| rdfs:comment | - A form of Elemental Powers dealing with shadow and darkness, it can take several forms. Darkness as an element is frequently portrayed as acting nigh-identically to its polar opposite, Light'Em Up, with characters "projecting" darkness (technically inactive photons, which appear as black) as you would light (despite this not making any sense). Shadow element, on the other hand, is usually focused on creating copies of something else -- typically corrupted or imperfect ones. The two frequently overlap, as well; "dark" versions of other powers created by combining Casting a Shadow with other Elemental Powers or other power sets are not uncommon. Both darkness and shadow powers frequently act as the inverse of Hard Light, as well -- shadow-beings or creations of pure darkness will be able to
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| abstract | - A form of Elemental Powers dealing with shadow and darkness, it can take several forms. Darkness as an element is frequently portrayed as acting nigh-identically to its polar opposite, Light'Em Up, with characters "projecting" darkness (technically inactive photons, which appear as black) as you would light (despite this not making any sense). Shadow element, on the other hand, is usually focused on creating copies of something else -- typically corrupted or imperfect ones. The two frequently overlap, as well; "dark" versions of other powers created by combining Casting a Shadow with other Elemental Powers or other power sets are not uncommon. Both darkness and shadow powers frequently act as the inverse of Hard Light, as well -- shadow-beings or creations of pure darkness will be able to affect the world as if they are solid objects. Given the prevalence of Dark Is Evil, darkness as an element is often used by Villains in a clear-cut case of Bad Powers, Bad People. Even when Dark Is Not Evil, darkness-based powers are almost always relegated to Anti-Heroes and other morally grey individuals. It wouldn't do to have the white side of Black and White Morality use darkness-based powers, after all. Either way, darkness-based powers are frequently associated with negative emotions -- fear, hatred, anger, pain, etc. As probably the most Primal Fear in the human psyche, don't expect darkness to be pleasant, even when it's not actively malevolent. Evil darkness-users will often play this up, luxuriating in their evilness, while others will usually become The Stoic (suppressing their negative emotions by suppressing all their emotions) or just have a lot of Angst to deal with. Darkness is sometimes associated with gravity, presumably by conflating darkness, black holes, and gravity into basically the same thing. For gravity-based powers, however, see Gravity Master. Also related to the Power of the Void -- darkness is, after all, merely an absence (of light). Characters using darkness-based powers are sometimes Weakened by the Light, which may be shown by having Casting a Shadow opposed by Light'Em Up in Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors. When the two are combined, however, the result is a Yin-Yang Bomb. Examples of Casting a Shadow include:
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