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How's it going, Lardy?

I just couldn't resist.

Steve

How about Tigress or Catseye (the code name is no longer used)

How about:

Cattitude
Purrfection
Felinity

Hey Steve,

How about "Prowl"? I've always thought it fitting for a feline/stealth-like character.

I like that name (my favorite Transformer ;)). Regardless of the codename, her civilian name should be Toni

And since this is the DCU, is there anything preventing her from taking the name "Cat-woman" or "Huntress"?

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Hey, Prowl's one of my favorite Transformers too! Right up there with Ironhide and Jazz... you go, guy!

'Prowl' is nice, but I don't know why 'Catspaw' isn't useable.
That way, we might get a reappearance/rebooted version of her later.

Shady

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J-just fine, M-Mr. Lightle sir!



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Catspaw has appeared post-boot in LEGIONNAIRES #69 (Mar 99). She's on page 2 as one of the potential applicants for McCauley's Workforce. As well as "her counterpart" Lupine and Piston, a Tyrazzian whose power is in his armor.
Obviously, they didn't make the cut, but she's out there somewhere.

I'm starting to like Tiger Girl a lot.

I seem to recall considering Huntress as a possibility ...

But right now, I'm leaning towards Tiger Girl ... it just sounds so early Silver Age.

Steve

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Whiskaz?

Ummm ... We may have to go back to referring to her as that bright red girl with the headband and tiger striped costume.

Steve

So she is!
Thanks so much!
I had completely missed that.

And McCauley didn't 'adopt' Lori, Amilia became her 'foster parent'.
Maybe, she's not his rich inheritor.

As for red faced Tiger Girl ~ how about Kitara?
That's similar to a 'ThunderCats' name but I don't know if the spelling is the same.

Did somebody already mention Tigress?

Cat Lass is good, too, in a LLASHy kind of way.

Whiskaz!

Shady

I'm with MLLASH on this one. One thing that's missing from the current Legion....the "Lass" monikers. Cat Lass or Tiger Lass would be so much more "Legion Silver Age" than Cat Girl or Tiger Girl

Catless? Cutless?

I like the occasional use of the antiquated "Lass" ... but you have to be careful about the sound of it. Shadow Lass worked ... Lightning Lass worked ...

On the other hand, Tigress isn't bad ... but hasn't it been used a few times before? It's pretty hard to come up with a superhero code name that hasn't been used before ... nearly impossible, I've tried.

Steve

Well Quislet and Tellus seem pretty unique. Not sure if Steve came up with them or Paul Levitz did.

I still like "Tellus" as the code name for a telepath.

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I suppose ***** Galore would be a little too off-color for the feline character? Not to mention trademarked....well, never mind.

I beleive Steve said before that Paul came up with the names. Steve created the looks.

Nightcrawler is partly correct. Except, I never claimed that my involvement in the creation of those two characters was limited to their designs.

Paul and I worked very closely to develop the details of our Legion creations. Although the characters of Tellus and Quislet were both initially proposed by me, the final names we settled on came from Paul. I can't remember all the different possibilities we went through. I do seem to remember Paul referring to, the character that came to be known by the name Quislet, as Starworm. Now, you tell me, just how do you tell someone as talented as Mr. Levitz, that the name he came up with sucks? I really worried over this one ...'cuz my new Legionnaire just couldn't be stuck with the name Starworm ... oh, no! I had suggested the name Dybbuk, which to the best of my understanding, means "mischievous spirit" in Hebrew. Well, I guess the name I proposed carried too much religious baggage with it. Apparently, Dubbuk has some negative aspects to it that are not easily summed up by the word mischievous. Well, Karen and Paul vetoed my suggestion, and I vetoed Starworm ... When Paul countered with Quislet, I had my doubts. I didn't want him cursed with the fate of a "Quisling." But, frankly, after Starworm, I think I was relieved to hear the name Quislet.

As for Tellus ... I remember someone suggested the name Mind-Monster ... which I was dead set against. If we were showing the Legion's acceptance of non-humanoid team members, the last thing we needed was to refer to them as monsters or worms. I wanted something that sounded more alien. I wanted it to seem that their code names might have originated from their individual cultures.

Since I already determined, to a great extent, the reasoning behind their abilities and their cultures, I was happy to defer to Paul on their names ... just so we didn't end up calling them Starworm and Mind-Monster.

I think that Tellus and Quislet have held up pretty well through the years.

Steve Lightle


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"Star Worms and Mind Monsters" Oh my!

Thanks for the name origins, Steve. I'm always fascinated by how certain creations get their names. Good call on the vetos!

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I'm curious about something.

When a topic becomes large ,,, say 8 pages or more ... does it seem too imposing for readers? Does it just seem like too much to take in? or, like me, do a large number of people routinely check the last page of a favorite thread to see if anything new has been added?

I'd really like to know, as I'm relatively new to these message boards.

Thanks,

Steve

8 pages is not particularly long for this board, I'm afraid, as conversations tend to meander.
Which is a good thing, in my view.

I always check the last page or two, of a thread I've been following.
If I start reading a thread I've come to late, I usually just read the whole thing, but not always.

If you'd prefer to start new threads along the same lines, you can, of course.

Redundancy of comments can be harder to deal with though, since what's already been said on the topic gets lost.

However, if we get bogged down in something, a new thread can help freshen things up.

Ahhh, for simple 'black and white' answers.
sigh

Shady

What Shady said goes for me too.

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No comprehensive exams on this board. I usually just read the first page and the last few.

Sometimes I'll read the middle to find a really good post that I can cut and paste to see if anyone notices (kidding )

Whadaya mean these boards meander?