DPP: Pilots As Superheroes!

[winegums.livejournal.com]

We've imagined pilots a ton of different ways in AUs, but today I want us to try out a new way (or maybe not even that new, but certainly worth revisiting): Pilots as Superheroes!

I mean, don't they look iconic and superheroic here:



So what would they be like as superheroes, Shipper Nation? Any theories about what superpowers they'd have? Or how they came by them/origin stories? Or how they ended up working together in the first place (cause the only thing better than a superhero is a superhero team)

(And of course, the evils they'd have to face/conquer, because what is a superhero without those? The same goes for their costumes - what would you have them wear when they're in save-the-world mode? Catsuits? Capes?)

Any ideas, people? Put them in the comments! (along with fic, fic recs, gifs, manips, what have you)

(edit: rachelindeed has written this AWESOME pilots crossover with the Batman 'verse in the comments here, everyone should read it!)

Comments

Re: Batman fic amnesty scene: part 1

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

Hee! I pick up all my DC stuff straight from fanfic, so I have gaps in my comic book knowledge, and I'm afraid Montoya is one of them :) But yes, in the actual DC verse, Dick and Barbara are wonderful.

P.S. -- you might like the little prequel (http://rachelindeed.livejournal.com/13488.html), if you haven't run across it already :)

Re: Batman fic amnesty scene: part 1

[dramaturgca.livejournal.com]

See, I got totally hooked on Greg Rucka comics and then just followed the characters who interested me. Which meant lots of Huntress and Renee and Kate Kane. I haven't found much DC fic that suits me though. Any recs?

Re: Batman fic amnesty scene: part 1

[rachelindeed.livejournal.com]

I've mostly followed the Batfamily, so I haven't read too many fics with your favorite characters, I'm afraid. But one DC fic I would recommend to anyone is Jason and Me (http://www.fanfiction.net/s/1822373/1/Jason-and-Me). It's a story about Stephanie Brown, who was briefly the 4th Robin, invesigating the history of her predecessors. I just love the voice it gives to her character, and I look on it as a much needed love letter/manifesto to all those 'unpopular' characters out there who get too easily dismissed by canon and fandom. I find the story here very poignant.