Quote: OpMegs wrote:
I found the references to the classic "Flying Brick" archetype far too amusing, as well as Parker's commentary. After all, even VEATs probably
have to get the old Breakout job once in a blue moon.
If you haven't read P.S. 238, there's a marvelous comment about the F.I.S.S. powerset (Flying, Invulnerability, Super-Strength). Since it's such a
common powerset, the supers that have it aren't particularly desirable in the realm of the super-employed, or they're pretty much treated as grunts.
One of the characters, an F.I.S.S. attending PS 238 (the elementary school for supers), asks each F.I.S.S. what his or her "number" is (as in the
number in the series of F.I.S.S. supers to manifest). She's Number 84, which does little for her self-esteem among a cast of increasingly unique
super-powered kids (even the non-powered crime fighter trainee is unique). When she finally overcomes her self-doubt, she gets a costume with a big
"84" on it, essentially claiming her number as her codename.
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