FJM Shared Universe

The FJM Shared Universe (FJMSU) is a series of superhero novels written by Filip0s7. It works as a shared universe. The novels from the series are published on Wattpad. The universe often uses crossovers or team-ups between the characters.

The first work in the series is The Acrobat novel, published in 2017, which started Phase One. Next, Team Y was released, continuing certain plotlines and showing several heroes creating a team. The third book, Nature-Man, tells the origin of the titular character. The subsequent novels are Team Y: Additional Stories and Flare.

The key concept for the universe are time travel and Multiverse, which was introduced already in the first novel. The world the series is set in is Universe-777.

Beginning
Along with the creation of The Great Trinity on January 9, 2015, the FJM Heroes group was born, consisting of three school friends, The Philmer, Jaro31 and Mike24, which soon started developing the base for the universe. Inspired by the existing heroes of pop-culture, they created many other heroes, most importantly the main group of their fictional world - Team Y. At first, there was a misunderstanding, when two creators - The Philmer and Mike24 - thought they would naturally set their heroes in the present times, while Jaro31 wanted to tell a story set in World War 2, especially with his own hero, Polish Patriot, at the time known as Captain Poland. Eventually they met halfway, after The Philmer's suggestion, when he offered using both ideas and connecting the heroes through time travel. That way, one of the main concept for the universe, as well as Team Y, was born.

First novel universe
After around two months of developing the universe's base, the creators started looking for ways to present it. At first they planned three separate universes, presented by a different medium. One - a comic book universe drawn by Mike24, another - a universe of novels, written by Jaro31 and finally - a cartoon universe, made by The Philmer. The latter was the first one to start working on his part of the project and although he made a few test drawings and frames in Paint, he wasn't able to merge them into a relatively fluid animation. In that case, he quickly moved to creating novels instead, as Jaro also couldn't find way to get them started, and soon began writing the first version of The Acrobat novel in May 2015. A month later Mike left the project, which left only one universe and The Philmer and Jaro remained to develop that world. Writing of The Acrobat was finished in July 2015 and soon after the simultaneous work on the sequel and Team Y prototype started, where the latter got more attention and was being written until February 2016. At that time, the plans to reboot the work on cartoon were born and this time The Philmer managed to make a whole title sequence, as well as the first minute and a half of the first episode. However it was also abandoned at the end of 2015, when after a few months of work, The Philmer thought it all looked ugly. But the novel universe didn't look bright either, when the Author began writing the first version of Nature-Man, but it didn't go fluently and ultimately he never finished it.

Besides the lack of inspiration, another factor, which influenced the abandonment, was the creation of a new YouTube channel called Filip77 and making the third attempt to the cartoon, which finally ended with a success. However it also had its good side, as thanks to creating the first Team Y thing available to a wider public, Jarowit Crucian's moniker was changed to an original - Polish Patriot. Furthermore, the Author got more proficiency in writing stories.

Actual universe
A plan to restart the universe was created spontaneously, when on September 27, 2016, Filip77 found out from his friend about a site called Wattpad. Aspiring to publish his works there too, the Author decided to put the stories about his heroes there. However, being aware of their quality and no wanting those versions to see the light of day, he decided to rewrite them. That way, everything what was created until that moment was considered non-canon, but the universe kept its number - 777. On the same day, Chapter 1 of The Acrobat appeared and this date is considered as the start of FJM Shared Universe, despite the fact that the novel was finished only in 2017.

The plan for the universe at first looked the same as originally, with The Acrobat, Team Y and Nature-Man as the first three books and the fourth novel titled Team Y: Additional Stories after. However, to develop the chracters more, a fifth novel was decided - Flare.

The Acrobat was finished on January 22, 2017 and Team Y on April 28 of the same year. Although the novels didn't gain much popularity, the Author enjoyed writing them a lot. However history repeated itself and he once again got stuck writing Nature-Man. Though as of 2020, three years have passed since beginning the novel, the Author still plans to finish it one day, maybe even return to it soon.

Concept
The sole concept of a shared universe is inspired by the comic book universes of DC and Marvel, but most importantly Marvel Cinematic Universe. Just like that franchise, the FJM Shared Universe is split into Phases. The novels take a form slightly similar to films, as the Author thought of it as the perfect way to present superhero adventures. He himself splits the novels into acts. Despite that, they still preserve the characteristics of the literary genre.

A characteristic trait of FJM Shared Universe is that the action is set in Poland, the home country of the creators. Although seemingly it appears to be a strange idea, considering a small amount of big cities, the creators decided not to care about that and to what they want. Especially that the world in FJM universe is slightly more advanced than ours, with corporations such as The Unity.

The superheroes are mainly individuals known as Superhumans, who genetically possess inhuman abilities. Despite that, there are still superheroes without any constitutional powers, who depend on their own abilities - e.g. The Hunter."To learn more about universe history and surroundings, check the information about the world itself:""Universe-777"

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