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it's me ya boy back with an intresting idea this time. i'll discribe the power set and you tell me if this would be mind control or not. it should be noted this guy is your average teen superhero and is generally extremely friendly. so no deeper meanings behind his actions than wanting to help. he can also be used as an anti danny if you put him in that universe. again the setting isn't the issue the issue is how his powers work.
Greg Veder had been hit by puberty in the same way Leviathan had hit japan, extremely fast, brutal, and in a way that left the shape of the place forever changed.
you might think he was being dramatic but when you go from a normal twelve year old boy to looking like someone carved you from marble it was an issue.
doctors couldn't find any parahuman parts to his brain, they could find no sign that he'd been experimented on with tinker tech and so greg was just left being weirdly defined for his age. his mother already worried that he'd be picked up by the empire had him cover up and generally avoid attention. something easy for him since he found he liked being indoors more often than not.
no longer needing sleep as much though and having a lot of pent up energy he thought what would be the harm in just playing around with his newfound strength?
one saved woman in an alley later and the bay had it's youngest superhero in history, and not affiliated with the wards program at all.
surely this wouldn't result in a series of domino effects that would alter the trajectory of every person in the bay!
powers!
Heroic Power: "While some endowed with great strength give off a brutal atmosphere, others are more in line with great protectors of the people. Your noble heart shines through your body, with bulging muscles and power to match any berserking beast.
Your natural strength could smash great boats in two and is exceptionally useful for your new style of fighting, the use of the noble bow. Even with a crudely made bow, your strength greatly magnifies the power of your shots without damaging the flimsy tool in your hands. You’ve got enough skill to make distant shots on stormy seas in the midst of naval battles as well and your arrows have a peculiar ability to pin down enemies, piercing bone and rock beneath it while remaining far more difficult to remove than should be possible.
Your physical strength has also drawn a bright and vital aura around your being, making others feel warm and healthy when in your presence. It’s easy to make friends with this and that aura will grow as your physical strength does, potentially even letting you show terrible monsters the path to friendship and heroism."
Sei Kior Dou Ki: "Ki is the life force, energy or breath that flows through all living things. Martial artists harness their Ki to perform amazing feats of strength and abilities, with masters able to channel their Ki into effects that are truly superhuman. In this world, Ki can be categorized into two distinct varieties. Dou Those who utilize Dou Ki seek to focus it outwards. In battle they are able to channel their emotions into their fighting style, allowing themselves greater speed and strength than their Sei counterparts. Those who have Dou Ki will be able to accelerate their perception and processing speed to react and counter-attacks before they are themselves aware of it. Dou users are more likely to gain sudden bursts of strength and power at crucial moments, channeling tension and anxiety into raw power."
Berserker: "While others may call upon their ki to enhance their strength or endurance, your enhancement is without limit. The longer you remain in a high stress combat situation, the greater your ki will expand and the stronger you will become.
You will need to be stressed and quite angry to perpetuate it, but so long as you remain in combat, your strength and the force of your blows will steadily increase.
If combat wanes or you lose your feelings of aggression however, your strength will atrophy and you will return to your baseline strength within a few moments. "
Enhanced Ki: "Some have ki. You have KI. You can feel it in you and channel it more easily, enhancing the normal effects of Sei and Dou ki to a much greater degree. Perhaps upon reaching the status of a master you may project your ki beyond your body, achieving techniques that can only be described as supernatural in nature. This perk stacks with any boost to ki, chi, aura or other general body-based energy field you may have. "
so here you go, normal kid who woke up one day to have so much VITALITY that he can just do the impossible, he would have already been attractive to some people but the main issue is his aura of health and warmth is boosted by his enhanced KI and is always rising in battle making it more and more effective against the surrounding people.
is his power mind controlling? or manipulative, what worm would call a Master effect, or should it just be considered a random positive. that the more he needs to push himself the more heroic and safe he feels to those around him?
I submit this build to the panel of judges that I feel would best be able to make a moral decision on the matter. and ask for further elaboration on how they would use a character with the abilities described above in a story.
@weatherman667 @howlingday @heliosthegriffin
we await your judgement.