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Yup, Who Wants to Live Forever? is the one.

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.

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Thanks.

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For you vampire buffs: is super speed a "traditional" power for ancient vampires? I guess it depends on the culture/mythology per region, but I wanted to get a consensus for a standard, old-fashioned European vampire. I'm not going totally into that mythology but I could use some direction. :)

AFAIK no it is not. "Standard" vampires have hyphosis, ability to turn into bats/fog and immortality as "powers". The rest are vulnerabilities.

The "classic" vampire is Dracula as portrayed in the novel.

Everything before that is a mishmash of different undead creatures.

Wikipedia has a nice chart.

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And even Dracula doesn't have much in common with modern conceptions of vampires. Most of that comes from the bela lugosi film.

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Depends on the folklore. The blood-drinking creatures of the night as we think of them are primarily Western European. Vampire mythology from places like Hungary or even China is radically different though each has something we would recognise as a blood-drinking creature of the night.

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That is one of the most awesome things I've seen on the Internet. I will need to look over that.

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Okay, thanks for those things! *sigh* Oh, vampires, how diverse you are.

That actually makes writing these vampires much easier, believe it or not!

edited 2nd Oct '15 8:52:27 PM by Coujagkin

So I was thinking of titling my superhero script "Tin Man" because, well, the main character's alias is the Tin Man, but 1) that's probably going to mislead people into thinking it's an actual adaptation instead of having a heavy Wizard Of Oz theme, and 2) it's pretty low-hanging fruit as titles go.

So here are my other working titles for my script: HEARTLESS: The story of a superhero, and HEARTLESS: The makings of a superhero.

Thoughts? I can't remember if we have a "title feedback" thread, and I haven't gotten anything from the search, so that's why it's here.

edited 3rd Oct '15 11:05:27 AM by Sharysa

I don't really like the sentences after the title, but Heartless by itself gives off a romance drama feel rather than a superhero story.

Life is hard, that's why no one survives.

Argh. ROMANCE? I'll keep the working title as Tin Man for now, then.

However, the hypothetical poster in my head would definitely dispel any misleading romantic implications. The title would be in graffiti-style lettering, and my gangster-hero would be in this pose◊, but showing his heart-tattoo as his "logo."

Titles aren't my strong suit either. Maybe we should start up a "What should I name my work?" thread.

For my weird 50's suburban America soap opera the working title is All Our Tomorrows because it gives off a cheesy soap feel. But I'm considering Enigma of Fairdale or The Anomalies since it lets the viewer know there's something off about the town.

Life is hard, that's why no one survives.

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Can I get some feedback on this unanswered question?

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A significant number of decades I imagine, the combination of struggling to survive and rebuild the world when half of the population have died and taken their skill with them and the male influence disappearing entirely might shorten the time taken but still not less that 10 - 20 years. But I'm guessing here, but that would give an entire generation time to grow up without men.

If the remaining men are required to produce children they may hold some power, but would more likely be considered resources or kept hidden/protected. You ever read the staled webcomic Outsider? In Lori society men are the minority. See this page onwards

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Could I get some feed back on my unanswered question?

edited 6th Oct '15 2:41:25 AM by MCE

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Define "significant number"... as a roughly estimated range, of course. It's all hypothetical and dependent on more probably-chaos-theory-affected variables than we could handle, after all.

And I was going to have men effectively powerless due to being considered a rare resource for the conservation of humanity to even let them exert actual influence over amazonified women when said women have become on average a lot smarter, stronger, and all the other relevant shit that I can't be bothered to think of right now, due to their forced transformation.

With that all said, your question technically did get answered... but whatever. To elaborate a little on what Le Garcon said, the average government would naturally freak out and try to round up all those superpowered individuals — by force, if necessary — so that they both ensure no accidental murders or property damage happen ^note or rather, no more of these things happening, since I'd expect some of either or both to have already happened by the time the government gets shit done, and to ensure that no criminals or foreign powers get their hands on any of these potentially dangerous "assets", since they are effectively Human Weapons, with some going up to Person of Mass Destruction level. And it would also help provide enough subjects to initiate large-scale testing to make sense of what's going on ASAP.

Of course, that would naturally cause a lot of those superpowered people to panick, thinking that this will lead to them becoming imprisoned for life or something similar, ostensibly for their own "safety" and that of their families and friends. Or even even up becoming unwilling subjects of human experimentation so that the military gets new toys to play with. Expect a good deal of violent clashes with the authorities before someone among them wises up and gets the government to stop being aloof assholes about the whole thing and consider the supers' feelings and rights; it won't happen overnight, though.

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10-20 years is still my best guess.

While I appreciate the input what I was looking for was a citizens view of different countries reaction, from 'invite around for drinks and blood work' to try and 'kill in the streets', which I didn't get. Capture and experimentation would only be available to richer countries with a good level of organised military, or it would just be torture under the guise of experimentation. Some groups wouldn't even entertain the idea of study, just try and kill them. Those who did study them would also have a range of approaches from voluntary with incentives to abductions.

edited 6th Oct '15 7:19:17 AM by MCE

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So a single generation's worth of time would be enough for a drastic change in the culture?

Ah, you mean how the Average Joes would react? Well, I'd expect something similar to how Mutants are seen in the Marvel Universe (i.e. widespread fear and suspicion), only magnified by the fact that your supers are much more commonplace and "outed" (i.e. identities are not hidden). I mean, you can't tell me that most people would be greatly worried that a good proportion of these supers would abuse these superpowers to strongarm their way through life, or even commit crimes (a no-brainer for supers who already had criminal careers at the time of their empowerment).

edited 6th Oct '15 7:35:16 AM by MarqFJA

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I believe given the amplifying effects of recovering from a Gendercide, where practically would trump previous beliefs, that yes, the could be enough time for a drastic (but maybe not complete) change in culture.

Even the media would play a role (if it is still running) given that most of it will be run by woman and aimed at woman. You would also have to consider that woman being in charge would be seen as a good thing even the ideal by some, generally those who are willing to shout that view loudly and they would gain more support as time went by.

edited 6th Oct '15 8:28:55 AM by MCE

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And of course, there is the whole war with the misandric Alien Invasion that wasted no time in admitting its responsibility for the Gendercide and its motive behind that in the first place.

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What kind of job will be good for a retired special forces officer with 20 years of experience, a job in a quiet town with an okay pay?

I'm a (socialist) professional writer serializing a WWII alternate history webnovel.

Now you're assuming a retired soldier won't end up dead or homeless.

Oh really when?

Well, I'm certain that it isn't vast majority.

That said, the character looking for a job could be a great plot bunny as well.

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