Once again, I have Eryk Davis Ester to thank for giving me good ideas for fan fiction. (With additional thanks to Emily Sivana for reminding us of the greatness of the Fawcett-verse.)
This thread had been in the back of my mind since I conceived the 7 Worlds of Wonder "Solar System" of DC Universes:
http://www.legionworld.net/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=915671#Post915671EARTH-7.7 (Earth-Shazam): The youngest and brightest of the 7 Worlds, whose founding heroes are THE SHAZAM FAMILY of the Brigadoon-like, extradimensional THUNDERWORLD, followed by THE ALPHA PEOPLE (a dynasty...of space, founded by E-7.6 fugitives ALEXANDER LUTHOR SR. & LOIS LANE, a reluctant hero from E-7.7's planet Earth, ADAM STRANGE, and his partner in both adventure & romance, ALANNA STRANGE of the planet Rann. This universe's first and most important team to originate on the planet Earth itself would be the GLOBAL GUARDIANS, followed two generations later by YOUNG JUSTICE.
This world is also home to the last remaining ATLANTIS in any of the 7 Worlds, and has the only 21st Century Trinity that is both multi-racial and two-thirds female: (SUPERWOMAN (Linda Danvers), THE MIDNIGHT MIST (Sholo, son of Global Guardians founder DOCTOR MIST), and WONDER WOMAN (Cassandra Sandsmark.))
Most notable teams: THE SHAZAM FAMILY (1940-1953, 1975-Present), THE ALPHA PEOPLE (1956-2356), THE GLOBAL GUARDIANS (1974-1986, 1996-Present), JUSTICE LEAGUE INTERNATIONAL (1987-1995, an oddball "interim team" of sorts before the return of the Global Guardians), YOUNG JUSTICE (1998-Present), LEGIONNAIRES (3016-Still active)
However...it was only when I got to thinking about how to make the E-7.7 Legion/Legionnaires more than just as pastiche of all the things I liked best about the Pre-DnA Postboot Legion (For future reference, maybe we should just call it "The Moy Era," in honor of the underrated "Legionnaires" monthly artist who hung in there for 5 years, with all the ups & downs. But I digress.)
THEN I remembered this exchange in this thread between myself and EDE:
That's the Shazam universe, right? If so, Thunder would be one of the founders, I'm guessing.
Maybe, though I was imagining Cap. Jr and Mary taking over the Superboy/Supergirl roles.
But of course!! Thanks, EDE.
Thus inspired, I revised my original plans slightly, and came up with:
MARY MARVEL = Supergirl
CAPTAIN MARVEL JR. = Superboy
THUNDER = Laurel Kent (No Manhunter jokes, please.)
How's that sound?
And while I'm still figuring out how to incorporate more of the Fawcett-verse into the Postboot pastiche, here's the tentative Legionnaires lineup with a few random thoughts:
UMBRA
SPARK
APPARITION
ULTRA BOY
SPIDER-GIRL, EVOLVO, INFERNO all join Legion
TRIAD = 3 personalities, 3 hairdos, they merge into a sensible shoulder-length hairdo. That gives me nothing to complain about.
BABBAGE = The Preboot Ferro Lad role (doesn't die, though.)
Rounding out the tentative roster:
SHIKARI, MAGNO, MONSTRESS, KID QUANTUM (Jazmin), KINETIX, TIMBER WOLF (along w/BABBAGE, the only other nod to DnA, unless you count the way DnA made MONSTRESS tolerable rather than sickly-sweet...just before they killed her. I have no plans to kill her), LEVIATHAN, SHRIKING VIOLET, BRAINIAC 5, GATES, and...yes...LORI MORNING (I *like* her, what else can I say??)