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I don't think there is a reason tbh. I'd love to play Hal or Kyle in their current arcs. It's that I have 1 character to choose from and have someone else in mind. 
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The "World's Finest" DC RPG Application
Character you would like to play (please include the color and font you plan on using to portray the character):
Lori Zechlin, "Black Alice"
Brief Origin (provide at least two sentences):
Neither Lori nor Mr. Zechlin, her father, suspected that Lori's mother was an addicted to harmful drugs and substances. So when she became overly ashamed of herself, overdoses, and drowns herself in their pool. Tragically, Lori discovers her mother's body when she comes home from school that day. The same evening, Lori found out that she had the mystical ability to borrow the magical abilities of other beings of mystical origin (including superheroes and supervillains with magic ties).
Because of this, Lori Zechlin is potentially the most powerful teenager on the entire planet.
When she borrows the powers of another magical being, that being is rendered powerless. She can only choose to pick a specific person's powers to copy if she can see them directly; else she will borrow a random user's power when activating her powers. However, she does have a limitation to her control and duration of the powers. The more powerful magic she takes control of, the shorter she can hold on to it, and she doesn't know exactly how long powers will stay before they go away.
Group your character is aligned with (if applicable):
Coven of Three, Secret Six
Explain what you plan to do with the character you've chosen and why you've chosen this character:
If there is anything I like almost as much as Aquaman in the DCU, it is all-things-magic within the DCU. I like that Black Alice is a fairly new character in that she has had many things happen, but nothing daunting like some characters. For right now, I just plan to do some cool magic stuff with Black Alice and all-things-magic in the DCU.
Do you have an Instant Messenger? Which one, and what is your screen name?:
MSN - [email protected]
If you know how to post pictures, please provide a picture of your character you wish to be used for the Character Roster (if you do not know how, or do not have a preference, please say so and a default picture shall be picked for you):
Please provide a small sample post with original content in the style that you plan to write your character in (must be at least 3 paragraphs long and contain at least one line of dialogue):
Dear Diary,
The past year and a half sucked. Just when it looked like things were
"Ugh...No."
Lying on her bedroom floor, Lori crosses out what she started to write in her diary and rethinks what she wants to say. Rolling onto her backside, she starts to look up at the ceiling and the longer she thinks about what to write, the more she begins to space out. Wanting to get this down before she all together forgets it, she rolls back over and picks up her pen once again.
Dear Diary,
Another day, another anti-depressant drug and I'm
"Damnit!"
Throwing her pen at the opposing wall, she starts to grow even more agitated as the plastic casing shatters and she grunts as she sits up. She takes a deep breath, focuses for a brief moment, and taps into the magical field. Smirking as she both finds a magic user to borrow from and finally knows what she wants to write, she activates her powers and takes the form of Zatanna and her gifts; along with a twist to the wardrobe.
"riaper ym nep!"
Continuing to use Zatanna's gifts, she decides a better way to do her new entry into her diary.
"etirw nowd ym sthgouht!"
Things looked like they were going to finally go the way I needed them to be when my mother was brought back, but when she became nothing but a shell of her former self...things just got even more depressing than when she was dead. There was a moment where dad was becoming an alcoholic--again--because of how horrifying it was to see her that way every day, and eventually got sick. I...tried to help him.
His sickness, I mean...and by not understanding the powers that I borrowed from Raven, I thought that I was the one who made him get worse. He soon developed cancer. Feeling desperate and needing some cash, I decided to roll with some pretty cool yet also pretty villainous people in order to earn some cash real fast. It was pretty awesome though I admit, and the guy with the scars was all kinds of cute...plus in the end it really paid off and not even because the money. After a scary little adventure in Skartaris--I wasn't able to use my abilities in that realm so I was scared stiff--I brought back a Shaman to heal my dad. Oh, yea, and more importantly before that little trip I was told by his doctor that I wasn't in fact the source of his cancer so that was pretty damn cool.
And my father's turned to alcohol...again. Just after the shaman cured him of all his ailments. Third time's the charm, right? I would just go and try to cast a spell on him...right now even...but I've learned my lesson in trying to 'fix' someone with powers I don't understand. And the shaman that healed my father couldn't do a thing about my mother with his gifts as she has no soul. So his powers has it limits.
I almost 'fixed' them for good, though. Yup. Once. And it wasn't even by my own use of my powers technically but it wasn't made to last. I was granted my heart's desires through an artifact that I didn't even realize a demon left for me and the world was perfect again and my parents were both alive and in full health. It was like it was before...in the old days...before my mother overdosed and drowned herself in our pool. Before Felix Faust and The Society tried to persuade me to join them by bringing my mother 'back to life'.
We ate breakfast together.
My God.
All we did was eat breakfast together--before Zachary and Traci13 eventually forced me to help stop those same demons that gave me that moment--and...and it was like for that moment I was in eternal bliss. I was surrounded by people who loved me again...who cared.
I wasn't alone.
Then again, I've nearly turned away every possible person who has tried to help me in the past and could possibly help me now. I don't know what to do or who to turn to.
And now that I think about it...I should probably give Zatanna her powers back. Who knows, I might've stolen them just when she was about to help the Justice League or someone stop some huge threat.
Lori activates her powers once again, releasing the magical energies back to its owner, and catches the pen and diary before they both fall to the ground. She sighs for a moment, and lays back down on her stomach, thinking of how to finish her entry.
She can't think of a thing. Popping another anti-depressant, hoping this time it will do its job, Lori Zechlin--the most dangerous now 17 and a half year old teenager in the world when she dons her powers as Black Alice--simply curls into a ball on the floor, and tries to rest her eyes.
Tomorrow will be a new day, and the thought of coming downstairs for her 'mother' to serve her breakfast again, brings her to tears.
Character you would like to play (please include the color and font you plan on using to portray the character):
Lori Zechlin, "Black Alice"
Brief Origin (provide at least two sentences):
Neither Lori nor Mr. Zechlin, her father, suspected that Lori's mother was an addicted to harmful drugs and substances. So when she became overly ashamed of herself, overdoses, and drowns herself in their pool. Tragically, Lori discovers her mother's body when she comes home from school that day. The same evening, Lori found out that she had the mystical ability to borrow the magical abilities of other beings of mystical origin (including superheroes and supervillains with magic ties).
Because of this, Lori Zechlin is potentially the most powerful teenager on the entire planet.
When she borrows the powers of another magical being, that being is rendered powerless. She can only choose to pick a specific person's powers to copy if she can see them directly; else she will borrow a random user's power when activating her powers. However, she does have a limitation to her control and duration of the powers. The more powerful magic she takes control of, the shorter she can hold on to it, and she doesn't know exactly how long powers will stay before they go away.
Group your character is aligned with (if applicable):
Coven of Three, Secret Six
Explain what you plan to do with the character you've chosen and why you've chosen this character:
If there is anything I like almost as much as Aquaman in the DCU, it is all-things-magic within the DCU. I like that Black Alice is a fairly new character in that she has had many things happen, but nothing daunting like some characters. For right now, I just plan to do some cool magic stuff with Black Alice and all-things-magic in the DCU.
Do you have an Instant Messenger? Which one, and what is your screen name?:
MSN - [email protected]
If you know how to post pictures, please provide a picture of your character you wish to be used for the Character Roster (if you do not know how, or do not have a preference, please say so and a default picture shall be picked for you):
Please provide a small sample post with original content in the style that you plan to write your character in (must be at least 3 paragraphs long and contain at least one line of dialogue):
The past year and a half sucked. Just when it looked like things were
"Ugh...No."
Lying on her bedroom floor, Lori crosses out what she started to write in her diary and rethinks what she wants to say. Rolling onto her backside, she starts to look up at the ceiling and the longer she thinks about what to write, the more she begins to space out. Wanting to get this down before she all together forgets it, she rolls back over and picks up her pen once again.
Another day, another anti-depressant drug and I'm
"Damnit!"
Throwing her pen at the opposing wall, she starts to grow even more agitated as the plastic casing shatters and she grunts as she sits up. She takes a deep breath, focuses for a brief moment, and taps into the magical field. Smirking as she both finds a magic user to borrow from and finally knows what she wants to write, she activates her powers and takes the form of Zatanna and her gifts; along with a twist to the wardrobe.
"riaper ym nep!"
Continuing to use Zatanna's gifts, she decides a better way to do her new entry into her diary.
"etirw nowd ym sthgouht!"
Things looked like they were going to finally go the way I needed them to be when my mother was brought back, but when she became nothing but a shell of her former self...things just got even more depressing than when she was dead. There was a moment where dad was becoming an alcoholic--again--because of how horrifying it was to see her that way every day, and eventually got sick. I...tried to help him.
His sickness, I mean...and by not understanding the powers that I borrowed from Raven, I thought that I was the one who made him get worse. He soon developed cancer. Feeling desperate and needing some cash, I decided to roll with some pretty cool yet also pretty villainous people in order to earn some cash real fast. It was pretty awesome though I admit, and the guy with the scars was all kinds of cute...plus in the end it really paid off and not even because the money. After a scary little adventure in Skartaris--I wasn't able to use my abilities in that realm so I was scared stiff--I brought back a Shaman to heal my dad. Oh, yea, and more importantly before that little trip I was told by his doctor that I wasn't in fact the source of his cancer so that was pretty damn cool.
And my father's turned to alcohol...again. Just after the shaman cured him of all his ailments. Third time's the charm, right? I would just go and try to cast a spell on him...right now even...but I've learned my lesson in trying to 'fix' someone with powers I don't understand. And the shaman that healed my father couldn't do a thing about my mother with his gifts as she has no soul. So his powers has it limits.
I almost 'fixed' them for good, though. Yup. Once. And it wasn't even by my own use of my powers technically but it wasn't made to last. I was granted my heart's desires through an artifact that I didn't even realize a demon left for me and the world was perfect again and my parents were both alive and in full health. It was like it was before...in the old days...before my mother overdosed and drowned herself in our pool. Before Felix Faust and The Society tried to persuade me to join them by bringing my mother 'back to life'.
We ate breakfast together.
My God.
All we did was eat breakfast together--before Zachary and Traci13 eventually forced me to help stop those same demons that gave me that moment--and...and it was like for that moment I was in eternal bliss. I was surrounded by people who loved me again...who cared.
I wasn't alone.
Then again, I've nearly turned away every possible person who has tried to help me in the past and could possibly help me now. I don't know what to do or who to turn to.
And now that I think about it...I should probably give Zatanna her powers back. Who knows, I might've stolen them just when she was about to help the Justice League or someone stop some huge threat.
Lori activates her powers once again, releasing the magical energies back to its owner, and catches the pen and diary before they both fall to the ground. She sighs for a moment, and lays back down on her stomach, thinking of how to finish her entry.
She can't think of a thing. Popping another anti-depressant, hoping this time it will do its job, Lori Zechlin--the most dangerous now 17 and a half year old teenager in the world when she dons her powers as Black Alice--simply curls into a ball on the floor, and tries to rest her eyes.
Tomorrow will be a new day, and the thought of coming downstairs for her 'mother' to serve her breakfast again, brings her to tears.
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The "World's Finest" DC RPG Application
Character you would like to play (please include the color and font you plan on using to portray the character): The Flash (Barry Allen)
Brief Origin (provide at least two sentences): For as long as he could remember, Barry Allen was never on time for anything. A shy and antisocial kid who loved comic books and idolized heroes of fiction, he was the brunt of many hardships during his youth. It seemed as though the quiet kid could never really catch a break in the real world. That all came to it's lowest point when young Barry discovered a crime scene at his home, the victim being his mother, who had been murdered in cold blood by his father, at least according to the police investigation. Determined to prove the system wrong when he inherently knew his father was an innocent man, and looking for an outlet to distract from the pain of his mother's death, Barry turned to science and criminal studies. Graduating college with a major in criminology, he took up a job with the Central City Police Department as a forensics expert.
That's when fate eventually intervened, and granted the boy that was never on time for anything the power to never be too late to stop another injustice again - because as he was mixing chemicals in the midst of a lightning storm, Barry was struck by one of the currents and doused in his life's work. The result? Superhuman speed, which rendered Barry the fastest man alive. Deciding that he would work best as an emulation of heroes in his childhood fantasies rather than keeping his powers a secret, he donned a colorful spandex costume to hide his identity and protect the citizens of Central City as the scarlet speedster known as The Flash.
Group your character is aligned with (if applicable): The Justice League of America
Explain what you plan to do with the character you've chosen and why you've chosen this character: Well, in my mind, Barry's potential hasn't really been utilized ever since his return. You often hear the debates between fans of the character around these forums, about how Wally West is the better Flash than Barry could ever hope to be, but I think what they're ignoring is the blatant possibilities for what could be done to make him stand out as his own unique brand of Flash. For starters, he's incredibly brilliant, and that's what I want to play into. He has the potential to be the smartest man in the entire DCU, and yet it's because he's off running around and doing several things at once that he's never able to really show it. That's not something you'd typically expect from Wally, who was more of the lighthearted young gun who cracked jokes and used his heart to get him out of perilous situations. Barry uses his brain, and while that may seem insignificant in comparison, I want to make people surprised at how effecient it can be at saving the day. Barry also isn't lacking in that inherent quality of goodness, which is so much so that it may even rival a certain Man of Steel's sense of compassion. He wants to do good and he'll do anything that he can, even when his life is absolutely thrust in the gutter (which is admittedly his own fault, most of the time).
So, yeah. There's that. I also want to take the opportunity to rework a few of his relationships with the Rogues, who before the relaunch, were primarily Wally's enemies that Barry only encountered in one arc after his return. Now that Barry's the main Flash again, who's to say which were Wally's and which were Barry's? There's also his lovelife to consider now that he's single, which I didn't agree with in the books, but would totally work with in the RPG. Iris West will be there, but so will a few others. Hell, maybe he could even end up seeing a DC heroine. Who knows, really?
With The Flash, I see nothing but possibilities.
Do you have an Instant Messenger? Which one, and what is your screen name?: [email protected] - MSN
If you know how to post pictures, please provide a picture of your character you wish to be used for the Character Roster (if you do not know how, or do not have a preference, please say so and a default picture shall be picked for you):
Please provide a small sample post with original content in the style that you plan to write your character in (must be at least 3 paragraphs long and contain at least one line of dialogue):
I can't believe this. I'm actually running late.
Well, I take it back. I actually can believe that part of it. Ever since I was a kid, I could never quite make it on time for anything in my life. Always late for school, orientation at the academy, my own birthday parties - something always kept getting thrown my way just when I was about to feel like I was ontop of the world. What's frustrating about this particular time is that for the first time in a long time, I felt like I was actually beginning to balance everything out. Director Singh's finally allowed me to start persuing the department's cold case files with the rest of the forensics team, and I feel like I can actually use my skills to do more good than just bagging the occasional burglar. Central City has alot of tracks that were left uncovered, so to be able to say that I can finally give some of these people closure is something that means the world to me. It's what the job is all about.
Moreover, tonight was supposed to be my first real date in six months. I had finally worked up the nerve to stop trading glances with her in the coffee room to say something and strike up a conversation. Luckily, the topic of discussion was her apparent fascination with the city's Rogues - something of which, without boasting, I happen to be somewhat of an expert on. We talked and she laughed at a few of my terrible attempts at humor, and the exchange ended with her giving me her number. She's also divorcee working as a criminal profiler, I've never been married and I work nights at the crime lab. In terms of commute alone, it's practically perfect.
Or at least, it would have been. On my way to the restraunt, the scanner in my car caught wind of a 7-32 in progress over on 45th and Main. Seven thirty two happens to be a newer classification in the police code, one that's only around five years old. It means, and I quote, "the act or acts of metahuman public disturbance and civillain attack".
Needless to say, my date is going to have to wait. I just thought that for once, I'd be able to subside this part of my life and have a normal conversation with someone that didn't involve blood spatter samples or time paradoxes.
That's what I get for being an optimist.
"STAY STILL, FREAK!"
A blast coming from what appears to be an energy-based high frequency combustion chamber rips through the skies, forcing me to vault ahead and run past as it decimates a nearby streetlamp. The perpetrators themselves aren't actually metahumans, so the classification was already wrong. But their weaponry is high end and dangerous enough for me to forgive the mistake. This is the third instance in the last month of a Central City gang getting their hands on technology that isn't of this world. That is to say, someone has come to town to offer them an edge against their competition. I wish I could say I had a lead, but so far, I'm running dry.
"Sorry, never could."
Before he has a chance to retort, I've already appeared infront of him and knocked him on the jaw, forcing him onto the ground. The weapon flies towards me after hurtling through the air, and I make quick work of it immediately. Dismembering it's parts gives me exactly the right amount of information I need. Except for who it's original owner is, of course.
"Jesus! He already got to Warren! Floor it, already!"
The van they intended to haul their stolen goods away in burns rubber down the street, leaving me in the dust.
I smile to myself. When are these airheads ever going to learn?
"Hold onto this for me,"
I toss the now-defunct remains of his destroyed weapon into the lap of the perp, who's knocked back onto the ground by the brunt of the titanium alloy. That should keep him winded until the police arrive.
"I'll be back in a flash."
And immediately, I'm gone, leaving nothing but the rush of wind in my wake.
If I hurry, maybe I can still make it before the appetizers are served.
Character you would like to play (please include the color and font you plan on using to portray the character): The Flash (Barry Allen)
Brief Origin (provide at least two sentences): For as long as he could remember, Barry Allen was never on time for anything. A shy and antisocial kid who loved comic books and idolized heroes of fiction, he was the brunt of many hardships during his youth. It seemed as though the quiet kid could never really catch a break in the real world. That all came to it's lowest point when young Barry discovered a crime scene at his home, the victim being his mother, who had been murdered in cold blood by his father, at least according to the police investigation. Determined to prove the system wrong when he inherently knew his father was an innocent man, and looking for an outlet to distract from the pain of his mother's death, Barry turned to science and criminal studies. Graduating college with a major in criminology, he took up a job with the Central City Police Department as a forensics expert.
That's when fate eventually intervened, and granted the boy that was never on time for anything the power to never be too late to stop another injustice again - because as he was mixing chemicals in the midst of a lightning storm, Barry was struck by one of the currents and doused in his life's work. The result? Superhuman speed, which rendered Barry the fastest man alive. Deciding that he would work best as an emulation of heroes in his childhood fantasies rather than keeping his powers a secret, he donned a colorful spandex costume to hide his identity and protect the citizens of Central City as the scarlet speedster known as The Flash.
Group your character is aligned with (if applicable): The Justice League of America
Explain what you plan to do with the character you've chosen and why you've chosen this character: Well, in my mind, Barry's potential hasn't really been utilized ever since his return. You often hear the debates between fans of the character around these forums, about how Wally West is the better Flash than Barry could ever hope to be, but I think what they're ignoring is the blatant possibilities for what could be done to make him stand out as his own unique brand of Flash. For starters, he's incredibly brilliant, and that's what I want to play into. He has the potential to be the smartest man in the entire DCU, and yet it's because he's off running around and doing several things at once that he's never able to really show it. That's not something you'd typically expect from Wally, who was more of the lighthearted young gun who cracked jokes and used his heart to get him out of perilous situations. Barry uses his brain, and while that may seem insignificant in comparison, I want to make people surprised at how effecient it can be at saving the day. Barry also isn't lacking in that inherent quality of goodness, which is so much so that it may even rival a certain Man of Steel's sense of compassion. He wants to do good and he'll do anything that he can, even when his life is absolutely thrust in the gutter (which is admittedly his own fault, most of the time).
So, yeah. There's that. I also want to take the opportunity to rework a few of his relationships with the Rogues, who before the relaunch, were primarily Wally's enemies that Barry only encountered in one arc after his return. Now that Barry's the main Flash again, who's to say which were Wally's and which were Barry's? There's also his lovelife to consider now that he's single, which I didn't agree with in the books, but would totally work with in the RPG. Iris West will be there, but so will a few others. Hell, maybe he could even end up seeing a DC heroine. Who knows, really?
With The Flash, I see nothing but possibilities.
Do you have an Instant Messenger? Which one, and what is your screen name?: [email protected] - MSN
If you know how to post pictures, please provide a picture of your character you wish to be used for the Character Roster (if you do not know how, or do not have a preference, please say so and a default picture shall be picked for you):
Please provide a small sample post with original content in the style that you plan to write your character in (must be at least 3 paragraphs long and contain at least one line of dialogue):
I can't believe this. I'm actually running late.
Well, I take it back. I actually can believe that part of it. Ever since I was a kid, I could never quite make it on time for anything in my life. Always late for school, orientation at the academy, my own birthday parties - something always kept getting thrown my way just when I was about to feel like I was ontop of the world. What's frustrating about this particular time is that for the first time in a long time, I felt like I was actually beginning to balance everything out. Director Singh's finally allowed me to start persuing the department's cold case files with the rest of the forensics team, and I feel like I can actually use my skills to do more good than just bagging the occasional burglar. Central City has alot of tracks that were left uncovered, so to be able to say that I can finally give some of these people closure is something that means the world to me. It's what the job is all about.
Moreover, tonight was supposed to be my first real date in six months. I had finally worked up the nerve to stop trading glances with her in the coffee room to say something and strike up a conversation. Luckily, the topic of discussion was her apparent fascination with the city's Rogues - something of which, without boasting, I happen to be somewhat of an expert on. We talked and she laughed at a few of my terrible attempts at humor, and the exchange ended with her giving me her number. She's also divorcee working as a criminal profiler, I've never been married and I work nights at the crime lab. In terms of commute alone, it's practically perfect.
Or at least, it would have been. On my way to the restraunt, the scanner in my car caught wind of a 7-32 in progress over on 45th and Main. Seven thirty two happens to be a newer classification in the police code, one that's only around five years old. It means, and I quote, "the act or acts of metahuman public disturbance and civillain attack".
Needless to say, my date is going to have to wait. I just thought that for once, I'd be able to subside this part of my life and have a normal conversation with someone that didn't involve blood spatter samples or time paradoxes.
That's what I get for being an optimist.
"STAY STILL, FREAK!"
A blast coming from what appears to be an energy-based high frequency combustion chamber rips through the skies, forcing me to vault ahead and run past as it decimates a nearby streetlamp. The perpetrators themselves aren't actually metahumans, so the classification was already wrong. But their weaponry is high end and dangerous enough for me to forgive the mistake. This is the third instance in the last month of a Central City gang getting their hands on technology that isn't of this world. That is to say, someone has come to town to offer them an edge against their competition. I wish I could say I had a lead, but so far, I'm running dry.
"Sorry, never could."
Before he has a chance to retort, I've already appeared infront of him and knocked him on the jaw, forcing him onto the ground. The weapon flies towards me after hurtling through the air, and I make quick work of it immediately. Dismembering it's parts gives me exactly the right amount of information I need. Except for who it's original owner is, of course.
"Jesus! He already got to Warren! Floor it, already!"
The van they intended to haul their stolen goods away in burns rubber down the street, leaving me in the dust.
I smile to myself. When are these airheads ever going to learn?
"Hold onto this for me,"
I toss the now-defunct remains of his destroyed weapon into the lap of the perp, who's knocked back onto the ground by the brunt of the titanium alloy. That should keep him winded until the police arrive.
"I'll be back in a flash."
And immediately, I'm gone, leaving nothing but the rush of wind in my wake.
If I hurry, maybe I can still make it before the appetizers are served.
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The "World's Finest" DC RPG Application
Character you would like to play (please include the color and font you plan on using to portray the character): The Flash (Barry Allen)
Brief Origin (provide at least two sentences): For as long as he could remember, Barry Allen was never on time for anything. A shy and antisocial kid who loved comic books and idolized heroes of fiction, he was the brunt of many hardships during his youth. It seemed as though the quiet kid could never really catch a break in the real world. That all came to it's lowest point when young Barry discovered a crime scene at his home, the victim being his mother, who had been murdered in cold blood by his father, at least according to the police investigation. Determined to prove the system wrong when he inherently knew his father was an innocent man, and looking for an outlet to distract from the pain of his mother's death, Barry turned to science and criminal studies. Graduating college with a major in criminology, he took up a job with the Central City Police Department as a forensics expert.
That's when fate eventually intervened, and granted the boy that was never on time for anything the power to never be too late to stop another injustice again - because as he was mixing chemicals in the midst of a lightning storm, Barry was struck by one of the currents and doused in his life's work. The result? Superhuman speed, which rendered Barry the fastest man alive. Deciding that he would work best as an emulation of heroes in his childhood fantasies rather than keeping his powers a secret, he donned a colorful spandex costume to hide his identity and protect the citizens of Central City as the scarlet speedster known as The Flash.
Group your character is aligned with (if applicable): The Justice League of America
Explain what you plan to do with the character you've chosen and why you've chosen this character: Well, in my mind, Barry's potential hasn't really been utilized ever since his return. You often hear the debates between fans of the character around these forums, about how Wally West is the better Flash than Barry could ever hope to be, but I think what they're ignoring is the blatant possibilities for what could be done to make him stand out as his own unique brand of Flash. For starters, he's incredibly brilliant, and that's what I want to play into. He has the potential to be the smartest man in the entire DCU, and yet it's because he's off running around and doing several things at once that he's never able to really show it. That's not something you'd typically expect from Wally, who was more of the lighthearted young gun who cracked jokes and used his heart to get him out of perilous situations. Barry uses his brain, and while that may seem insignificant in comparison, I want to make people surprised at how effecient it can be at saving the day. Barry also isn't lacking in that inherent quality of goodness, which is so much so that it may even rival a certain Man of Steel's sense of compassion. He wants to do good and he'll do anything that he can, even when his life is absolutely thrust in the gutter (which is admittedly his own fault, most of the time).
So, yeah. There's that. I also want to take the opportunity to rework a few of his relationships with the Rogues, who before the relaunch, were primarily Wally's enemies that Barry only encountered in one arc after his return. Now that Barry's the main Flash again, who's to say which were Wally's and which were Barry's? There's also his lovelife to consider now that he's single, which I didn't agree with in the books, but would totally work with in the RPG. Iris West will be there, but so will a few others. Hell, maybe he could even end up seeing a DC heroine. Who knows, really?
With The Flash, I see nothing but possibilities.
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I can't believe this. I'm actually running late.
Well, I take it back. I actually can believe that part of it. Ever since I was a kid, I could never quite make it on time for anything in my life. Always late for school, orientation at the academy, my own birthday parties - something always kept getting thrown my way just when I was about to feel like I was ontop of the world. What's frustrating about this particular time is that for the first time in a long time, I felt like I was actually beginning to balance everything out. Director Singh's finally allowed me to start persuing the department's cold case files with the rest of the forensics team, and I feel like I can actually use my skills to do more good than just bagging the occasional burglar. Central City has alot of tracks that were left uncovered, so to be able to say that I can finally give some of these people closure is something that means the world to me. It's what the job is all about.
Moreover, tonight was supposed to be my first real date in six months. I had finally worked up the nerve to stop trading glances with her in the coffee room to say something and strike up a conversation. Luckily, the topic of discussion was her apparent fascination with the city's Rogues - something of which, without boasting, I happen to be somewhat of an expert on. We talked and she laughed at a few of my terrible attempts at humor, and the exchange ended with her giving me her number. She's also divorcee working as a criminal profiler, I've never been married and I work nights at the crime lab. In terms of commute alone, it's practically perfect.
Or at least, it would have been. On my way to the restraunt, the scanner in my car caught wind of a 7-32 in progress over on 45th and Main. Seven thirty two happens to be a newer classification in the police code, one that's only around five years old. It means, and I quote, "the act or acts of metahuman public disturbance and civillain attack".
Needless to say, my date is going to have to wait. I just thought that for once, I'd be able to subside this part of my life and have a normal conversation with someone that didn't involve blood spatter samples or time paradoxes.
That's what I get for being an optimist.
"STAY STILL, FREAK!"
A blast coming from what appears to be an energy-based high frequency combustion chamber rips through the skies, forcing me to vault ahead and run past as it decimates a nearby streetlamp. The perpetrators themselves aren't actually metahumans, so the classification was already wrong. But their weaponry is high end and dangerous enough for me to forgive the mistake. This is the third instance in the last month of a Central City gang getting their hands on technology that isn't of this world. That is to say, someone has come to town to offer them an edge against their competition. I wish I could say I had a lead, but so far, I'm running dry.
"Sorry, never could."
Before he has a chance to retort, I've already appeared infront of him and knocked him on the jaw, forcing him onto the ground. The weapon flies towards me after hurtling through the air, and I make quick work of it immediately. Dismembering it's parts gives me exactly the right amount of information I need. Except for who it's original owner is, of course.
"Jesus! He already got to Warren! Floor it, already!"
The van they intended to haul their stolen goods away in burns rubber down the street, leaving me in the dust.
I smile to myself. When are these airheads ever going to learn?
"Hold onto this for me,"
I toss the now-defunct remains of his destroyed weapon into the lap of the perp, who's knocked back onto the ground by the brunt of the titanium alloy. That should keep him winded until the police arrive.
"I'll be back in a flash."
And immediately, I'm gone, leaving nothing but the rush of wind in my wake.
If I hurry, maybe I can still make it before the appetizers are served.
Denied. We want WALLY!!
...fine.
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Franklin Richards
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Wally can go back to the Teen Titans, where he belongs.
Barry Allen rules!
Barry Allen rules!
Byrd Man
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I agree, but after reading the last series with Barry and the current series, coupled with the fact all everyone has done for the past two and half years, is ***** and ***** and ***** about Wally being gone, makes me glad Wally is gone. **** them crybaby *****es.
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Can't we all just get along and hate Bart together like civilized people?
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I haven't the time to write one, nor is there a character available who I'd like to apply for. 
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He can't. With all the one post and switch characters he's done in his career there are no characters leftHow about you put up an app, you ****ing weasel?
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I can't apply as him because I played him for like 4 or 5 Seasons. By the new rule, I cannot apply for him for now. So he is up for grabs.
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Sample of what I've been thinking for the new rosters. And this would be going back to the 3 rosters and no separate team rosters this time around:
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