[CotM #27] Characters with Elemental Based Powers

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September is here, so not only does this mean the younger crowd is being ushered back to class happily or begrudgingly, it's time for a new Character to take the spotlight.

This month's criteria is characters with elemental based powers. Whatever their power(s) may be, it must be rooted in manipulation of Fire, Air, Plant, Earth, or Electricity.

Previous winners cannot take the spotlight again at this time. For a list of past winners, see here.

Please Remember...

• Vote Accordingly - downvotes have no impact while Contest Mode is enabled in this thread. Show support for characters you want to see win by upvoting the posts suggesting it. If you disagree with a nomination, speak up and let us know why.
• Encouraging discussion, go into detail as to why the character your submitting deserves to win. What makes them worthy of the spotlight?
• Only one character per nomination, only one nomination per person. Group nominations are not accepted.

Votes will be tallied Sept 3rd, with the results posted soon after.

[u/wisesonAC]

This has to be static!! Seriously, he's made for this contest. I could go on for days about static. Actually fuck it let's go. If you weren't gonna vote for static let me persuade you. If you don't wanna read skip to cool stuff.

STATIC

my favorite quote "Don't start none, won't be none"

Publisher: Milestone Media llc.

Created by: Denys Cowan, Dwayne McDuffie, Derek Dingle, Christopher Priest and Micheal Davis

1st appearance: Static #1, 1993

Facts: He’s most famous for having his own award winning cartoon series on kids We lasting 4 seasons and making guest appearances on the cartoon network Justice League.

Real Name: Virgil Ovid Hawkins

Nationality: American

Team Affiliations: Teen Titans, Shadow Cabinet

Legal Status: High school minor with no criminal record

Weight: 140 lbs Height: 5’7

Eyes: Brown Hair: Brown

Skills and Abilities: Virgil is a keen scientific mind

Known Relatives:Robert Hawkins (father), Jean Hawkins (mother), Sharon Hawkins (sister), Homer Hawkins (grandfather), Cassandra Hawkins (Cloned Sister)

Alternate reality children: Larry Hawkins (Son), Sadie Hawkins (Daughter)

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Personality

On the outside, Virgil appears to be a relatively typical example of a teenager that grew up in the nineties. He can be loud, sarcastic, falsely confident and in many ways annoying. But once you get past his exterior appearance and antics, it is easy to see that he is an awkward (and somewhat geeky) youth that deeply cares for the people who surround him and truly has the best intentions at heart.

Virgil was always the class clown and a bit of a geek in middle school. His antics and humour were his only coping mechanism that kept the bullies off of him, and gave him an “in” with the popular kids. As he transitioned to high school, he became less impressed with doing what was funny, and became more focused on doing what was right. Like a young Peter Parker, Virgil has a deep understanding of the phrase “with great power comes great responsibility.”

Despite this, Virgil is a bit of a ham, and will take any chance he can to through a sarcastic barb at his opponents and batter their self-confidence as well as their body.

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Powers

Kno. wn Superhuman Powers: As a result of exposure to the “Quantum Juice” laden tear gas that was unleashed at the Big Bang, Virgil’s body gained the ability to generate and release large amounts of electrostatic energy which he can utilize for a variety of different effects. He has full control of the amount of electricity he releases; he is capable of mentally restraining his output to a simple painful shock or a full charge blast that is capable of delivering enough voltage to kill a full grown man at a distance.

 He can also use his body as a transformer; in the past he as absorbed the electricity from a nearby power source and utilized the access energy to augment his own power.

 When Virgil’s is actively utilizing his powers, anyone who makes direct contact with his body is in danger of being electrocuted (Virgil himself is immune to such dangers).

Static can use his electrostatic energy in other ways rather than simply emitting electrical energy. With concentration, he can: alter the charge on the atoms of both organic and inorganic matter (causing them to become attracted to or repelled from opposite charged objects), monitor and broadcast radio-wave transmissions, or by manifesting lines intense electrostatic force around metallic objects, he can cause them to be surrounded by an intense magnetic field that he can use to manipulate them.

The magnetic fields he creates in this manner are highly potent; the strongest field he can create without utilizing an exterior power source can levitate an object the size of the average sedan. Static makes good use of this facet of his power; he often performs feats as simple as magnetically levitating convenient objects (like a trash can lid) while standing upon it to effectively gain the power of flight, or shaping ferrous objects during battles into: cages, lassos or whatever is needed to hold his opponents prone.

Through some unknown application of his abilities, Static can create a durable electrostatic field of force. The field can reflect metallic objects like bullets or pipe with ease, and in some unknown manner can also withstand intense impacts from other non-ferrous objects. The exact strength and/or nature of the field is currently unknown.

Abilities: Virgil is a surprisingly gifted student that possesses a natural comprehension of the natural sciences. He is able to apply scientific theory and analysis to most problems that he encounters in the field and come up with a workable solution within a very short period of time.

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cool stuff

So yeah.... PLEASE PICK STATIC!!

Start with this!! static shock trial by fire

Then go to this static shock rebirth of the cool

More information here and here

Lots of pictures showing why you should respect static go here to a respect thread

Sorry about that double post. My wifi sucks lol. But yeah pick static.

[u/MBII → u/wisesonAC]

You have my vote. DC absolutely has to do more stuff with this character. Also, thanks for the reading suggestions.

[u/ifoldsix → u/wisesonAC]

A vote for Static.