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Topic	Scarlet Ranks User-Created Superhero Teams II: Top Ten
scarletspeed7 09/24/18 5:08:02 PM #47:	Well let's not keep you waiting, then! #4 - Black Sheep Created by: Eddv A group of mildly anti-heroes and heroes who fell on hard times band together to solve mysteries and crimes that lurk in the shady morally gray portions of the world. Red Hood (Jason Todd) Bluebird (Harper Row) Kid Flash (Black Wally West modern version) SuperBoy (Kon, specifically 90s themed with the 'tude) Frankenstein OMAC What is a Justice League? Simply put, a Justice League is a pantheon. A collection of the archetypes, the primal forces that pass judgment in each breath, in each motion, in every cell. In comics, these primal forces have evolved with society. We don't ask them to be authoritative, but we seek reasoned and measured gods, a modern hybrid of science and faith. And when we create these pantheons, each has a different flavor. The Justice League is truly the greatest team in comics because it traces its ancestry to the legends of Herodotus and Homer, transforming in each century until the modern Olympus that is the JLA stands before us. What Eddv presents on this team is a different wrinkle on that formula, a younger team, mired in darkness and yet still holding true to that which made the league great to begin with. We start with Jason Todd, our Hades, our Batman. We trace his lineage to the underworld. From the mouth of a cave comes the sentinel of the underworld, a scourge to the souls of criminals as he passes his brand of brutal - and final - justice. But just as Hades is the bottom, Superboy sits atop a throne of clouds. Our Zeus, our Superman. Tinged with a personality more mercurial a prone to the moody swings of Jove himself, Kon-El is a Boy of Steel, a millennial king of the gods. And perhaps, as his consort, we see Bluebird. Our Wonder Woman of this team, a Hera. Quieter but just as swift to anger. A pivotal piece of any Justice League. Kid Flash, of course, is our Hermes. With lightning speed and a mercenary smile, he plays the light-hearted trickster for the team. And in the bowels of the mountain, rooting out secrets only the gods should know, we have Frankenstein. Our Hephaestus, a misshapen creature lumbering with never-failing vigilance. His face distasteful to the gods, he still perseveres in his own goals, and the gods recognize his value and therefore he remains ever a part of their gathering. And finally - OMAC, the warbringer, a machine of violence, Ares. The soul inside the machine rages at his lot in life, and the machine violently carries out the programming of its long-forgotten maker Brother Eye. This team could certainly be expanded if Ed wanted, but this is an excellent baseline. Perhaps Hawkgirl would serve as Athena. Simon Baz, our Apollo. Artemis Crock could be the Artemis to this team. And yet, even in these archetypal roles, they still appear to be our Hawk, our Green Lantern, our Green Arrow. And that's the beauty of a Justice League. The roles are natural. You sink into them so easily because we yearn for just this sort of super-team. --- "It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful <cite>scarletspeed7 posted [p:909373920] in Scarlet Ra... [t:77020378]...</cite> <quote>Well let's not keep you waiting, then! #4 - Black Sheep Created by: Eddv <quote>A group of mildly anti-heroes and heroes who fell on hard times band together to solve mysteries and crimes that lurk in the shady morally gray portions of the world. Red Hood (Jason Todd) Bluebird (Harper Row) Kid Flash (Black Wally West modern version) SuperBoy (Kon, specifically 90s themed with the 'tude) Frankenstein OMAC </quote> What is a Justice League? Simply put, a Justice League is a pantheon. A collection of the archetypes, the primal forces that pass judgment in each breath, in each motion, in every cell. In comics, these primal forces have evolved with society. We don't ask them to be authoritative, but we seek reasoned and measured gods, a modern hybrid of science and faith. And when we create these pantheons, each has a different flavor. The Justice League is truly the greatest team in comics because it traces its ancestry to the legends of Herodotus and Homer, transforming in each century until the modern Olympus that is the JLA stands before us. What Eddv presents on this team is a different wrinkle on that formula, a younger team, mired in darkness and yet still holding true to that which made the league great to begin with. We start with Jason Todd, our Hades, our Batman. We trace his lineage to the underworld. From the mouth of a cave comes the sentinel of the underworld, a scourge to the souls of criminals as he passes his brand of brutal - and final - justice. But just as Hades is the bottom, Superboy sits atop a throne of clouds. Our Zeus, our Superman. Tinged with a personality more mercurial a prone to the moody swings of Jove himself, Kon-El is a Boy of Steel, a millennial king of the gods. And perhaps, as his consort, we see Bluebird. Our Wonder Woman of this team, a Hera. Quieter but just as swift to anger. A pivotal piece of any Justice League. Kid Flash, of course, is our Hermes. With lightning speed and a mercenary smile, he plays the light-hearted trickster for the team. And in the bowels of the mountain, rooting out secrets only the gods should know, we have Frankenstein. Our Hephaestus, a misshapen creature lumbering with never-failing vigilance. His face distasteful to the gods, he still perseveres in his own goals, and the gods recognize his value and therefore he remains ever a part of their gathering. And finally - OMAC, the warbringer, a machine of violence, Ares. The soul inside the machine rages at his lot in life, and the machine violently carries out the programming of its long-forgotten maker Brother Eye. This team could certainly be expanded if Ed wanted, but this is an excellent baseline. Perhaps Hawkgirl would serve as Athena. Simon Baz, our Apollo. Artemis Crock could be the Artemis to this team. And yet, even in these archetypal roles, they still appear to be our Hawk, our Green Lantern, our Green Arrow. And that's the beauty of a Justice League. The roles are natural. You sink into them so easily because we yearn for just this sort of super-team. --- "It is too easy being monsters. Let us try to be human." ~Victor Frankenstein, Penny Dreadful</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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