Page From the Nerd's Notebook: Languages I Find Attractive

Good evening nerds, geeks and gamers,

First things first: I am a nerd to the core. Linguistics, or things dealing with languages, have always had my attention. In actuality, Spanish was my first language, but I lost all reason to speak it. Despite being hindered vocally, I can still understand what is being discussed in the language. My second was English, and I speak this the most fluently. These are languages I find attractive and why. As a bonus, I'll throw in whether or not I am learning or planning on learning the language.

1. Czech: In all honesty, I was working on a novel for publication and in my books, I like my main characters to be foreign. While trying to come up with a nationality for my beloved character, I was on the maps app on my iPod and came across a country called Czech Republic, and shortly thereafter, I kind of developed an obsession with all things Czech which is still strong today, though I'm surprised that I don't listen to any Czech bands. It's a bit strange. In any case, I am currently learning the language

2. French: Don't ask why, but I honestly feels like this is one of the most romantic languages you can converse with me in (the first being Czech, obviously), and my love for the language was actually instilled in me by m mother, whom is fluent in English, Spanish and French. The love for the language was brought out by the song Radio Song by the French band Superbus. Now I'm planning on learning it.

3. ASL (American Sign Language): There was something I always found really cool about conversing using gestures and passes with your hands, arms and fingers. I was first truly introduced to this style of linguistics on the show Switched at Birth, and I was merely captivated by the way they held conversations with gestures, and how fast they performed these gestures. I am currently learning ASL.

4. Japanese: Originally, it was because I am an Otaku and I want to watch anime without reading the subtitles, even though I love reading subtitles.

Notes From the Nerd's Notebook: Super Power Breakdown: Primordial Fire Manipulation

Good morning nerds, gamers and geeks,

Today's power to be discussed is Primordial Fire Manipulation. Now before we begin, let me just say that there are different branches of fire manipulation. For example, there is dark fire, holy fire, hell fire, esoteric fire, blue fire, white fire, et cetera. Yes, we will be discussing the different kinds of fire manipulation in other posts, but let's go ahead and get started.

Primordial Fire is the fire that was used in from the dawn of creation and is the progenitor of all fire. This means that this fire and can't be extinguished by conventional methods. Hilariously enough, other than the user willing it so, the only other way to extinguish Primordial Fire is by using Primordial Water. One place that is bathed in Primordial Fire is Muspelheim (Norse Mythology) and a few users are Surtr (Norse Mythology), Angi (Hinduism), and the Phoenix Force (Marvel Comics)

Powers that come from possessing Primordial Fire Manipulation are Fire Manipulation, Fire Energy Manipulation, Life Fire Manipulation, and my personal favorite: Ultimate Burning. Of course, this power can be associated with Chaos Manipulation, Primordial Element/ Forces Manipulation, Primordial Entity Physiology, Conceptual Fire Manipulation and Fire Embodiment. Like I said, we'll discuss the different kinds of fire manipulation, and elemental manipulations.

There is only one limitation to this power, and it is one of the deadliest limitations. Because of the fire's ancient and primal nature, possessing true control over it may be incredibly difficult and be an extreme danger to the user.

Gamer's Guide To Survival Horror: Tips for Surviving Outlast

Good morning gamers, nerds and geeks,

Welcome back to the Nerd's Notebook, and today we're turning to Chapter One in the Gamer's Guide: Survival Horror. Outlast is a horror game wherein you can't fight back, but you have to use your quick wits to survive, surrounded by insane patrons, creepy religious cults, machete wielding nudists and Piggy. In all honesty, it's a great game and it scared the absolute hell out of me. Anyway, here are some tips to get you through the game fairly unscathed.

1. Collect and Conserve Batteries: In Mount Massive Asylum, there are more than many dark areas and rooms, and more often than not, you will have to traverse the darkness with the only source of light at times being the night vision mode on your camera. To my knowledge, you can hold up to ten batteries at a time, and the night vision mode runs through the battery's life fairly quick, so you're going to have to carry more than one.

2. Don't Be Afraid To Explore: Ironically enough, you're only means of self defense are running and hiding, but you shouldn't be afraid to explore, because that is how you'll come across batteries, hiding spots, and documents that will thrust you deeper into the game's lore and story.

3. Always Stay Thinking: In this horror game, things will often go awry and you'll need to adjust your game plan just a bit in order to survive. Stay on your toes and always have a back up plan.

4. Run, Hide, and Wait For Your Life: As I have said, Outlast and Outlast: Whistleblower are purely survival horror, meaning you have literally no means of self defense. This ties into my second point;  ninety-five percent of the inhabitants of the asylum will attack you if they see you, resulting in a chase.

5. Know When To Run Past Your Foe: Many of the enemies in the asylum will kill you in three to four strikes, given their weapons are blunt. The Doctor will this massive shears will kill you in two or three strikes. The machete wielding nudists will kill you in two strikes. Piggy (and he is the easiest to discern because you meet him as the first real foe and he address you as "little pig") is a one-hit killer.

Notes From the Nerd's Notebook: Super Power Breakdown: Assailant

Good evening nerds, gamers, and geeks.

Today's power we will be discussing is the power of Assailant, which is a fate placed on those whom are known to steal, capture, conquer or destroy the world. Other names for Assailants are Corrupted Ones, Dark Ones, Destroyers or even Chaos Bringers. Well known assailants are Apep (Egyptian Mythology), Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda), Satan, Surtr the Fire Giant (Nordic Mythology), and Nyralathotep (Chthulu Mythos) as seen in the photograph above.

Powers that come with being an Assailant are Dark Heart, Enhanced Combat, Supernatural Condition and Enhanced Senses, Evil Embodiment, Fear Masking, Indomitable Will, and sometimes Magic.

Such as with all powers and abilities, Assailant has a few limitations and weaknesses. Evil nature tends to be the downfall, as good always triumphs. Assailants are often times narrow-minded, as they only think about destruction and domination. And depending on their level of power, they may grow insane and unstable, dangerous to all as well as themselves.

Page From The Geek's Guide: Ten More Fictional Characters I Would Love To Be

Good afternoon nerds, gamers, and geeks and welcome back to the Nerd's Notebook. Today is the part two to a past post that made. Let's jump right in. In no particular order, we have:

1. The Members of Dumbledore's Army (J.K Rowling's Harry Potter Series): The members over Dumbledore's Army in the iconic Harry Potter series by renowned author, J. K Rowling, grew stronger under the command of Harry Potter, as did Harry himself. Those that survived the great battle at the end grew to be some of the strongest. Besides that, magic has always been something that's amazing to me that I like to read about, write about and learn about, but not to practice...unless I was a student at Hogwarts.

2. Dracula (Bram Stoker's Dracula): If you haven't read the first post, then you don't know that if I could choose anything nonhuman to be, I'd be a vampire first, then werewolf, and perhaps a dhampir (vampire-werewolf hybrid). For me to become Dracula, is for me to become the primordial nosferatu. The first vampire and one created by such an amazing author.

3. Celena Sardothien (Sarah J. Maas' Throne of Glass series): An infamous assassin with extensive knowledge of poison, enhanced intelligence, and amazing fighting skills. Seriously, thank you Sarah J. Maas for creating such an amazing character. You can find a post on this book in my reading blog, the-page-master.blogspot.com

4. Any Member of the Bat Family (DC Comic Continuity): All I will say is seriously...beware for those that bear the mark of the bat and fight alongside the Dark Knight and are a member of his estranged crime fighting family. Challenging any one of them will not end well.

5. Greco-Roman, Norse, Egyptian, Japanese and Slavic Gods and Goddesses (Mythologies): I love studying mythologies and the gods and goddesses that are in each respective mythology, so for me to have the powers of some chosen deities and minor deities would be amazing, though dangerous for them that may cross me.

6. Alisa Perne (Christopher Pike's Thirst Series): Alisa Perne kicks butt as a vampire, and Christopher Pike did an excellent job putting us as the reader into the shoes of a vampire woman.

7. Carrie (Stephen King's Carrie): The power of telekinesis was Carrie's most powerful and only weapon which was completely and terrifyingly unlocked at the end of the novel, because she murdered many of her former classmates when she snapped and her powers raged out of control. This can also be found as a separate post in my reading blog the-page-master.blogspot.com.

8. Lestat (Anne Rice's Interview With a Vampire/ Queen of the Damned): Another vampire that, in the movie Queen of the Damned (godofthearts.blospot.com), was the lead singer of an amazing metal band, whose songs from the soundtrack were written and performed by some great bands. But still...vampire...metal. Grade A awesomeness.

9. Number Four (Pittacus Lore's I Am Number Four): To have powers and to be hunted is something I always thought would make my life way more interesting than it already is. And that's just what happens in I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore.

10. The Deities of the Cthulu Mythos (H.P Lovecraft's Chthulu Mythos): As I have said before, I love to study mythologies and right now I am heavily into Slavic Mythology, Nordic Mythology, and the Lovecraftian mythos named after his own creations. The famous author of Cosmic Horror, created grotesque and strange deities that are Eldritch in practice and horrifying in reality.

Top Ten Favorite Gen. 1 Pokemon

Good morning bones, ghouls and mundane friends,

Welcome back to My Gothic Mind. I am your host, Nightmare: the Prince of Phobias. I love Pokémon, and I haven't played a Pokémon game in forever and that depresses me, but something I have been really into lately is Pokémon Fusions. That will be its own list, but for now we'll just go through ten of my favorite Pokémon and why they are my favorite. Let get started!

10. Fearow: Remember the show and original game? When you'd evolve your Spearow and it would evolve into that massive bird, thing? Yeah. Fearow was just something I would love to just have on my shoulders or just walking behind me, because I love to freak people out. I'm strange I know, but seriously, Fearow. Massive bird. Amazing.

9. Vileplume: This Pokemon is at number nine, because it was just adorable to me, even as a kid, and I always searched for a Gloom just to get it to evolve. I had an Odish, but for some reason it refused to evolve.

7. Kadabra/ Alakazam: I love Psychic-types, and these two were the ones that were just awesome to me, even as a kid. I remember watch the original show and Ash was in Saffron City (I believe that where they were, I can't remember at the moment) and he went to battle Sabrina and her Abra evolved into a Kadabra and just wrecked Pikachu sideways. And Alakazam is just powerful and amazing. Not just that, but their names are the words used in cheap magic tricks. Abra-Kadabra, or Alakazam. I'm surprised their isn't one named Open Sesame.

6. Rapidash: It's a freaking horse on fire. Dude, you'd look like a Ghost Rider if you rode that into battle or war, or something. But either way, I've had this small fascination with horses, Rapidash and Ponyta in particular. The thought of riding a flaming horse was always interesting to me.

5. Primeape: This thing is as fiery as I am, but nowhere near as controlled as I, kicking buttocks and doing whatever. The fact that he  just sucker punched Ash (even though he is my favorite character in all of cartoons) just made me laugh.

4. Golem: Golem looks like some kind of monster that would just ruin your entire day if you angered it, and I could never get one and that bothered me, because I love it. Yes, it's a favorite, because it looks like it would wreck anyone.

3. Marowak: The Pokedex entry for this and pre-evolution were just dark to me and I just love the bone mask, and bone weaponry.

2. Haunter/ Gengar: My all time favorite type will always and forever be Ghost. And you'll never get ghostlier than these two. Haunter is the epitome of haunting and all things creepy. Gengar will hide as your shadow and steal your freaking soul! I love that!

1. Dragonair: There is only one type that I love more than ghost and that is dragon. Dragonair is majestic and beautiful, and just extremely dangerous. Wow, I just want a butt ton of Dratini eggs, just to evolve them into Dragonairs...if anything I'd only have only one Dragonite.

Notes From the Nerd's Notebook: Super Power Breakdown: Death Whisper

Good evening bones, ghouls, and mundane friends,

Welcome back to My Gothic Mind. I am your host, Nightmare, and for today's Super Power Breakdown we'll talk about a power possessed by the Angel of Death, banshees and other harbingers of death.

Users of the Death Whisper power are able to connect to a sort of supernatural network, which broadcasts messages about the dead or the dying. This gives them the ability to hear the voices of the dead, though this power shouldn't be confused for mediumship, which is the power to have a two-way conversation with the spirits of previously dead or newly dead. Despite not being able to voice their opinions to the dead, they can obtain advice from the dead, as well as sense and/or predict the death of a living person. The death whisper ability is often associated with communing, mediumship (as the user is granted the power to hear the voices of the deceased), and supernatural senses.

As with almost all powers, there are a few limitations. For this particular power, the user may not be able to control their ability and may not be able to switch it off. Doctors may endow them with some kind of mental disability as a result of being able to hear voices. Unfortunately, not all spirits aren't benevolent, and the deceased or even malevolent spirits may give false advice. And last but not least, although the user has the ability to listen to the dead, they have no way of openly communicating with them.

Page From the Geek's Guide: Ten Fictional Characters I'd Love To Be

Good afternoon bones, ghouls and mundane friends,

I am your host for today, Nightmare, and welcome back to Nerd's Notebook. The first of today's posts is based solely around fiction. I, personally, am very deeply integrated into fiction, not only as an aspiring author, but also as an avid and obsessive reader; be that fantasy, sci-fi, paranormal, horror, romance, et cetera. Having said this, let us get started. In no particular order we have:

1. Cpt. Richard Ravager III (TFS Plays Fallout 4): A video game character? Yes, I am addicted to video games; good luck getting me to sell my Xbox. Hilariously, I just like the way Team Four Star goes through their playthrough of Fallout 4 as the boss Captain. Oh, and by the way, it's pronounced rav-uh-jay.

2. Dumplstiltskin (TFS Plays Bloodbourne): Simply put, yes it's another video character, but with Team Four Star at the controller, semi-drunkenly passing it between each other, the adventure always takes an often hilarious turn.

3. Amanda Ripley (Alien Isolation): A girl? Yep. That's video game character? Yes, and let me tell you why. Amanda, daughter of the movie's Ellen Ripley, is trapped aboard a space station and must use her skills as an engineer to survive the reign of terror of the Alien, the emotionless, soulless androids, and the insane human survivors. Seriously, she's just really freaking cool in general.

4. The Cullens (Stephanie Meyer's Twilight Saga): Seriously, Nightmare; a bunch of sparkling vampires? Um, hell yes!! I am the biggest Twilight fan ever; I've read the books at least ten times each (in order) and I've watched all of the movies, though they're not as amazing as the books. I would love to be a vampire already, but to be a vampire with bonus powers? Come on! What isn't to love? Not only that but the story is amazing, the plot is addicting, and the characters are just so...God, I just love these books!

5. Isaac Clarke (Dead Space Trilogy): Seriously, stop with the video game characters. How about, no. Isaac is forced to fight endless hordes of the dead and undead, known as Necromorphs, across the entire trilogy, and I find that amazing. Granted the deaths are gory, but hey, if I don't die, then I have nothing to worry about...right?

6. Christian Grey (E. L James' Fifty Shades of Grey): Um...seriously. Deathly serious. I love Fifty Shades, despite refusing to read the book originally. Filthy, stinking, disgustingly rich, and a room for a sexual fetish that I actually share, though to a mush lesser extent.

7. Percy Jackson (Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson and the Olympians and Heroes of Olympus): I love mythology as a whole, though I've done most research of the Greco-Roman, Egyptian and Norse mythologies. Originally, I was only a fan of Greek mythology, and upon reading the books in the series as they came out, I found myself wishing more and more that my deadbeat dad really was some kind of mythological God...no such luck.

8. Magnus Chase (Rick Riordan's Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard): Again, the wish of being a demi-god. I am pretty heavy into Norse mythology at the moment, since I'm more or less an unofficial expert on the Greek mythology.

9. Golden Freddy/ Nightmare Fredbear or Nightmare (Five Night's at Freddy's Franchise): I love everything about this franchise! Enough said.

10. A Shadowhunter (Cassandra Clare's The Mortal Instruments Series): They live to kill demons, the damned and the unholy, as well as protect "the mundane" in service of the Angel, Raziel. Seriously, what an honorable way to live, but it would be great to die fighting a horde of the damned. It's kind of how I pictured my death in any case.

Notes From the Nerd's Notebook: Super Power Breakdown: Lunar Manipulation

The power that is opposite to Solar Manipulation, the users of Lunar Manipulation can create, shape, and manipulate all aspects of a moon, including the gravity and it's overall effect on the planet as a whole, as well as its reflective surface, time-keeping, et cetera, and utilize its lunar energy. The moon's gravitational pull strongly influences the ocean tides, and the minute lengthening of the day. With the moon being the center of the users power, they may develop some sub-powers, which may include Lunakinetic Combat, Lunaportation, Lunar Healing, and even Moon Blocking. Since the moon and the Lunar Cycle are associated with emotions, lunacy, dreams and the subconscious mind, female fertility, blood, illusions, transformation, intuitions and repeating cycles, there are also powers that go in hand with knowing this ability; Blood Manipulation, Cycle Manipulation, Emotion/ Mental Manipulation, Fertility Inducement, Illusion Awareness/ Manipulation and et cetera, including Shapeshifting, and Transmutation.

As a result of having this power, training would cause users to develop more powers to compliment their primary ability. So powers that include Dust Manipulation, Earth Manipulation, Gravity Manipulation as it relates to ocean and water in general, Light Manipulation without the colors, because the moon's light usually only has variations of grey-white, Lunar Attacks, Lunar Constructs, Lunar Empowerment, Lunar Energy Manipulation, Reflection Manipulation, Time Manipulation, and Temporal Cognition.

Like the elements, even the moon manipulation powers have different variations; Dark Moon Manipulation, Esoteric Moon Manipulation, Lunar Embodiment, and Pure Moon Manipulation. Not only that, but this power ties into others, like Eternal Night Inducement, Darkness Manipulation, Lunar Mind, Magic, Vacuum Adaptation, and Ice Manipulation, since the moon has deposits of ice.

As with all powers, this one has a few limitations. For example, the availability of the users powers may depend or even be tied to the lunar cycle. So the peak of the users abilities may be active during the full moon, and they might even be powerless during the New Moon. Even during the special moons, such as The Blue Moon, or Blood Moon, the users powers may be supercharged to the point of reaching levels of transcendence. Another limitation depends on the distance, mass, precision and et cetera highly depend on the user's knowledge, skill, strength and the natural limits of the powers.

Exploring the Norse Mythology: Ragnorok;The End of All Things

The term Ragnarok in old Norse translates into "Fate of the Gods". Ragnarok is a series of future events, including the greatest of all battles, foretold. This great war will ultimately result in the deaths in a number of major figures in the Norse mythology, including Odin, Thor, Loki, Heimdallr, Tyr, and Freyr. It will be the occurrence of various natural disasters and the submersion of the world in water.

The first sign of the coming of Ragnarok will be Fimbulvetr, during which time there will be three winters without the reprieve of summer, and the sun's heat will be rendered useless. Three roosters will crow. A crimson rooster, named Fjalar will crow in the forest of Galgvidr. The golden rooster, Gullinkambi, will crow to the aesir in Valhalla, and finally an unnamed soot-red rooster will crow in the underworld location of Hel. The hound of Hel, Garmr, will growl deeply in the caves of Gnipahellir.

Heimdallr will raise the mighty Gjallahorn and blow deeply into it. The bindings on Garmr, described as the worst of all beasts, will break and he will run free and enter battle with the one-handed war god, Tyr, thus resulting in both of their deaths. The world tree, Yggdrasil will shudder and groan. The Midgard Serpent, Jormungandr, will writhe furiously thus causing waves to crash. These waves will free the ship of Death, Naglfar and it will set sail from the East. Surtr of the fire giants will advance from the South, with his sword blazing brighter than the sun. Loki, father of Jormungandr and Fenrir, will break free at the onset of Ragnarok.

Fenrir, the great wolf and spawn of Ragnarok, will swallow Odin. Immediately afterwards, Odin's son, Vidarr will put on the greatest boot, grip Fenrir's upper jaw and kick his foot into his lower jaw and rip his mouth apart, killing him. The serpent, Jormungandr will open it's gaping maw and yawn widely into the air. the serpent is met in combat by Thor. Thor, also a son of Odin and is described as the protector of Midgard, furiously fights Jormungandr, defeating it. However, Thor is only able to take nine steps before collapsing, succumbing to it's deadly venom. Freyr fiercely fights with Surtr but falls in battle because he lacks the sword he once gave to his messenger. Heimdallr and Loki fight each other with a berserker's ferocity, but die to one another.

Notes from the Gamer's Guide: Five Video Games That Need To Be Brought Back

Welcome to my list of five video games that need to be brought back. Let me get explain; my "brought back" I mean they need to remade for Xbox 360, PS3, Xbox One, and PS4. This is my list, in no particular top five order, because I love them all. Hilarious, we all know that I am obsessed with Injustice: Gods Among Us, but it's not on this list, because they are making an Injustice 2 for Xbox One and PS4. Anyone that has any kind of contacts with the creators of these games...please make this a thing!

1. Marvel Nemesis: Rise of the Imperfects (PS2/ Xbox): The Marvel version of DC's Injustice: Gods Among Us, and one of the best freaking game of all time. This is one of the few games that can actually compete with the Injustice for the number one spot of my favorite video game.

2. Duel Masters (PS2): I was obsessed with the show and the trading card game. When I got the game for PS2, I never stopped playing... until my baby brother accidently broke it.

3. Dragonball Z: Budakai Tenkaichi 2 (PS2): My favorite game of all time, I would play this game endlessly, for days, ignoring my dozens of other PS2 games. I got it when I was 12 and didn't stop playing it until I was 17, and that was only because my PS2 broke and I got an Xbox 360.

4. Ape Escape 3 (PS2): In all honesty, this was one game that I played more than Dragonball Z. Everything about it was just flawless.

5. Spiderman 2 (PS2): This was my very first game type that was similar to Batman: Arkham Knight. Long story short...this game was freaking perfect. I won't even lie, I haven't even tried playing the Amazing Spiderman games, because I don't think they'll measure up.



Notes From the Nerd's Notebook: Super Power Breakdown: Complete Body Strike

Complete Body Strike, hilariously enough, is less like a power and more like a martial arts technique, which is possessed by many users, though the most prominent user (via his frog kata) is the shinobi Naruto Uzumaki. The user of this technique can strike in such a way that by striking one part of the foe's body, the damage resonates throughout the entire body. For example, a blow to forehead would resonate throughout the entire body, dealing equal damage to the body as a whole.

Unfortunately, this technique might have physical consequences on the users body. Not only that, but it may also cause an unwanted amount of damage on the target. This technique is associated with the abilities of Combat Empowerment, Critical Impact, Damage Amplification, Energy Strike, Enhanced Combat, and Enhanced Strength.

Notes From the Nerd's Notebook: Super Power Breakdown: Mentifery

Mentifery is a powerful ability and honestly, it's one of my favorites. Mentifery is the ability to warp, shape and alter the very fabric of reality with a mere thought and based on the users imagination. With this, the user could change any minor thing about themselves, or change the entire universe. Hell, with this power, the user could create their own dimension and crown themselves God.

With this power under one's belt, they could literally do anything they could imagine. Mentifery is the purest and most powerful form  Reality Warping, as imagination is both rational and irrational.

There are, however, limitations with this and every power. Since this power is based on the user's mind, it will not be effective if the user is not in a peak mental state. Meaning if they're sick, tired, stressed, et cetera. A lot of training is required to keep this power under control, especially is they're like me and have over active imaginations; meaning if they don't have the necessary control, every little thought could run rampant and have devastating consequences. Last, but not least, the user cannot form and/ or create what they are incapable of imagining. Meaning if you can't picture your dream spouse, or dream life, then you sure as hell aren't getting it. 

Page From the Gamer's Guide: Five Movies That Should Be Decision Based Video Games

In the world of video games, one of many types are decision based video games, such as Until Dawn, wherein every decision you make can and will alter the story in some way, shape, and/or form. So that got me thinking... what movies would actually make a good, or at the very least a somewhat decent decision based video game?

5. Prom Night (2008): The movie is suspenseful, and is a good, old fashioned serial killer horror movie. On the Prom Night shared by high school friends, who would make it out alive when an obsessed serial killer infiltrates the hotel the prom is being hosted at and starts picking people off just to get to a specific character?

4. Titanic: In this iconic movie, let's see if we can prevent as many people from dying, or if more people die by our hands.

3. The Perfect Guy/ Enough: In both movies, women are trapped in toxic relationships and have to escape. Both end in the death of the toxic ex-boyfriend/ spouse. How long would it take for us to reach that point with our hands on the controller or keyboard.

2. Bruce Almighty: Simply put, how would the decisions we make now differ from the ones we would make if we were gifted God's powers?

1. Blue is the Warmest Color: Literally, my all time favorite movie/ graphic novel. In the book, she dies at the end. In the movie, she doesn't. Which direction would we walk in the shoes of Clementine...or Adele in the movie.

Are there any movies you think should be on this list? Are there any movies here you feel shouldn't be? Drop a comment below and let me know. Stay weird, my friends.

DC Versus Marvel: Nightwing (DC) versus The Winter Soldier (Marvel)

 

For tonight's versus, we have the two best and most dangerous former sidekicks in the history of comics. The most talented and loved protégé of the Dark Knight himself, the former boy wonder, Nightwing, facing off against the only protégé of Captain America, Bucky Barnes, a.k.a, the Winter Soldier.

Powers:

Nightwing: Nightwing's childhood experiences as a circus acrobat and trapeze artist make him extremely agile. He is a superior fighter and has been trained by Batman and the Teen Titans in many forms of self-defense. Nightwing is a keen detective, and is driven to seek out adventure in the name of justice. Nightwing uses Escrima sticks to defend himself, and can be put together to form a bo staff. Also, his wrist and boot gauntlets contain smoke pellets, flares, and other items.

Winter Soldier: An Olympic level athlete with extraordinary skills, the Winter Soldier is also a superb marksman. His cybernetic arm also gives him super strength.

Showdown:

Let me start by saying, wow. This match-up was one that I thought up while trying to fight a medicine-induced haze of sleep. Two of the most talented protégé in the world of comics engaged in battle. Diving right into it, I'm going to say flat out, I think that this match will end in a draw. Sure, the Winter Soldier has super strength in his cybernetic arm, but Nightwing is extremely agile, able to dodge and evade most things the average human couldn't. Strangely enough, if it came down to direct hand-to-hand combat, it wouldn't stop until one of them dropped from exhaustion, Winter Soldier managed to actually shoot and kill Nightwing, or unless Nightwing broke a couple of bones in his normal limbs.

Notes From the Nerd's Notebook: Top 10 DC Power Couples

As an otaku and an active member in the anime community, I hear a lot about characters being "shipped", which means matching characters based on personalities, powers, and et cetera. So I figured, if people can do it in anime, why can't I do it amongst comic book characters. And so, I created this list... Let us begin.

10. Superman & Wonder Woman: Hilariously, I thought about this after playing Injustice: Gods Among Us. During this story line, Louis Lane is dead, and Wonder Woman is the rebound girl. Funnily enough, this is canon in DC's New 52. I just find this couple interesting because of the fact that they are so powerful, and the fact that they complete each other in a way that Louis Lane never could complete him.

9. Superboy & Power Girl: Both are super powered beings, and while many people would say that he should get with Wonder Girl (just like his "biological father", Superman), but I feel like he wouldn't be a good match with her. Like Superman, the Earth's yellow sun grants her power, leading many to believe that she is a clone of  Kara Zor-El, a.k.a Supergirl.

8. Batman & Talia Al Ghul: In DC's comic continuity, they have already had a child, the newest Robin--Damian Wayne. With Batman's genius level intellect, and martial arts prowess,Talia's charm and deadly skills as an assassin, pulled together my young Damian's combination of his mother's and father's training regiments and fighting styles, you have one force that even Superman and Wonder Woman wouldn't be able to stop.

7. Animal Man & Vixen: Both heroes with animal based super powers, I think that it would personally make, not only an interesting teamwork mechanic, but also an interesting relationship mechanic. Animal Man is connected to the Lifeweb, and Vixen's powers come from an totem. But relationship wise, I wonder how two animal based super heroes would function, since in the Justice League Unlimited television show, it was Green Lantern and Hawkgirl.

6. Shazam & Zatanna: I find that both of their powers are spawned from magic; Zatanna having magic as the Family Heirloom, so to speak, and Shazam being gifted with the powers of the Gods via magic.

5. Aqualad & Supergirl: The pupil of the king of Atlantis and the cousin of the Man of Steel. This seems like a good combination to me, because if they were to have children, they would be half Atlantean and half Kryptonian. In all honestly, they would be as dangerous a couple as Superman and Wonder Woman.

4. Red Robin & Oracle: The third Robin and the original Batgirl. After losing mobility of her legs, Red Robin and Oracle became closer and at one point were engaged. Both are genius detectives, though not as good as the Dark Knight, whom they've trained under.

3. Nightwing & Wonder Girl: A "bat brat" and the demi-God. I would find the team and relationship dynamic the two strange and fascinating. The boy wonder and the daughter of Zeus. Honestly, they need to make this canon.

2. Batwoman & Catwoman: Strangely enough, I just think this would be interesting to see in either the Batwoman or the Catwoman comic continuity, even it were just a one time fling between the two.

1. Batman & Harley Quinn: Hold on...what? Don't you mean The Joker? Nope. I mean Batman. Why? Because she's certifiably insane, and he's a freaking genius. Imagine how badly that would throw off each and every villain. That would be freaking amazing...not to mention...romantically, it would fun, to say the least.

Are there any couples you think should be on this list? Leave a comment below.