so what do you do?

[solarbird]

A lot of creative people follow music and art blogs, so with not much going on online right now as we work on swapping out our internet providers – what do you do? What’s your creative project right now?

(Don’t forget: CDs bought from the bandsite ship anywhere for free while we move t00bs around. That URL won’t be affected by the move, so it’s safe even if the rest of the site is b0rk b0rk b0rked. \o/ )

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lickingtoad here!

[lickingtoad.livejournal.com]

I'm quite usually working on three or four consecutive scripts at a time, fumbling with various ideas. Mostly DC, which appears to be where my intellectual heart lies. Who knew?

The current obsession is what they call an 'Elseworlds' tale, because there's not a chance in nine Hells my concepts will ever be mainstream continuity. They're alternate histories, 'What If ...' stories, a chance to approach things fresh and dictate the course of events oneself.

DC's first super-team is the Justice Society of America, established by FDR and hanging out in the Triskelion left over from a World's Fair. In addition to honorary members like the Superman and Batman who would've participated in WW2 if Hitler didn't have the Spear of Destiny, the Spirit of Vengeance ... also ended up on the team. Don't ask me why. Wonder Woman, the original Green Lantern, and GOD'S PERSONIFIED WRATH, all solving crimes and sipping coffee. Right.

The Spectre needs a 'host,' a human anchor. Poor Batman, whose whole deal is vengeancevengeancevengeance, wants to know why he wasn't chosen? (It's not jealousy, just "Why not me?") So I start by assuming Bruce dies with his parents and the current host abdicates/retires -- Bruce Wayne, at twelve, is now (dead and) the sum-total of Earth's potential magic energy and gets "to punish lists" from God.

I can't help it, I get stiff on "city stories." For all his ninja-detective badassery, when the Bat-Signal is lit, the people of Gotham have hope. The Spectre doesn't/can't prevent death, or crime, or horror. He just 'cleans up.' When Batman shows up, the villains might just go to jail -- when the Spectre shows up, somebody's gonna die for what they did. (Usually painfully/ironically.)

What kind of city would Gotham be if there was no hope, only retribution-most-fitting-and-foul? The answer to Batman's question is easy, to me: What would you rather be? A symbol of hope or a harbinger of despair? Which pleases "God" more, d'you think? I just want to explore the question, and mess with the city, and make Batman see why it's actually best that isn't his job.

So the whole story is the Spectre telling Batman: "That's why not. Because this would happen." It's what I amuse myself with, these days.

Re: lickingtoad here!

[solarbird]

Actually, that sounds better than what I've been hearing about the DC reboot... XD okay, small praise. But it does sound cool. Good luck with it!