Someguy Somewhere
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Sockmonkey got where I was heading Z000. Didn't want to be too loud because if true then it might spoil the fun for others. If true then I have to tip my hat to Zoat for playing a very looong game with something that could just be a bit of fun into a key plot point.
Detective Chimp, is a Detective, whom is also a Chimp.
Shocking I know.
But sometimes folks don't need the whole 'Lord of the Thirteen Hells, Master of the Bones, Emperor of the Black and Mayor of a little village up the coast' level of titles when it comes to hero work.
He's a sleuth on par with the Bat, when it comes to deductive logic and reason, but tends to hang out in far stranger places, which lead to his membership in a group known as the Shadowpact. A gang of some of the C list heros from the weirder side of the tracks within DC lore.
Chimp's 'name' is Bobo T. Chimpanzee in the comics.
The Thinking Cap Test Primate that ran around Kordtech is named Bobo, and due to the experiments, is rather intelligent (8th Grade Level last I recall it was mentioned). Thus we may yet have an in universe origin for a version of the good Detective after all. We know Blue Devil exists, so that is at least 2 members of the 'Pact. With the recent showing of the mirror match versions of the other Shadowpact members (White Rabbit being Nightmaster's mirror, Sister Shadow being Nightshade's), we can infer the others exist as well.
Recent events in WTR have been poking and prodding at the Religion of Crime story lines within DC. Shadowpact and other characters (the Kane Version of Batwoman for a prime example), have a big place within those stories comics wise. However as far as we can tell, while related groups like the Intergang and the Congregation have popped up, they haven't been shown onscreen being involved in events as they played out in DC. Reading between the lines with meta knowledge, you MIGHT be able to line things up, but Zoat's being rather sneaky with his placing of such dots to connect (kudos for that).
Some characters that are linchpins in those tales are either missing, replaced by different versions, altered so as not to resemble the comic adaptation, or operating off screen unseen. But the events seem to be nosing in that direction regardless.
Some, like Detective Chimp, are too silly for the 'gritty' Young Justice universe to throw out in their original formats, thus require a new explanation as to how they come to be, if they'll appear at all. We've seen a few characters in the Renegade and Paragon storylines that Pauls shanghai'ed into the plot deliberately because he knew of them and dragged them in because they existed.
But if the Chimp is being functionally Created by Paul's actions....that's a bit strange in itself. Paul may or may not feature in Destiny of the Endless's Book, and thus his existence in the universe tends to derail things from predetermined paths. If Detective Chimp was always intended to exist, then he would appear in the book. But how does an element you can't predict create something you always knew existed?
Things to Ponder.
Shocking I know.
But sometimes folks don't need the whole 'Lord of the Thirteen Hells, Master of the Bones, Emperor of the Black and Mayor of a little village up the coast' level of titles when it comes to hero work.
He's a sleuth on par with the Bat, when it comes to deductive logic and reason, but tends to hang out in far stranger places, which lead to his membership in a group known as the Shadowpact. A gang of some of the C list heros from the weirder side of the tracks within DC lore.
Chimp's 'name' is Bobo T. Chimpanzee in the comics.
The Thinking Cap Test Primate that ran around Kordtech is named Bobo, and due to the experiments, is rather intelligent (8th Grade Level last I recall it was mentioned). Thus we may yet have an in universe origin for a version of the good Detective after all. We know Blue Devil exists, so that is at least 2 members of the 'Pact. With the recent showing of the mirror match versions of the other Shadowpact members (White Rabbit being Nightmaster's mirror, Sister Shadow being Nightshade's), we can infer the others exist as well.
Recent events in WTR have been poking and prodding at the Religion of Crime story lines within DC. Shadowpact and other characters (the Kane Version of Batwoman for a prime example), have a big place within those stories comics wise. However as far as we can tell, while related groups like the Intergang and the Congregation have popped up, they haven't been shown onscreen being involved in events as they played out in DC. Reading between the lines with meta knowledge, you MIGHT be able to line things up, but Zoat's being rather sneaky with his placing of such dots to connect (kudos for that).
Some characters that are linchpins in those tales are either missing, replaced by different versions, altered so as not to resemble the comic adaptation, or operating off screen unseen. But the events seem to be nosing in that direction regardless.
Some, like Detective Chimp, are too silly for the 'gritty' Young Justice universe to throw out in their original formats, thus require a new explanation as to how they come to be, if they'll appear at all. We've seen a few characters in the Renegade and Paragon storylines that Pauls shanghai'ed into the plot deliberately because he knew of them and dragged them in because they existed.
But if the Chimp is being functionally Created by Paul's actions....that's a bit strange in itself. Paul may or may not feature in Destiny of the Endless's Book, and thus his existence in the universe tends to derail things from predetermined paths. If Detective Chimp was always intended to exist, then he would appear in the book. But how does an element you can't predict create something you always knew existed?
Things to Ponder.
