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[Oliver Queen]

I have a whole heap of ideas for characters that might be cool in our setting. Rather than have fifty million characters of my own, I figured I'd throw up some of the details for some of them, and see if any of it piques anyone's interest.

If you have any "it would be cool if someone else played..." ideas too, feel free to chuck 'em up in here too.

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Jesse Quick

In the comics, Jesse Chambers is the daughter of Johnny Quick (a 1940s knock-off of The Flash), and Liberty Belle. She is a speedster, who ends up running her father's company (Quickstart Enterprises), and becomes one of the main members of the modern era Justice Society. She is married to Rick Tyler, who inherits the mantle of Hourman from Rex Tyler (who I play). She's due to appear at some point in Season 2 of The Flash, though we don't know when yet.

I would love to see Jesse Quick as a sort of Felicity Smoak style character. I've been eyeballing Quickstart Enterprises as the media/marketing subsidiary for Queen Consolidated, and having Jesse as a young, slightly scatter-brained, but incredibly intelligent businesswoman in the mix at QC could be really cool. Potentially she could become a friend/ally of Oliver Queen when he starts to investigate the company. Also, rather than have her father be the knock-off version of the Flash, it might be cool if he actually was Jay Garrick (who I write): that would make things interesting because a) my Jay Garrick has ties to Checkmate, the ominous shadow cabal that owns/controls Queen Consolidated, and b) it would make her a more legit/genuine heir to the Flash name, which could make for some interesting interactions with Wally West.

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Rick Tyler

Richard Tyler is the kid of Rex Tyler, the Golden Age hero Hourman. In the comics, they take a drug called "Miraclo" (the inspiration for Mirakuru on Arrow) which gives them superhuman strength / stamina / reflexes / etc... but only for sixty minutes at a time, and you can only take one dose a day. Rex has to stop being Hourman because of addiction / side effects reasons, and Rick has a kind of crappy relationship. For reasons I can't quite remember, at one point Rick also had limited precognition of some sort. There's also another successor to the Hourman title, who is a robot "based on Hourman's DNA", whatever the heck that means.

In our continuity, Rex Tyler is one of the main scientists for Queen Consolidated's shady research. He is working to "perfect" his Mirakuru drug, and is experimenting with other things to do it: such as the Venom compound that gives Bane his super-strength. I would love to see Rick factor into the story somehow. Perhaps he is some brattish kid who doesn't care that his dad wants him to follow in his footsteps. Perhaps he's a willing successor, and is eager to try out the latest new version of his dad's super-pill. Perhaps he is an unwilling participant, whose father has guilted him or brainwashed him into being used as a test subject. Perhaps he's not Rex's real son after all: perhaps he is a clone that Rex has tried to modify so he possesses those powers innately; or perhaps he is a robot, like Matt Tyler, but has been programmed to believe that he is real / to believe that his powers only work for an hour at a time? He could make for a pretty interesting reluctant villain for our vigilante community to keep butting heads with... perhaps one that can eventually be convinced to become a good guy in the long run?

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Harvey Bullock = Gene Hunt

Gotham may not be the greatest TV show in the world, but there's something about the dynamic between Jim Gordon and Harvey Dent that reminds me a lot of the (original/UK version) of Life on Mars. You've got the angry, by-the-book Jim Gordon / Sam Tyler character who slowly comes off the rails as the story progresses; and you've got the seventies throwback "I will beat you until you talk" Harvey Bullock / Gene Hunt character who manages to be surprisingly charming and likeable despite his work antics.

Obviously I would not be able to use actual Jim Gordon, but there are some other GCPD characters who would make a cool alternative. If someone fancies having a crack at Gene Hunt as an American, that would be pretty gosh darn awesome.

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STAR Labs / DEO Gotham

As I am in the process of expositioning in a thread at the moment, STAR Labs is our universe's version of the "National Laboratories" funded by the Department of Energy, and the DEO is sort of the... FBI for "special" people. The DEO is the agency that is going to play a big part in stopping aliens in Supergirl; in the comics meanwhile, it's an agency that goes around recruiting vigilantes and metahumans to help them stop other vigilantes and metahumans - Batwoman being one of their most notable agents.

My plan for Booster Gold is to set him up at a "field office" that happens to be in the same building as STAR Labs Gotham, which is where they do a lot of weapons/gizmo research: the idea being that if Batman, Green Arrow, Wayne Enterprises, Queen Consolidated, etc are all active in Gotham, having a future tech agent like Booster Gold based at a tech research lab like STAR Labs is a really useful resource for helping out the police and getting to the bottom of why the hell there are so many vigilantes in Gotham City right now. Also, as the Justice League situation begins to grow/expand, it's a potentially handy resource for the JLA to work with / interact with towards that end.

The DEO has everything from regular FBI style agents to vigilantes and metahumans, and STAR Labs has scope for all kinds of sciency characters. Ted Kord could be a really good fit, as would Ray Palmer (who was basically Ted Kord in Arrow anyway). Batwoman, or Huntress, or maybe even Nightwing might be interesting options for Gotham agents that the DEO has influenced/blackmailed/convinced to work for them. Someone like Ragman or Jason Blood might be cool too... though the GCPD does already have a couple of occult detectives (Doctor Fate and Constantine) working for them.

This is one of those "if the idea piques your interest, I can absolutely suggest a character who'll fit with what you want to do" situations, so if you might maybe be interested, let me know.