Interesting backstory from SV tie-ins

[norwich36]

I don't know about anyone else, but I have never gone to the CW website and played any of those games they keep advertising--but apparently they contain some interesting backstory that might affect your reading of the SV finale, depending on how much you accept non-aired material as canon. entil2001 talks about it in a review of "Phantom" here --spoilers for Phantom, obviously.

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[bagheera-san.livejournal.com]

Thanks for linking to that post! That was interesting. It seems like there are some pretty frustrated writers on SV who actually come up with cool stuff but it's never used.

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I agree. I mean, the whole idea that there was an alliance between the Luthors, the Teagues, the Queens, and (umm, who am I forgetting?) is FASCINATING.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Looks like you need to be a US citizen to play, but I read the comics--they were awesome! Though I'm completely baffled as to how I avoided knowing about them until now...

[norwich36.livejournal.com]

I haven't played the games or read the comics--too long to load on dialup--so I'm glad Entil summarized the info in his review.

[bop-radar.livejournal.com]

Huh. I just went to read that and it's different from the comics I read (which deal mainly with what the Justice League has been up to). I guess that stuff must be gleaned from the game. That is SO UNFAIR, OMG! It doesn't even sound like they've promoted this stuff this well! Sheesh! The concept

Virgil Swann, Genevieve Teague, Robert Queen, and Lionel Luthor came together, before the original meteor shower, to deal with the discovery of alien technology/artifacts on Earth, heralding an upcoming invasion by General Zod. While the team worked for many years on the issue, setting up programs to develop a human army to repel the threat, Luthor and Teague went “rogue”. The genesis of nearly every aspect of LuthorCorp’s ongoing attempt to study “meteor freaks” and alter humanity, right up to the current Project 33.1/Ares, is a product of that original mandate.
If that's the case it should be in the show, dammit! *fumes*