Brainstorming: What's my superhero name?

[beatrice_otter]

So, this summer, I am going to be visiting the awesome Cherie Renae Studios and getting a superhero picture done.  I will have wings! ... but I need a costume.  And a superhero name.

My color will be red.  (As you can tell from my icon, it's my favorite color.)  My two favorite superheros are probably Oracle and Wonder woman, though I have soft spots for Jason Todd, Stephanie Brown, Superman, and Captain America.  Smarts/detective skills/computer skills would be a cool secondary power to have besides the wings.

So!  What should my superhero name be?  Background?  Am I a mythical creature or an alien?  Do I use technology or magic?  Am I DC or Marvel?  (Despite my yuck factor with New 52 and my love of recent Marvel movies, I am at heart a DC girl ... but if the recent relative awesomeness of the two franchises keeps on as it has been recently, that may change.)

Costume!  I am a very good seamstress, so I can make anything I want.  (There will be no sex-kittening.)  With wings, a cape really doesn't work.  It could be anything from a simple red turtleneck and black cargo pants and black boots to something more elaborate and superhero-y.  (I already have knee-high black boots that I think I will wear because they are practical and look good and I think superheroines don't wear high heels.)  Should I go the traditional spandex-route?  Should I wear my underwear on the outside?  Should I wear a mask?  Should I make some kind of insignia to go on the front of the costume?  (Designing and creating the insignia would be the most difficult part, I think.)

Discuss!

Comments

[mizz_destiny]

Oracle and Wonder Woman.... sounds like you need to go mythological for a name ;) Have you got a favorite?

ETA: DUH, you need to be Metis, the winged Titan of wisdom. Mother of Athena. Zeus felt threatned by her knowledge, tricked her into transforming into a fly, and swallowed her while she was pregnant w/ Athena. After Athena was born (springing fully formed from Zeus's head - ow, painfull) Metis stayed in Zeus's head, advising him. THE LITERAL VOICE IN YOUR HEAD. :D

[tielan]

I admit, a red turtleneck and black cargo pants works for me. If you don't mind body-hugging, I'd probably go for something that fits quite close around the breasts and waist, no-sleeves so the arms can move freely and because I don't perspire, I sweat, so it's better for me to have skin-breathing space.

Not sure about an insignia, but I've always envisioned a costume with a sprinkle of glitter diagonally from the right shoulder over the breast and down to the hip - like a gleaming silver slash.

I suck at knowing anything other than the standard famous superheroes from the major comics houses. And if I suggested any origin stories, they'd probably be for superhero characters I imagined for myself.

But I always liked the telepathy/telekinesis duet. :)