Good Gals? Part 2

#2 on the list of revamped original super heroes is Vibe. Previously he was a young adult of mixed ethnicity but has dominantly European features. I imagined his hair slightly resembling the style of Cloud Strife ::LEFT::

As a female character, Vibe probaly looks something like Ellen DeGeneres or Sharon Stone... a female with a really stylish short blonde do lol. but that's all particular.

Changing Vibe to a female again opens up a lot of new ground for me. I did consider keeping the name Vibe, but then I thought about other names like Cadense or Harmony. I'm looking into the Greek Muses now to see about the musical and lyrical Muses for identity inspiration too.

The biggest opportunity I see now is to tap this musical industrialist/engineer anlge I have had in mind for a while. It is probably the biggest reason I would have for rewriting Vibe as a female character.

See I like for example, Tony Stark, and his ingenuity machine-wise. But I don't think we have read this or seen this in a woman character before. Machines are awesome sure, and it would be easy to just write a woman like Marvel's Tony Stark and make her make incredible machines and be the jealousy of other industrialists the world over. But then I considered the musical angle and that's when it hit me. Just as technology bombards us with iPhones and MP3s and stuff, music does the same thing with new sounds, artists, concepts and mediums everyday too!

People everywhere are looking for the next big thing, the next big star, song or musical device. Music can sometimes be just as industrial and opportunistic as manufacuring new machines.

And even though music is unisexual, we all know many female musicians and the impact they have on culture: Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Rhianna, Nicki Minaj... even Willow Smith! They set trends, inspire dances and costumes and plain inspire, wow and/or intimidate with their ambitions. So I think Vibe, as a woman and with more of a musical background, could really turn out nice so long as I follow this direction.

Like Patrice Rushen and others, Vibe was a child prodigy in the area of music. I imagined her being talented in various instruments and a quick study in diverse musical theories. So when she grows up she would a well respected and sought after musical composer, a lot like Quincey Jones also. But at some point in her youth she discovers she has powers.

So Vibe would struggle with balancing a life in music and a life where she crosses paths with unique people with similar powers and experiences. I feel strongly about writing Vibe as a female now with this direction in mind. Again it doesn't hang on the hero being a female to be in music but to me it feels very relatable and could be very interesting to read if I did it right.

I am very interested in the possibility of treating her musical discoveries a lot like the discoveries Iron Man makes in weapons and energy. I am not entirely sure on how to do that or how the context would fit or be altered in this comic but I want to try and see where the adventure takes her.

As always this is a work in progress. A lot of this may sound really whack, truth be told. But I am all about the process, and feeling out every corner of this character as best and honestly as I can.

Ok and that's the skinny on Hero Revamp #2. #3 will be here soon.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING to all the bloggers out there.

FIN

SuperWoman

The Note was called Gurl Powah and these are the female perspectives that were provided.

Very insightful ;]...

1. WHAT'S HER SUPER POWER?

The ability to fly or shoot beams of ice or lightning. I also like Elastagirl's ability to stretch.

Her power should be that she can read minds.

Many.

PURE FIGHTING SKILLS

Super strength.

The ability to fly or shoot beams of ice or lightning. I also like Elastagirl's ability to stretch.

Telepathy/ Mind Control/ Flash fowards-Visions.

The ability to burn, melt or drown anyone/anything she comes in contact with.

Invisibility.

Duplication--she'd be able to split into multiple versions of herself, each one representing one of her personality traits--anger,sorry, etc.--and reabsorb them at will.


2. WHAT'S HER SUPER HERO NAME?

Sybillia.

Her name should be Neyoki.

Nuestra Señora Del Kick-Ass.

Drama Queen.

Vibe? Intuition? Esprit (french for mind)? Rêverie (french for daydream).

Aqua Fusion.

Incognito.

3. WHAT'S HER RACE?

Black and Native American (like Elisa in Gargoyles, because I am a proud nerd) :)

She should half Black and half Japanese.

Origin unknown, some in between brown color.

Multi-ethnic or racially ambiguous. everybody wins. :D

Ethnically Latina, but racially black.

Black (One parent from US, other from Haiti-thus the french).

Phillipino.

Black.

4. WHAT'S HER HOME BASE?

DC

She should watch over Washington DC because its always NYC.

The universe.

Something like New York City.

Somewhere in Chile.

Berriopolis.

Wash. DC (Or some kind of fictional Capital city, full of multiculturalism- She should grow up in Chinatown, or some unique atypical region).

Detroit.

Illinois.

5. WHAT'S HER WEAKNESS?

She's powerless in the face of numbers...math phobia!

Her weakness is an medicine, alcohol, or etc because it alters her senses and she isn't able to clearly see what a person is thinking.

Too idealistic.

Family. Or something like love.

White, male patriarchy preventing her from being who she wants to be.

French Fries.

Wayward kids who usually turn out to be a villain's pawns.. Her slacker friend who just can't seem to get it together.

Habanero Peppers.

6. HOW DID SHE GET HER POWERS?

Lab experiment gone wrong; a drug dealing with treatment for multiple personality disorder altered her genetic structure in the process.

Born of the sun and the moon.

Someone she loves was killed, or she was hurt, so she wants to get back.

Just randomly woke up with it after falling asleep doing physics homework.

She was struck by a bolt of lightning.

Ever since childhood gets lost in her daydreams... as if she is experiencing them... one day sees an event in a daydream that happens the next day...also is eventually able to read ppls thoughts ... maybe hasa grandmother who did the same thing?

One day, she feasted on a plate of Habanero's and when the waiter came around to check on her to ask how things were going, she opened up her mouth to answer him and a great amount of heat exploded from her mouth and melted the waiter. Then all of a sudden water started shooting and spraying from her eyes. All she has to do is think of Habenero's and she has the power to melt or to drown. It's up to her on how she wants to use her powers.


7. WHAT'S THE TITLE OF HER COMIC BOOK?

"The Amazing Adventures of" sounds too corny, so let's just go with her name.

BitterSweet.

Dale Fuerza "Give me strength" in Spanish.

Esprit or Rêverie.

Mission Impossible.

8. WHO IS HER ARCH NEMESIS?

She's tormented by one of her personalities--escaped from her during a division, so a kind of physical 'fight with herself', a struggle to come to terms with the part of herself she lost, and reintegrate it to be complete.

Someone that everybody likes.

Some racist, sexist tea-bagger who we'll name Bob for the time being who just so happens to be the reincarnation of Pinochet.

A depraved meteorologist by the name of Dr. Dopler (he was responsible for the bolt of lightning that struck her).

Some mobster/gangter/evil executive.

The thuggest girl on the block who always has on the freshest and latest gear and her posse following.

9. WHO IS HER SECRET IDENTITY?

Attorney.

Her regular name is Sybil (get it?) Storms

She should be a photographer which is also away to get a sense of who someone is by looking at a photo.

She has none.

A geek.

Student studying engineering.

Harriet McTwill (average wallflower at school).

Lucille "Lulu" Gaudet.

Non-english speaking exchange student.

10. WHAT IS HER MOTIVATION?

It varies.

JUSTIIIIICE.

To protect her country from regressing to an 80s era Chile because of evil supernatural Bob Pinochet related forces. Also, she would actually wear clothes and be a butch, panromantic asexual. She would also be an anarcho-syndicalist Episcopalian who can knit an awesome sweater.

To fight crime and graduate from high school.

Keep her neighborhood from being oppressed by villain.

Restore the motor city.

To fight injustice!

(((AND NOW MY THOUGHTS)))

And that's the survey. Btw I've always loved that Rosie the Riveter painting, ever since I was a kid, I think I must have put her picture next to a picture of superman and thought she was his wife or sister of something. She just looks so strong and determined ya know. I guess at a young age i already knew the type of woman God had intended for me, one that exudes strength ^_^.

These answers show that too. Intelligent, driven, strong, yet vulnerable and internal women were described here... and all of them as voted by women have what it takes to be a hero.

I hope I can write women heroes like this in the future, super heroines that men and women alike will want to know about and follow.

Cuz there's more to women than big boobs and distress, a whole universe more I kno there is.

God will show me who these women are in my writing. Thanks to my lady friends for their responses and insights and wealth of ideas. i'll look more into many of these and maybe a story will come out of it.

If God permit I will do this.

Peace out!