#OC: Risa Redlark

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Formal OC Introductions - Risa Redlark (fc Rachelle Lafevre)

As most of my OCs on my Masterlists were added after the initial post, I'm going to be posting about the ones you might not've seen for the next couple weeks!

Living in Metropolis and being a journalist at the Daily Planet means that Risa has seen her fair share of unusual situations – part and parcel of having a resident superhero, one she’s reasonably sure is her best friend Clark Kent, though she’s not sure how she’s going to bring that up to him. Then the chance is taken from her when Superman leaves after possible radio signals from survivors of Krypton and she resolves to get on with her life in the meantime – truth and justice, after all, never sleep, especially not in this city. But her own life changes in 2005, when a bright yellow meteor passes over Metropolis and Risa is then recruited by a group of alien do-gooders called the Flares, who travel the universe looking for people to join them, especially those from planets that have little to no heroes to start with – like Earth. The choice is Risa’s, and she accepts – she can do a lot with her day job, but with more threats popping up and Superman still nowhere to be seen, she’s determined to do what she can to help her home. With her new powers, she becomes the hero Sunburst, soon making a name for herself – something of a shock for Clark Kent when he returns a year later, given their first meeting after all this time ends up being when they save a plane together, and even under a mask he recognises one of his closest friends and he has...questions. A lot of them. Still, life is certainly going to get a lot more interesting now there’s two superheroes in Metropolis…

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For the WIP guessing game, light?

Clark took in his friend – the red mask, the red and white costume, the bright glowing sun symbol in the middle of her chest, a similar glow fading from her hands, where moments before she’d been shooting out beams of light. A far cry from the ordinary journalist in formal wear that morning.

This is from my Superman Returns story that I'm in the middle of rewriting. The other character he's referring to is my OC, Risa Redlark, who has somehow become a superhero in the five years of Clark's absence - and he has a lot of questions as a result...

Send me a word, if it’s in my wip document(s) I’ll answer your ask with the sentence that it appears in

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OC Masterlist - Superheroes

DCTV

The Shieldmaiden Saga:

Steph Taylor

Alyssa Clayton

Tanya

Charlie Kumar

Legends of Earth-4:

Brianna Thawne

Zoe Thawne

Ashton Thawne

Kate Allen

The Adventures of Eliana Kent:

Eliana Kent

Bridget Alvarez

Hilda Green

Isla McGregor

Theodore Thawne AU

Theodore Edward Thawne

Laura Hernandez Thawne

Teri Merlyn AU

Teri Merlyn

Krypton

Ashley Tanner

Gotham

Al Daniels

DCEU

Maia Curry

Tina Curry

Superman Returns

Risa Redlark

MCU

Kate Simons

Emma Johnson

Hannah Edwards

Magni Thorson

Modi Thorson

Thrud Thorsdottir

Fenris Lokison

Sarah Matthews Thompson

Alex Thompson

Kathy Williams

X-Men:

Alex Casey

Rosa Gabriel

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How are your OCs' relationships with their mothers?

Oho, this is a good question because it varies from OC to OC - so I'll group similar ones together (and I'm putting them under the cut because I have a lot of OCs)

Several do not have great relationships with their mothers - Nicky's parents left her behind with relatives when she was six and she's very bitter about this, and still doesn't entirely believe that her aunt won't one day do the same. Sophie Sloan (Diagnosis Murder OC) was abandoned by her mother when she was two years old - she doesn't remember enough to miss her, but part of her can't help but feel it was a judgement on her. My X-Men OCs Alex, Rosa, and Kate left their respective homes because of their mothers' anti-mutant sentiments and there's no reconciliation on the horizon because unfortunately, that hasn't changed in the years since. Marie Douglas (The Professionals) and Brianna Louise Wilson (NCIS) left home at thirteen and eighteen respectively because they were unwanted compared to thier siblings and damn well knew it.

Steph Taylor and Brianna Thawne get along with their mothers but it is somewhat distant - Steph's worked a lot during her childhood and while she doesn't exactly begrudge her that there's still a little bit of resentment there, and they only tend to talk on holidays and birthdays. Brianna's loves her, but unintentionally put pressure on her by talking about the high achieving relatives, which made Brianna push herself and push herself until she burnt out, and then she left home at seventeen to find herself (and became a Blue Flame Wielder), and has hardly talked to her since. Risa Redlark (Superman Returns) talks to her mother but struggles to connect with her as she doesn't understand why Risa wants to be a journalist. Áine (The Witcher) doesn't see her mother much because she travels a lot, but still tries to make time to see her when she can.

Some of them had positive relationships with their mothers but are missing them for one reason or another. Meri Solo, Isla Tinero-Antilles and Ashley Tanner (my Krypton OC) loved their mothers, but lost them at a young age - out of the three, Ashley has more memories as she was ten (compared to Isla at 4 and Meri at 5), but sometimes suffers doubt about whether her mother would've accepted her gender identity had she lived, and that unanswered question colours things a bit.

Eliana's mother Lana Lang is presumed dead - nothing's ever been confirmed, as there's no way to contact her Earth, but Eliana is mostly convinced that she's dead, because there's no way that her mother wouldn't have been helping more metas and aliens get off-world and she would be killed if caught, and Eliana misses her so much but hardly allows herself to think of any possibility she might be alive because it's too painful (but nonetheless, a small part of her hopes.) Nellith does think her mother is dead because of the severed Force Bond and this devastates her and she struggles to talk about it with anyone - even Meri, the person who ends up looking after her for the next fourteen years.

Emile Brooke has been mostly raised by her grandparents and doesn't see her mother often - as of the start of the story it's been two years since she last saw her - but she doesn't doubt that she loves her, even with the complicated circumstances. Lissa Blackwood has not contacted her mother in fifteen years and although she feels so very guilty about this, is nonetheless convinced it is for the best.

The rest have pretty solid relationships with their mothers. The Barnes children all adore Leah, and look up to her a lot, Gemma Laura McKinney still regularly visits both her parents, and James Connors thinks Nicky is the best mom ever and he's so happy to have been adopted by her. Maia Curry only knows the one parent but that's enough for her and she's never felt unloved or been bothered by the lack of a father. Sophia Reynolds has been raised only by her mom for the last eleven years (because they had to flee their home planet and have no way of contacting Mal Reynolds to let him know they're alright), and is very protective of her mom.

Theo Thawne loves his mom Laura to pieces and even started studying to become a social worker like her. Sarah Thompson got along very well with her mother, and Alex always tried to find a way to talk to her mom when she could, unless she was on an undercover mission - even though there was still some disagreement over Alex joining SHIELD in the first place. Hannah Edwards is happy to be Jane's kid, and though she has a desire to find her birth father, she is not so bothered about finding out about her birth mother (she does eventually get to meet Bobbi, but it takes some time for the relationship to become cordial). Caitlin Sherwood (Buffyverse) speaks to her mother once a week and sees her when she can and gets along with her well, she's just often very busy. Niamh (OUAT) lives with both parents and is the light of their lives, Joanna (Uncharted) was mostly raised by her mother and maternal aunt and considers them as the most important people in the life, and Mel Hathaway (Star Trek) has a somewhat strained but mostly loving mother (she just disagreed with Mel joining Starfleet after she was nearly killed while on a routine trip to Vulcan).

As for the others I just haven't got that far.

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Started transferring the rest of my FFN fics - check here for updates

A God's Reflection - Original Version - Loki-centric fic pre-The Dark World

The Emilie Brooke Adventures - Doctor Who Series 6 rewrite with my OC Emilie Brooke

Superman Returns: Flight of the Sun - Donnerverse fic with my OC Risa Redlark

Defying Destiny - BBC Merlin, Mordred-centric rewrite of Series 5 (with OCs)

All the unfinished ones are going to be rewritten at later dates!!!