[hider=Option A | The Kid Who Was][center][img]http://baku-panda.org/images/rc_toro.png[/img][/center]
[b]| Name |[/b]
[indent][color=silver]Tomás Raymond [color=snow]//[/color] [b]Toro[/b][/color][/indent]
[b]| Age |[/b]
[indent][color=silver]Adolescent[/color][/indent]
[b]| Character Differences |[/b]
[indent][color=silver]The main variable is in the ancestry, with the canon version being a stereotypical WASP archetype, with the Spanish nickname being an oddity.  This version is a British national of Spanish ancestry on his mother's side, putting the diminutive more in line with the character's cultural identity. Aside from that, Toro's history is connected to World War I rather than World War II.[/color][/indent]
[b]| Brief World Background |[/b]
[indent][color=silver][b]Earth 47S[/b] | [i]Edwardian Steampunk Reality[/i]
Toro's home reality features the height of colonialism, with the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland being the predominant world superpower. This period of Edwardian colonialism has ushered in a second Industrial Revolution with the refinement of steam power, being the predominant basis for the eccentric technology of the era.  Sociopolitical trends closely mirror the prime reality, with Europe dividing the continents of South America, Africa, and the Pacific Island nations into dominions of their empires.  In the midst of a web of complicated political connections between the Empires and their many, varied colonies, the assassination of Franz Ferdinand has triggered the first World War. Plying the major colonial powers against one another, the battle lines are drawn up between those loyal to the [b]Central Powers[/b] (Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria, and the Ottoman Empire) and those loyal to the [b]Allied Powers[/b] (France, British Empire, and Russia).[/color][/indent]
[b]| Brief Character Background |[/b]
[indent][color=silver]Tomás is a young Briton, the son of a physicist named Fred Raymond.  Fred worked with chemist Phineas Horton on a classified energy program that gave birth to the first android, Jim Hammond (the Human Torch).  Exposure to the so-called [i]Horton Cells[/i] caused illness in both Fred and his wife, leading to concern that she would lose their baby.  Fred ceased his work with Horton, seeking out treatment for himself and his wife in London.  Sadly, Nohemi "Nora" Raymond and her midwife both suffered severe burns during the labor, as the newborn infant appeared to spontaneously combust upon contact with air.  From these and other complications, with her already failing health, Nora passed away, leaving Fred a widower with a healthy, if somewhat flammable, baby boy.  

The child's healthy constitution gave rise to his father calling him Toro (little bull), though the two had only a few short years before Fred would succumb to radiation poisoning from exposure to the Horton cells.  Regarded as an oddity for his immunity to fire, and occasional spontaneous combustion, young Tomás wound up in the care of a pair of circus performers named Tom and Allie Alexander, who wanted [i]Toro, the Fire-Eating Boy[/i] as part of their act.  Thus, his childhood was a nomadic existence. Until 1915, when the German bombing campaign over King's Lynn caught the circus while they performed there. As the circus burned down around them, Toro and his adopted family huddled together for protection... when he felt himself starting to break into flame.

Fleeing from his adopted parents to keep them from being hurt by him, Toro vanished that night. As though taken by some spectre of [i]La Llorona[/i].  Whatever the case, Toro woke to find himself in a prison with a collar around his neck, on a world unlike anything he had seen before.[/color][/indent][/hider]

[hider=Option B | The Kid Who Wasn't][center][img]http://baku-panda.org/images/rc_jonny.png[/img]
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[b]| Name |[/b]
[indent][color=silver]Arthur Curry, Jr ([b]AJ[/b])[/color][/indent]
[b]| Age |[/b]
[indent][color=silver]Adolescent[/color][/indent]
[b]| Character Differences |[/b]
[indent][color=silver]Primarily, he survived infancy (Arthur and Mera didn't use Black Manta as a babysitter).  Second of all, he's not the son of Thanatos or native to Netherspace.  This is the son of Arthur Curry and Mera.  For simplicity sake, I've incorporated the movie's interpretation of Atlanna, Tom Curry, Arthur, Orm, and Mera into this version of the history.[/color][/indent]
[b]| Brief World Background |[/b]
[indent][color=silver][b]Earth 47S[/b] | [i]Victorian Steampunk Reality[/i]
AJ's home reality is a steampunk alternate history centered around the Indian Rebellion of 1857 and the Second Opium War.  With the world still cooling from the Crimean War of the prior year, the Justice Society works to try and stop threats to world peace before they can de-stabilize the tense political situation between the various colonial empires.  Advances in steam technology, including the commercialization of the Giffard dirigible, has propelled mankind into the skies and under the seas.  In the Kingdom of Atlantis, civil war over the throne had been resolved by Arthur Curry claiming the throne from Orm Marius.  Arthur Curry, formerly the hero known as Aquaman, now struggles to balance his obligations to his friends of the Justice Society with his public duties to the people of Atlantis.  With Vulko's guidance, Arthur has begun to rely more on Garth of Shayeris to support the Justice Society in his absence.[/color][/indent]
[b]| Brief Character Background |[/b]
[indent][color=silver]AJ is the son of King Arthur of Atlantis, also known as Arthur Curry of Amnesty Bay, Maine.  This makes AJ a dual national of both Atlantis and the United States of America.  As the Royal Family of Atlantis vacations to the Curry Lighthouse in Maine, AJ is familiar with the customs of the surface world through his father and grandfather, lighthouse keeper Tom Curry.  As the firstborn and only child of Arthur and Mera, AJ is the heir apparent of the Atlantean throne.  While it is often difficult to break away from the protective nature of both his parents, he has on occasion been able to accompany Garth of Shayeris on minor adventures -- particularly where Garth was in need of someone more familiar with surface customs.  Thus, AJ has become the Aqualad to Garth's Aquaman.

AJ's disappearance was not connected with any of his activities as Aqualad. Rather, the boy was at the Curry Lighthouse visiting with his paternal grandparents when someone, or something, attacked.  Unable to recall the specific details of what happened, AJ awoke to find himself in some kind of prison.[/color][/indent][/hider]

[hider=Option C | The Love Child][center][img]http://baku-panda.org/images/rc_su.png[/img]
[sub][i][url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nZXRV4MezEw]Believe[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914]in[/url] [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgzGwKwLmgM]Steven[/url][/i][/sub][/center]
[b]| Name |[/b]
[indent][color=pink]Steven Universe [color=snow]//[/color] [b]Pink Diamond[/b][/color][/indent]
[b]| Age |[/b]
[indent][color=pink]Actual: 14 years [color=snow]//[/color] Apparent Age: Variable[/color][/indent]
[b]| Character Differences |[/b]
[indent][color=pink]This is exactly what it says on the tin.  The larger continuity is adapted to include DC Comics' Gemworld as part of the cosmos in which the Diamond Authority exists, but the character himself it played straight.[/color][/indent]
[b]| Brief World Background |[/b]
[indent][color=pink][b]Earth SU[/b] | [i]The Gem War Reality[/i]
The Earth of this reality suffered drastic geological change as a result of an invasion circa 3700 BCE by a group of crystalline-based, inorganic alien lifeforms who devised to mine the planet of its mineral content.  This Earth colony was the first and only world under the authority of [b]Pink Diamond[/b], the youngest and newest addition to the ruling caste known as the Great Diamond Authority.  The creation of mineral extraction devices and gemstone birthing fields (known as [i]kindergartens[/i]) caused tectonic shifts that led to Florida breaking apart into a series of islands, while the islands of Japan fused into a singular, small continent.  Over time, Pink Diamond came to respect the presence of organic life on the planet and attempted to stop the gem colonization of Earth, knowing that it would lead to the death of all life on the planet.  In the modern age, many of the sociopolitical structures are the same. The United States of America exists, though many of the states are known by different names, with some variation in their boundaries. Delmarva is a state. New York is known as Empire State.  Pennsylvania is known as Keystone.

In the larger cosmos, the Great Diamond Authority controls a number of worlds, fighting a series of wars for possession and control of territory for use in mineral mining to create additional gem aliens.  One world involved in the rebellion against the Great Diamond Authority was [b]Gemworld[/b], which was populated by a mixture of both Gem and [i]Homo Magi[/i] ex-patriots from Earth's medieval period.  Gemworld's politics were divided among Great Houses, named for different gemstones, with Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld being the current ruling monarch and leader of House Amethyst on Gemworld.[/color][/indent]
[b]| Brief Character Background |[/b]
[indent][color=pink]The offspring of a Gem and a human, Steven is the only known hybrid of a Gem with an organic lifeform.  He possesses his mother's diamond gemstone, inheriting her position as the fourth member of the Order of the Diamonds.  He was raised by his human father, Greg de Mayo -- who had legally changed his name to that of his stage persona, Mister Universe.  He grew up near his mother's co-conspirators in the rebellion against the Diamond Authority, taking part in their adventures and exploring his own powers and capabilities as he grew older.  He's defended Beach City, Delmarva, saved the planet Earth, and continued his mother's crusade for social change on both Earth and the Gem homeworld.  

Having returned to Earth from the Gem homeworld, Steven had hoped for a respite in which to enjoy the hard fought victory to heal the corrupted gems and safeguard the cluster.  Instead, he woke to find himself in some kind of prison.  At first he'd thought it may have been a zoo, not unlike the one that his mother had created, but it soon became clear that this arena existed for some kind of intergalactic blood sport.[/color][/indent][/hider]