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    Quote Originally Posted by John Venus View Post
    -The Switcheroo verse where we switch the genre of each heroes. Superman is an actual Demi God sent to earth by Ra for his protection. Batman is a mystic hero who uses a magic cape to fight crime. Wonder Woman and the Amazons are actually meta humans who learned how to activate the genes unlimited potential with the Greek Gods being like Saiyans; humans who reached their god like potential. Zatanna is an inventor who uses gadgets to make it seem like she's doing magic. Flash gets his powers from Hermes while Green Lantern gets his from Demeter. Aquaman resembles the creature from the Lagoon and him plus the Atlanteans are water based aliens who settled down on the ocean floor millions of years ago.
    I had a version like this as well.

    Superman - last survivor of Krypton. Ferrying an infant across space is not feasible for Jor-El, so he instead sends a machine that will grow a perfect specimen of the dominant life-form on that planet, and since it lands on Earth, that's human. (Kryptonians weren't even humanOID!) The transport also downloads the sum of Kryptonian lore into the developing baby human, and has the ability to recreate Kryptonian arms and armor, gene-coded to only work for someone with his unique Kryptonian markers in his genes. He's basically an alien Iron Man (armored hero) / Captain America (perfect physique), but doesn't have any actual super-powers, just a Kryptonian 'Creation Engine' able to spit out nano-factured Kryptonian machines and weapons. (More of a Batman niche, powers-wise. Great physical traits, awesome gear.)

    Batman - empowered by the Mesoamerican god of bats and the night, Camozotz, this grim man has supernatural powers of transformation, into a flock of bats, a giant bat, or a man-bat hybrid, with great strength, senses and speed, particularly at night, as well as control over / communication with mundane bats. He can also communicate with Superman at a frequency his alien armor can overhear, but regular humans cannot (which is very upsetting to dogs, apparently), making for some subtle and impressive teamwork between the Brave & the Bold. (More of a Wonder Woman niche, empowered by gods from ancient mythology.)

    Wonder Woman - a sorceress with seven signature spells, based on the colors of the rainbow (which she never calls her 'Seven Wonders' for legal reasons...). Defensive, offensive, transport, utility, healing, she does it all, but only one big spell at a time, since they are maintained by her will and focus! Her powers have nothing to do with the Olympian gods, but a form of psycho-spiritualism, and she is a counselor by nature, not a warrior, although she's earned the respect of the others because of the power and versatility of her magic. (Totally different niche, since Diana was already a lot like Kal, strong, fast, tough, flight, etc. I wanted to break her out into a new direction and give her more think-y abilities and less tank-y ones.)
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    Earth C

    This is an Earth where cybernetic augmentation is more normalized. The focus is on the various cyborg characters in the DCU such as Victor Stone, Violet Page, Hank Henshaw, Takeo Yakata, Vera Black, Kevin Kho and Sasha Bordeaux.

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    Earth D

    A universe where the various gods, monsters and spirits of legend integrated into human society.

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    Earth Steamwest

    A steampunk western universe where the main setting is a town ruled by the corrupt mayor Vandal Savage. He is opposed by the Navajo bounty hunter Roy Harper and the Vietnamese sisters, Jade and Artemis.

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    Lady Knight - The daughter of Wonder Woman and Batman who does training at Arkham and often called the Arkham Amazon

    Damien is instead the son of Talia and Ares who uses the code name Son o' War

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    An Earth where Kal-El landed in Atlantis, and another where he landed on Themyscira.

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    A world were an amazon kills the Waynes and Batman becomes enemy of all women. No Batgirl or Batwoman in this universe.
    "Never assign to malice what is adequately explained by stupidity or ignorance."

    "Great stories will always return to their original forms"

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    Quote Originally Posted by Agent Z View Post
    Earth D

    A universe where the various gods, monsters and spirits of legend integrated into human society.
    Myth and Monsters would be a good name.

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    One thing I've sometimes wondered about is - how do the various "knock-off" universe characters cope with the realization that they're merely variations on a theme?

    When they're hanging out at the Hall of Heroes, do the Earth-11 heroes get a little weirded out that they're obviously the "gender flipped" universe?

    Do the various historical cosplay universes (pirates, cowboys, etc) kind of feel cheated that most of the other universes seem to be set in the future?

    In short, do you think the multiversal-aware characters feel some sense of existential angst when they realize that they're echoes and copies?

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    Quote Originally Posted by ducklord View Post
    One thing I've sometimes wondered about is - how do the various "knock-off" universe characters cope with the realization that they're merely variations on a theme?

    When they're hanging out at the Hall of Heroes, do the Earth-11 heroes get a little weirded out that they're obviously the "gender flipped" universe?

    Do the various historical cosplay universes (pirates, cowboys, etc) kind of feel cheated that most of the other universes seem to be set in the future?

    In short, do you think the multiversal-aware characters feel some sense of existential angst when they realize that they're echoes and copies?
    That feels like a subplot Multiversity should tackle.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ducklord View Post
    One thing I've sometimes wondered about is - how do the various "knock-off" universe characters cope with the realization that they're merely variations on a theme?

    When they're hanging out at the Hall of Heroes, do the Earth-11 heroes get a little weirded out that they're obviously the "gender flipped" universe?

    Do the various historical cosplay universes (pirates, cowboys, etc) kind of feel cheated that most of the other universes seem to be set in the future?

    In short, do you think the multiversal-aware characters feel some sense of existential angst when they realize that they're echoes and copies?
    How many of them are even aware of this though? Did Barry just go around the multiverse and tell everyone about the multiverse and what the difference is between them and the other universes?
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    Quote Originally Posted by ducklord View Post
    One thing I've sometimes wondered about is - how do the various "knock-off" universe characters cope with the realization that they're merely variations on a theme?

    When they're hanging out at the Hall of Heroes, do the Earth-11 heroes get a little weirded out that they're obviously the "gender flipped" universe?

    Do the various historical cosplay universes (pirates, cowboys, etc) kind of feel cheated that most of the other universes seem to be set in the future?

    In short, do you think the multiversal-aware characters feel some sense of existential angst when they realize that they're echoes and copies?
    Maybe they think the others are a variation.
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    What does Earth look like with no Phantom Stranger?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Thor-Ul View Post
    Maybe they think the others are a variation.
    If you're a really up-to-speed hero (ie, one who participates in a great number of multiverse shenanigans), that might be a difficult attitude to maintain.

    Consider President Superman. He's been around enough to be fully aware that the vaaaaaast majority of his multiversal counterparts (and those of his friends) are various shades of lily-white. Does he begin to suspect that his universe is the "multicultural variant," or does he maintain a position that they're all pale copies (so to speak) of his own universe?

    Or, to pick another Justice Incarnate member, Aquawoman. In just about every other Earth she's encountered, not only is she a man, but the genders of all of her friends are flipped, too. It's not much of a leap for her to deduce that her universe's entire existence is a slightly whimsical variation on a dominant theme.

    And that's not even getting into the numbering system, or the map. There's Earth-0, dead center of the (local) multiverse. It's kind of hard not to think that your own universe is somehow... not as important.

    There's definitely a story in there somewhere. Imagine a few of the more deranged cosmic villains from various universes, tired of having their timelines kicked around by Earth-0's fluctuating continuity, determined to make THEIR universe the center of the multiverse, from which all copies flow.

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    perhaps he sees it as a world that went right where most went wrong?

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