6500 Man. This is one fugly icon.

[scottobear]

The cycling zombie icon looks like it's talking, but it's just a trick of the colors shifting.

It looks to me like it's saying "five" over and over.

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Daydreaming about being a superhero in the shower earlier... "He can do whatever he puts his mind to!" or basically, anything that he says and actively believes. Johnny Quick meets Green Lantern, I guess.

I started off by thinking about a kid at a slumber party doing one of those "Light as a feather / Stiff as a board" things, and becoming a crimefighter when he realized that he could fly and was as tough as petrified wood. (Though the abilities only last as long as he keeps repeating the mantra.)

I figured it'd only be a matter of time before he used music to get other abilities... (and it's a shame that he's not terribly creative or self-actualized.. if he believed in himself rather than a mantra, he'd probably become Doc Manhattan or something.)

If I could do what songs / common "sing-song" sayings said... what would I pick?

Well, the easy pick would be

"I'm rubber and you're glue, bounce off me and stick to you." - would be good against gunmen.

Maybe Grant Morrison would have him discover Krishna? "Aum gum Ganapataye namah", perhaps?

Superman - REM would be mighty handy, but would probably cause some distress for Mr. Kent.

Heck, anything by Ookla the Mok, I guess.

[Poll #255600]

(feel free to answer in comments, too)

Comments

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

That is a great song! feel free to add other songs, too, if other nifties come to mind.

Came across your journal randomly, so I hope you don't mind me posting...

[panthyrr.livejournal.com]

...cause you mentioned Doc Manhattan, and I've just reread Watchmen again for the umpteenth time. Praise to you, he who reads good things!! *grin*

As for the song...there are so many...
The first one that came to my head was from Metallica:
"Shapeshift, nose to the wind
Shapeshift, feeling I've been
Move swift, all senses clean"
Mainly because I've always been a fan of shapeshifters, wolves and felines especially.

Hrm...now I'm going to be thinking of this topic all day...mind if I post more when/if I come up with 'em? (Like I said, I know I kind of barged in here, so I thought I'd ask before intruding further :))

Re: Came across your journal randomly, so I hope you don't mind me posting...

[scottobear.livejournal.com]

sure, come and go, post as you please, as long as it's not spam.

Welcome!