#0Task

[mcdannoangelwolf]

I really loved your Mutants!5-0Task Force fic! And I would love to hear more about your thought process about their powers! If you wanted to indulge a bit more, no pressure, I just really loved it and am always curious about stuff like this :)

ALPHA! Of course, I'm happy to elaborate on their powers.

When I first started off with this Verse, (Danny being kidnapped), I wanted to try and use canon Mutant powers that didn't get a lot of screen time and did a deep dive into various canons. As you can see that didn't really pan out lol, (with the possible exception of Danny but more on him later). So after that I started trying to think of powers that would either compliment, or contradict, personality traits seen in the Core Four.

Chin.

In a way Chin has always reminded me of Ororo (Storm). Especially the 90's X-men Cartoon Storm where she talked several times about needing to remain calm and collected to prevent disaster with her powers.

To me that was Chin to a T. Throughout the show Chin always tried to remain levelheaded. Even in times of HUGE personal stress. Who better to embody Storm than Chin?

Kono.

Telepathy for Kono, I thought, was an interesting reversal for her. Telepathy, in most of the X-men/Marvel canon requires calculated, centered, almost cold control. Both Xavier and Jean have been shown to cause devastation with Telepathy if it slipped. I'm not saying Kono lacked these qualities. She didn't. But Kono was usually more of an active, aggressive, presence. She was the undercover minx, the sniper, the brawler, the shooter.

I thought giving her a power that was more mentally taxing VS psychically oriented was an interesting turn.

Steve.

WIth Steve and his powers I leaned more into the dark and/or more SEAL side of his personality. I thought to myself, "What mutant power, aside from Telekinesis, would make Steve not only a one man wreaking crew but could be used in subtle ways in military life." Enter Ferrokinetics/Magnetokinesis. Unlike Magneto, whose powers stem from control over electromagnetism, (which he can use to also manipulate non-magnetic metals), Steve can do both separately.

Though I only touched on it in both fics Steve has no compunction about using his powers in lethal and/or possibly 'unethical' ways. He saw no problem with lifting the cars with civilians, so long as they were safe. If Danny had been killed/grievously injured or ASSAULTED by his captors Steve wouldn't have thought twice about pulling the triggers or bringing the whole warehouse down on them. He's not as amoral as Magneto, he's not a bad guy. But he very much sees his powers as a weapon. In this verse, if I continued with it, ( I plan to but you never know), it will be an interesting juxtaposition of soft, sweet, sappy, lovable Steve and Ferron, (Steve's mutant/SEAL codename).

Danny.

Now Danny was the hardest for me to empower. I knew I wanted something elemental for Danny. A force of nature. Fire was my first thought but that has been done. SOOOO I actually took inspiration from you Alpha, and Demigod Danny. Now, I admit, I haven't read your Demigod Danno fics yet, but i know he is the son of Zeus.

Danny isn't JUST a Speedster, he isn't JUST Electrokinetic. Danny IS living lightning. The majority of the time his body produces all the power he needs but in times of stress or if his powers are dampened he has to jumpstart them from an outside source. He can also pull from those sources to not exhaust his own.

Though I didn't mention it the fics Danny could, if he chose, manipulate lightning from storms, (he actually acts as a lightning rod and has to self dampen when outside during storms), or even travel through electrical lines as pure energy. But those are more aggressive aspects of his power. You probably noticed in the kidnapped fic I kinda wrote Danny as a bit more Scott like. He's definitely still the anxiety riddled worrier. Still the professional and elite cop. But he's also a bit freer, a bit more joyful. I mean can you see Canon Danny calling Steve "My Man" so casually lol? He loves his powers, loves to run. His powers are an aspect of his life, of his self. Something to be used for life and joy. Not just a weapon.

Adam.

Though you might not have meant Adam I felt, since I mentioned him, I would include him lol. I saw Adam as the reverse of Kono. In H50 Adam was the planner. The calculated tactician. Oh he could take action and throw down when needed. But this was a man who ran a criminal empire, a member of the yakuza, who managed to get out and go legit and lived to tell the tale. So why not give him a more active and possibly chaotic power? One that, as I touched on, almost had a mind of its own when he could move things without even meaning to?

SO that is how it played out. I really enjoyed this Verse and I have ideas on working in it more but, like I said, you never know what might happen. I still have so much of the 2019 Inktober list to write for lol. However if you have more questions I am HAPPY to talk them about it more lol.

[royextechnologies]

“Work smarter, not harder”. Woops Task Management System is our smart choice for our client’s project.

http://www.royex.ae/products/task-management-system-dubai 

[woopsemsfun]

Find your perfect management system for your events from us .

http://www.royex.ae/