Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

I talked about Absolute Superman last week, but there's also an Absolute Batman, Wonder Woman, and (upcoming) Martian Manhunter, all of whom are interesting! I don't know yet if they're all in the same universe or if they're all separate characters, but I'm hoping whatever the reality is won't stop me from putting them together! Absolute Batman's father was a schoolteacher who was killed by a shooter during a field trip to the zoo... he shoved Bruce into the bat exhibit to keep him safe (thus the trauma, which I thought was a clever updating to modern fears, to be honest). Martha survived! Bruce grew up in relative poverty and is working as a construction worker in Gotham... the knowledge and materials he gets from the job are what he's using to be Batman. The oddest twist is that Alfred Pennyworth is a British spy sent to take him down! Hm, that very strongly echoes Lois being turned into a government agent opposed to Clark--I assume both of them will end up being allies. It might be a fun playground? I'm at least intrigued (though I'll probably wait a couple more issues until I get more sense of the characters to try something).

What are you working on right now? I'm still stuck in editing and formatting hell on my book, but still don't seem to have the time and mental energy to spend on fic, but I would really like to be creative again... I hope you're able to in these unsettling times!