So I saw Now You See Me: Now You Don’t today in theaters and had a very fun time. I personally really like heist movies with it’s tropes and twists, so to add cool slight of hand magic in the mix is just an awesome cherry on top.
Anyway, you are probably not on this blog to read about movies I saw, you’re here for DC stuff, specifically Shazam stuff. So how can I bridge it somehow in a convoluted way?
Well, my brain was emerging itself in the concept (as it does when it just saw a cool movie, it makes you want to be a magician burglar yourself) I somehow thought: How funny would it be if actual magic came to use? So I just kinda came up with this idea.
Billy BATson: The covert magical operative.
Basically in a Billy BATson AU world (so where Billy get’s adopted by Bruce Wayne AKA Batman) instead of Billy taking the mantel of Robin or staying Captain Marvel full time, Billy does a middle road where he is both Captain Marvel in Fawcett, and a convert operative in Gotham.
Billy isn’t out in the street fighting crime, but when a covert mission rolls around he is the person in the middle of it all. Instead of highly advanced martial arts, Billy delves deeper into the arts of deception, perception and slight of hand, adding actual magic in the mix to make his operative roll even more convincing.
Billy would definitely be the wildcard in these convert or heist situations. He would be able to set the most convoluted plan into motion, or finish it depending on the plan and/or situation.
I can imagine him walking out of the shadow, tossing the artifact with his hand as he explains how the plan went (a big heist movie trope) by stating something ridiculous like: “When Bruce was speaking I was able to create a perfect replica of this briefcase that had a back opening for me to exchange the artifact right after you showed it off at the auction so that you would not be suspicious about the change” or something like that.