The Defenders Rise again

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"The world still needs heroes standing in the light, heroes they know they can trust and count on, heroes with no agenda beyond simply helping the common man and making the world better, heroes they can believe in again...that is why you are here"

Theme (Ignore the "Avengers assemble" line, this song is still epic): 

Ok, so Civil War has majorly fractured the Marvel Universe, even in this RP where things turned out differently, people aren't as friendly to each other as they used to. Cooperation became a matter of whether you were pro-registration or not and if clashing ideologies met, it didn't end well. Saving the world and helping people is still a major focus, but backdoor politics has become a major hindrance which evil is more than happy to take advantage of. In addition, we have prganizations like SHIELD and The Thunderbolts hunting down any heroes who want to remain independent of the big wigs in the government. 

Time Knight (My Original Character) aims to nullify that 

You see, she is unburdened by alliances and works for herself, all she wishes to do is restore the good name heroes once held and make the world a better place. She will work with anyone to ensure that goal and is, for the most part, a shining knight of the old world and old honor. She also wishes to heal the wounds existing between heroes that Civil War carved and bring people together again, regardless of organizations such as SHIELD and HAMMER looking over their shoulder and telling them who their enemy is. The reformation of The Defenders is one such means

When a new threat begins to take shape in New York, taking advantage of world in it's current state, Time Knight must unravel the mystery on her own as each hero is too busy doing missions for SHIELD, the Government or looking after their own kind. However, there are other heroes who simply wish to get on with life and their mission to help others, and she will call upon them to aid her and, in doing so, pave the way for the resurrection of the Defenders, Earth's Mightiest Warriors coming together in times of extreme need where the Avengers cannot help.

Villains are already chosen but depending on ideas thrown at me, they could change. I welcome any and all ideas and suggestions you can give.

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In this forum, the outcome of the Civil War was different than the "canon" of Marvel, and thus events like the Negative Zone prisons, Peter Parker's unmasking, One More Day (thank god!), Inferior Spider-Trash, Dark Reign, Infinity, AvX, Original Sin, Secret Wars III, and so forth didn't happen in this timeline. And if I am not mistaken the circumstances of the Civil War proper were not necessarily the same there than here. Superheroes and SHIELD, while not always on the same page, relatively get along as far as I have seen, same with most heroes, at least in the stories I have participated in. As for the public, that's another story...

But reforming the Defenders isn't a bad idea either. What I HAVE noticed, probably because I play Daredevil and read the threads, a LOT of people love to focus on the rising crime rates in New York, especially in Hell's Kitchen. Sid's done a great job as Mr. Negative from what I've seen and there are others, so having a team that is more focused on Defending than Avenging wouldn't be such a bad idea. Get the heroes back to their roots.

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Warren's a bit busy, what with being a billionaire, public-face of mutants everywhere, and X-Man to boot. But, in canon, he did have a huge part to play in organizing the Defenders. I wouldn't throw him in as a character to help, but he would be willing to donate some funds to help get the team started. But - so many buts! - there would need to be some semblance of an actual squad. He's not about to waste his money on a ragtag group who may or may not actually work together. He has giant, sea-side mansions for that.

Sooo, in a nutshell, if you get enough people, and can get them all to work together properly, you've got yourself a financial backing.

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Cool

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I have to say, I really like this idea ^^
not sure if you'd want him, but my main cannon, The Porcupine, is a reformed criminal who only wants to help those in need, and keep the city safe for his daughter, so he would fit this team idea pretty well

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As the Headmen opposed the real Defenders, so too will Ruby Thursday oppose these usurpers to that name.

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I am working on a have finished character to be rejected by the Champions and then would join the Defenders if you are interested. It is Blizzard, whose suit allows her to form all sorts of frozen thingies.

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Hey Medic, and everyone!!! We're getting this story started in the Hellbound story by Spiderx, talk to him for details on that story. If you wanna be a defender, go to that story.

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Which runs parallel/immediately following the events of Nuclear Problem. So keep reading that