Clone Saga
Added 2024-08-18 01:24:27 +0000 UTCSome folks have been asking more about Cass' backstory and and her "twin". The two of them are secret government clones of the world's most powerful psychic (recently deceased).
Might as well take this moment to talk about him since I don't expect him to come up very often otherwise.
A few fun facts:
Their original template had very dramatic range with both telekinesis and telepathy. Isaac and Cassandra are considered unsatisfactory clones given that they each only received one of the powers and at extremely diminished range.
Isaac is one of my oldest OCs, Cassandra was originally designed to be his evil opposite/twin but she ended up becoming the more fun and interesting character and took the spotlight.
Isaac's power of "Tactile Telekinesis" is directly lifted from the 90s incarnation of Superboy, Kon-El. Though I gave it a different spin so that it's not just a Superman Flying Brick power set.
Ataraxia is a made-up mental health disorder and a reference to Josh Hartnett's character in the movie Lucky Number Slevin.
There is a third clone.
Comments
Isaac's power could also be used for combat like the character Master Asia from G Gundam, who used a cloth belt, but in anime fashion could use it like it was a staff and other bullshit ways xD
Temperjoke
2024-08-28 14:04:05 +0000 UTCOwwwww
sounddrive
2024-08-20 07:08:25 +0000 UTCIsaac has such interesting powers! I like that it's limited to what he can touch, and there's tension between how much he wants to protect himself (via complete clothing coverage and making it bullet proof) vs how flexible he wants to be in using his powers (more bare skin gives more surface area available to use his powers, but leaves him vulnerable)
Richard Tater
2024-08-19 17:06:09 +0000 UTCHuge fan of the more serious lore behind Cass and Isaac! I love their different personalities, and I'm curious about what the original psychic was like too! Your lore is really fascinating; I always love hearing more
SeraphicSiren
2024-08-19 01:33:32 +0000 UTCSo, which was given the weak inferior genes,a nd which the superior dominant genes?
MitchellTF
2024-08-19 00:04:51 +0000 UTCLoving the major lore dump, admittedly didn't know as much about this group of OCs (and never saw Issac). Very curious about the rest though, sounds like a lot of possibility for fun 😁
The Angry Optimist
2024-08-18 20:31:27 +0000 UTCMetal Gear ?
SmilingMan TheGuy
2024-08-18 19:03:42 +0000 UTCRight?! I loved all the lore, but that's how you create ominous foreshadowing!
Kesh
2024-08-18 14:16:26 +0000 UTCOoh this is good lore. I'm guessing sex is crazy intense for Cass, given she would feel what her partner is feeling, on top of her own pleasure
Millie
2024-08-18 12:44:14 +0000 UTCCLEARLY Isaac was a direct clone whereas for Cass they experimentally removed the source Y chromosome and duplicated the X. Obviously :)
Stephen Wells
2024-08-18 09:43:42 +0000 UTC...It's just occurred to me that if someone sees Cass fight and doesn't know about her powers, it looks like she just walks up to people and slaps them until they fall over :)
Stephen Wells
2024-08-18 09:42:05 +0000 UTCOh man, I haven’t thought of Tactile Telekinesis in FOREVER. I wasn’t expecting Cass to be even cooler than she is though, much less an explanation of why she’s in the Spicymancer Superhero-verse.
Stevangar Cronox
2024-08-18 08:40:18 +0000 UTCYeah I was thinking of Dani and how she was technically a failed clone and was even actually physically unstable, was curious if there was any such situation for Cass or if it was just kinda handwaved
BlueDavrial
2024-08-18 08:31:40 +0000 UTCThere’s some in-universe stuff justifying it but broadly it was inspired by a variety of early 2000s distaff clones like X-23, Ultimate Jessica Drew, Dani Phantom etc. There’s a whole tv tropes article for it https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/OppositeSexClone
Spicymancer
2024-08-18 08:26:40 +0000 UTCNot a criticism I'm just curious: is there a lore reason Cass ended up the opposite sex from the clone source?
BlueDavrial
2024-08-18 08:12:28 +0000 UTC(1) there's now an action movie in my head about their contrasting fighting styles and how they fight as a team and then have to fight each other and then team up again. I will watch it regularly. (2) is she a monsterfucker because her powers make it weird with humans, or is it just because she can? :)
Stephen Wells
2024-08-18 08:01:58 +0000 UTCThird clone? I wonder what their position in the government is… Solidus Cassy
John Jobber
2024-08-18 07:32:46 +0000 UTCIs the third clone the president?
3of4
2024-08-18 07:31:04 +0000 UTCOoooooh. I know what power my next D&D character is going to have.
La Belle Tinker
2024-08-18 04:36:13 +0000 UTCAtaraxia may be made up, but hypophobia is a rare but real symptom! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S.M._(patient)
Nematocyst
2024-08-18 04:00:17 +0000 UTCWING CHUN, MY GOAT
Bradford
2024-08-18 03:55:49 +0000 UTCI like Cass already, interesting design, and ability. I may have a dragon, or two...
Ariffet Orlase
2024-08-18 03:43:31 +0000 UTCtwins and a Lucky Number Slevin reference? this is so fucking good.
Magra215
2024-08-18 03:24:21 +0000 UTCKon El and 1610 Jessica references? Peak
Tracey Underwood
2024-08-18 03:15:17 +0000 UTCcame for the porn, stayed for the oc lore
Riley Kind
2024-08-18 02:47:22 +0000 UTCComic book TikTok/youtuber who talks comics and does skits. Talked about Super Boy’s tactile telekinesis and did a skit about it a few months ago. It’s good funny stuff.
SpartanNinja
2024-08-18 02:37:28 +0000 UTCTACTILE TELEKINESIS. :D So, is Cass trans, or did they mess around with that aspect of the template?
Drew Nilium
2024-08-18 02:37:09 +0000 UTCFunnily, reading Cassandra, I was getting Cassandra Cain vibes with the 'can read her opponent' portion. Extra bonus points: Kon-El & Cassandra dated for a short period!
KinkyGijinky
2024-08-18 02:33:14 +0000 UTCHell yeah Wing Chun
FacetiousFanboy
2024-08-18 02:14:40 +0000 UTCAbsolutely loving this 😍
Marcus
2024-08-18 01:54:48 +0000 UTCI'm afraid I don't know who that is!!
Spicymancer
2024-08-18 01:46:25 +0000 UTCMonsterfucker? LET’S GOOOOOO
Alex
2024-08-18 01:33:40 +0000 UTCI'm pretty pleased that I caught both the Kon-el and Lucky Number Slevin references before reading the post
James
2024-08-18 01:33:23 +0000 UTCI bet the third twin is like, "Gary, Makes Fantastic Burritos"
Orannis
2024-08-18 01:32:14 +0000 UTCGotta ask, did you get superboy’s tactile telekinesis watching The Panda Redd?
SpartanNinja
2024-08-18 01:29:53 +0000 UTCThat "There is a third clone." is ominous. Very exciteddddddd
June
2024-08-18 01:28:56 +0000 UTC
