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Prompt I saw scrolling through news last night that I adapted. Comic book cover, character description, scene description, title 'name of book' in type of font, include barcode and price. Sometimes it worked, sometimes not. Comic book cover, Dr. Vivek Singh holding glowing ancient artifact, ghostly figures from different historical periods surrounding her, modern background, transparent spirits, detailed historical elements, title 'Science Mage' in elegant font, include barcode and price.

Just a note here, it should be “There are” not “There is”.

EDIT: I just realized I clicked on Build 1 not Build 3 like I thought. Please to ignore comment. Yeah, everything after the comma should be deleted because it’s misleading. ”Soloing” has always meant “fighting alone” not “sneaking around hoping not to be noticed”. I think expectations should be set correctly from the get-go just to avoid complaints.

That would actually be an interesting way to go — groups making tentative inroads here and there to see if they can establish a foothold in a new town. So you’d only find mobs in very limited areas, not spread throughout the zone.

I like to listen to audiobooks while doing TFs.

That’s not what I said nor what I meant. I was very clearly talking about how it would appear: a bully beating up on a little guy for no sensible reason other than a strict reading of the law tells them they should. i’m not a lawyer either but I *was* an editor at Lexis-Nexis and edited more than 10,000 cases. I was absolutely stunned that Marvel lost the suit against NCSoft, since so many of the original costumes and powersets in the game were clearly patterned after characters like Wolverine. But it just goes to show how messy the law can be and that the right argument can sway the right court in your favor, something I saw play out time and again. (Also, Marvel’s lawyers did some dumb things, but that’s a side issue.) They should have sued in the Texas or Delaware district courts, which are notorious for siding with skeevy patent-owners who have simply bought the patent and proceed to use said ownership to sue people they claim infringe on it. Since the law for trademark infringement changed in 2011, there is a better chance a similar lawsuit today would come out in favor of the corporation filing it. To reiterate though, winning the case wasn’t really the point for Marvel. The rules of trademark law include the vigorous defense of one’s IP or risk losing it. That’s why Disney sued Berkeley Breathed over his character Mortimer Mouse in his comic strip Outland. They had to do it but it made them look really bad. In recent years there have been more lenient views on small-time use of IP, such as t-shirt designs I mentioned earlier. It’s a form of benign neglect that came along with corporations being allowed to extend their copyright/trademark. It’s an unspoken rule of, “You can have 95 years of protection if you aren’t being a dick about it.” It helps that George Lucas has always allowed people to play with Star Wars as long as they follow one rule: you can’t make any money from it. It underscored to companies that letting fans play with the toys kept interest in the IP burbling during fallow periods. That’s why Paramount has no problems with Star Trek Continues but sued the pants off of the guy who made Prelude to Axanar. The former is a non-profit fan production while the latter is a for-profit venture using Trek IP. (Which is too bad since Prelude was better than 90% of official Trek.) These days it’s more of a slippery slope, what with Patreon and YouTube monetization, etc. All of that to say that’s the reason why I don’t think Homecoming is in any real jeopardy if someone makes a knock-off or parody version of a comic book character. There’s no real upside for a lawsuit because there’s no money to be had, this is a fan-run joint, and no reasonable person would buy that player-created characters are endangering the company’s IP. That said, Winnie the Pooh and OG Mickey Mouse are now in the public domain, so have at ‘em.

IP owners have to defend their copyright. No one wants to become the next aspirin. That said, there are a lot of gray areas where corporations look the other way, such as tee shirts and such. I strongly suspect this would be one of those cases, because there’s no money to be had and it would only garner them bad publicity. Disney, for instance, is already treading water reputationally and Homecoming isn’t even small potatoes, it’s no potatoes. There’s no upside to going after us. Just as no one wants to be the next aspirin and lose control of their trademark by not enforcing it, no company wants to find itself in the same situation as ASCAP did 30 years ago when they went after the Girl Scouts for singing licensed songs around the campfire. ASCAP demanded that every camp pay a fee and blowback for that overreach was ferocious. That was when those videos of pre-teen Girl Scouts dancing the Macarena hit the news… but they were dancing without the music because they didn’t want to incur the $10,000 fine or go to jail. The optics were bad.

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Same reason people write fanfic or cosplay. They just want to play with the characters they like. I do a lot of deep dives into mythology and history, so I have a ton of characters who are functionally the same as famous superheroes but are based on non-Western myths. My guy Kid Kibuka, for instance, is the reincarnation of the African god of war and lightning Kibuka. He is basically Thor or Storm, but no one has ever written anything about him as far as I can tell.

Also, you can always ask permission. Back on Live I made an homage to Atomic Robo called Robotomic and I asked Brian Clevinger if it was okay and he was all for it.

Yes, it is. What is life without whimsy? I doubt anyone at WB will care, but if it’s going to cause an issue I can delete him. No biggie. I have 580 other alts, after all. 😛

Hey, leave him out of this. He looks nothing like Sp1d3r-Mann.

Have a gander at my post in the Best Costume thread. 😛

The Midnight Raptor In-game Krea

Presenting the Raptor Family. Any resemblance to other persons, whether living, dead, or fictional, is entirely coincidental. https://ibb.co/59gHpjD https://ibb.co/Xb0g3NY https://ibb.co/QQ1Sctt https://ibb.co/6bcfGFg

Just pop a larger pic into Krea and see what it makes of it. Mess around with the sliders and presets. https://www.krea.ai/apps/image/enhancer/mobile

SilverAgeFan did this over on Rebirth, so it is apparently workable for someone smart enough to do so. I wish I were, but I’m dumb.

Just much enough.

Some of those look really cool, though.

Terrific background superbly realized with the costume. 10/10 no notes.

Stupid life. i hope you get sick again! …no, wait, that’s not what I mean. I mean that I hope you have copious free time and lots of money. Like fully recovered from any and all ailments and win a nice chunk of change from the lottery.