Rename Most Common Superpower?

I did a bit of research on this, and it seems to be being used for large boobs in general.

Which I would guess is a problem with the page, not the name. Call me crazy, but I don't think people are missing the superpowers bit due to the name Most Common Superpower.

edited 22nd Jul '09 2:20:06 PM by BlackHumor

Okay, if it isn't clear, I say we work on the page first.

That's for the best, reworking the definition I mean.

Incidentally, Should we try to make sure this doesn't mesh too much with Boobs Of Steel or will there be a potential merge?

If we can work out the meaning, they'll be related, but different. Isn't Boobs Of Steel just "The strongest girl has the biggest boobs?"

Yes, it is.

Boobs Of Steel is about how the girl with the biggest breast is the strongest.

Most Common Superpower is about how girls with powers beyond mortals have big breasts in general.

edited 22nd Jul '09 2:40:29 PM by GameGuruGG

How about this? Clearer?

edited 22nd Jul '09 2:56:40 PM by Madrugada

That Picture is... New... Where can I find similar ones? >.>.

Oh, Wait, the article? Clears things up quite nicely. Now, about that pic...

Much better. Now we just have to clean up the examples and wicks...

I just added the Calvin And Hobbes quote back because the name doesn't make much sense without it.

Otherwise, this is good.

edited 22nd Jul '09 3:11:24 PM by BlackHumor

Wait, there was a change to the article?

I removed both the quotes. Both reference things that are not really the trope.

The problem with the C&H quote is that Hobbe's question is not the trope. It gives the wrong context.

That's another reason I still say it's going to need a rename.

Except that the problem with Most Common Superpower as a name is the superpower part which is actually listed in the trope name, not the big breasts part which is instead inferred.

edited 22nd Jul '09 3:54:24 PM by GameGuruGG

The Calvin and Hobbes quote may explain where the name came from but contributes to the confusion. The point of page quotes is to make the trope clearer.

I'm starting to remove bad examples.

How tight should our definition of "superhero" be? Classic cape-and-spandex, or something a bit broader?

If she has other powers, then it counts.

Any humanoid with powers? Is "busty fantasy mage" this too?

Yes, otherwise it'd be too specific and be too limited, I would think.

I can see it being spread a little too thinly, though. Most of the anime characters listed do not appear to be superheros to me, even arguably, but I don't know enough about most to be 100% sure.

Well, the desciption says "This most common of metahuman attributes..." So non-humans don't count. I'd say neither do humans like mages in a world where magic is treated as a learnable power.

Perhaps...

But don't Badass Normal ladies have big breasts sometimes?

I usually just refer to them as "Having no powers...other than the most common..."

EDIT: I guess it depends on whether or not said heroine can be described as being heroic or not.

edited 22nd Jul '09 6:07:53 PM by Sand Josieph

But lady villains have this power as well.