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Writeups.org is an encyclopaedia of characters in genre fiction — comic books, video games, action movies, etc. It offers illustrated, researched profiles. These also include technical data for role-players. If you need a robust understanding of a character’s abilities, personality, history, etc. this is *the* place to be.
The bird-dude from the 1980s He-Man and the Masters of the Universe cartoon series.
Diiiive ! No, wait, that’s another 1980s bird guy.
From Dan Brereton’s painted Nocturnals comics. Lone samurai, ex-detective, ex-drifter fugitive, pyrokinetic synthesoid, trenchcoat-and-katana enthusiast.
As of May of 2019, this oldbad entry was burned to the ground and redone.
A fiery professional underworld wheelwoman, driving a 427 Cobra. Va-va-voom.
As of May of 2018, this engine was fine-tuned with stats for Vroom Mutants & Vroom Masterminds.
Frankie as she appeared during the “Batgirl of Burnside” era. From supporting cast to (fleetingly) inheritor of the Oracle mantle and back to supporting cast again.
Talented computer security expert with an interest in super-heroics.
The big green tiger from He-man and the Masters of the Universe cartoons.
Our “base camp” article about Dan Brereton’s Nocturnals comics. To present the basics of the universe, and how it seems to work.
Ariane de Troïl aka Damasque/Masquerouge is the heroine of a classic series of French swashbuckling graphic novels, halfway between the Three Musketeers, the Count of Monte Cristo and Zorro.
As of May of 2019, this profile was cleft in twain. It didn’t feel that long to read, but with so many folks perusing this site on smartphones smaller pages are better.
This is the second half of this profile, with a link to part #1.
Classic French swashbuckling heroine, in a heavily historical context.
An elite yakuza whom Batgirl and Spoiler fought in Burnside. One of ’em giant henchman types we like so much.
This Kree hardliner and senior officer clashed with the Avengers during the 1990s.
He’s not the most memorable Avengers enemy, but if your stories make use of the Kree (or Marvel space stuff in general) he’s useful.
A little girl fairy from an older Disney Princess video game. She’s training to be a Fairy Godmother.
Stephanie Brown as Batgirl during her excellent 2009-2011 run. Unsinkable, endearing and getting pretty damn competent at this stage.
As of April of 2019, this profile was ensmoothened then split so it’s easier to read, especially on smartphones. As we slowly do with our longer writeups.
The second half of the writeup for Batgirl (Stephanie Brown), with a link to part #1.
This half has an extensive discussion of her characterisation, mucho quotes, stats for her and her gear in both DCH and DCA, stuff like that.
This is the second half of this character profile. With a link to the first half of course.
I suppose you could consider it an appendix of sorts. It has all the stats stuff and discussion thereo’.
This is the 2010s version of DC’s Velvet Tiger. So, the one mostly seen during the Burnside softboots for Batgirl (Barbara Gordon).
Sociopathic rich lass with both a high-tech angle and a big cats angle. She works fairly well as a street-level villainess.
This is He-Man/Prince Adam as he appeared in Masters of the Universe, a major children’s cartoon during the 1980s.
This profile brought to you thanks to the sponsorship of the power of Grayskull.
This is the second part of our Weapons Locker article about the video game Warframe.
This one presents the warframes themselves, as a “base camp” article before individual profiles.
This is Marvel Boy (Bob Grayson) as published by Timely Comics during the early 1950s – the Golden Age version of the character. Includes a full description of his adventures and how to make them explicitly in continuity.
As of April of 2019, this profile was overhauled. It also received M&M stats which you can read for free, which sounds like a Communist plot to me.
Our contributor Ethan continues profiling old movie giant monsters.
The dinosaur-like and eponymous Gorgo is from a 1961 monster mash set in the British Isles.
For days, every media-related website has been plastered with Game of Thrones clicks-catching #content.
We don’t have anything GoT-related. So our site is starting to look like an ugly duckling, a misfit, an anomaly, a mutant sworn to defend a world that hates and fears them.
Therefore, I put a Game of Thrones picture on the homepage. This is purely in order to look normal. There’s no article.
One of the young superhuman activists from DC Comics and Gail Simone’s The Movement series.
Telekinesis, positive thinking, and the power of fruit snacks.
A minor Batgirl enemy during the Burnside era. Class-15-or-so bruiser.
This article presents the post-apocalyptic world, and the determined heroine, from the adventure game Shardlight.
We do have a fair bit of post-apoc stuff on this site, yeah.
An article presenting the basics and places of Eternia, the world in the 1980s Masters of the Universe cartoon series.
This “base camp” article is where our contributor Ethan’s big series about He-Man and She-Ra stuff starts. Oh boy !
A FBI metahumans specialist seen in Grant Morrison’s Seven Soldiers. High-level rapid deduction heuristics.
As of April of 2019, this profile was overhauled, and received pierced M&M stats.
Two animé cosplayers turned dangerous mercenaries, with swords and super-bikes to stay in character.
These were seen during the Batgirl of Burnside era.
The heroine of notable 1990s indie comic Wandering Star, a sci-fi/war/coming of age story.
This enigmatic character appears in a 2018 indie video game called The Other Half.
Giving him a small, short writeup seemed useful and interesting.
A scary, weird expert in a comic book version of biofeedback. Superhuman violence monster, but he’s on the Frequency so he’s okay.
This is the last of our Warren Ellis et al’s Global Frequency character profiles, as we’ve covered every writeup-able bit. It was a cool ride.
A vampire commando who hunts vampires, in the Russian Resurgence future depicted in Nikolai Dante comics published in 2000AD.
She’s so vein, she prolly thinks this writeup is about her.
As of March of 2019, this profile has had its ichor reinvigorated, and received befanged M&M stats.