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RedneckRocker First Loyalty: Yourself from None Of Your Business Since: Jan, 2001
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#1: May 3rd 2013 at 1:31:59 PM

Let's face it: Nearly every character will have their backstory retconned, upgraded, and/or expanded at some point. Despite this, there will usually be at least one part that remains unchanged:

  • Captain America MUST have fought in World War II.
  • Frank Castle's family has to die.
  • Thomas and Martha Wayne have to be shot. NOT beaten or stabbed to death; shot (thus giving Bruce his Technical Pacifist nature).
  • Aquaman needs to have some sort of connection to Atlantis (such as being half-human, or the son of an immortal mystic, or whatever).

Any other mandatory factors?

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#2: May 3rd 2013 at 1:35:56 PM

  • Superman must be from Krypton and he must be raised by a family from Kansas. Red son non-standing

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#3: May 3rd 2013 at 1:53:39 PM

[up][up] Martha doesn't always need to be shot.

  • Spider-Man must always let Uncle Ben's Killer go free.
  • Tony Stark must always be held hostage.

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#4: May 3rd 2013 at 2:21:38 PM

  • Wonder Woman must always be a fatherless child raised by supportive women OH WAIT.

To be less snarky:

  • The Fantastic Four must always be transformed because of Reed Richards' hubris.

  • Green Lantern must always be chosen for his power due to his worth.

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#5: May 3rd 2013 at 5:19:26 PM

  • Hank Pym must always have had Janet as a starting partner, as well as had his initial breakdown from his backstory.

  • The X-Men must always have originally been recruited by Charles Xavier for the pursuit of peace between humans and mutants. (Unless you have the son of Xavier go back in time and kill his own daddy, then anything goes.)

edited 3rd May '13 5:19:59 PM by kkhohoho

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#6: May 3rd 2013 at 9:29:00 PM

Magneto and Professor X must have started as friends.

Venom must have a chip on his shoulder when it comes to both Peter Parker and Spider-Man (the original Venom anyway, I have no problem with the current Flash!Venom).

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#7: May 3rd 2013 at 9:32:31 PM

I want to make it mandatory that the Venom symbiote must have more depth than "it makes you EVIL," but unfortunately, the people responsible for the adaptations disagree with me.

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#8: May 3rd 2013 at 9:52:04 PM

The Flash must always gain his powers in some kind of chemical, or otherwise scientific, accident. In my opinion, anyhow.

Superman must always have been rocketed to Earth as an infant from the planet Krypton. I personally would prefer that Krypton had exploded and he was the only survivor (I actually feel that these are essential elements to the myth, with a point stretched on the last factor, under duress, to allow Supergirl and the Phantom Zone and etc) but so long as he's the lonely infant castaway, I suppose that'll do in a pinch.

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#9: May 4th 2013 at 1:49:40 AM

Dr. Doom must have some connection to Reed Richards from prior to the accident that created the Fantastic Four, and it must be one that gives him an undue reason to hate RICHARDS.

The Hulk must be created by scientific accident.

edited 4th May '13 1:50:17 AM by SpaceJawa

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#10: May 4th 2013 at 4:31:13 AM

Like Aquaman above, The Mighty Thor, it goes without saying, needs some connection to Norse Mythology. Whether he's a doctor who finds a wooden stick, a (supposedly) delusional guy with a big hammer, or some other third thing.

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