The Compound: OOC (SuperHero Academy RP) SEMI-OPEN

[Talchyon]

So she can fire on the move. Not just firing prone, or standing, but running and shooting at the same time.

I can see that, but why should she have it, as i have said before i dont like unrelated powers, unless that character itself fleshes out the powers well enough.

Well, it was also to help her stay alive with all these powered people...

But, if you don't like it, I can take it out.

[Doughertania]

I thought this was a superhor rp but we have someone who can speak with snakes and a semi sentient journal, ahem. need i say more?

We also have insane prisoners accused of murder, and at least one ghost-wraith!

We're missing glowing animals, hippogriffs, and sports on broomsticks.

Felix could summon them thanks to good ol' DnD.

...Niiiiiiiiice.

Diagnose all my characters? *puppy eyes*

Well, it'll be a little hard as I haven't been reading their posts, but I can try.

• Rei - Her lack of knowledge of personal relationships/feelings could possibly mark her as somewhere under the autism spectrum. She doesn't have impaired communication, so I wouldn't mark her as autistic. She doesn't have repetitive and restricted interests, so I wouldn't mark her has having Aspergers. That'd leave PDD-NOS, or pervasive developmental disorder not other specified, but only if that lack of knowledge leads to impaired social interaction.
  
  If social interaction is not impaired, then she's not suffering from anything. It'd be treated like a cultural difference, nothing more, unless Rei or those around her became distressed by her actions.
  
• Ichi - Same as Rei. Nothing of note unless distress is felt by him or those he interacts with.
  
• The Ree - Oh, Anti-Social Personality Disorder, easy. She gets bored easily, seeks out self-gratifying behavior doing anything to satisfy that need, and has no remorse for others.
  
• Charlotte - Believe it or not, this is actually the hardest to diagnosis. She's certainly suffering from depression of some kind, but I need to know more before I can give her a specific diagnosis. Mostly, a) how long has she been suffering from depression? and b) how long are the breaks when she's not suffering from depression?
  
  Funny thing about her though, she might not actually have depression if she only has a depressed mood. If that's coupled with things like hopelessness, psychomotor agitation or retardation (restless or lethargy), sleep irregularities, poor self-esteem or concentration, then we'd be more incline to saw that she's suffering from a mood disorder.
  
  But if she can cycle between anger and sadness, then she's likely not suffering from depression, but rather something else like bipolar disorder (depends on what other symptoms occur with the angry.) Or, it could be normal moods. It depends on other symptoms, how long has this been going on, and whether or not Charlotte is distressed by these feelings.

[Charlia]

We also have insane prisoners accused of murder, and at least one ghost-wraith!

We're missing glowing animals, hippogriffs, and sports on broomsticks.

Felix could summon them thanks to good ol' DnD.

...Niiiiiiiiice.

Diagnose all my characters? *puppy eyes*

Well, it'll be a little hard as I haven't been reading their posts, but I can try.

• Rei - Her lack of knowledge of personal relationships/feelings could possibly mark her as somewhere under the autism spectrum. She doesn't have impaired communication, so I wouldn't mark her as autistic. She doesn't have repetitive and restricted interests, so I wouldn't mark her has having Aspergers. That'd leave PDD-NOS, or pervasive developmental disorder not other specified, but only if that lack of knowledge leads to impaired social interaction.
  
  If social interaction is not impaired, then she's not suffering from anything. It'd be treated like a cultural difference, nothing more, unless Rei or those around her became distressed by her actions.
  
• Ichi - Same as Rei. Nothing of note unless distress is felt by him or those he interacts with.
  
• The Ree - Oh, Anti-Social Personality Disorder, easy. She gets bored easily, seeks out self-gratifying behavior doing anything to satisfy that need, and has no remorse for others.
  
• Charlotte - Believe it or not, this is actually the hardest to diagnosis. She's certainly suffering from depression of some kind, but I need to know more before I can give her a specific diagnosis. Mostly, a) how long has she been suffering from depression? and b) how long are the breaks when she's not suffering from depression?
  
  Funny thing about her though, she might not actually have depression if she only has a depressed mood. If that's coupled with things like hopelessness, psychomotor agitation or retardation (restless or lethargy), sleep irregularities, poor self-esteem or concentration, then we'd be more incline to saw that she's suffering from a mood disorder.
  
  But if she can cycle between anger and sadness, then she's likely not suffering from depression, but rather something else like bipolar disorder (depends on what other symptoms occur with the angry.) Or, it could be normal moods. It depends on other symptoms, how long has this been going on, and whether or not Charlotte is distressed by these feelings.

...The heck. You actually did it. I'm... seriously impressed.

To answer your questions, a: oh, about five years, give or take. B: ...not very long. She's got her moments of happiness but it's ridiculously hard for her to see anything good in the world around her, partially because she's so guarded that she won't let herself.

[Durmatagno]

the way I'm working Danni is that his mental instability stems from the way his powers are remaking his body, and as such, his mind, and it's chemistry are all kinds off.....fluctuating. When under a lot of mental stress/pressure, or say something like the Doom Rooms, depending on what the stresses are, I have a short couple of lists of different disorders and breakdowns of their symptoms, he could manifest many of them, ranging from depression, and mania, to psychosis, and one he's still recovering from, split personality disorder (With a touch of false memory syndrome). Once his biology actually stabilizes, he'll only have the ones that are common in his family tree (Which I'm still mapping out using an old game system I love) and at that point, normal treatment will actually be effective on him.

[Doughertania]

Felix could summon them thanks to good ol' DnD.

Well, it'll be a little hard as I haven't been reading their posts, but I can try.

• Rei - Her lack of knowledge of personal relationships/feelings could possibly mark her as somewhere under the autism spectrum. She doesn't have impaired communication, so I wouldn't mark her as autistic. She doesn't have repetitive and restricted interests, so I wouldn't mark her has having Aspergers. That'd leave PDD-NOS, or pervasive developmental disorder not other specified, but only if that lack of knowledge leads to impaired social interaction.
  
  If social interaction is not impaired, then she's not suffering from anything. It'd be treated like a cultural difference, nothing more, unless Rei or those around her became distressed by her actions.
  
• Ichi - Same as Rei. Nothing of note unless distress is felt by him or those he interacts with.
  
• The Ree - Oh, Anti-Social Personality Disorder, easy. She gets bored easily, seeks out self-gratifying behavior doing anything to satisfy that need, and has no remorse for others.
  
• Charlotte - Believe it or not, this is actually the hardest to diagnosis. She's certainly suffering from depression of some kind, but I need to know more before I can give her a specific diagnosis. Mostly, a) how long has she been suffering from depression? and b) how long are the breaks when she's not suffering from depression?
  
  Funny thing about her though, she might not actually have depression if she only has a depressed mood. If that's coupled with things like hopelessness, psychomotor agitation or retardation (restless or lethargy), sleep irregularities, poor self-esteem or concentration, then we'd be more incline to saw that she's suffering from a mood disorder.
  
  But if she can cycle between anger and sadness, then she's likely not suffering from depression, but rather something else like bipolar disorder (depends on what other symptoms occur with the angry.) Or, it could be normal moods. It depends on other symptoms, how long has this been going on, and whether or not Charlotte is distressed by these feelings.

...The heck. You actually did it. I'm... seriously impressed.

To answer your questions, a: oh, about five years, give or take. B: ...not very long. She's got her moments of happiness but it's ridiculously hard for her to see anything good in the world around her, partially because she's so guarded that she won't let herself.

What can I say? I like psychology.

And then I have to ask this about Charlotte. If she's been suffering from a depressed mood for 2 or more years with less then a 2 month gap in between the feelings, then I almost want to say she's suffering from dysthymia. However, the fact that she has bouts of anger means that I'd actually put her suffering from cyclothymia, which is where you have some symptoms of hypomania and depression but not enough to actually qualify for anything else.

So yeah, cyclothymia it is. I recommend therapy, preferable cognitive-behavioral therapy as that's the most common and most successful therapy of the bunch, with maybe a prescription of a mood stabilizer, preferably Lithium as that tends to be the most effective.

[Saleon]

OOH! DOUGH IS PSYCHOANALYZING CHARACTERS?

Do Sylvia!

[Charlia]

...The heck. You actually did it. I'm... seriously impressed.

To answer your questions, a: oh, about five years, give or take. B: ...not very long. She's got her moments of happiness but it's ridiculously hard for her to see anything good in the world around her, partially because she's so guarded that she won't let herself.

What can I say? I like psychology.

And then I have to ask this about Charlotte. If she's been suffering from a depressed mood for 2 or more years with less then a 2 month gap in between the feelings, then I almost want to say she's suffering from dysthymia. However, the fact that she has bouts of anger means that I'd actually put her suffering from cyclothymia, which is where you have some symptoms of hypomania and depression but not enough to actually qualify for anything else.

So yeah, cyclothymia it is. I recommend therapy, preferable cognitive-behavioral therapy as that's the most common and most successful therapy of the bunch, with maybe a prescription of a mood stabilizer, preferably Lithium as that tends to be the most effective.

Does this place even have therapists? LOL.


Looking at cyclothymia though, actually quite interesting... Definitely quite possible. Some of her incarnations tend to show more obvious signs of PTSD, but this one doesn't really, although she hasn't gotten much interaction in so I suppose it's hard to tell. Either way, I'm seriously impressed that you can do all this. I feel as though you will make a good psychologist. *nods*

[Shadowwell]

OOH! DOUGH IS PSYCHOANALYZING CHARACTERS?

Do Sylvia!

and Steophen, though i have ony got 2 or so posts in with him.

[Doughertania]

the way I'm working Danni is that his mental instability stems from the way his powers are remaking his body, and as such, his mind, and it's chemistry are all kinds off.....fluctuating. When under a lot of mental stress/pressure, or say something like the Doom Rooms, depending on what the stresses are, I have a short couple of lists of different disorders and breakdowns of their symptoms, he could manifest many of them, ranging from depression, and mania, to psychosis, and one he's still recovering from, split personality disorder (With a touch of false memory syndrome). Once his biology actually stabilizes, he'll only have the ones that are common in his family tree (Which I'm still mapping out using an old game system I love) and at that point, normal treatment will actually be effective on him.

Well, if he's suffering from mania then a psychosis is already present in the form of over-inflated self-worth. And seeing as he's suffering from both mania and depression, then he has Bipolar 1 disorder, not anything unknown.

Split personality disorder is a little harder to prove the existence, with some experts claiming it doesn't exist, so I won't touch that one.

OOH! DOUGH IS PSYCHOANALYZING CHARACTERS?

Do Sylvia!

Technically, I'm not psychoanalyzing characters because a) I don't subscribe to Freudian philosophy, which is the field of study that performs psychoanalysis and b) I'm merely pointing out symptoms, which means that I'm diagnosing.

That being said, let me give her a look.

Does this place even have therapists? LOL.


Looking at cyclothymia though, actually quite interesting... Definitely quite possible. Some of her incarnations tend to show more obvious signs of PTSD, but this one doesn't really, although she hasn't gotten much interaction in so I suppose it's hard to tell. Either way, I'm seriously impressed that you can do all this. I feel as though you will make a good psychologist. *nods*

I'd assume so. If the Shadow Council is anything like a normal correctional facility, then they want to change their inmates to become model citizens. Kinda hard to do when everyone is a loony. My guess is that they'll provide mental health services if they care enough about molding a student into something they can use.

And thanks! I just took my clinical psych test on mood, trauma, and anxiety disorders, and I took Abnormal Psych last semester, so it's all still fresh in my mind. Though the real measure of my worth as a psychologist is whether I can help patients or not.

OOH! DOUGH IS PSYCHOANALYZING CHARACTERS?

Do Sylvia!

and Steophen, though i have ony got 2 or so posts in with him.

Sure, though he's going to be hard as his app is kinda bare and I haven't read his posts.

[Charlia]

the way I'm working Danni is that his mental instability stems from the way his powers are remaking his body, and as such, his mind, and it's chemistry are all kinds off.....fluctuating. When under a lot of mental stress/pressure, or say something like the Doom Rooms, depending on what the stresses are, I have a short couple of lists of different disorders and breakdowns of their symptoms, he could manifest many of them, ranging from depression, and mania, to psychosis, and one he's still recovering from, split personality disorder (With a touch of false memory syndrome). Once his biology actually stabilizes, he'll only have the ones that are common in his family tree (Which I'm still mapping out using an old game system I love) and at that point, normal treatment will actually be effective on him.

Well, if he's suffering from mania then a psychosis is already present in the form of over-inflated self-worth. And seeing as he's suffering from both mania and depression, then he has Bipolar 1 disorder, not anything unknown.

Split personality disorder is a little harder to prove the existence, with some experts claiming it doesn't exist, so I won't touch that one.

OOH! DOUGH IS PSYCHOANALYZING CHARACTERS?

Do Sylvia!

Technically, I'm not psychoanalyzing characters because a) I don't subscribe to Freudian philosophy, which is the field of study that performs psychoanalysis and b) I'm merely pointing out symptoms, which means that I'm diagnosing.

That being said, let me give her a look.

Does this place even have therapists? LOL.


Looking at cyclothymia though, actually quite interesting... Definitely quite possible. Some of her incarnations tend to show more obvious signs of PTSD, but this one doesn't really, although she hasn't gotten much interaction in so I suppose it's hard to tell. Either way, I'm seriously impressed that you can do all this. I feel as though you will make a good psychologist. *nods*

I'd assume so. If the Shadow Council is anything like a normal correctional facility, then they want to change their inmates to become model citizens. Kinda hard to do when everyone is a loony. My guess is that they'll provide mental health services if they care enough about molding a student into something they can use.

And thanks! I just took my clinical psych test on mood, trauma, and anxiety disorders, and I took Abnormal Psych last semester, so it's all still fresh in my mind. Though the real measure of my worth as a psychologist is whether I can help patients or not.

and Steophen, though i have ony got 2 or so posts in with him.

Sure, though he's going to be hard as his app is kinda bare and I haven't read his posts.

Well, let me see. You're funny, you're a nice guy in general, you know when to be serious and when to be silly, you'd probably have a bunch of Far Side books in your office for patients to read, and you seem to know a bunch about psychology in general.

Yeah, I feel like you could do some good. GO OUT THERE AND MAKE US PROUD, YOUNG MAN.


And start a cult of Far Side-loving lunatics. DO IT.

[WHYYYY II]

What can I say? I like psychology.

And then I have to ask this about Charlotte. If she's been suffering from a depressed mood for 2 or more years with less then a 2 month gap in between the feelings, then I almost want to say she's suffering from dysthymia. However, the fact that she has bouts of anger means that I'd actually put her suffering from cyclothymia, which is where you have some symptoms of hypomania and depression but not enough to actually qualify for anything else.

So yeah, cyclothymia it is. I recommend therapy, preferable cognitive-behavioral therapy as that's the most common and most successful therapy of the bunch, with maybe a prescription of a mood stabilizer, preferably Lithium as that tends to be the most effective.

Does this place even have therapists? LOL.


Looking at cyclothymia though, actually quite interesting... Definitely quite possible. Some of her incarnations tend to show more obvious signs of PTSD, but this one doesn't really, although she hasn't gotten much interaction in so I suppose it's hard to tell. Either way, I'm seriously impressed that you can do all this. I feel as though you will make a good psychologist. *nods*

Abel is the best at therapy.

"Have you tried turning it off and back on again?"

[Durmatagno]

the way I'm working Danni is that his mental instability stems from the way his powers are remaking his body, and as such, his mind, and it's chemistry are all kinds off.....fluctuating. When under a lot of mental stress/pressure, or say something like the Doom Rooms, depending on what the stresses are, I have a short couple of lists of different disorders and breakdowns of their symptoms, he could manifest many of them, ranging from depression, and mania, to psychosis, and one he's still recovering from, split personality disorder (With a touch of false memory syndrome). Once his biology actually stabilizes, he'll only have the ones that are common in his family tree (Which I'm still mapping out using an old game system I love) and at that point, normal treatment will actually be effective on him.

Well, if he's suffering from mania then a psychosis is already present in the form of over-inflated self-worth. And seeing as he's suffering from both mania and depression, then he has Bipolar 1 disorder, not anything unknown.

Split personality disorder is a little harder to prove the existence, with some experts claiming it doesn't exist, so I won't touch that one.

Technically he doesn't have any of them, his mind manufactures the symptoms to deal with the stress of the body being physically rewritten, playing hell with it's chemistry, and neruchemistry. The ones in his family line are depression (fairly common as it is), ADHD (Which he definitely has, because I have it, and have such a hard time taking it away from characters most of them have it), and bipolar disorder.

Technically, his split personality disorder was a delusion brought on by the stress of an early puberty, his powers coming in (violently), the trauma of maiming his father (Took off his fathers right arm, and his right eye), and his depression. As a side effect of the physical changes in his body, his mind uses his body manipulation powers to slowly, and subconsciously rewire his brain to temporarily give disorders he's encountered when under extreme stress. The same effects on his body have suppressed one of the disorders he actually has, being his bipolar disorder, though it could easily re-manifest stronger thane ever.

Naturally I don't actually understand how any of this really works, so a lot of it is handwave involving his meta powers. The more people he encounters, the more disorders he can temporarily mimic, and with his time on the streets, he'd already encountered manic disorders, PTSD, some forms of psychosis, and even anti-social disorders; all from various gang members, drug users, homeless, and then there's fiction on TV, though most mental disorders such as paranoid schizophrenia, and obviously dissociate disorder. Whether or not that's how it actually works, or if its even real doesn't matter, his mind is creating the symptoms to try and cope with the effects of his powers on his body. Once the majority of the changes have finished rewiring his body, he'll stabilize, and only the things he actually has will be present. I am going to try and make any disorders others already have manifest differently in Danni, just so they don't act TOO similar, but it's not always easy when you don't fully understand how the vast majority of these things work, though I would guess it's no cakewalk if you know either.

He does have two more real ones that have yet to rear their ugly heads, but I think I'll keep them under my belt for now, gotta have some secrets

[Galnius]

When did Doc start being Psych? Your a Doc, not a shrink! Wel...I suppose they are docs...

[Kractero]

It is grammar checking as an excuse to show her backstory. You can write in it since it can read that but not what she writes. It can also talk. If you wanted to talk to Nera she needs to gain your trust through the book since she does have a human form but will not appear out of her other form due to fear of possession and rejection.

Alright, so if I wanted to talk to the book, do I write in it, or do I talk out loud to it? I could have Felix see the book at some point, maybe after the assemble/talking to Patchwork.

Write or talk but if it senses magic inside the writer it will shout at you to stop

[Shadowwell]

So i have updated Stephens bio, it is dark, while it doesn't describe much, if i described it i might get kicked from the site, but what it hints at conveys the message.

[Patrick OConner]

so are we allowed to transfer our chacaters from the previous rp?

[Kractero]

so are we allowed to transfer our chacaters from the previous rp?

we said no before

[Patrick OConner]

so are we allowed to transfer our chacaters from the previous rp?

we said no before

sorry i did not know if that had changed or not. that was why i was asking.

Also who do we talk to about possibly adding a new branch to this superhero rp world?

[Shadowwell]

we said no before

sorry i did not know if that had changed or not. that was why i was asking.

Also who do we talk to about possibly adding a new branch to this superhero rp world?

there are exceptions,but they were discussed long before hand.

probably me, what do you have i mind?

[Patrick OConner]

sorry i did not know if that had changed or not. that was why i was asking.

Also who do we talk to about possibly adding a new branch to this superhero rp world?

there are exceptions,but they were discussed long before hand.

probably me, what do you have i mind?

Well i think i mentioned it before.

See i want to focus on the larger world and all the factions outside of the school. Well one faction spefically. See in there are always people who kill for money, sell swords mercs ronin soldiers of fortune. And i want to focus on this group. Basicly a bunch of super powered mercs.

I even have an orgnaization in mind and mostly planned out.

[Shadowwell]

there are exceptions,but they were discussed long before hand.

probably me, what do you have i mind?

Well i think i mentioned it before.

See i want to focus on the larger world and all the factions outside of the school. Well one faction spefically. See in there are always people who kill for money, sell swords mercs ronin soldiers of fortune. And i want to focus on this group. Basicly a bunch of super powered mercs.

well it will focus on the compound mainly, but will g out of the Compound for tests, as they are called.

[Kractero]

there are exceptions,but they were discussed long before hand.

probably me, what do you have i mind?

Well i think i mentioned it before.

See i want to focus on the larger world and all the factions outside of the school. Well one faction spefically. See in there are always people who kill for money, sell swords mercs ronin soldiers of fortune. And i want to focus on this group. Basicly a bunch of super powered mercs.

I even have an orgnaization in mind and mostly planned out.

this is not open world

[Patrick OConner]

Well i think i mentioned it before.

See i want to focus on the larger world and all the factions outside of the school. Well one faction spefically. See in there are always people who kill for money, sell swords mercs ronin soldiers of fortune. And i want to focus on this group. Basicly a bunch of super powered mercs.

I even have an orgnaization in mind and mostly planned out.

this is not open world

Sorry I am talking about like a whole new rp with in the same world as this.

[Boergandina]

I gave my character a voice actor, finally, for teh lulz.

[Doughertania]

Alright, so after a brief midnight chicken break, I have returned with my diagnoses.

• Sylvia - I'd mark her as another anti-social personality disorder case. Seeking pleasure at the expense of others? Check. Lack of remorse? Check. Destruction of property and harm to others? Check and check.
  
  An interesting side note here. Those who suffer from anti-social personality disorder actually have less reactivity to pain and fear. Like, if you hook one of them up to a fMRI, you'll actually see they their brain lights up less then normal people when startled or in pain. Which means that her secretly being an M could actually be explained by her not experience pain in the same way normal people do.
  
  Anyway, here's where it get's fun. See, because she's rebels against authority so much, to the point that blew up her teacher, she might have ODD, or oppositional defiant disorder, specifically the argumentative/defiant behavior category . If that's the case, then she will aggressively disagree with authority, refusing to listen to people like teachers and wardens. Perhaps she'd even go so far as to do the exact opposite of what she is told. Fun thing number 2 is that those who suffer from ODD often develop another conduct disorder. And guess what anti-social personality disorder is? That's right, a conduct disorder.
  
  Now, an important side note. Just because she is rebellious does not automatically mark her as suffering from ODD. But the fact that she blew up a school suggests a rebellious nature that puts others in harms way, which marks her behavior as abnormal.
  
  
• Stephen - Another case of anti-social personality disorder. He checks off all but one of the categories: aggression to people and animals (not animals, but that party certainly counts), destruction of property (I'm sure liking to see people's darker side involves vandalism and wanton destruction), and serious violations of rules (wanting to cause his fun at all costs). The only thing not here is deceitfulness/theft, but I'm sure that's a thing that fits him.

Gotta say, everyone seems to be sociopath here. Don't get me wrong, it makes sense. Anti-social personality disorder is commonly found in criminal inmates. It's just interesting that most people's idea of a villain is a sociopath. I'd call them psychopaths, but that's no longer in the DSM (the diagnosing manual used by psychologists).

The unfortunate part about this though is that this anti-social personality disorder is what's known as an egosyntonic disorder. That means that the disorder is consistent with the person's view of themselves. As such, they don't have a problem with their behavior, which makes therapy very, very difficult. So even if the Compound had access to the best mental health practices the world has ever seen, it wouldn't do them any good if they couldn't convince the subject to want to change.

Anyone else wanna get a diagnosis? Or is that the end of my enjoyable little tangent?

Well, let me see. You're funny, you're a nice guy in general, you know when to be serious and when to be silly, you'd probably have a bunch of Far Side books in your office for patients to read, and you seem to know a bunch about psychology in general.

Yeah, I feel like you could do some good. GO OUT THERE AND MAKE US PROUD, YOUNG MAN.


And start a cult of Far Side-loving lunatics. DO IT.

Thanks Charli. That means a lot.

Though I'm going to have to say no to the cult. That seems like a lot of work, and for some reason I think ritualistic sacrifices to Gary Larson wouldn't be good for business.

When did Doc start being Psych? Your a Doc, not a shrink! Wel...I suppose they are docs...

I've been a psych major for a year. I did some psych stuff in AoV. And psychologists aren't necessarily doctors, though that is what I'm going for.

Write or talk but if it senses magic inside the writer it will shout at you to stop

Does Felix's luck manipulation/board gaming skills count as magic inside of him? I view it as more of a blessing he received rather then anything internal, but in the end it's up to you how the book reacts.