Post by johnreiter902 on Oct 29, 2023 0:14:15 GMT
I recently read a very interesting fanfiction on Fanfiction.net. It's a little meta and satirical, but I thought that the ultimate premise was really interesting, and I wanted to know what other people think about it.
Essentially, a DC comics writer from 1973 switches places with Starman in the early 1950s, and leads the JSA to prevent the Crisis on Infinite Earths from every happening.
This has vast ripple effects, which basically lead to a world where the silver age of comics never ends. This isn't just a world where Earth-1 continues to exist. The Bronze Age of comics never happens either, and by the 1980s Earth-1 is already a very different place
Here are the changes I tracked down
Black Canary married Green Arrow shortly after coming to Earth-1. He never grew a beard or became a liberal.
Robin and Batgirl became regular team, and developed a romanic relationship, shortly after Dick went off to college
The original Teen Titans never broke up
Speedy remained in a relationship with Wonder Girl, and never got into drugs
Neither Starfire nor Raven ever came to Earth
The Doom Patrol were never killed by General Zahl, and Beast Boy ultimately joined the Titans
Victor Stone never had the accident that destroyed half his body, but he did invent a battlesuit which he used to fight crime, and joined the Teen Titans under the alias of Cyborg
Kid Flash stayed with the Titans, and eventually married Tina McGee
Iris Allen wasn't killed, though Aquababy still was. Despite this, Aquaman and Mera's marriage hold together
Supergirl wasn't killed, and eventually settled in the 30th century with Brainiac 5
Dick still became Nightwing. Afterwards, he left the Titans and married Barbara. She was never shot by the Joker
Jason Todd still became the new Robin, and joined the Teen Titans. He was never killed by the Joker. He eventually got into a relationship with Halo from the Outsiders
Batman still formed the Outsiders. Looker never lost her powers and eventually her husband left her. She married a normal guy in the end.
Batman eventually rejoined the League, which never broke up and never became Justice League Detroit
Bruce rescued Silver St. Cloud from the Joker, and she agreed to marry him
Hawk and Dove regained their powers, and then split up, with Hawk becoming a solo hero, and Dove joining the Teen Titans and dating Lilith
Hal Jordan retired as Green Lantern and married Carol Ferris, who steeped down as head of Ferris Aircraft and never returned to being Star Sapphire.
