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    • By RakaiThwei in RakaiThwei's CBUB Blog 0
      Here is a list of characters I have added to CBUB and they are categorized by their respective franchises. I most certainly will be updating this list overtime as more and more characters are added by me to the CBUB rosters. I hope that they will see matches of their own and grow records of their own.
       
      But the Twilight characters were added so they could be jobbers. Ha ha ha ha!
       
      -Rakai'Thwei
       
      Arthur
      Arthur Read
       
      Dead or Alive/Ninja Gaiden
      Hitomi
      Helena Douglas
      Kasumi
      Ayane
      Lei-Fang
      Tina Armstrong
      Rachel
      Momiji
      Genshin
      Hayate
       
      Tekken
      Kazuya Mishima
      Asuka Kazama
      Baek Doo San
      Lidia Sobieska
       
      Soul Calibur
      Seong Mi-na
      Heishiro Mitsurugi
       
      Street Fighter
      Dan Hibiki
      Gouken
      Makoto
      R.Mika
      Juri Han
      Fei Long
      Maki Genryusai
      Allen Snider
      Sheng Long
      Oni
      Luke Sullivan
      Marisa
      Manon Legrand
      Kage
       
      Saturday Night Slam Masters
      Gunloc
      Biff Slamkovich
      The Wraith
      Victor Ortega
       
      King of Fighters
      Kyo Kusanagi
      Saisyu Kusanagi
      Iori Yagami
      Ryo Sakazaki
      Yuri Sakazaki
      Sie Kensou
      Chin Gentsai
      Shingo Yabuki
      Momoko
      Choi Bounge
      May Lee Jinju
      Chae Lim
      Jhun Hoon
      Mister Big

      Chris
      Ramon
       
      Garou: Mark of the Wolves
      Marco Rodrigues
      Hotaru Futaba
       
      Aggressors of Dark Kombat
      Bobby Nelson
       
      Power Instinct
      Oume Goketsuji
      Otane Gouketsuji
      Reiji Oyama
      Chin Nen
      Annie Hamilton
      Keith Wayne
      White Buffalo
      Saizo Hattori
       
      Mortal Kombat
      Chameleon
      Dark Kahn
      Hydro
      Kintaro
      Kurtis Stryker
       
      Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Mirage)

      Leonardo
      Michelangelo
      Donatello
      Raphael
       
      Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (IDW)
      Leonardo
      Michelangelo
      Donatello
      Raphael
      Jennika

      Kitsune
      Alopex
       
      Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles - The Last Ronin
      Michelangelo (Last Ronin)
       
      Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1987)
      Leonardo
      Michelangelo
      Donatello
      Raphael
      Lotus Blossom
      The Turtle Van
       
      Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012)
      Leonardo
      Michelangelo
      Donatello
      Raphael
       
      TMNT: Tournament Fighters
      Aska
       
      Alien vs Predator
      Scar Predator
      Wolf Predator
      Scarface Predator
      Dark Predator
      Ghost Predator
      Broken Tusk Predator
      Ahab Predator
      Runner Alien
      Specimen 6 Alien
      Pvt. Jeanette Vasquez
      Pvt. William Hudson
      Sgt. Apone
      Lt. Gorman
      Machiko Noguchi
      Lt. Mike Harrigan
      Praetorian Alien
      Weyland Yutani Corp.
       
      Batman/Aliens
      Killer Croc Alien
      Joker Alien
       
      Robert Rodriguez's PREDATORS
      Berserker Predator
      Falconer Predator


      The Terminator

      Rev-9
       
      Invaders from Mars
      Invaders from Mars
       
      Dark Angel/I Come in Peace
      Talec
       
      Star Wars
      Black Krrsantan
       
      Icon Comics (Marvel Imprint)
      Kick-Ass
      Nemesis
       
      Super
      The Crimson Bolt
       
      The Host
      Gwoemul
       
      Marvel
      Zombie Spider-Man
      Silk
      Paul Jeremiah Rabin
      Mariko Yashida
       
      DC
      WildCat (Tom Bronson)
      Gotham City Police Department
      Un-Men
      The Mutants
      Milkman Man
       
      Malibu Comics
      The Ferret
       
      Dark Horse Comics
      Law
       
      Kamen Rider
      Kamen Rider Amazon
      Kamen Rider Black RX
      Kamen Rider Decade
      Kamen Rider Diend
      Kamen Rider Shin
      Kamen Rider Faiz
      Kamen Rider Kabuto
       
      Percy Jackson and the Olympians
      Annabeth Chase
       
      Highlander
      Colin MacLeod
      Duncan MacLeod
      The Kurgan
      Juan Sanchez Villa Lobos Ramirez
      Richie Ryan
       
      Sailor Moon
      Sailor Mars
      Sailor Mercury
      Sailor Venus
      Sailor Jupiter
      Sailor Chibi Moon
      Sailor Saturn
      Sailor Uranus
      Sailor Neptune
      Sailor Pluto
       
      Record of Lodoss War
      Parn
      Deedlit
      Slayn
      Ghim
      Ashram
      Pirotess
      Karla the Grey Witch
       
      Robocop
      RoboCain
      RoboCable
      Detroit Police Department
       
      The Crow
      The Crow (Ashe Corven)
       
      Historical Figures and Misc.
      Shaka Zulu
      Masutatsu Oyama
      Abraham Lincoln- Vampire Hunter
      Shaolin Monks
      Joan of Arc
       
      Cryptids and Legends
      The Jersey Devil
      Devil Monkey
      The Dover Demon
       
      SCP Foundation
      SCP-682
      SCP-1730

      Creepypasta
      Siren Head
       
      Berry Gordy's the Last Dragon
      Sho'Nuff the Shogun of Harlem
      LeRoy Greene
       
      Demolition Man
      Simon Phoenix
       
      Prophecy (1979)
      Katahdin
       
      I am Legend
      DarkSeeker
       
      Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky
      Riki-Oh
       
      Gargoyles
      Angela
      Brooklyn
      Broadway
      Hudson
      Lexington
      The Steel Clan
       
      Crusade Comics
      Shi
       
      Final Fantasy
      Rinoa Heartilly
      Terra Branford
      Cosmos
      Chaos
       
      Streets of Rage
      Axel Stone
      Adam Hunter
      Blaze Fielding
       
      Irredeemable
      The Plutonian
       
      Witchblade
      Witchblade (Masane Amaha)
       
      The Mist
      The Mist Creatures
       
      R.L. Stein's Goosebumps
      The Masked Mutant
       
      Transformers: Generation 1
      Lord Chumley
       
      H.P. Lovecraft Cthulhu Mythos
      The Deep Ones
      Shoggoth
       
      In The Mouth of Madness
      Sutter Cane
       
      Sword Art Online
      Kirito
      Asuna Yuuki
       
      Gate: Thus the JSDF Fought
      Rory Mercury
      Pina Co Lada
      Leilei La Lelena
      Tuka Luna Marceau
      Shino Kuribayashi
      Mari Kurokawa

      Japanese Mythology
      Raijin

      The Fighting Fist of Shanghai Joe
      Shanghai Joe


      The Boys (Amazon Prime)
      Stormfront
      Soldier Boy
      Billy Butcher

      Tongue of the Fatman
      The Fatman
       
      Goblin Slayer

      Goblin Slayer
       
      Legendary Monsterverse
      Camazotz
      The Kraken
       
      Toho Kaiju Eiga
      Matango
       
      So I'm a Spider, So What?
      Shiraori
       
      Dodgeball: An Underdog Story
      White Goodman

      Saved By The Bell
      A.C. Slater
       
      The Barbarians
      The Barbarians
       
      Don Jon
      Jon "Don Jon" Martello
       
      Kickboxer
      Tong Po
       
      The King of the Kickboxers
      Kahn
       
      Genndy Tartakovsky's PRIMAL
      The Nightfeeder
       
      Twilight
      Alice Cullen
      Bella Swan
      James
      Victoria
       
      Caillou
      Caillou
       
      Locations
      The Derelict
      Hadley's Hope
      The Amazon Rainforest
    • By broadwaybeyonder in broadwaybeyonder 0
      Battlesphere 2 Update #3
      Andel Sanap: Greetings, fight fans.  This is Jedi Master Andel Sanap speaking.  Al has given me this opportunity to reveal to you four more combatants for Battlesphere 2.  These will be four of the 15 male combatants entering the match. 
      First, from a galaxy far, far away…

      Kylo Ren!  From my home dimension, the son of Han Solo and Leia Organa will be calling on all the powers of the dark side of the Force to be victorious.  A fierce combatant to be sure, who’s rage will make him a dangerous adversary. 
      Next, speaking of violent combatants, will be…

      Cain!  The first murderer, hailing from the Winchesters dimension.  Armed with his blade and tapping into the full power of his mark, Cain has been shown to be able to defeat demons and angels in combat.  Will he up to the challenge of the Battlesphere? 
      Next, from Sonora, Mexico…

      Speedy Gonzales!  The smallest combatant in the field, but the fastest mouse in Mexico is not one to back down from a challenge.  With his speed and Toon physics on his side, Speedy may be the toughest opponent to eliminate from the match. 
      And our final combatant, from an undisclosed location…

      John Wick!  A man some have declared the most dangerous assassin of the 21st century.  While not as powerful as some of his fellow combatants, Mr. Wick’s tenacity and killer instinct might just be enough to outlast them and allow him to walk out of the Battlesphere victorious. 
      We have revealed 14 of the 30 combatants entering the Battlesphere this year, but before the battle begins, we have one piece of business remaining.  The 6-woman escort match is drawing to it’s conclusion, and there is one more preliminary bout before we proceed to the main event!  The three Battlesphere veterans looking for redemption who will be in competition against each other are…

      Daenerys Targaryen,

      Poison Ivy,

      And Minerva Mink! 
       The contest will be taking place within the next few weeks, so be sure to stay tuned. 
      Until then, for Al Rossi, this is Jedi Master Andel Sanap saying, ‘May the Force be with you all.’ 
    • By michalecs in Kane Investigations 0
      "KANE INVESTIGATIONS" The painted letters on the beveled glass door proclaimed. "Ready, Willing and Able." a subtext promised. The door was slightly ajar, as it was likely to be as of late since Renny had been around. Renny, short for Renfield, was a poodle, and a vampire. Synthia, the frenetic half-demon secretary of Kane Investigations, had adopted the poodle and no amount of arguing that her boss, Jason Kane, could do would convince her to get rid of the beast.
       
      Jason Kane was an immortal. As one he could endure a surprising amount of damage and heal unnaturally quickly. But his most valuable power, he had decided, was the one he was using now. He turned his head to one side, his trademark charcoal and grey checked hat jilting first one way and then the other. Just the two supes nearby, and he recognized them as Synthia and Renny. Supes, or supernaturals, were no more good or evil than humans, but were a great deal more dangerous. He'd encountered many supes in his time; vampires, weres, true shapeshifters and even the occasional fae, demon, or immortal like himself. It wasn't like Hollywood presented it, any more than actual vampires sparkled in any way, except perhaps right after they've dined on fae blood. Immortals had no self-genocidal desire, they did not drain powers away from other immortals by lopping off heads, they had no special attraction to or repulsion from holy places, and they definitely weren't aliens.
       
      Convinced that there was no threat behind his own office door, he bumped it with a shoulder and let it swing further open as he entered, flipping off his trenchcoat and hanging it on the mahogany hall tree by the door. Renny whined and looked up at Jason with his iridescent red eyes that one only saw in nature on the backs of hummingbirds or extraordinarily large beetles. Renny dropped his ball; the bright yellow foam rubber toy bouncing once and rolling to a stop near Jason's feet, a large smiley face marred by a trail of blood over the right eye stared up at him. What was the movie that was from again? Jason thought then shook it off. Renny whined again and Jason patted him on his head with one hand, while reaching for the mini-fridge with the other.
       
      He pulled out a bottle of synthetic blood, the cheap kind, (how would a dog know the difference?) and poured the slightly congealed chilled liquid into Renny's gold bowl. Renny wouldn't eat when Synthia first brought him back because she'd tried to feed him from a stainless steel bowl. Apparently even the color silver was enough to repel the vampiric canine. Renny lapped at the synthetic blood that had the consistency of partially set gelatin. Kane shuddered. Most vampires liked their synthetic blood warmed up. Renny preferred his as cold as possible. Synthia even sometimes filled an ice cube tray with the noxious stuff and tossed them to the dog as a treat. That often annoyed Kane, who had gotten a surprise on a night when he'd popped a couple of the pseudo-blood cubes into his drink. No better way to put you off the taste of a good Johnny Walker than to use synthetic blood for the ice.
       
      Jason flipped through the pile of papers in the wire basket on top of a nearby filing case. The basket served as their inbox. "Anything new today, Synthia?" He inquired, not diverting his eyes from the chrome basket full of junk mail and bills.
      "Nawnobodycalled." She rattled off, her green contact-lensed eyes (Synthia didn't need the contacts but most people were put off a bit by their natural color, a very literal smoldering amber and orange) darting up from a book she was reading. Synthia's brain seemed to run at a different speed than the rest of the world. It took some getting used to, as it seemed the young half-demon always had enough breath to utter any sentence as a single word and any paragraph as a single sentence. Her eyes once again scanned her book for a moment and she set it aside. "Clerks & Cubicles, 6th edition" was on the lily-white cover of the book which smelled faintly of brimstone.
       
      "I thought you quit playing that game. Why the sudden interest?" Jason remarked. There wasn't a secondary private office in Kane Investigations. When he got the long term lease on the office he intended it to be a one person operation. Now where one large luxurious desk once stood, two much smaller but nicely appointed ones replaced the grand old desk. They were at angles to each other, set up in a sort of reverse V formation. Not exactly traditional, and that bugged Jason. He loved tradition. Needed it. Tradition comforted him the way nothing else could. Tradition was unchanging. You could count on it. Shrugging off the moment of reflection he sat down behind his desk as Synthia popped another candy into her mouth. Jason grimaced. Salty licorice fish. Synthia had gotten him a bag as a gift from IKEA and swore that in all of his centuries that he'd never put anything so foul in his mouth.
       
      Synthia swallowed and shrugged. "My little sister is going to be in town and she wants to play." She'd not really spoken that slowly, it was just that Jason was becoming very practiced at adding the spaces between words on the listening end these past few months. "You know, they have so much wrong in that book. I could rewrite it." She picked up the game book and read, "New Boss. Acquiring a new boss requires either losing a level or sacrificing half your remaining Inspiration Points. I don't think that's right, I feel really inspired since I started working for you, and I even acquired an animal companion." Synthia popped another of those horrible Norwegian gummy fish into her mouth, smacking audibly as she sucked the salt off of the outside.
       
      "Ugh. How can you eat those?" Jason asked, sliding a drawer open and removing a small stack of paper. He stared over at the inkwell on the corner of his desk. It was getting harder and harder to find good fountain pens and ink lately. He swore to Synthia that his fountain pen wrote smoother than anything else one could find today. "They taste like licorice at first then it suddenly feels like you're snorting seaweed."
       
      "Dunno." She smacked on the candy, penciling in some notes in the margins of the C&C book. She was correcting what she thought was an error in the role playing game that Synthia's family, a near even distribution of demon, human, and half-demon played often in their spare time.
       
      "They taste like Hell." Jason said, operating the lever on his favorite fountain pen, filling it from the inkwell.
       
      "Nope. Hell tastes like rotten eggs, overripe mango, and B.O." Synthia flicked the book closed and leaned back in her chair.
       
      "Sounds about right. For the fish I mean." He began drafting a thank you letter to Eric Kildima, or Lord Eric Kildima as he liked to be called. Kildima had assisted when a friend of his was trying to find a missing object recently and had asked for very little in return. He had "borrowed" Synthia for an evening, and the private investigator hadn't asked any questions when his secretary came back to work the next day with her hands smelling heavily of brimstone and still dusted with some sort of powdery rust colored substance that suggested blood.
       
      "For you maybe. I think they're delish." She didn't eat any more of the monstrous food masquerading as candy, but instead tied up the silver twist tie and tossed it into a half open drawer at her desk.
       
      The phone rang. Synthia reached for it then waited, hand twitching over the receiver. About halfway through the second ring she picked up the phone. That was a new record for her. It was one of the ways Kane was trying to teach the effervescent girl some patience. "Kane Investigations, this is Synthia how may I help you?" she answered and sounded positively normal for a moment. It was only because she had practiced that line so long that she could say it so slowly.
       
      "Oh, I see." she replied, and turned to her computer. It was the only computer in the place. Jason didn't use computers, barely knew how to turn one on let alone use it. The old Underwood manual typewriter was as high-tech as the immortal got in the realm of things with keyboards. Synthia jabbed a few buttons on the PC and the phone call coming in was transferred to the telephony program on the computer. Donning her headset, she asked "Can you repeat that last? I was preparing to take down the message." a pause, and then keys flew across the keyboard, which had no print left on any of the keys except the Caps Lock key and the top row of function keys. The rest had all been scraped off by the half-demon's manicured claw-like fingernails. Jason didn't know whether or not she had fingernails or claws trimmed to look like fingernails. He was very curious but was too polite to ask his secretary. The 1950s is about as far forward as his attitude towards women had come, but he'd learned to ignore the general rudeness that seemed to prevail these days with a practiced grace.
       
      The sound of Synthia typing sounded like the scrabbling of a dozen rats trying to get out of a box. There were even a few gouges in the plastic keys. Jason, still penning his note quietly, wondered if there were any keyboards that he could buy that Synthia couldn't decimate in a matter of a few weeks. He doubted that as the typing stopped and the laser printer whooshed to life. They used far more paper than most offices their size, mainly because Jason wanted hard copies of everything and refused to use a phone or a computer when face to face or a printed copy would do.
       
      The sound of Renny's lapping at the last bits of synthetic blood in his bowl overtook the sound of the laser printer as it wound down. "I'll pass this information on to Mr. Kane, sir. We will be in touch shortly. Thank you for considering Kane Investigations!" Removing her headset, she snatched up the two pages that had come out of the old laser printer Synthia had scavenged from an estate sale and rolled her chair towards Jason, setting the pages on the edge of his desk.
       
      Jason finished the line he was writing and carefully set aside both fountain pen and finished thank you note to look at the new set of paper, still warm from the printing process. How had she managed to type two pages in less than a minute? The PI was often impressed with the girl's speed and efficiency, which is one of the reasons he accepted her offer to work for him after they'd worked together the first time. He had to admit, business was better by a longshot since the red-haired whirlwind who reminded him of Annie Lennox in her Eurythmics days had been handling the day-to-day affairs. It kept him free for more important matters.
       
      He read over the pages twice. Jason almost asked Synthia if she was sure she typed it all down correctly, but stopped himself. Synthia didn't have the disadvantage most had when transcribing what is being said to her computer. She could type as fast as she could listen, it seemed. Sometimes even she didn't know what was typed down, she simply typed what she heard as fast as it was being said.
       
      "This is serious. If I do this, you may need to help me, and I might need a whole team as well." Jason shook his head.
       
      "No can do for the next week, Boss. I already got the vacation lined up. Remember? You're on your own this time. No demon-lady throwing fireballs at a deranged Weretiger hopped up on V-Fae for you this time boss. It's cause my upworld folks are in town, and its expensive for them to get here."
       
      "Of course I remember. I was just trying to convince you to help. Most families dread reunions." Jason didn't forget. Couldn't forget. He had a flawless memory. This made his life easier from an intellectual standpoint, but more difficult from an emotional one. Remembering exactly where you've seen a perp before was very useful; remembering the faces of every loved one you've ever lost wasn't at all useful.
      Family reunions. An idea just came to Jason as his eyes focused once more on that role playing book cover. "Clerks & Cubicles" was a demon contrived game in which you took on the roles of your average everyday office worker trying to get ahead. I mean, if you were a demon and you wanted to be something totally different, what would you choose? They'd published an "upworld" edition as it was called, written in English and printed with paper and ink rather than skin and blood, where it was a modest success, both among some supes and some really die hard human role players who adapted it to a "Dilbert" role playing game. Jason only knew so much about it for two reasons; his aforementioned photographic memory and the fact that Synthia wouldn't stop talking about the game when she first hired on. The half-demon was very proud of her 12th level middle manager who'd gotten her last boss fired for embezzlement in the game.
       
      A slight smile crossed Jason's face and he felt Synthia tense from all the way across the room. "Synthia, how old is your little sister?" He asked, casually.
       
      The quizzical look on Synthia's face showed that she suspected something, she knew that sly smile meant a plan, and plans almost always involved her. She decided to take the teasing approach. "Why?" she said, swiveling in her chair and propping her feet up on her desk, the long skirt that Jason insist she wear in the office sliding up over her knees as she did so. "Did you want to try a threesome? Is that why you've turned me down before?" Synthia knew from the get go that Jason had no interest in sex with her, no interest in sex at all with either sex as best she could figure. But, Jason's 1950's sensibilities were remarkably easy to offend, even if his tells were just minor. She was half-demon after all, and torment was still a pleasure of hers.
       
      "Uh, no, nothing like that." a slight aversion of his eyes back down to the papers Synthia had typed and printed for him the only tell he gave of his embarrassment. Jason would have had those papers memorized by now, he didn't need to refer to them. "I'm going to need to recruit some team members, and a couple of them are likely to be employees of Smithereen's. Josh won't part with two of his barmaids unless I replace them while they're gone." The smile returned and Jason met Synthia's eyes. "I was wondering, have you ever heard of a Live Action Role Playing game?"
       
       
      The front of Smithereens was simple and unassuming. The neon sign would light first one letter at a time, then the entire word would flash three times, finally staying lit while a neon firework, simulating an explosion would slowly blossom out from beneath the final S of the bar's name. It was tucked away on the edge of Studio City, not terribly far from Universal or Burbank. In short, if you were in show business and your work took you to any of the many studios in the heart of San Fernando Valley, you weren't ever far from Smithereens. The current owner had bought it from Gene Autry and some of the old west motif survived in the bar to this day, but the bar had a different meaning, unseen by anyone who wasn't a supe or closely affiliated with one. It was a place where a supe could go and get a drink, have a halfway decent meal and forget he was hunting or being hunted by anyone.
       
      Josh Smith was the proprietor, and was a true shifter. He could take the form of any animal, though the limits of this Jason didn't know. The largest animal he'd heard of Josh doing was a tiger, and the smallest, a mouse. Where that extra mass went during the transformation was anyone's guess; it was no more baffling as to where Jason's sword went when he hid it underneath his coat. He could be totally patted down and no one would find it, but when he needed to draw the sword, it would be there. Josh took the no fighting policy in his bar seriously. Any fights started in the bar were finished quickly, either by Josh himself or by one of the supes he employed.
      Jason sat down at the bar and Josh nodded at him, putting away a glass he was wiping to walk over to him. "Johnny Walker on the rocks, right?" Josh said easily. Not wanting to seem inhospitable Jason just nodded, removing his hat and setting it on the bar next to him. Josh expertly poured the drink, setting it on a small Smithereens branded cocktail napkin. Rather than walk away, Josh just cocked his head. Josh's preferred form was that of a Swiss Mountain Dog, which was sort of like a large, tri-colored Collie, and sometimes the dog body language bled through.
       
      "I need to temporarily hire a couple of your employees." Jason said simply, knowing that the shifter's excellent sense of smell would have noticed his anticipation.
       
      "Which ones in particular?" Josh said casually, motioning to one of his employees, a tall, skinny red-haired vamp woman, to take over the cash register while he talked.
       
      "The one you have working the register now, for one. I need someone who is fast." The private detective sipped his drink slightly, letting the cold drink sit at the back of his throat a bit before he swallowed.
       
      "Doesn't your secretary fit that bill just as well?" Josh had brought a tray out from behind the counter and was filling little bowls with a peanut and pretzel mixture.
       
      "Her upworld folks are in town for the next week and she won't be in the office." Jason commented, gesturing to one of the newly filled bowls of snack mix. Josh nodded and Jason took the proffered bowl, setting it in front of him.
       
      "OK, that's one. Any others? I don't exactly have too many people to spare." Josh continued filling bowls with snack mix, eyes on that task but attention on Jason.
       
      "Jennifer Parker. I need her talents as well." Jason popped a coated peanut into his mouth. Wasabi. That was unexpected, but not altogether unwelcome.
       
      "For how long?" Josh gestured to David, one of the few actual humans who worked at Smithereens, to take the tray filled with bowls of snack mix and distribute them throughout the bar.
       
       
      "A week, no more. Either I'll succeed by then or it won't make any difference." Jason washed down a particularly scratchy bit of pretzel with a swig of his drink.
       
      "I'll need replacements, and I can't just hire temps with talents like Lacey and Jennifer's from an agency." Josh crossed his arms.
       
      He didn't say no yet, Jason told himself. I wonder how he'll take this next bit. "Well, since Synthia's upworld family is in town, I convinced her and her younger sister that it would be remarkably like live action role playing if they worked for you for a week."
       
      Josh was good. He didn't even flinch at that. "You want me to have two half-demon women working in my bar for a week? I know Synthia, she'd probably be all right but I've never met her sister. And... how did you convince her to work on her vacation?"
      Jason shrugged. "I told her it would be a lot better than playing C&C, and the rest of their C&C group could meet in one of the private rooms in the back if they paid the standard fee. I hope you don't mind me booking extra business for you."
       
      Josh laughed and shook his head. "All right, but if there are any expenses during this week due to this arrangement, I will send you a bill."
       
      "Fair enough." Jason said and tossed back the rest of his drink. He reached for his wallet, but Josh waved him on.
       
      "You've got my permission but you still have to convince Lacey and Jennifer. I'm their boss, not a slave driver, no matter what you hear from my staff." With that, Josh moved back to the cash register, relieving Lacey and directing her to go speak with Jason.
       
      It didn't take very much convincing to get Lacey on board. She was itching to stretch herself, being a very new vamp, albeit the progeny of a very old and powerful one. Jennifer took some more convincing, but she eventually came around. A key feature of the negotiation was that Jennifer wouldn't have to be around Synthia. It wasn't that she didn't like his secretary, it was the fact that Jennifer was a super-sensitive telepath and Synthia generally gave Jennifer a huge headache when she was around. Jennifer had compared it to a room full of people all trying to talk directly to you at once. Conversely, Jennifer found Jason's presence comforting, because Jason was very careful to guard his thoughts around her. He had practiced meditation under some of the best masters of their times and could even temporarily block a telepath from getting what they wanted even if they were intentionally looking into his mind, though that took a great deal of concentration.
       
      The remainder of his team would be easier to recruit. He had a working relationship with an earth witch and supes hiring themselves out as muscle was pretty common, but he wanted some that would be more discrete than say, the known werewolf "Dog, the Bounty Hunter". Weres, vamps and even immortals had come out of hiding as a race, but not all members of the races came out or were even happy that it had happened. It had started when a Norwegian scientist had developed synthetic meat, complete with blood, in an effort to stave off world hunger.
       
      The vampires were the first to come "Out of the Coffin" as it were. Their carefully planned PR campaign had begun decades ago, well before the synthetic meat and blood had been developed. The vamp had been a futurist, and saw that medical science wouldn't be long (in vampire reckoning) in developing some suitable substitute for blood. It had started with the vampire funding "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer", "Angel", then later taking a mediocre author and turning her work into the media blockbuster "Twilight" series. It had spawned an entire fiction genre called "Urban Fantasy", and TV series like "Charmed", "True Blood", "Supernatural" and "Being Human" had cropped up as humans put their own bizarre twist on what it meant to be living in a world were humans and supes coexisted. By the time the vamps came out, stating they could just drink the synthetic blood instead of human blood, (and really they'd been with us all along and if they were a true danger we would have known about it right now, right?) they were so romanticized that the impact on society was minimal. At least at first.
       
      There were die hard extremists that were against the vamps, that didn't stop the werecreatures from coming out. Their campaign had decidedly less money behind it (Weres often lived violent lives and had shorter lifespans and therefore less money than the vamps.), but since so many weres were in the military, war heroes who just happened to change into wolves that their integration into society was almost smoother than the vamps. The immortals soon followed, but Jason wasn't one of those. He kept who he was a guarded secret. His job was too dangerous for anyone he didn't trust knowing what he was.
       
      The immortals "coming out" was a bit anticlimactic in comparison. They had waited in the shadows, garnering favor and repaying old blood debts to the vamps. In the past, immortals had been called, "Hunters" or "Slayers" because they either hired out to take vamps out or hunted them on their own. Van Helsing was one of them, or maybe still was, the cagey old Prussian might still be alive for all Jason knew. Of course, they were really the most innocuous of the supes that had come out yet. They were just people who lived a long time. They didn't have any odd dietary or light restrictions, they didn't become slavering beasts, and many of them were researchers and scientists already working on improving the human condition.
       
      But immortals were fairly rare in comparison to the rest of the supe community, probably due to the fact that they had in the past, and some of them still did, hunt and kill other supes. It made them big targets, so while the public reaction to their being Immortals was negligible, putting your name out there on the list of "guys who don't die" was a sure fire way of attracting supernatural attention to the extent of putting you on a list of "guys who are going to be killed". Hence, Jason's reluctance. Especially since he took the odd job now and again of quietly eliminating some of the nastiest and most evil supes he could get wind of.
       
      Jason knew he could just call someone to fill out his team but he had some time and he liked talking to people face to face. He drove his souped-up '72 Dodge Dart out to North Hollywood and parked a few car lengths down from "Charmed, I'm Sure" which was a Wiccan novelty shop in which, if you knew what to ask for, sold actual working charms and potions. Jason wasn't interested in potions this time but their maker, Janus North.
       
      When he approached the door, Jason scanned about with his senses. Janus, an earth witch, showed up as a flicker on his radar. She really only flared up when she was actively using her magic, there were two other witches in the shop, and a were across the street behind him. He cast a casual glance that way, seeing a werefox he knew that was also a prostitute of some reputation. She smiled and winked at him, her lean tawny body stretched languidly against a lamppost across the street. He simply nodded and entered the shop, the silver bells jangling, his senses being assaulted simultaneously with wolvesbane, garlic, and some sort of incense. Dragon's blood, maybe?
       
      Janus looked up when Jason came in, smiling, and pulling a lock of her prematurely grey hair (she looked to be about 30) out of her face. Jason knew that witches lived a long time as well, and he had his suspicions that she had went under a similar sounding name in the 60's. Had Jason paid more attention to music back then he may have known definitely if she was "that" Janis or not. It wasn't his business, and he knew the benefit of making a clean break with past lives, so he wouldn't ever ask.
       
      "Jason!" She said, smiling. "What gives me the pleasure of your visit? Did you need another tranquility potion for your secretary? I put them into my regular potion rotation now, seeing as you find them so useful." She put her elbows on the counter, lacing her fingers and resting her chin on top of them.
       
      "No, but while I'm here I will take two of those. The real reason is a bit more significant, and private."
      Jason said, his voice low.
       
       
      "Ah. Well then. Let's take care of that in my office, shall we?" As she lead him towards the rear of the store she called out. "Katie, mind the counter until I'm back, would you?" A young witch bobbed her head and returned from where she was alphabetizing homeopathic remedies and moved behind the counter, eyes on the other two or three browsing wiccans and witches in the all-night magic shop.
       
      "Now" Janus said as she sat down behind her mahogany desk, gesturing for Jason to sit in a leather chair opposite hers. "What is it I can do for you?"
       
      "You're aware that Rudolpho Benito Losciuto is going to be in town in a couple of days?" Jason began and Janus nodded. "I've gotten an inside tip that he's brought a hit squad and weapons, and that he intends to overthrow the current vamp government."
       
      "So?" Janus shrugged. "Internal vamp squabbles aren't my concern. I don't even pay the vamps protection anymore. Haven't for years, but they think they're still collecting. Forgetfulness potions work astoundingly well when they're delivered through blood." she smiled, her deviousness never ceasing to surprise.
       
      "Because Losciuto is intending to do this change of power during his concert. At Staples Center. Live." Jason said the last two sentences with special emphasis.
       
      "That would be very bad vamp PR, but still no reason for me to get involved. Why not hire some were or vamp muscle to take care of it? Or better yet, go to the local nest leaders and give them the heads up?" Janus was fishing in one of the desk drawers, bringing out the pair of light blue tranquility potions, no larger than one of those energy shots humans used to stay awake, and setting them on the desk.
       
      "Because he's hired witches and at least one of the lesser fae, and all intend to demonstrate publicly their abilities. He wants a bloody war. Losciuto knows that by calling such attention to the reality of supe politics, the humans will finally know that they're in charge only because the supes want them to be." Jason slid a $100 out from his money clip and laid it on the desk, collecting the potions, as he spoke.
       
      Janus' face went white. "Madman. He'd cause worldwide panic. This would be worse than Salem, worse than Armenia!" she was shocked but not shocked enough not to tuck the $100 Jason gave her away in the top drawer of the desk. "You have a plan, yes?" She followed up. Of course he had a plan. Jason always had a plan.
       
      Jason nodded. "I do. I only have one more stop to make. I have to drive to Big Bear."
       
      "Piotr?" Janus said with a wide smile on her face. The alternatively reclusive and boisterous werebear was always a delight to work with.
       
      "Piotr." He replied. "Thanks for the potions. I'll give them to Synthia. She and her sister are covering for Lacey and Jennifer at Smithereens while we're gone."
       
      Janus just waved, her mind already on which potions she had ready made and which she needed to brew for this mission.
    • By broadwaybeyonder in broadwaybeyonder 1
      Battlesphere 2 Update #2
      Al Rossi: Helloooo, fight fans!  Al Rossi here, running solo today to give you some more info on Battlesphere 2!  I’m going to be introducing you to 3 of the first time combatants who will be making their debut appearances in the Battlesphere.  First off, coming to us all the way from Looney Toon Land…

      Lola Bunny!  A skilled athlete and fearless competitor, Lola is definitely going to be a fan favorite and difficult to eliminate.  And with her Toon based powers, there will certainly be a lot of people gunning to toss her over the top rope. 
      Our next combatant, from Outworld…

      Kitana!  The Edenian Empress is ready for kombat!  With renewed interest in Mortal Kombat being sparked throughout the multiverses, will she be able to finish off her competition? 
      And finally, making here return to TCC action…

      Xena!  The Warrior Princess was last seen during the reign of the 9, where she dispatched Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  Now she’s once again looking for glory in the Battlesphere!  She’s faced gods and monsters of all shapes and sizes, but will that be enough to prepare for what she is about to dive into?  Only time will tell. 
      But now we have a new battle to announce!  As you read in the last update, the TCC have arranged a couple of preliminary bouts before the Battlesphere begins again.  The first match is going to include a woman who just missed the cut to return for the battle royal! 
       

      The runner up from the first Battlephere Battle Royal, Cassie Cage!  But joining her will be 5 other ladies who are hungry for a chance to redeem themselves! 

      The fairest of them all, Snow White!

      The cruel terrorist, Red Claw!

      From her enchanted kingdom, Cinderella! 

      From El Dorado, Chel! 
       

      And Cassie’s mother, Sonya Blade! 
      What kind of match up has the Transdimensional Combat Commission cooked up for these 6 combatants?  You’ll have to stay tuned to find out! 
      For now, time’s just about up!  Our next update will feature Andel Sanap taking a look at 3 of our male combatants who will in action in the Battlesphere.  An incredible 6 woman contest will be coming your way soon!  Until then, this is Al Rossi saying goodnight, everybody! 
    • By Marvel Man in Marvel's Corner 11
      Welcome back. This is Marvel's Corner!
       
      Today I have a special surprise. An interview with an EF ADMIN! ... I mean, EF MODERATOR!
       
      Click on the blog for this once in a lifetime opportunity as this Mod tells all. 
       
      Also, Marvel's Corner has reached four thousand views. I congratulate all of you, and promise to continue providing the Electric Ferret with a blog (because my fellow members are lazy/have actual lives to live). But enough about them, look no further for this special interview with a valuable EF member & Moderator. 
      --------------------------------------------
      Today's Topic: Moderator Interview
       
      Due to unprecedented circumstances (such as me being lazy & occupied with watching as many NCIS episodes as I can) this interview is quite old. So old in fact, that our guest was an Admin at the time. Since then, things have changed. However, just remember that the following interview took place on November 22, 2009.
       
      But by now you must be asking, "Marvel Man, just tell me who the Moderator is. It's Tarvius isn't it. Do we even have another Moderator?"
       
      And to this I can only say, "Yes. A guy named General M. Bison also moderates the site. However, with all his world conquering plans/schemes, he is constantly forced to put the EF aside. However, you still don't know who our secret guest is..."
       
      So, without any more background, I will now reveal our guest... He goes by many names, but you know him as...
       
      TARVIUS!
       
      http://www.electricferret.com/forum/index.php?showuser=5
       
      Yes, after hiring a squad of trained Colombian drug-warriors from our friends down south, Marvel's Corner was able to get in touch with Tarvius. We asked many things, and after a few days of torture (which was mostly having him tied and forced to listen to the Twilight Series Audiobook collection) Tarvius finally cracked (everyone does... Hehe...)
       
      So, what did he say? Read ahead, True Believers, and prepare to have your mind blown...
      ----------------------------------------------
       
      About Tarvius:
       
      Q. Have you ever been in a fight?
       
      A: -Skip
       
      MM: I, of course, assume that by this, Tarvius is trying to draw away from his bloody past. There used to be a lot of EF Moderators, but they've all been turning up missing these last few months. Coincidence?! I think not...
       
      Q. What is your favorite music group?
       
      A: -Metallica
       
      MM: *Nods*
       
      Q. What's the worst flame war you've gotten into?
       
      A: -Not Sure. Most debates that I remember being in have been pretty mild.
       
      MM: Keywords: "That I Remember"....
       
      Q. Do you have any role models?
       
      A: -I have a few.
       
      MM: It was at this point in the interview where we were forced to torture Tarvius some more (We read out loud from fanfiction.net. It was brutal)
       
      Q. Is there anything you will debate over on the Internet?
       
      A: -Yes?
       
      MM: Don't worry dear reader, we did a few vague questions before hitting the tough questions. Speaking of...
       
      Q. Why did you pick your username?
       
      http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gawker/2009/06/stephen-colbert.jpg
       
      A: -Tarvius is the name of the main character in my book Gondra. Not really sure why I thought of that name for my book. I guess I just wanted something Fantasy sounding.
       
      MM: I imagine this is your book cover:
       
      http://www.henkbloemberg.eu/fantasy/Fantasy Art - Unicorn vs dragon (Boris Vallejo).jpg
       
      Note: A few days later, I went back to Tarv and asked a few follow up questions. Here's a bit from that:
       
       
      MM: And edit I did. Let's move on. 
       
      Q. Do you speak any other languague?
       
      A: -I don't speak any languages. I just pretend to be able to speak English.
       
      Q. How did you find the CBUB?
       
      A: - I'm not exactly sure. All I know is that I was searching Google for who knows what
       
      MM Edit: Oh, we can imagine *wink* Stock tips, right?
       
      and there was a link to one of the old write-ups Serge and the other Admins use to do. Surprisingly enough I can't remember what the match was. Come to think of it I think I may have had a run in with the FPL before I hit the CBUB. Not sure about that though
       
      MM: Huh. Has anyone ever found the FPL before the CBUB? I mean, I'm pretty sure there are guys on the CBUB that don't know what the FPL is. 
       
      Q. What was/is your favorite school subject?
       
      A: -History.
       
      MM: As you can tell, I'm a vicious interviewer. I get all the juicy details. Tarv was on the ropes after that last question. 
       
      Q. Is there anything you regret?
       
      A: - Absolutely, both on this site, and in life outside of the site.
       
      MM: Life outside the site? Clearly he's talking about the ladies. Darn it Tarv, how many shattered hearts are at your feet?!
       
      About being a Moderator:
       
      Q. Is Tarvius your real name?
       
      A: -Secret
       
      MM: I'll take that as a yes.
       
      Q. What have you done to help the EF?
       
      A: -Not enough
       
      MM: Notice that this is an old interview. A year later I'm sure Tarv's answer is a different one. 
       
      Q. Have you ever moderated a site before?
       
      A: -Yes. I've been an Administrator/Moderator for Haven/Writers Kingdom for about two years.
       
      MM: Excellent plug. Link to the Writers Kingdom Website:
       
      http://s1.zetaboards.com/Writers_Kingdom/index/
       
      Q. What are the daily challenges of moderating the EF?
       
      A: - Probably dealing with some of the more immature members of the site, who insist on arguing with every point I make when in the long run I'm just trying to help the site.
       
      MM: I've actually seen some of these arguments. They usually go like this:
       
       
      Q. If EFers met you in real life, would they be surprised?
       
      A: -I can't really say. I guess it has more to do with how often I've conversed with them. Then again I haven't exactly been an open book, so yes I'd have to say everyone would be surprised at least to some degree.
       
      MM: Hmm... Maybe Tarvius is famous? Or a woman? ... Or BOTH?!
       
      http://static.thehollywoodgossip.com/images/gallery/olivia-wilde-photograph.jpg
       
      Ah, Olivia Wilde...
       
      Q. Which do you like the most, the CBUB or the FPL?
       
      A: -The FPL hands down.
       
      MM: I would be lying if I said I didn't see that one coming. Once you go into the FPL, you never come out... Also, CBUB #1.
       
      Q. What is your favorite Official CBUB Match?
       
      A: -Hmmmmmm.... I'll have to think about that one.
       
      MM: At this point, Tarvius got real quiet for several hours. Eventually we just moved on to the next question. 
       
      Q. Is the EF better now that we've undergone the makeover?
       
      A: -I'm a little confused with this question. I definitely like the layout better if that's what you mean. However, if you're talking about how people are acting then I do feel like the sites been overrun with irrational idiots, but I don't think that has anything to do with us moving?
       
      MM: I guess the fact that it's the Internet doesn't help much. But hey, look on the bright side, the layout's the bomb. Every character gets a mini wikipedia article on their fights. Now we just have to get people to stop clicking the hide option and actually read them.
       
      Q. Do you feel like Moderators aren't as respected as they should be?
       
      A: -At times I suppose. Then again we don't really do that much to get respect. If there's anyone who deserves respect its, Serge and Mr. Graves who've spent hundreds of hours of their own time coding the site.
       
      MM: Hundreds of hours. Do you guys hear that? That's days and days of hard work! 
       
      That makes me feel lazy. Anyways, I guess Tarvius is trying to explain that Moderators' activities are shrouded in mystery and that most of the general public couldn't handle what they do. 
       
      Anyways, now we hit the big one. Everyone needs to listen up. I'd tell you to turn up your speakers, but that really wouldn't do anything considering this is just text. I guess you could read the following question out loud, but you'd risk looking dumb. So just read on silently. 
       
      Q. What can EF Members do to help the EF?
       
      MM: Now who among us hasn't asked this? I was expecting Tarvius to link me to a donations page and explain that hosting a website isn't cheap. Maybe he'd tell me that the EF would improve if we all left the CBUB and joined the FPL instead. Instead, he said this:
       
      A: - First off try to be a little more mature about things. People really need to grow up. 
       
      MM Edit: I'm pretty sure we all know who he's talking to *cough* FPLers *cough*
       
      Secondly, as biased as it may sound listen to the admins. They've been doing this for years, and for the most part they know what they're talking about.  
       
      MM Edit: Indeed they do. I resisted asking if thats why they don't talk much (See what i did there). But seriously, I agree. They're admins for a reason. And its not just because they were here first, although, that must factor in somewhere. So listen to what they say. They are very wise.
       
      Finally, think about what you're posting before you hit the post button. I guess the larger picture behind that is thinking about what you're doing.
       
      MM Edit: This advice should be put on the EF FAQ (Note to self: Find out if we have a FAQ) But seriously, a lot of things would improve if we followed this sound advice. It works well outside the site as well. Just think before you act.
       
      Of course there's plenty more people could be doing to help the site
       
      MM Edit: Like getting a college degree in coding and helping the finish this site. Also, if any of you guys have a bunch of extra cash just sitting there (such as myself. I use my cash as firewood during the cold winter months) send them to the EF Staff. They're highly underpaid. All of them are literally working for food... Wait, no, they don't get food. What's it called when you work for free? 
       
      , but these are things seem fairly important. 
      Also, start typing in complete sentences, and use proper grammar
       
      MM: Nevr! 
       
      Note: Actually, typing in full sentences would really help everyone who likes to understand what you just wrote. So invest in a good dictionary, or learn how to use google.
       
      Q. What's your favorite Disney movie?
       
      A: -Don't have one.
       
      MM: As you can see, like all the other admins, Tarvius is both wise and spiteful at things that bring joy to children. 
       
      http://blogs.nyu.edu/blogs/bmg258/berniestakeonthead/Disney.jpg
       
      Q. Did Michael Jackson die naturally?
       
      A: -I think he died of a natural drug overdose
       
      MM: Man this interview's old. 
       
      Q. Which is better, the Wii, Playstation 3, or X-Box 360?
       
      A: - They all have their pros and cons. I don't really have a favorite
       
      MM: Props to Tarvius. I haven't seen someone dodge a question that skillfully since Couric interviewed Palin.
       
      Q. Ever dated a blonde?
       
      A: -Secret
       
      MM: After answering, Tarvius let out a loud sigh and chuckled. 
       
      Q. What type of phone do you have?
       
      A: - IPhone
       
      MM: Tarvius then spent the next twenty minutes showing me the type of apps he has. His favorite is this one app that makes it look like you're drinking beer. Actually pretty cool. 
       
      http://blog.thebigwordproject.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/ibeer.jpg
       
      Q. Which do you read, the New York Times, USA Today, or TIME?
       
      A: - I read whatever I can get my hands on
       
      Q. What do you look for in a woman? 
       
      A: - Thinking...
       
      MM: So, she just has to be able to think? Clearly, Tarvius has lowered his standards since those blonde-hunting days. Or so I assume. 
       
      Q. Do you trust our government?
       
      A: -Hell no.
       
      MM: Smart man. Remember, Bush was president at the time of this interview, way back in... 2009? Well, then Tarv must made some type of typo...
       
      Q. What's your favorite movie?
       
      A: -I don't really have one.
       
      Q. Which do you like more, Marvel or DC?
       
      A: -Skip
       
      MM: As an Admin, Tarv had to show no preference to either side. However, keep in mind that he agreed to be interviewed by "Marvel's Corner", instead of DC's Edge, my competitor. Ah, curse them...
       
      Finish this Sentence:
       
      Q. Barack Obama needs to ___________ in order to help America.
       
      A: - Start embracing the principles of the constitution.
       
      Q. These questions are ___________?
       
      A: -Designed to spark an argument.
       
      MM: Tarv's a smart guy. Tried to get him to spell icup later on, but he quickly refused. 
       
      Q. The Inte rnet is full of ___________?
       
      A: -Websites
       
      MM: ...
       
      Q. The biggest mistake you've ever made is __________?
       
      A: -When I was just a baby, My Mama told me, "Son, Always be a good boy, Don't ever play with guns," But I shot a man in Reno, Just to watch him die, When I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my head and cry.
       
      MM: A No Prize for whoever gets this reference. Seriously, I love the south, and I had trouble with it, so I don't think anyone will get it immediately.
       
      Q. Power needs to be used ________?
       
      A: -Electricity
       
      MM: ?
       
      Q. A bad EF members should be ________?
       
      A: -Dealt with according to their actions.
       
      MM: After this question, Tarvius smiled in a creepy fashion, then pulled out a ban-hammer. EFers, beware!
       
      On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 being the lowest and 10 being the highest...
       
      Q. How smart are you?
       
      A: - It depends who you ask.
       
      MM: Indeed. Einstein might say I'm an average thinker, but guys like Jay Leno will admit I'm a genius. 
       
      Q. How much do you exercise?
       
      A: -6
       
      MM: Huh. Tarvius may not be living in the US....
       
      http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd94/SeabiscuitChick/fat_kid.jpg
       
      Q. How often do you read?
       
      A: -9
       
      Q. How much do you like the EF?
       
      A: -8 on a good day. 4 on a bad day.
       
      MM: I'm a sure Tarvius would move his numbers up a little nowadays. We've improved quite a lot recently. Right? ... Right?!
       
      Q. How good is Mexican food?
       
      A: -7
       
      MM: Should be a 10... However, judging from his avatar, he probably likes Asian food more...
       
      Q. How good are you at martial arts?
       
      A: -It depends who you ask.
       
      MM: Yep. Tarvius can kill a man with the jaws of life, a life-preserver, and the irony derived of both those items.
       
      Q. How much time do you spend on the EF?
       
      A: -Ha too much I suppose.
       
      MM: Ha. Don't we all...
       
      Q. How awesome is Marvel Man?
       
      A: -
       
      MM: Clearly, a 1-10 scale was too small. I'm like a 100...
       
      . How important is grammar?
       
      A: -Very important.
       
      MM: Arg! It's a 1-10 question Tarv...
       
      Q. How much do you like the Admins?
       
      A: -It kind of depends who you're talking about. I don't dislike any of the admins, but I prefer some to the others
       
      MM: Huh. Clearly, Tarvius is hinting at the deep Admin politics that go on behind closed doors. Which reminds me... You guys want to know why Tarvius is a mod now? It's cause-...
       
      ADMIN EDIT: SILENCE YOU FOOL! MUWAHAHA!
       
      http://daily.likeme.net/lm/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/ed-evil-dead-zombie.jpg
       
      ... -and then, when the police squad had finally left, the remaining Admins agreed to demote Tarvius. It was a sad day for all. The End.
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      Well, there it is. An interview with a CBUB Legend and current EF Moderator. I hope you guys all learned something (that Johnny Cash references are about as obscure as you can get on a comic book forum). 
       
      Now I'd like to take a moment to thank Tarvius for agreeing to participate in this interview. The guy's great, and one of the main reasons the CBUB is still running. If you could, take a moment to thank Tarvius for all his hard work yourself. And if you're ever bored, learn how to draw his avatar. Impress Asian chicks & what not.
       
      Anyways, that's it for today. This is Marvel Man, signing off. 
      Excelsior!
       
      Fun Fact: Tarvius' original name was Superwolverineman, and you should all do your best to convince him to change it back (how awesome would it be if Wolverine was Superman?! However, would he be able to use his adamantium claws, or would his indestructible skin cancel that out?) Anyways, that just goes to show that there isn't a better guy to moderate this comic book forum. Thanks Tarvius!
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    • “Everybody has a story to tell, and every story has a writer." The famed psychiatrist proclaimed to his class full of students. “Just as every story has a writer, it also has someone who reads that story. This story will be talked about elsewhere be it a media website, or some fanatical forum. To tell this story, I simply must exist, and somebody will write about it, but as someone writes about me, so too does someone watch and write about them.” Let’s take our local caped crusader “Batman”, “he says turning to look at the sponsor of tonight's event, Bruce Wayne,” We all know who he is, we’ve all read it, yet still his story persists, his enemies and the citizens of Gotham pretend like they don’t know.” The psychiatrist begins to smile, his face contorting as he speaks, each word that comes out seems to cause the grin to become wider until the skin on his face begins to tear in half. “We all know Bruce, the writer of this story knows, the readers and their writers know. The only one who doesn’t know how your story ends is you...”   -------------------------------------------------------------------  Bruce Wayne suddenly wakes up, his body jerking forward. What an odd nightmare that was, perhaps his last bout with Scarecrow left some toxins in him. He slumps out of bed and begins to wipe his face. The wooden floor in front of him begins to creak, and Bruce immediately jumps to defend himself but to his surprise it’s just Alfred Pennyworth, his butler, standing in front of him.   “You seem a bit on edge this morning Master Bruce.” Alfred says in his usual caring, but Monotone sarcastic voice. “Perhaps we drink tea instead of coffee this morning.”  “Green tea will do just fine,” Bruce replies wiping the sweat from his brow. “I’ll be down in the cave for a bit.” He gets out of bed and hobbles over to his bookshelf. He pulls a book back labeled “Alice in Wonderland”, it triggers a switch that slides the whole bookcase to the right revealing a secret door, the door leads down a dark hallway, the dark hallway leads to a series of paths to go all over Wayne Manor to various other doors hidden behind the cosmetically done mansion. They all lead to one central location and elevator to goes down to the Batcave.   As the elevator door opens, the scent of a waterfall fills his mind. This would be a calming scent to most, but for Bruce, Batman, this isn’t his favorite because he knows what comes next. The noise of the elevator door opening echoes through the damp and dark cave stirring up the bats that dwell inside. Despite his moniker, bats have always terrified Bruce, they always remind him of that night. That night his parents were shot in front of him. This fear he has of bats is exactly why he keeps them around though, he believes it dulls his fear of them, and if he can conquer that fear, nothing could stop him from taking down all the crime in Gotham.   “Your tea, sir.” Alfred says approaching Bruce from behind. No matter how fast Bruce is getting around, Alfred always seems to be right behind him. It’s both comforting and unnerving.   “Thank you, Alfred.” Bruce grabs his tea and sits back in his chair staring up op the monitors that lined the cave walls.   “What’ll it be today Master Bruce,” Alfred questions in his own special way, “Vampires, scarecrows, miniature dimension hopping fanatics?”  “Seems there has been a rise in attacks lately. Multiple people are claiming to have been attacked by a kid with a baseball bat. It’s resulted in a few deaths already.”  “I expect the Batman will be putting a stop to that soon enough?”  “That’s just it, whoever this is, they have left no trail to follow. The instances just seem too random at the moment. At first, I thought it may have been Scarecrows fear toxins, or some other trick being played by the League of Assassins, but I’ve not found any evidence of it.  “Could these perhaps be just making it all up?”  “We live in Gotham Alfred, there’s always someone pulling the strings. We just have to find out who it is.” Bruce leaned back in his chair and flicked through the local news channels, several of them were reporting on the more recent events.   “Two teenagers were attacked late last night. They were heading home after hanging out with their friends when someone rode up to them on roller blades and began to attack them with a baseball bat.”   “Yeah man, we were just walking home, and some random Ass hole just tried to jump us.” The kid claims “But when we yelled back at him, he just rolled away, I didn’t get a very good look at him, but I just have you say *Beep* you man.”   Bruce turns off the monitor and leans forward, setting his coffee on the desk. “Perhaps you’re right Alfred, the kid wasn’t telling the truth there. He made it all up. But he’s not the only one talking about this mysterious attacker.” Bruce accesses a file on his computer called “Lil’ Slugger” that's what the media had referred to the attack as, inside the file in hundreds of articles showing people who have claimed to be attacked by a kid with golden roller blades. The description sometimes changes, but he’s almost always also wearing a red hat. “At first, I didn’t think too much of it, but there is too much here for it to be a coincidence. What I’m more concerned about is that it’s almost as if he’s watching me always knowing what I’m going to do to try and find him. There is never any evidence, and the attacks seem random. He seems to be one step ahead no matter what I do.”    -------------------------------------- That Night-----------------------------------------  In a dark alley of Gotham’s downtown, to men waited in an alley just outside a movie theater. They were waiting for their perfect chance to strike on some unwitting victims and take them for all they were worth. Two people approached them coming from the in the alley, a man and his wife laughing about the movie they had just watch. The man looked back for what seemed like only a moment and that’s when the fist thug jumped in front of him. He was holding a baseball bat and pointed it at the man who begged to be let go, He wouldn’t be so lucky, the second thug came from behind and smacked him in the head with a baseball bat of his own. The man fell lifeless to the ground, the woman screamed and tried to run, but without hesitation the man struck her down as well. The attack was quick, but brutal, the thug beat them well after they were already dead just to ensure that they would never be able to tell their story. Suddenly a cry could be heard from behind them as a child, the child of the now brutally murdered couple hid behind a dumpster petrified of the man. The first thug pleaded with the second one begging him to stop, this was never meant to be anything more than a robbery. The second thug who had already murdered two turned his gaze to the child and lifted his bat.    ----------------------------The next morning-----------------------------   Police were called to the scene of the brutal murder, one of the suspects had remained in the alley, while the other, the presumed murderer, had fled the scene. Two bodies were on the ground brutally beaten with a baseball bat that had been thrown on the ground.   “I didn’t want this to happen man, it wasn’t supposed to go like this!”  “Shut up!” One of the Officers said as they shoved the suspect face first into a wall. “You know who did this so tell us!”  “I can’t he’ll kill me too.”  Batman jumped down from a fire escape that had watched over the alley. “Let me talk to him.”  “Haven’t you let enough people down Batman? Leave this one to the police.” The Officer declared pushing the man into the wall even harder.  Batman pulled the Officer back and grabbed the suspect from his collar lifting him off the ground.  “I won’t be as nice as he was,” Batman yelled punching the wall next to the suspect’s head leaving a very noticeable break in the brick. “I don’t need weapons to break you.”  “Hey wait there is something in the dumpster!” Another yells opening the lid of the dumpster before quickly shutting it and backing away looking like he was going to be sick.  “You.. You sick fuck!” Another police officer without even thinking of who was around him un-holstered his gun and pointed it at the suspect. Batman dropped the Suspect and tried to disarm the officer, but it was too late. The Suspect had been shot twice and was killed instantly. It all moved so quickly after that, Batman stormed toward the officer who had just killed the only suspect Batman had ever gotten to for this, but the other officers shoved him back protecting their co worker. They blamed Batman for not protecting the suspect, if he hadn’t gotten involved none of this would have happened. Batman took a step back and noticed inside the dumpster was another arm, there was in fact a third body, but this one had been hidden. These people they never stood a chance, and he couldn’t save them anymore. Batman used his grappling hook to flee the scene, but as Batman physically left the scene, Bruce Wayne in spirit never left, he remained in that dark alley on his knees in tears thinking of the night his parents were killed too. He couldn’t protect them then, and he couldn’t protect these people now.   It was two days later, Bruce had not returned to Wayne Manor, all his appointments had been missed. The News blamed Batman for the rising instances of attack, in in return Batman was becoming more violent in his pursuit of the attacker. Bruce had become Batman. As Batman pursued the “Lil' Slugger” the city began to split as accusations filled the news and false leads clogged up the police phone lines. In truth, there had only been one Suspect in the alley that night, a man having a mental breakdown took his anger out on the people, and when he couldn’t come back to reality, he too was convinced it was someone else. There had been no Little Slugger, he was just a growing hysteria among the citizens, one that could only grown stronger the more people believed in it.   Alfred knew that Bruce was still there hiding on the other side of that mask. He knew that only the combined force of Bruce Wayne and Batman could squash this hysteria, but he would need to pull him back into his right mind. He would need to convince Batman that he was wrong about there being a second suspect and he had to hope the Bruce could convince Gotham of the same.     --------------------------------   So here it is – Little Slugger isn’t real and can not take any direct action to stop Alfred from trying to calm Bruce down. The City and Batman are both convince that there is a murder on the lose. The City and Police Force blames Batman for the escape of the suspect and will fight him in his pursuit.    Can Alfred bring Bruce back, or will the hysteria consume Gotham? Your vote will decide the fate of all of them, you can decide to save everyone, or you can decide to burn it all down. What will you decide, whatever it is, I will remember, and I will be watching.  
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    • I’m beating on Team 2, Scorpion and Ryu are by far the strongest duo here. Scorpion easily folds Kung Lao and then Kenshi. Storm Shadow dies first and then Ryu and Jago fight it out and Ryu would win by feats and on screen abilities, and that’s assuming Scorpion doesn’t step in and make it a 2v1.  
    • Selene wins easily. Dark Queen ain’t got shit on her. Nice write-up btw Johnny. Props!
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