Legion World Forums LEGION OUTPOST Mission Monitor Board Rest In Peace, MLLASH

Guys, I, I have the said duty to announce Michael Lash has passed away.

On his facebook page I am suddenly reading posts wishing Lash last respects.

Thank you for starting this thread, Sarky.

We will all miss Lash terribly. There will never be another.

Lash is, was and always will be the heart and soul of the LMB and Legion World. We will mourn and celebrate him forever.

I'm not liking this year so far. A guy I knew from another board also passed away late last week.

LW won't be the same without him.

This really hurts. Lash was so fun and welcoming and positive. I miss him already.

I tried showing him some stuff from Sailor Moon hoping he might like it. I thought he'd enjoy Sailor Uranus and Neptune.

God I don't even know how Rhino is, they were so close.

A few years ago, I shared a number of cover image collections with Lash. He singled out one group in particular because he really liked the "enjoying someone else's company so much you don't want to part" sentiment.







Good night, sweet Trish.

I've been lurking, but it's been ages since I've logged in, but I had to do so to leave a message about our dear friend Lash Lad aka MLLASH aka Michael.

Lash was always so enthusiastic, friendly, open and welcoming, loving the Legion and those who loved the Legion... and those yet to come to love the Legion!

He'll be sorely missed.

Lash's posts never failed to make me laugh. They were always full of positivity and fun. Unexpected, and often from left field, but always accessible, creative and hilarious.

So many of these were part of madcap joint LMB threads that were full of energy and friendship. Lash's warmth and love for the LMB can be seen not only in his own posts, but in all the others he inspired and helped create. He was always so welcoming, and his posts had that glint of invitation for everyone to join in the fun.

When I've seen Lash post after any sort of absence, it was like the return of one of the board's big guns. Just seeing the name gave me that LW feeling of being home. Faster than a speeding Fandango. Mightier than a Fembrain scheme.

Lash was the heart of the LMB, and my thoughts are with his family and friends including all those here who have known him for so long, and shared so much together.

All the saints in heaven are in for some rollicking adventures.

Good night, Lash. Don't go.

Aw that's really sad I only really know him from here and FB but I agree with everyone else - Lash was always super fun and positive, even just seeing his posts online his enthusiasm was really obvious and infectious.

There will never be another like him. I'm so grateful for all the fun we shared.

A hush settled over the stands as the young man took his place at the line.

Never in the history of the Xynthian Dart Olympics had a perfect twelve been scored in the dodecathlon. If he were able to hit this last target his name would not only go down in the planetary record books, but those of the entire galaxy.

He eyed the target. 400 meters... target moving slightly northwest at 20 meters per second... wind from the east.

He looked down at the table. Which was right? A blacksnake perhaps? No... a Qilinbian!

An audible gasp issued through the crowd as he selected the whip. He grinned. "Heh..." he whispered quietly to himself, "let 'em gasp. The name's not 'Lash' for nothing."

He closed his eyes and - with only a double wind up - let it crack.

He set the standard for this group: fun, welcoming, hilarious, insightful. And he kept it on that path, always.

I keep struggling for things to say as I post in different places. He wasn't just a friend, he was a great friend. I'm going to miss him every time I post here or on Facebook or when I read an LSH comic or hear a certain song.

He was truly the most beloved of all posters. I'm going to miss him terribly.

But I know he'd enjoy the fact that he left us tens of thousands of jokes and moments to reread and laugh about, and I can't wait to do that.

Love you, brother.

I was shocked when I woke up to the news this morning. The world has become a much sadder place.

He was someone who never failed to let everyone feel welcome and important here, whether it was through leave you in tears hilarious fumettis or bizarre threads that only someone with his genius could think of.

R.I.P Lash

I had the privilege to have met LASH in person and to sleep (in an uncomfortable chair) at his apartment. He took me and Pov to meet his Mom. Despite his outgoingness, I got a sense that he was somewhat shy.

Legion World and the real world has lost someone special.

I am very sad and stunned to have lost such a good friend today. Although we never "met" Lash was always there for me when I needed him. Always there to listen.
Rest in peace my friend. My upbringing and beliefs allow me to say with my confidence that we will ALL be together again some day.
I miss you.

Catonyx (formally Future King)

I have temporarily changed my avatar to honor LASH

I've been afraid to even come to the site in fear that such a topic would show up after his recent hospitalization.

This place will never be the same again.

Lash was one of the sweetest human beings I've ever had the pleasure to have known.

He taught me to enjoy life more and to look at things less analytically and critically. No one articulated the childlike joy found in simple pleasures like Lash did.

I miss him terribly. There will never be another like him.

Rest in Peace, Michael Lash.

Flowers have been sent from Legion World.

I'm trying to contact Candle about it.

I haven't hung around the ol' Legion World in recent years as much as I once did, but I wanted to drop in and offer my condolences to all those who knew LASH better than I on his passing. He was, in many ways, the heart and soul of this board and it will never be quite the same without him.

If only we could get DC to publish a Matter-Eater Lad comic in his honor.

Thanks, Quis.

I remember when I first came out on these boards. Lash was THE first to reply, and he said:



This makes Lash the first person ever to accept gay old me.