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I still think Noelle Stevenson would kill it on legion of superheroes.
Actually letās talk about the legion
Saturn girl, lightning lad and cosmic boy are the centre of the whole thing and they balance each other perfectly
Imra is the pragmatist, you canāt be from a planet of telepaths and not be: second chances, mitigating factors, presumption of innocence are all non-issues to a telepath. She instantly knows if & why you did it and if youād do it again.
But Garth, heās the heart, heās not stupid at all but he does what he feels is right and good rather than whatās smart. Thatās why imra loves him, heās honest and pure and straightforward and who else could a telepath love than someone like that
Now Rokk is Kirk/cyclops/Captain America all in one, the one who canāt be as emotionally involved because he has to lead and he has to be the balance not just between imra and Garth but for a team of dozens, he has to be the one who arbitrates. Thereās a reason
His only major love interest is a superhero, but not a member of the legion, someone who he doesnāt have to worry about impartiality with but understands the life heās leading
And thatās your core, the pragmatist, the paladin and the President, thatās what itās all built around.
But youāre not here for them, youāre here for the wolverine, the Opus, the snoopy of the legion, the member who eclipses all the others
Braniac 5 is a dozen reed richardses with a few a few hank mccoys on top for flavour. /the/ greatest mind the galaxy. Heās from a planet of super geniuses who heās smarter than and he moved from there to a team that has [insert which legionaries you want to insult here]
Because he has a legacy of fear, thereās not a system that hasnāt lost a city at least to a braniac, so heās actively seeking friendship from heroes, but heās still got that fire so heās channeled it into building a better status quo and still
He sometimes fucks up and itās worth noting that the legions two biggest enemies are 1) a menace he created 2) a wizard, something he canāt process.
(If I was writing the legion I would definitely write a story where computo, as the creation of brainy, decides to take up the title of braniac 6)
Now for my favourite:
Jo Nah.
Heās from space gangland and he has the best power set in comics.
Heās not, stupid but heās not the sort of smart the legion /thinks/ it needs. Heās Han Solo, guile and improv and not a great attention span but he has an ear to the ground
Jo Nah.
Heās from space gangland and he has the best power set in comics.
Heās not, stupid but heās not the sort of smart the legion /thinks/ it needs. Heās Han Solo, guile and improv and not a great attention span but he has an ear to the ground
And someone who wants him dead (which is better than a friend, cause itās more reliable) in every space port. And when the UP turn on the LOSH as they are wont to do, heās the one who knows how to hide from an entire universe in plain sight
Imra/Garth is the only relationship Iām gonna focus on in this thread bc tbh the legion should be way way way gayer so Iād expect anything to shake up most of the other relationships.
