Interrobang
May. 3rd, 2014 05:06 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
soc_puppetI just came up with the best superhero concept:
A person who causes explosions every time they ask a question.
The best part? They come with a ready-made superhero identity and symbol: Interrobang!
(Technically, I started with "interrobang" and worked backwards, but it's cooler to explain the other way 'round.)
The downsides: I'm not sure how Interrobang could control the explosions, so they would only happen where they wanted them to. Possibly by asking a question specifically involving the thing(s) they wanted to combust? And then explosions would be random if the question doesn't have a subject or object, or the subject/object is larger than a certain size? (Examples: "Why?" and "What on earth is going on?") Also, there's the thing with speech patterns. While I imagine they could adapt their speech patterns fairly well, it's also a pretty obvious clue to their secret identity.
I really love the concept, though. Not least because it's downright hilarious.
A person who causes explosions every time they ask a question.
The best part? They come with a ready-made superhero identity and symbol: Interrobang!
(Technically, I started with "interrobang" and worked backwards, but it's cooler to explain the other way 'round.)
The downsides: I'm not sure how Interrobang could control the explosions, so they would only happen where they wanted them to. Possibly by asking a question specifically involving the thing(s) they wanted to combust? And then explosions would be random if the question doesn't have a subject or object, or the subject/object is larger than a certain size? (Examples: "Why?" and "What on earth is going on?") Also, there's the thing with speech patterns. While I imagine they could adapt their speech patterns fairly well, it's also a pretty obvious clue to their secret identity.
I really love the concept, though. Not least because it's downright hilarious.
