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Didn anyone buy the first issue? It's already got a Legion reference -- Validus as a member of the Green Lantern Corps!
From: New York, NY | Registered: Jul 2003
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Another stop to add to my list for when I get out of work later today. Pulling a 16 hour shift so I can only hope I'm coherent enough when I get out of here to remember to pick up my books.
From: Utah | Registered: Jul 2003
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quote:Originally posted by DrakeB3003: Didn anyone buy the first issue? It's already got a Legion reference -- Validus as a member of the Green Lantern Corps!
Hey, I missed that! What page?
From: Sumner, ME | Registered: Jul 2003
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And really, when one thinks about it, how much will power can a rampaging giant with the mind of an infant have.....?
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quote:Originally posted by Obadiah Oldbuck: And really, when one thinks about it, how much will power can a rampaging giant with the mind of an infant have.....?
If one thinks of will power as being stubborn... Then I can see Validus having tremendous will power. Let me tell you a story...
When I was in my early twenties I was watching my three year old nephew. I had to feed him dinner, and part of dinner was french fries. I fed the kid a fry and told him to chew and swallow it. This really became a battle of wills, for he refused to swallow. I told him he wasn't leaving the table until he ate his food. My nephew is now 15 years old and he is still sitting at the table with that fry in his mouth.
Actually, he had that fry in his mouth for a half hour and never did swallow it. I let him up, I'm not entirely heartless, but the point is you'd be surprised at how much will power the simple mind actually has (if you define will power as stubborn).
Validus as Green Lantern doesn't work for me on a different level though. Validus doesn't have the imagination to wield the emerald energy. His answer to everything would be green lightning from his ring instead of mental lightning from his brain. Or maybe in a twist, he'd do both at the same time.
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From: NOVA by way of NOIN | Registered: Jul 2003
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Simpler minds have more will-power simply because they don't have the reflective capacity to introduce doubts as to what they are doing. With the ability to consider alternative options comes the risk of indecisiveness.
From: Liberty City | Registered: Jul 2003
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I'd agree with that. Validus is pure Id--if he really wants to do something, he's not going to be dissuaded by much of anything. (Although we did see Saturn Girl set him back that one time, by presenting him with someone even bigger than him.)
On the other hand, how do we know Validus has a simple mind? Maybe he's just emotionally unstable, poorly coordinated and shouts a lot. Maybe he's complex and thoughtful and just waiting for a power ring to give him a controllable means of expression, you know?
Just like the Super Moby Dick...of Space.
From: Columbus, Ohio | Registered: Jan 2004
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Aside from the fact that it's an Elseworlds, it's also the 21st century, not the 31st -- maybe in this reality, Validus started out intelligent and imaginative etc... but by the 31st century became a rampaging, ex-GL id-creature ...
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Makes sense. Damn near every other GL--or being remotely associated with them--goes insane eventually. Why not Validus?
From: Columbus, Ohio | Registered: Jan 2004
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quote:Originally posted by DrakeB3003: Didn anyone buy the first issue? It's already got a Legion reference -- Validus as a member of the Green Lantern Corps!
He was in the first one too - check The Nail 2, page 6.
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