Here's hoping the generic Poseidonian and Tritonian templates show up in a later post...beyond that, Jab, I'd say you've clearly done Lori justice.Jabroniville wrote: ↑Sun Dec 17, 2017 1:08 am
LORI LEMARIS
Created By: Bill Finger & Wayne Boring
First Appearance: Superman #129 (May 1959)
Role: Relic Character, Superboy's Girlfriend
Group Affiliations: Atlantis
PL 8 (88)
STRENGTH 2 STAMINA 3 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 4 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 3 AWARENESS 3 PRESENCE 3
Skills:
Athletics 4 (+6)
Deception 4 (+7)
Expertise (World Traveler) 4 (+7)
Insight 3 (+6)
Perception 3 (+6)
Persuasion 2 (+5)
Advantages:
None
Powers:
"Mermaid Physiology"
Movement 1 (Environmental Adaptation- Aquatic) [2]
Swimming 6 [6]
Immunity 3 (Drowning, Cold, Pressure) [3]
"Telepathy" Mind-Reading 8 [16]
Offense:
Unarmed +4 (+2 Damage, DC 17)
Telepathy -- (+8 Mind-Reading, DC 18)
Initiative +3
Defenses:
Dodge +4 (DC 14), Parry +4 (DC 14), Toughness +3, Fortitude +5, Will +5
Complications:
Relationship (Superman)- Lori and Clark Kent were deeply in love while in college, but they split when she revealed that she was from a different world.
Secret (Mermaid)- Lori rarely told anyone but Clark of her true nature. Most often, she appeared as a crippled girl in a wheelchair.
Responsibility (The Undersea World)- Lori is occasionally an ally of Aquaman and his ilk.
Involuntary Transformation (Mermaid/Human)- In the Post-Crisis World, Lori changes to human when on land, and to a mermaid when in water.
Total: Abilities: 46 / Skills: 20--10 / Advantages: 0 / Powers: 27 / Defenses: 5 (88)
-Lori Lemaris is one of those old relic characters unfortunately too stuck in the 1960s era- comics is missing goofy characters like this. She was introduced as "The Girl In Superman's Past"- in which college student Clark Kent fell in love with a wheelchair-bound girl named Lori, who of course turned out to be a MERMAID. As Mermaids are famously a part of Historical Fanservice (sailors used to profess seeing nude mermaids casting our siren calls), it seemed like this was another "Idealized Girlfriend" character, with the writers cleverly giving her the "Double-L" name so common in the Superman Mythos.
-The relationship had moved forward in college, but Lori rebuffed Clark's marriage proposal, as she had to return to her "native country". Finally, Clark realized her secret, while she revealed her people's telepathic powers, making her one of the handful of people who knew that Clark was Superman. They part as friends, realizing they could never marry.
-Lori reappeared in many Silver Age Superman comics, but was killed in Crisis on Infinite Earths, largely became Marv Wolfman & George Perez wanted to "de-silly" a lot of the DC Universe, which included getting rid of characters like "Clark's Mermaid Ex-Girlfriend". Unfortunately, this kind of took the heart out of Superman for a long time. Of course, leave it to John Byrne to IMMEDIATELY bring her back, as a new Lori appeared in the 1986 Man of Steel series, and copied the same origin.
-In the Post-Crisis Era, Lori could gain legs while on land, copying the powers of Madison, the mermaid from the hit 1984 movie Splash. She provided some romantic drama between Lois & Clark (since she's Clark's ex), but largely vanished during the grittier '90s. She failed to show up in most of the Aquaman books either, despite being a Tritonian (relatives of Atlanteans) by this point. She was thought-killed in the Infinite Crisis event as a mere random casualty (alongside poor Neptune Perkins and some other aquatic characters), but popped up in a book a year or two later. She hasn't shown up in ten years by this point.
-Characters like this... they definitely have a place. While DC likes to be up its own ass with grittiness at times, I really think that the "Goofy Silver Age" stuff is part of the HEART of DC Comics, and things like Lori are what belong there.
As for the pre-Crisis-era Lori, might I suggest the following Complication:
And I agree that there is definitely a place for Lori in the post-New 52/Rebirth-era DC universe. The only problem now is when best to reintroduce her into the main continuity...and what she will physically look like. (Will she have pointed and/or fin-shaped ears? Webbed and/or slightly clawed fingers? Visible gills? Fins on her hips? A longer tail (a la Suli Stellamaris from Seven Soldiers: Bulleteer Vol. 1 #3), perhaps?)Disability (Strange Appearance): Like all who are native to the Atlantean city-state of Tritonis, Lori has a fish-like tail instead of legs, the result of a curse levied by the sorcerer and prophet Shalako against the people of Tritonis over 10,000 years ago. As such, while on land, Lori requires a wheelchair to move around.
