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Monday, 2 May 2016

POWER: Character Inspirations

Adam

Nathan Young - Misfits (2009-2011)




A born clown with an irritating, flippant attitude towards life and others, Nathan gained the power of Immortality after the Storm, which he discovered months after when he temporarily died facing against the brainwashed Virtue organisation. Like the rest of the misfits, Nathan's power reflects an aspect of his personality: his apparent imperviousness to hurtful comments manifests in immortality - he literally cannot die by any means.

"I can feel it in my balls" - Nathan


Chase Collins
The Covenant (2006, Harlin)


Chase Collins is the long-banished fifth son of the Sons of Ipswich. He is the descendant of Hagen Goodwin Pope, the bastard son of John Putnam and Agnes Goodwin Pope. He returned to the Ipswich colony and enrolled himself at Spenser Academy in order to manipulate Caleb Danvers into willing him his share of the Power. When his powers first manifested on his 13th birthday, he was scared and spent his teenage years in fear and confusion. However, as he began to use his abilities, he learned to control them and became addicted to its euphoric effects. 

Chase appears to be happy-go-lucky when we first see him. He's charming and friendly, easily making friends. It's not until he confronts Caleb in Sarah's dorm that his true nature comes out. He feels no remorse for hurting or killing people, including his own family stating that "it just comes naturally to me". He actually takes great pleasure in using his power to make other people suffer. He feels like he's been wronged by not being a part of the Covenant and plans on making them pay. Chase possessed more power than that of an Ascended warlock. He was more powerful than any of the Sons of Ipswich alone. Unfortunately, Chase's increased power also increased the seduction and addiction of his powers, causing him to use them excessively and continue to slowly drain his health and age with each use. 

"He's more powerful...than you can imagine." 
 - Pogue Parry, after being attacked by Chase, informs Caleb Danvers.


Karl

Luke Cage
Jessica Jones (2015)





Luke Cage is a man with a secret past that came across private investigator Jessica Jones during the course of an investigation in New York City. Cage has extremely durable skin. He demonstrated it to Jones using a circular saw against his own stomach, and he survived both being stabbed in the neck and being shot with a shotgun. Rough, tough, strong man.


"You can't fix me. I'm unbreakable" - Luke Cage

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