User blog:Kayem-san/John the Marksman retcon

Not sure if retcon is the word I'm looking for, but I'm making some minor/major changes to the character. His name isn't John the Marksman anymore. I'm doing this because, guns are cool and all, but there is already a sharpshooter. Also, I hate the name. In addition to this, I'm removing his gun-based abilities, so his energy-based ones will be his main, along that power mimicry and superhuman longevity. For his new name, I'm retaining the "John" to make editing easier for me, but I don't know what exactly the new name is yet.

To be honest, I'm incredibly dissatisfied with the character, especially his appearance, but the damage is done. The way he looks is because when I originally created him, I was desperate for a picture and a Madness Combat game provided the customization necessary for an image. I was going for a dark and gloomy loner vibe, but the character evolved beyond that. But with like 50 images of him already, I'm not gonna request a redesign from Zoph. Instead, I'm going to "humanify" him by giving him arms. Yup, that's it. Maybe legs but I feel the character would look awkward with legs. This won't be random either. I'm going to have his transformation take place via The ACS season three to be precise, through a sick, twisted, and painful lab experiment against his will.

Of course this change causes other changes as well, as I'll have to change Joe's name as well.