Fandom Gods Among Men [OPEN]

[N9noBrawn]

"These people, these superheroes, are exactly who we needed to defend our weak and innocent from the terrors that this world and the universe at large will throw at us.

Superman is our Hercules, Batman is our Odysseus. They're legendary, larger-than-life, and they are the defenders of our future.

Gone are the uncertainties of yesterday. They make me believe in Tomorrow. They are Gods among Men." - Excerpt from Justice League: Gods Among Men, by David Graves.

Imagine a world like that. Where you lived among these heroes. Where alien visitors, superheroes, government conspiracies, and magic all changed the course of history. What a world to be alive in. What an amazing, yet very scary world.

That's the one of the main concepts behind Gods Among Men. Allowing writers to come together and tell their own stories in this world, to change the course of it's history with their own legendary heroes, or villains, of tomorrow.

We would manage this feat by working together to create a truly collaborative experience for all involved. Something so ambitious and well-written that it rivals or, if we're lucky, surpasses the source material in quality, innovation, and scope.

With that said, I hope to attract people in all manner of roles. People to create locations, write stories set within the universe, create art, take part in the RP proper, or all of the above. I really mean it when I say this is a collaborative project.

I feel strongly about it. It's something that I can't remember being done with an existing property already.

This collaborative project will be more slice of life than anything, so please keep that in mind. You don't need to play anyone with superpowers, or magic, or anyone who ever suits up in more than what they wear to work. I really want to craft our version of the DC universe that we can call our own.

And most of all, I want us to have fun.

The roleplay is character driven and will not have one storyline, just a series of interconnected story arcs tied to an overall mythology.

I'll have more information soon, or if anyone has any questions me.

 

[RoseAstasia]

Im interested

 

[BlueJay1403]

Same here

 

[Keidivh]

Interested!

 

[N9noBrawn]

It will probably come up at some point, but I'm not 100% what I'll be doing in regards to folks playing characters from established DC lore like a Batman or a Superman.

They would still be active during the period the RP takes place, so it would be odd to ignore their existence.

 

[Bixir]

From how you're phrasing that, are you saying that you would like most if not all players to play OCs they introduce as their own "DC" characters in this universe? Or would we allowed to play most established DC canons? I'm a bit curious what the overall framework for this RP will be, aside from the creative sandbox you've laid out (which, for the record, I'm very interested in. I live for these kinds of RPs.)

Either way, I am very much in!

 

[Garficcino]

I’m interested, particularly if you need someone to fill the shoes of canon characters like Batman or Superman. I know they wouldn’t be the main focus, it just makes me sad whenever I see those two mishandled and mischaracterized. I’m tired of seeing people play Batmen that are compassionless sadists that lack Bruce’s sense of empathy, and Supermen that don’t have Clark’s humanity or sense of responsibility.

 

[The Omen of Death]

I would definitely like to jump on board this train too, and go with Deathstroke here.

 

[N9noBrawn]

From how you're phrasing that, are you saying that you would like most if not all players to play OCs they introduce as their own "DC" characters in this universe? Or would we allowed to play most established DC canons? I'm a bit curious what the overall framework for this RP will be, aside from the creative sandbox you've laid out (which, for the record, I'm very interested in. I live for these kinds of RPs.)

Either way, I am very much in!

Yeah, I'm gearing it towards folks playing their own OCs for the most part. Not necessarily powered, or even heroic. As far as the framework goes, I have that information coming soon.

But, I can say that I'm leaning towards a style of progession that puts major focus on one specific arc at a time. Kind of like how a lot of anime and manga will do. Hopefully that makes sense.

I'm just working a little slower than I want because the original world Gods Among Men was conceived around was an unfinished epic fanfic that myself and another person wrote as a sort of love letter to the DC comics.

Deciding whether to use that canon, which is already more or less a broad strokes version of the DC universe.

Like, in the story, hadn't made his presence known yet because we thought it would be cool to RP to that if we got around to it.

How Gotham, the world, would react to this force of nature showing up.

 

[Bixir]

Okay, that's what I was wondering about. I'm still interested, but it feels pretty weird to frame it as a DC RP and then not offer the ability to play the canons that the universe we are playing in should have. It also makes me worried that players will just play OC derivatives of whatever DC canons they would want to play but otherwise couldn't. I would also be okay with being limited to canons that aren't big stars like Batman or Superman or other main Justice League/Justice Society members, if that means we get to build up our own DC Universe more on the ground level rather than trying to go for obvious pillars (for instance, picking up someone like Renee Montoya, Stargirl, or Firestorm.

On the matter of "one arc at a time", does that mean we would be able to apply for multiple characters and / or switch our current "active" character to fit whatever the current story is? Would each arc have a set limit on how many players could get involved so it doesn't get too crowded?

I'm interested in seeing more of this big picture as you finish putting it together.

 

[N9noBrawn]

With how many characters in DC are derivatives of other DC characters, it's bound to happen with OCs. The challenge is always making it your own.

That said, I do love folks playing the lesser known characters, and I stated earlier that I'm undecided about the bigger ones. What Garficcino wrote about Batman and Superman gives me faith that it'll be fine and I'm just being worrisome.

As for the story arcs, you'd probably be switching to whichever active character(s) are involved in the current arc.

For example, one storyline I 100% have conceived and ready to go would involve Earth trying to handle their role on the intergalactic stage. It would be the backdrop to a storyline about aliens living on Earth trying to be live there in spite of resistance to their presence.

A character who maybe is an alien or sympathetic to them might be more suited for that than a mobster. Granted, there's always overlap in big and small ways. That mobster might supply weapons to anti-Alien terrorist group, even if he is more interested in their money and not their cause.

I'm open to suggestions going forward. I was also thinking about doing multiple threads focused on the different arcs though.

Especially since it makes sense that things would happen concurrently. That mobster is living a life dealing with Batman and other vigilantes or gangsters wrecking his dinner plans, you know?

 

[Garficcino]

I, personally, think including canon characters is fine, so long as you vet who their roles are handed out to. It's important that they're handled faithfully. I'm definitely intrigued, and I'm in love with the world I can tell you're trying to build, that balances in-universe events on the cosmic scale with the experiences of civilians and everymen, managing to tie it all together.

I'm interested in being Superman or Batman particularly, if this gets off the ground, just because they are mishandled so frequently, and, being pillars of the setting, they're very, very, very important characters to get right. I've got some work under my belt as Superman and The Question in Beyond Infinite Crisis, which is another roleplay here on RPN that I mod for.

I was a little confused on how the combination of an arc-structure and sandbox format was going to work, but I think your last post cleared things up nicely.
Count me in, you have my interest.

 

[BlueJay1403]

Hey, the Justice League and Teen Titans are the main hero teams, but other upstarts could make their own. I think I might use Icons/M&M to generate ideas, flesh them out further with Mutants & Masterminds and fill in personal/backstory myself.