The Dreadful -- Chapter 12: James

[MSperoni]

I don't really get why people are saying characters have "DBZ" over powered powers in this. They have whacky awesome abilities, but they can't fly around and do *anything*.

Jeanne and Kit are the only ones so far with super-standard abilities apart from basic magic use, but people using magic in a fantasy story is part of the genre, isn't it?

Jeanne and Kit aren't juggernauts. Kit's really durable against normal weapons, but if she was shot in the head with a silver bullet it would kill her. Jeanne is super fast and physically strong, but she's not Superman. Shoot her enough and she will eventually fall (think Wesker from Resident Evil 5).

Or if you wanna go DnD...think of Jeanne as a very very high level Monk. (or Black Belt from Final Fantasy!)

Umami, Hachiko and Shichiko have ninja abilities, true, but Hachiko's magic stick and Shichiko's eyebeams aren't going to withstand a shotgun blast to the face. Umami also ninja-teleported away when she was fighting Sabueso because the JDA agent pulled a gun on her.

(I kinda figure Shichiko's eyebeams are similar to one of the various rays in DnD. Only instead of coming from her finger tips it comes from her eyes. )

Same with Charsi. Her glaive is super sharp and can slice a demon in half, but two dudes with rifles held her up because she's not bulletproof.

So I dunno, none of this really screams "blow up a planet with a Kamehameha" to me...

Well...except for maybe Judge Catherine but I'm not gonna get into her right now.


As for everything else that's been said regarding the tangents and the design of the comic and what my intentions are... I think I'll let you all keep discussing that on your own. It's very interesting for me to read!