Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Long Live the Legion! A New Romance for Triad...

Could be possible now that Superboy/Kon-el is being re-introduced to the Legion. In his last appearance Triad Purple had an obvious thing for him - which was reciprocated - if I recall correctly.
Maybe Triad Orange will be loyal to her developing feelings for Chuck Taine with Triad Neutral stuck in the middle trying to keep the peace.

Can anyone fill me in on a short bio of Kon-el. Why is he considered a Superboy? I think I've heard that he is a clone - but of who? Superman?

Thanks

Well, I am not totally up on Kon-el, but I don't want to work right now

From what I remember: Kon-el was introduced after the Death of Superman and was presented as his clone, and thus became Superboy. But it was soon discovered that Cadmus (the group that cloned him) weren't able to fully clone Kryptonian DNA. It was then revealed that while Kon-el had some Kryptonian DNA (this may not be true) most of his DNA came from Jim Harper, the Guardian.

Currently in the Teen Titans, there is a subplot that Lex Luthor's DNA May also have been used.

Kon-el doesn't have the powers of a Kryptonian. He has what the call Tactile Telekinesis. Which I understand to mean that he has a telekinetic force field around him that he can extend to those objects he touches. Using this, he is able to duplicate Superman's Strength, Flight, and Invulnerability. He does not have the Sensory abilities of Superman.

I welcome any corrections that may be necessary.

I think Kon might have a developing romance with Wonder Girl currently -- they were kissing in the last issue of Young Justice, but I don't think they've had time to be alone in Teen Titans yet.

If that's the real Kon, I wonder whether he'll bring up the Cassie thing if Lu Purple shows a renewed interest...

Not Guardian - all his DNA came from Paul Westfield, the [ex-]Cadmus Director.

At least until Geoff Johns ripped up all of that because he could...

OK. But wasn't Jim Harper's DNA involved somehow? At least it being said to have been used.

Only in the sense that an altered Jim Harper clone destroyed the only REAL (albeit approximate)copy of Superman's genetic code.

I'll see if I can dig up a scan...

Sorry, but I'm still holding out for a Lu/Valor romance.

I'd like for Lu to have a new romance too! I think a Lu/Valor romance, a Lu/Chuck romance and then the other Lu having her own romance are all possible. Since all three are different people post-boot, they could all have different lovers. It'd be interesting to see how this would effect her own thoughts of herself being an outcast among other Carrggites.

Plus, this would allow Lu to date Chuck, Mon and a whole new person at the same time! I'd vote for Dirk Morgna, if he came back as Inferno!

Thanks for the Kon-el origin explanations guys. It sounds like a bit of a mess. Superboy and Supergirl are so complicated these days. Whaever was wrong with Superman as a boy and his girl cousin anyway? Hopefully, DnA will make some attempt at a Kon-el origin explanation - they're usually pretty good at not assuming all readers have a encyclopedic knowledge of the Legion. Maybe some new legionnaires like Timber Wolf of Gear will be in the dark as to who his guy is and need to be told.

That's my preference too - still I'd like to see the Kon-el/Triad Purple flirtation at least touched on briefly for consistency's sake.

I've never really considered it before, but...

SHOULD each of Lu's 3 bodies have a separate boyfriend?

Even though they are the 'same' person, each body has different preferences.

Or would that be just too weird...?

What if one of them were lesbian? That would be odd too...

I just re-read the 3-parter that introduced Superboy to the Legion. Although Triad Purple is clearly the one who has the hots for him, it is integrated Triad who plants a big wet one on him at the end of the storyline.
Superboy played an important part in releasing M'onel (Valor) from the stasis zone in this story, as well. (He had saved his life by putting him in there in the first place). So there could be an interesting reunion in store for M'onel and Superboy in the current storyline.
When it comes to Triad - you've got the ultimate love triangle.

Well, given that she can't stay split permanantely post-boot*, I'd tend to think that each of them can have all the crushes they want (or don't ), but in terms of actual boyfriends they'd need someone they all agree on.

I think she's going to end up single (as it were)

Another thought tho: how do you get a Carggite pregnant? Is having sex with the integral enough, or would you somehow need to get all three pregnant during one split (that is, after getting any one of the three pregnant, but before they recombine you'd need to knock the other two up and get THEM pregnant for the pregnancy to "stick" ).

Somehow I doubt getting one "piece" pregnant would be enough - it'd have to be the merged or all three parts (or either).

And then, if one miscarried during a split, would the other 2/3rds of the baby die, or would the baby live but only be able to split into two?


* - before anyone brings up Tinya, remember that 1) she's only half Carggite to start with and 2) she was split, in essence, permanently soon after birth. I suspect that the bond between the constituent parts would be strengthened throughout childhood - I recall reading about a baby girl born with half her brain severly malformed, causing VERY severe epileptic fits, and they actually (before she was a year old IIRC) removed the malformed half of the brain and she grew up normally after that. If you removed half an adult's brain, they may survive but I expect they'd be permanantely crippled mentally.

This very well MIGHT explain why pre-boot Lu & Chick never had kids.... (outside of the non-continuity Shooter/Adult Legion story...)

It was never discussed on-panel, but I for one strongly suspect that this was the principal reason that the vast majority of Carggites suppress their bodies' individual personalities. There would be very few marriages on Cargg if all three of one prospective spouse's personalities had to be compatible with all three of the other's. Now, I happen to be an advocate of group marriage, but I can see that this is one situation where the complications would usually outweigh the benefits.