This hefty mass of superheroics comes to Paragon City from an unknown locale and bears an unusual moniker. There are rumors of a scientist by name of Rossum who is delving into the creation of artificial persons, or robota, to take on the menial tasks that would’ve been performed by slaves in an earlier, less enlightened century. Rossum’s Fist could, perhaps, be one of these creations… or he could be intended for some other purpose entirely. He seems content to use his massive fists to punch the living daylights out of villains wherever he finds them. This hero is very strong, and seemingly impervious to many basic kinds of damage one can take as a hero in our fair city.

His apparel would seem to be a patchwork of fabrics crudely sewn together, with a large letter “R” emblazoned on his chest. Could this be a stamp of ownership, perhaps? Nobody really knows.

Having achieved a Security Level of only 13, he does not yet have a second costume.

Arctic Ant’s magical powers center on the offensive and defensive use of frozen water. He has achieved Security Level 20 as a superhero of the Blaster persuasion. While his struggle against the forces of evil hasn’t always been wildly successful, he perseveres with icy determination. His rage against villains is matched only by his sheer joy in flight.

Here we see his original look, a striking bio-organic ensemble complete with frozen veins.

Arctic Ant has recently changed his costuming approach, opting for a traditional tights-and-cape motif.

Look for more of Paragon City’s finest in the hours to come!

Sign into system. Pick character. Log in. Pose. Change costume. Change again if necessary. Take screenshots periodically. Log out. Pick character. Log in…

Etc.

If I keep this up long enough, I’ll have at least a half dozen entries’ worth of material. That’s, what, three hours? That’ll get me halfway to the finish line right there. Woo hoo!

Mind you, I still have to figure out how I’m going to present these entries. Brainstorming continues, though with the sorry state of my brain at this point I’m not sure “storming” is the correct term for it…

I’ve had some fun today making the text-to-speech software generate artist and album “voice overs” for the promos I’ve done so far, but these last two are definitely the most challenging and amusing yet. I had to come up with creative misspellings that the software would interpret in something resembling the way I wanted. In one case it took me most of five minutes.

I don’t want to give away the identities of the artists yet, but believe me, when you see them you’ll understand why I had so much fun with their VOs…

During the oh-dark-thirty, wee-hours stretch of the last Blogathon, what kept me going was Serial Experiments Lain. Not because it was great anime, mind you, but because it was bizarre, obscure and oft-times annoying. So if push comes to shove, I’m certain I have some weird, goofy, possibly annoying anime laying around that’ll keep me going until 6am.

I mean, why mess with a proven formula, right?

In case you were worried that I was going to completely run out of big ideas, have no fear. I’ve just been reminded of a very good other category of entry for this here Blogathon, and it plays directly into something I enjoy doing a lot: Playing City of Heroes.

Just you wait, true believers.

And by “wait” I mean “wait another hour, please.” Thanks. I need one more filler post before I go back onto full duty…