User:SforHope

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 * Image                  = Batman Vol 2 14 Textless.jpg
 * RealName               = Unknown
 * CurrentAlias           = SforHope
 * Aliases                = S.; Salazar Slytherin; Severus Snape; Sweet Sorrow Prince; Iolous
 * Identity               = Secret
 * Alignment              = Neutral
 * Affiliation            = DC Database
 * Relatives              = 3+
 * Universe               = Earth-Q
 * BaseOfOperations       =


 * Quotation              = Welcome to the Database. You'll be safe here.
 * Speaker                = S.S.


 * Gender                 = Male
 * Height                 = 5'7"
 * Weight                 = 160 lbs
 * Eyes                   = Brown
 * Hair                   = Brown
 * UnusualFeatures        = Shape-Shifting


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 * Origin                 =
 * PlaceOfBirth           =
 * Creators               =
 * First                  = Batman Vol 1 484

SforHope is a real life person who volunteered into the DC Database in order to help out the community and fill certain gaps with useful and accurate information. Known for his synopses, creator pages and his extreme liking of Batman; SforHope has gained a place in the DC Database as an active and productive member of the community.
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Important to know is that he is not related in any way to Sandra Hope.

Early Years
P.S.S. are the initials of SforHope's real name; given by his parents after he was born: Friday; August 16 1991. (The birth location is already given in the profile ID)

During his first years, S. was raised as every other human beign, with one particularity: his parents introduced him to the Superheroes mythos at a very young age. S. has no memory of said events, but with pictures as evidence, he has witnessed his first contact with the modern day heroes. Birthday cakes, costumes, toys and all sort of everyday objects were superheroes themed; most prominently Batman; Superman and Spider-Man; thus he would become a fan of such things in the nearby future.

The first actual memory he recalls about a superheroe, was at the age of 5; when he used to watch re-runs of the Batman '66 TV Series, making him a Batman fan from the very beginning. A few years later, another TV show would come into his life to change it forever: Batman: The Animated Series. S. became a huge Batman fan after watching that show and his Batman-mania wouldn't stop until the program was taken out of air. Other TV shows appeared, but just one could match BTAS; and that was Dragon Ball Z.

As he grew up, he enjoyed watching the latest Batman movies, including Batman Forever and Batman and Robin, but the obsession was gone. Trying to regain the love for Batman, he watched the best depictions of The Dark Knight so far: Batman and Batman Returns, both Tim Burton's movies. Those movies managed to revive his interest but it was not strong enough to make him go crazy as before.

As the natural gamer he is, S also enjoyed playing Batman games as Batman and Robin and Batman Returns, which made him believe he was a hardcore Batman fan; how wrong he was.

As a teenager, he lost much of his interest for Batman and the only thing that reminded him of the Caped-Crusader was the videogame Batman: Gotham City Racer, but that seemed like the end of it. He lost the interest in Batman. Even when a new movie entitled Batman Begins was announced, he felt nothing but contempt for the movie and the character. It all seemed lost.

Embracing DC
In 2008, S was almost a grown up and a new Batman movie was announced. The marketing campaign for Dark Knight caught his attention, specifically the new Joker. As a kid, he was a big fan of Jack Nicholson's portrayal of the Clown Prince of Crime and Heath Ledger revived that feeling just by watching the teaser trailer.

The big moment came after watching Dark Knight. It only took one movie, Christopher Nolan's take on Batman, to make him breathe for Batman again. The impact was so strong that it actually made him want more. What the massive media could give him was not enough. He wanted to know what was behind that masterpiece, and a little research did the trick: S found the sources that the filmmakers used to create that movie and that was the printed source.

After learning that Ledger's Joker was based on existing stories, S decided he must have them. Batman: The Killing Joke was the first printed media he ever read and obviously, it blowed his mind. Batman: Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth was the second graphic novel on his list and just like the movie, it was another step deeper into the Batman fandom. When a third movie was announced, it was used as the perfect excuse to search more of the stories they would use to make the movie and thus he learned about Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. The state of joy after reading those 3 stories was just too much to bear and he has turned completely into a Batman fan, even more than before.

Yet, it was not over. After looking the Wikipedia page for the third Nolan movie, The Dark Knight Rises, he learned that they would use two storylines as a base for the film: Batman: Knightfall and Batman: No Man's Land. In that way he discovered the single issues, commmonly called comic books.

Using Wikipedia information, he learned that those two storylines unfolded during the 90's and he started looking for those comic books to quench his thirst for Batman stories. Once he managed to obtain most of the single issues, he started reading the prelude to Knightfall and he decided that he must have all Batman comics from that point on to the end: No Man's Land; as a way to prepare for the incoming movie.

After finishing the first issues of Knightfall; he was more than just a Batman fan, he was attached to DC Comics. However, there were some obscure issues that he couldn't find and he started looking for any kind of information on the web, just to fill the gap between stories. Wikipedia didn't have that information in detail, but searching outside of the "comfort zone", S discovered a place where people wrote about DC Comics, their characters and the single comic books, it was then that S discovered the DC WIKIA.

Knowing the DC Database
At first, he used the DC Database as a source for reading order of issues, certain plotlines and even to know if the comic he just obtained was the right one. Time passed and the Knightfall storyline was over. He started reading the single issues between Knightfall and Batman: Contagion and he continue to enjoy every single aspect of the comic book experience. That way he achieved his goal and read all the Batman main titles (Batman and Detective Comics) from Knightfall to No Man's Land; but in the meantime, he missed some comic books for different reasons and somehow, what should have been the primary source of information in those cases, was not helpful at all. The DC Database was missing a lot of issues stories and S couldn't help but feel dissapointed.

He continued reading other Batman stories that he have decided to read by himself; went to see Dark Knight Rises, read more comic books, watched the old BTAS episodes that he still loves and enjoys, and played the Batman: Arkham Asylum and Batman: Arkham City games. Batman ruled his world.

But still, something was not right for him. ''How come the DC Database is missing everything in those pages? No characters, no info, no nothing....'' he thought. After pondering about that and considering his options; he decided to create a wikia account and help the people to fill those pages....just around the time when Man of Steel was released....

Year One
After watching Man of Steel; he came up with what would serve as his Tweeter account and also his user name in the wikia network. "SforHope" was the chosen name because of the fact that Hope is the mindset he bases his entire life and "S" is just his surname's initial letter; a fitting name....or so he believes.

September 10, 2013, he made his first edit in the page of the first comic book he read:. As every new contributor, the first edit had a lot of mistakes, but fortunately for him, Tupka a.k.a. The Green Admin was there to fix and clean up his mess. At first he didn't like that attitude, but then he understood that managing a wikia with more than 80.000 pages must be hard, so instead of being a kid, he decided to help the best he could by learning the ropes; how to edit properly, what to do and not to do. He decided to fill, fix, complete and polish the single issues pages of all the comics he had read.

After I managed to edit properly, without any of my edits being reverted or removed, I noticed that the creator's pages were even emptier than the comic book ones. I decided that those pages neede information as well, and since then every single creator gets at least one line of information; all thanks to me.

Later, I checked the BTAS episodes pages and wasn't surprised to see that most of them were missing the history section. Again, I warmed-up my fingers and off I went to fill those pages as well, with creators included. Another user that guided me to edit correctly was Byfield, whom I admire for his dedication to this wiki.

I also participated in the first Hurt/Heal Game but unfortunately, I couldn't make my top characters win.

So, a year has passed and I have just begun editing the most challenging tasks so far: the No Man's Land crossover. With enough time, I will make it.

As I once told the The Blue Admin: I like to believe that it makes or will make a difference in the future. -- If there are fanboys (or fangirls) like me out there, just looking for information about their favorite characters and comic books; it will make a difference.


 * Powers                 =
 * Synopses Writing: This ability is given to a chosen few; a power granted by the love of the comic books and written stories.
 * Abilities              =
 * Willpower to fill pages that needs some info; specially creators pages and regular comic book pages with little to no info at all. Filling pages with little details...enlightening comic book fans/readers and learning all the way.
 * Strength               =
 * Average most of the time. Increases godlike amounts when exposed to the following: Extraordinary Music, Full Moon Nights, Cold Weather, Darkness and Unrivaled Beauty.
 * Weaknesses             =
 * Heat, Dark and Cold Water, Regular Music and Unrivaled Beauty.
 * The following are not weaknesses, but certainly make SforHope really angry:
 * Synopsis not yet written.
 * History of character is unknown.
 * ''Personal History of "Creator" is unknown.
 * Professional History of "Creator" is unknown.


 * Equipment              =
 * Every Batman issue from Batman #484 to Batman #574.
 * Every Detective Comics issue from #654 to #741.
 * Almost all Batman related graphic novels, one-shots and Batman Recommended Reading issues.
 * HP Computer
 * Optic Fiber Internet
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 * Notes                  =
 * Current goal: Complete, fix and polish all issues, articles, creators and characters concerning Batman starting in Batman: Knightfall all the way to No Man's Land. Primarily Batman Vol 1 and Detective Comics Vol 1. Add issues to crossover pages; and add History Sections to TV Series episodes.
 * Next Goal: Do the same with important graphic novels, story arc and single issues that requires "clean up". All Batman Related.


 * Trivia                 =
 * SforHope prefers to keep his real name for himself, but his last name can be seen in the screen name ID profile.
 * While S is a die-hard Batman fan, he didn't joined the Batman Wiki because it lacked even more information than the DC Database. The format of the Batman wikia was not appealing to him at all and the information existing there is shameful. The DC Database is the one he likes the most.
 * If you read all of the above.....you certainly scare me.

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