DC's "Naomi" coming to CW from Ava Duvernay
- Thread starter M'rk son of Mogh
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Naomi: into the Super-verse
Trailer!
"Superheroes aren't real?" Okay, maybe not in the Arrowverse.
...yet!
Naomi would fit in well with Superman and Lois--in fact, an arc focusing on the superteens could work well. The Arrowverse could actually have its own version of Young Justice/Teen Titans at this point.
I'm using "Arrowverse" to mean Earth-Prime.
I gather the idea is that she learns she may not be native to her Earth, so maybe she actually comes from the Earth-Prime universe.
I'm assuming she lives on an Earth where Superman and other superheroes are just fictional characters. (In the Arrowverse, Superman was a fictional character on Jefferson Pierce's Earth pre-Crisis.) The appearance of the "nonexistent" Superman is probably part of what sets her on her journey of discovery. This would be a change from the Naomi comic, which was set firmly in DC's superhero-festooned mainline continuity.
Rewatching the teaser scene that was released earlier, I realize that what she ran to see was reported on social media as "a crazy stunt" involving Superman, which might be how people in a world where Superman is fictional would perceive Superman actually showing up to fight a bad guy or something. So maybe her "But superheroes aren't real" line comes after someone tells her that they are real, and she hasn't accepted it yet.
Wow, I didn't realize that it was starting that soon.
Hmm that and the new trailer have me genuinely curious now. Having no knowledge of the character I was largely indifferent until now.
Since Crisis everyone on Earth Prime in the Arrowverse has the perception that the Multiverse no exists. Though us in the audience knew from the end of Crisis that was not true. I wonder if this series will be part of exploring the new rules of the Multiverse? Also leading to Earth Prime learning it still exists.
Yep. Paired with Superman & Lois on Tuesdays (in the US).