[OOC] CLOSED - Ultimate One Universe: Season One

[Afro Samurai]

@Sep Oh! Oh, I like that a lot. Many yes.

[Sep]

@Sep Oh! Oh, I like that a lot. Many yes.

@Afro Samurai

We could maybe even tie them to the M'bako people.

[Afro Samurai]

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We could maybe even tie them to the M'bako people.

@Sep

Ghekre likes. I'll PM you eventually.

[Simple Unicycle]

Gonna try to get another post or two up soon, I can see that I've kinda lagged behind.

[Master Bruce]

Does anyone have any plans for Beast Boy?

@Nib

I very much doubt it, given the setting doesn't really fit characters like Robin, Kid Flash, Wonder Girl or any of the other sidekick Titans. I'd say go for it if you have a solid concept. Gar fits into the same category as Vic/Cyborg, Raven, Starfire and others as being malleable enough to have pre-Titans adventures.

Gonna try to get another post or two up soon, I can see that I've kinda lagged behind.

@Simple Unicycle

Similarly, I've got a half-written post that I've needed to finish for a few days. Gonna tackle that in the immediate future.

[Hound55]

There's also, of course, the possibility of using Beast Boy leading into a Doom Patrol environment... which would make more sense since it's a year 1 environment.

[mickilennial]

There's also, of course, the possibility of using Beast Boy leading into a Doom Patrol environment... which would make more sense since it's a year 1 environment.

@Hound55

Oh, I love DC Comics' X-Men!

[Sep]

@Nib You can always go for the O-G Shapeshifter.

[ErsatzEmperor]

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Oh, I love DC Comics' X-Men!

@Inkarnate

Pretty sure you've got that one the wrong way round.

[Sep]

TMW you used to just read Marvel Stuff and thought that a lot of your favourite heroes were copied by DC, then you later find out it's the other way around (from a previous one of these games no less).

[Master Bruce]

Pretty sure you've got that one the wrong way round.

@ErsatzEmperor

Weirdly enough, the time-table between the two teams' first appearances (Doom Patrol being introduced in June of '63, X-Men being introduced in September) makes it highly unlikely that they were copying each other. They just managed to hit the exact same idea in the exact same year, making their co-existence one of the many amazing coincidences in the world of comics.

X-Men just had the luxury of being reinvented later on down the line by a prolific writer, while the Doom Patrol never really took off in the same way. Maybe it'll shift a bit whenever the TV show comes out - which I can't wait for, since we've needed some more obscure live action DC stuff for awhile.

[Simple Unicycle]

since we've needed some more obscure live action DC stuff for awhile.

@Master Bruce

As a fan of the Question who's been dying to see him (or her, depending on your preference) in live action, I cannot agree with this more.

[Tackytaff]

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As a fan of the Question who's been dying to see him (or her, depending on your preference) in live action, I cannot agree with this more.

@Simple Unicycle

SU Likes the Question? Whaaat? When?

[ErsatzEmperor]

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As a fan of the Question who's been dying to see him (or her, depending on your preference) in live action, I cannot agree with this more.

@Simple Unicycle

While we're here, let's give this guy a proper go on the small screen (as opposed to a throwaway alias used by another, less interesting character):

[Hound55]

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Weirdly enough, the time-table between the two teams' first appearances (Doom Patrol being introduced in June of '63, X-Men being introduced in September) makes it highly unlikely that they were copying each other. They just managed to hit the exact same idea in the exact same year, making their co-existence one of the many amazing coincidences in the world of comics.

X-Men just had the luxury of being reinvented later on down the line by a prolific writer, while the Doom Patrol never really took off in the same way. Maybe it'll shift a bit whenever the TV show comes out - which I can't wait for, since we've needed some more obscure live action DC stuff for awhile.

@Master Bruce

Like with the Man-Thing/Swamp Thing... ... ...thing, they became their own different things and embraced different parts of their concepts as well. With X-Men embracing the persecuted nature of the title characters, whilst the Doom Patrol embraced the weird and strange.

[Nib]

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Oh, I love DC Comics' X-Men!

@Inkarnate

I'm actually putting him on an X-Men team. I was trying to find other DC characters who would fit with the X-Men, specifically from the Doom Patrol.

[ErsatzEmperor]

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I'm actually putting him on an X-Men team. I was trying to find other DC characters who would fit with the X-Men, specifically from the Doom Patrol.

@Nib

I've always thought Black Lightning would be a good fit. Beyond that, if you want to go the Doom Patrol route Beast Boy's probably your safest bet. Other than that, I don't know. Maybe Karma? Depends how big you'd want the group to be, or whether you were just trying to pad the school out with DC metas.

[Nib]

Here's my WIP so far. I'm open to suggestions and comments.

The Magnificient

Character You're Applying For:
Pietro Maximoff (Quicksilver)
Jean Grey (Miss Marvel)
Scott Summers (Cyclops)
Tara Markov (Terra)
Garfield Logan (Beast Boy)
Jubilation Lee (Jubilee)

Powers And Abilities:
With this X-Force team, I want them to be young adults around the age of 18-20 and so their powers are at their basic level with only some years of training behind them. At this stage, they have remained hidden and have not had any field practice as actual heroes. The only training they’ve had with their powers has been within the walls of the Xavier Institute. Throughout this game, they will come out of the shadows as heroes and train further with their powers as they do, all the while dealing with anti-mutant individuals and groups.

Origin And Backstory (In A Maximum Of Four Paragraphs):
Charles Xavier and Max Eisenhardt met when they were both still young men. Max was a victim of the Holocaust at a young age and was experimented on ruthlessly by Nazi scientists when they found out he was a mutant. They kept him heavily medicated and only partially conscious . He was eventually able to escape from his torment and immediately began using his powers to fight back against the men persecuting his people. He would often stoop to his enemy’s level in his crusade. While Max fought and struggled, Charles Xavier was pampered and studied his own mutant powers and how they came about. He was eventually approached by the United States government for his powers as well as his expertise. He worked with the government to clean up after incidents involving mutants. Through his work, he learned about Max and his fight against the Nazi party. By this time, Max had his own small band of guerilla fighters, some with their own powers. As the U.S. entered the war, they joined with Max’s forces. With Xavier’s help, they kept the aid of super-powered individuals a secret. Max was unhappy with this outcome but was convinced by Charles to work with the government for the betterment of both mutantkind and other super-powered individuals in need of aid.

For years they worked at this task, with Charles using his powers to erase memories on a massive scale to keep the secret, especially due to Max’s rather violent and extreme tactics in the field. Because of this, Max was kicked from the program. With Max went other individuals, Raven Darkholme among them, and they formed their own band of supers. They focused on fighting against people they deemed evil. Their activities created more work for Charles and his abilities. This continued for years, and Charles slowly stepped back from the program and focused more on educating the younger generation dealing with their powers. As he grew in age, Charles’ powers waned until he was unable to comply with the government and perform another mass memory wipe, and thus individuals with powers became common knowledge. With that, Charles was let go from the program.

Fully away from the program, Charles was able to focus solely on educating the younger generation. Eventually, he crossed paths with Max again. Without the government being involved, Max was more willing to listen to his old friend and agree to join him in his goal to educate the younger generation. Raven Darkholme was lost to the wind by this point. There were many disagreements as the partnership was begun anew, mostly with allowing the students to enter the field with the other super-powered individuals. Charles was still hesitant because of the government, but Max believed the students could help people in need. The stalemate lasted for a while, but as Charles’ health got worse and he was bedridden he agreed to let the older students into the field under Max’s supervision and the condition that they would not operate as violently and extreme as his guerilla fighters had in the past. Knowing his friend did not have long left in this world, Max agreed to his conditions.

The first field team would be christened “X-Force” and be made up of: Pietro Maximoff, Jean Grey, Scott Summers, Tara Markov, Garfield Logan, and Jubilation Lee. Pietro came to the Xavier Institute for Gifted Children with his father, Max, and has been made the field team leader. Jean was one of many students found by Charles and has become his personal student because of the nature of her powers, though her telepathic abilities have been suppressed for years by Charles. With his health getting worse, he must focus all of his remaining power on keeping her powers in check until she can fully control them. Scott was found by Charles and Henry McCoy after an incident with his powers going unchecked; this was one of the last times Charles was able to perform a mass memory wipe and take Scott into his school to help him. Tara and Garfield were transient teens hiding away because of their powers, but they were found and brought in by Henry. Jubilation Lee was one of the lucky ones and found the school as her powers began showing and was able to avoid incident. Their goal as the X-Force is to help people in need and find those individuals with powers and mutations who live on the fringe of society in hiding and give them a home and a safe place to learn how to control their powers.

What Makes This Character 'Ultimate'?:
I think these characters will have interesting interactions together as they grow as heroes. What makes them ultimate is how they must overcome bigotry thrown at them by the people they work to save as they also try to make the world a better place for their own kind. This team is also led by Quicksilver with Xavier and Magneto acting as mentors along with Henry/Hank McCoy.

Supporting Characters:
Max Eisenhardt (Magneto) - The current supervisor of the X-Force field team and long friend of Charles Xavier. Max recently joined the Institute to help younger individuals learn to control their powers and help those in need.
Charles Xavier - Founder and current head of Xavier Institute for Gifted Children.
Henry McCoy - Henry is also known as Hank or Beast. He is a mutant and friend to Charles and has been with the school since its founding. He has a genius-level intellect and develops the team’s tools and gadgets.
Danny the World - Danny is a sentient brick able to construct buildings and streets around him because of his unique physiology. Danny is Xavier Institute and has constructed the entire campus and its building from his main brick. He is able to communicate telepathically with those on campus. He is also able to transport his main brick and others to different locations around the globe; when he does so he is able to maintain the structures of the campus and so acts as the field team’s mode of transportation.

Character Picture:

Quicksilver

Miss Marvel

Cyclops

Terra

Beast Boy

Jubilee

Sample Post:

[Nib]

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I've always thought Black Lightning would be a good fit. Beyond that, if you want to go the Doom Patrol route Beast Boy's probably your safest bet. Other than that, I don't know. Maybe Karma? Depends how big you'd want the group to be, or whether you were just trying to pad the school out with DC metas.

@ErsatzEmperor

I thought about Karma actually.

[NinaDivine]

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I'm actually putting him on an X-Men team. I was trying to find other DC characters who would fit with the X-Men, specifically from the Doom Patrol.

@Nib

If you're changing Beast Boy into a mutant then virtually any Teen Titan could possibly work. Though you might wanna stay away from the more popular characters (Starfire, for example) because chances sooner or later other person may come along and apply for them.

Here's a list that could give you some inspiration.