Lord Wraith

Crestwood Hollow

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That makes sense. Though for me I find I'm getting a little restless. Do you think anyone would mind if I put another post in tonight?

@Tyler

As the GM, I endorse this action.

Absolute Comics: A Brave New World

I won't be accepting any sheets today, going to be taking the day off from reading/writing due to lack of sleep. Will resume GMing tomorrow.

Absolute Comics: A Brave New World

For those who aren't aware, the OP is currently undergoing an overhaul. I will let everyone know when the work has been completed.

Absolute Comics: A Brave New World

Okay, so the whole idea was that as the story went along, the exact nature of Superman's erasure would be uncovered and reveal why places like Metropolis were erased with him: rather than just a simple time warp, Luthor had become aware of his fictional nature and (with help from Mxyzptlk) re-wrote the universe's 'story' so that it doesn't include Superman. Since Metropolis is Superman's city, if Superman was never part of the story, then there was no reason for it to exist-- same with Smallville: no point in Clark's hometown taking up narrative space if there's no Clark to grow up in it. But, because of Superman's impact on influencing the creation of all the other superheroes that still currently exist, the narrative structure of the universe demands he be there, hence his mere displacement rather than complete removal.

All that said, I don't think the concept is going over well, and doesn't fit with the way this RP world works. Since I haven't posted in IC yet, I'm going to just go ahead and rescind my application. I'll apply again when I've got something that fits the scenario better.

@AndyC

The idea would work as a sort of 'Elseworld' story which I'd be happy for you to tell but as you said it doesn't really work well with the greater world. Either way I'm happy you're going to apply again.

Wraith's Little Workshop of Horrors

Note to self, add a Legend to the timeline specifying events which are 'Fixed', 'Malleable' and 'Player' created.

Original OOC Absolute

DC ♦ MARVEL ♦ DARK HORSE ♦ IDW ♦ IMAGE ♦ ARCHIE

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^{◼ G M: Lord Wraith ◼ C O - G M ( S ): TBD ◼ G E N R E: Fandom ◼ T Y P E: Sandbox with Collaborative Arcs}

Ω P R E M I S E:

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Welcome fans of Marvel, DC and all comics alike. Absolute Comics is a sandbox based RP that seeks to merge and mix the lore of your favourite characters into one living cohesive world. The idea behind this RP is not to embody our favourite heroes and villains to simply retell iconic stories and origins but to take these characters and make them our own. In fact the goal of the RP is for players to take their favourite characters and reimagine them to tell their own stories. We only ask that the 'heart' of the character remains the same. Players will take the roles of their favourite characters and tell stories either alone or in collaboration with other players in order to to develop and grow the world. While there will be an established timeline, these details will be left intentionally vague in order to provide players the ability to decided finer details for themselves.

To differentiate itself from previous 'One Universe' roleplays, Absolute Comics allows for non-linear story telling. This means you can play stories which occur in the past, present or future allowing a single player to have their character's story span multiple years. A Spider-Man player could play out one arc with Peter learning to wall-crawl while another arc could be player with Spider-Man teaming up with the Justice League. This is the flexibility afforded to you as a player in an effort to both keep interest fluent and to allow easier coordination of collaborative arcs without sacrificing independent stories.

Unlike that of a linear progression-themed collaborative story, the goal of a sandbox is to allow you to craft character arcs, NPC casts, and almost assistant GM decisions that don’t contradict the other rules. The style of role-play has been explained previously as an “interactive multi-author fanfiction” and the idea of this sort of concurrent thing is apt. However interaction, much like any role-play, is the bread and butter of the game; we don’t shy away from interactions, world-scale gatherings, and so forth. Our job in this role-play will be to set up events every so often but for the most part the GM Staff will do the same thing as the players in setting up our stories

I thank you for your interest in Absolute Comics and look forward to seeing everyone's stories unfold.

Ω T I M E L I N E:

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◼ 1910's | Reports of an Amazonian woman joining the fight alongside several American soldiers is regarded as a legend. The woman was said to fight with the strength of a demi-god and paved the way for several decisive victories.

◼ 1940's | Using the research of nazi defector, Abraham Erskine, the United States establishes Project Rebirth to combat the increasing influence of Hitler’s pseudo-science division, HYDRA. A young man named Steve Rogers becomes the sole recipient of the project. Dubbed Captain America by the war propaganda, Steve Rogers is heralded as the first true superhuman. Seeing the influence of Captain America on war morale leads to the creation of a team of other enhanced beings (known by the moniker of ‘Meta-Humans’) shortly after the Captain disappears in a battle over the Northern Atlantic. This team is known as the All-Star Squadron and helps repel the Axis Forces ensuring the victory of the Allied Forces that Captain America had worked for.

◼ 1950's | With no war to fight, the All-Star Squadron is disbanded but in its wake a new group formed consisting of both new and old members alike. This group pledged to fit injustices at home and was thus dubbed the Justice Society of America. While publicly the government embraced America's newest protectors, the Strategic Scientific Reserve is resurrected before being re-branded as the Advanced Research Group Uniting Super-Humans.

◼ 1960's | In the midst of the Cold War, a new humanoid race emerges known as the Homo-Superior or to the layman, ‘mutants’. Using the mutant scare as a distraction, the terrorist cell known as H.Y.D.R.A. re-emerges for the first time since the days of Captain America. Following an attack on the United States, the President of the United States is killed. This spurs the formation of a new government agency called the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Divison, or simply S.H.I.E.L.D.

◼ 1970's | After years of conflicts with H.Y.D.R.A., the organization’s end seems nigh when the collaboration between SHIELD and international agencies leads them to the supposed headquarters of their enemy within Southeast Asia on the island of Madripoor. H.Y.D.R.A. is allegedly defeated, although S.H.I.E.L.D.'s victory is a loss for the J.S.A. The public opinion of mutants had been warped, in part, by religious extremists calling themselves the “Purifiers”. They had used their numbers to cause anti-mutant sentiment which ignited a series of civil rights riots. By extension this fear became of all superhumans leading to a mandated disbandment of the Justice Society of America.

◼ 1980's | The gene responsible for the development of mutant powers in certain individuals is isolated and is dubbed the “x-gene”. Further study by the larger scientific community concedes that without a doubt is the cause of displays of power in random youths and adults. An academic by the name of Charles Xavier attempts to mediate but his efforts are ineffective to prevent what would happen in years to come.

◼ 1990's | Charles Xavier founds the Institute for Higher Learning in North Salem, New York. In the following years, the “Fantastic Four” shuttle launch occurs originating in the test site owned by Reed Richards’ Future Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the smartest minds together for the advancement of science. Due to problems with a quantum accelerator tied into what Susan Storm dubs “The Negative Zone” cosmic radiation erupts and changes them and two others drastically. Elsewhere in the world, Victor von Doom restores the nation of Latveria after procuring weapons and technologies through diplomacy and his own genius intellect following the fall of the Soviet Union.

◼ 2000's | An alien race known only as the Dominators turns their eyes towards Earth attacking in a curb stomp battle that decimated Earth's defenses. In response, A.R.G.U.S. assembled several scouted assets to create a counter force that the media would dub Earth’s Avengers. In the aftermath of the attack, public opinion of superhumans began to turn positive for the first time in nearly thirty years. Believing that public safety should not be soley in the hands of the government, a spiritual successor to the J.S.A. is formed, dubbed the Justice League. Unlike the Avengers whose actions are controlled by A.R.G.U.S., The Justice League acts independent, intervening where necessary. This earns them the hearts of America as the League becomes adored.

◼ 2010's | Worried about the Justice League's seemingly continuous growth, A.R.G.U.S. begins the Young Justice Initiative in order to recruit and train young super humans. In response, the Justice League allows their own young heroes to band together under the banner of the 'Titans'. These teenage heroes often find themselves in rivalry with the Young Justice members leading to a rivalry between not only these two teenage teams but also a third party known only as the X-Men.

◼ 2017 | The Present Year.

Ω R U L E S & R E G U L A T I O N S:

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◼ 001 | You may choose any character appearing in the continuities that envelope certain frames of western comic books, though the core of the game is DC/Marvel. You can include aspects of the Bruce Timm continuity, Wildstorm, the Cinematic Universe(s), and so forth. Characters from Dark Horse, Image, IDW, and Archie are acceptable.

◼ 002 | Manga/Anime based characters are heavily discouraged due to their incompatibility with western superhero comics. Other comic titles discouraged are those of a science fiction nature such as Star Trek, Star Wars and Transformers. Properties from outside of the Marvel and DC Universes will be judged on a case by case manner for the most part but the above limitations will be definite denials.

◼ 003 | Posts are to be made at least once per character every fourteen days. This means if you control more than one character you can't simply post for once and call it your quota. This is to ensure that players do not squat on characters simply for the sake of laying claim to them. It's simply best to have as many characters active as possible. That said, if you have more time to post and are invested in doing so you may have more characters.

◼ 004 | Please do not kill player-created characters or important NPC’s unless given the go-ahead to do so or are within your right to.

◼ 005 | Do not impose on arcs without asking for permission; don’t jump into a scene for the sake of interaction; your characters should have sufficient reasoning to want to be in a cooperative scene and noting that— do be courteous and respectful about approaching or possibly interfering in character arcs. While this is more a suggestion then a rule, we should be courteous to those who are planning arcs. Communication is the key.

◼ 006 | No post should be made that contradicts the host website's rules, so keep those in mind.

◼ 007 | Competing applications will be decided via a vote based upon sample posts. In the event two people both are interested in the same character, they will be requested to deliver a sample post to the the OOC where other accepted players will vote for who they think best represents the heart of the character.

Ω A P P L I C A T I O N:

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Proposal Sample

C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T P R O P O S A L

A L I A S

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Ω C O N C E P T A B S T R A C T:

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This is where you outline your vision for the character including any notable changes or differences from the regularly accepted canon. Ideally this can also include hints towards plot directions and potential arcs for your character.

Ω N O T E S:

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Any additional notes you want to put either for yourself, the GM's or other players to help clarify your vision or continuity.

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Ω C H A T:

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The RPs Discord can be found here.

If Skype is more your thing, you can add me at 'wraithexe'. Just drop me a note when you do so to let me know who you are.

Absolute Comics: A Brave New World

It's not necessarily removing all those people, just relocating them. The people who would have lived in Smallville would have simply instead lived in the surrounding towns; likewise, the potential population of Metropolis would have just spread out throughout whatever vague area of New England the city's located in, like Clark himself.

And from a purely practical standpoint in terms of the RP itself, was anyone really planning to have a character arc in Smallville or Metropolis that I took away from them? If it's going to be an issue, I can scrap it and work with something else, but if it's not stopping other players from using their characters in the way they want, I really don't see the problem.

@AndyC

I honestly just don't like the precedent it sets moving forward. It's a rather large impact on the world as a whole and it does essentially block any other hero who comes from Metropolis.

I think if it were just edited so that the places still exist, without any trace of Superman, the problem would be solved. Seems like an easy fix to me.

@Lucian

This would be my preferred fix. Whether you end up keeping Clark in New York is entirely up to you, but I would really prefer to have Smallville and Metropolis as actual places as opposed to memory fog.

Absolute Comics: A Brave New World

@AndyC Alright, well on that note there's some other stuff I should clarify. The hearsay on Discord has said that Metropolis and Smallville don't exist currently due to Clark's change in the timeline?

It was all really confusing to me to be honest.

Wraith's Little Workshop of Horrors

Ω T I M E L I N E:

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◼ 1910's | Reports of an Amazonian woman joining the fight alongside several American soldiers is regarded as a legend. The woman was said to fight with the strength of a demi-god and paved the way for several decisive victories.

◼ 1940's | Using the research of nazi defector, Abraham Erskine, the United States establishes Project Rebirth to combat the increasing influence of Hitler’s pseudo-science division, HYDRA. A young man named Steve Rogers becomes the sole recipient of the project. Dubbed Captain America by the war propaganda, Steve Rogers is heralded as the first true superhuman. Seeing the influence of Captain America on war morale leads to the creation of a team of other enhanced beings (known by the moniker of ‘Meta-Humans’) shortly after the Captain disappears in a battle over the Northern Atlantic. This team is known as the All-Star Squadron and helps repel the Axis Forces ensuring the victory of the Allied Forces that Captain America had worked for.

◼ 1950's | With no war to fight, the All-Star Squadron is disbanded but in its wake a new group formed consisting of both new and old members alike. This group pledged to fit injustices at home and was thus dubbed the Justice Society of America. While publicly the government embraced America's newest protectors, the Strategic Scientific Reserve is resurrected before being re-branded as the Advanced Research Group Uniting Super-Humans.

◼ 1960's | In the midst of the Cold War, a new humanoid race emerges known as the Homo-Superior or to the layman, ‘mutants’. Using the mutant scare as a distraction, the terrorist cell known as H.Y.D.R.A. re-emerges for the first time since the days of Captain America. Following an attack on the United States, the President of the United States is killed. This spurs the formation of a new government agency called the Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Divison, or simply S.H.I.E.L.D.

◼ 1970's | After years of conflicts with H.Y.D.R.A., the organization’s end seems nigh when the collaboration between SHIELD and international agencies leads them to the supposed headquarters of their enemy within Southeast Asia on the island of Madripoor. H.Y.D.R.A. is allegedly defeated, although S.H.I.E.L.D.'s victory is a loss for the J.S.A. The public opinion of mutants had been warped, in part, by religious extremists calling themselves the “Purifiers”. They had used their numbers to cause anti-mutant sentiment which ignited a series of civil rights riots. By extension this fear became of all superhumans leading to a mandated disbandment of the Justice Society of America.

◼ 1980's | The gene responsible for the development of mutant powers in certain individuals is isolated and is dubbed the “x-gene”. Further study by the larger scientific community concedes that without a doubt is the cause of displays of power in random youths and adults. An academic by the name of Charles Xavier attempts to mediate but his efforts are ineffective to prevent what would happen in years to come.

◼ 1990's | Charles Xavier founds the Institute for Higher Learning in North Salem, New York. In the following years, the “Fantastic Four” shuttle launch occurs originating in the test site owned by Reed Richards’ Future Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the smartest minds together for the advancement of science. Due to problems with a quantum accelerator tied into what Susan Storm dubs “The Negative Zone” cosmic radiation erupts and changes them and two others drastically. Elsewhere in the world, Victor von Doom restores the nation of Latveria after procuring weapons and technologies through diplomacy and his own genius intellect following the fall of the Soviet Union.

◼ 2000's | An alien race known only as the Dominators turns their eyes towards Earth attacking in a curb stomp battle that decimated Earth's defenses. In response, A.R.G.U.S. assembled several scouted assets to create a counter force that the media would dub Earth’s Avengers. In the aftermath of the attack, public opinion of superhumans began to turn positive for the first time in nearly thirty years. Believing that public safety should not be soley in the hands of the government, a spiritual successor to the J.S.A. is formed, dubbed the Justice League. Unlike the Avengers whose actions are controlled by A.R.G.U.S., The Justice League acts independent, intervening where necessary. This earns them the hearts of America as the League becomes adored.

◼ 2010's | Worried about the Justice League's seemingly continuous growth, A.R.G.U.S. begins the Young Justice Initiative in order to recruit and train young super humans. In response, the Justice League allows their own young heroes to band together under the banner of the 'Titans'. These teenage heroes often find themselves in rivalry with the Young Justice members leading to a rivalry between not only these two teenage teams but also a third party known only as the X-Men.

◼ 2017 | The Present Year.

L E G E N D:

◼ - Fixed History
◼ - Player History
◼ - Adjustable History

Ω G R O U P S, O R G A N I Z A T I O N S & T E A M S:

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◼ A V E N G E R S, T H E -

◼ F A N T A S T I C F O U R, T H E -

◼ F U T U R E F O U N D A T I O N, T H E -

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◼ T I T A N S, T H E - Founded in 2011, the Titans were originally the Justice League's answer to A.R.G.U.S.'s Young Justice Initiative. Originally led by the first Robin...

...After Nightwing's departure in 2015, the team's leadership fell to Donna Troy. Currently the team consists of Donna Troy, Prodigy and Hulkling.

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◼ Y O U N G J U S T I C E I N I T I A T I V E, T H E -

L E G E N D:

◼ - Fixed History
◼ - Player History
◼ - Adjustable History

Ω R U L E S & R E G U L A T I O N S:

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▼ 1 . 0 . 0 - C H A R A C T E R C R E A T I O N:

► 1 . 1 . 0 - You may choose any character appearing in the continuities that envelope certain frames of western comic books, though the core of the game is DC/Marvel. You can include aspects of the Bruce Timm continuity, Wildstorm, the Cinematic Universe(s), and so forth. Characters from Dark Horse, Image, IDW, and Archie are acceptable.

► 1 . 2 . 0 - Manga/Anime based characters are heavily discouraged due to their incompatibility with western superhero comics. Other comic titles discouraged are those of a science fiction nature such as Star Trek, Star Wars and Transformers. Properties from outside of the Marvel and DC Universes will be judged on a case by case manner for the most part but the above limitations will be definite denials.

► 1 . 3 . 0 - Competing applications will be decided via a vote based upon sample posts. In the event two people both are interested in the same character, they will be requested to deliver a sample post to the the OOC where other accepted players will vote for who they think best represents the heart of the character.

▼ 2 . 0 . 0 - P A R E N T S, L E G A C I E S & V I L L A I N S:

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▼ 3 . 0 . 0 - T I M E L I N E & L O R E:

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▼ 4 . 0 . 0 - A R C S, T I M E F R A M E S & E L S E W O R L D S:

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▼ 5 . 0 . 0 - I N C H A R A C T E R:

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▼ 6 . 0 . 0 - O U T O F C H A R A C T E R:

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Absolute Comics: A Brave New World

@AndyC, I should have clarified this early as it would have saved a lot of discussion in the Discord but you mention in your proposal that you want to tell your Superman story without imposing on anybody else. Does this mean we should be treating your Superman as existing in his own timeline separate from the Prime Timeline of the RP.

Basically, is your Superman intended to be an Elseworld story separate from the rest of the RP? If the answer is yes, that's totally cool as in the OP I mentioned doing just that. I'm just trying to clear up some details that have the rest of the cast rather confused about.

Absolute Comics: A Brave New World

@Roman Constantine is accepted.