Talk:Empowered (comics)

Original Research
It seems like there is original research in this article, and quite a bit of it. For example, a couple parts in the section on her suit have 5 sources, all from the original comic. Can we try to find an article or source outside of the original comic that mentions these things instead? A good place to start might be interviews with the creator, if there are any available. Setitup (talk) 01:53, 22 March 2010 (UTC)

Some places to start: http://www.comixology.com/articles/6/Adam-Warren-Of-Heroine-Bondage

http://www.comixology.com/articles/8/Adam-Warren-part-2-i-Empowered-i-and-the-Comedy-of-Failure

http://www.comixology.com/articles/9/Adam-Warren-Part-3-What-Love-Has-to-Do-with-It

http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=131451

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=21727

http://www.darkhorse.com/Interviews/1727/Sexy-Superhero-Comedy-Interview-with-Adam-Warren-06-11-09

http://www.darkhorse.com/Reviews/515/Empowered-Vol-1

http://www.comicsbulletin.com/reviews/11914395564587.htm

Some of these sources are better than others. Let's try to substantiate as much of the article as possible. Setitup (talk) 02:17, 22 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Primary sources are acceptable for use in Wikipedia articles. In this case, the primary source is the comic itself. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.216.121.142 (talk) 05:39, 2 April 2010 (UTC)


 * See WP:PRIMARY. While a primary source can be used, we should "not base articles entirely on primary sources". This article could be well served by supporting documentation. Setitup (talk) 15:20, 6 April 2010 (UTC)

Race
Concerning Sistah Spooky's race, I maintain that the evidence to date clearly indicates that she's black. Not Latina, certainly not white. Look at the covers, and note the story in Vol. 2 where Emp's would-be kidnappers refer to her as a "dark goddess" and similar, and are then terrified of her thinking them racist. This strongly suggests, at least to me, that Spooky's black. Also look at her lips in the childhood and early teens flashbacks: Thick, broad, classically negroid. Finally, the simple fact that she calls herself "Sistah" Spooky. Would anyone not black use that form?

How about the fact that Adam Warren will sometimes replace the letters "er" with "ah" when typing? I've had to confer with him through deviantArt's messaging system to compile some info for an Empowered Character list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.12.14.250 (talk) 21:43, 18 August 2009 (UTC)


 * All evidence presented so far is original research and invalid. Lots42 (talk) 00:51, 5 September 2009 (UTC)

Blond vs Blonde
American Heritage's Book of English Usage propounds that this particular use of the term [blonde] is an example of a "sexist stereotype [in] that women are primarily defined by their physical characteristics." -- from Wikipedia's entry on "Blond".

Unless there's a particular need to use the older, more problematic spelling, I see no reason to enforce archaic gender agreement rules in hair color. I'll use "blond" unless there's a consensus otherwise. - JeffJonez (talk) 14:35, 5 March 2010 (UTC)


 * Is this genuinely problematic? One of the problems with "Blond" is that it's only used in modern English in the United States. While this article is in US English already, it doesn't seem sensible to add more Americanisms than are strictly necessary. As the IP said, both of those referred to as blonde in the article are female anyway. Chris Cunningham (not at work) - talk 16:16, 5 March 2010 (UTC)

Mindfuck
a_man_alone (talk) 07:29, 8 June 2010 (UTC)
 * All instances of swearing are blanked out - this doesn't make her name censored, that's just how it's displayed in the graphic novels.
 * During the fight scene in the Suprahuman Mausaleum her tombstone can be seen in the background, which displays her name as "MINDFU" - with the rest of it being out of picture.

Abillity
The 'abillities' section seems to have way too much speculation. For example, it seemed to me that the suit did not improve when Thugboy was endangered, it was simply Emp using her abillities with natural self confidence and training because a loved one needed rescue. Lots42 (talk) 05:42, 21 April 2011 (UTC)
 * Furthermore, it should be noted hat Emp remains superhumanly durable even when much of the suit is gone. I believe it was volume 1 where she was pounded into the ground and received very little damage. Lots42 (talk) 16:12, 27 April 2011 (UTC)

also, suit listening to Emp's command to un-suffocate and used as phone as only speculations too. The comic does not explicitly say so. "it seems like it is not good enough" please discuss here before you undo other's revisions —Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.99.128.219 (talk) 10:21, 15 May 2011 (UTC)


 * The ability to be used as a phone is not speculation or original research - it happens several times in the series, although only the Caged Demonwolf has made use of this ability (so far).  a_man_alone (talk) 09:56, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Quality
The quality of the writing in this article needs improvement. "Preppy bitches" is not encyclopedic. — Melab±1 &#9742; 15:36, 22 January 2016 (UTC)

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