Superman: Are…we…related?
Gladiator: I…don’t…know. You do remind me of my younger brother.
Heh heh. No, not quite.
My new Superman story germ is predicated on Superman working with Reed and Stark on a device to try and get home - but the device is disrupting the fabric of reality. The Shiar come to investigate the unusual disturbance, realizing if they don’t stop the device, the universe will cease to exist in 24 hours.
I’ll call it 'Whatever Happened to the Day After Tomorrow?'
I was trying to think of a good way to get Superman and Gladiator to square off. That sounds absolutely brilliant…except for the name. Anything that reminds me of that movie is very very bad. 
Harborwolf. The name of CandidGamera’s story is likely an homage to Alan Moore’s Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? Which CG may write, or then again, he may not 
I don’t care. That movie sucked so much that I got PTSD from it. As creative consultant, I demand that the title be changed.
And how much ass does that kick? I’m the creative consultant. I have absolutely no responsibilities. I just get to bitch and nitpick. I don’t even have to actually write anything.
Just kidding. I promise to take my job very snicker seriously.
:Bites lip and runs out of thread before yelling “SUCKERS” and bursting into laughter:
As creative consultant, you’ll have to give that titular demand the full weight of your titular authority with CandidGamera. Good luck with that.
Marvel had a Bullpen. Clearly the SDMBFC has an Asylum.
Let’s sell some more!
I’m still in, I’ve been working on the outlines, which invloves much scribbling and strike outs. I plan to start seriously writing Friday, the day I spend the least time working. My plots are unchanged.
P.S. I plan to use several unfleshed scenarios for the Editorial/Blog entries Kythereia may find fodder in there for a story as well.
pitching in I’m working on my own plots and dialogue right now, just let me know when I should post…
Something I thought of today as a possibility for sapping the super out of Superman. The last explanation I heard for Supermans powers was that he absorbed the energy of the rays of the red sun and stored it like a battery. This was the explanation they used to back out of Supermans death at the hands of Doomsday. He had simply used up all of his juice and went into a deathlike coma. Kind of silly when you think that the whole cyborg superman bit could’ve been avoided if they’d laid his corpse out on a beach.
Anyway, what if the rays of the marvel sun were just a smidge off plum from the DC universe. Not enough to affect the formation of life, etc. on Earth, but just enough to affect the absorption rate of people from a certain non-existent planet. Superman would start off with a full charge but would slowly get weaker and weaker, possibly down into the mortal range of powers.
Scientifically speaking, it’s shaky as all heck. It may be comic booky though. Superman could start experiencing weakness as the story goes on: a sort of wobble midflight, having to work harder to lift really big things, etc. A brief explanation to Reed about how his powers work and a few panels of Superman being scanned and tested and Reed breaks the news. He can probably figure a way to recharge Superman, but it will take time. Trouble breaks out and a physically weakened and mentally shaken (via previous bad experiences)Superman has to rush into battle. Thusly we (and Clark) find the true measure of the Man of steel.
Use it or not. Thought I’d drop it in for ya’ll to kick around.
Sorry, Harbor - that kind of notion basically alters every story of the Superman half of the arc fundamentally - instead of getting a generic ‘Superman in the Marvel Universe’ story, we get a very specific ‘Superman dealing with lessened powers in the Marvel Universe’.
It imposes too much restriction on the resultant stories.
Like I said, I wasn’t trying to impose a restriction on all of the stories. Earlier in the thread I know I brought up the difficulty in dealing with a character of Supermans power levels. This was a possible idea I had regarding that issue. It also provides a nice parallel with every time Parker has had problems with his powers and fits in with the “taste of how the other half lives” concept.
Just making suggestions Gamera. Not trying to lock down stories. Remember, I’m just the creative consultant. I’m not the editor in chief. 
We could also do a massive overblown story arc of superclones
: D&R :
Believe me, I considered that very angle for my story - you know what happens when you clone Kryptonian DNA, right?
Me know. Me am so horribly stupid that way. Me angry me know that.
Me am have remembered that. Me am so good.
Either that or you get a radioactive blond man with radioactive claws. You also get a lousy movie. What you won’t get back is your money or the time you wasted watching the lousy movie.
Hey. I Haven’t Forgotten. I’ll Post The Thread Tonight When I Get Home. Promise. Sorry For The Delay.
Okay. I finally started the fanfic thread. Sorry about being late with the first intallments.
Please post all story commentary here instead of the other thread.
Well, I’m no great fan of trying to translate sequential-cartooning characters to prose, but you did well here. Not quite how I would have characterized the wives, but overall pretty good.
Thanks. I admit my characterization of Lois Lane and Mary Jane Watson can be all over the place.
I’m trying to post parts III and IV tonight because I’m going out in a little while and I have no idea when I’ll be back. Unfortunately I’m discovering that the SDMB has a character limit per post and my sections are too long. Oy, vey!
Very nice. The scene with Supes and MJ was very similar to what I wrote before I wussed out due to lack of familiarity with Superman in general. :o
The only thing that I noticed was the way Jonah treated Captain America. AFAIK, it would never go down like that. Remember that Captain America is a certified war hero circa WWII. He hates Spidey, but Captain America is the real deal as far as Jonah is concerned.
Other than that small point, I loved it.
This part was especially good.
Forgot this part. Loved it.