Back Issue Bin - Arc 5
THE MORALITY OF MORTALITY | Arc 5
image In this story arc of our American Gods we have just witnessed the turn of the tide. Brian, Mandy, Jack and Arthur have always referred to themselves as Survivors, however they have faced mother nature herself... and won. Our story begins anew as the survivors of American Airlines Flight 283 begin to see the evidence that they are truly seperate from mortal men. Like it or not, the Survivors ARE Godlike. Lines in the sand are being drawn - a politician, a firefighter, the young heir, and a cook may have chosen to play in the big boy's sandbox... But who gets to choose sides?
- issue # 26:5 : "Lines in the Sand" , January 23th, 2006.
- PREVIEW: In the days following the massive aftershocks in Kashmir, Jack and Arthur plan a event of their own... The duo plan to raid "No Man's Land" the Military Base located on the site of the mysterious 5th plane of the 9/11 Disaster. Meanwhile, Brian Jaffe takes his role as the face of these American Gods with the strongest primetime special as yet attended by a Survivor - Barbara Walters. In the wings Mandy returns from her relief efforts, a new friend meets an old one and as they all settle in to the life Mandy's been rebuilding - problems begin to arise...
- RECAP: The Hopewell Survivors would soon return from their time of relief aid, but it's the bits between the cracks that matter most. In the days following the largest aftershocks that nearly buried Mandy and Arthur for good - there would still be time to be GODLIKE!! While Brian toils at entertaining the world interviewed by Barbara Walters, the dynamic duo of Jack and Arthur race across the globe on little sleep to infiltrate "No Man's Land" - leaving Brian and Mandy with solid alibi.
- issue # 27:5 : "Down the Rabbit Hole" , March 2nd, 2006.
- PREVIEW: Two dogs.
One trained for attack, the other... GODLIKE.
A full compliment of military strength only a call away.
Sixteen Godlike power signatures within 60 feet.
And Jack Bennett-Kennedy and his friend Arthur Redford stand alone!
Stand straight true-believers!!
In this issue - critical decisions that effect all Godlike! Brian Jaffe's face-off in front of the world turns into a pressure cooker, as Mandy Smith discovers more than she may want to know about Contact. The Hopewell Survivors have been at odds with the Government since that fateful September day in 2001 - THIS is the day when lines are drawn in the sand. And at issue's end SOMEONE will be dead!! - RECAP: ???
- PREVIEW: Two dogs.
FUTURE ARC IDEAS The changes we make. Like, the first three arcs are he "establishing arcs" on some level, setting up the broad strokes of who the characters are and how they interact with the world, and after that we get into the "coming into our own for the first time" arc.
To my mind, that makes it the arc of positive changes and bettering the world before the fifth arc, wherein our enemies fuck us up the ass, only for us to win back to goodness in the sixth arc, but that's me.
What changes are the survivers making in the world. Not just us but all over. Now that everyone has had time to get home and time for there powers to begin to reveal themselves and to deal with immediate bigotry and then celebrity. Now I think its about time to see how the survivers are choosing to user their abilitys. Who fades into the wood work who fails tragicly who means well but accomplishes little and who moves mountains and erects great monuments for good or ill.
Then I think that just as we are realy getting into the groove of trying to make a difference some weird revliation about our origin would but a spin or twist on that of some kind.
The next arc would be about discovery of where we get our powers and what happened to us. Only to have said quest/introspection interuped by villains kicking our butts and what not.
