[OOC] Young Justice Renegades: A Team Worth Dying For

[spicykvnt]

Being the maaaahooooooosive Wonder Woman lover that I am, I would absolutely love to see her (hell, I’d love to even play her!)

As far as villains go, honestly I’m not anywhere near the biggest DC buff to know many beyond the really obvious ones. DC Wiki is a friend though and I’ve been finding a lot of joy in reading some stuff around John Constantine and some of his villains.

[Hound55]

I miss our banter when everyone was anxious about being accepted or not so I'm going to start some discussion...

Since we're set in the DC Universe, who are you hoping makes an appearance in the RP? Furthermore, who do you want the team to go up against?

And if you're not a huge DC fan, what sort of threats are you hoping we face? Do you have any ideas you'd love to see happen whether as a story arc or even just an interaction between two or more characters?

Personally, I'm always a big fan of seeing any of the DC big names show up and hopefully disprove of our team initially until much later in the RP where they're forced to relent and acknowledge they're proud of us haha. In terms of Antagonists, I don't want to particular retread too much from the show, I'm okay with the Light being the main antagonist, but I'm hoping to see an original spin being put on either their mission or members.

I always love seeing lesser-known villains being used and turned into an A-List threat. So please, don't throw us against the Joker or Metallo, the Court of Owls and League of Assassins are both overdone. But hey, bring back the Council of Spiders or the Republic of Tomorrow. We're in Seattle, so instead of transplanting Gotham villains, we should steal from Green Arrow, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman who have all at one time or another resided on the West Coast.

As I mentioned earlier, I'm enjoying the team dynamic that has been established and I imagine most of my favourite moments will come from that. But I'm hoping that in addition to movie nights and other silly events we also get conflict among the team and maybe even having the team splinter and forced to fight members.

@Lord Wraith

The Light's Queen Bee has her agent Brother Blood in charge of a legacy project, Project H.I.V.E whose mission statement is to bring forward a new generation into the Light and eventually become a legitimate counter-force to the Titans.

...but their first cake-walk assignment is to prove they have "The Right Stuff" by running over a speed bump; a ragtag "team" of misfits calling themselves Renegades in the Pacific North West...

[Hillan]

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The Light's Queen Bee has her agent Brother Blood in charge of a legacy project, Project H.I.V.E whose mission statement is to bring forward a new generation into the Light and eventually become a legitimate counter-force to the Titans.

...but their first cake-walk assignment is to prove they have "The Right Stuff" by running over a speed bump; a ragtag "team" of misfits calling themselves Renegades in the Pacific North West...

@Hound55

That... Wasn't what I had planned for HIVE. But, uh.
It might be now.

[Hillan]

Since we're set in the DC Universe, who are you hoping makes an appearance in the RP? Furthermore, who do you want the team to go up against?

And if you're not a huge DC fan, what sort of threats are you hoping we face? Do you have any ideas you'd love to see happen whether as a story arc or even just an interaction between two or more characters?

@Lord Wraith

I assume anything I'd say on the topic might be considered spoilers. But, I also don't truly believe in keeping my cakehole shut about possible plots just because I'm the GM. As some of you who's played with me in Comic Book games prior might be aware, I've got something of a on-again, off-again relationship with the second rival to the scarlet speedster, Eobard Thawne haunts my brain almost as much as he tries to haunt Barry's life. Now, I'm not sure I'd end up popping in the demented speedster into the game, but I'd love to find an excuse.

A far more realistic villain to be used is The Shade, who might just shake up the constitution of The Light, Richard Swift is a poorly utilized, incredibly versatile character in the comics. Sole commander of a power that rivals the speed force. That man's not really to be fucked with, and that kind of underused goodness could certainly be really freaking fun.

I look forward to writing Lex Luthor and Vandal Savage, both vying for the role of 'true leaders' in The Light. Adversarial yet admiring the other's resourcefulness. And I think both of their characters in the YJ-show are some of the best representation either's ever had. Lex is playing 4D chess every move he makes in the entire series, and Vandal is quite literally playing 4 Dimensional chess against an existential threat.

As for heroes, Red Hood, B'Wana Beast, Doctor Fate (Who's definitely not so happy with us being less that order-ly.) are all very likely suspects to show up given the chance. But I'm also completely for you guys introducing and utilizing heroes who are members of the Justice League or the titans when the need arises. Shooting me a PM ahead of time's appreciated, just so I could make sure they're not planned for anything else in the immediate future.

I also love the mythos of the angels and demons of DC. So expect to see at least one Rhyming Demon Lord come and whoop our asses back to the dark ages.

[spicykvnt]

I've been reading intro posts, part II, Jurassic Boogaloo

@Lord Wraith
So you really woke up and decided to write a novel, huh? Glad you did, really enjoyed every word of it. Cece feels very fleshed out already, and the way you've written her feels to me like you tick the box of having a good handle on your character - which can honestly be quite hard for at least a post or two, in my opinion. You've shown her heart really well, and in a way that sort of plays on our expectations - both of influencers and of "popular type" girls as well. Both big ticks from me. I can really see her already as how you intend her to be.

Shout out to this line as well -

Yet, in her heart, Cece knew the difference. She felt unnatural; everything was so quick and responsive. At times it was as though her mind was receiving an information overload like her body was processing everything in a heightened state.

Then there was the lack of pain.

For a post with a whole lot of words, those simple sentences say so much. Really keen to see more Cece, she's an interesting character for sure in a cast that seems to already have the entire rainbow of personalities. Wonderful stuff my dude, thank you for this flex.

@Dead Cruiser

Similarly, you've really said so much about our Dandy in this first post. What I liked about this post was how you really made feel how difficult it must be to be Dandelion in this whole new world, you took us from darkened confusion, and contemplation in the darkness about this new situation - to this feeling of joy when the lights came on and I loved that touch. I loved their thoughts about stairs; so simple, so effective and it leaves this wonderful lingering image of the character. Just, truly a good example of quality characterisation.

I'll be honest, I wasn't sure I was getting the concept of Dandelion from the sheet alone and I was patiently waiting to read from inside their head. This post really gave me that extra context, and yeah, fully sold on them. Excited for more. Please write some more. Now.

@Deja

Every post so far has such a different energy and Kev's is no different; he might have the fastest shift in pace actually from what I'd read until that point. He's active in the mansion, he's contemplating things that have happened, or things that he wants to happen and that sells his motivation to me super quick. I totally get his vibe as a Gotham boy. I love his routinely meditation, it's such a simple act but makes him feel so human amongst his abilities to be, well, a fireboi.

He feels mature as well, like he's seen a bit more of that life shit that you only do as you creep out of your teens and into your twenties. I like the snappy way you write him, not sure if that's deliberate but it's a super clever move imo. Great work, more Kev please.

@DocTachyon

My dude this post killed me. I was getting Jurassic Park and it ended up at McDonalds, seriously. I love the sudden reveal at the end and that's something that I find so joyful not only as a writer to do it to my readers, but as a reader too. When I'm like "hold on, let me just go back did I read that right?" and then make it to the end to get the punchline. Stellar stuff. Talk about thinking outside of the box, both with the character and with the post as well. At this point, I know anything can happen in this penthouse and I'm here for it.

[Hound55]

I always love seeing lesser-known villains being used and turned into an A-List threat. So please, don't throw us against the Joker or Metallo, the Court of Owls and League of Assassins are both overdone. But hey, bring back the Council of Spiders or the Republic of Tomorrow. We're in Seattle, so instead of transplanting Gotham villains, we should steal from Green Arrow, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman who have all at one time or another resided on the West Coast.

@Lord Wraith

You'll get Ra's Al Ghul and like it, young man!

[Hillan]

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You'll get Ra's Al Ghul and like it, young man!

@Hound55

I mean... I'd take the chance to have Ra's send Sensei to beat the snot out of all our brawlers.

[Lord Wraith]

I've been reading intro posts, part II, Jurassic Boogaloo

@Lord Wraith
So you really woke up and decided to write a novel, huh? Glad you did, really enjoyed every word of it. Cece feels very fleshed out already, and the way you've written her feels to me like you tick the box of having a good handle on your character - which can honestly be quite hard for at least a post or two, in my opinion. You've shown her heart really well, and in a way that sort of plays on our expectations - both of influencers and of "popular type" girls as well. Both big ticks from me. I can really see her already as how you intend her to be.

Shout out to this line as well -
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For a post with a whole lot of words, those simple sentences say so much. Really keen to see more Cece, she's an interesting character for sure in a cast that seems to already have the entire rainbow of personalities. Wonderful stuff my dude, thank you for this flex.

@Stormflyx

Don't get too excited, I'll probably fumble the ball with my next post.

Honestly, I had a lot of cobwebs to clean out and a lot of rust to shake off. So I really appreciate the kind words. Cece started out a very one-dimensional character but the more I wrote, for her sheet, her relationships and then that post, the more I could see her coming to life and realizing what she could be. I didn't want her to be vapid, but I wanted her to appear that way. I want her to have struggles of identity, doubt, anxiety but I also want to make sure her faith and character shine through and in a genuine way, not in a way that Christians are typically portrayed in popular culture. She's going to face the same sort of struggles that any person of faith deals with, even more so given exactly what she has to deal with in this universe.

But again, thank you so much.

I'm really looking forward to seeing how you develop Eilidh. You've chosen a very unique character for a roleplay such as this. Eilidh doesn't have the flashiest of powers, nor are they overtly offensive. To top that off, you've given her a very real handicap. one that you've portrayed sensitively and as Sep also noted, very well thought out. Your post doesn't read like someone describing objects or their surroundings through sight. Where I described the sunset with colours, you've used descriptors of texture and shape to fill out the world as Eilidh perceives it. You definitely proved in your post that you don't need to write a novel to establish your character and without writing a lot, you've said a lot about Eilidh and her character.

[Hound55]

First villain wave:
Merlyn
Ape Archer
Archer from Mars
Archie the Archer
Cupid
Black Arrow
Crimson Archer
GAMA the Mechanical Archer
Iron Archer
John Centaur
Lord Kalesque
Rainbow Archer

"We seem to be finding a disproportionate number of archers as villains..."

"This is just what happens when we move to Seattle."

[Hillan]

First villain wave:
Merlyn
Ape Archer
Archer from Mars
Archie the Archer
Cupid
Black Arrow
Crimson Archer
GAMA the Mechanical Archer
Iron Archer
John Centaur
Lord Kalesque
Rainbow Archer

"We seem to be finding a disproportionate number of archers as villains..."

"This is just what happens when we move to Seattle."

@Hound55

... Surely, you made like, 90% of those up. Right?

Man, Julian's gonna have a bad day when a guy in green leather breaks into the Penthouse and yells in a very deep voice that he's failed this city.

[Hound55]

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... Surely, you made like, 90% of those up. Right?

Man, Julian's gonna have a bad day when a guy in green leather breaks into the Penthouse and yells in a very deep voice that he's failed this city.

@Hillan

I made none of those up, and you know it!

Ahhh the Golden Age of comics. Where you could give a monkey a bow and arrow and you have a full fledged antagonist. And the idea of a robotic Archer has enough legs for two different characters.

[Lord Wraith]

[psych0pomp]

Working on ye olde introduction post. I can't say I've had time to read everyone's in their entirety, but I plan to retroactively because I love reading people's writing. I just have a feeling I'm about to enter a Danger Zone of a busy week, and introduction posts always take a little bit for me to suss out. Moving forward, I'll be tippity-tapping a bit faster.

Just wondering @Hillan, because I left it ambiguous in my CS, who would be the Green Lantern(s) Hana has interacted with? I didn't put anything down, because I didn't want to assume. I meant to ask earlier, but it kept slipping my mind. And if I missed it in the OOC, sorry about that. I have to admit I sleep on occasion and miss the fun stuff.

[Hillan]

Just wondering @Hillan, because I left it ambiguous in my CS, who would be the Green Lantern(s) Hana has interacted with? I didn't put anything down, because I didn't want to assume. I meant to ask earlier, but it kept slipping my mind. And if I missed it in the OOC, sorry about that. I have to admit I sleep on occasion and miss the fun stuff.

@psych0pomp

Take your pick of the human Lanterns. Again, we're 15-years into the existence of the League. It's a fair bet that anyone who's wore the GL-title and was born on Earth is one of Earth's GL's. But also, if you'd rather Guy's a Red Lantern, John's a Blue and Kyle's finally figured out a way to make art pay, that'd be cool, too. I'm giving you the right to decide who you want to be in your story, because they're closest to your proxy.

And, incidentally, it means I didn't, and won't, have to plan everything out ahead ;)

[Dead Cruiser]

@Dead Cruiser

Similarly, you've really said so much about our Dandy in this first post. What I liked about this post was how you really made feel how difficult it must be to be Dandelion in this whole new world, you took us from darkened confusion, and contemplation in the darkness about this new situation - to this feeling of joy when the lights came on and I loved that touch. I loved their thoughts about stairs; so simple, so effective and it leaves this wonderful lingering image of the character. Just, truly a good example of quality characterisation.

I'll be honest, I wasn't sure I was getting the concept of Dandelion from the sheet alone and I was patiently waiting to read from inside their head. This post really gave me that extra context, and yeah, fully sold on them. Excited for more. Please write some more. Now.

@Stormflyx

Thanks, I really appreciate it.

I can understand how it would be difficult to "get" Dandelion before seeing them actually play out. There's definitely a lot more about them that has yet to be played out on screen that I've excited to get to. I'll be happy to post again as soon as we get through this first round robin.

[Hound55]

Working on ye olde introduction post. I can't say I've had time to read everyone's in their entirety, but I plan to retroactively because I love reading people's writing. I just have a feeling I'm about to enter a Danger Zone of a busy week, and introduction posts always take a little bit for me to suss out. Moving forward, I'll be tippity-tapping a bit faster.

Just wondering @Hillan, because I left it ambiguous in my CS, who would be the Green Lantern(s) Hana has interacted with? I didn't put anything down, because I didn't want to assume. I meant to ask earlier, but it kept slipping my mind. And if I missed it in the OOC, sorry about that. I have to admit I sleep on occasion and miss the fun stuff.

@psych0pomp

Hana makes an appearance in the tail end of my post and Roman's Vincent post.

The whole building was briefly in a blackout and the lights have just come back on after being fixed by Hillan's Julian.

That's about all you need to know that directly affects Hana. If you skim those bits real quick you'll be golden.

[Hillan]

Don't worry about thinking in terms of posting-rounds. I think it's completely fine to do a bit of back to back posting, provided the posts have substance. I'm not a big fan of collabs, because I think they add a lot of fluff and comes off as being tougher to read - but discuss with the person you're gonna interact with about what you wanna get done in an few posts, much like we've done with the relationships and it'll all work out just fine. As illustrated by the frankly, above expectation work done on the relationship-sheet.

[Dead Cruiser]

Certainly makes things easier, considering our staggering sixteen-player cast.

Though I am waiting on both @Hillan and @Stormflyx to post before I do, since I interacted with each of their characters.

[Hillan]

Certainly makes things easier, considering our staggering sixteen-player cast.

Though I am waiting on both @Hillan and @Stormflyx to post before I do, since I interacted with each of their characters.

@Dead Cruiser

Yep, waiting for everyone to post would certainly become a headache... I am waiting for people to get posts in before Wednesday as I'm planning on posting then. Might be tomorrow, though. Depends on schedule.

[Lord Wraith]

Aiming to do something tomorrow to have Cece respond to Hayden and then move her from the kitchen door into the Lounge she's referenced in other posts. Put her in location for Gabi and Selene.

The real question is, what movie do we watch?