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« Reply #15 on: June 15, 2005, 12:08:25 pm »

My villianous superpower? Hmm. Two things come to mind.

The first would be a simple one. An aura or something similar that would, upon injury from any source besides myself, reflect that amount of damage two times over onto them. I'd still get hurt, but they'd get hurt worse.

The other took a bit more time. I would, by concentrating my will, be able to evince a brick in my open palm. I would utter the name of a person or object to this brick and toss the brick upwards. This brick would then, at terminal velocity and unerring accuracy, find the designated target and strike it in the most critical location it can find, such as a human's temple or a car's engine block.
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« Reply #16 on: June 15, 2005, 04:45:17 pm »

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My villianous superpower? Hmm. Two things come to mind.

The first would be a simple one. An aura or something similar that would, upon injury from any source besides myself, reflect that amount of damage two times over onto them. I'd still get hurt, but they'd get hurt worse.

The other took a bit more time. I would, by concentrating my will, be able to evince a brick in my open palm. I would utter the name of a person or object to this brick and toss the brick upwards. This brick would then, at terminal velocity and unerring accuracy, find the designated target and strike it in the most critical location it can find, such as a human's temple or a car's engine block.


*Steps into Necro's HQ with an AK-47 in his arms. Sees Necro chanting his dark incantations, ordering the brick to do something undoubtedly sinister*

ME: No you don't, Necro. The world is mine! I will be the sole ruler of the universe MWAHAHAHAHA!
NECRO [stops chanting]: Ha! Put away the gun Ivanov, you'll hurt yourself more then you'll hurt me!
ME: Oh? And how will that happen?
NECRO: I have this special aura, that reflects everything with twice the strength.
ME: Interesting, but when was the last time that you have seen it?
NECRO [looks for his auara, can't find it for the life of him]
ME: BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
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« Reply #17 on: June 16, 2005, 01:12:23 am »

Super intelligence sounds nice, but what I would really want is.....Phaseshift!!!
And not the one like that of the Arilou and the Orz, but this phase shifting would mean that you are still located in thiss universe, you just don't have to follow the laws of physics!

Think of this.

James Bond enters room where evil me is.
,,You're going to feel worse than a Wodka martini that has been shaken for mre than ten hours!"
(starts shooting with his gun, only to see the bullets fly right trough me and striking the wall.)
,,Damn, well, whaty about this!"
(starts using every single gadget that Q ever invented, only with the same result.And then, I lock the door and let him starve there while I fly trough the walls of my hideout and take over the world.)

Yeah, that would be nice
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« Reply #18 on: June 16, 2005, 01:48:16 am »

Off course, something all villains have to think about.

Is it really such a good idea to hire a couple hundred henchmen who will get whacked the moment one of those anoying good guys come in? For example, in the above scenario of Bond versus evil phaseshifting jack cloudy.
He was getting really iritated that he didn't found anybody to kill while making his way to the big villain. But what would be the point of having all those wimpy guards who constantly want to get higher salary if you are invulnerable because nobody can even touch you with anything?
So in the end he made it to the villain, heavily annoyed and started trowing everything he had at jack cloudy while the latter was practising his evil laughs.

So just as a little point of thought. Are Henchmen actually useful for anything?( apart from keeping the corridors all cleaned)

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« Reply #19 on: June 16, 2005, 05:24:44 am »

I think it depends on the henchmen. I only hire and purchase commandos, terminators, attack dogs, ED-209 property defense systems, protoss, lawyers and real estate agents. Nobody bothers me.
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« Reply #20 on: June 16, 2005, 06:53:49 pm »

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Darth MAul from episode one couldnt be worse..

Oh yes, he could. He could have long, floppy ears and say "mesa" and "yousa" all the time. Only then it would probably be more satisfying to see him killed.

Seriously, Darth Mauls only big flaw is that he has very few lines of dialogue, and he is killed off too early. All he gets to do is walk around trying hard to look bad, and then he dies.

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Darth Vader is an excellent henceman.

Vader's the villain, his followers (stormtroopers, mostly) are the henchmen.


On topic: I AM a super villain, I don't need any additional powers. Although the ability to cook coffee with the power of thought would be neat-o.
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« Reply #21 on: June 16, 2005, 10:17:42 pm »

EDIT: Seeing how this thread got cleaned, my post (and the posts following it) seemed a bit out of place so I decided to change it.

As everyone knows, all Evil Villains need an apropraite Sinister Symbol for their empire/corporation/syndicate. It's about much more then just having a flag outside your HQ, or tatoos for your henchmen.
It's all about fashion!
That's right! Your Sinister Symbol must be something you identify with, it must be something that will strike fear into hearts of men, and at the same time it must be cool and trendy, so other Evil Villains and Secret Service Agents won't laugh at you.

So, without further delay, my Sinister Symbol:
The Inverted Circle
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« Reply #22 on: June 17, 2005, 01:13:26 am »

My symbol?

Hmmm... that's a hard one. Huh

I guess I don't need a symbol. Just some freaky scary black suit that doesn't show my face as I beat up the good guys while phasing should be scary enough. But If I need one, it would probably be something very stupid, such as a simple red triangle or something.
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« Reply #23 on: June 17, 2005, 04:55:04 am »

The moebius strip.
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« Reply #24 on: June 17, 2005, 05:44:17 am »

As Mr. Popular, I'd be my own symbol.  Grin
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« Reply #25 on: June 17, 2005, 08:29:55 pm »

Puppies and a Heart, it'd throw them off. Only too late would they realise that the puppies are mad pitbulls and the heart is simply a favorite attack point.

That or a bill gates mask. I could just walk into the office building of a small independent software company, and everyone would scatter like crickets in the light.
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« Reply #26 on: June 18, 2005, 01:22:48 am »

One of the reasons why I just hated Superman and Batman was because of those damn symbols. It just makes them look like they've got a really big ego (Look, Its a bat! This is my very own private symbol, now am I not a great super heroe because of this? I think they would've looked much better without it. Especially batman, that Big yellow symbol just completely ruined the dark scary look of his suit.
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« Reply #27 on: June 18, 2005, 01:02:04 pm »

Batman Begins was very well done. And yes, the bat symbol is far more understated (more like the original comic depiction than adam west/animated style).
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« Reply #28 on: June 19, 2005, 06:52:46 am »

Yea, the bat symbol is black just like the rest of the suit.
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« Reply #29 on: June 19, 2005, 12:06:49 pm »

I was also referring to the shape of the symbol. It's much more angular and boxy. I liked it. (pic)
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