Batman Fanfiction Continued

Dear Wal,

Hopefully I will be able to finish explaining my parallel universe in this post and not have to write a third installment. Otherwise, this is going to be a very long three days for you poor readers. I have worked hard on this universe, and it has many levels of parallel-ness, hence why it's taking so long to explain. Not only that, but I also have to explain the original material. Well, I don't have to. But how else will anyone understand?

Anyway, I'm going to continue telling you about my little herd of superheroes. Alright, to start this off I have to tell you I used to despise sidekicks, with all my heart. Robin used to drive me nuts, I only learned stuff stuff about Robin because otherwise I wouldn't understand what was happening in the comics. Seriously, it gets confusing otherwise. I decided in my parallel universe there wasn't going to be a Robin, so instead I made up another vigilante character who's actually his own hero. His superhero identity is Falcon (not talking about the one with red wings and a pet bird) and his real name is Tommy Elliot. Now, who is Tommy Elliot in the normal DC universe, you might ask, because he has to be someone important.

In the DCU, Tommy Elliot is a childhood friend of Bruce who decided to get revenge on Bruce because he had the life Tommy never got. He tried to kill his parents as a child by cutting the breaklines in their car so he would inherit his father's money. His father died, but Thomas Wayne was able to save his mother. (Thomas Wayne was a doctor.) However, Tommy's mom goes crazy and drives him nuts for the rest of his childhood. She tries to cut him out of the will, and he kills her before she can make a new will. At this point he's pretty fed up with his life, and decides to go after Bruce because he's jealous of Bruce's parents dying and him having his parent's money, his freedom etc. Which is funny, because Bruce's life sucks. So, naturally, he takes up the identity of Hush and goes up against Batman. Of course, he loses.

I decided to try and resurrect him (same way I did Jason) and make him more realistic (which I didn't do with Jason)...I mean, a kid cutting the break lines of his parents car? Instead, I made it so he shot his dad (because his dad was a gambler and a drunk; he gambled a good bit of the family fortune away) to protect his mother. Because his dad went into a flying rage and almost killed his mom. And then after that his mom went crazy and he was tempted to kill her but didn’t. I think it makes for a better character. Hush (from the DCU) was unbalanced to me. I mean, a kid who’s smart enough to cut the brake lines of his parent’s car in order to shift the blame from him grows up to be an adult completely possessed by revenge who has to employ (SPOILER ALERT!) the Riddler in order to get his revenge. His brains must have decayed as he aged.

Anyway, Tommy ended up being Jason’s roommate in college (Tommy in my world is younger than he is in the DCU) and he found out Jason was Batman because Jason hit the wrong button on his speed dial.

Now I have to tell you about my JLA. For one thing, the whole world knows that Superman and Clark Kent are one and the same. He went out on his first day as Superman, and when he came to work the next morning with his glasses on everyone just recognized him. Not only does this make more sense, it makes for some interesting storytelling. What would a Superman who could literally never escape the public eye be like? (Well, there’s the Fortress of Solitude, but you get the idea.)

Next, there’s Green Arrow, or rather Green Hood in my world. In my story, the Green Arrow died, leaving his daughter to take up his mantle. I haven’t done Green Arrow research yet, so I don’t know exactly who Hood is going to be yet. Anyway, the first JLA story of mine is told entirely from her point of view. For once, the minor superhero gets to tell the story.

Then we have the Martian Manhunter, who’s one of my favorite characters in the DCU. He’s a Martian, what’s not to love? I need to do some research for him as well, but he plays a much bigger part in the JLA than he does in most of the comics I’ve read. It’s more like the way the animated TV show was set up, where his character actually has depth. Other than some costume changes, his character is pretty much the same in my world. I haven’t done enough research to do anything creative with him yet. However, I did actually give the JLA an origin.

For some reason, pre-new 52 DC comics didn’t have a definite origin for the JLA. (New 52-the most recent reboot of DC comics.) They actually did an origin for the new 52, but I don’t like it. For one thing, Martian Manhunter isn’t in the JLA anymore, which I don’t appreciate, and having Darkseid as a first threat to face is complete crap. (Darkseid is basically the equivalent of Hades in the DCU.) I’ll rant about that another day.

I used the animated show’s origin (because I came up with this before the new 52) because I’m very fond of that show, but changed it a bit. Instead of Mars being dead when J’on (J’on J'onzz-Martian Manhunter’s real name) came to Earth, it was still fighting against the White Martians and they’re trying to keep the White Martians from reaching Earth and trying to destroy it.

In the DCU, there are White Martians and Green Martians. The White Martians are the evil warrior race of Martians and the Green Martians are the ‘civilized’ Martians.

Anyway, they do this because they knew Earth didn’t have very advanced technology yet (i.e. force fields, plasma weapons etc.). Damage control, in other words. Plus, this is basically the very last thing they can do to stop-or at least delay-the White Martians. As you can see, there is a lot more going on here than just an alien invasion. The Martian Manhunter ends up having to play ambassador between Mars and Earth, and then the JLA goes off to save Earth and Mars in an epic battle in space. Well, most probably an epic battle in space. I haven’t made up my mind yet.

I’m going to cut this off now. This is going to end up being three parts long.

/endrant

P.S. Sorry I haven't posted in three days. Been very, very busy.