Continuing with this miniseries on the villains of Posthuman: Guardians vs PSION, we meet Gaslight, one of the Nice Guys.
Gaslight
Chad Jordan is a nerd who used commit his crimes in steampunk gear: Victorian styled suit, velvet cape, and a top hat with clockwork gears hot-glued to it. He’s a radicalized incel who, unfortunately, has posthuman hypnotic powers.
Gaslight was in and out of the predatory group, the Nice Guys, who use their posthuman abilities to coerce women into exactly what you’re thinking. They’re awful. But they’re all in jail now, either on the Barge or in the special jail for the worst types. Other members of the Nice Guys include Dox, Mr. Jody, and the Sugar Daddy.
Gaslight brags that he’s never killed anyone, as though this low bar is a badge of merit. He gets into a lot of trouble during his prison term for attacking Dr. Anne Nocenti.
Yes, you read her name correctly.
His attire and posthuman abilities definitely remind me of X-Men’s original Mastermind, but Gaslight’s powers are more similar to Mesmero’s (who is serving a LOT of leg in this pic). For casting, I’d go with someone deceptively cute and awkward who also can play a ruthless villain. Someone like Adam Brody, Harry Treadaway, or Ben Barnes.
You will meet Gaslight in Chapter 2 of Posthuman, regardless of your stats. You’ll meet him again in Chapter 10 if you are with the other Guardians and haven’t defected to PSION.
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