General John Heller
May 3rd, 2012, 02:52:54 PM
I have watched the Avengers twice now, and I am planning to watch it again for a third time today. It is a brilliantly told story... but it focuses on a kind of superhero action that we don't have right now in Mutants Unite, and that's a shame I think.
We do a lot of socio-political stuff. We have gang fights. We have government conspiracies. We've got the Brotherhood of Mutants, who are international terrorists, but we don't really see much of what they do in other countries. And we certainly don't have any out-and-out supervillains, who plan to take over <insert local="" city="">{insert local city}, and then, the world!
General Heller here has been set up to lead SHIELD, as part of the Britain arc. He's going to represent the "you can't do that" voice of the international community when Britain goes all 1984 on the public: but potentially, he could do more.
What I'd like to do is have an "Avengers Initiative" of sorts, that acts as an on-demand all-star team. There might be some permanent members/agents who are on the SHIELD payroll (like Black Widow, Hawkeye, etc), while others are consultants brought in to help because of their particular skill set (Bruce Banner, Tony Stark, etc). It would be a "who is up for a thread" / "okay, you guys are the team" type deal... and it wouldn't necessarily detract from other things that people were getting up to.
Maybe you're a member of the X-Men, and can offer some insight on Saladin and the Brotherhood when SHIELD goes after one of his cells. Maybe you're a scientist-come-vigilante, and can help out if SHIELD is going after a group of high-tech cyberterrorists. Perhaps SHIELD is going after terrorists in East Asia and needs the help of a former North Korean operative, or wants to take down the tyrant ruling a small Eastern European country and needs the help of the teleporting daughter of a Swiss diplomat. Maybe you're a Brotherhood terrorist, but you have skills that SHIELD vitally needs taking down a bigger, badder threat.
Or maybe you're a totally new character, who has been making a big name for themselves in some other city or some other country.
I have an assortment of ideas for specific potential enemies: some totally new, and some which are twists on Marvel lore. If anyone would be interested in this, make a noise. If you would like to know more about some of the specific baddies I have in mind (to see if they pique your interests), then feel free to ask away about that too. :)
And if anyone wants Michael Ironside to show up and do a Nick Fury after-credits scene with one of their characters, just let me know. ;)</insert>
We do a lot of socio-political stuff. We have gang fights. We have government conspiracies. We've got the Brotherhood of Mutants, who are international terrorists, but we don't really see much of what they do in other countries. And we certainly don't have any out-and-out supervillains, who plan to take over <insert local="" city="">{insert local city}, and then, the world!
General Heller here has been set up to lead SHIELD, as part of the Britain arc. He's going to represent the "you can't do that" voice of the international community when Britain goes all 1984 on the public: but potentially, he could do more.
What I'd like to do is have an "Avengers Initiative" of sorts, that acts as an on-demand all-star team. There might be some permanent members/agents who are on the SHIELD payroll (like Black Widow, Hawkeye, etc), while others are consultants brought in to help because of their particular skill set (Bruce Banner, Tony Stark, etc). It would be a "who is up for a thread" / "okay, you guys are the team" type deal... and it wouldn't necessarily detract from other things that people were getting up to.
Maybe you're a member of the X-Men, and can offer some insight on Saladin and the Brotherhood when SHIELD goes after one of his cells. Maybe you're a scientist-come-vigilante, and can help out if SHIELD is going after a group of high-tech cyberterrorists. Perhaps SHIELD is going after terrorists in East Asia and needs the help of a former North Korean operative, or wants to take down the tyrant ruling a small Eastern European country and needs the help of the teleporting daughter of a Swiss diplomat. Maybe you're a Brotherhood terrorist, but you have skills that SHIELD vitally needs taking down a bigger, badder threat.
Or maybe you're a totally new character, who has been making a big name for themselves in some other city or some other country.
I have an assortment of ideas for specific potential enemies: some totally new, and some which are twists on Marvel lore. If anyone would be interested in this, make a noise. If you would like to know more about some of the specific baddies I have in mind (to see if they pique your interests), then feel free to ask away about that too. :)
And if anyone wants Michael Ironside to show up and do a Nick Fury after-credits scene with one of their characters, just let me know. ;)</insert>