Thread:ElsaRules!!!/@comment-31772644-20190513192113/@comment-24588058-20190513195700

Hmmmmm. . . . I'll be honest, I don't remember the exact comment, but I guess it doesn't really make a huge difference to what you're suggesting.

They definitely shouldn't go in the Convention Aisle. None of these are props or proplicas, nor do they really fit as "fan creations". That being said, they also don't fit into the Television Section or other similar type sections.

If we did place them in the Comic Book Vault, I would agree with the suggestion (as I believe you are saying) to give them their own area. Separate from the DC, Marvel, and Independent Aisles, sort of an "Original/Originator" aisle. The types of artifacts that would fit there, in particular, would be any artifact which has inspired a real "superhero", regardless of where the final result ended up. I think, by your suggestion, some of the artifacts may have been created during the "inspiration" phase of a character's creation. Some of them might originate well before their original character inspirations, but due to interactions with the eventual creators of said series, they helped inspire characters.

If I may provide an example of something that might fit which I would love to create: something based on Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug and Cat Noir. In your suggestion (assuming I am understanding you correctly), the artifacts (I see them as a pair) would have been created during the initial phase of creation. Somewhere between the comic and "Anime" phase, before their pick-up as a full 3D series. So the artifacts' effects would be more archtypes as opposed to specific characteristics/traits of the final product (for example, as an idea, a pair of "ladybug" earrings might transform the user into a ladybug superhero with enhanced reflexes and strength, as opposed to the full set of powers that might appear with the final product, or that which might come from the previous powers of the artifact)?

I might have run around that a bit. But coming back around, would this apply to any early superhero artifacts (ones that have inspired superheroes regardless of the character's eventual debut medium, since every concept would still revolve around the initial concept drawings of a character), or simply ones which relate to "comics book superheroes"?