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[Trojita]

Another property that dealt with a minority gaining powers, at least first, was Shadowrun.

When magic first started coming back to the world in the year 2012, the first group of people that gained the ability to use magic in notable numbers were the Native Americans.

 

[SixMachine]

What's a "Nubian"?

https://youtu.be/vHLJfxfXHBg

 

[Fine Ham Abounds]

I like how his electric powers had to be purple

rofl

 

[Social]

This doesn't sound PC, grab the pitchforks!

 

[PeskyToaster]

What would happen in Africa?

 

[Icyflamez96]

I'm down for this

 

[PSqueak]

So how many story arcs into this will they do the obligatory "first white/non-black person to get powers" storyline? And how many after that til it becomes common place?

That's not a race comentary btw, it's just an inevitable thing that happens in comic books.

Like how in Y the last man there is more than one man alive, and such.

It's like the inevitable point every story where that sort of plot is used head towards.

Damn, that's a lot of electric-based heroes

This got me good.

Basketball would be the world's most popular sport.

Fuck, now i want the Basketball equivalent to Inazuma Eleven to be a thing in this world.

 

[formasymphonic]

well it depends - are we talking about "super powers always being part of humanity as we evolved?" (because then human history could really go anywhere). Or do you mean if one day black people started developing super powers? Because that would be X-men as others have said:

You'd probably get some Martin Luther King / Xavier types who would encourage us to use our abilities to coexist and benefit humanity overall, and some Malcom x / Magneto brehs who've seen some shit and decide that they don't want to coexist or be a subjugated minority anymore.


how that would end up is also anyone's guess but

We'd be looking at some next-level "superhuman registration act" fuckery.

More dog whistle politics than you could imagine.

A lot of secret genetic research to find out why only black people and how to change that (either by enabling it for non-black people, or ways to remove the genotype / suppress the phenotypes in black people).

 

[GrantDaNasty]

Sounds like a literal version of the inspiration behind the X-men.

My understanding was the point of the X-men was to highlight racism and segregation, to have a comic where only black people would have superpowers would certainly see some form of hint that "they need to be controlled"/"They're freaks" or some shit like that.

Will keep an eye on this, think it could do really well with some quality writing.

 

[Abstrusity]

Well, I mean, we wouldn't be getting as mad at police who shoot first because the last black guy they tried to arrest for no reason shot fucking lasers out of his eyes.

 

[A Link to the Past]

What an original conce...

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicalNegro

whoops.

What an embarrassing driveby

That trope refers to a black character who "magically" (literally or figuratively) helps a white character. You either didn't read the article, didn't read the tropes page, or read neither (I['m inclined to believe the latter).

 

[PSqueak]

Sounds like a literal version of the inspiration behind the X-men.

My understanding was the point of the X-men was to highlight racism and segregation, to have a comic where only black people would have superpowers would certainly see some form of hint that "they need to be controlled"/"They're freaks" or some shit like that.

Will keep an eye on this, think it could do really well with some quality writing.

While that's the origin of the concept for the X-Men, i think the fact that X-Men went for allegory rather than straight up race like this worked in their favor, since the X-Men can be adapted to times, the x-men represent the oppressed, but right know they're more a LGBT allegory than race.

 

[DedValve]

What an embarrassing driveby

That trope refers to a black character who "magically" (literally or figuratively) helps a white character. You either didn't read the article, didn't read the tropes page, or read neither (I['m inclined to believe the latter).

Just a reflex of someone who "isn't racist" yet doesn't want the negros getting too much attention. Best thing to do is just place him in your ignore list and move on.

 

[Zombine]

I think we had a thread about this prior, and it's still really exciting to me.

 

[M3d10n]

It would be like X-men, except you could instantly identify all mutants by eye instead of only some of them.

 

[TheOMan]

Are we talking Spiderman type powers or peak human like Daredevil? Because if we're talking peak human, and you look at pro sports, well.....

LOL - this guy.

What would happen in Africa?

Wakanda

 

[The Last Wizard]

What's a "Nubian"?

The other phrase that racist people in the south use when searching for black porn.

 

[BlackJace]

Then what would white people do?

 

[LionPride]

The other phrase that racist people in the south use when searching for black porn.

Ebony, Nubian, hood, Ghetto

 

[platakul]

Sounds like a literal version of the inspiration behind the X-men.

My understanding was the point of the X-men was to highlight racism and segregation, to have a comic where only black people would have superpowers would certainly see some form of hint that "they need to be controlled"/"They're freaks" or some shit like that.

Will keep an eye on this, think it could do really well with some quality writing.

X-mens function as social commentary is vastly overrated and only does so when it suits that particular storyline

 

[Darryl M R]

Damn, that's a lot of electric-based heroes

Savage post.

 

[Soapbox Killer]

we would combine our collective powers to resurrect Patrice O'neal so he can have Philip's wife warm up our beds!

 

[platocplx]

What an original conce...

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicalNegro

whoops.

This isnt the same thing. lol

 

[Dereck]

lmao

 

[n00bsauce87]

Trump will find a way to make some terrigen mist

 

[Dereck]

Trump will find a way to make some terrigen mist

Or Blacktonyte

 

[FStubbs]

Are we talking Spiderman type powers or peak human like Daredevil? Because if we're talking peak human, and you look at pro sports, well.....

All those black guys playing hockey and tennis.

 

[FStubbs]

Realistically, the Super Human Registration Act would be introduced in 40 minutes, not 40 years.

Realistically they'd just bomb every inner city in America to rubble just to be sure.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

Marvel would be out of business.

 

[DedValve]

purple, electric, bald hair, goatee

This is the black equivalent of white dudebro space marine. It checks every box, even the sunglasses!

 

[Opto]

Trump would win hands down and the country would go straight to Jim Crow II

 

[Kin5290]

So, what happens to mixed race people in this situation?

 

[Opto]

So, what happens to mixed race people in this situation?

half the powers, all the racism

 

[Kenstar]

What an original conce...

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicalNegro

whoops.

tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ElectricBlackGuy

whoops indeed

 

[twobear]

I'm positive that there would have been no Marvel Civil War.

 

[CassidyIzABeast]

Weed vapors have been known to turn real life blacks into superhumans.

 

[Geist-]

What would happen in Africa?

Either new world-wide super power, or even more chaos and genocide... but with superpowers.

Interesting concept, but I feel like this would just cause more racism and division in the world than anything else, and a ton of fear.

It will be interesting to see what direction the comic goes.

 

[Brannon]

Of course it's purple

 

[Geist-]

Of course it's purple

You know, as I grew up watching Static Shock it never crossed my mind because the "big bang" gas was purple, so I thought, "Of course, purple powers, makes sense."

 

[Trojita]

Should it be bothering me so much that the white lady's reflection in the mirror is closed while she is obviously talking in the mirror?

Same with the woman in the next panel, but I could understand that as talking under her breath.

*Continues reading the preview*

 

[Bad_Boy]

So is there a thing with black heroes either being electric sensitive, or having the super strength and/or corollation with metal?

 

[Sinfamy]

So, what happens to mixed race people in this situation?

They can reach super sayian in a quarter of the time.

 

[Skilletor]

So is there a thing with black heroes either being electric sensitive, or having the super strength and/or corollation with metal?

subtle racism

Black people can't swim

Can't get wet

don't like water

Electricity is weak to water

 

[Ivan 3414]

Then what would white people do?

This post did not go unappreciated.

 

[Captin Quacker]

THE SENTINELS JUST GOT TEN FEET TALLER

Then what would white people do?

lol

well done

 

[Trojita]

Electricity is weak to water

Wut

 

[KissVibes]

I've been pretty pumped for this since I first heard about it. Hoping for good stuff.

What an original conce...

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MagicalNegro

whoops.

There's honestly something amazing about a white dude from Portland not getting the idea here.

 

[Maz]

I thought black people already had superpowers (dehumanizing stare man!).

Jokes aside comics looks cool but I'm more of a manga guy.

 

[Daingurse]

It's an intriguing concept. I was already interested when I heard about this on Kickstarter awhile back.

 

[galvatron]

I find the idea of proposing such a story more appealing than buying and reading a fully realized attempt at telling that story. There's a lot of blaxploitation movies that are essentially this and they're heavy-handed, preachy, and pretty unintentionally amusing (one of my favs being Abar: The first black superman).

Bed Sty is the most racist place I've gone to regularly and I now live in Texas, so accurate setting at least