Hi, it’s the anon from yesterday, and yes, I *will* keep cooking.
I had an idea for an episode/comic mini arc that is contingent on Dick not dying and the professor not understanding copyright law. If you wanna make a fic or comic off this, I give you my full consent.
Our story begins with Dick showing up at the professors door, miraculously alive, unscathed save for a cane he now uses to walk because of the explosion, and looking like 5 million bucks. He lets himself in as he starts talking about this being *his* home, with *his* couch and wanting to eat *his* flapjacks. Naturally, the professor asks him what he’s on about, because this is HIS house and dick’s not welcome here. Then of course, Dick pulls out a stack of papers and hands them to the professor. As Utonium reads on, he’s simply mortified. No amount of chemical X could save him now.
See, when Dick crawled out of the wreckage, he had an epiphany. He could not truly recreate the Powerpuff Girls, because it required seeing them as simply anything other than good product. He figured out if you couldn’t make it, try buying it. He figured utonium was book-smart enough to be good at all that science stuff, but dumb enough to never consider copyrighting the girl’s images and likenesses for himself, instead letting someone else handle that for him and taking a small chunk of the profits for science and cost of living. So, Dick being Dick, He tracked down that someone else, made them an offer they could not refuse, and became the sole copyright holder to the Powerpuff Merchandising empire. Including the house, all the furniture inside, and the girls’ signature outfits. Dick claims he did Utonium a favor by letting him keep the chemical X Recipe, considering he most likely swiped utonium’s notes a thousand times by now.
Being faced with an Airtight, ironclad contract, The Utoniums move out with nothing and attempt to rebrand their image, ala Super Zeroes, to no avail. They now live in an apartment building with loud neighbors, an annoying landlord, and faulty… everything, as dick sits in his throne, the wealth making him blind to just how much everything has gone down the drain. It is only when the absence of Townsville’s heroes starts affecting the bottom line that Dick starts to consider giving back the rights. Then he has an idea.
He finds the apartment the professor and the girls are living in, wearing ‘normal people’ clothes to him (it’s *just* a t-shirt.) He puts on an act about how he was ‘acting hastily’, and ‘Townsville needs her heroes back.’ and that he wants to help him get the city back on track.
Utonium: ‘So does this mean you’ll Sell me the rights back?’
Dick: ‘*Chuckles* Oh Utonium… No.’
Dick tells Utonium that he will still own the rights, but will let the professor be the sole liscencee of all Real-Life Materials, such as the house and his stuff. He even offered ‘out of the kindness of his heart,’ to let him have the same chunk of dough he took for science and expenses. Realizing there was no other way to get his stuff back, Utonium signed on the dotted line. The vibe is that the status quo has been returned to ‘normal’, but it is very apparent for everyone involved that this is not a win for anyone other than Dick.
Basically I pulled from the experiences of comics creators for this. Let me know what you think! I really appreciate notes and feedback.
holy shit........ bro u should make this a fic i would reread it and reread it and reread it again oh my days. i know you gave me consent but really i think you should tell this story! you deserve the credit, anon! the way dick uses a cane to help him walk reminded me of my old au from 2023 where he survived but was scarred over half his face and body, lacking an eye and an arm due to how violent the fire was (this was the original lore for marshall where he was created to destroy the powerpuff girls, which i retconned in 2024 and then retconned his story again. if you don't know marahall, he's my oc who's a clone of dick created by accident and he endures constant overworking and abuse yet somehow still calls him dad and wants to stay by his side all the time, but i'm getting off track) this is a fucking FANTASTIC concept!
