x-men’s inherent flaw in its storytelling is that it always has mutants with useful powers telling mutants with actual curses to be proud of their powers
“you should embrace your gifts” says Orgasm Dude, the dude with the power to give anyone an orgasm
“yeah thanks” says Will Explode If He Gets A Boner Man
Surprisingly, they are considerably less competitive than cute type contests.
That is not surprising at all, cute type trainers are the most cutthroat, competitive people I have ever met, whereas tough type trainers are almost exclusively men over the age of 50 or people below the age of 30 who are all just looking to have a good time.
A Bug/Psychic type based on an insect swarm. It works as one entity in unison, but is hard to damage with physical attacks because the bugs just fly out of the way around them.
what if magic was real but it was treated the way music is now with different genres and like “oh youre still into conjuring? thats cool I guess. recently ive been getting into third-wave post-necromancy, it’s some pretty heavy stuff”
“what do you mean you’ve never learned FIREBALL, it’s a CLASSIC” “idk I’m not really into evocations.” “how can you not be into ANY evocations?” “well, it’s kind of dad magic, isn’t it?”
“i like a bit of everything except hedge wizardry and urban arcana”