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Questions for the month! (Patreon)

Published:
2026-06-27 06:55:22
Edited:
2026-06-28 07:04:38
Imported:
2026-11

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Some facts:

Heatwave! I am melted. I've been in an autistic hyperfocus hole and written 30 000 words this week, but you won't see them for a while. Still. Looking good. Almost finished with the Rebirth update to show my alpha testers, polished it a bit more than I planned. Open demo for bugfixed latest demo will be out next week hopefully. Next demo will be puppet who rescued their impostor boss. So autistic now, staying off social media mostly, that always happens in the summer because too much sensation.

But so much Fallen Hero is happening behind the scenes. I am filled with excitement for the future!

SO, ask your questions!

Here is the link to frequently asked questions in case yours is there! https://fhr.miraheze.org/wiki/Frequently_asked_questions

Comments

Ella Jean

When Lord Ember uses his powers, is it more like Human Torch (combusts into flame. I guess he slings fire too?) or more like Zuko (fire slinging) Or both? Does he need existing fire or can he produce it himself? You mentioned in a QnA on discord that sidestep could mentally rebuild the pain gate. Will we get the chance to do that in game? Will we be able to kill Mr 5 Pennies? (He sounds like he is always crusing for a bruising) Will there be the option to show up at Ortega's bday party as a revealed! villain without armor? Gotta keep em on their toes . Out of the villain RO's who would be picked for the Rangers? (Not necessarily taking in to consideration whether they want to join)

Tides

Glad to hear it's going well!! I was rereading some of the older snippets, and the "Eulogies" one is one of my favorites just because of how raw it is. It did leave me with a small question though! Do any of the other main cast aside from Steel and Sidestep play chess? And if so, are they any good at it? Since you've been working on the Rebirth update I'm a bit curious, how does Hosted Games go about handling updates? Does it have a pretty lengthy review period like with initial submissions, or is it a pretty painless process?

jlillian1123

Do Re-Genes ever use "breadwinner" derogatorily (to mean teacher's pet, suck up, etc.)? Are there any Paths where Ricardo would regrow his mustache/shave his beard (even if it's outside the scope of the game)?

Nasir

Telepathy and your mind not being your own is such a scary thing. Despite dampeners being in a lot of places and existing precautions and measures against them, how come open telepaths do not come as terrifying? At first glance, the only one who seems mildly concerned is Mortum (rip Danny)

Nasir

It’s very interesting to see how HG “changes” their thoughts about you when you joke about playing on both sides. This makes me low-key concerned about Sidesteps with low infamy or Sidesteps that don’t kill and whether they will be villain enough or how they’ll fit in if they choose to reveal they were a hero closely associated with the rangers in the past. May this perception change if they’re backed up by our lovely and all mighty Hollow Ground or if they also come out as a Re-Gene? Sorry if it’s been asked before! Have a nice day and stay safe out there in the heatwave, ily ❤️

Nasir

I’m laughing my ass off with the mustache bit

Forkliftcertified

How 'alive' does something have to be for step to be able to possess it? If sidesteps possesion works by hijacking the nervous system could they control a recently deceased body as long as the nervous is intact? Could they control organs/limbs that are artificially being kept alive post mortem?

BogoBogo

For characters chosen as Sidestep's rival in rebirth or retribution, will it be possible to tell them about this/have it brought up to them? If not, then how *would* they react to being told about Sidestep's (kinda one-sided) rivalry with them?

Forkliftcertified

Would the corpses of the heartbreak victims taste the same to the nanovores? Could hb and the nanos have form a symbiotic relationship? Like the nanos get to eat the bodies and hb gets to eat the minds and they protect one another. Win-Win

Forkliftcertified

Assuming they know mostly about steps abilities, how would sentinel, pyroclast and the other non-ranger heroes feel about fighting step? Tactically speaking, without the emotional baggage of fighting someone who you used to or maybe still call friend.

breetnee

How’s tourism in the Philippines doing, considering it is now known as an epicenter for boost drugs? Has it experienced a tourism boost due to people flying in for the drugs or the opposite?

Nasir

If there’s a ranking for sexiest heroes, is there one for sexiest villains? Is the voting done within the villain community or does the general public participate too? Do heroes vote? Who are usually the winners? And most importantly, CAN SIDESTEP be the sexiest villain? (not necessarily in the scope of the game but… in… my heart…)

Faithless_Lehane

If guilty!Sidestep had never escaped ranger custody, what exactly was the Rangers' plan for what to do with her? I find it hard to believe that any version of Steel or Ortega are naive enough to actually think she won't just be "disappeared" again. What justification does Steel have for a nokill!Sidestep needing to pay for their crimes but at the same time being willing to cover for an eye-plucking, people eating Argent? At Hoots, Ortega can tell Sidestep that she didn't have a string of boyfriends back when they were dating pre-Heartbreak and was shocked and appalled by Sidestep having the idea of her sleeping around if she wasn't getting any from Sidestep. She then continued to go out on dates and make out with both the puppet and Sidestep, only stopping the two timing when ‘step decides to sleep with her. Will we get to confront her about that? This one might be explained if I could ever find it in my heart to forgive Steel, but it is clear that Chen actually did care for Sidestep and feels either guilty or regretful about the things he said and did to her both pre and post-Heartbreak. So why does even a Steel who doesn't suspect her of supervillainy still treat Sidestep like shit and keeps going out of his way to remind her that she will never be more than an outsider? Sidestep has the ability to steal someone else's body but they are inconvenienced by the original mind fighting to take back control. If ‘step wanted to make the biggest mistake of their life, could they “push” the owner’s mind somewhere else? Like the conveniently empty and comatose body people would recognise as Sidestep for example? Of course, due to how bodysnatching and powers work they would have to “push” the owner out before ever “stepping” into their body in the first place. If Sidestep tells Herald to piss off and to leave her alone, he (to his credit) actually does stay away for the rest of the book. Is he really respecting her privacy or just continuing to stalk her but from further away? Before you say that's mean, you are the one who gave the kidnapping prone fanboy binoculars and a love for looking at beautiful things. Ortega initiates contact with the puppet because of a suspicion of supervillainy/henchmanism. Specifically a whole bunch of criminal contacts and spending time at Joes. Which is frequented by Jake. Sidestep tells Ortega she was kidnapped and tortured for years due her enemies figuring out her secret identity and is now in hiding. Ortega tells the puppet that the person she saw in the park is her old ex ${name} who it recently turned out is not dead after all. First, what the hell is going through Ortega’s head here? Did she mean to out Sidestep? Is she willingly sacrificing Sidestep’s safety to aid her investigation? Is she hoping Hollow Ground will personally drive the ambulance this time around? Secondly, how did Sidestep ever manage to keep a secret identity or hide her telepathy for years with Julia “Loose Lips” Ortega attached to her by the hip? If Sidestep is a revealed as a killing criminal, part of Ortega's reasoning for us being a fake is that she never killed people before. But Sidestep (can have) shot Heartbreak and she for sure(-ish) killed the Void. So why can't Ortega believe Sidestep would kill someone? Has Sidestep ever been invited to join any supervillain teams since their debut? Actually, are there any named supervillain teams?

Angel

did Reagan run for presidency? if so, did he win? does chick-fil-a exist? are they still homophobic? do regenes have a belly button? if they do, what's the umbilical cord attached to in the tube?? why does Sidestep hate looking at themself in mirrors so much? is it really bc their self esteem is so low its underground, or is there another reason for it? did Sidestep dislike looking into mirrors before Heartbreak? was Bennett always afraid of mirrors, or did that start after his visit to the Heartbreak site? this might have been asked before, if so i apologize, but what's the situation with sex ed at the Farm? is it something just left for the chip memories to fill in, or do all regenes need to have a debrief on it, especially considering AFAB regenes still menstruate? we know that bluegenes have sex with their teammates occasionally since they share the same room, and i imagine cuckoos need that kind of information to blend in better, so i got curious. especially considering the majority of regenes get decanted in their teens, in the middle of puberty, when the body is experiencing a lot of changes related to sexual maturity... i know the priority is to treat regenes as things and not people but there's gotta be some awkward moments in there how much of a fuckboy (gn) was Ortega really? did they continue dating other ppl more seriously with past-flirting steps? if so, how much of it was just for show/to keep up their reputation and how much of it was earnest?

Angel

are there any repercussions to the handler if it was found that a handler/regene (both blue & cuckoo) relationship was especially abusive? what would the limit even be, or is there truly none? is it entirely dependent on whether it starts affecting the regene's ability to do their job? (TW sexual abuse) if a handler was found guilty of consistently raping their regene over the years, would that have any repercussions on their job or would it just be shrugged off as long as it didn't impact performance? do handlers have more than one responsibility at a time? for example, managing more than one group of bluegenes or managing more than one cuckoo at the same time, or is it just a one-to-one basis?

Barbie

So I know the real answers are 'Sidestep wouldn't pick that name'/'funny player input is necessarily headcanon-land', but: in worlds where Sidestep has locked in and doubled/tripled/etc-down on an obvious prank call/joke name, like, what percentage of Ortega's brainpower is spent thinking about that over the years? (given HG sibling's presumably normal name)?

mona isa

How would all the ROs react to finding out that Step chose their name because it was associated with a food/drink that they liked at the time? (For example "Reuben" like the sandwich, or "Brandy" after the alcohol). Would there be any unique reactions to a name like this?

Forkliftcertified

If sidestep can do something similar-ish to what shroud does, would scooping out someones consciousness be nourishing for them?

Angel

from loudest to quietest, how noisy are the ROs in bed?

All Blue

How would Nazar have reacted to the villain taking Sidestep’s/Anathema’s/Heartbreak’s name, if he was on the scene at the gala? Going from a previous answer about secretly knowing Step is a Re-Gene and becoming an advocate for them, would Danny have been able to influence the people protesting Re-Gene use/utilisation into genuinely caring about their plight?

Gorogs

I've seen some authors post stuff about player stats and choices, so I was wondering: How much of our Sidesteps' data (story decisions, scars and motivations, personality and relationship scores etc) can you , as the author, see? Are there any trends or choices that you found interesting or surprising (ex. more people than you expected picking a specific route)? Bonus: If you can see our Sidesteps' villain names, are there any player-submitted villain names that you found particularly fun or memorable?

Faithless_Lehane

Are dampeners painful to other telepaths? Cause neither Hollow Ground nor Argent seem all that bothered by them. Though they might be special cases since they can both still use their powers when dampened. And are they more painful to Sidestep now that she is telepathically stronger?

All Blue

The puppet can choose to look sexy for the auction- how would the ROs react to ‘sexy’ being Sidestep’s natural, preferred style? (Being oblivious to it looking sexy on them? Given Sidestep’s poor opinion on themselves.) What was Thunderhead like, before she got her boost? Given Sidestep testing their new armour and the flavour text for some choices in Rebirth, how would the Rangers feel about learning that they were basically test subjects for their debut? Especially after years of being out of action?

Pazzum

In Animated Amor paths, where do the girls go after Sidestep tells them to run? Are they able to get back to the base on their own, or are they just chilling in an alley somewhere hanging out with the LD raccoons? Has the farm (or any other group) ever attempted using telepaths to coordinate field squads the way Step can with the WolfPack and the villains in the mortumnapped path?

urmomcallsmecrawdaddy

What's the ranger's + villain ro's favorite ways to cool off in a heatwave? Does high/low temperature affect Argent at all?

Angel

does Ortega know that Sidestep can use their telepathy on animals?

jlillian1123

How does Bo reconcile his feelings about the Law and Herald? On that note, how does he feel working with a villain that beat Herald up (and possibly broke Herald's knee)?

Pato

Do existe prostetic or armour like the ones in S1 of Cyberpunk Edgerunner? What kind of ilícit Activity is the most profitable?if is like rob someone, can You be more especific? Are there a culture of true crimes like the ones that you see today? The history of profiling and study of serial killer is the same that today? Is there like treasures Hidden i'm the city of los diablos that can be found and sold(like things of famous movies or jewelers)?, as You Say previusly exist ruins still i'm the city. Is there a Bohemian scene in LD? What are the most dangerous missions a hero can do? Could happens that a profesional hero has a relationchip white an active villan or a criminal, like the hero works a Lot things like help in evacuations and the criminal contrabando things or rob things? What has to do a criminal to be called a villain or súper villain? Like apart of like a stage name and outfit what else? How does the law function in civil martters like marriage o adopp smn?i undertand that for example like gay marriage or change your gender in your birth certificate is still illegal but i can totally imagin people like offer 100 dollar to someone to put them marriage and nobody finding about because they just use neutral names ( can be use for girls or bous) or like can legally adopt someone? I can't imagine the tribunals with those things whe there are villans doing illegal things and coorporate lawsuites all the time.

Pato

Exist environment activist? Here un south américa is really common thore Kinds of activist to be murder or died in weird situations, so its not hars to imagine. Exist cabaret in LD? Is easy to hire smn to kill a person?

minjostens

How/when did you start realizing that a bunch of people thought of the tunnels base as a literal sewer? I saw the joke in the demo clarifying it is not the sewers and got curious as to how you realized a lot of people thought Sidestep was hanging out in the sewers LOL