#or it's like...so what exactly are you suggesting Wally Kyle and Connor find odd about Dick and Tim?

[zahri-melitor]

the Background Default Canon thing always gets me when authors bring the Justice League into Bat fanfics. it's one thing to fudge the timelines because there was some big event happening that took everyone out of commission for a little while, or to play loose with what characterization would have been current for side characters, but so often none of the members they include were even on the League in the years surrounding the events they're writing about. just set your stuff in the DCAU at that point.

Ah yes, I am familiar with that irritation, particularly the "why are Barry, Ollie and Hal alive and members of the Justice League right now" form of it. Barry's the worst offender. Is this story set at any point between COIE and Flashpoint? Barry shouldn't be on the League.

But yes, there's so often a blindness to the fact that the 'classic' JLA lineup was basically absent between COIE and 1997, and had plenty of roster changes over the years from 1997 to 2011. It doesn't have to be perfect, but you could at least take a peek at who were core members around the time.

Because sometimes that sort of story is like "and then the Justice League showed up to help" and you're blinking going... which version? Did Bruce really call Maxima, Ray Terrill, Ted Kord and Captain Atom to help out? Because I can guarantee Bruce didn't want that list to turn up to help out.

#there's also the fact that at least 50% of the 'Justice League in a Bat fanfic' stories are all 'the Robins creep out the League' #and I groan #because either the members are dealing with weirder nonsense 5 days a week #or it's like...so what exactly are you suggesting Wally Kyle and Connor find odd about Dick and Tim? #those are their PEERS #'Today Justice League Elite showed up to help out' #'well Ollie Wally and Cass turned up and Manitou Dawn worried in the background' #'Coldcast came along because he is fond of Cass'