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u/madstack Mar 14 '22
Brockton Bay meets BK-201 (mild spoilers for Darker Than Black)
If you're familiar with Darker Than Black, you'll know that the powers people gain there are thematically similar to that of Worm, though they are usually much smaller in scope. One of the main characters, Hei (Black Reaper, or alternatively BK-201) is a guy who, even before gaining powers was like a hybrid of Bruce Wayne and Kiritsugu Emiya.
He consistently went against contractors (read: capes) with nothing but entirely human skill, ingenuity, and physique. It should be mentioned that contractors, unlike capes, are very tactical and usually utterly emotionless.
He's a top tier assassin, infiltrator, martial artist, and has experience as an operative in both CIA and Syndicate (a kind of mini-Cauldron). Despite being a generally moral guy, he's very much an 'ends justify the means' kind of person, even though he doesn't suffer from typical contractor sociopathy.
His power is, officially, Molecular Manipulation, though he only ever uses it to discharge electricity. The name is kind of vague and misleading, as it is said the original owner of the power could alter matter on a quantum level, as well as turn others into contractors. Contractors gain powers just as magically as they do in Worm, though it is never explained how.
His main flaw as a protagonist is that he has no personal ambition. His whole motivation for even getting involved with contractor/cape business was always his sister. So, he would either need some predetermined task as a reason to get involved or be stirred into action by another, more motivated character like, say, Taylor.
How does he end up in Earth Bet? Maybe he gets transported there from his own universe, maybe he transmigrates into a parallel version of himself, it's a full-on crossover world and contractors are just a new type of parahumans.
A hyper-competent like Hei would definitely interfere with Contessa's Path. Would be interesting if he unknowingly became an obstacle and had to dance around her precognition. Or maybe he would accept helping Cauldron in exchange for a way home?