one of these guardians tires of the task, he places Akasha and Enkil in the sun; vampires worldwide are burned or destroyed as a result of all being linked by the spirit of Amel that still resides in Akasha.
Akasha draws the vampire Marius to her and urges him to take her and Enkil out of Egypt. Marius does so and protects them for nearly two thousand years. At one point, Maharet stabs the statue of Akasha in the heart; as Maharet feels the energy leave her own body, it confirms the legend that to kill Akasha is to annihilate all vampires.
In 1985, the vampire Lestat wakes Akasha from her trance with his music. She rises and becomes a relentless destroyer, killing most of her vampire progeny worldwide while simultaneously kidnapping Lestat, who becomes her lover and cohort. She spares at least 16 (Maharet, Mekare, Khayman, Louis, Jesse, Gabrielle, Armand, Daniel, Marius, Mael, Santino, Pandora, Eric, Vittorio and the coven that made Quinn Blackwood; Manfred Blackwood, Petronia, and one from ancient Greece) vampires from her slaughter -- either ancient vampires she can't easily destroy, or Lestat's loved ones -- and demands that they join with her in her plan for a new world order: to kill 90% of the world's men and to set up a new Eden in which women, with Akasha as Goddess, reign. A heated philosophical discussion ensues; while Akasha insists that her plan is for the benefit of humanity in the long run and will usher in a new era of peace, Maharet boldly defies her and points out the underlying truth: that Akasha simply wants to dominate and be worshipped, to once again subject everyone to her will, and to once again create a new system of religious dogma to fill her inner emptiness, with absolutely no regard for the lives at stake.
Akasha has the capacity to create superpowered vampires from her ancient bloodline. She can also empower existing vampires such as she did to Lestat, granting him flight, advanced telepathy, expedited healing factor, enhanced strength, speed, and sensory perception. She can also turn animals with her bloodline, including slivers.
.More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Those_Who_Must_Be_Kept
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Queen_of_the_Damned
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Morgoth (LOTR)
Morgoth, evil personified. Think Sauron was bad? Sauron was his Lieutenant.
From wiki - In battle he wore black armour and wielded Grond, the Hammer of the Underworld. The great battering ram of Mordor was named for this weapon. He also wielded a black spear, and in early texts a poison sword. Melkor's powers were originally immense – greater than those of any other single Ainu. He shared a part of the powers of every other Vala, but unlike them used it for domination of the whole of Arda. To accomplish this Morgoth dispersed his being throughout Arda, tainting its very fabric; and only Aman was free of it. His person thus became ever more diminished and restricted.
Pity was beyond Morgoth’s understanding, as was courage. As he alone of the Valar bound himself to a physical (and therefore destructible) body, he alone of the Valar knew fear.
Weee! More here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgoth.
