July Monthly Claim List

[buck]

I'd just like to reiterate my request for this month.

[Punk]

Since I'm a newbie here, I don't really know which characters are up for grabs and titles I'm allowed to write. If an Ultimate Azrael (Michael Lane) or Ultimate Teen Titans can be used, or maybe something like Ultimate Deathstroke/Deathstroke's Villains For Hire. Though I'm not sure how much continuity I'll be screwing up if I do the two latter titles. O__O

[Ryan]

Basically anything that's not listed on the Master Claims list is free. I have both Jean Paul Valley/Azrael and Deathstroke claimed for Detective.

I think most of the Teen Titans are free, Cyborg, Raven and Starfire...Heck throw in the Wonder Twins haha

[Punk]

Drake and Grayson I'm pretty sure are taken. Is there some sort of list where everyone's claimed characters are listed, just so I won't get into trouble with my claims? Haha.

[Punk]

Here's my claim list. If any of the characters listed here have already been taken, feel free to inform me.

Title: Ultimate Teen Titans
Heroes: Robin (Damian Wayne), Raven, Cyborg, Starfire, Wonder Girl, Beast Boy, Speedy/Arsenal
Villains: Trigon, Blackfire, Professor Pyg, Jason Todd/Red Hood, Sasha(I will abort Pyg, Todd and Sasha if Damian is deemed unusable)

[Ryan]

Robin, Beast Boy, Speedy, Jason/Red Hood are all claimed.

You can check with jackalope about Wonder Girl, she's not claimed but you can work that out with him. We wanted to avoid there being multiple named heroes, like 2 Blue Beetle, 2 Sandman, 2 Robins and whatnot..

Here is the Master Claim List

ultimatedc.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=authors&action=display&thread=3

[The Wonderful Wachter]

Damian would require a ton of reworking. Wonder Girl (depending on version), Cyborg, Raven, and trigun have not been.

Scarlet would most likely require permission from Ryan or me and I know I wouldn't give it. Cassie Wonder Girl would also likely require permission unless you wait like a month to find out her new history if at all.

[C_Miller]

I'm going to go update the Master Claims right now... it's been neglected...

[C_Miller]

Okay. I'm almost 99.9% sure that the claims are fully updated, so just go on there and if you don't see someone there, you're most likely good. I would still really like to see a Teen Titans title, unfortunately many of the big characters have been carved up and claimed. Of course characters like Dick and Wally have their own titles and Donna, Roy, Beast Boy, Starfire are in their own titles. Daimian is more or less rendered moot by TKJ's more unique take on Batman. But there are still a lot of great characters up for grabs.

Also one thing when building teams, they don't need to be like the comics. I have plans to make Starman a team eventually and I'm hoping to be able to use Aztek and Animal Man (yes, two major Morrison characters, I know i'm a cliché). I don't think they've ever appeared in the same comic as Starman, but I'm using them because I have stories planned for them. So be creative to fill the spots with in your team.

So yeah, look at the claims list and please try again, I really would love to see a Teen Titans title on here.

[C_Miller]

Well before July is over, I'll post my claims

Flash:
Villains: Captain Boomerang, Dr. Alchemy
Support: Impulse (Bart Allen)

Starman:
Support: Phantom Lady, Rick Tyler

[jackalope]

Theres also Marvel Man- as Dr Sivana is up for grabs now... and I think the Legion of Superheroes are free too.

I have to admit I am hoping to claim Cassandra Sandsmark soonish. I feel a bit of a dick being territorial about it.

As far as free Teen Titans currently there is: Raven, Cyborg, Miss Martian (though you might want ask Buck), then the more obscure Terra, Duela Dent, Mirage, Risk, Pantha, Red Star, Phantasm, Solstice...etc Wikiedia is your best friend in these matters.

[C_Miller]

And then there are younger heroes who aren't part of Titans that you can use like Jakeem Thunder, Damage, Arrowette, Secret, ect., ect.

[Punk]

With no Damian (and to an extent, Ra's and Talia as support), Deathstroke, Jason, Scarlet and Pyg. I'm gonna have to dig deeper within the obscure parts of the DCU to find roster spots. Having a litte trouble here since I'm only looking for people I won't be able to badly screw up, writing-wise.

I took a look at the master claims list, and saw Starfire was taken, too. I'm gonna have to be a little more creative with my claims now.


Here's my unfinalized list. I'm actually thinking of doing an Ultimate Outsiders or maybe an Ultimate Cyborg solo title instead. I find it hard that I'm just restricted to "Teens".

Title: Ultimate Teen Titans
Heroes: Cyborg, Raven, Beast Boy, Simon Dark, Ravager (it's okay if I can't use her, with Slade being used right now), Stargirl and S.T.R.I.P.E.
Villains: Trigon, Blackfire, Plasmus, Doctor Light, Gizmo
Support: I need a mentor-type character, though sadly all characters I had in mind are currently being used. I'd hate to resort to a C- or D- lister.

[jackalope]

I have Beast boy, but you can have him if you want, I had no major plans.

Maxwell Lord for mentor? He's pretty big.

Good luck...

[Punk]

Thanks jackalope. I'll make sure BB gets some exposure.

But before I go on writing, how much freedom do I have to "Ultimize" these characters? How far can I go with twisting their origins and characteristics? Are there virtually no llimits, or are there rules I have to adhere to?

[C_Miller]

I hate to do this to you again, but I have Stargirl and S.T.R.I.P.E. I believe S.T.R.I.P.E. is listed as such, but Stargirl is listed as Star Spangled Kid. And I'm 90% sure Wachter has Blackfire


As for how much leeway you have for ultimizations, you're 100% unlimited. We have TKJ doing Batman and there are almost no similarities and then we have others that so far are playing it pretty safe. Most of it is somewhere in between.

[Punk]

LOL. It's alright. That may be just a wake-up call for me to fix my glasses. My vision's really gone bad this past month.

I'm really having trouble now. I had a rough outline of story arcs for the original Titans I planned (the roster with Damian, Starfire, etc. And with Pyg, Scarlet, etc.)

Should I just revert to a solo Ultimate Cyborg title? Four members for a Teen Titans group seems too few for me. I'd love to "Ultimize" Vic but sadly, I don't know enough of his rogues' gallery and origins to begin with. Or should I just wait 'til all the characters I need are free for me to take? I really can't do mind-blowing ultimizations with my writing, anyway.

[C_Miller]

If you're waiting for the characters to be freed up, you may be waiting for a very long time. I personally have at least 45 issues plotted for my Starman Saga with potential to go on further and that's the general mentality among writers here. I'd love to see an Ultimate Cyborg title. I don't think he has much of a Rogues Gallery, but you can always build one for him. Get a bunch of tech based villains like The Thinker (A.I.) or something like that and do that up. Look at Starman, he doesn't have much of a Rogue's Gallery, but I built one out of characters I could tell stories around.

If you still want to do the Teen Titans brand, seriously, just get like six or seven available characters that you want to write. Who cares whether they're teens or not in the main universe. Go crazy and build a cool team and call it what you like. Do the same with villains and support. Have fun with it.

[Punk]

Hm, you have a point there. I was too caught up with emulating the real Titans. This is "Ultimate" DCU after all.

Again, if any of the characters listed here are taken, feel free to correct me. I tried "thinking outside the box" as much as possible and not take commonly used characters.


Title: Ultimate Teen Titans
Heroes: Cyborg, Raven, Beast Boy, Simon Dark, Ravager, Toyman, Red Tornado, Kid Flash (Bart Allen)
Villains: Trigon, Professor Pyg, Punch and Jewelee, Lobo, Lady Shiva, Doctor Destiny
Support: Dr. Will Magnus, T.O. Morrow, Uncle Sam

[Ryan]

Red Tornado, Pyg, Shiva are all claimed off the top of my head.

I have Deathstroke and if you can have an origin where she's not related and no mention of Slade at all, I don't mind if you claim her.