Yeah when I read 'Skull Monsters' my mind went to Pokemon Vietnamese Crystal from Jontron's Bootleg Pokemon episode.
From the way I read that sentence, I think dead Andy was the result of miscommunication, but Stanley wasn't? I have heard it mentioned by Alex that Stanley was meant to perish in the Lab 8 raid, but it was changed after he became popular. Back in 2011 would have been before that happened.
Head Canon Time
This woman in the background of the Glass Canopy is the new #13 Sniper of The Black Egrets.
She is of Filipino descent and has a theme of Eagles.
Apparently her name is Junko.
Moved from New Egrets Sniper thread:
Can I headcanon that Junko is deeply religious and, when sniping, recites Bible(?) verses aloud while calmly lining up her shots, kissing her inverted cross before taking the shot?
You always will be in my heart Juju. Eating jujubas (portuguese word)
As for Junko I am indulged in a cruel type of sniper, since most of Parasoul's military are pretty nice people.
Examples from Tvtropes
In the book One Shot, One Kill by Charles W. Sasser and Craig Roberts (Roberts is himself a former sniper). The U.S. military originally simply issued sniper rifles to the soldiers with the best aim, but they're now selected for their mental state and personality, with aim being a secondary concern. It's easier to teach a decent soldier better aiming skills than it is to teach the wrong soldier how to cope with the psychological demands... for a given value of "decent" - not the one you'd like applied to your neighbours.
There was a History Channel special on snipers, which included a somewhat-famous bit of rifle marksmanship that occured during the Vietnam War. On St. Valentines Day, just before midnight, 20 Vietcong soldiers were crossing a river, holding their rifles over their heads because the water went up to their necks. On the other side of the river was an American sniper who killed them all with one headshot apiece in about 30 seconds. An unpleasant, but necessary, part of war. We see a recreation of the shooting narrated by the original sniper. After the recreation, he discusses the shooting a little bit more before saying, "Yeah, that was my St. Valentine's Day massacre present to the Vietcong" and laughing. Brrr...
On the same special, there was a United States sniper from the Iraqi War. The main point of the segment was him killing an enemy sniper who had been terrorizing a town. At the beginning of the segment, he appeared to be reasonable. However, as the segment continued, he began to give off a decidedly... sociopath vibe. He repeatedly referred to using fellow Marines as "bait" for the enemy sniper without informing them of this. He also was talking about how he regarded the entire population of the town as possible terrorists, to the point where he would cover them with his rifle if he saw them doing anything "suspicious". When he finally found the sniper (after waiting for him to shoot twice at friendly troops to pinpoint his (the enemy sniper's) location), he wanted to use an airstrike in the middle of a populated town to kill the sniper. He said that his commanders (obviously) denied this, and proceeded to mock their rationale that it would lead to civilian casualties. Brr indeed.
I think that Junko makes a point system in her head when she is shooting in the same way you get points in an arcade shooting game.
I know. You created a very good idea. Just picking where it all started and putting it in a place where people will see.
That's awesome but I don't think her sclera is red like that, I think it's just red markings around her eyes.
I always thought of Juju as the short chick too, but looking at her recently she's seeming pretty leggy actually. The puffy jacket makes her look wider and thus shorter and the sniper rifle completely dwarfs her. I don't think she's tall, but she's taller than I thought.
Cee Lone Cat Mitchell pretty much only suggested the character be Chinese, use a talking sniper rifle (or Katana) and be named Juju.
I don't see why copyright laws are really coming into play with a character that is really only being speculated on. In the military there are not many female snipers, but I don't see why that would hinder there being women as snipers in a fictional military. Design wise I don't think that variety in how she looks. Snipers cary tools on them that the infantry wouldn't normally carry. There is a lot of leeway with the Egrets because special forces members seem to be able to get away with a more personalized look, rather than the faceless masks that many of the other members wear.
I actually like that red-eyed, Gambit look. It fits nicely with her red color motif, and being that Gambit is known for his accuracy, is kinda symbolic in a meta sorta way.The Sniper is dead, long live The Sniper!
I was looking for something to practice on so I made this:
Juju who? It's always been Junko.
I think it was a case that I didn't understand what you meant by copywriting for the character. I am sorry for misunderstanding as well! Honestly I don't think it would be a problem at all as long as the story and design is original enough. Honestly, the whole Juju situation is more of a bad memory now than it is a haunting/looming copyright hazard.
Well earlier we were looking at Juju's original concept which was: A chinese girl named Juju who uses a talking katana or sniper rifle that is a Skull Monster. So that idiot has no right to claim that any of his intellectual property was stolen to create Junko- an Egret sniper of debatable heritage.
The guy that made Juju is sort of the one who ended her...
well sort of.
I mean it's his fault for claiming that his idea was stolen. Even if Alex was the one who came up with everything good and interesting about Juju (design, story, etc.) and he just came up with a very lame underdeveloped concept.
The guy's an idiot. He thinks parasites are called Skull Monsters and Cerebella's hair is alive.
Zero Lab still not any massage from New Egrets sniper
