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I am about 70% done with this post but I've realized this isn't the direction I want to go with it. I'm going to see what I can do to switch some things around to get this posted tonight. If I don't get it up tonight that means I've decided to scrap the whole post and start from scratch tomorrow. We'll see, though. I really like parts of it, and want to save those, but it just doesn't fit my overall vision. I don't want my previous and future narrative tones to clash, which as of right now I feel this post would cause.
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Are we now in Season 2?


I'm not treating it as such. More like we just got picked up by another network.

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Hopefully it's only Phase 1.
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GOTHAMITES...a rare opportunity stands before me.

I've caught up on the IC, and I'm looking next to recap myself on character sheets to know where our remaining roster stands and what the direction for these characters was originally.

With Master Bruce declining to return, the cowl sits un-characteristically empty, and I would be remiss to pass up these unique circumstances.

The question remains, however...what are you looking for from a Batman/Bruce Wayne in this setting? What weight does he carry in your stories, and what arcs and character moments are needed from him? MB was approaching an old Batman grappling with the physical and mental consequences of aging, and I'm not against a Batman who is significantly more progressed in his vigilante career.

Additionally, to pose a more self-interested question to the GM; what room is there to disregard and/or retcon Bat-family characters that are no longer participating in the game?

Edit: it would appear Wraith has an announcement to make shortly. Take it away, big guy.
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Edit: it would appear Wraith has an announcement to make shortly. Take it away, big guy.


CONGRATULATIONS:
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In the midst of our soft re-launch, @Roman has been working away behind the scenes, helping me organize and brainstorm. In light of his hard work, I've asked him to come aboard officially as a Co-Gm which he has graciously accepted.


GOTHAMITES...a rare opportunity stands before me.

I've caught up on the IC, and I'm looking next to recap myself on character sheets to know where our remaining roster stands and what the direction for these characters was originally.

With Master Bruce declining to return, the cowl sits un-characteristically empty, and I would be remiss to pass up these unique circumstances.

The question remains, however...what are you looking for from a Batman/Bruce Wayne in this setting? What weight does he carry in your stories, and what arcs and character moments are needed from him? MB was approaching an old Batman grappling with the physical and mental consequences of aging, and I'm not against a Batman who is significantly more progressed in his vigilante career.


As probably the least involved Batfamily member, any new Batman won't really require a whole lot from me. It's more about establishing the relationship between Dick and Bruce and where they sit with each other. I had always seen this version of Nightwing being a bit later and more independent, the stage of life where your Dad is more friend than mentor allowing Bruce and Dick to be in a more relaxed and mutually respected stage than we've seen in the comics due to the need for drama.

Additionally, to pose a more self-interested question to the GM; what room is there to disregard and/or retcon Bat-family characters that are no longer participating in the game?


Batman is an interesting case because he does have four other characters directly tied to his lore. That said, I think at the end of the day as long as nothing with the other active players is directly countered, you'd be fine to remove or ignore the rest.
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Also, I just have one thing to add in regards to the IC post:

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Hooray! I'd love someone to play Batman :3

Cassandra Cain needs to become Cassandra Wayne. that's the end goal for me anyway. Cassandra's entire life is basically her role as a vigilante in Gotham, in this instance, as the second Batgirl. Unlike a lot of other members of the batfamily, she doesn't want to 'branch out' or 'move beyond', this is her whole life and in her view, the only thing keeping her afloat.

So I was hoping Batman would go from mentor, to father figure, to actual adoptive father for cassandra. because her last one kinda sucked. she's loyal to the cause through and through. and getting a new family in the form of the bat family would just be really special and a very fun story to write.

I'm also looking forward to her meeting Damian IC because again in my ideal world, they'll become real siblings. :3
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Also, I just have one thing to add in regards to the IC post:



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@Roman@Lord Wraith Mighty and powerful GM's
i want to do more RPing and have a character that can travel the world. right off the top of my head, i'd very much like to participate in this attack on new york. to kick off this new season of this RP, i'd like to submit Janet van Dyne for your consideration. please let me know if there's anything i should change or add


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I'm gonna have to figure out how Thor is getting to New York. Would be great if someone could pick up Steve Rogers so Thor can stop being imprisoned... lol...
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you could maybe NPC them or something? or perhaps do a timeskip.

...or heck. we can pick up and play characters, right? maybe i could just be mister america for you
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Honestly my overall holdup with the situation is kind of like, Sep held me up in this stupid prison scenario for so long because he refused to pick up obvious plot hooks I was trying to lay out... and then left me holding the bag for the entire thing. So if I were to take complete control from here I would much rather go back and ignore all like 80% of that pointless back-and-forth in Thor's cell and do something completely different.
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Also, I just have one thing to add in regards to the IC post:



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GOTHAMITES...a rare opportunity stands before me.

I've caught up on the IC, and I'm looking next to recap myself on character sheets to know where our remaining roster stands and what the direction for these characters was originally.

With Master Bruce declining to return, the cowl sits un-characteristically empty, and I would be remiss to pass up these unique circumstances.

The question remains, however...what are you looking for from a Batman/Bruce Wayne in this setting? What weight does he carry in your stories, and what arcs and character moments are needed from him? MB was approaching an old Batman grappling with the physical and mental consequences of aging, and I'm not against a Batman who is significantly more progressed in his vigilante career.

Additionally, to pose a more self-interested question to the GM; what room is there to disregard and/or retcon Bat-family characters that are no longer participating in the game?

Edit: it would appear Wraith has an announcement to make shortly. Take it away, big guy.


Wasn't mentioned, but my own is fairly simple. Cops operating in the shadow that the Bat casts over a city.

And I'm perfectly willing to snatch up whatever supporting/fringe antagonists are left on the table.
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Honestly my overall holdup with the situation is kind of like, Sep held me up in this stupid prison scenario for so long because he refused to pick up obvious plot hooks I was trying to lay out... and then left me holding the bag for the entire thing. So if I were to take complete control from here I would much rather go back and ignore all like 80% of that pointless back-and-forth in Thor's cell and do something completely different.


There really wasn't anything obvious about the situation and I think how Sep handled it made sense for his character. If you had this big of an issue with it, you should have addressed it OOC.

I say this because I had every intent of using that interaction to paint your Thor as villainous had you not returned and it would not have taken much work given his actions.

Secondly, Sep had his laptop die and couldn't fiscally justify replacing it and has stepped away from all RPing. So it's a little unfair to say he left you holding the bag.

I'd appreciate it going forward if you refrained from slandering my friend.

All that said, since this is the second time now you've had this tirade, I just want to remind you that you are free to ignore the entire interaction and simply begin anew with Thor.
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As probably the least involved Batfamily member, any new Batman won't really require a whole lot from me. It's more about establishing the relationship between Dick and Bruce and where they sit with each other. I had always seen this version of Nightwing being a bit later and more independent, the stage of life where your Dad is more friend than mentor allowing Bruce and Dick to be in a more relaxed and mutually respected stage than we've seen in the comics due to the need for drama.


This is very easily done. Given the amount of Batman legacy characters active I will need to have an older Bruce with pre-established relationships to all his proteges. Nightwing will be the easiest to accommodate.

Batman is an interesting case because he does have four other characters directly tied to his lore. That said, I think at the end of the day as long as nothing with the other active players is directly countered, you'd be fine to remove or ignore the rest.


The biggest thorn in my side currently is the direction AndyC was taking with Joker, particularly around the Arkham breakout, as the story I'd like to tell with Batman has a similar catalysing event but unfolding differently for different reasons.

That said, with my base need being 'mass breakout of inmates from Arkham', I can probably work with what already exists without too much ret-conning needed.

Hooray! I'd love someone to play Batman :3

Cassandra Cain needs to become Cassandra Wayne. that's the end goal for me anyway. Cassandra's entire life is basically her role as a vigilante in Gotham, in this instance, as the second Batgirl. Unlike a lot of other members of the batfamily, she doesn't want to 'branch out' or 'move beyond', this is her whole life and in her view, the only thing keeping her afloat.

So I was hoping Batman would go from mentor, to father figure, to actual adoptive father for cassandra. because her last one kinda sucked. she's loyal to the cause through and through. and getting a new family in the form of the bat family would just be really special and a very fun story to write.

I'm also looking forward to her meeting Damian IC because again in my ideal world, they'll become real siblings. :3


Not to play favourites but I think I'm most excited for the interaction between Bruce and Cassandra of all the Bat-family in the game. We'll discuss more privately but I am very on-board with these goals.

As an aside, I'll go over your Wasp sheet today and give my feedback to Wraith.

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Wasn't mentioned, but my own is fairly simple. Cops operating in the shadow that the Bat casts over a city.

And I'm perfectly willing to snatch up whatever supporting/fringe antagonists are left on the table.


My apologies - somewhere in the muck I counted you out.

Renee and Marcus offer a unique perspective on the arc I want to play out. Having GCPD in the IC will be wonderful, and with what I'm planning there will be plenty to work with; again, we'll pick up offline.

Thanks all!
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@Lord Wraith I'm just going to take control of Director America and Hulk in addition to Thor, and wind the clock back to Earth's Mightiest #III.
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I’m still here. I was just kind of bored at the prospect of posting by myself for awhile, waiting for Spidey stuff to take off. This little invasion thing will let me just jump into stuff which is fun.

Also I think I’ll switch Cindy to a primary. I am getting ideas of my own.
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Yay! Play favorites tho, it'll be good drama XD shoot me a message when you want. if you don't, i will inevitably get the courage to send you a message about it haha.

I'm very excited for this RP again. If you ask me, since nobody else has really interacted with AndyC's plot yet, you could probably just retcon as much out. I wouldn't mind. I could even edit my post to get rid of the secret message Cassandra encountered, since I really am the only person who was kind of interacting with AndyC's plot via proxy. Or we could just alter the timeline and say that post was a flash forward. It might be a little confusing for people read down the line but...I mean...it's not that big a deal lol

As for Wasp, thanks x3 I just wanted a more adventerous free-spirited, roaming character. she can go anywhere in the world. i mean she's even multi-lingual lol. I also like my idea about her being a veteran who's been missing for a while, assumed dead. and now she's back and, because of her personality, seems to think that wasn't a very big deal and just wants to pick up where she left off.

and speaking of picking up where she left off: @Kyoka I think Wasp and She-Hulk would be good friends. Not that this matters too much, but they are in the comics, as well. I think Jenny and Janet would get along well and, well I think it might be interesting RP for your character to see an old friend she thought was dead. Plus, She-Hulk now is older and has more experience than Janet, which I'm sure is going to annoy Janet because she certainly assumed she was the wise mentor of the pair, regardless of the reality of the situation.
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Me personally, if I were handling the Bat and intended to have a mass-Arkham break out and AndyC's pre-existing Joker stuff.

...I'd probably just write it that the two events are flip sides of the same coin and that each occurred in the wake of chaos of the other.

i.e. Guards scrambling to prevent one break, leading into it being easier for the other take place.

But I'm curious to see how @Roman would handle it.
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