Vito Delsante

RECAP: In November 2010, I participated in the 30 Characters Challenge and created 35 new characters. In December, I gave them all away (for the most part). I decided that one of my projects in 2011 would be to add to that list of 35 and, by December 2011, create 100 new characters total. Every Monday, I will post a new character. This post contains the forty-fifth through the fifty-first:

Dr. Defenso
Blackout
Wickedpedia
Pulse
Sparkplug
Mesmera
Day Tripper

So, the first seven are complete. To explain a little bit of the inspiration behind them, the first five are all based on aspects of my personality, so I’ve affectionately called them “The Vitos.” The next five (or, per this post, the last two) are based on my wife, so they are “The Michelles.”

A quick note about the Vitos. Basing characters on you is a lot tougher than it seems. The key (or the tough part, take your pick) is finding things you don’t like about yourself and amplifying that, or to find your bad traits. For example, Blackout is based on, what I feel, is a weakness (my sensitivity to light); Defenso is based on my sensitivity and the fact that I take a lot of things personally. These aren’t my best attributes, but they do make for interesting character traits. Sparkplug and Pulse are the two I’m very happy about since, in traditional Stan Lee-superhero creation, they have weaknesses that define their heroism. Blackout does too, now that I think about it.

That wasn’t a very quick note, was it? Here is one: To create the new characters for the 30 Characters Challenge, I’m using Eduardo Reis’ Hero-O-Matic (aka Fabrica De Herois) to create my characters. It doesn’t have the weird caveat that Hero Machine has, so it’s infinitely superior.

See Also:

#1-35: 30 Characters Challenge
#36: Effigy – aka, Christopher Sinclair
#37: Die Twenty
#38: The Gear(s)
#39: The Scout
#40: Nightmare
#41: Sparta
#42: Primus
#43: Agent Mummy
#44: Eclipse
#45: Samhain (open source)
#46: Balor (open source)
#47: The Phantom Queen (open source)
#48: The Gaffer (open source)
#49: The Bloke (open source)
#50: The Bird (open source)
#51: Black Flag (open source)
#52: Strix (open source)
#53: Felidae (open source)
#54: Epitome (open source)
#55: Atom Master (open source)
#56: Lord Albion (open source)
#57: War Horse (Casino Criminale)
#58: Red Nova (Casino Criminale)
#59: Forsythe (Casino Criminale)
#60: Diana Dawn/Black Orchid (Casino Criminale)
#61: Robert Simon/Bobby Simone/Baffle (Casino Criminale)
#62: Dr. Zhang (Casino Criminale)
#63: Black Jaguar (Casino Criminale)
#64: Captain Freedom (Casino Criminale)
#65: Mike Dexter/Stump (Casino Criminale)
#66: The Puzzler (Casino Criminale)
#67: A Bunch of Bad Guys
#68: The Chillbillies of the Frozark Mountains
#69-72: The Scout Family
#73: T’Bu
#74: The Gryphon
#75: Iconoclast
#76: The Rook
#77: The Contrarian
#78: Argos
#79: Dr. Defenso (30 Characters Challenge 2011)
#80: Blackout (30 Characters Challenge 2011)
#81: Wickedpedia (30 Characters Challenge 2011)
#82: Pulse (30 Characters Challenge 2011)
#83: Sparkplug (30 Characters Challenge 2011)
#84: Mesmera (30 Characters Challenge 2011)
#85: Day Tripper (30 Characters Challenge 2011)

Next week, the next 7 characters of the 30 Character Challenge!

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