News Files - Family Ties

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In comics, there are a number of families, either complete, or partial. The Fantastic Four stand out in that. They are the first family of comics.

Some others are as close as family. There's the Batman "family", Power Man and Iron Fist, Green Lantern and Green Arrow, and some ties that have been forged through Staff efforts to better interconnect our sources. For example, Hank Summers, father of Buffy, is brother to Christopher Summers, father of Scott and Alex, making Buffy a cousin to Scott and Alex.

Characters that are family, or nigh-on family, should treat each other as such. They should care about each other and be affected by developments in their lives.

Were May Parker to suffer a stroke, we would expect Peter Parker and Ben Reilly to be deeply affected by it. Were Perry White to retire, we would expect to see Clark Kent, Lois Lane, and Jimmy Olsen to be at his retirement party.

These are but two examples, but they are meant to convey the sense that major events in the lives of people you are close to, should influence your role-play. The Staff of United Heroes MUSH do not like to dictate role-play, nor do we like to impose upon our players, but some things are to be expected. To ignore these ties, barring a justified in-character falling out supported by logs, is tantamount to playing a parody of your character.