Right, y'know what? Everyone is taking this Raven thing way out of hand. The fact remains that Raven IS the strongest mutant. Her strength however, is accompanied by her need to be alone and inability to control herself, which makes her just as flawed as the rest of the mutants.
At the end of the day, someone has to be stronger, otherwise there's not really a story. Zerin's character is actually my favourite, because she's thought about the difficulties that accompany being so strong. She's made it clear that it's not to be admired, and if anyone tries to compete with it then it makes their character a little bit too good. I for one trust Zerin to use Raven responsibly and without God-modding, so perhaps the rest of us can get on with the RP knowing that there is someone, God forbid, who has more power?
Heck, maybe you could incorporate it into your own story. Make your character jealous of Raven, make it as if your character doesn't understand that she can't control herself. All our characters need flaws. Find yours.
... Sorry to anyone who has no problem with Raven or Zerin, this is aimed to those who believe we should all be exactly the same.Which kinda negates the point of a MUTANT RP.
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Oh, and can I have some feedback? :D Even though I probably just pissed half of you off...
Thanks Arcaray! Although, with your constant use of "her", I'm not sure if you referred to Raven or Myself... I am a guy, in case you didn't know.
Anyways, I'm glad someone understood the necessity of my character, and the overall meaning behind it. I do appreciate the praise, and I'm glad someone favored her. :D
As for groups, we have to keep a ton of things in mind.
Firstly, where will Raven join? If it hasn't become totally obvious by now, she's insistent on staying alone, for fear of others' pain or death by her (uncontrollable) hand. So, if she were to join either group, someone or all of them would probably force her (maybe not force, but just find some way to convince her. However, "We'll be fine" just makes her look at them with that "Are you kidding me?" expression). So, that's pretty much up to everyone else.
And forming two groups? Well, this becomes totally dependent on the purpose of each group. What or Who are they after? Where are they headed? What is their group? Are they simply trying to live a 'normal' life, or trying to find the school? Are they looking for a cure to their powers, looking for revenge against the ones who mutated them? Maybe they just want some place to live scarer-free?
Our goals have yet to come to light in this RP.
Raven's is to simply live alone, in peace, with no scarers, and no close friends for her to accidentally kill.
A sad thought came to my head... It's as if she were Lennie from "Of Mice and Men"... Anyone read that? Lennie was, well, a bit mentally handicapped. He would pet mice he found all over, but he was always too rough and kept snapping their necks and killing them, yet he kept petting the dead mouse.
~Now, some cheerier point.
I can just imagine Raven being a perfect Anime character, getting pissed off at someone, her head becomes 20 feet tall, pure red or white angry eyes, sharp teeth and fire-breathing while at someone, "I DON'T HAVE MOOD SWINGS!!" and flailing her arms furiously.