thoughts on random powers

[Mary]

Was working on a superhero story. . .

Have worked on several. But in the prior ones, both Through A Mirror, Darkly and those still in progress, there was a correlation between the powers and the personality. Metaorigin demanded it.

I decided to work on one where it was random what powers you had and what personality.

ugh.

My reflections:
http://marycatelli.dreamwidth.org/878...

[Allan]

My first impression, the character has strong empathy for others, is deeply introspective, and has a quick temper. The power seems like a bit of a mix of those gone in a less than initially desirable way.

Do you read much in the genre? There is a series by Casey Glanders that starts with Big In Japan where the protag has dissimilar in many ways but parallel destructive powers. There is also Worm which has a great deal of depth to why powers exist in his story, and the metaorigins behind them are part of the story itself. Linking in case you haven't read, are interested.