#Zachary Zatra

[leoruby-draws]

Decided to post some art of Lori Zechlin, aka Black Alice!

She's the magic member of the lil Outlaws and probably their most mischievous member. She just likes having fun, its not her fault nobody else sees how funny she is! She's kinda the baby of the group (she's the youngest member btw) so she gets a little leeway but sometimes the team lose their patience with her.

Due to her extremely impish nature, the other kids sometimes consider her to be a bit of a brat. But they can't deny how OP her powers can be (when it works tho, lol). Her powers, by the way, to steal the magic from other magical users. For only a short time, and sometimes she picks up the wrong magic accidently, she's still new to all this!

Her story is a bit different to canon tho some similarities remain. One day her powers start to appear, Lori starts to have fun with all the random powers she gets. All the trouble she causes grabs the attention of the newly formed Birds of Prey, and so Barbara takes her under her wing. To try to help Lori with her magic (maybe she tries to find magic mentors for her) and protect her, as some bad people have taken notice of someone siphoning the magical powers of others for short bursts of time.

I'm not sure if Lori's mother is already dead, or if I should have her die at some point. I probably should, since her death is an important part of Lori's character.

Its possible Barbara asked Jason if she could join his group of friends, so that Lori won't feel too lonely. Also Lori is kinda exhausting to deal with, what with all her pranks and magical induced chaos. Jason felt that he and Lori were pretty similar in a lot of ways, he identified real hard with her backstory. So he invites her to the team, plus he finds her pranks funny as hell (unless they involved him ofc lol).

Of the team she probably gets along best with Eddie, Courtney, and Owen, Gillian and Jason find her funny as well. Rose and Toni finds her annoying, one of the few things they agree on.

Here's some drawings of Lori causing trouble all over the DC universe!

She's such a trouble maker! Barbara has a hard time trying to smooth relations with all the magic users.

Here's her hanging out a younger Night Force, maybe this is a sorta club made to help young magicians control their powers. Lori btw is stealing Tim Hunter's powers atm. Might be too early for Eddie to join, since his powers haven't come in but I wanted him to have 'fun' here too!

Here's Barbara being completely done with all this, looks like Zinda is having some fun with all this. Btw, I'm not sure if I'm keeping the plotpoint of Lori and Charlotte being secret sisters, that felt really random and I'm not sure is even compatible with their backstories? Imma just ignore that, they still find each other annoying tho!

Here's a little bonus doodle of Lori causing a bit of chaos, Rose and Jason are shocked!!

Anyways, hope you liked all that!

BUT WAIT!!! Here's a little bonus bonus doodle, an unfinished comic:

How Jason meets Lori! Its unfinished since I'm having trouble with figuring out what comes next, but when I do figure it out, I'll give it its own post.

Ok now I'm done haha!

[aboutzatanna]

Would you ever consider doing a piece about Zachary? I mean, he is a modern character so there probably isn't much to go off of.

Yes, I do have a post on Zachary queued up. It's in the editing phase. Will hopefully have it up before the end of the week.

[stc-promo]

Name/Alias: Zachary Zatara Affiliation: Anti-Hero Age: 17 Played By: OPEN Face Claim: David Henrie

"I am the greatest and most popular teenaged magician in the world.”

For a Zatara, Zachary was a late bloomer. Only his father had any magical blood, and most of it went to his brother, John, leaving him with a less-than-favorable opinion on magic. That changed when his son was thirteen and decided to give backwards magic a try, like his uncle and cousin. Zack made a chair levitate with ease. Though his father was more than a little bitter, he encouraged Zack to do what he himself had never been able to; he began to improve with the occasional training session from Zatanna. He took great pride in his skills, but when he compared himself to his cousin, a chip started forming in his shoulder. She could do anything she wanted, yet Zack was still unable to use spells that affected people directly, no matter how hard he tried.

His jealousy only fueled him more, and caused him to seek out trouble and danger to prove he could walk away from it. His peers admired him for his carefree attitude, and Zack felt he was invincible. The more he talked his powers up and made his shows seem like he was only using his B-material, the more impressive his image became. Reality gave him a slap in the face when he came across a couple being tormented by Zsasz. They looked at him expectantly, pleading for him to vanquish their demon or teleport them somewhere safe, but there was nothing Zack could do except watch them get slaughtered. His reputation finally preceded him. So why did it feel so bad in that moment? They were two people he had never laid eyes on before; he wasn't going to miss them. No, he decided; it was something else.

He had a lingering feeling that someone saw the whole thing happen. Who, he wasn't sure; but it didn't matter. Not that he was a fraud or anything. No way, baby, he was the real deal. But that Zachary Zatara failed to save two people because they asked him to do the impossible didn't jive well with him. Especially if there was someone out there able to smear his image now. He couldn't stand to let that happen. Gothamites were clearly crazy about their superheroes-- well, except for the cops-- and he already had the skill, talent, and looks for the job. Maybe he could even be better than Zatanna. Gotham was a city in constant trouble. If helping people improved his image and got word of his show out there, then sure, Zack would lend a hand every once in a while. Wasn't like he had anything better to do.

Character Facts:

Personality: Tactless, loyal, show off, selfish, sarcastic, somewhat lazy, protective, condescending, greedy, charismatic, lonely

Uses the same brand of "backwards magic" that his cousin Zatanna uses, though she is generally more skilled with it 

Has been deemed almost sociopathic at times for his disregard for other people

His relationship with his cousin is dicey at best, but they're there for each other when it counts

Begrudgingly attends Gotham Central High; he doesn't feel his popularity is recognized enough at school

When annoyed and/or distressed, his powers become destabilized, leading to unintentional consequences

Always has a glass of tonic before a show

His stage assistant, Bunny, is one of his only true and trusted friends, despite the occasional verbal spat

Abilities & Weapons:

Skilled with magic (especially stage magic) but cannot use it to affect/influence people directly-- only objects and some animals

Can summon simple objects into existence and transmogrify one object into another

Has an intense admiration for Zatanna (and some jealousy over her talent), and considers her the only member of his family he could really relate to

Master of the art of "sleight of hand" and is an accomplished stage magician.