History Roleplay / DCNation

* LampshadeHanging: Elements of genuine [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] silliness or [[StopHavingFunGuys over the top]] DarkerAndEdgier material is mocked or shown as an undesirable outcome. Arguably, elements of their own canon are occasionally lampshaded as well.

* UsefulNotes/{{The Silver Age|OfComicBooks}} and UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}}: several of the admins and players mine these eras in all of their cracktastic glory. There's also a great fondness for the Wolfman-Perez Titans run.
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: trends more to the idealistic end, but still keeps things like Luthor getting elected president. Includes a strong CapeBusters movement. The game's tone is closer to UsefulNotes/{{the Bronze Age|OfComicBooks}} than anything else. WhiteAndGreyMorality and BlackAndWhiteMorality are used, as many original villains like Duke Kostan and Pharras are [[WellIntentionedExtremist motivated (at least initially) by understandable, if not somewhat noble]], goals.

* LampshadeHanging: Elements of genuine [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] [[WhatDoyouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs silliness]] or [[StopHavingFunGuys over the top]] DarkerAndEdgier material is mocked or shown as an undesirable outcome. Arguably, elements of their own canon are occasionally lampshaded as well.

* TheWikiRule: Since the game's been going on for over five years, [[http://dcnation.wetpaint.com/sitemap?t=anon a Wiki]] was created to help [[WhatIsGoingOn potential new players and readers]] and prevent ContinuityLockout.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfRoles - Varies. Some players only take one or two roles. The record-holder (one of the admins) has 13.

** Hank-Hawk and Dawn-Dove always had elements of this, but Nation is having fun cranking it UpToEleven.

* ShoutOut: Plenty to old comics. The character of Hugo provided a lot more to ''Film/TheLordOftheRings'' and ''Film/TheMatrix'' (Black Lantern Hugo is practically an undead Agent Smith). The plotline of "J" had several generous ones to ''Film/{{Tron}}'', including a "soundtrack" of Music/{{Journey}} tunes.

Unlike many [=LiveJournal=]/Dreamwidth role-plays, Nation more or less sticks with a consistent storyline and the troupe works more like a writing staff than traditional LJ RP's which tend to be more situation-based. Many (but not all) of the same events of the last 10 years that happened in "Standard" DC will habe happened in Nationverse...but in a different fashion - sometimes subtle, and sometimes wildly diverging. The Green Lantern arcs up until Blackest Night tend to pretty much follow the comics with few alterations. Titans story arcs are more notorious for their divergences. Since Blackest Night, however, the community has had little interest in developing further storylines from the comics, particularly from nu52 because of an obvious difference in vision, direction and now [[AlternateContinuity canon]].

* BiTheWay: Several characters. (And several of the ''players'')

* ShoutOut: Plenty to old comics. The character of Hugo provided a lot more to ''Film/LordOftheRings'' and ''Film/TheMatrix'' (Black Lantern Hugo is practically an undead Agent Smith). The plotline of "J" had several generous ones to ''Film/{{Tron}}'', including a "soundtrack" of Music/{{Journey}} tunes.

** Played for comedy in [=DCNation=]'s [[http://community.livejournal.com/dc_nation/tag/%22heaven+or+las+vegas%22 Heaven or Las Vegas]]. The Zamaraons attempt to figure out what makes the {{Green Lantern}}s of Earth tick and refine the process behind the Star Sapphire rings. To do this, they take the Earth-based lanterns, and put them in a theme-park version of Las Vegas. While most of the Lanterns wake up in the surreal "test environment" with the woman they're currently dating, Hal wakes up in bed with Carol Ferris, Arisia, "Cowgirl Jill," and [[Comicbook/{{Blackhawk}} Zinda "Lady Blackhawk" Blake]] -- ALL AT ONCE.

* RefugeInAudacity: Travis Grey, a blind street kid turned GreenLantern runs on this Trope. In his first appearance, he ''steals'' Hal Jordan's wallet and ring, then uses the ring to start mopping up his hellish urban neighborhood. When Hal and Guy show up to get the ring back, the kid ''dares'' them to take it! (Hal's less than thrilled. Guy struggles not to fall over laughing.) Justified as he has a form of brain damage that makes him unable to process certain emotions (like fear) normally.

-->'''Green Shield''' (in her CharacterBlog): ''"Hi, Mom. Hi Dad. How's Cape May? Fine? Guess what? I just helped save the world up here. Yeah, all in a days work. Me? Noooo...not at Star U, Mom. I got something rare that was eating my nerves and muscles up - something terminal. No...Mom...Mom...MOM...I'm fine, really. I injected myself with a ton and a half of chemicals and I'm fine. No, I'm not on drugs but I can stop bullets with my abs. Interesting side effect of it all. No. Cyndi's right. I'm not with her. I've been staying with a lady who wears fishnets to work, [[ComicBook/GreenArrow a Buddhist, an AIDS patient, and a LIBERAL!]] Cool huh? Mom, you're NOT dying of a heart attack yet? Wait'll meet my boyfriend. No. He's not a med student. He's 17 and living at a bar with a redneck GreenLantern...but he has no fear, Ma, trust me. No, I haven't been to confession yet, but there's an angel up here on the satellite that says I don't need to...Did I mention the kung fu guy I'm going to be getting my med degree from who calls himself Mid-Night?"''

* NearVillainVictory: Ra's al Ghul's Plague. Millions are dying, the rookie member of Clan Arrow has to give CPR to Superman. The father and son ComicBook/{{Green Arrow}}s have collapsed from exhaustion and the effects of the plague. Even the goddamn Batman is left mortally wounded. But when a last-minute solution is found by a dozen heroes, it roars back in a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.

* ShoutOut: Plenty to old comics. The character of Hugo provided a lot more to ''Film/LordOftheRings'' and ''Film/TheMatrix'' (Black Lantern Hugo is practically an undead Agent Smith). The plotline of "J" had several generous ones to {{Tron}}, including a "soundtrack" of Music/{{Journey}} tunes.

* ThePowerOfActing: Hugo Anders. Justified as he ''was'' an alternate-universe version of HugoWeaving (long story). Armed only with this, a set of BrassBalls, and maybe a Desert Eagle, he willingly married into the Titans and acted as support staff until Blackfire got the drop on him.

'''''[[http://dc-nation.dreamwidth.org/profile DC_Nation]]''''' is a [[http://dreamwidth.org Dreamwidth]] (formerly LiveJournal [[JournalRoleplay based collaborative roleplaying community]]) based play-by-blog game set in the pre-reboot Franchise/DCUniverse, ignoring most of DC canon from Infinite Crisis onwards, but allows things in players enjoy. For example, both Jamie Reyes and Ted Kord Blue Beetles are in play and characters who are dead or have been written out of canon (Superboy, Kid Flash, Troia, etc.) alive.

Unlike many LiveJournal/Dreamwidth role-plays, Nation more or less sticks with a consistent storyline and the troupe works more like a writing staff than traditional LJ RP's which tend to be more situation-based. Many (but not all) of the same events of the last 10 years that happened in "Standard" DC will habe happened in Nationverse...but in a different fashion - sometimes subtle, and sometimes wildly diverging. The Green Lantern arcs up until Blackest Night tend to pretty much follow the comics with few alterations. Titans story arcs are more notorious for their divergences. Since Blackest Night, however, the community has had little interest in developing further storylines from the comics, particularly from nu52 because of an obvious difference in vision, direction and now [[AlternateContinuity canon]].

* SpinOff: DC Nation was originally comprised of players from the LiveJournal community JLA Watchtower, and from May of 2004 to April of 2008 (roughly) the continuity of both places is the same. Starting in January of 2008, there was an incident which caused a disruption to the com. Soon after, Watchtower proposed a "Crisis" style story incident that would reset the continuity. Some who wanted to keep the game's storyline chose to form DC Nation where the old continuity would continue.