Sol Zagato
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This is not the Superhero thread. Some superhumans might decide to act heroic, but that's not the point of this thread.
This is the thread for superhuman scenarios and general disregard for superhero tropes.
Some superhuman topic threads from other sites:
First scenario for discussion:
All living creatures have non-heritable superpowers at very low rates. Humans (and other big brained creatures) have a slightly higher rate, on the order of 1 per million or ten million. Power levels are fairly 'street' level, and sometimes not particularly distinguishable from exceptional normal people.
Assuming humans and the Earth otherwise occur as OTL, how does human society develop starting in the middle of the last ice age (30,000 years ago)?
This is the thread for superhuman scenarios and general disregard for superhero tropes.
Is this a good place for 'superhuman' ideas that don't intersect much with superheroes? For example, the Aberrant RPG setting, Uber, Godlike RPG...?
Sorry, as much as I’d like new posters, this IS a superhero thread
Having superpowers doesn’t necessarily make one a superhero unless they specifically call themselves or are called ones
Some superhuman topic threads from other sites:
Superpower Settings (and making the most of them) Discussion
Hello there, SV; it's been a VERY long time since I've posted here. Since then, I've been writing a lot on places like Wattpad, Amino, and many others. I won't get into much details on what are my intentions, but I would appreciate if we all have an intellectual discussion about a world where a...
forums.sufficientvelocity.com
An ASB question: Chinese Civil War gets weird
Question at the end, in big type. First, some timeline. 1934-35: Apparent POD (actual POD in 1918) There is an outbreak of reported paranormal activity in China- accounts of flying people, rampaging farm animals, tame predators, etc. The Nationalists, the Communists, and most warlords are...
forums.sufficientvelocity.com
Superhero worlds, demographics, and power origin musing and estimates
I'mma gonna do some dumping of superhero thoughts here, if you don't mind. Feel free to add in! Or at least say if you're interesting in hearing more. One interesting thing about superheroes worlds that often goes unmentioned- how many supers they have can vary drastically. For all of DC and...
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How would the modern world react/change with superpowers?
As the title ask what would the world do if people started to develop superpowers across the world? (Power levels usually street level with a few exceptions) Would the people gaining the powers try to go hero? Be villains? Tell their parent? Go to the hospital? Post a selfie of themselves doing...
forums.sufficientvelocity.com
Superhumans and Government Comics
Because this isn't a topic ordinary threads can contain. Superhumans, be it the humble Street Leveller to the Post-Human God, have been an obsession of ours for millennia. From Babylonian Myth to the Big Two, we have a bizarre infatuation with people possessing capabilities and licence beyond...
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"Realistic" superhero franchises?
Like all genres, the superhero genre relies on well-documented conventions, tropes and cliches. Are there any franchises that dispense with the conventions of the genre in favor of portraying what the author thinks superheroes would be like if they existed in the real world with all its...
forums.spacebattles.com
Native Americans gain Elemental Bending abilities in 1400 AD
In January 1st 1400 AD, all Native American people who inhabited North and South America (not including Greenland and Hawaii) suddenly gain either firebending, earthbending, waterbending, or airbending: - Random 25% of them each gets firebending, waterbending, earthbending, or airbending -...
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What do you want in your superhero stories?
So there's been a wide range of good and bad superhero stories, whether they be comics, tv shows, movies, or what have you. But what exactly do you want and/or need from a superhero story? Do you wish for an entertaining romp of action and weird science? Do you want it to be engaging with...
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Where does this idea that people with superpowers wouldn't think like humans come from?
We all know the various dumbfuckery Marvel civilians like to pull, but I just read some issues of the ill-fated Newuniversal comics by Warren Ellis, and well, to quote wikipedia: Philip L. Voight is the presiding officer of Project Spitfire, part of a government project tasked with monitoring...
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Superhero Worldbuilding Thread!
Is anyone else working on a superhero world? I am, and I'm going to share some of my ideas and concepts and characters with you, and hope you enjoy reading them. Here's a list of most of my OC's. · Yggdrasil – Isadriel, a half-elf with absolute control over plantlife. · Thomas Blood – Thief...
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Supersoldiers and the real world militaries
One thing that I have been thinking about after seeing Captain America: Civil War, is what the effect of the Super Soldier Serum they used to create him, would actually have on real-world militaries? Assuming its easy enough to make you can give it your most elite spec ops soldiers (SEAL Team...
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How would a military Superhero team be organized ?
Suppose the US gained a team of low to medium level superhumans (MCU type powerscale instead of comics worldbreaking scale). There are no other superhumans or villains currently in world, these guys are apparently dimensional travellers who crashed here. Being highly patriotic Americans in their...
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What are some plausible political systems for a superhero-dominated world?
When I see a superhero universe, I often find myself thinking "There is no way this society will survive." Superheroes destroy the government's monopoly on force and undermine the rule of law. We often don't see this decline on screen, but it seems that the logical outworking of superheroes is...
forums.spacebattles.com
Warlord China gets weird.
1934-35: There is an outbreak of reported paranormal activity in China- accounts of flying people, rampaging farm animals, tame predators, etc. The Nationalists, the Communists, and most warlords are unhappy about it (they thought 'feudal superstition' was holding China back), but the stories...
forums.spacebattles.com
Realistic Consequences of Superpowers in the Modern World
So I've been reading Worm (currently up to Snare 13.5) and I've noticed how dark it is compared to many other comic settings, how the heroes and authorities are often outgunned or outnumbered by the villains. I think part of this is because of characteristics specific to the setting, but...
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How Might Civilization Have Developed if Humans had Always had Superpowers?
Most of the comic series that I have seen seem to place their superheroes starting out in the 20th century. Some, like with mutants, are said to have increased in numbers due to the beginning of the nuclear age. What I'm wondering is what might have happened to civilization if we had actually...
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A bunch of superhumans take over the world
Decided to create this thread after re-read my old thread. The premise here is the one that you might find have been used so many times before: "what if the only (or strongest) superhumans in the world decide to establish themselves as the sole and absolute global rulers?" Superhumans in this...
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How Powerful Can Superhumans Get Without Destroying Society?
So the premise: literally overnight anywhere from 50 to 500 million people get superpowers. This number is fixed and will not change. Power distribution heavily favors modern nations with heavy telecom infrastructure, with China having the absolute largest number of them. People with powers are...
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Could liberal democracy survive superhumans?
One of the big problems that is inherent to X-Men is the idea of regulating people. Except ideas of tolerance which have shaped liberal democracies over the centuries would never be able to account for someone who can shoot a jet of flame from their hands or who could read the minds of everyone...
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What would a person with superhuman intelligence actually be like?
I've been planning on writing a superhero story and I was thinking about a character who had super intelligence as one of his powers. The problem is that I'm having trouble visualizing what a superhumanly intelligent person would actually be like. Something like super strength or super speed is...
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Wouldn't we be more afraid of organized crime in a super hero universe?
As exactly as it says in the title. We spent so much time policing the heroes I don't anyone has taken the time to think about what if groups such the mafia or the KKK had members had members who have superpowers. So, let's discuss.
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Can you both have superhumans and a stable society?
This is a question that has been going around in my head lately, from watching MCU films and playing in a superhero RP. Can you both have superhumans(And the common tropes of superhero fiction) and a stable society? Does the existance of superhero organizations operating independanly and...
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First scenario for discussion:
All living creatures have non-heritable superpowers at very low rates. Humans (and other big brained creatures) have a slightly higher rate, on the order of 1 per million or ten million. Power levels are fairly 'street' level, and sometimes not particularly distinguishable from exceptional normal people.
Assuming humans and the Earth otherwise occur as OTL, how does human society develop starting in the middle of the last ice age (30,000 years ago)?