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the G-man said:
Understand, NW, I'm not attacking you. I'm must illustrating that this whole "Batman the rebel, Superman the conformist/authoritarian" storyline has been done several times before (off the top of my head: Dark Knight, Kingdom Come, a Superman Elseworlds Annual, Superman:Red Son, the New Frontier, and probably others I don't remember) and it'd be interesting once in a while if they reversed the dynamic.



aye, most comic book stories, and their most basic form, have been done before. itsa twists that make'em better. i really think the basic "civil war" plotline marvel is using would work beautifully in the current DCU, with a variety of alterations and twists.

in this scenario, its the people that have elected the rules, because of too much damage being caused. superman would probably naturally fall into line with that, as his character just always wants to make people happy, even if he rejects the notion of government control.

or, perhaps he'd be against the notion at first, but would then relent after his super conservative kansas family talked him into it.

there'd also be a nice lil dynamic in luthor spearheading the campaign in the public eye, for humanity's behalf, a stance he has always had, and now has the full support of the public.

a character with a known ID, like the flash (when it was still wally. ...and when it was still known) would clearly be ok with the registration side, but might still sympothize with the "hidden" side because of other colleagues with more sensitive backgrounds.

some heroes would fully reject the registration for fear of government leaks and sue dibny-type situations. though it would be interesting if a character like ralph dibny would agree with the registration, in an effort to prevent future leaks and offer more protection.

or, i could imagine after the superman and batman sides build up, and after a few punchy exchanges between batman and superman, one of the two could talk the other out of their stance.

perhaps batman could bring superman over to his side, which would then abandon all of those left on superman's team, which would then get them all pissed at superman, and perhaps sway a view more votes over to their side, etc.

shape-shifting j'onn could play both sides of the coin. hal and kyle would most certainly have a difference of opinion on the sides, splitting lanterns. further, hal might agree more with not-registering, however because of his allegience to superman, and rocky relationship with batman, reject his own feelings.

very cool dynamics.

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