#Overpowered Characters

[bonniesfamiliar]

My friend: you know you have a habit of making the female versions of characters really overpowered, right? Me: updating my 30+list of Fem! Percy Jackson Titles

PERCY JACKSON TITLES: (in my opinion and not in order)

Daughter of Poseidon

Princess of Atlantis

Slayer of Alecto

Slayer of the Minotaur

Wielder of Riptide

Seerer of Fates

Retriever of Ares Shield

Escaper the Lotus Casino and Hotel

Retriever of the Master Bolt

Retriever of the Helm of Darkness

Sailor of the Sea of Monsters

Retriever of the Golden Fleece

Enterer of the Garden of Hesperides

Bearer of the Sky

Savior of Artemis

Protector of the Ophiotauras

Wanderer of the Labyrinth

Escaper of the Labyrinth

Causer of Mt. St. Helen's eruption

Head Counsellor of Cabin Three

Greatest Swordswoman in centuries

Traveller of Ogygia

Witness of Pam's fading

Holder of Pam's spirit

Retriever of the Chariot of Ares

Retriever of the Sword of Hades

Escaper of Circe's Island

Defeater of Polybotes

Defeater of Antaeus

Defeater of the Nemean Lion

Former Bearer of the Curse of Achilles

Receiver of Pandora's Pithos and Elphis

Spirit of Hope

Survived sitting on an Olympian's throne

Twice Refuser of Immortality

Retriever of Herme's Staff

Leader of the Battle of Manhattan

The Centre of Two Great Prophecies

One of the Prophesied Seven

Retriever of the Twelfth Legion Eagle

Carrier of Juno across the Tiber River 

Daughter of Neptune

Praetor of the Twelth Legion

Former Praetor of New Rome

Drinker of Gorgon's blood

Survivor of Arai's Curses

Controller of the Rivers of the Underworld

Blood/Poison/Ichor-Bender

Survivor of the Death Mist

Nyx's Blessed

Champion of Nyx

Survivor of Tartarus

Defeater of Titans

Defeater of Nike/Gaea

Champion of the Gods

Saviour of Olympus

The Godkiller

[kaytaygay]

Just made one for Ouroboros or O.B! I’m not as happy with this one compared to the others but it’s still cool!

[plasmalink]

Might be a bit of a long shot, but does anyone have that page written about overpowered MUGEN characters? It broke them down into tiers of how overpowered they were and what tactics they used to win, starting with like "they have a move that hits full screen and deals max damage", then moving on to "They don't have a hurtbox, they have a glitched HP value that can't be decreased", and eventually it reaches a tier of like "these characters are literally malware that run arbitrary code on your computer to rewrite the game code to ensure they win"

[chrysoula]

Classroom of the Elite

(Note: I have read up to Y2v6 (I'll probably read v7 tomorrow once my housemate finishes it) as well as a summary of the Y0 bonus book.) I really like this series. I think the author is skilled, intelligent and literate. I also think he's writing way above the level of his primary readerbase. Or at least, that's the conclusion I am drawing from going through the subreddit. Maybe it's just reddit, though. Why do I like it so much? I have friends who bounced hard off it because the narrator is such an overpowered isekai protagonist (although it's only an isekai metaphorically). He's pretty much superhuman in most ways. But that's never been the sort of thing to drive me off, as long as there's more going on than a power fantasy. I watched episode 4 of Solo Leveling yesterday and it bored me to tears. I kept comparing it to early Danmachi and early Kumo Desu, both of which had me deeply invested in their boss fights. And this is because Kumoko was being clever and fighting above her weight class (and got the shit kicked out of her). And Bell, while a lot less clever, had emotional growth worked into his minotaur fights just like a proper shonen protagonist. Meanwhile the protagonist of Solo Leveling started out interesting and sympathetic and clever but could not make me give a shit about his totally optional battle with a giant snake.

Ayanokoji Kiyotaka is OP by any measure. But that's the point of the story. He starts out OP, and also 'defective'. He's not a hero. I'm not even sure he's a protagonist. He seems to see himself as the antagonist; he's training Horikita and her class up to be the protagonists. He's clever and manipulative and impossibly badass physically, and his personal development over time is obscured by being an unreliable narrator, but there are bits and pieces that add up over the 20+ volumes I've read that make him just as fascinating a character as the students he's helping 'grow'. One of my enduring interests is exploring how human nature works, and from the beginning that's been the point of the story. Kiyotaka has repeatedly referred to the paradox of his goals at the school. He wants something he doesn't entirely believe he can get, and he's striving for it as hard as he can. It's just that his goal isn't 'saving his sister' or 'defeating the demon lord' or whatever, it's 'being defeated in such a way as to prove his father wrong'. That's really compelling to me! Especially when combined with his own character growth. Over on reddit, people say things like, "Why would Ayanogod lie to the readers, that'd be lying to himself, people can't lie to themselves..." which, I mean, that's a very... young point of view. Which is why I'm ranting to the void here rather than trying to find thoughtful discussion there...

What I've been noticing a couple times in the last few books is Ayanokoji noting that he doesn't have the social skills of the far more socially deft students _right now_. Because he didn't construct a socially deft persona; he constructed an Ordinary High School Dweeb persona. The obvious implication is that he _could_ be anybody he wants, with some prep time. He might not start out good at it--he has never been good at emoting even when he seems to think he is--but he'll keep learning until he is. This isn't interesting to me because 'oooh ayanogod is so cool' but because it suggests his own sense of identity is pretty flimsy. And the edges and fragments where he's slowly developing an identity are just... peak coming of age story, and his particular degree of OPness is just... keeping things interesting. In y2v6 I noticed his interactions with Mii-chan a lot. At one point, when Mii-chan doesn't need any more than a slight push to work through all her issues (and this is without heavy interference from Ayanokoji). He describes her as a 'almost a fully complete person'. I think Kiyotaka (yes, also Ayanokoji, I switch between his names by vibe) would be the first to admit that he's a deeply flawed and incomplete person as he is. And that's great! That's awesome! That is what I want to see as an enjoyer of OP characters. Being able to punch out Cthulhu isn't the be-all and end-all of personhood! (I am also a fan of Nobilis and Reinhard van Astrea.) I have no destination with this post. I just wanted to babble. If you came here via the tag and find what I have to say interesting, let me know and I'll say more of it!

[splookiee]

i love insanely overpowered characters so much

i need to consume more content with characters that possess powers that could destroy the world if theyd choose to

[mysticdragon3md3]

How to Keep Unfair Fights Interesting by Squampopulous

[egophiliac]

Final manifestations for Book 7?

I'm trying REALLY hard not to build up any solid expectations, because I wanna go in ~fresh~! they're already so far away from anything I thought would happen (not in a bad way, I'm just accepting that I'm on Miss Yana's Wild Ride at this point and we're seeing this thing through 'til the end, by gum). so it's nothing too major, but:

they've been handing new crying expressions out like candy lately, I want to see some delicious Malleus tears.

honestly I want everyone to cry buckets. their tears sustain me. the more Silver angst specifically I get the happier I am.

SILVER!!!! 👏 VANROUGE!!!! 👏

just let him have this. the poor boy's been through so much. let him have his big "I'm proud of you, son" moment with Lilia.

I'm 100% expecting Grim's arc (and probably whatever's going on with Crowley) to be its own episode, but a nice hook to leave us hanging on would be good!

a nice hook though, please, I don't think I can take another "Grim is attacking us! now wait eight months to find out what happens :)" cliffhanger...

some Meleanor? as a treat? just a little bit, a tiny quick flashback or something, please Twst I just, I just want to see her again. let her have a little ghost cameo like Dawnathan Knight got. Lilia and his kids are all having their big group hug or whatever and she can gently fade in to be all like

(turning asks off until I'm done playing, SEE YOU ON THE OTHER SIDE Y'ALL)

[afterlife-2004]

IM WHEEZING AT THIS

[alanide-arts]

an argonian, khajiit, and dunmer walk into a bar

[quetzalpapalotl]

Tailgate is an isekai protagonist btw

[agnerd-bot]

Well, there's no way around it. The old man in the romance game anime has charmed me.

[starryybrained]

Waiter! More large whumpees who can outweigh and overpower their whumpers being brought to their knees by a simple command please !!

[minxinq]

[ OC ] calamity and serenity

while on a protocol-breaking stroll around the edge of heaven’s entrance, calamity was “overpowered” by serenity, a high ranking angel, who she tried to seduce. she then woke up the next morning in the angel’s bed.

CALAMITY

age: ???

height: 6’8

species: succubus demon

sexuality: lesbian

pronouns: she/they

calamity is very mischievous. being a demon from hell, she loves fucking around and getting on people’s nerves. she’s been with thousands of women in her lifetime but none of them ever made her feel any sparks. that was until the fated day she met serenity.

SERENITY

age: ???

height: 7’6

species: angel

sexuality: lesbian

pronouns: she/they

serenity is outwardly very calm and peaceful. due to her nature as an angel, she is usually very sweet and kind to those around her. however, she is also a guardian of heaven, meaning she is an extremely strong angel. she does not hesitate to use force when necessary.

[evilkaeya]

turning is so good i keep forgetting yuder can canonically get pregnant

[kelocitta]

As a pre-downpour fan, what are the major changes/differences you noticed between the fandom pre- and post- dp?

Really the only thing I would say is a notable 'change' is a shift in how most character-based fanworks is. Base game RW slugcats are pretty straightforward lil animals with small hints of personality, but nothing really strong. It's less a personality and more a vibe. The iterators aren't much different- the ways they interact with you and with each other is something sort of hard to dig into. A lot of people came away with just understanding moon and pebbles as "the nice one" and "the mean one" and the slugcats were very similar. People complain about infantalizing Pebbles now but god I'll take that over the villianization. Funny enough, if I had a nickle for every "Robot that was characterized as a complete asshole before getting a sequel that better explained their actions and issues and suddenly they were infantalized instead" I'd have at least two, which is fun. DP has a lot more direct character, even if you don't think its fitting. The slugcats are more distinct from each other and fit nicely into archetypes if you want them too, but there is still wiggle room for people to change it up without being 'wrong'. The iterators have more in-game content of or about how they interact with the world and each other, they have more personal relationships with certain slugcats, they have actual designs for more than Moon and Pebbles, etc. Its much easier to get a feel for the characters and that means content directly about them is more appealing. Not just shipping (although absolutely shipping, since pre-DP the characters you had actual interactions for were animals, or siblings, or you had like one blurry picture and an offhand reference. People still tried!) but anything about how they would play off each other or behave is just... easier to do. So you have more of that. The less vague things are, the more people actually pick up on it. A lot of vanilla RW asked you to dig into it yourself, which a ton of people simply aren't going to do- even people who LIKE the thing. DP has a very different vibe than vanilla RW, Its well done but if you dig into it you can see the ways it attaches onto the base game rather than seamlessly extends. And I think one of those ways is just that its much more broadly appealing storytelling. Other than that its just a bigger fandom with bigger fandom issues. Not anything unique to RW, just par for the course for fandoms to get bigger and suddenly things feel more disconnected or overwhelming or less friendly or that it feels like theres more drama. And these issues aren't absent from pre-DP RW, there was its fair share of drama in regards to people who were either assholes or predators. It never didn't have that problem because thats an unavoidable problem to have when you have a bunch of people who are strictly united by the fact they like the same thing.

[egophiliac]

YO TREY CLOVER IS HERE !!!

TREY NOOOO you weren't supposed to look so cool, I was supposed to be able to save my keys for all the upcoming birthdays, how could you do this to me --

also hey. hey Trey. what's in that bowl.