[quote]Easy. The Bertinelli massacre doesn't have to be tied to Bruce/Batman, and never really was? I'd just have it happen earlier, maybe shortly after Bruce's own tragedy. Could argue once the Waynes are killed, dominoes start to fall all over Gotham. The rest depends on what's left of the Mob at this point in the game.[/quote]

See that’d add a few inconsistencies and plotholes to how I setup the Gotham Crime Families. Until Batman takes out Falcone in 2001 there was a “order” in place and all of the families left each other alone. After Falcone’s incarceration the dominoes fall and Maroni, Mandragora, Valestra, etc. all sort of scramble between infighting and Batman’s war on crime. So realistically by that point it would need to be 2002 when the Bertinelli’s get whacked if we went  that route.

I mean a lot can happen in 3-4 years, sure, and I hate putting that box around things but the Gotham Crime setup is very important to my Batman stories and development.

[quote=@Morden Man]I was in an explorative mood. I've never written a differently abled character before and it occurred to me that they are criminally underrepresented and in those instances in which they are present are overwhelmingly male. I thought it would be an interesting challenge to write a female character that has dealt with (and continues to deal with) being differently abled because it's something that's not often explored. The impact it has on how a woman sees herself and her femininity in light of that are all pretty interesting. At least I think so.

If you'd prefer I could make it Mar-Vell that crashed to Earth as Eddie did, as opposed to Abin Sur, because I can't imagine I'll touch on the Captain Marvel side of things much elsewhere.
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Personally I’m for making characters something radically that they weren’t (this is why I argued with Drew when he wanted to take Blade’s ethnicity away and make him white) though it wouldn’t be fair to enforce my personal misgivings on everyone else. I would trust you to make an interest story out of it, even though I prefer [s]my[/s] Carol with legs and all of the uber-Marvel connections and references. 

Curious if Carol was in the runnings to join SHIELD’s Blackhawks before her accident in your version. Hm.