They may not be all that defines a super-villain or super-hero, but the ways that they choose to theme themselves are surely the most fun and interesting things about them.
ABSTRACT CONCEPTS - Death, Doom, Justice, Evil, Good, etc. All of the murky concepts that various super-folk have aligned themselves with.
ACTIVITIES - Hobbies, Games, Sports and other active themes, plus verby titles like Avenger and Destroyer.
ALPHANUMERIC - Letters, Numbers and Symbols.
ANIMALS & PLANTS - Plus Cryptids, Monsters and any other forms of life.
BODY - Body Parts, Appearance, Illness, Appearance, the Senses, Size - everything relating to the physical form.
COLOURS - Plus Shades and Patterns.
ELEMENTS - Periodic and Classical, plus all of the expanded elemental concepts form fantasy literature like ice and lightning and shadow, plus Forces and Materials. All of the things where your whole deal can be being made of it or controlling it.
FAMILY - Daughters, Sons, Uncles and Clans. All of the ways we are related.
FAMOUS FIGURES - A lot of super-folk are themed after Historical, Religious or Mythical people or groups. Also includes characters themed after other super-heroes or villains.
LAIR OF THE GENERIC - Leader, Doctor, Mister, Captain, Chief, Madame, Rider. All of the more generic name elements gathered together in lists for fun. Also includes links to the Generic Costumed Villain and Mad and Criminal Scientist Round-Ups.
LANGUAGE - Expressions and parts of language, plus superlatives like Great, Amazing, etc.
LOCATIONS - Characters names after specific places both fake and real, biomes and space places.
OBJECTS - Costume Pieces, Weapons and Miscellaneous Objects.
PROFESSIONS - Jobs as themes, with the exception of:
-CRIMINAL - Careers in crime and:
RACIST CHARACTERS - There are more than a few of them.
ROYALTY - All of the Kings, Queens, Khans, Ladies and Knights of comics.
SUPRANORMAL BEINGS - Gods, Demons, Lycanthropes and the Undead.
WEATHER - If there's a type of weather, someone's going to try to control or embody it.
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