Tengu, Stuffy says he’s fully up to speed on the current Marvel Universe, so maybe you should talk with him. My feeling is that we’ll end up with the DCAU here since that’s what everyone’s more familiar with. If a few story elements from the regular DCU sneak their way in (like Hitman, Azrael, Batgirl and Spoiler showing up in your proposed Gotham story, f’rinstance) I think this group would go for it. What do you think, guys?
– Amenable Askia.
Cool, cool
As to who would be in the Spidey/Bats story…
A few of the higher profile supporting cast. Joker, Two-Face, Catwoman. Alfred, of course. Robin would depend on the exact timeline. Actually, maybe save him meeting Robin for another chapter, with the Titans. Maybe Batgirl. No Nightwing or Birds.4
Over in New York…Supes with Cap and Ironman… That’s about the only characters that would fit in the story who aren’t dead, insane, or both.
Gonna have any hot man-on-man action? I’m thinking Wolverine/Flash would be a great pairing… 
Yeah I have some thoughts on Spiderman/DC story as well, I’m thinking at the moment a Spidey/Flash/ Batman team up. Should be comedy gold.
I will say that Spider-Man vs. The Rogues has incredible comedic potential.
[Mister Burns] Excellent. [/Burns]
I mean, excellent!
I gotta leave for work soon, so hopefully more people will sign on by the time I get home late tonight.
Right now the writers are:
Me, the set-up, two chapters (see above). I’m also coordinator, cheerleader and ruthless editor. My two chapters are “The Last Temptation of Spider-Man” starring Spidey, Lex Luthor and a bunch of Lexcorps flunkies, in which Luthor and Spider-Man have lunch and ol’ baldy makes Spidey an offer he can’t refuse… and “Superman versus the Mole Man” with Supes, a cameo of assorted Avengers and the Fantastic Four versus the Mole Man and his Kirby Creature Collective out on Monster Isle, in search of a way home for Superman.
Tengu. Two chapters. (see above.) One set in Gotham, in a bold creative twist and he’s grabbing up a bunch of Bat-characters and Spidey on some sort of cool sounding adventure. His Superman in NYC story stars Cap and Iron Man. Interesting mix. Need titles and plots!
Stuffy. He’s in, seems very interested, didn’t say what he’d commit to, though, although I like his Alien Menace take on J. Jonah Jameson and Supes. (On PREVIEW) Oooo. He’s got a Spidey/Flash/Batman story in mind! These combinations are great. Need titles and a plot!
CandidGamera. He’s intrigued, he’s wary of our motives, he hasn’t commited to anything. I can be comforted by the fact that if CG does commit he’ll probably write a very conscientious and kickass Superman chapter at the very least. Maybe if he’s not comfortable as a writer he can join Harborwolf as a creative consultant?
Harborwolf. Creative consultant. He’s given some good suggestions, too, and maaaaaybe we can intice him to write a backup story or interlude or something.
I’m always happy to provide feedback, if nothing else. I’ve never really done the whole fanfic thing, though I’ve had several idea germs over the years.
(Usually of the ‘What’s the most bizarre crossover fanfic I can come up with, and plausibly write?’ variety - like my Back to the Future/Dragonball Z notion.)
CandidGamera. Kewl.
Everybody. While I’m gone, see if y’all can commit to plots, characters and story titles. That way we can plan which stories get posted first, middle and last. I’ll also slightly re-write and post the set-up scenarios by Wednesday afternoon.
Let’s have a vote: which mechanism to explain the reason for the Superman/Spider-Man switch did you guys want to use? Newly Discovered Multiversal Forces, Amalgam’s Access, mystery Super-Villain plot or Other?
I vote multiversal forces.
Grah. I’m being tempted by my brain now.
Yeah, that’s kinda what happened to me to. Once I locked on to the problem, I had to work it out.
FYI, I don’t loathe Superman either, and I wouldn’t want to take him down a peg. I do like a bit of drama and a good character exploration now and again. I figured the point of the crossover was to give the characters something they haven’t had. Supes find himself as an outsider and a bit hated (or at least less loved). Spider Man finds raw public affection and support almost instantaneously. That gives so much character and story potential it almost makes me giddy.
Scott Plaid, thanks for the info. One website said that she had lost the bioelectricity so I wanted to make sure. As far as writing a chunk first, ain’t gonna happen without the info. Who do you think I am? A writer for Marvel? 
I’m using other peoples characters and would like to remain true to them, at least as far as powers go. Staying true to continuity to some extent would be nice too.
In that vein, how’s Luthor doing in DC Land? He still head of a huge corporation with buttloads of armored underlings? I’m wondering how Superman would respond to Iron Man at first viewing.
See, I’ve got humorous story ideas for both of them brewing now.
Not really. He’s still got a fortune, which he’d apparently squirrelled away where only he could get at it, and no doubt a pretty good number of minions, but Wayne Industries bought out Lexcorp some time back.
OTOH, if we’re using the DCAU, he’s still in charge of Lexcorp, but recovering from a Brainiac possession.
Yeah I could imagine Superman reacting negatively to Iron Man.
I’m trying to stay in mainstream continuity as much as possible at least as a launching point. For marvel continuity, I’m starting off shortly after Spider Man moved in to Stark Towers/Avengers Mansion. The reason is that Clark can wake up next to MJ. When she freaks, she has instant access to high powered back up. The Avengers find someone in Peters room who is not Peter and react accordingly.
What fun is a crossover without at least one hero battle? It will also set up tensions between Superman and the Avengers for later on.
It also lets me use the newly badassified hydra. I believe it was Askia who suggested Supes go busting through the Bugle to find a bomb planted by Hydra. I really liked the idea of Jonah going apescat right in Supermans face. 
Stuffy and Tengu. (Harborwolf and CandidGamera, you can chime in.) Is it cool with you two if I go ahead and get started with the story using my “multiversal portals” theory?
I have no problem wit’ it.
Harborwolf. In my original draft it was just a conventional bomb threat. But HYDRA is a fine villain. Query: why target the Bugle?
After Superman finds the bomb, the Avengers could find a clue then that let’s them know it was HYDRA or they can find the clue later. Do you want me to include that detail in my story or not? I could just wing it.
Here’s a question I asked the first time I came to this board oh so many years ago: which DC/Marvel crossover story type do you prefer: one in which the characters share the same world, and thus know of each other, or one in which they’re in two different universes, and they somehow cross over and clash? Both have their upsides and flaws, and I was wondering which y’all liked better, both in fanfic and canon…
Leaper. It depends. For me, the earlier crossovers of the 1970s and early 1980s were from a simpler time and it made sense then for the heroes involved to be from a shared a world where they simply hadn’t met yet.
But time went on, and I think since the Amalgam Universe crossovers, it makes more sense for them to be from seperate realities. Marvel Universe and DCU have genuinely different natures, especially in their approach to characterization, and its fun to play with the differences between the two.
Askia, you are more than free to do whatever you want. I’m still kicking some thoughts around in my empty lil head.
I’m not too solid on hydra mainly because I’m also stuck on the “why the bugle problem”, but they’ve been the feature villain in Amazing Spider Man right now and they’ve stuck with me. Straczynski has been kicking all kinds of ass writing Spidey. Best series I’ve read in a long time.
Hijack and pimping aside, I wasn’t to keen on just a normal bombing either. And just like that bing a thought pops into my head. It’s not a real bomb. A disgruntled whosits that’s been pushed around by Jonah one too many times (not that he’d ever do that ) calls in a threat and plants a fake bomb somewhere. Just enough wires and playdough to look real enough to a non expert from a distance but utterly no danger whatsoever. That covers the bomb aspect safely without needing to involve another villain or shadowy group and gives Jonah a reason to turn a few more shades of red.
Sound good?