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John Byrne

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Joined: 11 May 2005
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Posted: 12 September 2026 at 5:46pm | IP Logged | 1 post reply

Found this:

Strength: Can lift up to 10 tons under optimal conditions, though it has occasionally fluctuated lower depending on his physical state or genetic shifts.

Durability: His body density is like compressed rubber or vulcanized rubber. He can withstand bullets, high impacts, explosions, and extreme temperatures with little to no injury.

Agility & Reflexes: He moves with lightning speed and acrobatics, often bouncing or cartwheeling like a pinball to bowl over enemies much larger than himself.

Longevity: He possesses an extended lifespan and can slow his bodily functions down drastically.

sigh

I presume to assume all this is canon, shoveled in after I left. And for the most part I can but shrug. The character has clearly been carried far, far away from my intentions.

But the most central of those intentions was to portray Puck as a man who had overcome physical shortcomings (stop it!). Nature (as I intended) dealt him a bad hand, and he just went out and beat it.

But with all that’s listed above, what was there to beat? Able to lift 10 tons? Impervious to gunfire? Longevity? Point lost.

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Brian Miller
Byrne Robotics Member


Joined: 28 July 2004
Location: United States
Posts: 32235
Posted: 12 September 2026 at 5:52pm | IP Logged | 2 post reply

Good lord. Can no one be “normal’ in these books anymore. Even fucking
Mary Jane is a Spider-person now. I can’t stand this trend of making all
these supporting characters into super-powered comrades. It’s just ruining
it all.
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