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What's which hero's most thematic environment?

41 posts · 1305 views · started 2015-07-30 05:08 UTC
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Phantom5613
2015-07-30 05:08 UTC
#1

I don't know if this has been talked about, but even if it has, I wanna talk about it anyway.

Pretty simple question: Which environment would you say is the most 'thematically fitting' for each hero? I know there's a few easy ones, like Legacy belongs in Megapolis and Wraith belongs in Rook City, but that leaves plenty of other heroes and places to cover!

Here's the two rules I can think of right now for your answers:

1. Each ero has only one 'home'. (Legacy has Megapolis)

2. Each environment can have several different heroes in it. (Rook City is the claimed turf of the Wraith, Mister Fixer and Ex-patriette.)

What are your thoughts?

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Arcanist_Lupus
2015-07-30 06:18 UTC
#2

First of, I'm going to be breaking your first rule right and left.  But many regular people have summer homes, so why can't heros be snowbirds too?

 

Legacy - Freedom Tower and Megaopolis 

Tachyon - Freedom Tower and Wagner Mars Base (She's responsible for getting humans to Mars after all)

Wraith - Freedom Tower and Rook City 

Bunker - Freedom Tower

Absolute Zero - Freedom Tower

Unity - Freedom Tower

Ra - Tomb of Anubis (duh)

Fanatic - The Court of Blood and the Celestial Tribunal (maybe.  We haven't seen much of either yet) (The Court of Blood is a bit of an antagonist to Fanatic, rather than a home, but it's the environment that she has the closest ties to)

Haka - The Final Wasteland (For Eternal Haka.  Regular Haka doesn't have a clear home, but if I had to pick one, I'd go for Insula Primalis)

Tempest - The Ruins of Atlantis

Expatriette - Rook City and Insula Primalis (She has lived in both places)

Mr. Fixer - Rook City and the Temple of Zhu Long

Ardent Adept - The Realm of Discord (maybe.  AA is a tricky one, and doesn't really have a good home)

Nightmist - The Realm of Discord

The Scholar - The Realm of Discord (maybe?  Certainly it's the best fit so far for Scholar of the Infinite.  I feel like Madame Mittermeier's Fantastical Festival of Conundrums & Curiosities might be a good fit for him, but we'll have to see.)

Chrono-Ranger - Silver Gulch and the Final Wasteland

Omnitron-X - Omnitron IV

Setback - Rook City

The Sentinels - The Time Cataclysm

K.N.Y.F.E. - The Block

The Naturalist - Insula Primalis

Parse - Freedom Tower

Captain Cosmic - The Enclave of the Endlings

Sky-Scraper - Dok'Thorath

Guise - Everywhere!

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Phantom5613
2015-07-30 06:26 UTC
#3

I do agree with the idea that heroes can 'belong' in more than one place, but I'm wondering about the singular most 'thematic' place for each one. Like where they would spend the most of their time. You can't be in two places at once(even Tachyon, which I think she'd tell you is scientifically impossible without several break-throughs she just thought up between the words 'break' and 'through' just now.).

But to each their own opinion. :)

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Arcanist_Lupus
2015-07-30 06:38 UTC
#4

Well, every hero that I gave multiple homes to has at least one promo as well.  So if you'd like, we can say that (for example) Expatriette's home is Insula Primalis, and DW Expatriette's home is Rook City.

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Phantom5613
2015-07-30 06:47 UTC
#5

Hmm. I suppose that could work. So Legacy would Be in Megopolis, and Old Legacy would be located in The Time Cataclysm.

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Arcanist_Lupus
2015-07-30 06:59 UTC
#6

Also, it's worth noting that Freedom Tower is in Megaopolis.  So it could be argued that anyone calling the former home could also call the latter home.

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Phantom5613
2015-07-30 07:04 UTC
#7

Yeah, but that's kind of splitting hairs, isn't it?

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Arcanist_Lupus
2015-07-30 07:17 UTC
#8

Better than splitting rabbits, wouldn't you say?

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Silverleaf
2015-07-30 11:46 UTC
#9

DON'T YOU HURT MY BUNNIES

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Powerhound_2000
2015-07-30 12:04 UTC
#10

PW Captain Cosmic fits in with Dok'Thorath.  Captain Cosmic could also fit in with the Celestial Tribunal his cards show that he has had dealing with them.   

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dpt
2015-07-30 17:20 UTC
#11

I would have put Tempest on Dok'Thorath.

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Powerhound_2000
2015-07-30 17:27 UTC
#12

Tempest went there as part of the Prime Wardens but I would associate him with it too much.  That environment seems to indicate he's not fond of being there.  

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Ronway
2015-07-30 17:36 UTC
#13

He gets over it after he spends some time with Sky-Scraper.

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Powerhound_2000
2015-07-30 18:12 UTC
#14

He might be over his hate of Thorathians but that doesn't mean he likes their homeworld.  

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Christopher
2015-08-05 18:00 UTC
#15

Tempest does have a hard time working with Sky-Scraper. Genocide will do that to you.

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Powerhound_2000
2015-08-05 18:05 UTC
#16

That's what I would think.  I imagine Tempest's dealings with Sky-Scaper probably don't extend much beyond the mission they're doing nor would she be a recommendation from Tempest to get help from.  

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The_Burning_Stickman
2015-08-05 18:35 UTC
#17

Going by tried and true comic book tropes, though, I'll bet they'd end up a couple at some point, probably after being forced to cooperate for an extended mission.

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Trajector
2015-08-05 21:40 UTC
#18

I imagine Sky-Scraper has no love for the Thorathian military - Tempest has that big item in common with her. That’s certainly a place for them to start…

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Christopher
2015-08-06 17:37 UTC
#19

They are DEFINITELY not going to be a couple. For a pile of reasons.

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Bowie
2015-08-06 20:05 UTC
#20

 

Too late. Already… what do they call it? On a ship?

Oh, and they're loaded in my head-cannon. Or something like that. Sounds right.

They are on a ship and fired from my head-cannon. I'm hip with the young people.

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The_Burning_Stickman
2015-08-06 20:40 UTC
#21

Er, did I hit a nerve or something?

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Christopher
2015-08-06 22:47 UTC
#22

Not at all! I welcome all manner of speculation! I just like to let people know if they're too far from the canonical path. Not to worry.

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The_Burning_Stickman
2015-08-06 23:45 UTC
#23

Ah, gotcha. In that case, may I ask what that pile of reasons is? I mean, besides the obvious that she's Thorathian and Tempest is not that planet's biggest fan?

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grysqrl
2015-08-07 00:46 UTC
#24

Time travel. Tempest is really her father. And her son. It would be weird.

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Arcanist_Lupus
2015-08-07 02:58 UTC
#25

Also, they likely don’t have compatible sexualities. Not that that necessarily will stop a strong romance, but it does put a damper on things.

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phantaskippy
2015-08-07 04:43 UTC
#26

Forbidden and tragic, the story of a love that could never be. . .

 

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dpt
2015-08-07 05:27 UTC
#27

I'm surprised no one has brought up yet that Tempest is from a race with some indeterminate set of genders. (I thought I saw that it was five somewhere, but couldn't verify that.) The Thorathians, on the other hand, seem to be male and female like humans, or at least they use those pronouns in their bios.

(Of course genders are not necessarily an impediment when we're talking about a hypothetical, interspecies, and definitively non-canonical pairing.)

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Matchstickman
2015-08-07 13:35 UTC
#28

Tempest already has a partner, who do you think the eel on Aquatic Correspondence is?

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Trajector
2015-08-07 15:19 UTC
#29

I don’t think Tempest and Sky-Scraper would ever be a couple. But I definitely see them being teammates, and even friends. Common enemies make for natural allies.

They would be like Kira Nerys and Tamar on Deep Space Nine. Only…without anybody being as generally terrible as Kira. I hope.

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Powerhound_2000
2015-08-07 18:17 UTC
#30

I thought about it but decided not to get into it.  Though it is why I try to say Tempest most of the time instead of any male pronouns for Tempest anymore    

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Arcanist_Lupus
2015-08-07 19:29 UTC
#31

That, in fact, was what I was referring to in the post two above yours

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emcg575797
2015-08-12 11:24 UTC
#32

When I think about an environment and theme, I tend to ask which Villain rather than hero.

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Trajector
2015-08-12 13:27 UTC
#33

It’s always entertaining when the mob tries to move in to an Egyptian tomb.

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The_Burning_Stickman
2015-08-12 14:24 UTC
#34

And I've always wondered just how Spite finds victims in the Ruins of Atlantis.

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Matchstickman
2015-08-12 15:15 UTC
#35

Tourists luuuuuuuv an off-the-beaten-path destination (so long as it has a comfy bed, and indoor plumbing).

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Pydro
2015-08-12 15:23 UTC
#36

I don't think Mummies have indoor plumbing.  :slightly_smiling_face:

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Christopher
2015-08-12 15:32 UTC
#37

You'd be surprised. Those ancient Egyptians were pretty advanced.

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Pydro
2015-08-12 15:36 UTC
#38

But to be a mummy, they had to take out all of the indoor plumbing.

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Christopher
2015-08-12 15:43 UTC
#39

Quite.

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phantaskippy
2015-08-12 19:20 UTC
#40

Yep, now it is in the guest rooms.  Enjoy!

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The_Burning_Stickman
2015-09-07 23:51 UTC
#41

After playing around a bit in the videogame, Nightmist loves the Realm of Discord. Consider:

Mistbound can keep a helpful Distortion out an extra turn or two -- alternately, it can bind the villain deck and make Time Flies a huge boon for the heroes. Even better, if you have two copies in your hand, you can do both -- give yourself a guaranteed extra round of double plays and draws, and keep the villain in the lurch.

The vast majority of her cards are One Shots, so Ghostly Images is all but guaranteed to let her play something useful -- and even if it doesn't, she can turn that self-damage on someone else.

With her healing, she's got a really good chance of being the hero target with the highest HP, so the Ethereal Bonds will go after her -- meaning she can either neuter the villain target of her choice or spend a round playing utility cards like Enlightenment or Planar banishment without the self-damage and Investigate for free cards. The latter is especially useful if there's something boosting damage, like Legacy or Imbued Frailty.

The same applies to Portal Fiend, which can become a huge attack toward the end of the game.

The one card she really doesn't like is Negative Energy Field, since it usually means that 1 hp of damage hits her before she has a chance to reflect away the self damage of cards like Heedless Lash or Oblivion. But aside from that, she synergizes really well with the environment's cards.