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I just read the latest Supergirl annual, and it kind of made me realise....I really like seeing Kara in the LSH more than Clark, I always have.
I don't think Clark really gets anything out of it - sure, there's talk about how they give him peers and acceptance and blah blah, but I always feel like we're being told that more than we're actually seeing it.
Kara on the other hand, she has always really shone with the LSH...it only really seems like she gets to use her full potential a lot of the time when she is on a Legion mission, she seems to really actually get more out of the social aspect of it, and her and Brainy is a way more interesting relationship than any Clark has ever had with a Legionnaire IMO...
I think she's too young for the current Legion we have now, but I hope we get to see a lot more stories with her and them in their younger years.
What do y'all think?
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Supergirl everytime for me mostly for the reasons you stated.
The Legion does not need Clark and he tends to overshadow them when he turns up but Legion and Kara go together like pie and chips.
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Neither. I like Mon-el and Andromeda.
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Supergirl and Brainiac 5. What more needs saying?
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It's a real tough call for me because I prefer them both be in it (especially like the Supergirl / Superboy interaction and the time travel aspect of that too).
If I had to choose one, it would be Superboy. But you make a great case for Supergirl.
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I've never felt the same sort of connection between Superboy and the rest of the team that I did with Supergirl (through her quasi-relationship with Brainy). He's always felt like a guest-star, or a tourist, someone who isn't planning on sticking around, even when the book has his name in the title. The flat-out idol worship that some of the Legionnaires shower upon him seems less like 'teammates' or 'friends' and more like groupies hanging out with their favorite celebrity, like Clark is the 31st century Justin Bieber, and Garth, Imra, Rokk, etc. are the screaming tweens.
Supergirl, on the other hand, feels more at home as a Legionnaire than she often has in the 20th century, to me.
I'd rather Mon-El, than either, but, of Clark and Kara, it's (original) Kara all the way.
(Despite liking Conner more than Clark or Kara, Conner goes way past Clark in the tourist category. He's very strongly rooted in the 21st century, with his ties to Cassie, Tim and Bart, and would feel as out of place and 'waiting to go home' as Super-Clark often did.)
On the other hand, if it's a choice between Superboy and Threeboot Kara, or the new Kara, I think I'd prefer a poke in the eye with a sharp stick...
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quote:Originally posted by Set: Supergirl, on the other hand, feels more at home as a Legionnaire than she often has in the 20th century, to me.
I'd rather Mon-El, than either, but, of Clark and Kara, it's (original) Kara all the way.
On the other hand, if it's a choice between Superboy and Threeboot Kara, or the new Kara, I think I'd prefer a poke in the eye with a sharp stick...
I think we've had this discussion before and I always thought that that was one of the reasons Supergirl was added to the Primeboot. Originally she was supposed to stay there, then TPTB changed their minds. sigh
I still don't see the new Kara AS Kara, so I totally agree with Set. I haven't read the annual yet, but I find the whole 'Supergirl in the Legion and loving Brainy' thing to be forced and unnatural.
And we know she can't be in the current Legion because Brainy says that she's dead in his time in the New Krypton story.
So, we know that the current Kara has a very limited shelf life. And there's no way that her death this time is going to be as ground breaking or as heart breaking as the first time.
I hate retreads.
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I don't see why Kara has to die again. After all, Superman is dead in the Legion's time too. We do have time travel at our disposal (again).
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Supergirl, only because she's probably good for the long haul. Kal-el is too busy a guy to stick around full-time. Occasional visits, maybe. Full-time, no way. My money would be on Supergirl.
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Superboy. The "real" Superboy. Sorry, I like Supergirl...well, the hotpants seventies version that showed up in the JLA mostly... but the book is a spinoff of Superboy. It was birthed in his book. Thats the natural fit. The team has moved beyond just being a tack on ( "and the Legion...") and lets face it, they are like peanut butter and jelly. Peanut butter and horse radish...don't go tagedder so good.
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