Two quotes that work really well as superhero prompts : "The head never rules the heart, it just becomes its partmer in crime." and "No, but what was I meant to do?" -C.C.
Ooohhhh, you are so correct and I know I’m in the middle of writing a superhero au but… goddamn i got carried away
Logicality as supervillains - the Head and the Heart. Logan’s in black-and-white, Patton’s in bright pastels.
Logan can’t read your mind, but he is able to sense reactions/movements incredibly quickly to the point that people believe he can. And he’s certainly not going to correct them.
Patton is the power of suggestion. When he asks you if you wouldn’t rather just step out of the way and let them into this secure facility, you start to believe that not only do you want to, but you’ve always wanted to, more than anything. You’re hardly aware he spoke - it’s like he gave voice to your deepest desire.
And that’s how they managed to break out all the unstable superheroes in custody, including the mysterious figure known only as Deceit. No one’s sure about anything surrounding this person - not their pronouns, not their affiliation, not even their powers. The best guess is some sort of body-and-mind horror - either illusions or they really can sprout hundreds of limbs and eyes that can defy physics and the normal bounds of human limits.
But one super they break out is understandably nervous about throwing in his lot with supervillains. So he seeks out the loudest and most public heroes instead.
The Ruby Knight has the power of convenience - anything he needs is immediately at his fingertips with just a bit of concentration. Not the most typical power, perhaps, and one that shouldn’t be particularly attuned to fighting, but there was no way Roman was going to pass on a chance to be a hero. He learned martial arts and weapons mastery, and only really falters on thinking of the right thing he needs. He may also abuse his power to summon a single rose whenever he wants to flirt with a flippin’ cute guy.
Like, for instance, his superhero partner, Flashcoat. Remy reflects others’ powers like his sunglasses reflect light - he’s able to copy them to a slightly weaker extent. Invulnerability becomes incredibly high durability. He can borrow Roman’s but needs to fully picture what he needs, down to the weight and material. And it wears off whenever he sleeps.
Flash and Ruby, as they affectionately call each other, are a little taken aback by this odd, dark man approaching them. “He looks like a villain.” “Hun, maybe he’s just goth. Or emo. I don’t judge.” “You judge all the time that is literally your favorite thing to do.” “You caught me. Maybe I’m just soft for the early-era Brendon Urie look.” “…do I need to get a gold jacket, would that impress you?” “Oh babes, you deserve all the gold you can wear”
“Uh, excuse me, y’all are the heroes, right? Am I interrupting?”
“Oh, right, sorry hun. Did you need us?” “Yes, are there citizens in danger?”
“Uh, there might be soon. The Heart and The Mind just broke out the super prison. I didn’t want to go with them. So I came to you.”
“You have powers? What can you do?”
“Yeah. I do. They’re… new. I don’t know their full extent. But so far… well, I should be dead. But then I woke up, falling out of a shadow, just an hour later. And they feel… friendly, and go where I direct them.”
Roman and Remy exchange a look. Roman’s the one to speak. “That’s… not the kind of power one would normally associate with a hero, is it?”
“No, but what was I meant to do?”
“Fair point,” Remy comments, taking a sip of the iced tea Roman summoned for him. “So, what do we call you, babes? Civilian or hero name, take your pick.”
“I’m Virgil. I don’t have a super name yet.”
Roman eyes the patched hoodie and the raven on the other’s shirt. “Hm. How do you like the sound of The Black Swan?”
“A bit extra, isn’t it?”
“Oh hun, you’ve no idea,” Remy says, throwing an arm around the shorter man’s shoulder. “Welcome to the team.”
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I may like superhero AUs a little too much
Edited to add: dammit, I like this idea too much. Here’s a taglist: @residentanchor @royally-anxious @jemthebookworm @bewarethegrammarpolice @arandompasserby @sparkly-rainbow-salt @astral-eclipse @thelowlysatsuma @max-is-tired @adorably-angsty @almostoveranalyzed
darlings, i’m so sorry, i have no impulse control: @potestessemagishomosexualitatis @hawthornshadow @mariniacipher