#not that weak

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I have a story universe I have yet to explain much about, but this is halfway an OC and halfway just Kenny Tennyson from Ben 10. His name is Oscar Winehouse. I’ll explain further under the cut.

In my story universe (Not That Weak), every single person has a relatively minor superpower. They have as few as one and up to three, and tend to get these powers in times of turmoil specifically. They’re often so subtle that people don’t realize they even have these abilities at all, but some people have more “super” superpowers than others.

There exists an ability (rare, but not unheard of) to convert nearby matter into an imagined substance. This fortunately or unfortunately can also produce functioning biomaterials. In other words, some people can just imagine a fruit existing hard enough, and it just will (at the cost of nearby matter and energy). This cost increases the more complex the creature or object, and the more matter is needed to create it. This ability can create entire imagined persons, including with the memories imagined to be present for them. Living things created by these means are called “Creatids,” like “created” and “cryptid.” Many go on living not knowing they are one, and amnesia is not an uncommon trait amongst them, but they are automatically conformed to the rules of the universe of Not That Weak. However, if this ability is used to create new persons, the ability user will often fall into a coma, lose parts of their body in the energy/mass transfer, or die.

Oscar is a Ben 10 fangirl’s personal fan interpretation of Kenny Tennyson’s character. She brought him into existence entirely unwittedly, and her whereabouts or living status are currently unknown. Upon his sudden existence, he crashed into a vineyard shed with a brand new, freshly burned in Lichtenberg-like scar, so the old couple running the vineyard who found him (with absolutely no memories at the time) decided to give him the temporary name “Oscar” in reference to his large scar, and “Winehouse,” as he was found at a literal wine house.

He became more or less a ward of the state until his original identity is found (which it never will) or until he’s deemed functional enough to make his own way in the world.

[in case anyone is wondering, the scar is from the Omnitrix briefly existing upon his creation, but then violently ceasing to exist, as it does not follow Not That Weak’s rules of the universe]

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This is more or less an actual moment that occurs during the story, lol.

I don’t normally do backgrounds! This one probably isn’t fantastic, but it’s fantastic for me since I have little to no practice doing them. 🎊yaaaay backgrounds🎉 Didn’t bother shading though.

@13th-hour-reverie I do not know what to call the character on the right and I’m assuming you would know how to present him better.

The poses were based on a prompt from @croxovergoddess and her “magic refs” files. Definitely check those out, they’ve got some awesome prompts and/or bases (depending on how you use them).

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Here’s Cody Vilar!

He’s Oscar’s suitemate in the state housing situation. Cody visibly has very powerful abilities; in the Not That Weak universe, there are three types of eye augments that tell you something about the ability that person has. Cody has Directionals (glowing arrows in the eyes) and Powered (white, glowing pupils with “steam” trails). This makes people fear him on instinct!

Directionals mean that the person can change something about you. Powered just means that they have a genetic trait that makes them have more powerful abilities than average.

Cody can change the colors of anything he touches, except gas. Use of the ability actively lowers his body temperature, which then becomes difficult to raise back up. This also means that using his ability too often can make him hypothermic. Because of this, he has a permanent body temperature readout on his ribcage, and he has a heated bed provided to him by the state.

He also has a verified Powered pedigree (yes, like a dog), but that’s a complicated mess to explain.

(Green hair is rare but not unheard of in NTW.)

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Here’s a potential banner for my webcomic’s website. Any comments, suggestions, or observations for the final version?