posted
Let's say, for whatever reason, the decision was made to reboot the Legion yet again for the DCNu. However, instead of rebooting with the typical Silver Age Legionnaires, editorial decides to create a Legion plucking its membership from all major eras of the team. Just which Legionnaires will make the cut though?
I've decided for this poll to try and build a traditionally sized roster of 25 Legionnaires. The twist, though, is that this ISN'T the 25 most popular Legionnaires. Instead, I've divided the unique members over the Legion's history into 25 chronological 'groupings' and you must vote for one Legionnaire per group to see on a rebooted team. A Legion where only ONE of the three founders is a member. Only ONE super/Daxamite cousin. Only one of Shooter's Four. Whoever wins, it'll definitely be a Legion we've never seen before. So get to voting!
Polling is not enabled in this forum. This poll is inactive.
posted
WoW!!! That was really tough. I generally like to pair up Legionnaires for a balance when I put together a team. Like: Brainy/White Witch (Science/Magic), Saturn Girl/Mon-El (Mind/Body), Colosal Boy/Shrinking Violet (Grows/Shrinks), etc. for most of the team then throw in all the least human looking for the last 5 or so. This poll didn't allow so much for that and made me have to rethink my choices. Cool!
From: gone | Registered: Jul 2010
| IP: Logged |
posted
That's one of the fun things about this arrangement, I've found. The team may be a bit impractical and be missing certain power or skill types, but the results are definitely interesting. For example, my Legion within the confines of the poll is actually 80% female! Pretty cool.
Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
Eryk Davis Ester
Created from the Cosmic Legends of the Universe!
posted
I found myself actually keeping track of the gender balance as I went along, as well as thing like "I voted for character X, probably best not to vote for character Y with the same powers".
It would be interesting to experiment with different ways of grouping the Legionnaires, though.
From: Liberty City | Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
That was a bit of fun there. Some hard choices. At first I though of doing like EDE said with trying to balance, but just decided to go with my gut feeling. I think the end result actually was pretty balanced.
From: Turn around... | Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
I really liked this poll. You sub-divided the members very well. Can you post a villain version please?
-------------------- Go with the good and you'll be like them; go with the evil and you'll be worse than them.- Portuguese Proverb
From: Illinois | Registered: Jun 2010
| IP: Logged |
-------------------- "Been killed--didn't like it." (Duplicate Damsel, Legion of Super-Heroes #10)
From: Groga | Registered: Aug 2003
| IP: Logged |
Set
There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.
posted
Awesome poll. Some totally painful choices, for me. (I woulda picked all three Adventure Close-Out Legionnaires, and half of the Academy recruits, if I could have!)
I couldn't find Lamprey in the 'pick two' options at the end, so I voted for her in the Academy section, and then picked Nightwind as one of my 'wild cards.'
I couldn't very well not pick both of them!
Registered: Aug 2006
| IP: Logged |
posted
Thanks for the compliments! Glad everyone is having fun. Now that Set has mentioned it, I -did- overlook Lamprey, Power Boy, and Shadow Kid in the "Wild Card" section. My apologies for that. Feel free to mention them in comments here if they would have been your votes.
Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
posted
This was a great poll and like everybody else really had me thinking who I would want and who I could actually have..
I did find the first few questions particularly difficult though as how can you really choose two from Tinya, Lu, Thom, Querl and Jo? All five of which would walk into any Legion of mine. Even the final question did not help as one of them had to give way to Laurel as surely everyone wants a Legion with Kara and Laurel fighting over Brainy?
From: Dorset, England | Registered: Oct 2008
| IP: Logged |
posted
Difficult! I tried to pick just my favourite out of each individual grouping rather than trying to figure out how they all would work together in a team, so I wasn't so much considering power overlap or complimentary abilities so much as just who I like as a character.
If I were gonna do it in terms of what would make the best team of 25, I think I would have different results...
-------------------- Read the alternate adventures of the Legion after Legion of Three Worlds! postlo3w
Registered: Nov 2009
| IP: Logged |
posted
Awesome poll! Really made me think... now this is a Legion that is all-inclusive.
And THANK YOU for the Wild Cards! It was awesomely difficult picking between the Reboot Legionnaires.
I wonder how voting was affected by other choices in the poll? For example, would Dragonmage have gotten more votes if his era had come before White Witch's? Did anyone pick Veilmist as a substitute for Gates?
Titans Idol - vote for your favorite Titans members!
From: Wouldn't you like to know? | Registered: Oct 2003
| IP: Logged |
Set
There's not a word yet, for old friends who've just met.
posted
After picking Veilmist, I did skip on Gates.
But I picked both White Witch and Dragonmage. Dragonmage never really used 'magic' anyway, he just shot really powerful energy blasts and called them magic, it seemed, so he pretty much made up for my not picking Lightning Lad or Lass...
Registered: Aug 2006
| IP: Logged |
Eryk Davis Ester
Created from the Cosmic Legends of the Universe!
posted
My choices, for what's it's worth (and while I still remember them)...
Click Here For A Spoiler 1. Cosmic Boy 2. Triplicate Girl 3. Invisible Lyle 4. Brainiac 5 5. Superboy (Clark) 6. Shrinking Violet 7. Matter-Eater Lad 8. Nemesis Kid 9. Shadow Lass 10. Tyroc 11. White Witch 12. Quislet 13. Nightwind 14. Infectious Lass 15. Calamity King 16. Spider Girl 17. Veilmist 18. Catspaw 19. Kinetix 20. Gear 21. Theena 22. Night Girl 23. Comet Queen 24. Bouncing Boy 25. Er... Crap! I already forgot the last one! Dream Girl, maybe?
From: Liberty City | Registered: Jul 2003
| IP: Logged |
Hyperpath: Email this page to someone!
Printer-friendly view of this topic | Subscribe To Topic
