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| Create Your Own Hero |
Having trouble coming up with the perfect hero for The League? Want to help other members of your Chapter complete their forms and team up to get the crown back? Then this is your place!
Just follow the steps below to create your hero!
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| Hero Creation Steps |
So you want to participate in the League and join up with the rest of the Superheroes in PA. Great! Now all you need to do is come up with a character? Sound hard? Not at all! Follow the simple steps outlined below (some even have nifty links!) and you'll be on your way to leaping tall buildings in no time!
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First thing is first, so choose a name for your superhero. Make sure it is catchy and original. Their name could reflect their powers or their personality, or something unique about them. Having trouble? Use this name generator.
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Decide on your superhero's personality. Are they going to be assertive and confident, or quiet and shy? Do people look up to them? Does anyone know that they are really a superhero? Is your superhero going to be well known?
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Think about who they will be when they are a normal person. Almost all superheroes need a "secret idenity" as a normal person to avoid constant publicity from their fans and constant attacks from their enemies. Make sure the normal person is a believable character; someone realistic. You could decide to create the normal person around someone you know so that you can use their characteristics and make the character more realistic.
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Think about your superhero's powers their powers have to be evolved. Be imaginative. Think of why they would need these powers to survive. Why they need their powers to adapt? Maybe a mutation occurred so list the new power. Maybe they grew wings, or changed skin color or got an animal power. The power to read minds? Super strength? There are lots of super powers to put into your own character, or you could think of some original ideas of your own.
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Decide how they got their power and if they are proud of it or ashamed of it.
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Design a symbol or logo for your super hero if you want one. This could go on their costume. The symbol could be an image associated to your superhero, eg. a bat for batman. Or you could use the first letter or some letters of their name, eg. S for Superman.
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Design a costume for your superhero. Use the form over on the Resources page to draw your hero and submit it to the State Officers. Your costume could reflect your super hero, for example, if they are an angry person you could create a red costume. If your character is happy and bright, you could have a bright coloured costume. If you have made a symbol or logo for your superhero, you could draw it in on the front of their costume, their cape or wherever else.
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Decide if they are going to have a sidekick. If they are, you will have to think of a name for the sidekick, his or her personality, and maybe his or her costume. Decide what the side kick is able to do. Is the sidekick useful or do they make lots of mistakes? Also, figure out how your superhero and sidekick met. Are they a sibling of the superhero, or did the superhero meet the sidekick by rescuing them (or even vice versa)?
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Add a catchphrase for your superhero. This could be anything, but try to make it catchy, not too long, and clever.
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Decide whether your superhero has a certain vehicle that they get around in. If they do, design this vehicle and decide if it has any special features, such as very fast speed. You could put your superhero's symbol on the vehicle if you have designed one, or you could just leave it plain.
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Decide if your superhero has any main enemies. If they do, think of names for these enemies, what they look like and why they are enemies. If you are creating a superhero for a story or a comic, you could bring the enemy into it.
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If you are good at drawing, you could design some comics or anything including your superhero. You could think of situations where they might be involved to help you understand what your superhero is like.
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| Tips |
- Base your character on real people, it makes them more believable.
Try and use original ideas for your superhero, don't just copy someone else's idea!
You can also combine many superheros to form one great superhero.
Try and think of some original powers instead of copying all the traditional powers such as super strength and fast speed. You could use these, but thinking of your own would make your super hero better.
Don't base your ideas on an existent superhero, as it won't be very original.
A superhero who has the same problems that ordinary people have is easier to relate to, and lots easier for you to write about, if you ever start a comic book.
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- Think about giving your superhero a weakness or flaw in their character, rather than just having a perfect invincible being. This will help to add depth to your hero and it may become an interesting development in the plot later on.
Special thanks to http://www.wikihow.com/Create-a-Super-Hero
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