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Avengers AU brainstorm
A scenario for all you Marvel fangirls and boys. Civil War is drawing to a close. Cap surrenders and is taken into custody, as in canon, but when it comes time for Cap to be killed, an agent notices something is up, and sounds the alarm in time for Cap and the others to get out of the way. Cap lives to stand trial and acquits himself well, but is still convicted. Everyone wants to interview him of course, and unlike in CW, he talks the American people about his ideals, about the immoral aspects of the SHRA and how it has been enforced, and he proposes a new strategy of non-violent resistance. He becomes a symbol for a growing movement to roll back the SHRA.
At the same time, the pro-reg side, realizing they're facing a new kind of threat, one they can't punch into silence, start to (publicly at least) clean up their act. They solidify their power, stitch up the holes in the act, make some showy, public moves to demonstrate their leniency. In this scenario the US government has enough time between crises to make some more permanent appointments, and the Initiative gets a little more bureacratized, and comes under much more public scrutiny. People get used to it, but they also get used to criticizing it.
Then WWH comes along and plays out in much the same way, except that the Initiative manages to co-ordinate a more effective response. Hulk and friends still manage to pwn Earth. Tony still offers amnesty to all non-registered heroes who help out. Afterwards, the Illuminati are censured, but Tony and Reed remain popular, faces of the new and effective partnership between government and superheroes. Some heroes take Tony's offer. In this scenario, the excesses of Registration have been restrained, and it seems to kind of be working. And in Cap, dissenters have an alternative to the New Avengers style of resistance.
So who switches sides? Who registers? Who goes to Cap?
At the same time, the pro-reg side, realizing they're facing a new kind of threat, one they can't punch into silence, start to (publicly at least) clean up their act. They solidify their power, stitch up the holes in the act, make some showy, public moves to demonstrate their leniency. In this scenario the US government has enough time between crises to make some more permanent appointments, and the Initiative gets a little more bureacratized, and comes under much more public scrutiny. People get used to it, but they also get used to criticizing it.
Then WWH comes along and plays out in much the same way, except that the Initiative manages to co-ordinate a more effective response. Hulk and friends still manage to pwn Earth. Tony still offers amnesty to all non-registered heroes who help out. Afterwards, the Illuminati are censured, but Tony and Reed remain popular, faces of the new and effective partnership between government and superheroes. Some heroes take Tony's offer. In this scenario, the excesses of Registration have been restrained, and it seems to kind of be working. And in Cap, dissenters have an alternative to the New Avengers style of resistance.
So who switches sides? Who registers? Who goes to Cap?
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I find that generally, the more stuff that gets cut, the happier the comm is, because it's easier for people to skip stuff they aren't interested in.
Maybe lead? Captain sounds like we're trying to be cutesy.
We do need an awesome layout. :) Know anyone we can cajole/con/bribe? I can ask about.
My two closest graphics-y friends are writing school stuff right now (a dissertation and a book), so I don't want to bother them.
How do we want to launch this? The layout and rules should be up before we announce the comm, but should we recruit volunteers before or after? Maybe an announce with an intro post and some promotion in other comms and newsletters, then follow that up with a call for volunteers?
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What we have so far.
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That sounds reasonable, about the un-cut picture rule.
I realise I'm not clear what we decided about Spiderman and Wolverine leads? Or should we attempt to just get one for each book and not treat them differently at all?
I think, once we're ready, a call for volunteers explaining what the plan is and books we need coverage for, deadlines, etc. Like a list and we can mark the volunteers names beside the titles. What about extra-topic posts? Should we put up a call for writers of those then or later? We could probably do those in waves, like have set months and make schedules based on who signs up.
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What about extra-topic posts?
We should try to get those scheduled way in advance, in case someone needs to bow out. 1-2 months? So we could push to line up the first two at least, but go further if people want to sign up that far ahead.
What else is left... the blurb, a links list. Anything else?
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