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The names of the cities are all fake.
This story takes place in the semi-fictional city of San Municipal, Texas. The names of any other cities mentioned are also fictionalized. If you're clever you can tell exactly what is where. Check for puns and/or landmarks.
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Magical girls are superheroes, too.
The Sakura Sailor is all girly and stuff. What's up with that, you may ask?
The "mahou shoujo" ("magical girl") phenomenon was pretty much confined to just Japan and their own brand of comics ("manga") and cartoons ("anime") until recent years. Examples include Sailor Moon, Card Captor Sakura, and Nurse Angel Ririka. They usually use magical powers and gaudy, enchanted, very girly-looking trinkets to battle the (quite feminine) forces of darkness.
Nobody really thinks of them as superheroes, though, since they have big eyes instead of square jaws and frilly skirts instead of capes. But, they do fight for love and justice (or love and beauty, or love and honor, but always love) and they use superpowers to do so. Therefore, they are a distinct type of supehero, right alongside the "Tech Hero" (like X-O Manowar or Iron Man), the "Big Lug" (the Thing, the Hulk, or Savage Dragon), or the "Square-Jawed Superman" (Captain America, Captain Marvel, or... well... Superman).
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About the Department of Public Safety
There is no DMV. This state has no Department of Motor Vehicles. This state does not have a highway patrol department, either. Vehicle registration and the enforcement of traffic laws on the open road all fall under the jusrisdiction of the Department of Public Safety. DPS now also holds jurisdiction over the famous Texas Rangers. (The officers, not the baseball team.)
You have an organization that is responsible for both a huge database of people and their identities. It is also responsible for enforcement of the laws. If you're going to have superheroes register with the state, what real-life agency is better to register with? The DPS's Beareau of Superhero Affairs, however, is not real.
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About the Texas Superheroics Code
Everything in the whole damned state that's run by the state is governed by a code of some sort. Texas Education Code, Texas Administrative Code, Texas Penal Code... Well, if superheroes were to be lisenced by the state, there would of course be a Texas Superheroics Code.
The fictionalized version, in short:
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It's purr-fectly okay to poke fun at "furries."
Don't know what I'm talking about? Some call it "furry." Some call it "furre." Some call it "anthro," short for "anthropomorphism." It's about animals with human qualities.
It's no different from Bugs Bunny, right? Or Chip and Dale? Wrong! It's not about drawing cartoonish or funny animal characters. It's about drawing sexually desireable animal characters. With big boobs, and possibly even exposed wangs! It's sick! It's wierd! It's baaaaaaaad!
Actually, I am in no position to criticize. Everyone has some deep, dark secret fettish that they never let see the light of day. Mine involves gobs of gooey Vaseline on a bicycle and lots of monkey poo.
Nevertheless, furries are easy to poke fun at for obvious reasons. Do I hate furries? No. But there's just too much material there for me to overlook. They're fun to laugh at.
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Why is that guy called "SuperSuper?"
Moe "SuperSuper" DeLaunne is very bad at filling out paperwork. His name is the accidental result of that.
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Why is this team called the "Stupor Heroes?"
Once again, Moe "SuperSuper" DeLaunne is very bad at filling out paperwork. They wanted to be the "Action Super Heroes," but clumsy keyboarding led to a tragic typo.
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