The Nail Thread

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The Nail Thread 2017-05-12 04:27:28 Post No. 92314119
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The Nail Thread Anonymous 2017-05-12 04:27:28 Post No. 92314119 [Report]

The DC Elseworld story "The Nail" is about how such a small change to the Universe as the Kent Family getting a flat tire the day they were supposed to have found Superman can send shockwaves through the rest of the universe

I thought it would be interesting if you could change one minor event in your favorite character's origin or a specific element to their universe and build off of that small change how the rest of the universe would be affected

This idea is nothing new and has been the basis of many different one-off stories and events, most recently DC's Flashpoint event follows a very similar structure, but I think it's a fun idea to throw around and see everyone's interpretation for what happens next in the universe

Just to get things started, here's an easy prompt you can follow:
>Bruce Wayne never sees a Bat crash through his window the night he decided to become Batman
If you don't want to use it though, that's fine.

Anonymous 2017-05-12 04:30:50 Post No.92314169
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Anonymous 2017-05-12 04:30:50 Post No.92314169 [Report]

>>92314119
Reminds me of the premise of another what if. I think it was called Bullets

Lantern Anon 2017-05-12 04:32:19 Post No.92314195
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Lantern Anon 2017-05-12 04:32:19 Post No.92314195 [Report]

>>92314119
The Nail just shit on Ollie pretty hard. I did like it tho how no matter how different the circumstances were they were still destined to be heroes.

Anonymous 2017-05-12 04:33:51 Post No.92314224
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Anonymous 2017-05-12 04:33:51 Post No.92314224 [Report]

>>92314119
Bruce Wayne never saw the Mark of Zorro with his parents.

Anonymous 2017-05-12 04:34:48 Post No.92314242
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Anonymous 2017-05-12 04:34:48 Post No.92314242 [Report]

>>92314169
Is that the one where a bunch of Marvel characters get their names swapped around? Pretty sure Ironman is Steve Rogers and Bruce Banner is Spiderman in that one

Anonymous 2017-05-12 04:35:33 Post No.92314258
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Anonymous 2017-05-12 04:35:33 Post No.92314258 [Report]

>>92314119
Well, Bruce is still a masked avenger of some kind--all of the motivating factors for both avenging, detecting shit and concealing his identity are still there. Just minus the bat fetishisation. Take away the bat and he's an avenging shadow of some kind...famous for his lack of a gimmick in a town full of gimmick villains.

Anonymous 2017-05-12 04:36:55 Post No.92314283
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Anonymous 2017-05-12 04:36:55 Post No.92314283 [Report]

>>92314242
Pretty much. It all stems from one stray bullet hitting the wrong person iirc

Anonymous 2017-05-12 04:38:03 Post No.92314300
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Anonymous 2017-05-12 04:38:03 Post No.92314300 [Report]

>>92314258
He'd probably end up being a Zorro knockoff. That's gotta be pretty hard for the Gotham police to contact if he doesn't have a gimmick or logo to shine across the sky

Anonymous 2017-05-12 04:39:34 Post No.92314322
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