Hey guys, actually been meaning to post this for awhile now. Almost every member here...if not every member has at least one original character. Just curious what inspired them, they're looks and powers and all.
With Supersonic oddly enough it had nothing whatsoever to do with Static (most people tend to think it did). When I was still in high school I used have this hooded coat with a red, white and green stripe, like Super's black, white and black hoodie. And I basically just daydreamed I was a superhero on my way to school, one of the reasons why Super's origin is rooted in school. lol Actually I was usually late for the bus, but I did always catch it. But I thought it'd be cool to have super speed, though I also thought it'd be great to have a clumsy superhero with superspeed, though he'd need to be invulnerable as well and that's pretty much how that worked out. And I always wore gloves and you probably couldn't see my face the way I had the hood, so I thought it would be cool to only be able to morph those parts.
Ironically his electric powers were static electricity based originally which was how he could fly an all. But after I saw the Static Shock cartoon I switched it to just electricity lol. Gradually as I drew him more and more I changed the coat to a hoodie and thought a black and white hoodie went better with the blue jeans than the red, white and green one. Oh and I always thought the glowing eyes being all you can see through the hood look is totally awesome. Hm...I think that's it. Oh Electro might have been subconsciously inspired by Nightrider lol. I knew it was a cycle with electric powers so Electro was the first thing to come to mind.
Since Daria has had a name change I'll do for both Mystic and Spirit I
Mystic
Daria was inspired by FMA amnd Captain Planet. I decided to give her a metallic hand instead of Automail. Her power would be the useage of the four mystical energies (fire,Water,wind, and earth) but I decided to add Metal as well as not have her relay on a ring. Her costume I just found a costume on the Micro hero site I used.
Spirit I
I decided to make her more ghostlike due to my liking of Danny Phantom, and since she was being trained by a mage I decided to make her a mage as well. Her powers became more ghostlike through time and that eventually passed to her daughter Marigold Freeman.
Haha actually to tell you the truth, Shockwave started out as a character for the Marvel Universe. Originally, she was going to be the main character for a story I was writing, but I never got around to it. Her powers have gone through many different changes, like when hers manifested, she was put into a coma because of the intensity of the change. Electricity was replacing her blood and it also made her hyper aware. She could hear everything and I do mean everything as well as feel the slightest change in the wind, and see reeeeeeaaaaaalllly far however she needed to wear sunglasses all the time because most light sources were too strong. But it was all very uncontrolled and it took a lot of intense training and concentration to even be able to function. I remember I actually wrote out one scene where she passed out in the shower cuz she was basically made of electricity and it damn near killed her. Hehe, because she was in the Marvel Universe and was a part of the X-Men team, Logan liked to call her Sparky just to tick her off. Anyway, she was supposed to be weak to solar flares and stuff but I totally forgot about all that till just now. Yeah she was a rip on Static at first but she grew her own personality and set of powers. As for her costume, I was drawing a total blank for it until I was staying up late one night and I was watching a show called Shinzo. The main character Mushra has an outfit similar except his is orange where Becky's is blue.
I loved Shinzo!! I loved Kutal and the little kittys!! Mushra was so bad-ass.