Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33690333-20171206015341/@comment-33690333-20171210063638

Happyhelp wrote: Here is the pitch for my story (Having some trouble withe superhero codename)

Justin “James” Johnson is a relatively normal teenage boy, semi-popular, average grades, a multitude of girlfriend, and a love of partying. His the son of Captain Johnny Johnson and the Psychiatrist, Cree Johnson. His father has developed a reputation for working with the heroes in the city, which has often made him a target for the villains although the heroes always rescue him and has been treated as just another part of the job. Until, a mad scientist breaks out of jail and decided to enact his revenge by kidnaping Justin and his Mom and using them as lab rats for his experiments to active the powered gene in people (Mutant, Methuman, Enhanced, what ever it called in this universe). Eventually his father and a hero manage to track them down but not before he can enact the experiment. This leads to Justin unknowingly gain the ability to manipulate and enhance vibrations while his mother falls into a coma. Justin takes his mother condition hard and try’s to distract himself anyway he can (partying, girls, etc) eventually he and his best friend,  Jesse Sanchez tried to shoplift from a store and where busted his power actives from the stress of the situation, trigger an earthquake and allowing him and his friend to escape. After their escape they figure out Justin caused the quake and begin experimenting with his powers and while his friend encourages him to be a hero, Justin remains reluctant because of the event that granted him his powers. Though eventually Justin is forced to use his powers when he was at a collage visit, a group of radicals attacked and using a mock-suit from items at his disposal he manages to fight them off leading to the media dubbing him a hero. Also around this time it turns out the mad scientist actually funded the radical attack to see if Justin has gained powers, pleased that another one of his subject has gainned powers, he beings planning the next step.

What do you think? It's not bad. I like the unique powerset and how he's a reluctant hero at first. I just don't want to have an oversaturation of teenage heroes. We already have Contender and Pathogen, so maybe you could age him up a bit? I do like having a more reckless character, since Justin is so into partying and girls. Also, there's not really a superpower gene in this universe, at least not at the moment. We could introduce one, but I myself am not too fond of the concept, at least not in regards to this universe. I guess that's up to the group as a whole to decide, though.