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'''''[http://dc-nation.dreamwidth.org/profile DC Nation]''''' is a [http://dreamwidth.org Dreamwidth] (formerly [[~~Live Journal~~]] [[Journal Roleplay|based collaborative roleplaying community]]) based play-by-blog game set in the pre-reboot [[DC Universe]], ignoring most of DC canon from Infinite Crisis onwards, but allows things in players like, like there being two Blue Beetles and keeping Superboy and Kid Flash alive.

'''''[http://dc-nation.dreamwidth.org/profile DC Nation]''''' is a [http://dreamwidth.org Dreamwidth] (formerly [[LiveJournal]] [[Journal Roleplay|based collaborative roleplaying community]]) based play-by-blog game set in the pre-reboot [[DC Universe]], ignoring most of DC canon from Infinite Crisis onwards, but allows things in players like, like there being two Blue Beetles and keeping Superboy and Kid Flash alive.

Players apply for characters and come up with plots to act out. It can be considered one big ongoing [[Fanfic]], which has been running since May 2004 and continues to be written by dozens of people. Before April 2008, Nation's canon was the same as another LJ community, JLA Watchtower. (See below for details.)

Unlike many [[~~Live Journal~~]]/Dreamwidth role-plays, Nation more or less sticks with a consistent storyline. Many of the same events that happened in "Standard" DC will happen in Nationverse...but in a different fashion - sometimes subtle, and sometimes wildly diverging. The Green Lantern arcs up until Blackest Night tend to pretty much follow the comics with few alterations. Titans story arcs are more notorious for their divergences. Since Blackest Night, however, the community has had little interest in developing further storylines from the comics, particularly from nu52 because of an obvious difference in vision, direction and now [[Alternate Continuity|canon]]

Unlike many [[LiveJournal]]/Dreamwidth role-plays, Nation more or less sticks with a consistent storyline. Many of the same events that happened in "Standard" DC will happen in Nationverse...but in a different fashion - sometimes subtle, and sometimes wildly diverging. The Green Lantern arcs up until Blackest Night tend to pretty much follow the comics with few alterations. Titans story arcs are more notorious for their divergences. Since Blackest Night, however, the community has had little interest in developing further storylines from the comics, particularly from nu52 because of an obvious difference in vision, direction and now [[Alternate Continuity|canon]]

There is currently a sister community for Marvel characters, Marvel_Universe, as well as other community-based games run by the same troupe.

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* [[Snark Knight]]: Tara "Green Shield" Strong. She's faster with the snark than with a bow, and can't even manage to ''pray'' without sarcasm. Then again, if your three hero mentors were in a [[Love Triangle]], you'd probably be plenty snarky, too.

{{quote|'''Green Shield''' (in her [[Character Blog]]): ''"Hi, Mom. Hi Dad. How's Cape May? Fine? Guess what? I just helped save the world up here. Yeah, all in a days work. Me? Noooo...not at Star U, Mom. I got something rare that was eating my nerves and muscles up - something terminal. No...Mom...Mom...MOM...I'm fine, really. I injected myself with a ton and a half of chemicals and I'm fine. No, I'm not on drugs but I can stop bullets with my abs. Interesting side effect of it all. No. Cyndi's right. I'm not with her. I've been staying with a lady who wears fishnets to work, [[Green Arrow|a Buddhist, an AIDS patient, and a LIBERAL!]] Cool huh? Mom, you're NOT dying of a heart attack yet? Wait'll meet my boyfriend. No. He's not a med student. He's 17 and living at a bar with a redneck [[Green Lantern]]...but he has no fear, Ma, trust me. No, I haven't been to confession yet, but there's an angel up here on the satellite that says I don't need to...Did I mention the kung fu guy I'm going to be getting my med degree from who calls himself Mid-Night?"''}}

* [[Spin-Off]]: DC Nation was originally comprised of players from the [[~~Live Journal~~]] community JLA Watchtower, and from May of 2004 to April of 2008 (roughly) the continuity of both places is the same. Starting in January of 2008, there was an incident which caused a disruption to the com. Soon after, Watchtower proposed a "Crisis" style story incident that would reset the continuity. Some who wanted to keep the game's storyline chose to form DC Nation where the old continuity would continue.

* [[Spin-Off]]: DC Nation was originally comprised of players from the [[LiveJournal]] community JLA Watchtower, and from May of 2004 to April of 2008 (roughly) the continuity of both places is the same. Starting in January of 2008, there was an incident which caused a disruption to the com. Soon after, Watchtower proposed a "Crisis" style story incident that would reset the continuity. Some who wanted to keep the game's storyline chose to form DC Nation where the old continuity would continue.

* [[Stripperiffic]]: More than a few of the female superheroes and villains.

** This trope also applies to the first male Star Sapphire, Terry Berg. His default costume is just as skimpy and revealing as that of the female members of the Corps. He's since dubbed the Star Sapphires the 'Clothing Optional Corps' because of it.

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