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!
December 27 2013, 04:10:49 UTC 3 years ago
The strength, logically enough, is full understanding in specific quarters--if I have a space and/or a collection, I know where everything is, including the things that should be there and aren't. Good for finding stolen objects, say, or grabbing the right potential improvised weapon rather than something that won't work near as well, and if teamed up with someone who can use the objects in whatever collection I'm attuning to... well. Not quite so good against someone with combat-related powers, though, and since it requires collections, it doesn't work as well for unique things that were never made part of a set, or parts of a set that aren't associated with a place (possible upgrade? Worth considering from a dramatic standpoint). I could see it potentially being used on organizations of people, though I imagine that would be much more taxing and require getting over half a dozen mental blocks--good for an Eleventh Hour Superpower, not likely to figure into any fight stemming from this contest.