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Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:28 AM

SUPERHEROES

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:29 AM

Princess Emily made up a superheroverse

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:29 AM

Reality switches back and forth between Logic/Reason and Myths/Magic

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:29 AM

Back in the 70s, it started swinging back towards myths/magic

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:30 AM

And we got teams of superheroes

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:30 AM

who used their newfound magic to protect the earth

Gabiluzbad

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Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:30 AM

Now, however, those original heroes have gotten really set in the idea that they're the Good Guys

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:30 AM

so whatever they do is Good

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:30 AM

Good™

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:31 AM

And have been taking increasingly draconian measures to keep the peace

Gabiluzbad

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Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:31 AM

AND SO A NEW TEAM IS BORN

Gabiluzbad

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Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:31 AM

Of younger heroes who aren't quite so willing to compromise on their morals

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:33 AM

And I am supplying this team with the Team Dad

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:34 AM

Back in the 1500s, before the magic went to sleep entirely, there was an Eastern European folk hero.

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:35 AM

A man who fought against the corrupt nobles and clergy that kept the peasants and commoners in suffering

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:35 AM

With stealth and fear and clever tools

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:35 AM

And, when that wasn't enough, with dark magic he got from a deal with the devil

Gabiluzbad

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Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:36 AM

Which was his undoing. When the magic finally went back to sleep, so did he

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:38 AM

When he finally woke up in the mid 2010s, he found that even though almost 600 years had passed, the rich and powerful still used their influence to keep the helpless in a stranglehold

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:38 AM

And also that 600 year long smear campaign had made his very name associated with evil and suffering:

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:38 AM

Dracula

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:39 AM

Dracula is not really like all the legends of him we have

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:40 AM

I haven't really figured out what his actual powers are

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:41 AM

But his role on the team is to be the Team Dad, and also the perpetual fish out of water

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:41 AM

As he has no knowledge of the 21st Century

Gabiluzbad

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Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:46 AM

1 part

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Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:46 AM

1 part

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Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:47 AM

1 part

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Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:47 AM

A dork who no one respects most of the time because he doesn't really understand how the modern world works

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:47 AM

But then he actually cuts loose and everyone's like "Holy shit um"

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:48 AM

Someone scary, who uses fear as a weapon

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:48 AM

But who is ultimately still a hero

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:48 AM

An antihero but like

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:48 AM

antihero still has the word "hero" in it

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:48 AM

[enchant voice] so hey where are the hot lesbian vampires can you hook a girl up

Princess Emily

@deerleisure

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:49 AM

the key point has to be like

Princess Emily

@deerleisure

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:50 AM

the Established Heroes are the type who will willingly bust up a city in a fight in order to make sure the Big Bad gets taken down

Princess Emily

@deerleisure

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:50 AM

but the OC Cast are the ones who will go out of their way to make sure nobody dies

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:50 AM

Right

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:50 AM

Drac is willing to kill people

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:50 AM

But he's not willing to let people die

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:50 AM

There's an important distinction there

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:51 AM

also consider

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:51 AM

what vlad did and how he did it, historicallu

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:51 AM

maybe his deal with the devil power is just

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:52 AM

he can make people be afraid of him

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:52 AM

I think he does have some actual magics

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:52 AM

he can just like, make people feel intense fear

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:52 AM

But that's a strong angle

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:53 AM

But lemme take that a step further

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:53 AM

He can't just cause fear

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:53 AM

What he can do is inherently know what people are afraid of

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:54 AM

"let's see... devil, what is mehmed ii most afraid of?"
"ten thousand men impaled on pikes"
"... ok"

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:55 AM

That's part of the smear job

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:55 AM

He only impaled a FEW people

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:56 AM

maybe that was like his signature thing

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:56 AM

For people he decided to kill

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:57 AM

leaving them impaled somewhere his enemies would find them

Princess Emily

@deerleisure

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:57 AM

stake through the heart

Princess Emily

@deerleisure

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:57 AM

:V

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:57 AM

Perfect

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 3:57 AM

Dracula staked people as a method to spread fear

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:01 AM

I think his powers are "Instinctively knows what people are afraid of" and "general shadow fuckery"

Echo

@EchoDoctor

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:01 AM

Dracula absolutely would kill the Joker, but he would never even risk bruising a civilian.

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:01 AM

Like you can't really put specific rules on it

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:01 AM

Sometimes shit just happens when it's dark

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:01 AM

TO his advantage

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:01 AM

Sometimes you shoot into the shadow you saw him in and you KNOW you should have hit him

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:01 AM

But he's fine

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:02 AM

Sometimes he's somewhere you don't expect

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:03 AM

How did he get there?

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:03 AM

Listen

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:03 AM

Don't question it

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:03 AM

The blood drinking thing is PURE propoganda

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:03 AM

Never happened

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:07 AM

listen

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:07 AM

you impale a dude through the heart and blood is just gonna get everywhere.

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:07 AM

that's like, literally the heart's whole purpose.

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:07 AM

if some gets on a dude's face

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:07 AM

and you're so terrified you think the blood landing on his general mouth area looks like drinking it

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:07 AM

sometimes you say some shit

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:08 AM

There was a guy

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:08 AM

who was scared of vampires

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:08 AM

Drac leaned into it

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:08 AM

The story got carried away

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:08 AM

there we go

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:08 AM

and that man's name was bram stoker

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:13 AM

(Realistically probably someone in the 1400s)

Princess Emily

@deerleisure

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:17 AM

Van Helsing

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:18 AM

What if Van Helsing is one of the old generation of heroes

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:18 AM

in some form

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:19 AM

Maybe not the original Van Helsing but like

Princess Emily

@deerleisure

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:20 AM

I don't think sleeping and coming back with the magic cycle is normal for most people-people outside of certain mythological sorts or Dracula-ish immortals (wait is he immortal) but also

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:20 AM

Some guy who calls himself Van Helsing

Princess Emily

@deerleisure

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:20 AM

this is superhero comics based, so,

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:20 AM

Maybe Van Helsing's great grandchild

Echo

@EchoDoctor

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:21 AM

Maybe a descendent of Jonathan Harker?

Echo

@EchoDoctor

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:22 AM

Since they actually did have a kid in the original novel- they named him Quincy after the American guy Dracula killed.

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:23 AM

DID Dracula briefly wake up in the late 19th century?

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:24 AM

I think it makes the most sense for Bram Stroker's book to just be a work of fiction

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:25 AM

based on the smear campaign against Drac

Princess Emily

@deerleisure

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:25 AM

yeah that scans

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:25 AM

But I like the presence of a legendary monster hunter in the antagonist force

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:25 AM

Who sees Dracula as like his Moby Dick

Princess Emily

@deerleisure

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:25 AM

~~I mean we potentially have Orion he's a monster hunter of sorts~~

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:26 AM

Okay

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:26 AM

lemme run an idea past you:

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:26 AM

orion is a nemesis to a lot of characters

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:26 AM

Orion has a LONG history

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:26 AM

a monster hunter for dracula
orion's entire everything for artemis
a fuckboy for enchant

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:26 AM

of fighting monsters

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:27 AM

And Van Helsing is one of Orion's descendants

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:27 AM

hmmm

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:27 AM

I kinda want to work Bad Guy Van Helsing into this but I'm not QUITE sure it makes sense

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@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:29 AM

van helsing

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:29 AM

ALSO made a deal with the devil

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:30 AM

... or maybe an angel

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:30 AM

to forever slay monsters

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:33 AM

oh shit

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:33 AM

THERE we go

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:34 AM

Dracula knows your ~~fear~~ psychological weakness

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:34 AM

Van Helsing knows your physical weakness

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:34 AM

Thus, how he knows how to kill monsters

NekoInc, MSPM

@NekoIncardine

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:36 AM

Oh I like this

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:37 AM

He woke up in the 70s while Drac woke up in the 10s

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:37 AM

so Van Helsing has a 40 year head start on him

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:37 AM

He was like

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:37 AM

a church inquisitor type

Princess Emily

@deerleisure

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:38 AM

that's good

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:56 AM

For the record his name IS Vlad Tepes

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:56 AM

Dracula was like his superhero alterego name

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 4:57 AM

And I think means "Dragon" in Romanian or something

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:01 AM

Van Hesling must have some vague light powers to counteract Drac's vague dark powers

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:01 AM

'son of the dragon', i believe

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:02 AM

Thank you that was it

Princess Emily

@deerleisure

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:02 AM

what about light constructs

Princess Emily

@deerleisure

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:02 AM

a monster slayer who can make any tool or weapon he needs

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:07 AM

sorta hard-light projections

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:07 AM

His BIG thing is like

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:07 AM

He has an organization

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:07 AM

Kinda speedwagon foundation-esque

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:08 AM

But they're just as interested in preserving the status quo as they are in actually fighting evil

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:08 AM

Started out with the best of intentions but now they take all kinds of jobs

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:09 AM

For like corporations or corrupt governments trying to keep people in order

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:09 AM

All in the name of "peace"

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:11 AM

and "order"

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:26 AM

Vlad’s favorite things about the 21st century:

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:26 AM

- ice cream

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:26 AM

- non alcoholic drinks that don’t make you sick

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:27 AM

- cell phones

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:28 AM

does he in fact show up in mirrors

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:28 AM

He does

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:28 AM

He deadass is not a vampire

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:29 AM

He was confused the first time someone brandished garlic at him

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:30 AM

"ugh what is that SMELL"
"aha THIS IS YOUR WEAKNESS"
"uhhhhhh i mean i guess i sure don't like it, it fucking reeks"

ғᴏxʏᴍᴏʀᴏɴ

@lastbastion

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:31 AM

and then someone introduces him to garlic bread and he has to take a full fucking week for his emotional crisis of how can something smell so awful and yet taste so good

Gabiluzbad

@Overbringer

Wed, Apr 7, 2021 5:32 AM

Hannah do you think garlic smells bad?