By popular demand...

[craigoxbrow]

Well, because Mr Tinworth asked, and I'm feeling buoyed up by the forumite who asked for Demon suggestions saying he'll definitely use my ideas as the post "gave (him) the shivers just to read it"...


It's pretty simple, all things considered.

Dr. Strange is the Giles of the Marvel Universe, and I'd treat him as such.

Taking on ideas from Vertigo and the World Of Darkness as well as the Buffyverse, he is a plainclothes modern sorcerer in a world more like our own than he usually appears in.

I'd ditch the psychedelic guru superduds in favour of a well-tailored suit and a black walking stick to match his distinguished (if occasionally sinister) appearance. He's well-spoken, refined, witty and incisive. A perfect gentleman, although he can be enigmatic and often mysterious, which some find offputting.

He investigates threats as soon as any signs appear, helps people in need, and battles the forces of darkness with his knowledge and wits rather than bolts of mystic energy.

He's still capable of slapping monsters around with the aforementioned bolts, but he prefers to keep his cards close to his chest - and with good reason. Each time he draws power is a signal to anything watching with magical senses.

Essentially, he'd be the hero of a series in the mode of Buffy and Angel - a series about helping people through intelligence and determination rather than saving the world through massive superheroic action.

You have been warned.

Apparently Marvel have a Strange revamp on ice, called Witches and featuring him as mentor to a trio of Charmed-alike reworkings of female mystic characters, and have done for a couple years now.

Sure, it'll never happen (certainly not with Dr. Strange) but this is the kind of thing I think about while switching between additions to a number of other projects.

Comments

[titusbr.livejournal.com]

I'd go for it, because I really think he should be brought back from darkness with style, but he's got to have something to distinguish himself from Giles and COnstantine.

Watched the original movie from de 70s other day on cable. Well, at least some scenes. Oh, the horror.

[craigoxbrow.livejournal.com]

Differentiating him from Constantine is pretty easy. He isn't a git. Giles is trickier, because he's another example of the same archetype, but putting him front and centre instead of mentoring the real hero would be a big step. As is, it's a change from Strange needing to be distinguished from Dr. Fate, which was the old "he's like Marvel's version of..." conflict. (Hence Dr. Strangefate in the Amalgam crossover, one of the really obvious ones they did.)

[adders.livejournal.com]

Of course, one major difference between Giles and Strange is nationality, something that creates immediate clear blue water, if done right. Make his stylish, sure. Just make sure he remains American.

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