User blog:Xandermcc/Elseworlds Speculation

The newest crossover event featuring all these superheroes is nearly upon us. Now why make speculation for something so close to airing? Because i now have enough evidence to make some sort of theory. From two promos to multiple behind the scenes photos and confirmations, i can now make something good to go off of. If you all don't want to read all this, i can sum it up for you. It is a prequel/set up for Crisis on Infinite Earths. Much in the same way Legends of Today/Yesterday was a set up for DC's Legends of Tomorrow. Now time for the speculation bits.

Part I: The Flash
So it starts on the Flash as we were given confirmation of. Where we see a relaxing day for Barry after an intense fight with his greatest enemies in the 100th episode the previous week. However we see the person in the bed isn't really Barry Allen. It is Oliver Queen. Oliver is just as confused as we are about this whole event transpiring. Especially him being with Iris. We see the same thing with the real Barry, who is now in the place of Oliver's life. Hanging with Diggle, Felicity, and Curtis at A.R.G.U.S and not being able to see the outside world due to carrying out Oliver's sentence, just in a more secure and humane environment. Barry is also confused about this whole matter. We get things a little cleared up in National City where Supergirl breaks up a fight between an alien/human couple who are a little bit on edge after the Agent Liberty/Lex Luthor problems the city recently faced. Supergirl then arrives at the D.E.O where Cisco, Iris, and Felicity tell Kara about the mysterious dissapearance of Oliver and Barry. Cisco explains that the signal of their breach kidnapping originated from Earth Thirty Eight. Kara doesn't know how to figure this out, but knows someone who might. A master detective who is a friend of her cousin.

When they arrive at Wayne Manor, the others question why they had to go to another city to get this expert, or why this expert lives in a dark, gloomy mansion. They step forward, but Kara stops them. Saying that she has to go alone. Kara goes inside, seeing the place in ruins. She X-Rays a grandfather clock to find an entrance and goes inside. Meanwhile, Barry and Oliver get used to their respective lives. Oliver realizing even more that dividing his Green Arrow self from Oliver Queen caused many mistakes. Plus he enjoys running as the Flash. Barry realizes the pains Oliver goes through as a dad not having his kid around. Realizing that he eventually won't be able to see Nora again once he dissapears in the future. However he does have some bit of relief from his realizations by jumping off rooftops as the Green Arrow. Meanwhile, Kara is now in the Batcave.

She yells out for Bruce. A dark distorted voice responds in the shadows, telling Kara to go away. Kara refuses to back down and leave, and tells Bruce that she needs his help. Bruce tells her that the last person he helped died. (Still staying in shadow) Kara tells him that two friends of hers could die too if she doesn't help. Bruce finally breaks under the pressure of the potential of two people dying if he didn't assist. Activating a computer monitor and telling her that his cousin can help, and that he can't do anymore. Kara recognizes the girl on the screen by her red hair. Flashing back to her time with her cousin in this cave. Superman and Bruce are taking in secret near the computers, but Kara is just left to her own devices in her teen years. She then sees someone else in the Batcave. A young girl who is near the entrance with red hair. Back to the present, Kara leaves the cave, and tells her friends they they have to go to Metropolis for this case. They meet up with Superman at the roof of the Daily Planet. Splitting up to handle this. Superman, as Clark Kent goes to get answers on Oliver and Barry by interviewing/interrogating the Psycho Pirate with Iris and Felicity. A dangerous metahuman in Gotham City who can create great dangers with just another's mind.

They try and get answers out of the man, but he won't talk. However then a major breakout in Arkham Asylum unleashes itself. Leaving our heroes trapped inside. Superman easily gets Iris and Felicity out to the D.E.O, but they lost Roger Hayden AKA the Psycho Pirate. Supergirl goes inside while Superman contains the inmates on the outside. They find out that there is only two inmates left that are staying inside, Roger, and Mr. Freeze. We see Mr. Freeze has stayed to look after his wife, Nora Fries. However he sees a batarang pin him to the wall and unleashes a beam of ice around the room. Freeze asks Batman to show himself, but the figure reveals herself to be Batwoman. Unleashing some E.M.P devices at Mr. Freeze's suit. Kara arrives at this section at the asylum, telling Kate to stop. She reluctantly lets Freeze go and repair his suit and help Nora. They talk about their past conflicts with each other's morals, but still reluctantly work together to save Kara's friends. Batwoman goes down to the basement level where there is a breach with cameras linked to the contents inside. Showing Oliver as the Flash, and Barry as the Green Arrow. Weirding out Kara a bit. However Kate interrogates the Psycho Pirate and gets him to free the two of them from this alternate Earth. The threats aren't over yet though...

Part II: Arrow
This part starts off with the heroes confused about what has just transpired and how they were trapped on a strange alternate earth with their identities switched. However all is revealed when the Oliver and Barry of that Earth are found. The originals go change, but Oliver/The Flash, and Barry/Green Arrow go help deal with the ensuing chaos to come. Various attacks of various evil doppelgangers cause trouble for our heroes. Leading the brains of the group, Felicity, Brainy, and Cisco to work on a new Vibe suit that will temporarily give Cisco back his powers to give some multiversal heroes of their own. Including 1990's Flash. They have a massive battle. Revealed to have come from the source of a threat called the Monitor. Powerless heroes like Oliver, Team Arrow, Alex Danvers, and Batwoman all go through the breach tracking the Monitor on one of the S.T.A.R labs satellites, getting Superman's assistance. Finding him floating up in space. Superman goes to greet the Monitor. Asking him why he is here and why he is the source of this conflict. The Monitor tells Superman that it is a test. The Monitor opens a breach, releasing a piece of the Harun-El into his hand. Then he shoves it into Superman's hand. This creates a doppelganger of the Man of Steel that proceeds to crash down to Earth, knocking down the Earth One and Earth Thirty Eight heroes with him. Superman and Supergirl manage to catch most of the heroes, but Kate Kane is still falling down. She is saved thanks to Cisco breaching Ralph up there. They then try and track down this evil Superman. Lois Lane is brought into the D.E.O for safe keeping and interviews the tech support heroes as part of her story while they are working. Which while it gives us a bit of comedy, it also allows for people unfamiliar to the past history of these characters to get a small refresher. Kate Kane and Alex hit it off a little. Connecting while they are waiting for answers and we learn that she had her mom murdered in front of her, and now lives with her dad as she wages her war on the crime in Gotham while Batman is in grief. She believes she isn't ready for this giant supernatural level stuff though, despite the brave attitude she puts up against Kara's face. Alex helps her out by upgrading some of her WayneTech gear she bought from Bruce. Now the team locates this evil Superman by the end of the episode when he smashes into the D.E.O.

Part III: Supergirl
Superman battles the threat of his doppelganger, while Kate quickly gets a piece of Kryptonite located thanks to her scanners in her suit. Superman is being beaten, but the other heroes make a stand to help him. Being knocked down all over the place until Kara makes a last stand with Barry and Oliver. Having an epic confrontation with this threat along the streets of National City. Brainy and J'onn then realize that Kate is about to kill this doppelganger with Kryptonite and try and stop her. Not realizing what it will do to Clark. Kate escapes from them barely, but then runs into Alex. She feels betrayed by Kate's actions and is about to fire upon her, but hesitates. Kate uses this opportunity to get to this evil Superman and shoots him with a Kryptonite bullet. While this merges the two Supermen before Barry is choked out, it injures Clark. Kate leaves, rejected by her new friends. The crossover ends on a somber, but hopeful note. Clark heals over in Smallville with Kara and Lois. Saying that his relationship with Bruce is very similar to her relationship with Kate. Thinking that they could become friends someday. Barry and Oliver talk about their time experiencing each other's lives thanks to the Psycho Pirate. Feeling more connected than ever before. Meanwhile, the Psycho Pirate is contacted in jail by the Anti-Monitor. Telling Roger that he is now the Anti-Monitor's beacon to the multiverse. Allowing him to eventually destroy it. The crossover then ends on that cliffhanger.

Easter Eggs and Notes
So i had to speculate a reason for why Batman wouldn't be the main Bat themed superhero of Earth Thirty Eight despite him being mentioned in various scenes. Allowing Kate's show to be about her. I thought that he could be out with the Justice League, but that was a flimsy reason considering the scale of the crossover. I decided instead for it to be because he was grieving for Jason Todd. The second Robin who died on his watch by the hands of the Joker. It opens up some good stories for the Batwoman spinoff when they finally use Batman, and it allows him to not be there at first. Also i had him obscured in shadows so he isn't actually there.

Another note i would like to make is that this is a massive prequel for the future events of Crisis on Infinite Earths. Setting it up in a big way so that the characters have teasers for that being the next crossover's big fight after Elseworlds. This would happen next year obviously, but it is still nice to set it up.

So what did you think about my fun little speculation? Do you think it might amount to anything? Who knows? I might be wrong about every little bit on this story.