Legion World Forums LEGION CLUBHOUSE The Legion of Super-Heroes Long Live the Legion! Calling the Roll of LEGION OF SUPER-HEROES #2... spoilers...

'Ultimate' after one issue? Wow... I loved her here, too... but it'll take a bit more to earn ultimate from me.

I am enjoying, in a way, how our expectations for these characters are being played with... so far, in a way that is entertaining without being... hmmm... overly manipulative or cruel. Of course, it's also a bit frustrating (just a bit) to see character bits/traits jettisoned that were well-liked.

You're right-- Shooter seems to be an influence for KK... just as the ADVENTURE Sun Boy and possibly Element Lad are the 'source material' for those characters. So far...

I don't think so... KKid was in zen-practitioner mode here. That doesn't mean he and Dreamy *didn't* have an earlier 'thing'... but I don't think his touching her here or use of 'chakras' was referencing that.

That was a nice touch. Not overly done, either.

As I've said, I'm not sold on this Brainy yet. The 'takeover' comment worries me more than making me nod my head 'yes'.

Always welcome in a character. Let's hope it's consistently used.

I liked that difference between the Lad and the Kid, too. And I'm glad you read it as banter, as I did.

That would be an... interesting... heroic motivation. Honest, though. Careful about the clinginess, though... M'onel/Mon-el hasn't shown up yet (maybe *he'll* be the clingy one this time... though I hope they don't get paired up at all).

Maybe the flight rings somehow scramble visual tech? Just enough to obscure the faces? Perhaps it's so subtle that the SP/media/UP don't even realize they're being fed incorrect visual info...

...sounds like this could be a good way to introduce a Computo.

Which is probably a comics creator's most wished-for compliment. Just 18 or so days...

About Shady-- I always wanted her to visit Kathoon and have Night Girl's father do to Shadow Lass whatever he did to Lydda. Her power might only work if she wrapped herself in a tight 'shadowskin'... so it'd be a visual thing. Whenever you see Shady 'blackout', you'd know she was ready for some superstrong feat or other.

I wasn't all that crazy about the 'dark lantern' power... though I did find the cloud of shadow ancestors *very* intriguing, and was sorry even DNA seemed to drop it so quickly.

The poster Shadowplay in Candlelight suggested that Umbra and her communication with her ancestors was a subtle mixing of the preboot Shadow Lass with her Talokian foe, Lady Memory. I thought that was an insightful bit of extraploation.

The other power-use I've sometimes imagined for Shady is the ability to read shadows, thereby viewing events of the past.

I dunno. I thought Brainy was coming across as a spoiled brat who just found out maybe he *WASN'T* the best thing around for most of the issue. But there was one thing that turned me around on his character.

Maybe it's odd to do a 180 on just one scene - one bit of dialogue - but this totally changed my outlook on him.

"Can you not allow for the possibility that one of them might be so moved by that experience that he or she might find a way to AVERT it? All it would take is for one future casualty -- Just ONE -- to find the will to break the lockstep of destiny. If that happens, all probability shifts."

Even continuing the explanation, where he could get a tiny dig in, depending on how you read it:

"The universe is more unpredictable than we give it credit for. Your predictions don't HAVE to be infallible."

I guess maybe I just read it differently, but I read that as more of an assurance ... possibly support of what the Legion did on Naltor. I think this opens up a whole new side of Brainy. My only question about him now is ... if he's so freakin' smart, shouldn't he know you don't end a sentence in a preposition?????

I did enjoy Dream Girl in this issue. I liked the fact that she had problems keeping "visions" and "current reality" apart. That was always something that impressed me with all the other versions ... how could they possibly keep things straight??? After all, I know that I can have some dreams and wake up in the middle of them, not sure if they were real or not. So it would make sense for a precog to have problems ... at least initially.

I also like the fact that she's a little flirty and doesn't seem to take herself too seriously.
"'What's she going to do next?' Look at my EYES ... which are UP HERE, by the way..."
Maybe it's just the fact that I'm a guy. But I found that little bit driving home the point that these are people aware of their surroundings. They also seem to be aware of themselves.

It was also refreshing to see the teamwork of Dreamy, KK and Shadow Lass. I think we also got a hint of the powers of Titan in that instance. If they can be distracted, then their powers don't work. Might be something to file away for future use.

I guess you hated it, then.

I know what you mean, though. It's always been jarring to read preboot Shadow Lass and see how utterly wimpy she is compared to the Tasmia I "fell for" in the rookies' issue in the reboot (also notable for being -- 'ow you say? -- le appearance premiére of Ze Tongue!!!!!!!1!!!1 ). And guess what? That initial version of Umbra had "mere" shadowcasting powers, which were quite mighty in their own right, able to absorb any form of radiation (as she did to aid the wounded Radion).

What the heck was I talking about?

Uh...

This Shady is a good blend of both so far. And I hope Mon-el never shows up if it's gonna turn her into the little wifey all over again. We know Waid's got a powerful romantic streak in him, based on his Flash run...

Romantic plots should and don't require wishy-washy females. For that matter, Linda Park, while sometimes the damsel in distress, was never quite as limp as Mon-el attached Shady.