( curran walters, 26, he/him ) - are you ready to fight for your world, JASON TODD? through everything that’s happened in the world, you’re known to go by RED HOOD and have been said to be RESILIENT and ABRASIVE. over the past three years, you could be located at THE GREEN and word out there is that your abilities include EXPERT MARKSMAN/TACTICIAN, SKILLED MARTIAL ARTIST & HAND-TO-HAND COMBAT, ENHANCED WEAPONS TECH, AND ENHANCED STRENGTH/SPEED/DURABILITY DUE TO LAZARUS PIT EXPOSURE. seems like that’s going to help you survive this apocalypses. ( c, 21+, she/her, ast ).
prior to the equation:
most of jason’s comic backstory is canon. he tried to jack the tires off the batmobile, got taken in by bruce, became robin, died at the hands of the joker, and was resurrected in the lazarus pit. he took on the mantle of ‘ red hood ’ and is one of gotham’s notable anti-heroes. he’s worked alone, alongside the batfam, and with the outlaws among others. primarily, however, he works alone.
what have then been doing in the last three years?
after finding dick’s body in the batcave, and burying him, jason took the batmobile to round up the rest of the batfam that was still alive. or at least the ones he could find. he made it to damian before the arks left for earth-2, sending ace with him, before heading back to the green with some of the other villains / anti-heroes.
he protects their little corner of the earth with the others in order to ensure that they stay safe. survival’s always been his top priority and he won’t let anyone, or anything, get in the way of that. with bruce infected, and dick dead, he stayed close to other batfam members like stephanie when barbara disappeared. he might not have always wanted them but there was no denying they needed each other. he’s also been ruthless when it comes to killing the infected, even the people he might have known. they’re as good as dead, he figures, and putting them out of their misery is a kindness. that said, if he was ever face to face with bruce, i don’t think he’d be able to pull the trigger.
how will they react to having the others come back from earth-2?
maybe it’s hypocritical but he doesn’t blame damian for going to earth-2 and he’ll be happy to see him. as for the other “heroes”... he is of the belief that they abandoned the titanic while it sank and now they’re showing up three years late with no starbucks. he doesn’t have much time for them tbh and will probably consider them defectors. earth-2 has its own heroes... it didn’t need theirs when they needed them most.
(logan lerman, 28, he/him) - are you ready to fight for your world, HAROLD OSBORN? through everything that’s happened in the world, you’re known to go by HARRY/SPIDER-MAN (BEGRUDGINGLY) and have been said to be LOYAL and QUICK-TEMPERED. over the past three years, you could be located at EARTH-2 and word out there is that your abilities include SPIDER-THINGS (INCLUDING ORGANIC WEBS) & GENIUS LEVEL INTELLECT. seems like that’s going to help you survive this apocalypse.
I will be taking most of his background/history from the 2018 Spider-Man game, with personality elements from other canons!
Background ;;
Harry was born to Norman and Emily Osborn and had a relatively happy childhood until his mother died. He absolutely adored her and stuck close to her as soon as he was old enough to do so, and losing her was not only incredibly hard for him but left him incredibly lonely
With Norman being such a busy distant, borderline abusive father, Harry largely grew alone until he began at school. Fortunately he became close friends with Peter Parker when he was younger and eventually the rest of the future Spidey Gang. They remained friends through their childhood and teen years
Both his friends and their families - namely Peter’s aunt - helped Harry feel that gap that had been left by his father’s negligence, giving him the love and care and support he needed most of the time, but he still grew up effectively without parents.
Unfortunately, Harry inherited the same genetic illness that took his mother’s life - Oshtoran Syndrome. The complications began in his teen years, but Harry did his best to hide them from his friends to save them from the pain he’d felt watching his mother be claimed by the same illness when he was a child
He used easy excuses like being busy with school, college, and eventually his Oscorp work, or claiming hangovers from partying to avoid suspicion when he was unwell
During his work with Oscorp he was determined to carry on his mother’s work, hoping to become an environmental attorney. He used his time, resources, and intelligence to try and better the city via Oscorp
Eventually his condition became critical and Harry couldn’t continue on without deteriorating rapidly as his mother had. Norman suggested they attempt an experimental treatment to which Harry agreed and, planting the cover story that Harry would be managing Oscorp’s European operations, he was put into a type of stasis to undergo the treatment. None of his friends knew at this point that he was sick, or where he was really going.
After deriving a treatment from Devil’s Breath failed, Norman made a last-ditch effort to preserve his son, a temporary solution until they found a permanent cure. He attempted to isolate the healing factor from the spider-venom and have it to Harry to try and treat him, but the isolation didn’t quite work and while the venom did cure him, it also gave him similar powers to Peter’s. That’s right, after hating Spider-Man for years, Harry came out of stasis with spider-powers.
At first, it wasn’t easy to cope with and Harry spent an inordinate amount of time trying to find a way to survive without the venom, to find a way to strip it out of his body without killing him in the process, to no avail. And once the anti-life equation hit there was no way to continue researching, and Harry found himself in a position he never expected. His father became infected almost instantly, and it was only thanks to his spider-sense and some crash course help from Peter that he was able to escape.
Knowing he would be no use on a technology-free world, Harry made the difficult decision to leave his Earth behind and travel to Earth-2 on the arks, knowing he could do much more good there to help people start over.
Where has he been these past 3 years? ;;
Harry has been on Earth-2, helping the remains of humanity settle on a new world. After seeing the anti-life equation rip through their world so quickly via technology, he’s been working to try and product equipment that’s less susceptible to network-wide issues, but it’s hard given how ingrained that was on their own home.
He’s also been Spider-Man, much to his frustration. It was a difficult mantle to take on at first, given how long Harry spent hating the vigilante. But the appearance of a suit tucked in with the belongings he took with him, and a heartfelt note from his best friend, managed to convince him that he could do some good there. And whatever issues Harry once had about Spider-Man had begun to dissipate when he found out who the vigilante was back home. This was a chance to start over, and.. despite his own feelings, people needed as much hope as they could get. And Sipder-Man can give them that, even if he’s not quite the same Spider-Man they remember.
What they've been doing/working on/focusing on for the past 3 years:
A combination of things, really. Harry had to learn fast, how to be Spider-Man. It’s not like he had time for heaps of training and tips back home. It’s been eye-opening really, to go through what Pete went through when he first got bitten, trying to figure things out on his own.
He’s also been working on shoring up any technology they may have gained on Earth-2, and creating new tech that’s just as useful but not network-linked or susceptible to widespread viruses of any kind, deadly or otherwise. Watching the anti-life equation tear through their home so quickly purely because of the convenience technology had begun to develop had been terrifying for him, given how much tech Oscorp created, and Harry doesn’t want to repeat the same mistakes.
He’s also been trying to research a cure, given biochem was a big part of Oscorp, but it’s been hard without a source of the equation to work on so he hadn’t made much headway.
How does he feel about coming back to Earth after so long?
Nervous, terrified they’re going to fuck something up, uncertain if earth can be saved - but relieved to be coming back, and incredibly glad that there’s been some confirmation that a cure could exist somewhere. That there could be a way to save all the people they left behind, infected or not. He’s confident if he can find Cyborg he can find the cure in his system somewhere, and he’s determined to do so. Not in the least because his own father is infected.
He’s also just.. so relieved to see his friends again, to see Peter again. It’s been a long time, and especially after he spent a year “away” like that. He and Peter have been best friends for so long, living without even being able to contact him in any way has been hard and Harry’s not entirely sure he’s the best version of himself without Peter around. Seeing him again is going to be incredible and very overwhelming, but he’s more than ready for it.
(tyler blackburn, 27, he/him) - are you ready to fight for your world, ROY HARPER? through everything that’s happened in the world, you’re known to go by ARSENAL and have been said to be LOYAL and SELF-LOATHING. over the past three years, you could be located at WONDER CITY and word out there is that your abilities include ARCHERY, MARTIAL ARTISRY, AND MOO GI GONG. seems like that’s going to help you survive this apocalypse.
History
the son of a forest ranger, roy never knew his mother and lost his father to a forest fire at the age of 2. his father ended up perishing as he was saving members of a navajo reservation during the fire
brave bow, the shaman of the reservation, decided to take roy in as thanks to the sacrifice his father had made for them and raised roy as his own
at an early age brave bow recognized the talent that roy had with a bow and began to train him, his talent only growing more over the years. he eventually developed the skill better than someone twice his age
the day that green arrow debuted first in public, roy began to hero worship him and watched everything that he could of the archer. he was absolutely in awe
the day then came that green arrow was coming to the reservation to judge an archery competition and roy did everything in his ability to succeed and show the hero what he could do. while he managed to make it to the last round, he was given a magnetized arrow and missed the shot. however, he managed to stop a thief and it was then that green arrow realized that roy was speedier than even him
roy was taken in by the other, learning his secret identity, and roy became known as speedy
he joined the teen titans eventually, though things began to take a darker turn. various reasons led roy down a pit of despair. he became incredibly depressed and hopeless, eventually becoming addicted to heroin.
in telling oliver, someone he considered a mentor, he was hit and kicked out and their relationship was severed. eventually, however, the relationship was slowly mended. roy still has some mild resentment but oliver is still like a father to him
it took time but eventually roy managed to quit cold turkey with the help of hal and dinah. it was the most painful thing he’d ever gone through but he survived it and became stronger from it
fast forward a few years and roy falls into something with cheshire, and the eventual outrcome betwen the two of them resulted in a daughter of their own – lian harper
there was a time in his life where he was a member of the justice league, something that he had been wanting for a long time. around this time a super villain known as promethesus was planning a massive attack on the world’s superheroes. upon going to call mia and lian to wish them goodnight, roy was viciously attacked and beaten by prometheus and ended up losing his right arm. everything else about that arc we ignore because lian is alive and well and fuck dc for taking his daughter away
in recovery, he was given a bionic arm and had to relearn and retrain everything he knew prior
this happened just 6 months before the anti-life equation hit and everything went to shit. so many lives were lost, and it was all roy could do to protect as many people as he could from what was happening. once the arks were built, roy made the choice to send lian off to earth-2 for her safety while he stayed behind to fight for their world
Present
the past three years, roy has remained back on earth and done his part as best as he could to keep as many people safe as possible
tends to stay in wonder city, helping where he can with any weapons that need built or bringing people from the outside into the city.
still has a tendency to be pretty reckless, often going out to try and save as many people as possible who need help or who may be trapped but he just wants to do everything he can
Abilities
Archery: Roy is a marksman of incredible accuracy. He is extremely adept at the use of the bow and arrow.
Martial Arts: Roy has been trained by Black Canary and Oliver Queen, both masters of a variety of martial arts, the former being one of the most skilled martial artists on the planet. Red Arrow has also been tutored throughout his life by Hal Jordan, a skilled boxer and regularly sparred with Nightwing
Moo Gi Gong
Throwing: Roy is highly skilled in the use of throwing weapons, and has used bolas, balls, knives and other various weapons and hurled them with amazing accuracy.
Weaponry: Master of Moo Gi Gong. Roy is extremely proficient with a wide array of weaponry. He can take virtually any object and use it in combat as an effective weapon.He's a master of all manner of weapons in his own right.
Leadership: Despite his occasional goofy nature, Roy has a serious side that has allowed him to lead teams in the past, including both the New Titans and the Outsiders.
Multilingualism: Along with his native English, Roy can also speak also speak Navajo, Japanese and Russian.
(aramis knight, 18, he/him) - are you ready to fight for your world, DAMIAN WAYNE? through everything that’s happened in the world, you’re known to go by BATMAN and have been said to be INTELLIGENT and ARROGANT. over the past three years, you could be located at EARTH-2 and word out there is that your abilities include MARTIAL ARTISTRY, STEALTH, AND GENIUS LEVEL INTELLECT. seems like that’s going to help you survive this apocalypse.
Don’t patronize me or I’ll break your face.
History
the son of bruce wayne and talia al ghul, damian was raised for ten years in the league of assassins. he became an incredibly skilled and deadly assassin at a very young age, growing in skills and intelligence as he was meant to be the heir of the league
however, when his mother introduced him and his father, it was under the assumption bruce would join them. damian chose to defect from the league and join his father in gotham instead
with bruce gone, dick took up the mantle of batman and chose damian to be his robin. it was during this time he began to learn the ropes of heroism and gained an understanding of how to use his skills to help people
upon his father’s resurrection, damian began working with him as robin and was taught that life was not meant to be taken
sometime down the line, his mother resurfaced as the head of the levithan. with a hit out on his head thanks to his mother, attempts were made to kill him, though talia eventually had a clone of damian made, known as the heretic
faking his death and forced to stay hidden, damian refused to allow his family to fight while he did not. he chose to disobey and joined the fight. it was then that the heretic made his appearance, and in order to protect dick’s life, damian fought him and was impaled through the chest
after a year or so, he was finally resurrected. fuck dc for saying damian went to hell
he began to get back into his old life as robin, though he remained haunted by his death and everything that had come with it.
is a vegetarian and an animal lover. will find him collecting pets
has a lot of scars on his body. like. a lot
still has nightmares about dying
when the anti-life equation hit, damian lost so much in his life. losing people he loved and cared for really hit him harder than it normally would because he never had an opportunity to be open about how much he cared.
taking on the mantle of batman at 15 was one of the hardest things he had to do in his life, and the weight on his shoulders was beyond heavy
Present
for the last 3 years damian has been on eart-2 helping everyone that came over on the arks settle into their new life and helping with the new justice league
still carries the weight of the cowl very heavily on his shoulders but he’s trying his best to live up to the legacy that was left behind by his father
once the SOS was sent out by cyborg, of course he jumped to help and figure out what was happening, so he was one of the ones to come back to their earth in order to figure out what was going on
Abilities
Genius Level Intellect: Damian has inherited a genius IQ from his father.
Intimidation
Investigation: Damian, having been trained under the "World's Greatest Detective", has been able to deduce people's actions as well as solve mysteries with few amounts of data.
Martial Arts: Trained by the League of Assassins, Damian has stated he knows just as many martial arts as Batman and can use them more effectively. This may be a largely overstated comment but one should not ask for verification. Damian may not be physically tough but he knows how to control his weight and has stated that he knows, "one thousand ways to kill a man." Damian's training has made him a formidable hand-to-hand combatant able to defeat or hold his own against multiple opponents, armed opponents or skilled hand-to-hand combatants.
Stealth: Damian was able to sneak into Gotham City and furthermore into the Batcave virtually undetected until he felt necessary. Of all the Robins, Damian may be the one that is the most silent
Swordsmanship: Damian assaulted both Tim Drake and Bruce Wayne on separate occasions with his sword, apparently the same sword used by Ra's al Ghul. Although Damian no longer uses his sword he may be unmatched with one if armed correctly.
Throwing: Damian is trained by the League of Assassins in shuriken throwing and further trained by Batman in Batarang throwing.
(gal gadot, 5000~, she/her) - are you ready to fight for your world, DIANA PRINCE? through everything that’s happened in the world, you’re known to go by WONDER WOMAN and have been said to be COMPASSIONATE and UNCOMPROMISING. over the past three years, you could be located at WONDER CITY and word out there is that your abilities include AMAZONIAN ENHANCEMENTS AND COMBAT, ACCELERATED HEALING, ADVANCED COMBAT, FLIGHT, AND ANIMAL EMPATHY. seems like that’s going to help you survive this apocalypses.
History ;;
we all know diana so i won’t make this too long, i will mainly be using dceu for her as it’s what i know best but i’m more than happy to incorporate comics events into backgrounds to line up with other characters!
diana was born on themyscira to the queen, hippolyta. for a long time it was hidden from her that she’s the daughter of hippolyta and zeus, and has the ability to slay a god
her mother wanted to keep her safe from the dangers of the world, both man and god, and so she never told her, even trying to keep diana from training and learning to fight and defend herself
diana was determined to learn, though, and prompted her aunt, antiope, to train her. as she grew diana became incredibly skilled and strong, pushed by antiope and hippolyta to become the best fighter the amazons had
she left man’s world with steve trevor to help end WW1, convinced it had been caused by ares and that it was her duty as an amazon to defeat him. this is how she learned the truth of her conception and, despite losing steve, was able to defeat ares
she’s stayed in man’s world ever since, mostly working in the shadows to defend people and help humanity where she can, until bruce wayne stubbornly came into her life and convinced her to take a more public role as wonder woman, and as part of the justice league
Key personality traits ;;
diana’s compassion knows no bounds, and she will go to any length she can to help and protect people. as hesitant as she had been to take on more of a public role, or a leadership sort of role in the world, she’s risen wonderfully to the occasion
despite this compassion, diana has little patience for those who are evil or have chosen a life of crime and cruelty. she would take a much harsher stance with them than either bruce or clark thanks to her nature as a warrior, where they would be much more likely to give second chances
she has a very strong conviction and will always fight for what’s right, despite what anyone else might say or think. she’s not above reason, though, knowing when she needs to pull back and trust in others
Where they were when the anti-life equation hit, and what they’ve been doing over the past 3 years ;;
diana was safe on themyscira with her mother when the anti-life equation hit. while she received bruce’s emergency signal, it was lois’ call that brought her back to help find a way to fight the equation spreading through the human race faster than any plague they’d ever seen.
there’s a deviation from comic events here, clark didn’t infect diana and she didn’t turn into one of the fallen
fortunate to escape with her life and her mind as the arks were built and the survivors were gathered, diana made a decision. she couldn’t abandon earth, the planet that had housed both of her homes her entire life. even though themyscira had been largely lost as the arks escaped earth, diana couldn’t abandon those left behind. the arks had enough heroes to defend them, and she knew cassie would do well in her place.
no, diana chose to stay. after losing bruce and so much of his family, she knew she couldn’t abandon gotham, and with the batcave’s supplies and bruce’s habit of setting up as many contingencies as possible, diana knew it was a good base. besides, beneath the city lay wonder city. ever since the arks disappeared, diana has been helping survivors find their way to wonder city where they can live in safety and without fear of the equation reaching them.
the past three years have been a process of making the underground city as habitable as possible, and developing a network of underground transport tunnels to be able to reach other survivors such as ivy and those who sought refuge above ground in the green, and those who have managed to find save havens throughout the country.
beyond all else, though, she’s been trying to find any kind of hint of a cure to this mess.
( sebastian stan, 100+, he/him ) - are you ready to fight for your world, BUCKY BARNES? through everything that’s happened in the world, you’re known to go by THE WINTER SOLDIER and have been said to be DETERMINED and UNYIELDING. over the past three years, you could be located at WONDER CITY and word out there is that your abilities include SUPERHUMANLY ENHANCED STRENGTH, SPEED, REFLEXES, HEALING, STAMINA, AND AGILITY, A CYBERNETIC ENHANCED LEFT ARM, AND EXPERT ESPIONAGE/MARKSMAN/TACTICAL SKILLS. seems like that’s going to help you survive this apocalypses. ( c, 21+, she/her, ast ).
james buchanan barnes was born in 1917. he was a good student and fairly athletic, though his school record probably wasn’t great. when he befriended steve rogers as children, beating up bullies that tried to mess with him became a pastime. steve was a scrapper, always ‘had ‘em on the ropes’ but james — better known to friends and family as bucky — was the kind of person who couldn’t sit back and watch the people he loved hurt. they were inseparable and the majority of bucky’s happy memories all include steve. the unhappy ones too probably, considering steve’s health wasn’t great when they were young and he probably worried about him 24/7.
he was idealistic when he enlisted and was assigned to the 107th in 1943. he was young, all smiles and charm, and really believed in the cause. or believed that he believed, which rounds out the same in the end. he was a waterweight champion prior to enlisting and was given sniper training shortly after he got his papers. from there, everything went from sort of good to bad. his regiment were kidnapped by hydra and he was experimented on by a scientist named zola. they injected him with a walmart brand supersoldier serum, trying to replicate the success that they had with captain america, but his regiment was rescued and he vowed to fight against hydra by steve’s side.
on a mission, fighting alongside steve — newly super serum’d up and way buffer than he remembered — he was blasted from a train car. he was clinging to the railing that gave way moments before steve could grab his hand. he was assumed dead as he fell a significant drop. the serum is probably what saved him and gave hydra the perfect opportunity to grab him. he was experimented on extensively and technologically upgraded with a cybernetic arm to make him even more deadly. hydra brainwashed him, implanted code words and conditioning with triggers, so they could control him and make him the perfect weapon.
in his past, in and out of cryo, he trained natasha romanoff in the red room. there were a number of super soliders, other projects that were deemed failures or too unstable to function, but the black widows were the soviet’s baby so to speak. up until recently, he didn’t remember anything about his time in the red room. or the time he shot a mark through natasha. awko.
over the next 70 years, they’d pull him in and out of cryofreeze, wiping his memory between missions, to have complete a series of prolific assassinations and missions. he became a ghost story, referred to in whispers in the intelligence community as the winter solider, and was known to be extremely deadly.
bucky continued to operate as an hydra asset until the fall of hydra within s.h.i.e.l.d. in 2013. his programming was starting to fail, triggers from his former life waking up parts of him that he’d thought were long gone, and he was starting to remember things. the man on the bridge. i remember him. he pulls steve out of the river after the helicarrier crashes, visits the exhibit at the smithsonian, and then disappears. it takes years for him to sort through his memories, writing things down frantically in notebooks as quickly as they appear in case they disappear again. on top of the horrific memories of the things he’s done, the people he’s hurt, he has blanks and gaps that he doesn’t know how to quantify. so he hides, he stays off shield and the governments radar, and he tries to figure out who and what he is. that is, until his picture’s on the news, steve’s crashing back into his life, and there’s another fight to be fought. except this time, it’s over him. and he’s not sure he deserves it.
this is getting really sad so i’m moving on. anyways. after the events of civil war, when nemo used his conditioning to turn him against the people he cared about, he knew he was a liability. until they could fix him, figure out a way to condition his brain back to normal, he went into cryofreeze again in wakanda. a year, maybe a little more, and he’s out. he has a new arm, which he refuses to wear initially, and his mind’s clearer than it’s been in years. the memories still come and go, the journaling never stops, but at least now he has a clear picture of what’s real and what was implanted by hydra. he knows, in an abstract way, who he is again. what he is, however, is up for debate.
anyways yes he spent some time in wakanda trying to heal, figure out what comes next, and just take a breather. everyone he knew before is dead, the people he cared about he hurt, and there’s so much blood on his hands he practically drowns in it. ( do i think he stayed out in a hut because his nightmares prompted violent shouts sometimes and he was embarrassed? yes. does he still have them? sometimes. ) shortly before the equation, steve smuggled him back in the states when he felt confident that he was no longer a danger to the people around him.... and after, when the world was fracturing, his past crimes didn’t seem to matter so much.
what have they been doing in the last three years?
ever since the equation, bucky’s been on the ground in wonder city and the surrounding areas. sometimes he helps get refugees into the city, or goes on missions to find resources; whatever he can do to be helpful. he has a stockpile of coffee and is always happy to share it with friends. it was his first priority when the world started going to shit and he has a massive stock now. #priorities.
his ptsd, however, hasn’t fared so great in the apocalypse. he suffers from mild dissociative episodes where he’ll retreat into himself, disappearing for hours or even days at a time.
oh and because he has a walmart version of the super soldier serum pumping through his veins, he’s semi-resistant to the anti-life equation. he can be infected but his body will gradually fight it off within a few hours. he’s been infected twice and thankfully the casualties were minimal. so while he takes more risks than the average person, he’s very conscious of how lethal him getting infected could be.
how will they react to having the others come back from earth-2?
he understands why the heroes had to leave, even if he doesn’t necessarily agree with the choice. this world was wartorn, it needed them, and he’ll always wonder if more people could have been saved if they’d had more help. he’s never wanted to be in the fight but for all the hurt he’s caused, all the pain, he figures staying behind in a ravaged city is a good step towards retribution.
