09-13-2016, 07:23 PM | #31 |
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Re: bending stereotypes
Well I was mostly trying to simply eliminate the quirks and eccentricities normally associated with a character. In most cop shows for instance the techie is geeky, has eccentric and sometimes disgusting tastes, and so on. Likewise sailors are supposed to be covered with tatoos and drink like pigs at a trough.
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09-13-2016, 07:56 PM | #32 | |
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But cop shows do give individuals the skills and time of a dozen people. Or in NICS' Abby's case a hundred people. Making a Grups character like that plus athleticism would break the point bank outside of comic books. That kind of would create bargain basement Batman.
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09-13-2016, 08:40 PM | #33 |
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Re: bending stereotypes
A serial killer who instead of leaving exotic riddles for the police to solve cleans up his crimes like any other murderer.
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09-13-2016, 09:22 PM | #34 |
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A pirate who talks in a lower class London accent.
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09-13-2016, 10:03 PM | #35 |
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To think that entire stereotype of speech style comes from one man's portrayal in a movie.
It wouldn't have taken much of a change in history for an alternate timeline to have a radically different "pirate accent". Now I'm giggling over a pirate jumping over the railing to yell, "Hush ya' breeze, bruv! I've here for ya' grimey!"
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09-13-2016, 10:05 PM | #36 | |
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Or just one that doesn't take souvenirs, return to the scene of the crime, or try to ingratiate themselves to the investigators.
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09-13-2016, 10:37 PM | #37 |
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A Second Lieutenant that can read a map.
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09-13-2016, 10:59 PM | #38 |
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A second lieutenant who has served for twenty years paired with a sergeant who has served for six months.
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09-14-2016, 12:45 AM | #39 |
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Re: bending stereotypes
Jai Mahakali, Ayo Gurkhali.
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09-14-2016, 03:47 AM | #40 | |
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Of course, there's a sampling bias - studies of serial killers necessarily have as their subjects serial killers who have been caught.
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