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I am working on a story, and in this story I have a skunk person, who is a hero. And I am thinking of a enemy that would be a good match up. Like what powers or animals would be fun to fight a skunk hero.

Estee Lauder

A cat painted like a skunk apparently.

Krillin

Owls

A dumb dog that keeps barking at them and harassing the skunk.

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a mailman

A giant squid

A_Good_Boy posted...

Owls

That might be something to think about. I hate owls. Those fuckers with the damn tube eyes. Tiny legs and messed up who who who. Fuck them.

Owl was also what I thought of. Skunk lends itself to a more down to earth, less intelligent hero while the owl would be the mastermind jackass

Vampire bat

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/7/1/3/AAdlC_AAEMPZ.jpg

In all seriousness, good writing isn't pitting an animal-themed character against its natural predator. Batman fights against Catwoman and Killer Croc, animals which eat bats, but his main villain is a clown. By the same token, Spider-Man has the Scorpion, but his main adversary has always been Dr. Octopus. The theming of an eight-legged spider against an eight-armed octopus is much more subtle by comparison.

Think about why you're choosing a skunk. Think about what the skunk represents functionally. If they use stench as a weapon, maybe you'd want a flower-themed adversary. If they represent nature, maybe you want a mechanical foe to represent industrialization or deforestation. Or maybe you could just go with complementary colors and work from there. If a skunk is black and white, maybe the adversary should be red and blue. A parrot, perhaps?

A dumbass hunter

Thanks for all the advice. For all the good and joke advice everyone everything is helping.

FortuneCookie posted...

Think about why you're choosing a skunk.

Because not many people like them. So she was made to feel worthless, became a criminal. Then she met up with another hero who treated her like a person. Now she helps him out.

The main villain is a scientist. Who unbeknownst to the two of them. Kind of created them both.

With the Skunk person he was the person who did gene splicing to make her. (she thinks she is a person but she really a skunk) that is going to mess her mind up.

The other guy is a dude who uses electric powers. And the Scientist helped him make a suit. However here is the rub. While the guy was working with the scientist the scientist was trying to manipulate him turning him into a bad guy that would help him. But just the opposite happened and he became a hero.

So the villain sees them both as his greatest creations and greatest failures. He wants them dead.

The reason I was doing a different animal was because I was thinking the scientist would just make something that hunts skunks.

Have his nemesis be another stinkpot animal

cjsdowg posted...

Because not many people like them.

It seems like the natural counterpart to that is an animal which everyone loves.

The other guy is a dude who uses electric powers.

If you can't find a counterbalance to a skunk, maybe you could find a counterbalance to the electric-themed character. It might feel as though the hero has stepped into the sidekick's rivalry, but that's not necessarily a bad thing if the story plays out like that.

The reason I was doing a different animal was because I was thinking the scientist would just make something that hunts skunks.

Judging from that list, I'd say nothing that has a choice. Wolves and bears are conspicuously absent. I can't imagine that skunk meat tastes good. When it comes to risk vs reward, it seems the apex predators choose other game and leave it to the lesser predators to risk getting sprayed.

Badger

bnui_ransder posted...

Badger

If the story is going to go with a predator that preys on skunks, this is easily the best choice. An owl isn't bad either.

A coyote hunting a badger comes across as being desperate to get any meat available whereas a badger can hold its own against a wolf or a bear.

Fox, they are competitive about which animal stinks more.

Porcupine. Hes just a prick.

Truck driver / semi truck. So deadly.

Possum can be the surprise good guy greg animal, dont judge a book by its tail type moral.

a color-reversed skunk that smells good

becomes a tepid love interest after the skunk(s) arc is resolved

An anthromorphic can of air freshener. With boobs.

A flower dinosaur.