Supurbia #5

[superboyprime]

Night Fox. He has... mommy & daddy issues.





Night Fox pays a visit to his folks.

Comments

[cainofdreaming]

I like Aso's design. I've always been partial to the Cheshire smile, and the dreadlocks work well in framing it.

[icon_uk]

I like the idea (and design) of Eso, using stage magic skills to convince the world they have real powers (as opposed to the usual inversion a la Zatanna and Mandrake)

On the other hand, there's a reason few characters speak in rhyme, because "Oy!", is some of that painful.

I'm reminded of the old DC Heroes RPG where they offered advice about play as Etrigan. They acknowledge that spontaneous rhyming is hellaciously difficult to do, but marvellous when it works, so only play as him if you really think you can do it. If your rhymes simple rhyming couplets which don't even scan, then don't expect to get very far, but a wise Gamesmaster will ensure that, if the poetry is of such grandeur and power that it causes women to swoon and men to applaud with tears in their eyes, the player gets an automatic succesful roll on whatever they're trying to do.

[wizardru]

Really, I think the only writers to really sell that concept were Moore, Wagner and Gaiman. Moore was very clever in his rhyming, setting up sometimes pretty clever or extended rhymes that you had to look at twice to figure out on the printed page (and then you wondered if it was a magic power, as it seemed precognitive at points).

Like the book says, difficult but very rewarding when it works.

[alexanderlucard]

Alan Grant did a pretty good job too I felt, but that would be the only one I would add to the list.

[shadur]

"Spying on nazis isn't hard..."

"INTRUDER! HALT!"

"... Unless, of course, I missed the guards..."

I really, really, REALLY need to find that book.

[bruinsfan]

I once ran a DC Heroes tournament game at a con where the player who picked Etrigan spoke in rhyme throughout for all his in-character dialogue. It was awesome, and he was unanimously awarded first prize by all his fellow players (and myself, of course).

[junipepper]

My dad can do it every time --
Extemporaneous perfect rhyme
Rhythmic, relevant, entertaining
To anything at all pertaining.

Sadly, this ability passed to my generation in a greatly enfeebled form. This is the best I could do to replace her dialog. Took me about two minutes and while it's lousy, it's at least less lousy than what they actually printed. They need to call my dad in for a little consulting work...

If you think I come to frighten you
Allow me to enlighten you
Your warriors began the fight
And I have naught to prove this night.

I am Aso; that's my name
And Batu's bartering is my game
I bring to you a mystery
And count upon your history
A peaceful woman seeks to stay
You won't turn such a one away

Ah, but pampered or in prison --
Be that my own, or your decision?

[silverhammerman]

Oh man, I love Aso, a stage magician masquerading as a magical hero is a great gimmick and I like the trickster characterization, it's very cool. Is her husband Ananse dead though? Also I'm pretty sure it's spelled Anansi, wondering if that's a deliberate distinction or just a minor slip up.

What's the situation in that second scan though? I'm pretty sure that's Batu or whatever's husband, but who's the woman he's with and where's his kid? I'm.... I'm getting pretty invested in this for something I've only seen some scans of.

[icon_uk]

Ananse is also correct, as is Anancy. I think it would depend on the accent of the person who wrote the name down in English.

[superboyprime]

The woman is the wife of another superhero, Marine Omega. There's tension between her and Ruth, the wife of the former Marine Omega (who the current Marine Omega used to be the sidekick of). Batu's kid is presumably at home.

[grazzt]

On Aso's rhymes: those are actually so bad, that part of me is wondering if it isn't deliberate. As if it's supposed to represent something off the cuff, rather than the incredibly well-structured (and manufactured sounding) rhymes of someone like Etrigan.