Skill #8: Defensive training
Jan. 8th, 2014 02:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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So, Velveteen is the sort of superhero who should never, ever go toe-to-toe with another super. Thus, she was trained in the art of getting out of the way and staying close enough to the front lines to see what's going on, yet far enough to not get zapped. Some of her defensive training is just 'use your army of toys to keep the enemy from targeting your squishy body' tactics, while a lot is 'just plain dodging/staying under cover'. I suspect her team when she was a teenager also had team tactics of 'protect thewizard anima', given both of the boys had enhanced toughness and melee-based powers (Action Dude had super-strength and the Claw had... well, claws), and Sparkle Bright had fricken lasers.
(No, I will not derail things in terms of D&D parties. Unless you ask nicely. I also think it's interesting that canon points out that Vel is a total badass, while having the sort of power that people dismiss as 'support'* because she'd lose a person-to-person fight with nearly any other working superhero. Actually, it's a bit like the Batman-versus-anyone-with-power arguments, come to think about it...)
* At least in heroes. If villains raise an army of dolls, that scares people.
So, Velveteen is the sort of superhero who should never, ever go toe-to-toe with another super. Thus, she was trained in the art of getting out of the way and staying close enough to the front lines to see what's going on, yet far enough to not get zapped. Some of her defensive training is just 'use your army of toys to keep the enemy from targeting your squishy body' tactics, while a lot is 'just plain dodging/staying under cover'. I suspect her team when she was a teenager also had team tactics of 'protect the
(No, I will not derail things in terms of D&D parties. Unless you ask nicely. I also think it's interesting that canon points out that Vel is a total badass, while having the sort of power that people dismiss as 'support'* because she'd lose a person-to-person fight with nearly any other working superhero. Actually, it's a bit like the Batman-versus-anyone-with-power arguments, come to think about it...)
* At least in heroes. If villains raise an army of dolls, that scares people.