Think You Know My Avatar?

       My character's name is Darth Viserion. His character fits firmly into the Star Wars Expanded Universe and would work well with any of the numerous Star Wars video games. He is clad in all black attire with a red lightsaber that often signifies a follower of the dark side of the force. He is shrouded in secrecy, but under his hood we see bright blue hair, which sharply contrasts with the rest of the look. His outfit is notable for being both intimidating and excessive. The functionality of aspects of the look can be questioned. He functions as the primary villain of the story.
      His past is shrouded in mystery. In this game, the player is Mara Jade Skywalker, wife of Luke Skywalker and former Emperor's Hand. Her past is also a mystery and the game is a story of self-discovery for Mara. The player learns early on in the game that Viserion is somehow connected to Mara's past. Viserion has become one of the Dark Lady of the Sith's Lumiya's primary acolytes. Lumiya's presence is a part of the story, but she largely remains a background player, directing from the shadows. Viserion is brainwashed. His only motivation is revenge, but his memory is so clouded that he doesn't even recall the source of his anger. Therefore, it is all directed towards Lumiya's whims.
     Mara's quest to discover her past is a wrench in Lumiya's pan and she is frequently interrupted or misled by Lumiya, Viserion, or lesser Sith. At some point in the story it is discovered that Viserion is Mara's little brother. When the Emperor took her into his training, he killed her parents and took Mara and her baby brother who had similar force abilities.

Character Color Timeline

Here is my character color timeline for Margaery Tyrell and Jon Snow from season 3 of Game of Thrones

http://www.timetoast.com/timelines/837900

Cover Song Music Video

This is the video that me and a group of other media students created. We were all really pleased with the finished product.

48 Hour Shootout

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv45IJ_llw8

Here is our submission to the 48 hour shootout. It was a fun and exhausting weekend. We even got an honorable mention which was really cool.

Everyone Needs a Sidekick

I did this project slightly differently than recommended. I'm still going to incorporate all the necessary elements, but I have my own spin for this one. I loved superheroes when I was little and for a while I wrote a story incorporating myself and some friends as superheroes. It was probably pretty bad and I remember that I wrote myself and my twin sister (I don't actually have a twin sister, I just thought it would be cool) into the story as the children of Hawkgirl and Green Lantern. After a slew of hard drive crashes, I'm sure the story is buried somewhere, but sometimes I'll find the little cardboard figures I made for each of the characters around the house. I had trouble picturing a sidekick, so I just made myself and my twin sister from the story in the hero maker.

I didn't really like thinking of superheroes in terms of sidekicks. I enjoyed Justice League because they were a team and despite varying powers were considered equals. Mystic (name of my fake twin sister) complements my powers and vice versa. I have more powers that come from Hawkgirl. I got her wings and have my own mace. Mystic followed in Green Lantern's footsteps and has a power ring. She also learned from Dr. Fate and knows a lot of magic. This makes us opposites because I am resistant to magic. She is more headstrong than I am and more spontaneous, but she is very serious. I am more grounded and more personable, but tend to be very funny and silly. We work as a team and ore personalities and powers complement each other. So I didn't really make a sidekick, but in a sense we work as each others sidekicks. Looking back on it, this story is mostly embarrassing, but I can see where it came from. Honestly both of the twins represented different versions of myself at the time. Mystic is the more feminine side of myself that I didn't really know how to express in middle school, so I made a character to do that for me.

Up, Up, and Away?

My primary experience with superheroes comes from the Justice League and Justice League Unlimited cartoon series by Bruce Timm. To date, I think it has the best writing and character development of any superhero related story across any medium. I also appreciate one concrete story continuity which is why comic books and other adaptations are less appealing to me. Here is a list of some of the best superheroes featured in Justice League and their powers.

1. Hawkgirl - Shayera Hol

Hawkgirl is my favorite superhero of all time. She is one of the best developed cartoon characters in television history in my opinion, and on top of that she is a total bad ass. Her main power is sustained flight which is a trait of all Thanagarians (her alien race). She also wields a mace of Nth metal which is electrically charged and resistant to magic. She has detective skills that rival Batman and can hold her own in a fight with Wonder Woman.

2. Green Lantern - John Stewart

John Stewart is one of many members of the Green Lantern core, a group of warriors who keep the peace in the galaxy. His power comes from his ring, which allows him to manipulate green energy blast into any form that his imagination allows. The energy enables space travel without a suit and flight.

3. Martian Manhunter - J'onn J'onzz

Martian Manhunter is often over looked when it comes to the Original Seven members (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, GL, Flash, MM, and Hawkgirl) of the league, but he is one of the most powerful. He is the last surviving Martian and has the powers superhuman strength and speed, flight, regeneration, some invulnerability, telepathy, and shapeshifting.

4. Wonder Woman - Diana of Themyscira

Wonder Woman is a bad ass in any form. She has super strength, speed, agility, durability, and flight. She is incredibly skilled in hand to hand combat and has bracelets that can deflect bullets and a magic lasso.

5. Flash - Wally West

The Flash is one of the most likable heroes in the show. His sense of humor and ability to act as the conscience of the team were important. He has the power of super speed.

6. Doctor Fate - Kent Nelson

Doctor Fate is a member of the extended league. His main power is magic. He can also teleport between locations (including different dimensions) at will.

7. Vixen - Mari

Vixen is an example of the exceptional writing of the show. She was the obstacle for the romantic relationship of Hawkgirl and Green Lantern for the final seasons of the series, but she was also an incredibly likable character. Her pendant gives her the power to mimic the abilities on any animal she can think of. For instance, she can run fast like a cheetah or have the strength of an elephant.

8. Aquaman - Arthur

Aquaman is the ruler of the undersea city of Atlantis. His powers include the ability to breathe underwater, super strength, and the ability to communicate with creatures of the sea.

9.  Black Canary - Dinah Lance

Black Canary is incredibly skilled in hand to hand combat and has an ear shattering sonic scream.

10. Fire

Fire's powers are sort of self-explanatory. She can turn into living green fire at will that she can freely manipulate and can fly.

Invisibilty or Flight? Flight, duh!
I personally disagreed with the views presented in the American Life documentary. In it, most people agreed that invisibility is the power that most people would want and that they would use it for evil reasons. I can understand certain aspects of that because there are definitely instances where I would want to be invisible, but honestly flight just sounds so much more fun. Think about it. With flight, you could simply visit any place in the world you wanted on a whim. Day to day travel would be easier. Invisibility just doesn't sound nearly as practical as flight. I'm to clumsy and loud to be a successful criminal and I don't think even invisibility could fix that. The only con with flying is you'll be that dude who can fly now and people will expect you to use your power for good. I'm not saying that I would use my powers for bad, but I would probably just want to use the power for me. I think that I have some desire to become famous which is probably why I picked flying because people would know my name if I was the only person in the world capable of self-sustained flight. I think in the end, the documentary turned into a debate over whether humans are innately good or evil and boy I hate those debates.

Archetype Montage - Femme Fatale

https://vimeo.com/85985470

Music: Problem by Natalia Kills