crocdeloup wrote: ↑Wed Apr 04, 2018 1:24 am
Jimjim3DX do you really think you win thanks to Diva mizuki?
It is me who is writing the other idea, it is not suitable?
I think that the average member would have seen "Diva Mizuki" and though "yes", without thinking too hard. Of course I'm also Biased and think my idea fits more than yours does.
This is going to sound very hypocritical of me, considering I've been accused of the same things here. But as far as your idea goes, you're basically taking 2 established Marvel heroines, a DC heroine and a Video game character and trying to put them into the MnF metropolis lore. Which in my opinion is a lot harder to justify than inserting Diva Mizuki as the damsel in distress.
Apart from just not caring too much about your 4 chosen characters, I felt like your idea was just a game where you fuck some parodies of popular heroines and that's the game. When it's supposed to be a police investigation involving superbeings an/or paranormal forces. If the crime is just a robbery then why does Watson need superheroines for back up? And why is he working a simple robbery case in the first place? That's not the kind of case his new department is supposed to handle. In my head it just doesn't feel like it would be consistent with the first episode at all.
Now I know people are saying that same about my idea, but I personally believe I've at-least made an effort to keep the same investigation feel of the original episode and also included a number of previously established MnF characters in my idea.
So why do I think Mizuki is OK but not your 4 characters? This will of course be subjective, I don't expect everyone to agree. But I consider the MnF version of Mizuki to be a recurring character in the games list that could exist inside the MnF metropolis world with no issues. I don't consider your 4 (3 if you discount Bayonetta since she's technically just a character Miss Martian has transformed into) they are basically direct parodies of those original source characters.
The Diva Mizuki character we see in MnF games is not a direct parody of Mizuki Tachibana from the "Choujuushin Gravion" anime series. She's a alternate version of someone else's direct parody of the original. She's changed enough from her original source and given enough MnF lore that the only thing she still has in common are parts of her appearance and half of her name.
I would personally accept your characters if they were original characters simply based off the appearance of those source characters. But your idea implies that they are direct parodies with the same abilities, profession, backstories and everything. Even their hero and real names except for the Wasp's who you've changed from Jane to Zazzala for whatever reason.
You could argue that superpowers exist in MnF Metropolis so does it really matter that they are direct parodies since other characters could exist in this world with those same powers. And I guess you'd be technically correct. At which point I'd just argue that MnF Metropolis is a place for original characters and not parodies.
So then it just boils down to the same base argument of where on the spectrum of "OC - Parody" do you place Diva Mizuki? I consider the MnF version of Mizuki to be an character that exists somewhere in the MnF lore. And because Baka exists in the Metropolis Lore, therefore I see no reason why his established Neighbor/"girlfriend" Diva Misuki couldn't as well. That's how my line of thinking works. I'm fine if you disagree and think that's "non-cannon", but I'd like you to explain your lines of thinking as well so we can better understand each other. Is you're perspective that there are many different versions of Baka? Then as a result, the version of Baka that exists in the Metropolis verse does not have Diva Mizuki as a girlfriend?
I'd honestly like to hear you thoughts on why Diva Mizuki shouldn't be reasonably considered as a MnF Metropolis Character? Beyond the fact that she isn't "superbeing" related. It's not like I'm giving her powers or anything. She's a popular civilian celebrity who's been kidnapped by the supervillian of the episode. Your mission is to take the supervillian down and rescue Mizuki. Are you suggesting that only Cops, Criminals and Superbeigns can exist in MnF Metropolis? There have to be civilians living there too right?