Dog Days of Summer
It's the May long weekend up here in Canada. Most of the schools in my town have turned the three day weekend into a four day weekend. M left for Russia yesterday, leaving me alone for the six weeks. I've sent in resumes and job applications but I don't think I will be hearing back until after the weekend. In the suburb where M lives, many families have packed up their RVs and boats for the campsites and lakes. I know I haven't been updating this LJ for a bit but Tumblr has become addictive for fandom. As a platform, it's extremely suited for fandoms.
I'm still not over the YJ thing and I doubt I will be any day soon even though it's been over two months since the finale. I know I usually volunteer for the Con every summer but this year I feel a little burned out. For one thing, I don't think I would go for the Con if I wasn't volunteering or working for it in one manner or another. Some time in the last few years my interest in anime (as the con is an anime convention but draws other geeky crowds) has waned to give way to superheroes. I can't say I'm all that surprised since GK ended this year and Saiunkoku ended earlier than that. Until Yuu Watase writes the last saga in the FY universe, there's not much I'm interested in.
Meanwhile, my interest in the DC universe has been burning at full speed, especially with the Bat and Arrow families. I'm still thinking of the YJ cosplays I want to do but I'm more concentrated on the idea of fics to tide me over until Young Justice: Legacy is released (still no preorders available at EB Games) The Alice Chronicles might be my baby and my way of making a references to a third season but I want it to fit neatly into canon and that involves waiting until the game comes out. That means I need another YJ story for myself to get lost in. Introducing Young Injustice: Heroes Among Us.
I had heard about the Injustice game in early April, a week or so before it was released and I have to admit the premise was a good one as much as some people complained about the storyline. I admit the storyline isn't perfect but I have to give props to whoever wrote the Joker in the game because there's a writer who knows how to do black humour, the kind that you know is inappropriate to laugh at but you laugh at anyway because it's funny. During most of Joker's chapter, M and I burst out laughing at Joker's lines. Somewhere between Injustice Joker and Batman: Under the Red Hood's Joker is the best replacement for Mark Hamill's performance. From what I've seen of the cosplayer Harley's Joker, he also gives a good run of the character though really it's not hard to beat the imposter in YJ.
Between watching all the cutscenes and replaying Endgame did a story emerge. How Wally ceased in Endgame reminded me of how the intended heroes were pulled into the Injustice world. That combined with how Regime!Superman saw the people of the world as children who needed an iron fist to rule them, which brought back memories of how the team started in YJ (don't call them sidekicks remember?) gave birth to another idea of what had happened to Wally. Since I'm not as concerned of this story being canon correct, it's an excellent distraction.
I have a story layout made but since the fic will echo the format of the game, I need to plot out how each chapter will play out since each chapter will have a different character focus. I wanted to concentrate on the original six because yes, I really did miss them in season two. Also, I think the focus was disproportionate for the junior team with Blue Beetle compared to say Wonder Girl or Beast Boy.