MyDCEU 1.4

GRAND SCHEME
tentative lineup:
*Arrow kicks this off? Superman? Batman?\
*Superman 1 - main conflict - Superman doesn't want to be a hero. he just wants to be a regular guy
**movie starts off with Clark Kent meeting Lois Lane and being hesitant about dating her? or maybe thats a few scenes later into the movie, we still should start with him crashing the pod and being raised. this is from Clark's perspective, so we dont see Krypton (yet)
**this is explained: Smallvile b plot about his youth. he ends up saving Lana Lang from a tornado, and he wants to be with her, but she tells him that they can't, because he's destined to do greater things than settle for her.
**eventually, Zodd appears, and he begins to try and track down Superman. Zodd initially asks Clark if he wants to know who he is, and offers information. Clark initially says no, that he'd rather just be a normal man.
**Zodd resolves that he'll have to try harder. he attacks Metropolis to draw Clark out, and takes Lois Lane (and many other people) captive. Superman shows up to save the day, and duels Zodd. Zodd says that Superman will have to join him, as the two are the last of their race, so they have to be together (or something, idk). anyways, Superman ends up killing Zodd to end the conflict once and for all. he flies away with Lois, who looks up and sees Clark's face. the two end up staying together
**or maybe it sees Superman trapping the Kryptonians in the Negative Zone at the end of the film? maybe he unleashes them at the beginning of the film when he tries to uncover his heritage?
*Superman 2 - main conflict: Superman doesn't want to be a hero. Lex Luthor offers to take his powers
**post-credits: Lex explains it wasn't a total loss for him, because he got Superman's DNA - and we see Superboy in stasis behind him
***OR KARA???????
*or resolved Superman trilogy/quadrilogy????
**"birth of superman" movie, which sees Clark Kent become Superman and break up with Lana Lang. maybe he meets Lex here. this would kick off the universe
***Clark debates being superman, giving up his chance at a normal life for something better
***moral dilemma: 
**movie 2
***moral dilemma:
**movie 3
***moral dilemma: is it worth it to be a superhero?
**at some point in the trilogy he does have to fight Zodd, and ends up imprisoning him rather than killing him
***movie 2 - Zod arrives, and says that Clark should be with them, because he is of their people.
***movie 3 - Lois and Clark are finally starting a family. after an attack on superheroes (prompted by Livewire), Lex extends the offer of taking Clark's superpowers. 
***or switch 2 and 3? either way Lex should be forced to help Superman in the Zod fight
***if 2 and 3 are that order maybe Lex creates Amazo
***wouldnt all three have to be before justice league tho lmao
**also lex should probably be pretty involved
**ppl who we can consider for villains:
***Livewire
***Metallo
***Amazo
***Parasite
**what to remember about Superman (esp for when you do the Batman/superman conflict later on in the cinematic universe)
***superman wants the world to be a better place
***he wants to be the symbol of hope, the leader
**Lex:
***hates superman because he isn't human. he isn't a regular person. if earth needs a defender, they have to actually be a defender of earth, not some foreign colonial
*Flash
**Flash 1 - 
***could introduce General Eiling?
***climax: Flash taps into an insane amount of Speed Force to beat the Rogues, and Eddie Thawne ends up sacrificing himself
****or no, wait until movie 2? idk
***villains - The Rogues?
***theme: limits of science or some shit? or make that movie 2/movie 3 idk 
**Flash 2 - Reverse Flash? might be like a Groundhog Day.
***Eobard Thawne is trapped in the past because his ancestor (Eddie Thawne) died, when the Flash was supposed to die instead.
****maybe? idk
****maybe Eobard returns to the past as a fan of the Flash. Eobard ends up killing Eddie and trapping himself in the past?
***introduces Wally West?
*Batman 1 - theme: What is justice? The law? What about those who escape/evade it?
**kind of a loose Year One adaption, with lots of mafiosos
**minor bads: The Penguin - a legal, but shady, arms manufacturer
**Catwoman is there. her whole schtick is a Robinhood thing (stealing from rich, giving to the poor) and that's her justice
**big bad: Falcone
**Act 1 - Batman comes to town. Gordon is a new police lieutenant
*** a guns caravan is heading through Gotham to sell weapons to the mob. Gordon and the rest of the police know about it, but Commissioner Loeb doesn't want to endanger his officers. 
***Batman tracks and attacks the caravan. he fails. afterwards, he ends up going to see the man known as the "Penguin" who manufactured the weapons. he explains that he's nothing but a manufacturer, and everything he does it legal. Batman ends up just kidnapping him, and delivers him to the front of the police headquarters while they're all there. this angers Loeb, who wants the police to attack Batman 
***Selina Kyle is there, and Batman saves Holly Robinson from being in harm's way. or maybe make this the opening scene or closer to the beginning?
**Act 2 - the police go after Batman. meanwhile, Selina Kyle becomes a jewel thief
**at the end, the Red Hood kidnaps Falcone, Commissioner Loeb, and a bunch of other people and hang them over a pit of acid at Ace Chemicals. Red Hood sees Batman, and cites him as a major inspiration for what he's doing. Comissioner Gordon is there. Batman chooses to save Falcone from his death, but in the process, the Red Hood falls into the acid and becomes the Joker.
***Selina Kyle/Catwoman is there, and this is after she learns Falcone is her father, and she advises Batman to let Falcone die
*Batman 2 - theme: Consequences.
**kind of like a Long Halloween adaption
**focuses on Harvey Dent and Batman and Gordon as they try to take down the criminals. The Joker eventually shows up
**a bunch of people in the law die. the police commissioner, some mobsters, Falcone, etc. this is all blamed on Joker
**do we do the Joker trying to poison the reservoir? idk. anyways, Batman eventually tracks down and confronts the Joker, and asks him why he's been killing all of these big figures. he says he hasn't, and the two realize it must have been Dent
**Joker burns half of Dent's face. Dent ends up blaming this on Batman, because he didn't kill the Joker all of those times he had the chance
**somewhere in the movie - Talia returns, and asks Batman about why he left and why he wont come back to the League of Assassins
**Harvey Dent or Joker attacks the circus to try and kill a politician mobster?
**anyways, at the end of the movie, Commissioner Gordon and Batman meet Dick Grayson, a teenage kid who swears revenge on the people who killed his family during the attack. Batman decides to take him in
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**or a Batman movie exploring authority?
*stuff
*Justice League
*Universe A - Young Justice, 
**introductory movies: Batman, Joker, Arrow, Superman, Supergirl, Flash, etc.
***Arrow (tentative plot)
****Act 1 - Oliver Queen is on a pleasure party boat cruise with his friend Tommy Merlyn, celebrating the fact that a girl he had a one night stand with had an abortion. Oliver Queen gets shipwrecked, finds Slade Wilson (and someone else?) on the island. he says he's been contracted by ARGUS to take out Chien Na Wie and her drug operation. maybe Nyssa Raatko is also there, and is the one that trains Oliver? she's there because she doesn't want her father to get his hands on the mirakuru. maybe Ra's sent Cheshire or Lady Shiva to the island too, and they act as villains along with Chien Na Wie?
*****Tommy is injured when they land, and Nyssa makes Oliver kill her to prove that he's dedicated enough to survive and because Tommy's a liability
****Act 2 - the two discover that Chien Na Wie isn't producing opium like ARGUS thought, but a super soldier serum. when they uncover this information, they're attacking her base, and it appears that slade was killed (we don't see him). oliver wakes up, and chien na wie gives him the choice of joining her and taking the mirakuru, but oliver rejects it. she throws him off the ship, but he keeps a hold of the chains (or something). oliver learns that their ship is heading for starling city
****Act 3.
*****final battle - Oliver fights Slade Wilson
****maybe throw in Blockbuster as a receiver of the mirakuru besides Slade? Cheshire? someone else was killed on the boat with Oliver... maybe Tommy Merlyn, setting up Merlyn to be the villain of a second Arrow movie? Arrow 2 would be about his return and integration with society, and trying to keep his identity a secret
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****alternate plot (2/7/21):
*****Shado is an islander?
*****more grounded, realistic plot?
*****China White wants to sell these drugs to the populace, and Deathstroke is her bodyguard? or he sells Oliver out to 
*****then Arrow 2 is like Roy Harper idolizing Green Arrow as "robin hood" and GA is like "man if you only knew the truth"
***Wonder Woman (tentative plot)
****1945, she saves Steve Trevor who was on a recon mission in Greece. the war ends, she wants to help the world, but her existence brings tension against the soviet union. maybe she sees Ares go into hiding in soviet territory. she realizes that the best thing to do would not be to start another war with the soviets. she goes into hiding with ARGUS to save the world from ww3 being started because of her. or maybe she just becomes the president's personal bodyguard
****wonder woman sequel would focus on maybe the plot with zeus's other kid from the New 52? it focuses on her learning the truth
**wtf do with Aquaman? do we put in a movie before Throne of Atlantis? or make Throne of Atlantis the first and set it after Justice League?
**Justice League team up movie
***Wonder Woman comes into the scene when the president is attacked, and at the end, decides to stay out
***Wonder Woman flirts with Superman at first, but he's squeamish and ultimately tells her that he has someone. Aquaman also flirts with her when he shows up, but Batman shuts it down by telling her about Darkseid kidnapping Superman. at the end his heroism ends up with her pining for him
***Act 3 - Superman is kidnapped by Brainiac.
**we get 2 more Batman movies after the first two - Batman 3 would be a Batman/Dick Grayson, maybe introduce Batgirl, idk, maybe she happens in between movies. make this be a Poison Ivy and Mr. Freeze movie?
***Batman 4 would be a Death in the Family/The Killing Joke mix, and would focus on the crippling of Barbara and death of Jason Todd. maybe Harley Quinn is also in this movie. Jason Todd would be Grayson's replacement as he gets busy with YJ\
**GA/GL limited series? like FATWS
**Darkseid slays Brainiac, and takes Doomsday from him? idk. this could happen in a Power Girl or Supergirl movie
**Young Justice - breaks away when Robin (and Red Arrow? idk) gets fed up with Batman, and is sponsored by Superman. maybe Dick Grayson leaves because in a Batman movie, they align with Jason Todd, and he dies, and Batman refuses to heal him with a lazarus pit when they get the chance?
***maybe Kalderam leaves to be with his father?
**there's a falling out situation where Batman's contingencies go into plan. they eventually manage to save everyone, but Batman is kicked from the league. he sets up his own Outsiders
**another Batman solo film with Hush that explains how he falls for Catwoman? could be the plot where Hush steals Selina's heart. Gotham City Sirens could happen before or after this
**Injustice eventually happens, where the Joker kills Lois Lane to pit Superman against Batman
***Wonder Woman and Batman break up, so Batman eventually has a one night stand with Catwoman. before the final fight where Batman prepares to fight Superman to the death, Catwoman relates to Bruce that she's pregnant. during the final fight, Batman prepares to sacrifice himself so the other Outsiders can escape. Green Arrow tells Batman that because he's going to be a father, he can't sacrifice himself. Batman's back is broken, but Green Arrow arrows him away to safety and then offers himself up for arrest.
**because Superman leaves Metropolis, Black Lightning happens?
**Green Arrow: Escape from Supermax
***GA is imprisoned in Superman's max security prison following his ascent to power in Injustice
***theme: bad guys having good hearts (bc GA is forced to work together with the rest of the villains)
***at the end, he heads to Lian Yu
**during the timeskip, Dick Grayson takes the mantle of Batman under Superman's JL "regime"
**Aquaman tries to be isolationist? this fails, and his kingdom is attacked by Superman's regime (with a "suicide squad" led by Black Manta, Kalderam, etc.), his arm gets chopped off and AJ dies
***Calderam was exiled for being gay or something (and you can't have a gay in the kingsguard or whatever)
**Dark Knight Returns - post-timeskip, where Supergirl has matured into Power Girl and Superman is kinda a dictator or at least morally corrupt. or maybe make this Flashpoint? idk.
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**ok alternate setup
***yeah we get all the individual plotlines
***then we do a Tower of Babel? maybe a Hawkgirl Thanagarian invasion?
****maybe Thanagarian invasion before Tower of Babel? Maxwell Lord is a conspirator in the Thanagarian invasion, and Wonder Woman is forced to kill him as he attempts to manipulate Superman? 
*****or would that not be enough buildup for Hawkgirl to be a twist idk
*****or... we establish Super Buddies (except with like Hawkgirl in the team), then we do an Identity Crisis, then eventually Thanagarian Invasion, and then Tower of Babel/Injustice
*****Superman feels bad about not killing Maxwell Lord in the Thanagarian Invasion, so he goes to see Zod in the Negative Zone, who basically tells him that sometimes killing is necessary
*****maybe instead of Thanagarian invasion its Starro? idk i feel like Starro deserves to be included somewhere
****so it would be like
*****JL 1 -> JL2??? idk man -> Super Buddies -> Identity Crisis (could be Super Buddies or JL) -> Thanagarian invasion -> Tower of Babel -> The Outsiders (Injustice 1)
*****The Outsiders -> GA: Supermax -> Injustice (penultimate movie kinda thing) -> Flashpoint/Man of Tomorrow
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**"ending" would be that this is the bad timeline. 
***maybe we get a "Man of Tomorrow" scene, 
*Universe B
**this is a temporary universe created by Flash when he agrees with Batman to kill off Batman instead of his parents, going back in time to move the bullets from his parents to himself.
**without Batman, Wonder Woman and Aquaman end up falling for each other. unfortunately, Mera is already involved with Aquaman, and a situation happens similar to Flashpoint. Superman comes into the conflict, but was damaged by his run in with Darkseid, but ends up leaving when Supergirl arrives and they take humanity to a new era. Earth is destroyed, and Superman lives out the rest of his days on a restored Argo City with holograms of his father, and his living family (Supergirl, Lois, and his son)
***Power Girl, or Flash, or Dick Grayson Batman, chastises Superman about how "You never wanted to be a superhero. You just wanted to be a regular man."
*Universe C - Teen Titans, Red Hood Jason Todd, Birds of Prey... Super Buddies (if that's not Universe A?)
**begins with the big Flashpoint or Man of Tomorrow or whatever movie, where Flash heads back in time with a few other heroes (Supergirl, Huntress, Dick Grayson Batman?, Oracle) to warn about the impending invasion. Batman advises Flash that it's because of him, so he suggests to Flash that he should have died in the night that killed him. this creates universe B, where superman lives happily. unfortunately, Doomsday still invades no matter what timeline they choose. superman learns of this, and attempts to stop flash, but learns that batman was willing to sacrifice his own life and timeline and shit to give superman a chance, so he decides to do the same for bruce. he and batman send their consciences back to the original timeline (which becomes timeline C) and with this knowledge, work together to prep for the invasion. Doomsday kills Superman anyways, but he has a tender moment with Batman. also, Barry Allen merges with the Speed Force and Wally West takes his place.
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***multiple points of convergence??? idk. maybe the "end" point of convergence is the eve of the thanagarian invasion?
****Reverse Flash tries to duel Barry, so Wally has to deliver the people he went back with (Oracle, Power Girl, Calderam) at different points in time
***final Barry Allen flash movie? Eobard Thawne is here for one last battle
**because of the death of superman....
**IN THIS NEW TIMELINE....
***Nightwing never left Batman, thanks to the advice of Superman. Bthe two are able to work out their differences and Batman sponsors the creation of the Teen Titans instead of Young Justice
***Jason Todd is (still?) alive (did Batman actually use the lazarus pit in this timeline?)
***Batman and Wonder Woman never broke up, and Batman never hooked up with Catwoman. (maybe he did hook up with Talia al Ghul, prompting a movie with Damian Wayne?)
***Gotham City Sirens doesn't happen, so 
***Batgirl isn't crippled (?)
***Calderam protects AJ Curry instead of killing her (obv lmao)
**Suicide Squad: 
***movie 1 - Assault on Arkham
****the Suicide Squad is sent into Arkham to try and stop Joker, while Batman searches for Joker's dirty bomb (this would be the onset of the fight in universe 1)
****pretty much the story from Assault on Arkham modified for this universe
**Batman: Under the Red Hood, where Batman duels Jason Todd
**the new Batman movies:
***Batman: Dark Victory? idk what to call it. would involve Poison Ivy and Mr. Freeze... unless we want to 
***Son of Batman focuses on the Damian Wayne
***Batman: Under the Red Hood would bring back Jason Todd
***and then we'd get a Batman: Knightmare or something, which would focus on the League of Assassins/Ra's hiring Bane to get revenge on Batman
**Power Girl movie, where she teams up with the other Kryptonians (universe B supergirl, and a girl who was fused with Supergirl's DNA)
**new Flash series with Wally West at the helm. 
***movie 1 - might focus on his loneliness, now that he's like the lone speedster? anwyays, maybe Caitlin Snow becomes Killer Frost as she attempts to find out what happened to Barry Allen. she suspects Reverse Flash, and she kills him (setting up a Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay movie). to do so, she becomes Killer Frost 
****maybe he has to let himself die
***Hunter Zolomon becomes this timeline's Reverse Flash (Reverse Flash II)
**Teen Titans movies
***in either 1 or 2 is where they team up to fight Trigon, maybe? or put that way at the end at number 4?
***we'll need a movie early on where they fight HIVE, which is why Deathstroke goes after them
***another movie with the Judas Contract
**Red Arrow - 
***follows solo Red Arrow and his investigation of something... idk, League of Assassins maybe? but anyways Cheshire and Artemis Crock/Tigress are there
**Red Hood and the Outlaws
**eventually build up for Reign of the Supermen...
***so 
****Steel solo movie?
****build up with a limited series?
****how are we gonna do Superboy and like, other Superboy both
*continuation of Universe A
**Batman Beyond
questions:
*should Gotham City Sirens be Universe A or B? what about Suicide Squad?
**either way, Catwoman gets a solo film about Holly Robinson. would involve Robinson getting trafficked and Catwoman tracking her down.
*what to do with the other JL movies?
**Martian Manhunter involved in Universe A? probably
**should the second JL movie be about the Thanagarians? it would be epic
***maybe Brainiac? to set up Lex Luthor/Brainiac
**maybe Darkseid should return in Universe B
**Lex Luthor for the antagonist of Universe A? we can do the Brainiac/Lex Luthor fusion... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXZWBJ-KKaU
***Darkseid also? Darkseid and Luthor working together
**maybe a Robin or YJ/TT movie based on how wierd child superheroes/child soldiers are?
***mad hatter?
***Court of Owls?