{"id":240,"date":"2005-08-23T09:09:41","date_gmt":"2005-08-23T15:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/wp\/2005\/08\/well-what-would-you-prefer-yellow-spandex\/"},"modified":"2005-08-23T09:09:41","modified_gmt":"2005-08-23T15:09:41","slug":"well-what-would-you-prefer-yellow-spandex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/2005\/08\/well-what-would-you-prefer-yellow-spandex.html","title":{"rendered":"“Well, what would you prefer? Yellow spandex?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well, here’s a bad idea …
\nA lot of folks have been clamoring for Supergroup bases. Why, I’m not sure, but I guess it would be a comic booky thing to do.
\nThe assumption was that there would be some sort of Influence cost to have a base, but the latest rumor<\/a> from GenCon is that it will be paid for by a new SG stat called “Prestige,” generated by …
\n… folks being in SG Mode. I.e., in their SuperGroup colors.
\nOh, yuck.
\nIs there anyone out there who actually spends much time in SG mode? Most folks pay a lot of attention to what their hero looks like, and color schemes are part of that. (That some folks couldn’t design a palatable uniform for themselves to save their souls is another matter.) To change over into the color scheme (at a minimum, the symbol) of the SG is usually jarring, and rarely pleasant.
\nI occasionally see folks show up, briefly, in SG mode to SG events. Depending on my hero, it either is just tolerable or is just plain yucky.
\nI mean, think about it.<\/p>\n

\nIRON MAN: Well, Cap, we figured out a way to rebuild Avengers mansion.
\nCAP: That’s great, Tony.
\nIRON MAN: Put this on.
\nCAP: What?
\nIRON MAN: It’s your new Avengers uniform. See? It’s the same design as your current one..
\nCAP: But I’m the symbol of America! I wear Red, White and Blue!
\nIRON MAN: I don’t follow.
\nCAP: Well, who chose Red and Yellow as the Avengers’ official colors?
\nIRON MAN: (Whistles innocently.)
\nCAP: I mean, who am I supposed to be, Captain Red China? Captain North Vietnam?
\nIRON MAN: Well, maybe we could change the colors, just for you …
\nCAP: And there’s — where’s my star? My chest star? Like the star on the American flag. There’s an “A” here now?
\nIRON MAN: It’s for Avengers.
\nCAP: I’m not wearing this!
\nIRON MAN: But we need the mansion! And it’s not like you don’t already wear an “A” on your damned forehead or something.
\nCAP: Then let me use that one, and leave the star!
\nIRON MAN: Sorry, Cap — team insignia only go on the chest …<\/p>\n
\nYeah. That’s realistic.
\nOkay, so I understand the idea — it’s an extension of the Influence idea: as the citizenry recognizes an SG, they get the prestige that allows them to buy (or solicit from the city) a SG HQ.
\nBut in Comic Book Reality, that doesn’t come from wearing super-hero outfits or logos (esp. given the limited number of logos). The citizenry knows of the Avengers, or the Justice Leage, or, hell, the Power Company because they get interviews of heroes, and track who belongs to whom. It’s the “common knowledge” embodied in the little SG name that floats over a hero’s head.
\nTeam uniforms kinda went out with the New Mutants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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