They are the Champions, my friends...
Feb. 4th, 2008 10:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jkcarrierCongratulations to the 10 Semi-Finalists of the Shadowline Create-A-Superheroine contest:
1. Tom Arguello
2. Corey Brotherson
3. Kat Cahill
4. DeWayne Feenstra
5. John Karoauk
6. Dirk Manning
7. Rev. C. Edward Sellner
8. Joe Sergi
9. Aaron Settle
10. Kristopher Waddell
Mad props to these folks for beating out close to 5,000 other entries to make the top ten.
My losing entries are behind the cut, for those who are curious:
Paragon
Megan Hamilton has the power to transform into Paragon, a statuesque powerhouse with superhuman strength and the power of flight. Though they are linked, Paragon has a mind of her own, and is stuck in a very 1950s black-and-white mentality; she just wants to beat up supervillains and rescue cats from trees. Megan, a feminist and political activist, has other ideas, and the two often clash over the appropriate use of power. Things get even more awkward when Megan's boyfriend finds out about her dual identity, and drops unsubtle hints that he's more interested in Paragon than her. When a mysterious scientist tells Megan that he can separate Paragon from her, she is more than ready to go along. But Paragon resists, and her instincts turn out to be correct: the scientist is really Professor Sin, a supervillain who fought Paragon in the 1950s, and he plans to steal the Paragon power for himself. Paragon has to fight an army of robots and a battery of high-tech weaponry in order to escape Sin's clutches. After all this, Megan and Paragon realize that they are stuck with each other, and resolve to try and make their partnership work.
Steel Angel
Stricken by a rare disease, Dr. Angela Stevens survives by having her brain transplanted into a robot body of her own design. With gleaming metal wings and built-in weaponry, she fights crime as the Steel Angel. When surveyors discover an alien spacecraft buried in the Nevada desert, Steel Angel is sent to investigate. The derelict ship is bristling with futuristic weaponry and other technology, which has also attracted the attention of Bomb Queen. The two clash, but their fight is interrupted when the monstrous alien guarding the ship attacks them both. When Bomb Queen is in danger of being overwhelmed, Steel Angel rescues her, but when the situation is reversed, BQ just laughs and flees with some of the ship's technology. Steel Angel is able to interface with the alien ship's computer and trigger a self-destruct sequence that disintegrates both the ship and components stolen by Bomb Queen.
1. Tom Arguello
2. Corey Brotherson
3. Kat Cahill
4. DeWayne Feenstra
5. John Karoauk
6. Dirk Manning
7. Rev. C. Edward Sellner
8. Joe Sergi
9. Aaron Settle
10. Kristopher Waddell
Mad props to these folks for beating out close to 5,000 other entries to make the top ten.
My losing entries are behind the cut, for those who are curious:
Paragon
Megan Hamilton has the power to transform into Paragon, a statuesque powerhouse with superhuman strength and the power of flight. Though they are linked, Paragon has a mind of her own, and is stuck in a very 1950s black-and-white mentality; she just wants to beat up supervillains and rescue cats from trees. Megan, a feminist and political activist, has other ideas, and the two often clash over the appropriate use of power. Things get even more awkward when Megan's boyfriend finds out about her dual identity, and drops unsubtle hints that he's more interested in Paragon than her. When a mysterious scientist tells Megan that he can separate Paragon from her, she is more than ready to go along. But Paragon resists, and her instincts turn out to be correct: the scientist is really Professor Sin, a supervillain who fought Paragon in the 1950s, and he plans to steal the Paragon power for himself. Paragon has to fight an army of robots and a battery of high-tech weaponry in order to escape Sin's clutches. After all this, Megan and Paragon realize that they are stuck with each other, and resolve to try and make their partnership work.
Steel Angel
Stricken by a rare disease, Dr. Angela Stevens survives by having her brain transplanted into a robot body of her own design. With gleaming metal wings and built-in weaponry, she fights crime as the Steel Angel. When surveyors discover an alien spacecraft buried in the Nevada desert, Steel Angel is sent to investigate. The derelict ship is bristling with futuristic weaponry and other technology, which has also attracted the attention of Bomb Queen. The two clash, but their fight is interrupted when the monstrous alien guarding the ship attacks them both. When Bomb Queen is in danger of being overwhelmed, Steel Angel rescues her, but when the situation is reversed, BQ just laughs and flees with some of the ship's technology. Steel Angel is able to interface with the alien ship's computer and trigger a self-destruct sequence that disintegrates both the ship and components stolen by Bomb Queen.
