Topic: Levitz back to writing Legion, leaving DC presidency?
Eryk Davis Ester
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*Gasp*! Even Darkseid didn't mess with the Bismollians!
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Eryk Davis Ester
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Actually, my guess is Titan. The "scream heard round the universe is a billion or so dying telepaths broadcasting their thoughts.
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Eryk Davis Ester
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Alternatively, Hykraius for the same reason.
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a retcon of TMK's retcon - the destruction of Daxam makes sense. All those potentially super-powered beings make the universe unbalanced - a bit like New Krypton.
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Eryk Davis Ester
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quote:Originally posted by Silver Age Lad: a retcon of TMK's retcon - the destruction of Daxam makes sense. All those potentially super-powered beings make the universe unbalanced - a bit like New Krypton.
Except that Levitz has already screwed with Daxam. I would hope he wouldn't repeat himself.
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On the side-topic of Daxam, it occurs to me that now that the Threeboot Legion is established as being the future of Superboy Prime's universe, I wonder if Prime is going to meet Mon-El and send him into the Phantom Zone, since that's already been established as having happened in Threeboot Mon-El's past.
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Eryk Davis Ester
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Wasn't it also established that he had met Supergirl, as well?
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EDE is right. It has to be Titan or Hykraius. I guess since 2009's Star Trek movie, it's trendy to wipe out planets with telepathic populations.
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It could Tyroc, guys. I mean, the man's name translates to Scream of the Devil, and his whole existence has been something of a sore spot in Legion lore.
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It's conceivable that Marzal could be considered a pocket world of some sort. It's not like an island could actually physically exist seperated from earth in another dimension, without gravity or sunlight or air or any of that stuff that's kinda/sorta important...
On the other hand, I'd bet he meant a Legionnaire that we've heard of.
Orando got beat up pretty bad in the LSV war thing, which, granted, was decades ago in the real world, but 'just happened' from a narrative standpoint (in that the classic team hasn't had a whole lot of adventuring time since then, being replaced by other teams most of the time). On the other hand, it's a backwater world in a shiny happy future. On the other, other hand, it got blown up recently in the threeboot as well, so it would seem unoriginal.
Daxam has been crapped upon in living memory as well, although the existence of a planet full of Supermen could be seen as problematic.
Earth is out, as it isn't 'a' Legionnaires homeworld, it's homeworld to multiple Legionnaires (Sun Boy, Wildfire, Bouncing Boy and Invisible Jacques, off the top of my head).
Blowing up Winath would be a blow to the UP, as it's their breadbasket, and personally affect Garth and Ayla (and Mekt). Although Garth is already being written as an Image character, all '90s and growly, so I can't imagine him acting *more* like Wolverine...
Blowing up Braal could be done to affect Cosmic Boy similarly, after Johns portrayal of him as someone who has 'given up everything' to be a Legionnaire. He's another one I don't care for the personality tweak towards, and blowing up his homeworld (and presumably his family / brother, again, if they aren't still dead) would just make him darker and edgier and more like something Rob Liefield would write, so I don't care for that idea either.
[I also hate when a secondary character, usually a girlfriend or wife or child, is killed off to advance the story of a primary character, or 'darken him up.' (See the origin story of the Punisher for details.) Blowing up a planet just to rationalize making Garth or Rokk act even *more* out of character would be exponentially more annoying to me...]
We haven't seen enough of Cargg to really give a crap if the planet blows up. Ditto Tharr, really. Or Hyrkraius.
Bgtzl could count as a 'homeworld,' and might make for an interesting choice. Tinya's powers would change slightly, as she's been portrayed as not only being able to go out of phase with material objects, but also to 'go home' to Bgtzl, and with no 'home' left to go to, who knows how that might affect her abilities. We've also met people from Bgtzl (mainly her mom), making it a more relevant place than if Hyrkraius blew up (for example). The exact nature of the place has never been clear, as Bgtzlns can apparently reach anywhere in the United Planets, and beyond, despite returning to their home planet. Is there an entire universe around Bgtzl, 'on the other side?' Head-scratching stuff, really. One the one hand, it might be easier to blow it up than explain it. On the other hand, it might be a better writing challenge to figure out what the hell it is before blowing it up.
Durla and Talok VIII are interesting worlds, and I'd rather they not be blowed up (not that I want *any* of them blowed up!). Imsk, eh, never much impressed me. Threeboot Naltor was kinda neat, but the other versions I don't know enough about. I think Dryad has already been blown up... Also, Krypton, although for Giffen to fulfill this prediction with a time-travel story back to pre-explosion Krypton could be hilarious, especially if Brainy builds a robot to shrink a Kryptonian city and save it before the planet 'splodes.
Colu? Scary choice.
Blowing up Trom would just absolve Jan from having to go back there and tend to all the graves. Kinda anticlimactic, really.
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