FAQ: The Fourth World
A lot of people have written in asking why you see so very little of the New Gods in our timeline. Yes, the few that interact regularly with the Justice League are present; Big Barda, Mister Miracle, & Orion, but I'm sure it must be noteworthy for any DC fan to see a DC project and not find Darkseid.
The first explanation is that we actually did choose to restrict the amount of interaction the Fourth World has with the regular story. We try to regulate how accessible certain levels of power are, deliberately avoiding whole groups of people that are all incredibly powerful by default. It's unavoidable with the New Gods, but their whole narrative sets them outside the normal story, so it can be made to work, it just had to be handled very carefully. To do this, we waited until practically the entire project was thought out before we created the timelines for the New Gods. |
There are several tasks we're working through as we build this website, but the two biggest ones are the two that you guys vote on every week: Page Updates or New Characters. The Page Updates are rewriting pages currently on the website (you'll notice a ton of pages are remarkably underwritten and might even be in an old format), while the New Characters are bringing pre-written timelines over onto the site from the big handwritten book we finished years and years ago at this point. The New Gods are the last timelines we have to do from that book, so we'll have to work through all the rest of the New Characters before we get to them.
Of course, that means that when you DO see the New Gods going up... the book is finally done. It'll happen someday, we're sure, but don't worry. This has proven a never-ending project, with tons of characters waiting for new timelines to be built for them all the time. All it will really mean is that the ORIGINAL project is finally fully transposed.
We do really think our take on the New Gods will be worth the wait. We've adapted lots of stories from lots of places, but I think we've managed to deploy them in a way that will be fun and unique to our project, while still feeling like it's accurate to the characters we all know. I hope you guys who want to see them soon will keep voting for the New Characters so you can see them soon!
Of course, that means that when you DO see the New Gods going up... the book is finally done. It'll happen someday, we're sure, but don't worry. This has proven a never-ending project, with tons of characters waiting for new timelines to be built for them all the time. All it will really mean is that the ORIGINAL project is finally fully transposed.
We do really think our take on the New Gods will be worth the wait. We've adapted lots of stories from lots of places, but I think we've managed to deploy them in a way that will be fun and unique to our project, while still feeling like it's accurate to the characters we all know. I hope you guys who want to see them soon will keep voting for the New Characters so you can see them soon!