Enarr

Sensation & Wonder: An Absolute Comics Roleplay [DC & Marvel One Universe Style Game]

Basically the big difference in my status quo is the fact that the restoration of his secret identity never really happened all the way, people just stopped caring

Sensation & Wonder: An Absolute Comics Roleplay [DC & Marvel One Universe Style Game]

@Enarr How much of that history is from actual Daredevil lore?

If a large portion of it... man I love some of the wacky routes Comic Characters go off on.

@Sep

Everything I mentioned in his backstory has actually happened. He's even pretended to be his own brother. Daredevil comics are absolutely crazy. I haven't even read the new Chip Zdarsky run but I get the sense I'll probably love it.

Sensation & Wonder: An Absolute Comics Roleplay [DC & Marvel One Universe Style Game]

Here Comes

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

D A R E D E V I L

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C H A R A C T E R C O N C E P T:

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^{"When I close my eyes, I can almost forget that opening them won't wake me up."}

Do you know why people say that Daredevil's villains are boring? It's because most of them aren't crazy. They can be reasoned with. A lot of them, like The Gladiator (Melvin Potter) and Stilt-Man (Wilbur Day), can appreciate that they've made a bad decision before their sense of self-preservation kicks in. People love crazy supervillains like Bullseye. I know because I happen to be made from the very same things that most people are. But while a lot of superhero stories boil down to "egomaniacal psychopath tries to hurt a lot of people at once", Daredevil stories tend to feature quieter, more insidious sorts of villains and their dangerous friends. Ironically, the more gentlemanly approach of some of his own less antagonistic foes and his own allies can easily be just as problematic to negotiate as blatant hostility.

This is a thirty-five year old Daredevil with most major events of his personal history behind him. He's been protecting the corner of New York known as Hell's Kitchen for about twelve years off and on depending on how you count and he's getting really, really tired. He's died and come back to life. He's been drowned in the Hudson River. He's been publicly outed as Daredevil. He's blinded the Kingpin. He's been the Kingpin. He's lost his memory more than once. He's been disbarred and moved to San Francisco before heading back home and more recently he's tried taking on a protégé but that didn't exactly go as well as it could've.

This version of Daredevil has to deal with the fact that he is, not only a celebrity staple of trash rags, but an icon, with an entire generation of people growing up seeing his presence as the status quo and seeing him as essential, controversies and all. When you're empty handed from giving your all, what do you do when you still get the sense that something has to give?

P L O T ( S ) & G O A L ( S ):

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As the Guardian Devil of Hell's Kitchen, he's responded to countless calls for help, though, as a Catholic man, he's rarely been convinced that his own God could say the same. Upon hearing this, some might say that it's been hypocritical for The Man Without Fear to spend all of his time putting the fear of God into others. To be honest, I'm not sure that they wouldn't be wrong in doing so. But for as long as he's been working as a defense attorney to keep innocent men from damnation, and beating the ever loving shit out of the guilty, he's always felt like he can achieve something more. His father wanted him to be a lawyer, not a fighter. But upon a fresh appraisal of their relationship, he's forced to ask if he could ever possibly negotiate the occupational hazards inherent to scarlet swashbuckling without raising his fists.

Shadowboxer: In a single night, the Wilson Fisk's crime syndicate is stress tested in a coordinated assault by The Hand that leaves him gravely wounded. In desperate need of emergency medical attention, he entrusts his adolescent grandson, Samuel, to the last man anyone would expect, his own arch nemesis: Matt Murdock. However, observation of The Hand's operations reveal that destabilizing the crime syndicate was only their first order of business, upon the discovery of their new Apokoliptan accoutrements.

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If anybody wants to play as Samuel Fisk, Foggy Nelson, or walk through a situation I've imagined as Bullseye, I have some really fun ideas planned. I'm super open to playing with the the other superheroes if anybody wants to either run a classic style Marvel Team-Up or dig into my plot. As much as I more or less imagine this Matt Murdock to include some version of his entire published history, the specifics of the cast involved are a little less initially defined (akin to The New 52 Batman relaunch) largely because otherwise would be tedious for everyone involved and also largely irrelevant.

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A list linking to your IC posts as they're created. This can be used for a reference guide to your character or to summarize completed arcs and stories.

Sensation & Wonder: An Absolute Comics Roleplay [DC & Marvel One Universe Style Game]

Surprise that there is no fantastic four yet given we got the ninja turtles

@Ever Faithful

The Fantastic Four are a little more in the realm of proper Science Fiction than the standard superheroics of their successors even though at first glance they're about equally toyetic

Sensation & Wonder: An Absolute Comics Roleplay [DC & Marvel One Universe Style Game]

Everyone's doing banners, headers, and other cool things. Meanwhile, I'm kinda in a silly mood. I might do playlists because I love music and trying to match the kind of songs that fit with the characters. But for now, here are some of their "theme" songs. I can happily explain why I pick that song for your character if you wanna know.

The Punisher // Shawn James - Through the Valley
Director America // The Oh Hellos - Hello My Old Heart
The Batman // Rex Orange Country - It’s Not the Same Anymore
Spider-Man ft. Agent Venom // Alec Benjamin - Boy in the Bubble
Mr. Freeze // Hozier - In the Woods Somewhere
Superboy // Katy Perry ft. Scott Marley - Chained to the Rhythm
Hawkeye // Royal Deluxe - I'm Gonna Do My Thing
Superman // Marina - To Be Human
Agent Venom // STARSET - Monster

@Mao Mao

That's cool, mate. Props

Sensation & Wonder: An Absolute Comics Roleplay [DC & Marvel One Universe Style Game]

<Snipped quote by Ever Faithful>

Fight? You think there's going to be a fight if all of them show up.

I don't remember suicidal in Mr. Freeze's psychological profile.

@Lord Wraith

He's been trapped in repeats of the same story since 1998. Let the man die

Young Justice Renegades: A Team Worth Dying For

Hey, I'm really not engaging with this to the extent that I should and don't want to eternally gunk the works. I'm gonna slip out. Love you all. It's been nice meeting those of you I didn't know before. Peace!

Young Justice Renegades: A Team Worth Dying For

By Grapthar's Hammer, I will post this weekend

Enthralling

“Wow. Sounds like the guy must have a real stick up his ass, huh. Probably too preoccupied with his goddamn Indian ink and his Italian leather to get off his high horse and run his own show,” Matthias chortled into his glass, as if expecting it to refill itself.

When she came around to asking if he needed a hand getting to his seat, he felt a beam of pride shine from his eyes. “I appreciate it, I really do, but my seat found its way to me when that school bus hit me,” he looked down, feigning self-pity. “Stupid kid threw his fucking iPod at the bus driver when she told him that devices aren’t allowed. As if I needed another reason to hate children,” he said, throttling his chair’s spokes. “But yeah, I’ll be alright. Have fun getting whatshisfuckface to carry his own dead weight” Matthias chuckled wryly. “Guy sounds like a parasite to me.” Chucking the peace sign with his fingers, he added “Nice meeting you” before setting off on his merry way.

He figured it was time to be a bit more proactive about getting his answers. Rolling down the aisles, he kept a healthy margin between himself and the soulless husks that sat in the audience to his left. Rounding a corner, he spotted a couple rent-a-cops standing in the hallway. Confidently, he rolled right past them, soliciting an inquisitive gaze before one of them—quite reasonably--piped up.

“Excuse me, sir. This area is off limits.”

“Yeah, I know. That’s exactly why I’m here, actually. I already cleared it with the director.” Stamping his thumb into his breast pocket, he pips “Department of Ecology. We’re two months behind schedule on surveying the toxicity of the antique infrastructure. Leftovers from when they used to drink mercury and snort asbestos. They won’t let us take it out since it prints money like hotcakes, so whattaya do? Yeah, anyhow I’m just gonna skid in, swab some tiles, and roll out. Yeah?” The security detail nods something vaguely affirmative, so he answers himself with another, “Yeeaaah” before turning tail and continuing to roll on his way.

If there’s one thing that self-important pricks like Branwell hate, it’s people who aren’t on their knees, he thought as he coasted down the empty halls, slapping his still knees as he blew past a silent auditorium. As he came up a big metal door, he threw his neck back, popped a wheelie and threw it wide open with the fore of his steel toe boot, revealing an intensely practical, generic concrete hallway. The door splashed into the wall and a snap-hiss washed down the way in its wake, soliciting a gasp from around the corner. He’s probably jacking himself off in some closet rehearsing. Unless he’s got somebody for that. Rounding the corner, he stepped off the wheelchair and took the case in hand, zeroing in on the nearby orientation room where he heard the tap-dancing of papers slapping into a briefcase.

“Excuse me, Mr. Branwell,” he says from beyond the door, putting on his best upstanding young man voice. Stepping into the dark room, he asks “Is everything alright?”

“Yesyes, absolutely. I just had some last-minute business to attend to but I suppose it shall have to wait. Oh, look at the time—the processions should’ve begun by now. Would you mind helping me with my case. Seems we’re a bit beyond the point of being fashionably late,” the geriatric gent said, slapping his pockets and tapping his foot as he frisked himself before spotting his walking stick.

“We haven’t even gotten started yet,” Matthias said with a wry smile, slowly shutting the door while peering into the professor’s eyes.

“Young man, you smell like you’re wearing a jacket made from my anus. I’m not interested. Thank you but no thank you. I absolutely must be on my way.”

In an instant, Matthias snatches the cane. The professor takes a knee. The wall flashes scarlet and eyes go wide. Approaching the bastard, Matthias places his foot on his back before stomping the cane’s rubber bottom onto the hind hem of Branwell’s britches. “Well would you look at that!” Matthias grunts through an audible grin. “I just knew you had a stick up your ass.”

Young Justice Renegades: A Team Worth Dying For

We all have our failings