[UA] Archetypes...

[Epoch]

On Mon, 21 May 2001, Will wrote:

> Ysidro <ysidro at bellatlantic.net> a écrit :
> > 
> > > At least UA is not really desperate, since there will eventually be a 333rd
> > > archetype to ascend. Maybe this 333rd archetype would be an IC-aware "I'll
> > > be the last one and now let's get over with this stuff" kind of "nihilist"?
> > 
> > The 333rd will (or at least should) be the Comte.  "First and Last Man"
> > remember?  Of course, if I was around since the start of it all I'd want
> > to get it over with too.

I've always wondered whether the Comte can or would delay after the
332nd.  Because, y'know, it might matter.  If there's a Godwalker with a
decent shot at knocking out an incumbent, and that Godwalker has a
significantly different spin on the archetype than the incumbent, then the
Comte might (or might not) want to let the Godwalker have his chance.

The Comte something I'm not entirely satisfied with about UA.  He's too
"special cased."  If there's really an Archetype called "the First and
Last Man," then who's currently in that IC slot?  The Comte from the last
universe?  Can I Channel the Archetype and get powers from it (after all,
just because there's a Godwalker with a fairly unassailable lead doesn't
mean that there can't be lower-level Avatars)?  If it's not actually a
filled Archetype, then what if someone slips into the 333rd slot before
the Comte does, and there ends up being no First & Last Man Archetype in
the Godhead?

Mike

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