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did you just use the word "squee" ... How long have you been lurking?

Oh dearest. I may have been lurking here the last month, but i've been a fangirl for YEEEEEARRRRSSS. I squee often and without shame. XD

You'll fit right in!

I think "Squee" deserves its own thread!

I read the issue yesterday, and I have a more favorable opinion of it.

Not going to condemn the Tyroc tombstone and Wildfire faceplate yet, since it's rather silly to assume they WILL die, as Set said above.

Thank goodness Gates' scars were finally referenced. So Gates anticipates meeting his past self, perhaps, and hopes to spare his past self from receiving said scars? Eh? It's been so many issues since he first disappeared and was thought dead.

Wonder why Yera was so surpised that Gates would be sent into the past. Was it because she didn't know or trust him yet?

Still dislike the Yera-as-double-agent thing. I wouldn't want there to be a real Legion traitor, but if they can explain it as faulty Echo intelligence then that's fine.

The guy from Echo doesn't impress me at all. What's the point of him either forgetting, or pretending to forget, Gim's name? Was it to see Yera's reaction? And his drawing conclusions about Tyroc's and Wildfire's demises is just silly.

Boo to the upcoming crossover too; if anything it'll probably just delay the resolution of the Legion Lost storyline.

One thing that infuriates me about the new villain? Having ultra-aggressive villains who revel in violence for the sake of violence is so boring AND annoying. Those are the worst one-dimensional villains IMO, and when the Legion gives him the beatdown I will so cheer!

There's no cross-over at all--Ravagers is doing it's own thing and Superboy is going to be in the middle of it's H'el on Earth crossover. This story is going to purely be in Legion Lost.

Even if LL gets cancelled soon, Echo plotlines will continue into the New 52 as Kid Flash and Jocelyn Lure (there can be little doubt that she is an Echo operative) will continue to appear in Teen Titans and Superboy.

It might be amusing if another reason why Troy Stewart was "The Hero Who Hated the Legion" was because that he knew joining their ranks would ultimately lead to his demise.

As for Wildfire--Drake could conceivably survive after losing his suit by spending time in Qward, where it has been established (admittedly during the Threebot ) that his anti-energy could manifest a corporeal body--which would be an interesting twist in his relationship with Dawny...

I don't like that this guy, to be 'established as a badass' killed an entire planet in his introduction. It seems fated to become one of those 'villain badass decay' things, where the bad-guy does something incredibly over-the-top in his first appearance, and then turns out to be a big fat dud, and never manages to be a credible threat again.

Plus I am beyond bored with people kicking Drake's ass. He's a heavy hitter, and it would feel appropriately 'super' for every bad-guy they face to *not* be inexplicably immune to an anti-matter explosion to the face.

What's the point of having awesome superhero powers if every single schmuck that nobody's ever heard of (or likely will ever hear from again) has editorial fiat making them immune to your powers? It's boring, uncreative, repetitive and, did I say, boring?

Well like you said, it was the Threeboot--but back when Nicieza was writing it, I had a feeling that due to the Hypertaxis virus that all of these character's powers would evolve during the course of the story, like what we saw with Timber Wolf, so I think I could see Drake hitting a corner emotionally--that he can be the Drake he was while still accepting that he is no longer human in the traditional sense--and would be able to create a physical form for himself.

It's official--Legion Lost is history, #16 is being solicited as a final issue:
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