I worry about the mental health of Paragons civilian population

[Ejlertson]

[NPC] Lasandra: My imaginary friend dispersed a Praetorian base on Peregrine Island!
[NPC] Santiago: My imaginary friend knows the importance of protecting Peregrine Island.
[NPC] Basil: I heard My imaginary friend took on a whole camp of ninjas!
[NPC] Mark: My imaginary friend took on that evil Praetorian, Diabolique!

[CrudeVileTerror]

Some times you just need a coping mechanism to get you through the day.   Especially when Nemesis replaced your aunt with an automaton doppelgänger . . . AGAIN.

[The_Warpact]

Maybe "imaginary" friend is code for their alter ego as a hero. 

 

 

 

 

[Grindingsucks]

Or, maybe, after living in a city with marauding gangs and supervillains menacing every street corner, they really are batshit crazy.  😁

[srmalloy]

Or, in a counterpoint to the suggestion elsewhere that the civilians of Paragon City are the adults, and we're all just children running around playing superheroes,  proof that some civilians have a loose grasp on maturity:

 

[NPC] Harold: You almost stole my soul! I'm telling!

[Shenanigunner]

I refer you to the journal of two hapless Paragon City citizens and their travails in a world of villains and bumbling heroes.

 

City of Zeroes, link below.

[Ejlertson]

1 hour ago, Shenanigunner said:

I refer you to the journal of two hapless Paragon City citizens and their travails in a world of villains and bumbling heroes.

 

City of Zeroes, link below.

I remeber either that or something very similair back from Life. Hilarious

 

[Snarky]

I was in a farm last night getting PL'd on a new Sentinel (wish me luck, hard turn from Bruting) got 1-41 in a couple hours.  while I'm sitting there bored out of my skull I comment to one of the other door sitters. "This is what the average Paragon City citizen deals with everyday.  Standing around watching mobs chase super and battling it out on the streets."  Maybe Shalice can set up some sort of mental health support system for Paragon?

[wjrasmussen]

3 hours ago, Ejlertson said:

[NPC] Lasandra: My imaginary friend dispersed a Praetorian base on Peregrine Island!
[NPC] Santiago: My imaginary friend knows the importance of protecting Peregrine Island.
[NPC] Basil: I heard My imaginary friend took on a whole camp of ninjas!
[NPC] Mark: My imaginary friend took on that evil Praetorian, Diabolique!

I wouldn't worry about them.  Ever notice one of our powerful superheroes get simply pushed aside by a citizen who is simply walking?

[Doomguide2005]

😁  and here I was thinking "Imaginary friend" was a heroes name.  Illusion or Mind?

[Shenanigunner]

2 hours ago, srmalloy said:

Or, in a counterpoint to the suggestion elsewhere that the civilians of Paragon City are the adults, and we're all just children running around playing superheroes,  proof that some civilians have a loose grasp on maturity:

 

[NPC] Harold: You almost stole my soul! I'm telling!

 

I dunno about that. On one office mission full of android civilians, they keep talking about the new TPS reports...

[wjrasmussen]

On 12/20/2020 at 8:13 AM, srmalloy said:

Or, in a counterpoint to the suggestion elsewhere that the civilians of Paragon City are the adults, and we're all just children running around playing superheroes,  proof that some civilians have a loose grasp on maturity:

 

[NPC] Harold: You almost stole my soul! I'm telling!

Sounds like a plot for a movie or tv show.  The reveal is held off until the end.

[Player2]

My Imaginary Friend... the hero most people aren't even aware of.

[Ejlertson]

53 minutes ago, Player2 said:

My Imaginary Friend... the hero most people aren't even aware of.

The most undervalued hero of them all, if you ask me 😉

[Player2]

And now I have a hero named My Imaginary Friend.  This forum just keeps on giving and giving.

[Ejlertson]

1 hour ago, Player2 said:

And now I have a hero named My Imaginary Friend.  This forum just keeps on giving and giving.

Happy to inspire you.

Mine is a Stalker, what did you choose?

 

For added fun. My P2W pet is a small fairy renamed to: Dirty mind of

[Player2]

1 minute ago, Ejlertson said:

Happy to inspire you.

Mine is a Stalker, what did you choose?

 

For added fun. My P2W pet is a small fairy renamed to: Dirty mind of

This:

 

  

1 hour ago, Player2 said:

My Imaginary Friend

Radiation / Radiation Scrapper

 

 

[InvaderStych]

On 12/20/2020 at 10:57 AM, Doomguide2005 said:

😁  and here I was thinking "Imaginary friend" was a heroes name.  Illusion or Mind?

 

This.

 

Of course now there are a couple.

 

But when I read the OP I instantly thought of Local Man from back in the Before Times.  Not someone that I knew, just a name from the forums that I'll always remember for basically winning the Word-Play-In-Toon-Names Championship.

 

Anyone seen them around HC?

[Doomguide2005]

I have not.  I remember them as well.  I always get an extra smile recalling how our family always joked about a radio station we heard while driving on vacation one year --> "a local man was found shot in the woods"  and how we always wondered about what part of their anatomy was 'the woods'?

[DoctorDitko]

I always wonder about the sanity of citizens who continue to reside in Paragon City who aren't secretly super-heroes.

I mean, stick around for the chance to be bitten by a radioactive super-hero, trained by an Antique One, finding a Mallet of Destiny, or building your own suit of titanium armor, but at some point, you have to realize that won't be happening, and the smart thing to do is get the heck out of Dodge!

[krj12]

I remember someone back on live with the name "A Pink Fluffy Bunny" ....  some of the npc chatter around "A Pink Fluffy Bunny" was hilarious.

 

 

[srmalloy]

On 12/23/2020 at 6:32 AM, Doomguide2005 said:

I have not.  I remember them as well.  I always get an extra smile recalling how our family always joked about a radio station we heard while driving on vacation one year --> "a local man was found shot in the woods"  and how we always wondered about what part of their anatomy was 'the woods'?

"You say your wife had an accident in the woods?" "No, I said that she was injured in the lumbar region!"

[Sailboat]

I remember Local Man fondly.  His guides can still be found online.

 

There's a tradition of naming characters with an eye to NPC or enemy chatter.  I've seen things like "My worst enemy!  A tiny kitten!" and it never gets old.  🙂

[Marshal_General]

My imaginary friend left me for her imaginary friend. 😭

[Techwright]

4 hours ago, Sailboat said:

 

There's a tradition of naming characters with an eye to NPC or enemy chatter.  I've seen things like "My worst enemy!  A tiny kitten!" and it never gets old.  🙂

I shall have to consider this with CoH.  My friends and I already do this at our occasional Halo game nights.  Not owning an Xbox with which to practice, I am the least dangerous among them, and jokingly go by the name "Gandhi".  Another uses the handle "A Small Child".  The game obliges us with statements like "A Small Child killed Gandhi", or occasionally "Gandhi killed A Small Child".