Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
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On the second day of Hogswatch, your Seanan gave away...

...a copy of Velveteen vs. The Multiverse!

Welcome to the second of the Twelve Days of Hogswatch. I will be starting a new giveaway every day between now and January 6th (the day after my birthday). Each giveaway will have different rules, and a different deadline, although all prizes will be mailed on January 9th, because I am bad at going to the post office.

This giveaway is for a shiny new copy of Velveteen vs. The Multiverse, the second volume in the adventures of Velma "Velveteen" Martinez, crankiest superheroine this side of the Mississippi. This is going to be a random number drawing with a twist, because I am silly. So...

1. To enter, comment on this post.
2. If you are international, indicate both this and your willingness to pay postage.
3. Explain your superpower. What is it? How does it work? What are your strengths and weaknesses?

I will choose the winner at 1PM PST on Monday, December 30th, by randomly selecting two heroes and deciding the outcome of a fight. (Note: "my superpower is I can do anything" means you will inevitably be defeated by Squirrel Girl. That's what she's for. Remember that in the Velveteen-verse, cunning and treachery often defeats raw strength.)

Game on!
Tags: giving stuff away, silliness, velveteen vs.
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prefixmancer

December 27 2013, 04:05:02 UTC 3 years ago

I am superhumanly persuasive--not by means of any sort of compulsion, but through an instinctive understanding of the workings of the minds of everyone I meet well enough that I know exactly what to say in order to get them to do what I want. This knowledge comes to me as soon as I encounter them and is thorough enough to let me manipulate (even if only through reverse and double reverse psychology) people who are already suspicious of me because they know about my power, and comes in very handy for getting my opponents to give up without resorting to messy or destructive battles. Additionally, since there is no supernatural compulsion in my words, their effect cannot be neutralized by the local flavor of superscience or resisted by sheer willpower. On the other hand, I can't make someone do something if there is no possible argument that would convince them to do it, or if I am prevented from speaking to them.