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HowDoIWorkThisThing — Secondary Abilities for Vein?

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Published: 2016-08-07 05:13:30 +0000 UTC; Views: 344; Favourites: 8; Downloads: 0
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Description I've been doing a lot of research and trying to decide on what sort of tricks I should put up her sleeve (HAHA BECAUSE THE INK THING IS ON HER ARM GET IT? JOOOOOOKES) and here are some of the options I've narrowed down to. I'm not sure which ones I want to keep so your feedback would be fun. Even if an ability isn't here but you think she should have it, feel free to suggest! *coughs to TheXzina  ina because I need help from you and you're great at gem designing and all that jazz*

Source: powerlisting.wikia.com/wiki/Su…

Soooo...

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Melanokinesis (Ink Manipulation)
Vein can shape and manipulate ink, including changing its colour, viscosity and consistency, as well as moving it, even if it is printed, written or tattoed. Dragon Vein Agate is supposed to be a stone that helps creativity, soooo... ink. The markings on Vein's arm are actually the product of her finding a pen somewhere and stealing the ink from it. She keeps it on her arm for aesthetic and in case she needs some.

Uses:
She's a pretty good artist as she practices a lot and changes around her markings, so their pattern isn't set in stone.
She can become invisible using invisible ink (JOOOOKES)
Melonokinetic constructs (structures, weapons, etc made of ink)
Kick-ass tattoo artist, without needles. Also, she can mimic any image she sees with the ink IE, projected thermography ( she can print out a page on a computer, or forge paintings or whatever really well)

Weaknesses:
She cannot generate her own ink and needs a source. Her markings are actually ink squiggles she keeps as insurance
When in liquid form, hydrokinetics such as Lapis Lazuli can also manipulate it, and, as Vein doesn't have her powers fully developed yet, hers are pretty easy to override
Requires extreme focus to use. This may become easier with practice, but especially early on, the littlest distraction and she loses control.

I REALLY WANT TO KEEP THIS ONE

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Pyrokinetic Immunity (Heat resistance)
Vein has much higher endurance to heat, and unlike other gems, extreme heat cannot poof her. Her name has 'Dragon" in it so I was like "Why not?"

Uses:
In hot areas, she isn't effected
She can withstand fire attacks without taking damage

Weaknesses:
Although fire doesn't damage her, it still hurts.
She does exceptionally poorly with the cold.

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Pyric Exhalation (Fire breathing)
Pretty self-explanatory. Again, dragon. Also, she would sneeze smoke.

Uses:
Combat
Melting things

Weaknesses:
If you get her wet while she does this, she'll poof.
She can only do it for short periods of time or it'll turn to smoke, and eventually she'll poof

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Colour change
Her skin changes into pastel shades of colour based on her mood. The more intense her mood, the more intense and opaque her colour becomes. The gem comes in different colours since their man-made so I was like "mmkay." Also, the creative thing.

Uses:
It's adorable and other gems are less likely to fight her because she's so cute
Can work in her favor while shapeshifting (If she's sad and blue and shapeshifts into a Sapphire, for example)

Weaknesses:
She's very see-through and can't pretend to be happy if she isn't
She can't control it, so he can't control her colour)
If her emotions become too intense, Snow and Howl will fall apart.
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I'll definitely keep the melanokinesis and colour change, but I don't know about the fire stuff. It may be too much.
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Comments: 8

a-paranoid-android [2016-08-07 23:51:22 +0000 UTC]

shit i like all of these abilities so much

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HowDoIWorkThisThing In reply to a-paranoid-android [2016-08-07 23:55:28 +0000 UTC]

The fire breath picture was based on a magmar xD

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Rust-Punk [2016-08-07 05:34:41 +0000 UTC]

Ooo! All this stuff is super creative and I love it! Especially the ink thing, first time I've seen something like it on a gem! 

As for the fire stuff, at the end of the day it's up to you, but since Vein is a fusion it's entirely possible for her to have both powers! Think Garnet for example, she has future vision (Sapphire) and resistance to heat (Ruby) and together they make electricity (from fire and ice). Individually Ruby and Sapphire don't have each other's powers. 
So generally the ink stuff can come from one gem while the fire stuff comes from another! 
If Vein was a single gem I'd say to stick to a more unifying theme and base powers around that, like what you've done with the ink stuff! 

Hope the feedback helps! 

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HowDoIWorkThisThing In reply to Rust-Punk [2016-08-07 05:52:20 +0000 UTC]

Omg you actually commented here, and really soon too! Thank you so much for the feedback, I'm so happy that you approve because in terms of character design I aspire to have your abilities someday haha

I understand your point with the dual abilities thing, but at the same time, I'm not really sure where fire could come from, and it also seems a bit too predictable and boring to me. In essence, I think that every dragon themed gem can do stuff with fire. I may make her just good with temperature in general but still discomforted by them (She doesn't burn or freeze, but she gets the same pain she would get if she could. The only difference is that she just doesn't get injured from it.) I really doubt that I'm going to keep firebreathing, no matter how hilarious it looks.

Along with that, while she is a fusion, she isn't Garnet. She's way weaker as both of her halves are cracked and aren't nearly as compatible (even if they are romantically involved with each other, that's more of a "We've been through too much together to not feel something" than a "I liked you and you liked me back so now we're dating" situation. So in terms of abilities, she's about as capable as a singular gem unless she's fused with someone else who can help to channel her fusion-y potential. As bad as it may sound, the best candidate to assist in unlicking her full potential is probably Jasper.

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Rust-Punk In reply to HowDoIWorkThisThing [2016-08-07 06:19:35 +0000 UTC]

Of course! Heh, I don't comment on stuff as much as I should so I'm trying to make it a habit. 

Yeah, I agree on the whole fire breathing thing, but the resistance ability is always good! Nice to have a passive ability like that. 

I was merely using Garnet as an example more then anything! I understand that Vein is much different then Garnet, basically to say it's alright to have dual abilities for a fusion. But since Vein is the way she is, it does make sense that she isn't as strong as she could be or that maybe the dual ability thing doesn't work as well as it could. 
Overall I think you got some good stuff going for Vein! 

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HowDoIWorkThisThing In reply to Rust-Punk [2016-08-07 06:33:18 +0000 UTC]

I completely understand that Garnet was an example, I was using her as an example of an ideal fusion, which Vein is far from. 

I'm really flattered that you like what I did with her, as I really love and admire your rock mommies

Speaking of which, how's Fluo's comic coming along? i mean I've seen what you posted so far buuuuut are you making any more progress? Goshenite is such a qt by the way

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Rust-Punk In reply to HowDoIWorkThisThing [2016-08-07 06:35:29 +0000 UTC]

Gotcha! 

Aah, I haven't started page 3 yet, I'm just doing a few side things first and because I haven't planned out the panels entirely yet. I'll start sketching it tomorrow most likely 

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HowDoIWorkThisThing In reply to Rust-Punk [2016-08-07 19:47:13 +0000 UTC]

Aaaaahhh can't wait!

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