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Post by DiscipleofBob on May 1, 2013 9:49:00 GMT -5
I officially qualify for a second title now!
But... I'm at a loss.
This month I think I'll work on trying to get ahead on UWW so I'm not always in at the last second, but I have several story ideas floating around in my head at the moment. Two particularly come to mind:
Shazam: I'm honestly uncertain as to how well I'd do with Shazam. I've never read one of his comics in my life and only know him from his appearances in JLU, BatB, and Injustice. At the same time I REALLY want to see Shazam established in our continuity, if for no other reason than I wanted to do a crossover in one of my future UWW issues. Thankfully said crossover wouldn't need to happen for a good long while, but I'm still wondering if I should try writing the title just to put some SHAZAM on our site.
Teen Titans: I've been toying with this one since near the beginning. In the same folder as all of my UWW stories on my flash drive are notes on several possible lineups for Teen Titans. I actually have an idea on how the story I have in mind could set things up for future Titan additions from other willing authors. I could definitely take cowriters for this in the future too. I would definitely be excited to write this, but the downside is that no matter what characters I could pick, there would have to be a lot of permissions given. The current lineup I have written down only has three original members, and doesn't directly affect anyone's story, but would require verifications and permissions from at least buck, wachter, Question (if he's still doing Booster Gold), and bkole.
Either way, I won't make any official claims this month, but I wouldn't mind opinions on which one to do.
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Post by Stardrifter on May 1, 2013 11:06:06 GMT -5
The fact that you haven't read Shazam could actually make a series written by you better. You'd be going in without preconceived notions and able to really make your own version.
If you do go Titans, I'd have no problem working with you if you wanted to use one of my characters from Aquaman. It would even fit in with some of my plans...
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Post by DiscipleofBob on May 1, 2013 11:10:37 GMT -5
The fact that you haven't read Shazam could actually make a series written by you better. You'd be going in without preconceived notions and able to really make your own version. If you do go Titans, I'd have no problem working with you if you wanted to use one of my characters from Aquaman. It would even fit in with some of my plans... If I end up doing Titans, I'm definitely leaving the door open for later additions from other titles, though I have the first lineup figured out for sure, and by for sure I mean as long as I can get the claim list cleared. |
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Post by The Wonderful Wachter on May 1, 2013 14:26:34 GMT -5
The fact that you haven't read Shazam could actually make a series written by you better. You'd be going in without preconceived notions and able to really make your own version. If you do go Titans, I'd have no problem working with you if you wanted to use one of my characters from Aquaman. It would even fit in with some of my plans... I'm going to second Star on both counts. I never read a lick of Captain Marvel back when I did Captain Marvel and the Shadowpact. And it allowed for me to plan for dark places such as Blaze and Satanus messing with a vision of Billy on the run from an abusive uncle and a mistrustful relationship with the wizard until he frees Adam who shows him what he must do to become the true champion in creating a family. Course that's when it all goes wrong where he ends up having a vision of Mary instead of Fred and Kid Eternity which were my unfinished chapters. Billy thought Mary was his successor but it was actually Kid Eternity (same last name as Fred and sometimes his brother... in mine, I made her a girl). She'd have ended up getting raped and assaulted, finally dying... coming back to life later as an Agent of Chaos with Blaze posing as Brother Keeper or whatever... Fred got maimed in the incident when he fails to save her... Billy goes on a semi rampage when he finds everything out but refuses to kill the killer (puts him at odds with Mary who thinks the bastard should pay). A regretful Billy grants Red a portion of his power and Captain Marvel Jr. is born. Also did a few neat things where each Lord of Magic actually granted Billy their own unique forms. That got rambling.... As for Teen Titans, yeah... I'd be up to be part of it. Remember, (as you like to point out), I went back in time. And all my characters are free and abandoned (literally if you read Steph's blurb in 3) for most of 2013 outside of a possible annual and crossovers. I have an idea that I'm going to pitch to you for watchtower dot com too that ties a bit into the old universe. So yup. Quite a few characters available for it. Now for mean Mr. Wachter. I agree that you should get ahead with Wonder Woman instead of rushing at the last moment to get it done before you claim a second title. And if you did what you did in April, you'd only finally be able to claim it at the last moment anyways. |
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Post by DiscipleofBob on May 1, 2013 14:37:02 GMT -5
Oh I definitely would be working on UWW and getting a backlog on that first, though even if I do get a few chapters ahead I may just post at the last minute each month anyway just to get you to sweat. ;D
I'm up for any other pitches or ideas though.
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Post by liquidsword34 on May 1, 2013 17:19:54 GMT -5
With Shazam you could really play around with it. Maybe instead of the usual characteristics (Wisdom of Solomon, strength of Hercules etc) you could use something like the Norse gods, or the Endless from Sandman (Either all of them, or you could use, say, just Dream, with Captain Marvel being a representation of what Billy dreams of being (although would that means Billy has to go to sleep to transform?)). Or maybe use a different tone to make it more interesting, such as very over the top silver-agey, or similar to Moore's Marvelman.
I'd love to see Jonah Hex or more cosmic titles, although I don't think the two have to be mutually exclusive.
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Post by The Wonderful Wachter on May 1, 2013 17:39:39 GMT -5
With Shazam you could really play around with it. Maybe instead of the usual characteristics (Wisdom of Solomon, strength of Hercules etc) you could use something like the Norse gods, or the Endless from Sandman (Either all of them, or you could use, say, just Dream, with Captain Marvel being a representation of what Billy dreams of being (although would that means Billy has to go to sleep to transform?)). Or maybe use a different tone to make it more interesting, such as very over the top silver-agey, or similar to Moore's Marvelman. I'd love to see Jonah Hex or more cosmic titles, although I don't think the two have to be mutually exclusive. Heh. I was actually going to use Norse gods for Mary's Trials of Shazam when she became a true champion instead of just empowered by Will (my billy). Then the Super Young Team were going to be powered by Asian deities after their Sentai asses got served in Checkmate. And Bushido, as a champion of Shazam, utilized the power of the word by having them embody the weapons of various Japanese samurai such as the Spear of Tadakatsu Honda. Gun of the Saika. Something of Hideyoshi, etc... It's in my notes somewhere. |
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Post by liquidsword34 on May 1, 2013 17:56:53 GMT -5
A Super Young Team or Great Ten series would be great.
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Post by The Wonderful Wachter on May 1, 2013 18:46:50 GMT -5
The problem with the Super Young Team is so much of their identities are reflections of western heroes. So my idea (and one I might still do either in Demon Knights or Red X spinoff... or anything else that might give me some freedom to use them) is that they began their careers as Super Sentai/pop stars/idols... What have you. Then as time goes on... They get their asses kicked and get super powered up into their more eccentric alter egos once the other heroes have been around long enough to drawn on.
Big Atomic Lantern Boy makes for the perfect scapegoat to get nuclear exposure or massively maimed then a deal with Neron or SCIENCE is involved and TADAH! Super heroes instead of power rangers.
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Post by liquidsword34 on May 4, 2013 15:44:33 GMT -5
I had a possible plan for them at the draft as like a 4th option after GLC, WW and Teen Titans where they would pretty much be corporate mascots for a company specialising in genetic engineering used to sell merchandise and stuff fighting against actors pretending to be villains. The first arc would focus on an actual villain turning up and the team deciding to really start fighting crime while still being celebrities. From there many of their issues would be due to the company they used to work for being angry that they broke away, former "villains" becoming actual villains, their egos etc. Sort of like Luthor's Infinity Inc in 52 but not villainous.
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