Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
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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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December 30 2013, 13:55:50 UTC 3 years ago

Hmmmm.... you've probably heard of the Man Of Steel, and Iron Man, and various other Hero names denoting great hardness and/or strength. In the Velmaverse, that would not be me. Most likely I would be Styrofoam Man. I found out that packing peanuts seem to reproduce when present in sufficient numbers (you are unlike to take 2 random peanuts and find yourself with a third, but if you have 2 entire BOXES of packing peanuts out in the garage, the next time you visit the garage you may find yourself with an entirely NEW box filled with packing peanuts that you'd swear wasn't there before). When the PP realized that I had discovered their secret, they tried to drown me in a flood of PP - but I survived (perhaps bitten by a radioactive packing peanut), and found I had gained the ability to summon/create styrofoam products in almost limitless amounts.

Naturally, this is most useful if someone needs a floatation device, an ice chest, or needs oddly-shaped corner pieces to safely mail items in boxes. It can also be useful if things need to be hidden under huge piles of Packing Peanuts. If someone is already in a box or room I might be able to contain them (at least for a time) by filling the box with solid pieces (the expanding foam version). But unfortunately, many villians would be outside when first encountered. That is why I seek out my natural crimefighting partner, Static Cling Girl.....

Weaknesses? Styrofoam is INHERENTLY weak. But if the villians are driving a getaway car, to have the entire inside filled with styrofoam could make them blind, and even unable to move their limbs for a time. Or perhaps the air intake for the engine suddenly is clogged and the engine dies. If they are strong enough to break through the styrofoam (perhaps smashing open their car doors or windows), they will leave a trail of bits of styrofoam wherever they travel (it's almost impossible to get rid of it all).