Black Lightning could kickstart a whole new “Lightningverse.” Series showrunner Salim Akil hopes to build more superheroes into the show, which could potentially lead to spinoffs set in Jefferson Pierce’s world.

Akil told Yahoo!, “Yeah, let’s hope so. We want to entertain. I know this show is topical and it has some political merit to it, but we also want to entertain and make people laugh and get them excited about the fight sequences, and the characters that are coming in, as well as the villains that are coming in. We hope it will be a well-rounded experience so yes, we’d love to see other superheroes come through.”

He already has another superhero in mind for the series. “Static could be interesting,” he posited.

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During an interview with PrettyBrownAndNerdy reporter and co-founder Cheyenne Ewulu, Black Lightning producers and show runners Salim and Mara Brock Akil confirmed that a “Lightningverse” is in the works.

Cheyenne: There have been rumors swirling around that you guys are looking to start something like your own ‘Lightningverse’.

Mara: A Lightningverse?

Cheyenne: Like the Arrowverse with Arrow and…

Arriving in the interrogation chamber, it is revealed that the ponies who broke into the Palace were Lightning Dust and Regal Rust. Sunset Shimmer (now known as Sunrise Shimmer) and her wife the Fluttershy from the human world have evidently been summoned as well, their adopted daughter Mocha Sweet in tow as well. In the course of the interrogation, it is revealed that Regal Rust is Sunset Shimmer's illegitimate daughter with Prince Blueblood, making her Regality's half-sister. Also, Lightning Dust reveals that she's Rainbow Dash's daughter with Spitfire from another timeline.

Long story short, in her original timeline, Rainbow Dash never left the Wonderbolts Academy after the whole 'return of the Crystal Empire' thing, and her absence from the circle of Bearers of the Elements of Harmony led to a war with the Griffons. In a battle with an unrepentant Sunset Shimmer, Lightning Dust Dash ended up going back in time to circa Sonic Rainboom, witnessing her mother's Rainboom at the climax of the episode. She decided to set the future to right by playing the role of total prick to coax Rainbow Dash into returning to her group of friends (the episode Wonderbolt Academy), and has since been searching Equestria with her girlfriend Regal Rust to find magic mirrors that could possibly send her back to her timeline.

(pictured: Lightning Dust (above) and Regal Rust (below), both by StarryOak)

Regal Rust, for her part, had been searching for magic mirrors in the hopes of reuniting with her mother and giving her a piece of her mind for abandoning her. Sunrise transforms into her angelic Daydream form, putting her in her place for being a little shit. Human Fluttershy (who looks like an Earth Pony) seems to be distracted by something, and her wife Sunrise questions her about this. After a bit of beating around the bush, Fluttershy blurts out "Sunny, I want a baby!".

Since learning that Rainbow Dash and Spitfire, two mares, had a biological daughter in an alternate timeline, she had been filled with thoughts of having a biological daughter with Sunrise. Sunrise hesitates, not quite sure what their daughter could be if they conceive one, since Sunrise is neither a human or a pony, but the physical manifestation of Harmony itself. Fluttershy assures Sunrise that no matter what their daughter is, they'll love her. Quartzy overhears this and begins to question her self-loathing. Lightning Dust returns to her home timeline and reunites with her mothers and her own next-gen Mane Six at long last.