Titans of War
Wonder/Blunder Weapons of a WWII that Never Was!
We now enter GR's studio with him in his director's chair looking over the script.
"Ah, hello loyal fans who have not abandoned me yet." He states "Alternative History is something that Sci-Fi writers can't stay away from. Whether its the South winning the Civil War or America being invaded by the Ruskies, nothing is more fascinating then what could have been. Today I and the Titans will explore this concept with a story that is one part traditional AU one part Hitchiker's guide to the Galaxy with Tanks. The Titans and their friends and enemies will be playing their respective roles of the Allies and Axis powers. In this story they are all normal regular everyday people, no superpowers whatsoever. What makes this story unique is that we're going to depart from original WWII history and add in the weapons that both sides tried to put into service to help them win the war. Some of these ideas are stupid, others were overly ambitous, some were even close to getting put into service while others arrived too little too late to see action. Now you're probably asking yourselves, how the hell did GR manage to get the Titans to join in on this little experiment? Simple, I guilted them into it, watch."
Scene shifts to Titans standing in front of the screen of their tower with GR's face on it.
Robin: No way, no more stupid fanfics and movies. Last time I ended up looking like an ass.
GR: Please, like thats really something you don't accomplish on your own.
Star: Robin is correct, all movies we have starred in with you have been forced upon us at great risk to ourselves and others. Why should we star in your film this time?
GR: Because I changed... (Titans don't buy that) okay no I haven't, but guys, can I be real with you here?
Raven: Oh boy.
BB: Here comes the sob story.
(Sergeant Pain jumps up in the background and plays thge violin)
GR: All I ever wanted to do was make a film that honoured the brave fighting men who served in, survived and died in the Second World War. Something that would make people say, 'Damn, I don't know how they lived through all that.' And even though this story is completely made up and not at all true the same level of cruelty is there. So people will now say, 'Damn, if this is the war beefed up and gone crazy imagine what the real one must've been like.' Thats what I want, to help people see the cruelty of war and to give them a better understanding of what the soldier went through.
Cy: Man, he's good at this whole guilt trip thing.
GR: All I ask is that you help me make a film that gives people a sense of how lucky they are that none of these events came to pass and that the scary prospect of Nazi Mega Tanks and a Hitler Space Station never came to pass. So what do you say guys? Are you really going to let your dislike of me and my film methods force these unknown stories and the people surrounding them not be heard?
The Titans all look at each other and sigh.
Robin: Alright, you win, we'll make your crappy movie with you.
GR smiles.
GR: Excellent!
(Pains stops playing Violin and walks over to GR who hands him 30 bucks)
GR: Nice job son.
Pain: No prob, I'm off to get comic books.
BB: So how does this story work?
GR: Simple, I start off each chapter with a little sketch about the development of the weapons, what they were to be used for and how the Allies or Axis powers developed them while you do some sketch comedy surrouding the whole event, like the world's funniest joke in Monty Python. Then we switch to the real story about you guys and your starring rolls facing off against or standing with these wonder/blunder weapons. Comedy, action and some nice bits of education delivered.
Robin: I have a bad feeling about this.
GR: Don't worry bird brain, this time you're given a decent role.
BB: Well it sounds interesting enough.
Raven: Hopefully this entire thing will make sense when we get into it.
GR: Well then lets' start shall we?