When The Crime Syndicate's lust for power leads them to search for other universes to conquer, an equipment malfunction causes Owlman to find himself trapped in a world inhabited chiefly by small talking ponies and mythical creatures, a world he considers almost too easy to conquer. When his clandestine activities attract the attention of Ponyville's Night Court Representative and her fellow Knights of the Realm and Elements of Harmony, he may find himself reconsidering.
Written for the Lunaverse Crossover Challenge. As a crossover, this won't fall into official Lunaverse canon, but neither should it contradict it. Reading prior Lunaverse fics or Antimatter Universe DC comics isn't required for the enjoyment of this story, but I would highly recommend it, nonetheless.
That scene with Pokey was pure genius
This is an interesting premise, can't wait to read the rest... Might have to wait until I've slept though.
I'd so watch this show!
Which Owlman is this since at least one Owlman wore a strength enhancing suit that let him match the strength of Wonder Woman at least for a little while.
Brilliant and fun!
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He's meant to be basically the Antimatter Universe Owlman, though I threw in a few other ideas from the various other versions of Owlman. He does have devices that enhance his strength, though for the sake of this story, I'd say Wonder Woman levels are probably a bit much.
"I really think we should figure a way out of here, Bruce. Something tells me this bunch is far more competent than the ones that I nearly tricked into letting the Syndicate into their world."
"Odd. I never thought I'd ever agree with you, Tom."
Well, at least it isn't the idiot from Brave and the Bold.....If it was, Red Hood would be hanging around making quips.
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This one just has to deal with The Jokester, who Owlman pretty much created when he killed his manager and love interest, Harley Quinn, and slashed his mouth to give him a permanent smile. All 'cause he couldn't take a joke. Jokester's a good guy, but still a bit psychotic like his evil counterpart, so he's probably be more fun than Red Hood.
This was all sorts of fun. Though the recent animated movie has the unfortunate effect of me hearing James Woods' voice acting for Owlman throughout. Still, Cheerilee more than made up for it.
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I know, right?
Anyway, I was really wanting to actually give Cheerilee a justification for being the Element of Laughter in the Lunaverse. I mean, she's kind of lighthearted in other Lunaverse stories in which I've seen her, and certainly the type of pony who seems to like to make others happy, but she rarely makes me laugh. I figured I could pull it off while hopefully staying true to her established character, and avoiding making her go full-on Pinkie Pie random with it. I kind of like the idea of her representing a more mature form of humor, while Pinkie Pie is the random, childlike humor.
Ohhh, Owlman...for a moment I confused him with Nite-Owl.
I need to see Crisis on Two Earths...
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Me, too. So far I've only seen clips. I'm more familiar with the comicbook Owlman, personally. It's especially ironic for you, though, given how many people seem to assume that Crisis on Two Equestrias is some kind of homage to it.
Heh. Owlman's initial crime wave reminds me of the Joker's original crime wave from the comics. Only the Joker committed murders, I guess.
Don't do it! You'll just become a Mare in a Refrigerator!
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...I liked the Spoiler...poor Stephanie...
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Yeah, it's just the name. In fact when I first thought it up I wasn't even aware of Two Earths, though I was aware of Infinite Earths.
Incidentally...did Owlman end up in the main universe with Batman...or an Evil Alternate version of the mainverse, that Batman has been stuck in?
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He ended up in M!Equestria, yeah. I don't know if I was obvious enough, but the book that Owlman stole is intended to be whatever book (or possibly a copy of the book) Twilight learned her dimension hopping spell. Cheerilee recognized it in Act II because I imagine, this being intended to be sometime post-Crisis, she would have seen it in Twilight's collection that Trixie was... borrowing. The actual reason that he ended up in M!Equestria, therefore, is that he made the same mistaken assumption that Twilight did, and thought the spell would take him to whatever universe he wanted, but it's actually destination-specific.
That, and the whole thought that made me do this is that, if the Lunaverse is the mirror universe to the Mane Universe and Owlman's Antimatter Universe is the mirror to the normal DCU, then if Owlman ends up going to Equestria he would end up in the Lunaverse while Batman would naturally end up in the Maneverse. Much like canon Star Trek Kirk would beam down to M!Equestria and mirror Kirk would try to conquer L!Equestria. Kind of a weird idea, granted, but it appealed to me.
Yeah! Wait! This is Post-CO2E?!
2846614 Yeah, it's meant to be, though I have no idea how it's going to end.
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Okay.
> “¿Why so serious?”
That is so familiar. I have no idea why.
;-)
> “’Well,’ Trixie huffed haughtily. ’I see we have a neighsayer in the audience.’”
It seems like I heard this line, somewhere.
;-)
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It's almost like I lack the ability to come up with my own memorable lines and instead plagiarize others while covering it up with the façade of an "homage."
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That was a subtle nod, acknowledging your homage. It shows that your readers appreciate and notice what you do, instead of being oblivious. Since you do not like subtly, I shall be blatant instead:
¡Great homage to the Dark Night!
¡Great homage to 01:06 BoastBusters!
Homages are good. They tie works together. I a crossover, it is good to have references and homages to both universes.
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I need to apologize:
I had a bad day and when I read "It's almost like I lack the ability to come up with my own memorable lines and instead plagiarize. … ", My mind jumpedto not a pony accusing me of accusing the pony of plagerizism. In my bad mood, I did not even notice the rest of the comment fully. All I got was that you tried to explain that it was a homage, so I aggressively explained that I understood that.
I guess that this is why my grandma always said that before making an angry telephonecall or writing an angry letter, one should sleep on it, and in the case of the letter, sleep on it yet another night before mailing.
Saying that I made an ass out of myself would be an insult to Matilda and Cranky Doodle Donkey.
Sorry.
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I didn't take it poorly to begin with.