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Started by Dr.Volt, June 30, 2008, 11:00:20 PM

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Dr.Volt

Hey Y'all, I need a good name for the following a female hero.  A friend of mine did the following drawing and didn't have a back story for her, so I offered:



I'm usually pretty good with names and back storys...but I'm sucking on names this time around.  I came up with the following history and powers:

Background: Michelle Levine was a geeky, comic book fan girl. She gloried in stories of strong female heroines. One night she dreamt that she was her favorite character after a long session of playing her favorite superhero character on the MMO.   When she awoke the next day in her usual stupor, she happened by her mirror...and then did a double take. The person staring back at her was not her! In fact, the person staring back bore a striking resemblance to her character, except not pixilated. She experimented and found that she now also had the same powers. Amazing! The world looked the same. Her apartment was the same. But she was different. And she had super powers now. And thankfully there were civilian clothes there also to fit her new self...along with a costume in her closet. She also found that she strangely had expertise with her powers. She seemed to innately know how to use them. She reveled in her new self. Michelle accepted her transformation as a sign that she was meant to use her powers for good. It took her a while but she actually is starting to miss her other body. She has tried to explain her predicament to some of her family members...but they don't seem to understand. She still hasn't figured out how to get her original body back.

Powers: Her powers appear to emanate from the ability to manipulate a strange energy field. With the field, she can envelope her self and others in a near impenetrable force field, fly at tremendous speeds, project powerful concussive energy blasts, and even see into various light spectrums not normally available to humans.

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So, I've had this idea for a while of a fan boy or fan girl who attains their dream of becoming their own avatar...and then has the dilemna of losing their previous life.  And I really want to keep the source of her powers a mystery as a plot device.  Iow, as her story unfolds she would find out more and more about how she got her powers and new body.

I've gone through various names like Victress, Shield Maiden, and Millenia...and....yeah...they all suck.  This is remarkably vexing to me!!!!  Really the only prescribed powers that the original character has is flight.  Oh...and if it helps she's Canadian.  But I'd rather avoid national stereotypes. 

So, any ideas for names that you guys have would be appreciated.  Thanks!

Failed_Hero

how about to go for the wish-fulfillment angle: Pipe Dream.

Dr.Volt

Hey, I like that name.  And it gives me some another idea as well.  Thanks! 

Btw, thanks to the moderators for moving this post!  Wasn't sure where it was supposed to go.

herodad1

what about glory girl? shield maiden? samantha sun? hard light? light glider?

Carravaggio

Millenia works, I'd say go with that.

Dr.Volt

Well, the my friend chose the name "Dream Scape"...ultimately it's his OC.  I just can't seem to bear seeing a cool looking character like that not have a name and a back story.  So, he took a derivative of "Pipe Dream" that I suggested.  And the back story stays. He says he's going to do more with her soon.  We'll see.

Hero Dad, I LOVE the name "Light Glider"!  And Glory Girl is good too.  I'm gonna' take those and possibly use them for a different character some time.  Interestingly too I actually suggested the name Shield Maiden as well.  Great minds and all that...:)

Carr, I too like "Millenia".  Shaun didn't like it.  Oh well.

Thanks for the comments all of you!