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Seems posting's been a little slow the past few days. So, my next poll...
The 90s name changes for the SW6 Legion and later the reboot. Divisive. An effort to give the Legion names in a 90s style rather than a 60s style.
I didn't include Mon-El's name changes, as those weren't just about changing the style.
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I actually had two on that list that I considered worst.
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About half of them are just plain bad. I like Alchemist but only if you give it to Condo Arlik, I actually dislike Gossamer and Leviathan is such a cliche I can barely stand it. Inferno was good but the underage mall rat version really owned the name so Dirk gets to be called Sunboy again.
It's interesting to note that Ayla Ranzz has had no less than four (4!) names as a Legionnaire.
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Most of the names I could live with (even Gossamer), but Alchemist sounds more like an archaic job description than a hero code name. To me, it's the most generic-sounding name on the list.
If Trips had included Mon-El's names, I would definitely have voted for Valor for the same reason: It's not a name, it's a self-aggrandizing attribute.
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From: The Stasis Zone | Registered: Jul 2003
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If we had been allowed two votes I would've voted "Leviathan" for #2
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I don't mind Valor, personally. "Valor" was the last name of a supporting character in another book I used to read-- He was a nice guy, too. So the association didn't bother me.
Leviathan just makes me grin because it reminds me of the sea-king in those Hebrew folk tales I'd hear a lot as a kid.
Bearing in mind that I wasn't around for most of the name changes, so this is all the ultimate in Monday-morning quarterbacking for me.
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From: Vanity, OR | Registered: Dec 2008
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Leviathan being a giant AQUATIC monster is the reason I voted for that as the worst name change. There must be giant names that could have been used that are more appropriate.
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From: New York, NY, USA | Registered: Nov 2003
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I picked Gossamer. Ugh. Levitation Lass would have been better...
I loved Umbra. Best reboot name ever, IMO.
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I chose Leviathan--SO doesn't say "guy grows to giant size" to me. Nothing particularly monstrous about Gim, really.
I'm surprised Gossamer's winning/losing by a landslide! My guess woulda been Alchemist.
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From: The Underbelly of Society | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Chaim Mattis Keller: Leviathan being a giant AQUATIC monster is the reason I voted for that as the worst name change. There must be giant names that could have been used that are more appropriate.
So he didn't have scales and a tail for that run then ? Or at least a flight ring that dispensed bottles of water ?
Tsk.
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