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Below the cut is a lil’ introduction & timeline about the portrayal of my guy William Batson / Shazam here, feel free to drop a heart on this if you’re cool with me hitting you up in the tumblr message system to plot and maybe plan a thread! (tw: spoilers, death, violence)

NOTES

First and foremost, because most of my info is from the movie or the DC wikia pages, he’s kind of just a grab-bag of canon and what I think I know. If at any point my portrayal is inaccurate to a point where you feel like you need to point it out, go for it. It also means I’m going to be adding some stuff or changing it depending on if it’s necessary until I get a bio and stat page going.

That being said, I’m mainly following the movie & the DC prime comic universe for his young childhood, but I’m including some events and connections from the new comics to fill in other parts.

Billy hasn’t given his siblings powers (yet). I figured it’d leave a little bit of room for development later on so he’s the one and only Shazam right now due to the fact The Wizard died giving him his powers.

Speaking of The Wizard, I love the version of it when he is about to tell Billy he’s like the rest of the potential candidates and Billy tells him that nobody is absolutely pure of heart. The Wizard just knows he can’t do this much longer and tells Billy that he doesn’t know if it’s the right decision but he’s the only shot he has. That sticks with him hard.

Right now, Billy’s going to Hudson University in New Carthage, New York and is getting a 4-year animal science degree because of his fascination of Tawny the tiger back in his hometown. He doesn’t have too much intention on using it yet, but who knows? It might be a good cover.

Around the time the Justice League became public and the Green Lantern Corp joined, that’s when he did the same. At the time (and current time) he was against the registration act, but he also wanted to continue to be a hero. He figured joining them would help him do just that. When Diana turned herself in, he wasn’t really sure what happened, but it got him to reevaluate his decision of being in the JL. 

He’s been at it for a good 4/5 years now, so he’s not an unknown hero but he’s one that gets confused with others time to time and isn’t perfect at the whole hero thing. However, he is good at pleasing the public and some fans.

If you can’t find him at his dorm or out as Shazam, he’s probably back home either at the zoo or at his parent’s house. Just follow him on Instagram if you’re not sure.

Also the Shazam official youtube channel totally exists, but he and Freddy haven’t touched it since he was like 16 so he is not a fan of it.

TIMELINE 

April, 2000: Billy was born in Fawcett City, PA.

June, 2003: Billy’s biological father was killed by Black Adam while he was on an excavation trip in Egypt.

March, 2004: Billy was lost at the zoo. When nobody could find his mother, he was put into the foster system.

August, 2007: Billy ran away for the first time in search of his mother. After while he was on his mission, he lived on his own wherever he could squat or sleep for the night and continued his search.

December 18, 2014: Billy was taken off the streets and placed in the Vasquez family home.

December 19, 2014: Billy started his first day of school and after defending one of his new siblings, he runs until he is on a subway car. There, he is taken to the Rock of Eternity and The Wizard Mamaragan (Shazam) gives him his power before passing away into nothing. That night, he saved some people and did everything you’d expect from a kid who was in a grown superman’s body.

December 20, 2014: Billy skipped school and went out to do some Shazam stuff before he was found by Black Adam (summoned by, you guessed it, Doctor Sivana) and attacked mercilessly. Billy ran away and sought out shelter in the place he was most familiar with: the zoo. When he arrived home he was already scarred enough. But, then he was scolded by his newfound parents and given the location of his mother by his newfound siblings. Billy didn’t even hesitate to run off and try to find her. When he did, he found closure realizing she wasn’t the woman who he remembered as a boy. He also saw a news story about Black Adam on the tv so he left his mother’s to try and stop it. Billy thought that maybe he had been a child like himself, so he tried to appeal to that. After it didn’t work, he fought him again and a lot more happened in the fight like the backstory reveal and stuff. It ended when Billy convinced him to turn human to fight him and he turned into ash.

December 21, 2014: First media coverage of Billy’s superhero persona, known then as Captain Thunder.

January, 2014: Now known as Champion.

February 2, 2014: Now known as Captain Marvel.

February 6, 2014: Now known as Shazam.

December, 2017: Billy gets his early acceptance letter from Hudson University.

June, 2018: Billy moves to New Carthage.

January, 2019: Shazam joins the Justice League.