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Title: OP3: Superman
Post by: OP3 on November 18, 2015, 03:46:09 AM
Character 1 of 50 for the DC Core Set:
(http://orig01.deviantart.net/8c6e/f/2015/321/9/a/superman__clark_kent__character_by_overpower_3rd-d9h2yoq.png)

Specials:
http://overpower-3rd.deviantart.com/gallery/
Title: Re: OP3: Superman
Post by: justa on November 18, 2015, 12:04:23 PM
glad to see you back at it OP3.  you picked an appropriate character to start the DC set.

i'm confused as to your "identity" choice for Supes.  for marvel, you gave Thor the identity of Thor Odinson, as opposed to the aliases Donald Blake, Eric Masterson, or Jake Olsen (no complaint).  yet here you dumped Kal-El for the alias Clark Kent.  seems a contradiction somehow....
Title: Re: OP3: Superman
Post by: OP3 on November 19, 2015, 01:00:06 AM
Quote from: justa on November 18, 2015, 12:04:23 PM
glad to see you back at it OP3.  you picked an appropriate character to start the DC set.

i'm confused as to your "identity" choice for Supes.  for marvel, you gave Thor the identity of Thor Odinson, as opposed to the aliases Donald Blake, Eric Masterson, or Jake Olsen (no complaint).  yet here you dumped Kal-El for the alias Clark Kent.  seems a contradiction somehow....

From my understanding, Thor's human "aliases" weren't really that, but separate individuals he used as vessels to manifest himself in our world.  Donald Blake wasn't Thor in disguise, but actually transformed into him when he struck his cane.  Superman is Clark Kent.  He's always that good-natured, Midwest farmboy, who just happens to be an incredibly powerful alien.  To him, Kal-El is just a name.  It's more of a false persona he adopts for the public.  Clark Kent is who he is.  So that seemed like the way to go.
Title: Re: OP3: Superman
Post by: justa on November 20, 2015, 12:08:47 PM
true enough, though Olsen was dead when Thor became him.  still, the explanation makes sense.  thanks.