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Post by sunofdarkchild on Oct 24, 2015 13:14:24 GMT -5
Episode 2 is 'out' if people are interested.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Oct 23, 2015 5:27:54 GMT -5
Issue 18 Divine InspirationFred is sitting with Wally's grandfather and asks how long his grandson has thought he was god. The grandfather reveals that Wally's parents died in a fire when he was three and that he started thinking of himself as god to cope. Wally tells his grandfather that he's sorry just before a doctor comes in to tell him that his wife has passed away. At the fight, Despero is pretending not to be frightened by Supergirl's transformation, but his fear shows. Supergirl is also terrified of what is happening to her. Supergirl tries to blast Despero with her flame vision, but Despero dodges it. He tries to deflect her next flame blast with his own mind blast, and the two are locked in a DBZ beam contest. It is a battle of wills, and Supergirl's doubts about what she is becoming causes her to lose. However, she is only knocked down, not ko'd, and immediately gets back into the fight. Supergirl hits Despero with one of her flame wings, hurting him. People are arriving at the hospital from Despero's rampage. Mattie tells Fred that Sylvia is out of surgery and that she's stable. Wally then tells Fred that Sylvia will be all right. Fred asks Wally why he isn't with his grandfather, and Wally says that he goes where he's needed or where he wants. Wally admits to being moody since as 'god' he's also a combination of many different gods. He then makes a not-so-veiled reference to Linda being a 'combined being' and disappears the moment he really has Fred's attention. Mattie returns and tells Fred that he can see Sylvia now. Wally reappears by his grandfather with a tissue. Fred sees the state Sylvia is in-it doesn't look good, and as he sits at her bedside he prays to god for the first time in the series. Supergirl is dominating Despero now with her wings. She feels 'righteous anger' at his pain. Suddenly the flames leave Despero and L-Ron reveals that he has regained control. Supergirl thinks that her wings only hurt people who intend to hurt others. She wills her wings to turn back into her cape and the two discuss where Despero's spirit has gone off to. Suddenly, purple energy envelopes Supergirl. Rather than just using his third eye like last time Despero is trying to possess her outright. Cutter arrives at the scene and starts taking pictures of the fight until half of a wall lands in the way, blocking his line of sight. In the hospital, Fred asks Sylvia to squeeze his hand, but she's still unconscious. He leaves and overhears people talking about Supergirl's fight with an eight foot tall monster. They think she's very brave. Fred asks Mattie what she thinks of Supergirl. Since Supergirl saved her from Chemo in issue 5 Mattie of course thinks Supergirl is great, and this seems to get through to Fred, who rushes out of the hospital and hitches a ride in a police car that is headed towards the fight. At the fight, Cutter's car is destroyed by debris. Despero says that Supergirl will 'belong' to him, and Supergirl remembers what Satanus said about Silver Banshee not being able to possess her. She decides to engage Despero in a mental battle. Fred arrives and goes past the police line that at this point is just there to keep civilians back since the police realized how useless bullets are against Despero before Supergirl even got there. Despero is winning the mental battle because Supergirl is conflicted, but that's when Fred reaches her and tells her to kick Despero's butt. Hearing words of encouragement from her father after all this time gives Supergirl the strength to beat Despero at his own game. She thinks that while Silver Banshee was wrong and there is good in everyone, in this case it isn't worth looking for. Still, she shows mercy and relents before killing him. Despero laughs at her 'weakness' and goes for L-Ron again, and she blasts him again. Despero's spirit explodes, and ash starts falling like snow. Fred tells Supergirl that she'd make any father proud, and they hug. At the hospital, Wally's grandfather has had enough of his claims to godhood and yells at Wally to prove it by bringing back his wife. Wally runs to the maternity ward and says that he brought her back as one of the babies. He and his grandfather hug. My thoughts: If they wanted to prove that the wings make Supergirl more powerful, having them do that much harm to Despero is a good way to do it. Beating a guy who can take on the whole Justice League-including Superman-at the same time, is no mean feat. It makes it clear that they can do this because it is supernatural, so it doesn't necessarily mean that she can beat Superman with the new power. I have no problems with the fight. New powers, self-doubt, and worrying about mommy and daddy not loving her add some pathos to the battle. The scene where Fred sits at Sylvia's bedside is very moving. Fred is at his limits. With regards to Fred's decision to support Linda and go to her, I would have liked it to be a little more clear what was going through his head. Something like a reference to Doomsday during the conversation about how brave Supergirl is for fighting an 8-foot monster would have made it more clear that he was worried he'd lose his daughter for real. The Wally stuff is getting better, but is still less interesting than everything else. The last scene with him was nice, but again, I'm more interested in Fred and Linda. Small spoiler-Wally will not be featured in any fashion in the fanfic I'm writing. I don't dislike him, but the other characters and plotlines are so much better that he takes away more than he adds, like replacing Miguel Cabrera with someone who is only borderline hall of fame caliber. (Also, episode 2 is out as well in the fanfic forum) Overall-a good fight, some good character development, but had the potential and failed to be one of the truly great comics because of the rushing of the Fred/Linda rapprochement. B
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Oct 23, 2015 1:10:36 GMT -5
Thanks. Which scene with Buzz are you talking about? Neither Linda nor any other female character talks to Buzz in this episode. I had this song in mind for the ending scene. The first 19 seconds are the camera circling Linda, at 20 seconds she starts to turn into supergirl, at 34 seconds she starts to fly, and at 43 seconds the credits start. Not Buzz, but Fred where the scene started out as a squad of policemen and firefighters and ending with "She's Alive"It was a moving scene and one of your great piece of writing here! Yes. Aftermath scenes are fun to write.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Oct 22, 2015 13:58:04 GMT -5
I surprised myself with how quickly I managed to write this. After this I think I'll take a break for a few days. Episode 1 can be found here classiccomics.boards.net/thread/2593/supergirl-tv-show-episode-1?page=1&scrollTo=106858
And CS still means change scene.
Supergirl Episode 2
Sirens are heard as two police cars chase another car through the streets of Leesburg at night.
The camera zooms out from the chase to show a red cape fluttering in the wind high above the town.
The car is then shown making a sharp turn. The driver screams like a thrill seeker as the passenger looks behind them to be sure the cops aren't gaining.
The driver continues to act like he's having the thrill of his life when he hears something knocking on the window. He sees Supergirl flying next to his car. He and his partner look at each other in surprise, and then he lowers the window slightly.
“Sorry.” Supergirl says. “Just making sure you two are wearing your seat-belts.” She falls behind the car, and the crooks look at each other again.
The passenger is the first to turn his attention back to the road. “Watch out!” he yells, pointing ahead of them.
Supergirl is standing in the middle of the street, directly in their path. She holds her hands on her hips.
The driver, to the passenger's horror, screams again and steps on the accelerator. The car speeds towards the superhero.
Supergirl does not flinch as the car bears down on her. She holds out one hand and the car slams into it. The crooks are thrown forward in their seat-belts as their car is violently stopped.
The police cars stop shortly behind the crooks' car and the officers get out with their guns drawn.
Supergirl smiles and salutes the officers before flying straight up. They stare after her.
Fade into the opening credits.
CS A stack of papers is slammed onto the desk Cutter Sharp is standing in front of.
“I'm telling you,” Cutter tells his editor, “Linda Danvers is alive. I saw her being pulled out of the emergency room.”
The editor looks annoyed. “And you expect me to run the story based on your word alone? Neither the hospital nor the police would confirm that Linda Danvers was admitted, and her parents threatened to sue us when we tried to contact them.”
Cutter leans forward and puts his hands on the desk. “Don't you see? They're covering it up! There's a huge story here!”
The editor bangs his fist on his desk. “That's enough! I don't want to hear any ghost stories or conspiracy theories without proof!” He points at Cutter. “You're already past deadline. Now finish the story you were assigned at get out of my sight!”
Cutter looks dejected. “Yes, sir.”
CS
Fred Danvers is livid.
“How could you let this happen?!” he screams at the hospital's director and head of security. Behind him Mattie is trying to comfort a sobbing Sylvia.
“Mr. Danvers,” PJ interjects, “please calm down.”
“No, I will not calm down!” Fred screams at him. “My daughter is out there alone, without her memories, and it's your fault!” He points at the director as he screams the last line.
The hospital director has had enough of Fred's accusations. “We don't know how she opened the window and got out. That will have to be investigated. Right now our priority has to be finding her again. And unless I'm mistaken, both of those tasks are your department, not mine.”
Fred grabs the director's coat. “If anything happens to my daughter, I'll see you in court.”
PJ grans Fred's arm. “Fred, don't do something you're going to regret.”
Fred sighs and lets go of the director's coat and goes back to his wife. The director and the head of security leave, with the director making hand motions to tell his head of security that he thinks Fred is crazy.
Sylvia fights back another sob and tells Fred “I've been thinking. Maybe I should go back to the television station and make another appeal. Maybe someone's seen her.”
“No.” Fred says firmly. “We've already got an APB out. But we don't know if there are more of those cultists out there. If there are, and they find out that Linda's on the street, they might try to take her again.”
Sylvia breaks down and hugs Fred. “What did we do to deserve this?” she begs.
“Nothing.” Fred assures her, now crying himself. “We didn't do anything.”
Mattie puts her hand on Sylvia's shoulder. “Hey. Linda'll turn up. You'll see. She's tough.”
“Mattie's probably right.” PJ assures them. “In the meantime you two had better get home. You both need to rest, and Linda's a lot more likely to go home than to come back here.”
Fred nods. “Thank you, PJ.”
The two men hug and Fred and Sylvia leave.
“So,” PJ asks Mattie, “how was your day at school?”
“I got detention because of you.” Mattie answers.
PJ shakes his head and smiles slightly. “Still can't wait for the bell to ring before checking your text messages, can you?”
CS
Fred and Sylvia are preparing for bed. Fred sighs sadly as he lies down. Sylvia goes to the window, closes her eyes, and starts to pray.
As Sylvia prays the camera pulls out from the window and across the street, showing Linda standing on the sidewalk. She is in her brunette form, but still wearing the Supergirl costume.
Linda is nervously mouthing what she would tell her parents if they were together. Her practicing isn't going well.
Linda gets frustrated and looks like she is about to cry. She holds up a hand towards her parents' bedroom and starts to take a step forward.
A siren blares in the distance, causing Linda to turn her head.
Sylvia finishes her prayers and opens her eyes. For a second she seems to see something across the street, but the camera shows that the street is empty.
The camera pulls away from the house, and we see the bedroom light go out.
CS Buzz, still in his black trench coat, is walking through the streets the next morning. He stops at a news stand and picks up a newspaper.
Buzz turns the page and sees the headline Supegirl Survives Warehouse Explosion. He smiles and puts the newspaper in one of the large pockets of his trench coat.
Buzz starts whistling 'Pop goes the Weasel' as he walks away.
CS
Three men in ski masks are holding up a jewelry store.
“That's it!” the leader says as his colleagues grab as much jewelry as they can. “Take everything!” He holds the store employees as well as the costumers against the wall at gunpoint.
“All right.” he says when the other crooks have gathered as many jewels as they can carry. He addresses the frightened civilians. “We thank you for your cooperation.”
“It's always nice to meet a polite crook. They're really a rarity.”
The crooks turn to see Supergirl standing in the doorway. She holds out her hand. “Now the polite thing to do would be to hand over your weapons.”
The leader turns his gun on Supergirl and fires several shots at her. All of the bullets bounce off of her chest.
Supergirl looks down at her chest and then back at the leader. She tilts her head slightly. “Really?” she asks.
Suddenly Supergirl is standing inches in front of the leader. She grabs his gun and crushes it in one hand without ever taking her eyes off of his face.
“Really?” she asks again.
CS
Cutter throws the morning paper in the garbage and grumbles to himself as he gets into his car. He turns on some rap music on the radio and moves his head to the beat as he drives.
While stopped at a red light Cutter sees two men in red cloaks taking a small child into the back of a green van. He immediately turns the radio off and pulls out his cell phone.
“911?” Cutter says into his phone. “I've got an emergency. I think I just saw that cult that's been murdering those people kidnap a kid. Their in a big green van, pulling away from the corner of Maple Street and Wanda Lee Drive....Please hurry. With my luck I'm gonna get a ticket for talking on my phone while driving.”
Cutter puts the phone down and starts to follow the van. “Then again,” he says to himself, “there might be a hell of a story here.”
Cutter continues to follow the van as it goes through an older section of town and turns onto a narrow, one way street.
Suddenly the van stops, forcing Cutter to step on the brakes to avoid crashing into it. Immediately another van comes up behind him, boxing him in.
“Shit!” Cutter curses.
“Well, well, what do we have here?” Buzz says as he approaches Cutter's car. “Someone who wants to play hero?”
Cutter makes an 'eek' face where his mouth opens wide horizontally but not vertically.
“No, no.” Cutter opens his briefcase and takes out his pen and notebook. “I'm-I'm a reporter, just looking for a story.” Cutter gives a fake laugh. “Would you be willing to do an interview?”
Buzz lights a cigarette. “Oh, we can do better than that.”
“You can?” Cutter asks.
“Oh yes.” Buzz takes the cigarette out of his mouth and grins. “How would you like to have some first-hand experience?”
CS
Supergirl flies low over the city, smiling and waving at the people cheering her below.
“Supergirl!” she hears Fred's voice call out. “Hey! Supergirl!”
She sees that Fred is calling to her from close to the police station. He is wearing his police uniform. “I really need to talk to you!”
Supergirl tries to smile and floats down to Fred. “Um, yes, Officer Danvers?”
Fred breathes a sigh of relief. “I can't tell you how glad I am to run into you. First off, I want to thank you for finding Linda.”
“Yes.” Supergirl says uncomfortably. “How is she?”
“That's what I need your help with.” Fred tells her. “Linda ran out of the hospital yesterday and we haven't seen her since. If you could find her again...”
Supergirl is silent for a few seconds, then says “I'll see what I can do.”
“Thank you.”
Supergirl starts to float up again. “Have a good day, Officer Danvers.”
“You too, Supergirl.”
Supergirl flies away from the police station in a bad mood.
“Weeeellllllllll.” she hears Buzz's voice say.
Supergirl stops and looks around. She sees Buzz on a nearby roof.
“Why didn't you tell daddy dearest about your little resurrection trick on his daughter?” Buzz asks.
“You!” Supergirl yells. She charges at Buzz fists first. However, she just flies through him.
Buzz laughs. “Did you think you were the only one with powers beyond those of mortal men?”
Buzz's laughter is heard even though his mouth isn't moving. Supergirl covers her ears and screams “Get out of my head!”
Buzz holds up his hands. “Sure. As I understand it it's a little crowded in there right now anyway.”
“You...” Supergirl growls as she lowers her hands. “You did this! Change us back!”
“Me?” Buzz does an over-the-top gesture of shock at being accused. “All I tried to do was summon an ancient demon. Your little identity problem is all on you.”
Buzz smiles. “But I am interested in what you've become. So what do you say to a little test?”
Supergirl turns to leave. “Forget it. I'm not playing any of your games.”
“Even if there's a life at stake?”
Supergirl stops. “What?”
“An innocent man is about to die.” Buzz gloats. “And playing my game is the only chance you have to save him.”
Supergirl clenches her fists in anger.
CS
The camera shows the outside of a run down movie theater before moving inside, where a small crowd is cheering the show being performed on the stage.
On the stage Cutter is lying in the center of another pentagram, clutching his bleeding stomach. Behind him is another portal, identical to the one seen in episode 1. In front of him is the child he saw getting into the van earlier, only he is no child.
He holds up a bloodied knife, also identical to the one used to stab Linda in episode 1.
“You poor schmuck.” the midget says. “You really thought a was a kid being taken?”
Cutter groans in pain.
“Well, you know what they say about 'no good deed.'” the midget taunts.
The midget walks past Cutter and places the knife into the portal. The crowd cheers and Cutter stares in horror as the portal dissolves and a large figure takes its place.
Where the portal once stood there now stands a seven foot tall creature. It has the form of a body builder, fire orange fur all over its body, and the head of a saber-tooth tiger.
The midget kneels. “Lord Chakat. At last.”
Lord Chakat sniffs the air. “I smell blood.” he says in a deep voice.
“Yes.” The midget gestures at Cutter. “We have brought you a sacrifice to celebrate your return to the human world.”
Cutter shakes his head in terror and mutters “No.” over and over again.
“I hunger.” Chakat says, beginning to walk towards Cutter.
There is a loud boom as the back wall explodes. Supergirl flies through the hole in the wall and lands on the stage.
The crowd starts to scream and head towards the exits.
Chakat belches a fire ball from his mouth at the exits, blocking them off.
Supergirl regard Chakat with caution. “What the hell are you?”
Chakat leers at her. “The one who interfered with my earlier crossing. The two-who-are-one.” He steps towards her. Supergirl takes a step back.
Chakat unleashes another fire blast from his mouth. This one is much bigger and brighter than the earlier ones. Supergirl shields herself with her forearms, but the blast still knocks her off of the stage.
Chakat stands over her and gloats. “Yes. I shall feast on the living heart of that which once did not truly live. Then nothing will stand in the way of my conquest of this world.”
Supergirl rises. “I think you'll find that I'm more than you can chew.”
She flies at Chakat, and they throw punches at each other at the same time. Their fists collide, causing a shockwave that knocks everyone else in the theater down and causes the whole building to shake.
Supergirl sees Cutter fall off the stage and makes a move to help him. While she is distracted, Ckakat lands a blow on the side of her face. She slides to the edge of the stage.
Supergirl rises again, this time rubbing her cheek where she had been punched. Her eyes narrow in concentration, and Chakat is struck by a powerful telekinetic blast. He is forced backwards into the wall, cracking it.
Chakat hunches over and holds his chest. Supergirl has hurt him badly.
Chakat roars in anger and raises his arm. A large sword appears in his hand, and he then brandishes it in both hands.
Supergirl sees the design on the sword and flashes back to the knife she destroyed in episode 1. That knife had the same design as the sword.
Chakat charges at Supergirl with the sword raised over his head. He brings it down on her, and she catches the blade between her palms. The force of Chakat's blow causes her to have to lean very far back to avoid being sliced down the middle.
Both combatants grit their teeth as they struggle to move the sword. Chakat growls, drool dripping from his open mouth.
Supergirl slowly straightens her back, gaining more leverage.
She glares at Chakat and growls through her gritted teeth. “Get...the hell...OFF MY PLANET!”
Supergirl snaps the blade of the sword in two. With his weapon destroyed, Chakat backs up in horror.
Chakat screams “You don't know what you've done!” He slowly fades from our realm.
The battle won, Supergirl goes over to Cutter, who is barely conscious.
“Are you all right?” she asks.
Cutter smiles and raises his hand so he can wag his finger at her. “I want an interview...”
CS
Later, after he is out of surgery, Supergirl visits Cutter in his hospital room.
“I understand that you're going to have a full recovery.”
Cutter grins. “Seems that way.”
“You're in pretty good spirits for someone who was almost stabbed to death.” she obseres
“As long as I can still write I'm golden.” Cutter assures her. “And they didn't cut my hands. Also, this means I'm finally gonna get a call from my mom where she doesn't yell at me.”
Supergirl looks to the side. “You see this as a chance to reconnect with your family.”
“Well, yeah.”
Supergirl looks at him seriously. “The leader of that cult is still out there. I'm going to stop him.” She turns to leave through the window.
“And then you'll move on to another town?” Cutter asks. “Go back to wandering the country?”
Supergirl stops for a second. “I have no intention of leaving Leesburg.” she says softly before flying out of the window.
Cutter's eyes widen. Then he smiles.
“Now that's a story.”
CS
Another large crowd, this time of civilians, has gathered outside of the movie theater to watch the police take away all of the cultists.
“I never knew this group was so big.” one observer says in shock.
An older woman shakes her head. “Young people these days. I tell you, this town is going straight to hell.”
“I don't know about straight.” Buzz says from within the crowd of observers. He pushes his way out of the crowd and walks down the street on his own, grinning from ear to ear.
“After all, getting there is half the fun.”
CS
Sylvia is watching the news about the mass arrest at the movie theater while Fred reads a novel.
Fred decides that he can't bear to listen to the news anymore and starts to head upstairs.
The door bell rings, and Sylvia turns off the television to go answer it.
Sylvia looks through the peephole to see who it is, and her jaw drops. She rushes to open the door.
Standing in the doorway is Linda, still wearing her hospital gown from the day before.
“FRED!” Sylvia calls.
“What is it?” Fred yells from the top of the stairs. Sylvia is speechless and does not answer him.
Fred comes to the door and stops, looking shocked.
Linda takes a deep breath. “Mom....dad....um...hi...”
“Ohhhh!” Sylvia screams and embraces her daughter. Fred joins in and makes it a group hug.
All sound stops other than the music that plays during this reunion. The three-way hug continues until the credits start, and all three Danvers are crying tears of joy.
After circling the family several times, the camera focuses on Linda's face as she laughs and cries at the same time.
The end.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Oct 22, 2015 1:22:02 GMT -5
Thanks.
Which scene with Buzz are you talking about? Neither Linda nor any other female character talks to Buzz in this episode.
I had this song in mind for the ending scene.
The first 19 seconds are the camera circling Linda, at 20 seconds she starts to turn into supergirl, at 34 seconds she starts to fly, and at 43 seconds the credits start.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Oct 22, 2015 1:04:07 GMT -5
What are the previous stories I should read to understand why Wonder Man and White Canary are part of the JLA?
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Oct 21, 2015 8:28:15 GMT -5
Some explanations for the things I changed.
In the comic, Linda had left the warehouse and gone home instead of being found and taken to the hospital. Having her brought to the hospital was a result of shifting from a comic to what is supposed to be a tv show. This means that things that are explained through thought boxes in the comic either have to be shown visibly or stated out loud. The hospital setting was better suited for moments like her realizing that her eye color had changed for that reason. In the comic it was just a thought, but here she has to say it out loud to show that she recognizes the change.
The other really big change was making PJ a doctor instead of Mattie. Since I've deaged Linda and Mattie to be high school upperclassmen someone else needed to handle the doctor role, and PJ didn't have a role in the comic, so I thought it would be a good way to give him something to do.
The other changes are relatively small and have to do with either a personal preference or making it fit better for tv.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Oct 21, 2015 8:18:00 GMT -5
One note: CS means change scene
Supergirl Episode 1
A crowd has gathered around an office building. They are held back by the police.
One man behind the police line yells “Jump!”
A policeman with a megaphone tells the man to “shut up.”
A middle aged man stands on the ledge of the building, breathing heavily
The cop picks up his megaphone and speaks into it. “Mr. Loeb,” he says, “think about what you're doing! No matter how bad things are, you don't have to do this!”
The cop turns to another cop and demands “Where's that air cushion?”
“It's almost here.” the other cop responds. “That warehouse business still has the department tied up.”
A bystander shouts, and the cops look up at the building.
Mr. Loeb has jumped. The people below are screaming.
Suddenly there is a strong gust of wind that nearly knocks the cops over. As they stand up they see that Mr. Loeb is standing on the sidewalk, safe and sound, though not steady on his feet.
The cops go to support Mr. Loeb as another bystander asks “What happened?”
“It-it was an angel.” Mr. Loeb responds.
The camera moves up to the sky. A red blur flashes across the screen for a second, and the logo appears. An abridged version of the main theme plays.
CS
A squad of policemen and firefighters are shifting through the remains of a destroyed warehouse.
One cop comes across a charred body and almost gags. He puts his hand over his mouth. The camera angle only shows the hand of the corpse to prevent the image from being too disturbing.
Another cop comes up behind him and remarks “Whoa. Must've been some barbecue.” at the sight of the corpse.
The first cop glares at him and he apologizes. “I'm sorry, Fred. I didn't mean-”
Fred brushes the other cop off and moves on.
Two other cops call out “We found something!”
Fred runs after them. He stares in horror at what they hold.
In the cops' hands is an empty costume. It is blue, with a red cape and mini-skirt. The camera focuses on the S-symbol on the chest.
“My god.” Fred whispers.
“Looks like Supergirl was here too.” one of the cops says.
“You don't think she's one of these poor souls?” the other cop asks, gesturing at another burnt corpse. Again, very little of the corpse is shown.
Fred has to sit down. He puts his head in his hands.
One of the cops puts his hand on Fred's shoulder. “I'm sorry.” he says. “But we still have a job to do.”
Fred nods and stands up. He follows that cop further through the wreckage to the center of the warehouse, still looking sullen.
They come across a large red pentagram painted into the floor.
“Definitely that cult that's been carrying out those grisly murders.” the other cop says. “Hopefully Supergirl took them all out.”
Fred has been looking down the whole time. His eyes widen as he spots a large blood stain on the floor. A trail of blood leads away from the large stain. He follows it.
“What is it?” the other cop asks.
Fred follows the blood trail until he comes across another body. This body is only partially burned, though it is also badly cut and bruised. Her clothes are also torn and singed.
“No.” Fred says. He falls to his knees and turns the body over, revealing it to be a teenage girl with brown hair. “Linda.”
The other cops start to gather around. Fred moves some of Linda's hair out of her face and realizes that she is breathing. He turns his head and shouts “She's alive!”
CS Doctors rush Linda into the emergency room. The camera angle is from her point of view even though she is still unconscious.
As the gurney is taken out of sight a middle aged woman comes up to Fred.
Fred hugs her and she asks him “Is it true?”
Fred smiles. “It is.”
She leans on Fred and looks at the emergency room door. “Our baby...it's a miracle.”
Fred agrees. “It sure is.”
They take a seat, and she asks. “What's wrong?”
Fred sighs. “I've been a cop more than twenty years, and I've never seen anything so horrible. The bodies. And Linda was in the middle of it all.”
CS
A young man, who is bald and has a goatee, is finishing up an interview with a doctor about a new medical treatment the doctor invented when he notices the increased police presence at the hospital.
He rubs his goatee and goes “hmmm.” He follows them until he sees Fred and his wife.
“Hi.” he says. “Are you Fred and Sylvia Danvers?”
Fred and Sylvia look up. Fred groans.
“My name's Cutter Sharp.” the bald man continues. “I work for Newstime.”
“We are not speaking to the press.” Fred says firmly.
“But the fact that you're both here,” Cutter presses, “does that mean that your daughter has been found?”
Fred gets up and looks Cutter in the eye. “Go away.”
Cutter nods nervously and turns to leave.
Suddenly, the doors to the ER open and Linda's gurney is wheeled out. Fred and Sylvia rush forward in shock.
“Hey!” Fred calls.
A young black doctor leaves the group wheeling the gurney and comes over to them.
“What the hell's going on?” Fred demands. “She can't be out of surgery already.”
The doctor takes a deep breath. “Look, I don't know how to explain this.”
Sylvia covers her mouth. “Oh god, no.”
“I don't mean that!” the doctor clarifies. “There was no need for surgery.”
“That's not possible.” Fred declares. “I've seen enough serious injuries to know a life-threatening case when I see one.”
“I know what the reports say.” the doctor goes on, “but when we looked at her in the ER her injuries weren't so severe. Surgery would do more harm than good.”
Fred and Sylvia look at each other. “Were the first responders wrong?” Sylvia asks.
The doctor throws up his hands. "Like I said, I don't know how to explain it." CS
A teenage black girl is sitting through an AP history class, dutifully taking notes. Her phone vibrates in her pocket, and she sneakily takes it out to look at the sms.
Suddenly she leaps her her feet and yells out “Yes!”
The teacher looks shocked for a second, then regains her composure. “Miss Harcourt, what could be so thrilling that you had to interrupt my description of the Thirty Years War?”
“It's my brother at the hospital.” Mattie says, grinning from ear to ear. “They found Linda. She's all right!”
CS
Linda awakens with a start.
“Easy there!” the black doctor says, trying to calm her down. “You're safe. You're in the hospital.”
“Hospital.” Linda breathes. “I was hurt.”
“Yes, but not as badly as we feared.” the doctor assures her. “It's good to have you back, Linda.”
Linda stared at him blankly.
“Linda?” the doctor asks.
Linda looks around the room as if she's never seen a hospital before.
“Linda, it's me. PJ. Mattie's older brother.” the doctor says in a worried tone. “You remember Mattie, don't you? Your best friend?”
Linda shakes her head.
PJ gets really worried. “Is there anything you do remember?”
Linda looks down. “I-I was really hurt...and I was...empty....I needed to learn...”
PJ's mouth hangs open as he tries to process the nonsense Linda said.
Linda shakes her head. “I have no idea what I'm saying.”
PJ smiles grimly. “That's a relief.”
He takes out a small mirror. “Here. Do you recognize yourself?”
Linda stares intently into the blue eyes of her reflection. “My eyes...they were brown.”
PJ nods. “Good. You remember that, at least. Your eye color isn't anything to worry about. The change can be attributed to stress.”
Linda asks “What happened to me? Who am I?”
PJ sits down next to her. “Your name is Linda Danvers. You're a high school student and an art prodigy. Your father is a cop. Your mother works as at your church. Your best friend is Mattie Harcourt, my little sister. Does any of this ring a bell? Do you remember your parents, at least?”
Linda's eyes widen. The scene shifts to a living room bathed in a light blue to signify that it is a memory. Linda remembers her father's face contorted in rage, yelling at her.
Linda shakes herself out of the memory and looks like she is about to cry. “What happened to me?” she asks again.
“Look,” PJ says seriously, “you were kidnapped by this cult that's committed some grisly murders recently. We were terrified that you would be the latest victim.”
As PJ talks Linda slips into another memory, again bathed in blue. A man with messy light hair, a long black trench coat, and a creepy smile is walking towards her. His trench coat billows in the wind. The camera slowly focuses in on his face, and Linda hears a creepy laugh.
“Hey,” PJ asks, “you ok?”
Linda looks horrified. “How am I still alive?”
“Your parents went on tv and asked Supergirl to pitch in on the search.”
“Supergirl?” Linda asks.
“Yeah. You're a big Supergirl fan. After their public request Supergirl took part in the investigation of the cult.”
Yet again Linda slips into a blue-tinted memory, this time of a small sculpture of Supergirl. She put her hand on the statue.
“Supergirl?” Sylvia's voice asks. The camera moves away from the first person point of view and we see that this memory is Supergirl's, not Linda's.
“I'm sorry.” Supergirl says. “I was admiring the statue Linda made. “It's very lovely.”
“Linda thought-thinks you're wonderful.” Sylvia explains. “She looks up to you.”
Sylvia walks up to Supergirl. “Look, I'm a spiritual woman. God put you on this earth to give hope to people-”
“Stop, Sylvia.” Fred says irritably. He has been standing by the window the whole time. “You're talking spirituality to someone to isn't even human.”
He turns to Supergirl. “What are you? An alien? A mutant?”
“Mr. Danvers,” Supergirl says, “you know nothing about me. I'm here to help you, so I'd appreciate it if you stopped trying to hurt me.”
Fred's angry facade fades. “I'm sorry.” he moans, starting to break down and cry. “Please don't let them kill her.”
“I won't.” Supergirl declares. “I promise.”
In the present, Linda closes her eyes as PJ continues his explanation.
“This morning there was a big fire at a local warehouse. The police found some fried cultists, Supergirl's costume, and you.”
Linda starts pulling on her hair, unable to process the information she is receiving and the memories she is seeing.
“Can I be left alone, please?” she asks. “I need...I need...”
“You need some time and privacy?” PJ asks. “Ok.” He goes to the door, then asks “Your parents are here. Do you want to see them?”
Linda doesn't answer. She is still frightened after PJ leaves.
CS
PJ goes over to the Danvers. “Linda's awake.” he tells them.
Fred and Sylvia practically leap to their feet.
PJ puts his hands up. “She doesn't want to see anyone right now.”
Sylvia protests. “But we're her parents!”
“I know.” PJ says. “Look, Linda may be fine physically, but mentally there's been a toll. She's suffering from extreme amnesia. She's feeling scared and overwhelmed, and she probably wouldn't recognize you.”
Sylvia leans on Fred and starts to cry. “Oh, god.” Fred holds her, trying to be brave.
“Is it permanent?” Fred asks.
“We can't be sure at this stage. I think it's a result of emotional trauma and not brain damage, but we'll have to conduct an MRI and bring in a psychiatrist to be sure of that.”
Fred nods, looking grim. “Thank you for letting us know.”
CS
In a dark alley, the man in the trench coat from the memory earlier leans against the wall and lights a cigarette.
“You failed, Buzz.” a dark voice says.
“Just some unexpected superhero interference.” Buzz responds with a cockney accent. “Nothing that can't be dealt with in the future.”
“I have been trapped too long.”
“Don't worry.” Buzz assures the voice.
“The girl can no longer be sacrificed.”
“So we just have to find someone else.” Buzz explains.
“Don't fail me again.” the voice stops.
Buzz shakes his head. “So impatient.” He takes the cigarette out of his mouth, blows some smoke, and starts to walk away.
“It's not like the sacrifice needs to be a virgin, anyway.”
CS Linda is still sitting alone in her hospital room when she hears Buzz's laugh again. She covers her ears, but the laugh grows louder.
CS
Mattie arrives at the hospital with her school knapsack, passing Cutter as he is on his way out. She finds the Danvers and PJ, who are happy to see her.
“Mattie!” Sylvia exclaims as she hugs her.
“How's Linda?” Mattie asks. Fred and Sylvia exchange a worried look.
PJ decides to answer. “Could be better. Could be worse.”
Mattie gives her brother an annoyed look. “That doesn't tell me anything.”
“There is patient confidentiality to consider.” PJ tells her.
“Forget it.” Mattie says. “Just tell me where she is.”
PJ puts his hand on Mattie's shoulder. “She's being looked at right now.”
“Doctor Harcourt?”
PJ turns to the balding doctor who called him. “Yes, Doctor Schwartz?”
“The patient you told me to look at is gone.”
“What?”
PJ, the Danvers, and Mattie rush into Linda's room. It is empty. The window hangs open.
CS
Linda is running down the street. The camera first gives a third person view and then shifts to a first person view. The image in front Linda blurs as she accelerates.
Several bystanders notice a strong wind as Linda moves faster than the eye can see.
Linda tries to stop, but she trips when decelerating and rolls into a garbage can.
Linda looks shocked as she sits up. “What-what am I?” she asks herself.
She hears a voice from around the corner. “Did you hear something?”
Two people come to where Linda fell, to find only the fallen garbage can.
The camera rises to show Linda sitting on the roof above them. She closes her eyes and concentrates.
From the first person, we see yet another blue tinted memory. Linda sees Supergirl fighting a bunch of thugs. Behind Supergirl is a portal with a blurry image of a monster.
The image of the monster unleashes a fire blast that hits Supergirl in the back of the head, knocking her over.
In the present, Linda winces from the memory of the pain and rubs the back of her head.
Back in the memory, this time from Supergirl's perspective, we see that Linda has been beaten up and is being held in the center of a large pentagram. A fire has broken out because of the monster's blasts.
Buzz stands behind Linda and raises a knife. We see him bring the knife down, but the camera does not show the actual stabbing.
In the present, Linda grabs her stomach and looks like she is about to gag.
Back in the memory, Supergirl screams and unleashes a telekinetic blast that sends all of the thugs flying away from her. She then uses her tk to shatter the knife that Buzz stabbed Linda with. This causes the portal behind her to fade.
Supergirl advances on Buzz, who fades into the shadows with a smile. She goes over to Linda, who is bleeding out.
“Please...” Linda says weakly. “I don't want to die.”
“No.” Supergirl says in horror. She takes Linda's hand.
Suddenly their hands start to melt together. Both girls scream in pain. There is a flash of light. When it clears, Linda's maimed body is lying next to Supergirl's empty costume.
CS
In the present, Two cops are sitting in the precinct, wondering about Supergirl's costume.
“You think she's dead?” one cop asks the other.
“I don't know.”
“I mean, if she isn't, why'd she leave her costume behind?”
There is a burst of a strong wind from an open window, knocking the cops over and sending papers flying everywhere.
When the cops get up, they see that Supergirl's costume is gone.
CS
The camera moves through the town at a very high speed, turning corners until it comes across a crowd gathered around a tall building. The camera looks up and sees a man on the top of the building.
The camera backs up and accelerates again as the man jumps. It rises into the air and we see the rescue of Mr. Loeb from the beginning of the episode in the first person.
CS
Afterwards, the paramedics are examining Mr. Loeb. He insists “I'm telling you it was an angel! A real angel!”
Buzz stands nearby, smoking another cigarette. “Indeed.” he says, before blowing smoke straight up. The camera also moves to the sky
CS
A soft choir sings as the camera cirlces Linda floating high in the sky. She is wearing Supergirl's costume, and it is way too big on her. She looks at her hands in surprise for about ten seconds before closing her eyes and throws her head back. The choir gets louder as Linda's features begin to changes. Her body grows into the costume, her face changes shape, and her hair grows longer and turns blonde.
Supergirl opens her eyes, and the music changes to a fast-paced theme as she shoots forward. The camera follows her flight for about fifteen seconds before she accelerates faster than it can keep up.
After Supergirl is out of sight the camera continues to move through the clouds as the end theme plays and the credits roll.
The end.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Oct 20, 2015 7:37:38 GMT -5
Issue 17 Teetering on OblivionSylvia is leaving the bar, and the bartender is worried about her driving because of how much she had to drink. She brushes him off and drives away anyway. However, as she drives she comes across a purple monster which picks up her car and throws it into a tree. She is badly hurt. In Charleston, Linda and Dick are visiting his mother in the hospital after the Extremists' attack. Dick remarks about how Linda came to Charleston anyway when he told her to go back to Leesburg. Her back is still hurting from the previous issue. A friend of Dick's mother drops by, and Linda knows her. Elizabeth Perske, who was once married to Lex Luthor and was also Supergirl's mentor/boss for a short time. Linda can't figure out how to act in this situation so she ends up acting like a buffoon. She leaves before she can embarrass herself more. The purple monster is sleeping in the woods when a bear comes up to it. It punches through the bear's chest and goes back to sleep. As she flies back to Leesburg Supergirl's back spasms, nearly causing her to collide with a plane. The police, including Fred, have gathered around the scene of Sylvia's wrecked car. The monster shows up, but this time he's friendly. He claims to be L-Ron, a good robot that took over Despero's body, and he helps get Sylvia out of the car so they can start giving her medical treatment. The sight of L-Ron causes her to scream in terror. He remembers something and wanders off before Fred can thank him for his help. Linda is 'coping' in her apartment by sculpting, though she doesn't know why she keeps on sculpting angels. Andy arrives, finally catching up with Linda. Upon seeing the angel sculpture she remarks that she doesn't believe in god. Then the Kents arrive, and Linda can't help calling them 'Ma' and 'Pa' in front of Andy. Before she can explain he phone rings. Mattie is calling from the hospital to tell Linda what happened to her mother. Linda rushes to the hospital, leaving the Kents to tell a confused Andy that 'everyone' calls them Ma and Pa and that their name is 'Kettle.' L-Ron is sitting by a pond when he realizes that Despero attacked Sylvia. He argues with Despero in his reflection, only for Despero to take over his body again. At the hospital, Wally is looking at a bunch of newborns crying in the maternity ward. He says 'shhhh,' and they quiet down. Linda finds Fred outside Sylvia's room, and he just asks what she's doing there. Wally's grandfather finds him. His grandmother isn't doing well. But Wally says death is nothing to fear. Fred says that he doesn't understand why Supergirl is doing 'this' to them. Linda alternates between getting angry and almost breaking down crying. First she asks if Fred would rather she died in issue 1, then says she wants a hug and to be loved. Fred says that he wants things back the way they were, but Linda points out that she wasn't exactly daughter of the year then. When she presses him on that he says that he doesn't know if her improved personality is real or just a put-on. Linda sees a building collapse through a window and leaves at superspeed. Wally and his grandfather come in, and Wally introduces himself as god. Supergirl recognizes L-Ron/Despero as he goes on a rampage through Leesburg. She knocks him down with a tk blast. L-Ron begs her to kill him. She hesitates, allowing Despero to regain control. Despero starts beating the crap out of her. He then uses his third eye to enter her mind, which feels worse than Grodd's psychic attacks had. As she sees the death and destruction Despero plans for the earth her back pain flares again. This time the pain feels 'glorious.' She flies up, and her cape turns into wings of flame. My thoughts: Leesburg cops must have the least itchy trigger gingers of any force in the country. An 8-foot purple monster just happens to appear near a traffic accident, and not only are none of the cops frightened enough to shoot him on sight, but none of them even consider that he might have had something to do with the accident. I don't know if that's really tolerant or just plain dumb. Elizabeth Perske is the only supporting character that was unique to Matrix before this series. She could have had a bigger role, but the series doesn't give her much to do. More Kents-always a good thing. I love that drop everything and come to Virginia just because Linda needs some support. They really do think of Supergirl as their daughter. This is the first time Wally claims to be god, which is probably the oddest part of the series. I don't like or dislike the idea other than not liking there being a literal deus ex machina walking around. But Wally stops interfering in the fights after 'coming out,' so he isn't used in that way very much. The conversation with Fred is a big reason why I would love to see this series as a show. The comic format did not allow for it to be long enough to have the emotional impact it should have had. Even if they had cut the parts where Wally shushes, the babies and talks to his grandfather to make more room for the Linda/Fred conversation, which they should have done, I'm still not sure it would have been long enough. From my understanding of Despero's strength the fight went about right. The bigger question is why Supergirl seems so unhurt after being punched in the face repeatedly. In a one-on-one fight she has chance with her current powerset. Which is why it's a good thing she gets a new power. Some hate the wings, but I think they're fine, especially since PAD took away her shape-shifting and invisibility. It's a more unique power than her flame vision from two issues ago. And once it was certain in issue 8 that they were going to make Supergirl an angel, they had to give her the appropriate powers at some point. If this issue hadn't spent so much time on Wally, which wasn't bad, just not as good as what they should have spent time on, it would have been great. But it spent that time in the wrong place. So B-
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Oct 19, 2015 10:37:03 GMT -5
I think Snyder was only involved in the initial plotting, not in the writing, which is probably why I liked it as much as I did, felt that it actually had a decent ending, and in general thought the portrayals of the extended family were good. That ending felt pretty stereotypical Scott Snyder to me. It was pretty dumb that x showed up for the final fight after having never being seen or even mentioned for the first 50 issues, but it was clear that he was just the final boss instead of the big bad, and the way it was resolved was the antithesis of Death of the Family. I particularly liked the parts Gordon and Spoiler played. The reveal of the actual big bad I thought was very good. I actually predicted it the week before the reveal.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Oct 18, 2015 23:36:20 GMT -5
I think Snyder was only involved in the initial plotting, not in the writing, which is probably why I liked it as much as I did, felt that it actually had a decent ending, and in general thought the portrayals of the extended family were good.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Oct 18, 2015 7:05:35 GMT -5
Issue 16 Blonde JusticeTwilight is sitting on a throne of corpses, remembering her childhood with her sister. In those days she was known as Molly. She had seen a cat attacking a bird, and though the bird died, she was somehow able to restore it to full health. Seeing this, her sister Jane tells her to keep her power a secret because she'll be burned as a witch. In the present, the Extremists are wondering why Twilight is doing an impression of a statue. Whn they ask if she was a million miles away she says it was a few centuries, not miles. Supergirl attacks Power Girl because she's still only half awake and the last thing she remembers is being in the middle of a fight. Powergirl throws her into a building and starts insulting her. Supergirl is embarrassed. They start helping the survivors as Power Girl explains the origins of the Extremists, still being very touchy with Supergirl. They nearly destroyed the whole Justice League, so she felt she had no choice but to help. In Leesburg, Cutter has taken Mattie to the local dump as a date. He takes out a gun and does an Elmer Fudd impression, which Mattie finds appropriately weird. In Charlotte, Dick is going through his destroyed home looking for his mother. She is very badly hurt. Supergirl arrives and takes her to the hospital. Dick is surprised that Supergirl is in Charlotte and that she knows to call him Dick. The Extremists have found an undamaged section of town and are about to start causing destruction again when Power Girl intervenes. They tussle, for a bit, both getting in some shots. Power Girl reveals that the league had held back last time because they thought the Extremists were alive, but now that she knows they're robots she's going all out. Tracer comes up behind her and hits her over the head with a tree branch. To his surprise, it hurts Power Girl. Not passing the opportunity up, he fashions it into a sharp object and stabs her in the back. Tracer is about to finish Power Girl off when Supergirl shows up, her eyes burning fire, and rips his arms off. She's also no longer holding back because they are robots. It's a perfect opportunity for her to let loose all the rage she's built up over the situation with her parents. Twilight watches from the shadows as Supergirl screams 'No One Else Dies Today!" and slashes back to the black plague, when she used her power to bring many who had succumbed to the disease back to life and was hailed as a miracle worker. She exhausted herself trying to save everyone. In the present, Cutter is taking potshots at rats at the dump. He says that it is a great way to let off steam and hands the gun to Mattie, who tries to say that as a doctor she can't even shoot rats. Instead she shoots the head off a mannequin. Wally's grandparents are walking down the street, talking about how worried they are about him, when the grandmother collapses from a heart attack. Sylvia watches from inside a bar where she is getting plastered. Back at the battle, Supergirl pulls the branch out of Power Girl's back and Power Girl reveals that since the Genesis event her invulnerability doesn't extend to raw materials like wood and stones. Doctor Diehart levitates a gigantic battleship over Charleston and the heroines brace themselves against it to keep it from crushing the town. Lord Havok takes some potshots at them and Supergirl responds by blowing him up with her tk. Seeing his friend blown up causes Diehart to lose control of the battleship, and the heroines crush him with it. They are about to finish off the last Extremist, Gorgon, when Twilight reveals herself. She says that they stopped the villains and she caused some deaths, so they all accomplished their goals. Supergirl wants to bring Twilight down for everything she did, but Twilight hits them with her cold knockout attack again. They see Twilight's past, as see searches through a pile of bodies and finds that of her sister Jane. Unfortunately, the power that allowed her to bring thousands of strangers back to life doesn't work on her sister, and she curses god's cruelty and declares her hatred for him. When Supergirl and Power Girl wake up the day is ending. Supergirl's back hurts her. Powergirl first apologizes for being a jerk to Supergirl. She resented the younger hero because of the comparisons that have been made between them, even before Supergirl came to earth. She then wonders what the point of showing them that scene was, and Supergirl says that it was Twilight's crazy way of reaching out and trying to feel something. My thoughts: Poor Power Girl. She doesn't even rate an appearance on the cover. As far as teamups go this was one of the better ones. Power Girl may act like a jerk, but her greater experience shows, and Supergirl has a good showing when she decides to cut loose. There are again parallels between Supergirl and Mattie, as both take out their aggression on things that aren't alive. More interestingly, there is a parallel between Twilight and Sylvia Danvers. Both were firm believers. Both lost or felt that they lost a loved one. Both came to believe that god was cruel instead of just. And both then embarked on a self-destructive path. Try telling Supergirl that Twilight is like her mother. The Cutter/Mattie scene was cute. As weird as taking her to the dump to shoot rats was, it was also kind of sweet. They make a a good coupe, though I am never taking dating tips from Cutter. Twilight-she's the second great original villain this series produced. There's still a lot of mystery to her despite all the backstory that was revealed, and the parallels with Sylvia give that backstory relevance. Being able to control the Extremists and KO Power Girl and Supergirl effortlessly also puts her pretty high on the threat scale. Overall, not quite on the level of the last 2 issues, but still very good. B+
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Oct 18, 2015 2:02:44 GMT -5
In my review thread for the Peter David Supergirl series I started mulling the idea of writing a fic where that series would be adapted for television instead of the Supergirl series that is about to start for real. The more information I hear about the upcoming show the more I think it has no point. Almost the entire cast is made up of supporting characters from the Superman comics, including the villains. The few characters that are not taken out of Superman but are unique to Supergirl are original characters, which isn't bad in and of itself, but there are 0 characters who come from the Supergirl comics, which doesn't speak well for those comics. They've also changed Kara's backstory so much that it is now more like Clark's backstory than any comic version of Kara. In every continuity Kara became Supergirl as a teenager and had to deal with some teenage issues, and in 2 out of 3 continuities she had to deal with adjusting to an alien culture. In this tv version she waits ten years until she reaches adulthood to start being a superhero-like most versions of Superman, she's already acclimated to earth culture, and on top of everything else, she works for a news agency like Clark. With that cast and that backstory she seems to be even more like she's just Superman with a skirt than any of her comics incarnations, and that's saying something.
In the fic I am thinking of writing there would be no acknowledgement that Superman exists, and the only characters from the Superman comics to appear would be certain villains like Silver Banshee and Lord Satannus, plus with the Matrix and earth-angel aspects there would be very few similarities storywise to Superman.
Would people be interested in reading that kind of fanfiction, or should I forget it?
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Oct 18, 2015 1:04:27 GMT -5
I liked the first Eternal better than almost everything else Batman related since the reboot, but in this sequel the dialogue is off, and I don't buy any of the revelations yet.
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Post by sunofdarkchild on Oct 16, 2015 8:42:17 GMT -5
Issue 15 Gods of the TwilightAt night, two guards at the Charlotte wax museum are talking about the models of the Extremists, supervillains who nearly took over the world years ago. The fat guard is creeped out by them, but the skinny guard insists that they're harmless. Lightning knocks the power out, and the skinny guard goes to fix the circuit breakers. In the darkness, a robed figure enters the museum from above and calls down more lightning. The fat guard thinks that he hears something, and one of the Extremists comes alive. The skinny guard gets the power back, but by the time he does the Extremists are gone, the fat guard is dead, and his blood has been used to write the words 'We're back' on the wall. Sylvia is having a nightmare where Linda is standing in the middle of a fire, begging her mother to save her. She asks why Sylvia left her to Supergirl and tells her to look at what Supergirl has done to her as her skin melts off and she burns. Sylvia wakes up screaming, which also wakes up Fred. Sylvia wants to go on 'a walk' which Fred is immediately against. They are shocked to see Supergirl floating outside their window. She tells them that the Genesis event is over and the world is safe and tries to assure them that she really is Linda. When she calls Fred 'Daddy' he yells at her not to call him that at leaps out the window at her. She catches him and puts him down back in the bedroom. Fred accuses her of 'absorbing' Linda and asks how many other people she's done that to. She changes into Linda, but rather than reassure her parents it just freaks them out more, with Sylvia calling it just a mask. Realizing that she's just making things worse, Supergirl flies out, and Sylvia asks what kind of god would do this. We cut to Wally's house, where his grandparents try to sit him down and tell him that they are worried about his lack of friends and his overall strangeness. But Wally just says that he has somewhere else to be and leaves. When his grandfather goes after him Wally has disappeared. Linda is talking to the Kents over the phone and going through tissue box after tissue box. Martha offers to let her stay with them for a while, and Linda agrees that getting out of town for a bit would be a good idea. At that moment Dick knocks on the door and offers to take her to Charlotte to meet his mother. Linda jumps at the chance, causing Dick to think that he has mad skills with the ladies. Andy is driving her motorcycle to Linda's place, thinking that Linda has a secret she keeps hidden from the world and maybe even herself. But she stops when she sees Linda driving away in Dick's car and remarks about bad timing. At a warehouse in Charlotte, the Extremists are wondering what's up with the one who resurrected them, a costumed woman named Twilight. Lord Havok tries to attack her, but she makes him collapse with a gesture. She wants them to cause havoc and death, but only in one city at a time. Mattie is visiting her brother's grave. She tells him that something happened and now she can't hate McFee for killing him anymore even though she wants to hate him. She asks her brother to forgive her. Dick is talking to his mother on the phone while driving (this was back in the days when some cars came with wired phones) when the Extremists start their attack, blowing up his mother's house. Dick stops at a gas station to try a different phone and they see the attack on the tv. Dick tells Linda to take a cab back to Leesburg while he goes to find his mother. Of course Linda changes to Supergirl instead and goes to help. Sylvia goes to the Church to tell the reverend that she quits. She feels that either there is no god or he doesn't care about people, so she can't care about him. Wally just stands there watching her as she leaves. The Extremists are reveling in being able to kill people again when Supergirl shows up. She wonders if there is another chaos stream under Charrlotte or if she just has terrible luck. She actually holds her own until Gorgon grabs her with his tentacles and slams her down. Tracer then slashes her hand, and she remembers how Tempus cut her. Enraged, Supergirl unleashes fire from her eyes, burning Tracer. The shock of using this power she had no idea she had leaves her open to a blast from Lord Havok. When Supergirl gets back up, a shadow envelops her, making her feel cold. She passes out, and Twilight appears, insisting that the Extremists not finish Supergirl off because it would be "the end of amusement." Supergirl dreams that she sees herself floating with angel wings. She wakes up to see Powergirl standing over her. My thoughts: Kirk has some of his best work here. The panel of all the empty tissue boxes and used tissues again shows his penchant for little touches. And then there's this page, which might be the best image of Supergirl ever featured in a comic book. Just awesome. And it again makes me sad that the direction they are going with the tv show seems to preclude having images like this. We see how Mattie was affected by the episode with Silver Banshee. She's let go of her hate, which is a big step for her. Her brother was 19, and if they are twins as was implied then there is a little more evidence that Linda is under 20 since she and Mattie are the same age. Andy seems to have similar thoughts about Linda as Braniac 5 had about Supergirl. "Show her a good time, and then who knows?" I think PAD was getting tired of being subtle. Dick finally has a little personality! It's about time. That "Damn, I'm good." line does more to flesh him out than all the cancer talk and southern drawl jokes combined. Onto more serious matters, the whole Danvers family is still suffering through the results of Linda's coming out as Supergirl. Far from Sylvia's faith helping her come to terms with it as Martha Kent said it would, he faith is making the revelation hurt even worse. She's taking it as a personal failing, since she was the one who asked Supergirl to save Linda in the first place. She's even stopped believing in god over it. Her nightmare is disturbing, with the way Linda's face melts off. Fred's anger issues have returned. Poor Linda can't stop crying. The two people she loves the most are not only terrified of her, but think she's an alien freak that killed their daughter. I haven't seen many other 'parental rejections' that hurt worse than this. The Extremists first kill is also disturbing. There's a real horror movie vibe in that first scene. Twilight first appears here, and a villain powerful enough and possessing a personality forceful enough to keep the Extremists in line is someone to watch. This is also the first appearance of Supergirl's flame vision, which is not a force beam or heat like heat vision, but actual fire. It's kind of useless for someone who already has really powerful tk, but can occasionally make for a cool visual. Again, I greatly enjoyed this issue. The personal drama is well done, the art is great, and the new villain is intriguing. A-
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