04 June 2005
superhero meme
k-punk has kindly passed on the superhero meme because he wants to see if 'her superhero can combine Soviet Goth with pixiedom'. I'm not a pixie, tho, I'm an elf, dammit! Elves are pretty, delicate and cultured (unless they're evil) and never sleep; pixies wear green outfits and are not good enough for heaven or bad enough for hell - and I'm certainly cut out for at least one of those.....Anyway. I stole the longer version of the meme from lenin's tomb, cos it's more fun.
If you could have one superpower, what would it be and why? (Assume you also get baseline superhero enhancements like moderately increased strength, endurance and agility.)
Intellectual intuition, though I'd have to try pretty hard not to have unpleasant thoughts.
Which, if any, 'existing' superhero(es) do you fancy, and why?
I dunno if they really count as 'superheroes', but they have their own comics, which'll do. So, Katchoo from Strangers in Paradise (a comic so for girls it hurts) and most of the cast of Stray Bullets. Why? Oh, I dunno. They're all witty and have clean hair. And guns.
Which, if any, 'existing' superhero(es) do you hate?
Quimper from The Invisibles, just because he's so scary. Plus all the Marvel ones. Bit of a DC elf, if only cos they published all the Vertigo stuff.
OK, here's the tough one. What would your superhero name be? (No prefab porn-name formulas here, you have to make up the name you think you'd be proud to mask under.)
'One divides into Two' or 'Agitprop Elf'
For extra credit: Is there an 'existing' superhero with whom you identify/whom you would like to be?
Tubbs from The League of Gentlemen.
Pass it on. Three people please, and why they're the wind beneath your wings.
sweet effay cos he probably spends most of his time thinking up answers to these questions anyway.
northanger cos she's cool (and no, I haven't forgotten what I promised you!) and reza from hyperstition, just because.
If you could have one superpower, what would it be and why? (Assume you also get baseline superhero enhancements like moderately increased strength, endurance and agility.)
Intellectual intuition, though I'd have to try pretty hard not to have unpleasant thoughts.
Which, if any, 'existing' superhero(es) do you fancy, and why?
I dunno if they really count as 'superheroes', but they have their own comics, which'll do. So, Katchoo from Strangers in Paradise (a comic so for girls it hurts) and most of the cast of Stray Bullets. Why? Oh, I dunno. They're all witty and have clean hair. And guns.
Which, if any, 'existing' superhero(es) do you hate?
Quimper from The Invisibles, just because he's so scary. Plus all the Marvel ones. Bit of a DC elf, if only cos they published all the Vertigo stuff.
OK, here's the tough one. What would your superhero name be? (No prefab porn-name formulas here, you have to make up the name you think you'd be proud to mask under.)
'One divides into Two' or 'Agitprop Elf'
For extra credit: Is there an 'existing' superhero with whom you identify/whom you would like to be?
Tubbs from The League of Gentlemen.
Pass it on. Three people please, and why they're the wind beneath your wings.
sweet effay cos he probably spends most of his time thinking up answers to these questions anyway.
northanger cos she's cool (and no, I haven't forgotten what I promised you!) and reza from hyperstition, just because.
