Eryk Davis Ester
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There don't seem to be any. Tons of young femme Titanians have been seen in Legion lore, but almost all the guys have been old, as far as I can recall.
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Typical of the Legion, actually. For quite a while, the female characters got the mental, sensory, or stealthy super-powers, and the male characters got to blast things. Latterly there have been a few exceptions but the trend persists.
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Yep, the men of titan must be emotionally and psychically emasculated. Imagine a world were men can't scheme, their obtuse power domination games.
Men's plans are generally obtuse calling for brute strength power plays. Women's plans call for social networking and alliance building. Men, especially young men generally suck at this.
Female social structure is much more nuanced and less about physical domination giving them a distinct advantage until males learn some stuff later in life, catching up.
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quote:Originally posted by Matthew E: Typical of the Legion, actually. For quite a while, the female characters got the mental, sensory, or stealthy super-powers, and the male characters got to blast things. Latterly there have been a few exceptions but the trend persists.
Isn't that because women are more emotional and attuned with the mind and men are more violent and tough?
Oh, right, that's a load of bs. My bad.
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quote:Originally posted by Matthew E: Typical of the Legion, actually. For quite a while, the female characters got the mental, sensory, or stealthy super-powers, and the male characters got to blast things. Latterly there have been a few exceptions but the trend persists.
Isn't that because women are more emotional and attuned with the mind and men are more violent and tough? Oh, right, that's a load of bs. My bad.
Goodness did Frio just agree with my post? The world ends not in a bang but a whimper.
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quote:Originally posted by Matthew E: Typical of the Legion, actually. For quite a while, the female characters got the mental, sensory, or stealthy super-powers, and the male characters got to blast things. Latterly there have been a few exceptions but the trend persists.
Isn't that because women are more emotional and attuned with the mind and men are more violent and tough?
I think it's certainly because they're stereotyped that way. Whether women and men are like that in real life probably depends on the individual in question. Since comic-book characters are intended to be fictional individuals and not fictional group representatives*, I think I'm on stable enough ground when I say it might be nice to have a female Legionnaire who could vaporize a bulldozer if she had to.
Interestingly, there are male Legionnaires who don't fit this scheme - Invisible Kid and Brainiac 5 have subtle powers that don't involve brute force. And, as I say, there have been female Legionnaires in the past who could pack a punch - Laurel Gand, Monstress, Kinetix, Kid Quantum, Thunder and Supergirl of course.
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Well, I was being sarcastic to highlight that stereotype Matthew. But you do make an interesting point about the male Legionnaires and some of the later (female) additions to the Legion.
quote:Originally posted by Tamper Lad: Goodness did Frio just agree with my post? The world ends not in a bang but a whimper.
Did I? If I could understand your post, this could've been easily avoided.
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I admit my post was not polished. Due to cutbucks in the evil genius society, the budget for analysts (the nerdy little denizens that write these things for evil geniuses) has been cut back dramatically.
I've had to compose and write all my posts for weeks now. This also explains my frequent editing of posts.
The indignity of the situation is galling.
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Jeepers! Orla Eidoor sure is lonely!
(Interestingly, he did seem like maybe he'd been hit with the rolled up newspaper quite a few times...)
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