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Post by BS Digital Q on Jan 22, 2012 21:47:24 GMT -5
A general discussion of our superteams and who all will be in this universe.
So far what we have is:
We will have some form of "A-team," a Justice League/Avengers style grouping of the world's biggest and best superheroes. I'm assuming Red-X will want Empress to be a part of it, and that Icecape will want to include Radius and Orbit.
What I think would be good would be to expand the scope of this team into a full-fledged organization, ala JLU. Essentially, we have the core team of heroes that helped fund it, numbering around 7-9, and then the other member heroes, numbering around 50.
Then there's Icecap's notion of an X-Men/Young Justice style superteam related to the Academy. As mentioned in that thread, my thought process is to make the Academy, and by extension the team, into a part of the superhero organization. I imagine this team as a group of graduates from the Academy, not quite ready for being full-on members of the organization, but approved for superheroic activity as a team.
I think thats a good start for us, though I'm sure we could have room for superteams not part of the big organization or unaffiliated with it, like national superteams, superhuman mercenaries, and teams of street-level heroes. I personally am thinking of something related to a kind of Fantastic Four/Planetary style superteam, less superheroes and more explorers of big science and the universe.
If you have any ideas, feel free to share them.
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Post by icecap on Jan 23, 2012 13:30:10 GMT -5
I’m going to put Radius and Orbit in the academy. I got a couple of other heroes that im creating that are a better fit for the "a-team" ill see if i can get some images up tonight.
I’ve also started creating a villain group for the core academy team. I’ve started brainstorming a name for them, I'm kind of stuck between Evolution and The Unders. Basically the villain group is a bunch of villains that disagree with the academy practices/or are academy rejects. What do you guys think about that? And a planetary style super team would be pretty cool also ill start brainstorming.
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Post by BS Digital Q on Jan 23, 2012 14:33:07 GMT -5
Hm, alright then.
For the Academy villain team, call them something like The Upstarts or The Revolutionaries. Evolution doesn't make sense and The Unders, to be frank, sucks balls.
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Post by icecap on Jan 24, 2012 11:31:16 GMT -5
Hey digital did some thinking last night and im not sure if Radius fits the academy? What do you think im kind of getting the planetary vibe from him.
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Post by BS Digital Q on Jan 24, 2012 13:39:07 GMT -5
I'm not. Radius sounds like a good candidate for our A-team.
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Post by icecap on Jan 24, 2012 15:29:07 GMT -5
Hmm ill wait for the full visual for him is complete to see how he turns out
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Post by BS Digital Q on Jan 24, 2012 22:31:43 GMT -5
Okiedokie then.
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Post by mrredx on Jan 26, 2012 3:13:29 GMT -5
I like the idea for both teams! I'm sure Zoomorph will fit perfectly into the Academy. And Yes. I would like Empress to be in the A-list as well as a few other of my heroes.
As for the FF-style team, i have an idea. What if we had a team of superheroes who dealt with crime in time? They would be a group who protects the time stream at every period possible and each hero would be from a different era!
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Post by BS Digital Q on Jan 26, 2012 9:53:12 GMT -5
Re: A-Team
Problem is between the four of us we can't individually add too many to the team itself if we want to keep it within the realm of the Justice League or Avengers. So I reccommend each of us contributing two members. I've already added mine (The Enforcer and Thunderhead), you've got Empress, and I think icecap will be adding Radius. So one more addition from each of you and two contributions from All10 and I think we'll be set.
The notion I had is that the A-team eventually expands into a full-on JLU style organization, so we'll be free to add to that as we go along.
Re: FF-Style Team
That really isn't a Fantastic Four type team though Red-X. The Fantastic Four have two aspects to them that separates from other superheroes. One, they are explorers in the furthest regions of reality. They don't fight crime in the same way that other superheroes do, they simply deal with fantastic threats related to their work as they come along. In essence, they are more akin to the old pulp magazine super-scientist characters like Doc Savage.
Two, they are a very close knit family. While other superteams are associations of previously separate individuals who band together for a common purpose and then become friends over time, the FF is a family with far closer ties than mere friendship (Reed/Sue marriage, Sue/Johnny siblings, Johnny/Ben Grimm psuedo-brotherhood). They bicker and complain and love each other just like a family. This dynamic is unique to them and has very seldom been duplicated.
I'm not saying your idea is bad. Lord knows it reminds me of a cross between the Exiles and Doctor Who, which is a fantastic idea, but as our analogue to the Fantastic Four? No.
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Post by BS Digital Q on Jan 26, 2012 10:16:41 GMT -5
Anyway, moving on, Red-X's suggestion of a JSA style golden age heroes makes me think we should have something like that too.
1: A team of superheroes, the originals that started it all, who existed from the thirties through the early fifties. Most of these people will be gone, having either died or traveled away from this world. Any who are still around are either immortal, or are here because of time-travel. The other members who are gone could have legacies to replace them, like grown-up sidekicks or children/people who gained similar powers and were inspired by their examples.
2: Silver/Bronze Age Team: A group of heroes that existed from say the late fifties/early-sixties to through the mid-eighties, representing the early Justice League. Some are dead, soem are retired, but unlike the previous team most of them are still around. I could see these characters comprising the bulk of the faculty at the Academy.
3: Our current A-Team: The way I see it, the third generation of major superhero team forms sometime in the early to mid-nineties, and remain a team of 8-12 heroes until the early two thousands, which is when they expand their scope from a solitary team of defenders into an international coalition of superheroes dedicated to organizing and pooling their resources and also training the next generation of heroes who will replace them.
Thats the way I see this playing out.
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Post by kerevon on Apr 2, 2012 14:34:28 GMT -5
Righto. I have a few ideas for some B and C teams, but as I'm new I feel kinda hesitant to try anything with the A-Team (or A-Teams, if we include the Silver and Bronze groups).
I WILL say that at least one of the Golden Age heroes SHOULD be immortal or very long-lived. Just one or two still-living characters who've reached an almost statesman-like status, and more or less embody the idea of what it is to be a hero in this universe (having been one of the founding members).
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Post by icecap on Apr 2, 2012 14:46:33 GMT -5
Welcome Kerevon glad to have you. No need to hesitate for the Guardians. Every member gets to have atleast three members on the roster. Just try to make your submissions to that team your most iconic.
As for as the Golden Age heroes/mentors for the academy we have two. If you want to create the last or have an idea for the founder fill free to post
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Post by BS Digital Q on Apr 2, 2012 16:56:39 GMT -5
I WILL say that at least one of the Golden Age heroes SHOULD be immortal or very long-lived. Just one or two still-living characters who've reached an almost statesman-like status, and more or less embody the idea of what it is to be a hero in this universe (having been one of the founding members). 1: A team of superheroes, the originals that started it all, who existed from the thirties through the early fifties. Most of these people will be gone, having either died or traveled away from this world. Any who are still around are either immortal, or are here because of time-travel. The other members who are gone could have legacies to replace them, like grown-up sidekicks or children/people who gained similar powers and were inspired by their examples. |
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Post by kerevon on Apr 17, 2012 22:34:58 GMT -5
Hokay, two major thoughts for superhero teams. One of them is almost completely fleshed out, the other less so. First Group: "The Team" Originally founded by the first Azure Sentinel, it has become painfully clear after his death that the only real function it ever served was to make him look even better than he was. The remaining members, Wind Song (Male mage/Aerokinetic), Star Shifter (Alien 'male' shapeshifter/technician), and Shadow Maiden (martial artist/tactician) are all unsuited to heroics in one way or another. However, the introduction of the new Azure Sentinel may have some profound effects on this C-List group. The basic versions of these characters can all be in this gallery: kerevon.deviantart.com/gallery/28532337 but I'll be sure to update them. |
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Post by kerevon on Apr 17, 2012 22:48:07 GMT -5
Second Group: Nocturne. A more "Supernatural" group, these guys are based on the weird and strange. Founded by Baron Wilhelm von Frankenstein, they attempt to study and explain the supernatural as well as fight more mysterious evils. Kinda the mystic team, even if the only members I have so far aren't actually mystic.
Team Leader: Baron Wilhelm von Frankenstein (http://kerevon.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4qi8e9), leader and brawler. Also a scientist, but unlike so many comic-book scientists and like many real-world scientists, he's pretty much based in the field of biotechnology, through which he examines supernatural beings.
Team Lieutenant: Titanium Tesla (http://kerevon.deviantart.com/art/Nocturne-Titanium-Tesla-286088522) 'kid' member, engineer, expert in robotics and prostheses. Again, pretty limited in her fields.
These are the only two members I have for the group thus far, but I'm working on some ideas concerning a mage-type person (as fitting the nature of the group, a little more like a modern Yoda and Gandalf than Zatanna or Doctor Fate), a vampire (always wanted to have some ideas concerning these guys), and a ghost.
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Post by BS Digital Q on Apr 17, 2012 22:55:28 GMT -5
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Post by kerevon on Apr 17, 2012 23:11:42 GMT -5
Bugger. Welp, I can probably just leave Frankenstein and Tesla together in a "Dynamic Duo" type way, although considering that they're both scientists most of the "Dynamic" part will have to be against their wills.
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Post by BS Digital Q on Apr 17, 2012 23:13:36 GMT -5
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