If You Leave DC Now

If You Leave DC Now is a fanfiction short written by MarioFan65. The short feature DC Comics characters such as Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman and more, singing a cover on Chicago's "If you Leave Me Now" regarding on the failure and end of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU) due to failing to live up a profit and some flops that didn't break even, leading to end the DC universe to set up a new one for 2024/2025. It was released on July 21, 2023.

Characters[]

Superman
Batman
Wonder Woman
Aquaman
The Flash
Cyborg
Shazam
Black Adam
Joker
Harley Quinn

Transcript[]

(At the DC Comics headquarters, the Justice League including Superman, Batman and more have a meeting regarding on the future of the DC Extended Universe and how the films are flopping at the box-office for not making a profit or breaking-even to reach a high score)

Superman: Hello Justice League. What DC bring us for at the table.
Batman: I heard Matt Reeves' Batman film is doing amazing at the box-office. It was the best Batman they ever seen since The Dark Knight Rises.
Wonder Woman: At least, we are getting new comics at the studio for the incoming future.
Superman: I heard I got a new Superman show released on Adult Swim and was a massive super duper success in ratings.
Flash: Wow. You really got yourself a high score with the audience, Clark.
Aquaman: You win big, Kryptonian.
Superman: Great. Hey Cyborg, how is the DC Extended Universe doing for everyone?
Cyborg: Well, from what I heard. The DC film universe is going to end this year.
Superman: *he and everyone shocked* What? That's crazy.
Batman: No! How dare they?!
Wonder Woman: I thought I was going to get a third movie. Ever since my fans hated Wonder Woman 1984, they never made a sequel. What happen?
Cyborg: The DC Extended Universe have films flopping in theaters for years, coming from Suicide Squad, Black Adam and Shazam! Fury of the Gods. They failed to make a profit at the box-office or break-even with a higher score.
Aquaman: My film made a billion dollars and I'm lucky.
Flash: Well, my movie didn't become a box-office success and that's why!
Wonder Woman: There were a lot of projects in development. But almost all of them got cancelled like Lobo and Green Lantern Corps.
Superman: Does this mean, no Man of Steel 2?
Batman: No Batman solo film?
Wonder Woman: No Wonder Woman 3?
Flash: No Flash sequel?
Aquaman: No more future DC movies, even through I'm getting a sequel this year or in that case, they push it back to 2024.
Cyborg: And NO CYBORG MOVIE?! *slam table* God, damn it! Warner Bros.! You really know how to make scummy business practices at your workplace.
Superman: We lost our own bosses. Not even Zack Snyder can run and save the studio like he did with his own cut of Justice League.
Batman: You know the original?
Superman: Yes. The original director cut that was praised by DC fans.
Wonder Woman: What is going to happen to the DC Extended Universe now?
Aquaman: What about our friends like Black Adam and that kid that turn into a adult superhero, whatever his name called?
Cyborg: I heard the DC Extended Universe will be rebooted to the DC Universe, starting with the shows Creature Commandos and Waller in 2024 and the first film in 2025 is Superman: Legacy.
Flash: Oh wow. Unbelievable.
Superman: Who's running the DC Universe again?
Cyborg: James Gunn.
Batman: The director of The Suicide Squad?
Cyborg: He run DC Studios now with Sean as they will begin a new DC Universe for next year!
Superman: What will happen to the DC Extended Universe now?
Batman: It will end. It is a failure that didn't live up the fans' expectations and interconnected stories that doesn't link to our stories like the assemble-team up Justice League.
Wonder Woman: DC didn't live up to Marvel with their cinematic universe that started with Iron Man.
Aquaman: Our cinematic universe must have been a rocky bump and it suck.
Flash: Fans hate it, fans love it, some were box-office hits and some were box-office flops.
Cyborg: Some were released in theaters and HBO Max during the COVID-19 pandemic and they flop super hard, except for Zack Snyder's Justice League.
Superman: So, are we going to give up on DC even through they failed on making movies for years?
Batman: No! We do not let go DC. If DC leave us now, we'll never find a good comic book company to work with.
Wonder Woman: There would not be anymore adaptions of said shows and films if DC abandon us like that.
Aquaman: What about the video games?
Flash: That too. Without DC, we would never be the same.
Cyborg: We lost everything for ten years and we still haven't done a great movie together in ages. No plan up, no seeds for hints for upcoming movies and lack of pacing, story wise and even the effort!
Superman: Oh well. DC is being DC and will always be DC.
Batman: We suck for nothing. We promised a good cinematic universe and all we got is nothing, but junk.
Wonder Woman: They made fun of us.
Flash: Our films.
Aquaman: And actors!
Cyborg: We tried we everything we could have assembled. But everything went out of limbo since directors left, writers left and no one couldn't make a single movie for years. We're screwed up big time and people thought DC was going to shut down in 2016.
Superman: But it never did.
Batman: We blew a lot of everything and we have to scrap it all in the cutting room floor.
Superman: This stinks. At least, we didn't get a Man of Steel 2 or a Ben Affleck Batman movie.
Batman: Neither one of them is a Joker movie before being reworked to a DC Black film!
Superman: *dream in a dark background with smoke coming out with a image of a fan-made Man of Steel 2 poster as he perform with the cast of DC*

If you leave Superman, there never ever be a Man of Steel 2

Ooh-ooh-hoo, no

DC, please don't go

Batman: *think about a poster for Batman starring Ben Affleck*

If you leave Batman, there never ever be a Batman film starring Ben Affleck

Ooh-ooh-hoo, no

DC, please don't go

Wonder Woman: *think about a poster for her third film with Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman*

Ooh-ooh-hoo, why

I never got a third film

Aquaman: *think about all the cancelled DC projects including Batgirl and Justice League Dark*

There was a lot of projects and everything was going to be made

But after a series of flops and we never get them at all *Mera blow a horn to Aquaman*

Flash: *think about more DC projects that got cancelled like Green Lantern Corps and Static Shock*

We were going to get a Justice League 2, and no

After a series of flops and we lost money

Joker: *think about a Joker film featuring Jared Leto as Joker*

There was going to be a Joker movie

Featuring Jared Leto, but then it got scrapped in the end *Joaquin Phoenix's Joker whistle at him*

Arthur Fleck Joker: At least, my standalone film is a success and my sequel Folie à Deux is coming out next year in 2024.
Joker: Oh great. You never expect why I failed to stop you from getting a movie with Joaquin Phoenix.
Arthur Fleck Joker: Black Canary didn't get a movie at DC too as well. Oh well, it's a bummer.
Black Adam: It's the biggest piece of dog s**t that there is no Black Adam 2 and the cameo with Superman couldn't help it to set up a sequel. Shouldn't have done it in the beginning.
Shazam: Welp, my second film is the last film in the Shazam! franchise. The post-credit scene broke my heart that we will never see a third film that feature the Shazam Family having a rematch with Doctor Sivana and face off Mister Mind! When something get set-up, we never get to see them in the first place. *facepalm* Aye yai yai, even the sequel was a bomb at the box-office.
Cyborg: *think about a Cyborg movie starring Ray Fisher as Cyborg*

There was going to be a Cyborg movie and it didn't get made because of the allegations

Ray Fisher is innocent and they blew it

Amanda: *think about many Suicide Squad spin-offs that got cancelled like Deadshot*

There was going to be a lot of Suicide Squad spin-offs in development

But nothing came out of the blue with nothing

Harley: *think about her many spin-offs like Gotham City Sirens and Harley Quinn vs. Joker*

There was going to be Gotham City Sirens and a film with me and Joker

But everything got cancelled by the hammer *cries and use her hammer to smash comic-book runs of Batman and Suicide Squad*

Flash: *think about a Flash sequel starring Ezra Miller*

If you leave the Flash, there never ever be a Flash sequel

Ooh-ooh-hoo, no

DC, please don't go

Aquaman: *think about a Aquaman 3 with Jason Monoa as Aquaman*

If you leave Aquaman, there never ever be a Aquaman 3

Ooh-ooh-hoo, no

DC, please don't go

Peacemaker: *think about the planned DC shows that got cancelled like Zatanna*

Ooh, why

Some DC shows never got made in the first place, but me *salute*

Everyone: *the whole DC Universe sing at Gotham City*

Ooh-ooh-hoo, no

DC, please don't go

James Gunn: *show up on stage, making a speech on the platform* And so, a new DC Universe will begin in 2024 with two shows and a true beginning with a new film featuring Superman in 2025. *make everyone cheer*
Superman: *float high*

Ooh, my my

A new DC Universe will begin in 2024!

Batman: This is the end of the DC Extended Universe. No more films in the DCEU, ever! NO MORE! *smash his bat razors*
Flash: It's funny that the song we sing is the song that play in the beginning of my new movie.
Batman: Licensed music doesn't even help it and a lot of people are always complaining about it in movies!
Wonder Woman: They be better off with original songs, just like we Suicide Squad and Birds of Prey.
Flash: And I thought I reset the DC Universe. Let's go home. *leave by running fast*
Aquaman: See ya Superman. I hope I get a new actor for the DCU.
Cyborg: Oh well. No film for me and no assemble film with the Teen Titans.
Green Lantern: And I didn't get a Green Lantern movie? Damn. They thought I don't exist. Until next time! *fly off*

(Joker walks home in his house and see an entire collection of the DCEU media and use his weapons to destroy everything and smash all the DVDs in his house after years of failure at DC Films, leading to a meltdown and lie on the ground, thinking about the next few years with a new DC Universe)

Joker: *fetal position, traumatized and lie on the ground by warning everyone* In the next few years, there will be another DC Universe. In the next few years, there will be another DC Universe. In the next few years, there will be another DC Universe. In the next few years, there will be another DC Universe! To all those directors foolish enough to think they can make a DC Universe... I won't lie to you about your chances. You have my sympathies. It will not leave you the same way it found you. Its scars run deep. If there is anyone out there... damn insane enough to try and take on the DC Universe... all I have to say is... be strong... be brave... *grave whisper* bewaaaaaare...! *cries and continue shaking on the ground while smashing figures of the Justice League* WE ARE DOOMED! *fades to black*

THE END

R.I.P. THE DC EXTENDED UNIVERSE (DCEU)

2013 - 2023

(In a post-credit scene, Jaime Reyes walk into a cemetery to see a grave that lies the DCEU from 2013 - 2023, mourning down on how big of a failure the film franchise has become and not living up to fan expectations due to flops and lack of effort without any connected stories with set-ups)

Blue Beetle: Oh brother. Everyone thought the DCEU was finished when James Gunn announced his slate of his own DC Universe in early 2023. And I thought my film was set in the DC Universe. But nah, it's still set in a dead franchise and I have to finish where the DCEU left off before the real beginning for next year. *get up with "Just Wanna Rock" playing as he put on his Blue Beetle suit and fly off, wooing*

THE REAL END

Trivia[]

The short is based off The Warp Zone's video ""Our Way" - a DCEU-logy [Music Video]" about DC characters from the DCEU singing a cover of Frank Sinatra “My Way” by singing goodbye to the DCEU and reminisce on the good, the bad, and the weird that the DC Comics movie universe entailed.
Ironically, the song in the short is played in the opening of The Flash when Barry Allen is in a shop, buying his sandwich before heading out to Gotham City to stop a crime.
The ending where Joker smash his DCEU collection and lie on the ground is based off the ending of Nostalgia Critic's review of Foodfight! where he react the same thing as Joker, fetal position, traumatized and warn everyone of doing the same thing as Nostalgia Critic did.