FrivYeti 1253252411|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
*grins* Yeah, Clockwork may be arrogant and power-mad, but there is a reason that he and Warzone have stuck together for so many years.
WuseMajor 1252127563|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Huh. Aside from his desire to control everything, he actually has some redeeming qualities. Interesting. Perhaps part of the nexus did stick to him as I'm actually finding myself sort of liking him.
FrivYeti 1251176672|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
That's one of those excellent questions that I'm going to have to face at some point, when I get around to updating my cast page and wiki section to the point where Firenado/etc appeared. I believe the accepted approach is to list the character's name as a page, and redirect prior names to the current one.
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justef (guest) 1251149438|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
How would one list Firenado (or whatever his current moniker is) into an encyclopedia? I mean would he have a constatly updated name or just a title that describes his sad sad state of supervillainy (that-guy-who-can't-find-an-acceptable-name)
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FrivYeti 1250228792|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
*grins* Clockwork will explain that long shot a bit later, but yeah, very dangerous choice on his part.
WuseMajor 1249976047|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Dude, you really do not need help looking stupid.
Nice to see that she can compete with the big boys again. Really Clockwork, you should not have sent him against her without Scourge's Narrative Field backing him. I mean, come on. He's an idiot and she isn't, plus it's more narratively satisfying for her to win. You should have known that.
justef 1246291095|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Infinite Ladds, thats kind of creepy. What does this mean for the law of conservation of mass? Just to add some more hypotherical mayhem to this situation, abilities go away when a super dies? Essentially it doesn't matter for most abilities, but for someone like Lucky, it's conceivable that his powers continue to cause mayhem after he dies, though in this case, it pretty much would mean gg no re.
GG Crono 1240932162|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Anyone here a troper? For those of you who don't know what I'm talking about: The TV Tropes Wiki is a massive repository of media tropes and devices, which archives both the devices themselves and the devices within specific works.
I've launched pages for both this wonderful series and its predecessor, because they are awesome and need more love.
As this is a wiki, I call on you, fellow Patchwork Fans, to help these pages grow. Add tropes to the pages as you see fit, and add references to them wherever they could go. :)
WuseMajor 1239772169|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
As soon as Clockwork said that last line, you just know that Kyall is going to get to say I told you so later on.
Because, seriously, Dr. Ecchs is much less of a buffoonish half-wit than he seems and Ash is a ninja. If anyone could hide his true power level, it wouldn't surprise me if it was him.
FrivYeti 1239771762|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Hmmm… I think I could put some pages together relating to and involving narrative law. Might be some interesting stuff in there. :)
Good thought!
Jezebeau (guest) 1239707637|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
If Ecchs had just slightly better luck, I imagine his story would be more than a little like that of this evil genius.
Jezebeau (guest) 1239706849|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
It's not on the list, but I'd really love to see more on metafiction/narrative law, if it wouldn't be spoileriffic.
FrivYeti 1235549364|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
*coughs*
Maybe… yes. Yes, it is. I'll go fix that.
(Although it would certainly have been a bigger surprise if it was Timebender and Lucy. ;) )
Justef (guest) 1235530547|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Timebender and Lucy gaped as they looked around. Timebender said, "Jim?!"
perhaps its supposed to be…. Lucky?
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WuseMajor 1235022465|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
I had always figured he was Fixit and Magister's son. Well, at least I was close.
FrivYeti 1234945958|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
So, I promised on the main page that I would show all the places I hinted at Jim's true nature. Here we go. Remember, most of these hints were, shall we shall, almost invisible.
First Hint: Comic #161 - At this point, it's revealed the Jim's powers aren't pseudotech, psychic, or anything else that Lockdown can stop. On the other hand, Jim isn't a normal human because Lockdown didn't knock him out.
Second Hint: Comic #185 - During the alternate realities storyline, everyone who could be present in a reality bubble always was. The only one missing in this bubble was Jim. This was because the Chitrani weren't stopped on Sayleen, and thus Jim's entire species was dead in that timeline. Jim was also the one who instantly knew about how the Chitrani were defeated - it's a much bigger deal on Sayleen than on Earth, where it is just another one of the League's great accomplishments.
Third Hint Comic #195 - I still haven't decided whether Handyman actually knew that there was Christmas in Wisconsin. Probably he did, but you can call it a hint if you want.
Fourth Hint Comic #200 - Handyman knew about the Justicars. At this point, that was not as dramatically obvious, but it became clear shortly afterwards that only Magister or K'Lara could have told him those stories, the others being accounted for.
Fifth Hint Comic #201 - This would have been a heck of a lot more noticeable if we weren't in 8-bits, but Fixit's mechanics are the same shades of grey, with the same alternations, as Handyman's.
Sixth Hint Comic #240 - Jim really did have a lot of his current persona connected to that hat.
Seventh Hint Comic #244 - Also, he loves Sayleen food. And is vegetarian (well, herbivorous, technically, but you know).
Eighth Hint Comic #311 - K'Lara gives a discussion about Sayleen philosophies. Most of the things she says are a lot like what Jim says about not wanting to live in the past anymore.
General Hint: Jim's total obsession with not taking off his hat. Under any circumstance. Ever.
There were also hints dropped in the serials, but I can't find them at the moment due to my internet being slow and lazy. Suffice to say that eventually Nadia did find out that Jim was an alien, if only because eventually she was going to see him without his hat, what with them living together.
FrivYeti 1229414830|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
*slaps forehead* Yes, I do, unless a major reality shift occured when the writer wasn't looking. I'll go repair that.
WuseMajor 1229195102|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
“Yeah, it was unpleasant.” Lucky shook his head, setting down his coat on the chair he pulled out, and paused to get a cup of tea from the counter. When he returned, he continued. “Amber's adapting pretty well to a civilian life, I think, but I know she misses the excitement. Maybe you could give her a few pointers.”
Don't you mean Nadia?
FrivYeti 1228893210|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
Just updating this, since I've put a few new posts up.
The current blank links are:
A: Academy, Adar Theocracy, Antiheroes, Atlantean Nanoswarm, Avalon
C: Camelot, Cosmic Storm
D: Doyi
G: Grand Shaman Theomacrus
J: Jigath
L: League of Adventurers, Lenken, Lord Liberty
M: Mastermind, Merlin, Mook
N: New Templar Order, New York Disaster
P: Perdotes the Lesser, Pendragon, Pendragon II, Pseudotech
R: Rhinegold
S: Sayleen, Spear of Longinus, Solstice Offensive, Superhuman Enforcement Agency, Steel Magnate
T: Templar Knights, Thule Society, Trox
Y: Yaughud
Z: Zibaniebo
FrivYeti 1226115244|%e %b %Y, %H:%M %Z|agohover
An interesting question.
The short answer is "Probably, because I like the idea of Patchwork Heroes being a show on TV".
The longer answer is that the Backstage elements of Patchwork Heroes are not canon for Patchwork Champion, due to their existance on a metafictional level. Particularly noteworthy are this strip and this strip, which discuss the fact that Ecchs was aware at the time he was working that the universe of Patchwork Champions did not exist, and in fact tried to recruit the Patchwork Heroes to bring them back (the latter just showcases Amber and Lucky in their first incarnation). ;)
Now, some elements from that have been retained (Phil, for example, and Salamon appeared as a cameo in early Champions), so it's a little weird. If you wanted the closest thing to a canonical explanation, it would be that while Doctor Ecchs was working on his alternate timeline machinery, he accidentally wandered into a metafictional universe. He stuck around for a while, then recruited Phil away from Salamon Keele and returned to the normal Patchwork Champions universe and never mentioned it again.
