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Cape is a slang term that refers to parahumans. It derives from the universal costume symbol of superheroes and supervillains - the cape. The term applies to most of the parahumans in North America and is applied to other parahumans outside it, regardless of how closely those parahumans fit into the "superhero" paradigm.

A small note of irony is that relatively few parahumans actually wear capes.<ref name="19.5">Eighty heroes, if my bugs were counting right. Maybe eight in all were in the air. It made it easy to find Eidolon. Like Grace, his costume had been tinted by the film of dried fluids. He was a few stories above the ground, and his cape flapped around him in the strong winds.

It was hard to make capes look good. They had a way of clinging to the body, or flowing the wrong way, getting caught around an arm… it took a measure of majesty to make it work. Eidolon could pull it off.

Ironic, that the slang for a parahuman was ‘cape’, and so few of us wore them.

I’d worn a short cape, not so long ago, barely long enough to reach the small of my back. I’d adopted it more for utility than style, to give me more concealed area to hide my bugs and for the marginal extra protection it afforded me. I didn’t have it now, and I was somewhat glad. I might have felt more self-conscious, seeing Eidolon up there. I’d wind up worrying if I really had the ability to make it look good, when I needed to focus on projecting confidence. - Excerpt from Scourge 19.5</ref>

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A Weaverdice document exists covering the various dispositions that capes have.<ref>Dispositions Guide</ref> However, as that document covers behavioral traits that do not directly affect the societal label a cape is given,<ref>Ultraviolent Analysis #318d; Special: 'The Unmentionables'</ref> the wiki uses in-universe labels while acknowledging there is significant overlap between the two.

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+'''Cape''' is a slang term that refers to [[parahuman]]s. It derives from the universal costume symbol of superheroes and supervillains - the cape. The term applies to most of the parahumans in North America and is applied to other parahumans outside it, regardless of how closely those parahumans fit into the "superhero" paradigm.
-'''Cape''' is a slang term that refer to people with powers ([[parahumans]]), and was inherited from the universal costume symbol of superheroes and supervillains - the cape. It applies to most of the parahumans in north america and is applied to other parahumans outside it. Regardless of how closely those parahumans fit into the "suprehero" paradigm.
-A small note of irony is that relatively few parahumans actually wear capes.<ref name="19.5">Eighty heroes, if my bugs were counting right.  Maybe eight in all were in the air.  It made it easy to find Eidolon.  Like Grace, his costume had been tinted by the film of dried fluids.  He was a few stories above the ground, and his cape flapped around him in the strong winds.<br><br>It was hard to make capes look good.  They had a way of clinging to the body, or flowing the wrong way, getting caught around an arm… it took a measure of ''majesty'' to make it work.  Eidolon could pull it off.<br><br>Ironic, that the slang for a parahuman was ‘cape’, and so few of us wore them.<br><br>I’d worn a short cape, not so long ago, barely long enough to reach the small of my back.    I’d adopted it more for utility than style, to give me more concealed area to hide my bugs and for the marginal extra protection it afforded me.  I didn’t have it now, and I was somewhat glad.  I might have felt more self-conscious, seeing Eidolon up there.  I’d wind up worrying if I really had the ability to make it look good, when I needed to focus on projecting confidence. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/02/23/scourge-19-2/ Excerpt] from [[Scourge 19.5]]</ref> A hold over perhaps from the adapted culture of the comic books.<!--<ref name="R1">[https://redd.it/4l1s5w Wildbow on Reddit]</ref>
+A small note of irony is that relatively few parahumans actually wear capes.<ref name="19.5">Eighty heroes, if my bugs were counting right.  Maybe eight in all were in the air.  It made it easy to find Eidolon.  Like Grace, his costume had been tinted by the film of dried fluids.  He was a few stories above the ground, and his cape flapped around him in the strong winds.<br><br>It was hard to make capes look good.  They had a way of clinging to the body, or flowing the wrong way, getting caught around an arm… it took a measure of ''majesty'' to make it work.  Eidolon could pull it off.<br><br>Ironic, that the slang for a parahuman was ‘cape’, and so few of us wore them.<br><br>I’d worn a short cape, not so long ago, barely long enough to reach the small of my back.    I’d adopted it more for utility than style, to give me more concealed area to hide my bugs and for the marginal extra protection it afforded me.  I didn’t have it now, and I was somewhat glad.  I might have felt more self-conscious, seeing Eidolon up there.  I’d wind up worrying if I really had the ability to make it look good, when I needed to focus on projecting confidence. - [https://parahumans.wordpress.com/2013/02/23 Excerpt] from [[Scourge 19.5]]</ref>
-Parahumans Online is something of a wiki that establishes names. If you don't pick and declare a name for yourself, someone else will (a la Skitter). If you pick a name that's stupid (superdude785) or offensive, the community will name you or strive to rename you (a la Bitch/Hellhound), depending.
+==Categories==
-Keep in mind that language is always striving to simplify itself. Long-winded names don't tend to get a lot of traction and will become nicknames, which eventually become the new standard. Someone names themselves Cyber Stealth Death Ninjaman ends up getting referred to as Cyberdeath, and that becomes their name.
+Numerous "subdivisions" of capes have developed over the years. These include:{{Ref|“Look,” Solarstare said, reaching out to touch me, then pulling that hand away to wipe at another dribble that escaped because she’d moved forward as quickly as she had.  “You only ever lift one way, lift a lot, neglect certain things, you get warped and you don’t hold up as well.  Whatever kind of cape you are-”<br><br>I rattled a few off, to contribute, and because I wanted to be distracted, “Hero, mercenary, villain, corporate, sponsored, brand, clandestine, ideologue, scumbag-”<br><br>“Any kind, yeah,” Solarstare said|#Black 13.3}}
-Getting huffy and going, "But guyyyys! I'm Cyber Stealth Death Ninjaman, not Cyberdeath!" is a fast way to lose rep and have people move even faster to the short-form.
-When a villain dies, their name is up for grabs, but if it's just taken without a second thought, then has a way of maintaining bad reps and picking up old rivalries with few of the benefits. That guy who always wanted to stomp Tailspin's ass might get some cathartic release from beating down Tailspin II. Sometimes very stupid villains take a name that's already taken, causing headaches for everyone involved, and invite beatdowns & contests over the name.
-Heroes are far more likely to simply ask for permission to use a name. Unicorn III passed her name on to Unicorn IV, for example. -->
+*[[Heroes]]
+*[[Villains]]
+*[[Rogues]]
+*[[Mercenaries]]
+*[[Corporate Team|Corporate]]
+*[[Vigilantes]]
+*[[Sponsored]]
+*[[Brand]]
+*[[Clandestine]] (known as [[Thanda]] in [[India]])
+*[[Ideologue]]
+==Trivia==
+*A [[Weaverdice]] document exists covering the various dispositions that capes have.<ref>[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KXE2E9op3r0hYlzVXfVhRFNdQ-BLDCp1jnctMyKkPmk Dispositions Guide]</ref> However, as that document covers behavioral traits that do not directly affect the societal label a cape is given,<ref>[https://redd.it/gpvnxx Ultraviolent Analysis #318d; Special: 'The Unmentionables']</ref> the wiki uses in-universe labels while acknowledging there is significant overlap between the two.
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 [[Category:Terminology]]