quote:Originally posted by Invisible Brainiac: I also found myself being "overly inclusive" - when making my list I realized that I hadn't read a single issue with Bushido in it, yet included him because I know he's Asian and liked his look!
P.S. IB - Bushido was actually a pretty cool character with a great look and an interesting back-story (if a little too similar to Katana's).
I was super-disappointed when Geoff Johns offed him in Infinite Crisis but since he was his creator, I guess that was his right.
I find it quite disrespectuful when writers kill off other writers' characters and since Geoff Johns and James Robinson are such serial committers of that crime, I find myself really wishing someone would kill off their pet characters, Stargirl and Starman (much as I like them), just so that they can learn what it feels like!
From: Australia | Registered: Dec 2003
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quote:Originally posted by Invisible Brainiac: I also found myself being "overly inclusive" - when making my list I realized that I hadn't read a single issue with Bushido in it, yet included him because I know he's Asian and liked his look!
P.S. IB - Bushido was actually a pretty cool character with a great look and an interesting back-story (if a little too similar to Katana's).
I was super-disappointed when Geoff Johns offed him in Infinite Crisis but since he was his creator, I guess that was his right.
I liked Bushido too, I only read two issues with him in it, one where he died but ...I think a look and interesting back story might be more than other characters have going for them!!! I thought he was a bit angry ... which I liked.
heh heh
I also did actually liked the similarity with katana's origin ... (if not the actual origin ... too many Asian characters have this *my power is my ancestors* b.s. why? I don't know how they got singled out as having special ancestors? haha) but i thought it created a great link between an older character and him as a second generation version ... which is what the titans are.
From: Ninja Land | Registered: Nov 2004
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quote:Originally posted by Blacula: I'm really surprised that there are voters here voting for characters that they've never actually read in a comic before. You guys must be supremely disinterested in a lot of the Titans that you have actually read! haha
I usually find myself voting for the underexposed, more minor characters in games like this. Besides the Legion games of course.
I think it's because the more popular characters (e.g. JLA Big 7, Titans Founding 5 + Wolfman/Perez kids) tend to go under the pens of diff. writers, and some give good characterization, some give bad, it kinda tends to even out for me. And even though I like a lot of them, there are only a few that I like so well that I'd throw lots of votes their way since I know they'll likely end up sticking around anyway
A good example is Beast Boy, who was a big fave around the Titans LA era up to the latest pre-Flashpoint series. But boy, I found him annoying at various points of the Wolfman/Perez run!
Re Bushido, I remember reading his bio on Titans Tower a while back and found it pretty cool that he also appeared in the toon. I liked the part of his backstory about being "forced" to carry on the family tradition -something a lot of young Asians can relate to. His joining Titans LA was nice, and I liked that team's lineup - both individually (I voted for all of them save CM3 in Round 1, and only left CM3 off because I was sure he'd make it) and as a group (looked like they'd have interesting dynamics).
Re the ancestor thing, it's pretty common in a lot of Asian cultures. Ancestors are revered because we wouldn't be around without them And we often pray to them for guidance and good luck. Not too far away from drawing strength and powers from our ancestors.
One example is August, the hungry ghost month. Chinese believe that the ghosts of ancestors and other supernatural spirits are released from hell, so we offer food to appease them. My favorite is when we burn paper "money" (not the real currency!!!) so our ancestors can use them in the afterlife.
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1) (Pre-Flashpoint) Raven 2) (Pre-Flashpoint) Wendy (Proxy) 3) (Pre-Flashpoint) Joker's Daughter (Duela Dent) 4) (Pre-Flashpoint) Bumblebee 5) (Pre-Flashpoint) Beast Boy 6) (Pre-Flashpoint) Dove II (Dawn Granger) 7) (Post-Flashpoint) Bunker 8) (Pre-Flashpoint) Cyborg 9) (Pre-Flashpoint) Flash (Wally West) 10) (Pre-Flashpoint) Donna Troy 11) (Pre-Flashpoint) Tempest 12) (Pre-Flashpoint) Nightwing / Robin (Dick Grayson) 13) (Pre-Flashpoint) Terra I (Tara Markov) 14) (Pre-Flashpoint) Starfire 15) (Pre-Flashpoint) Red Star 16) (Pre-Flashpoint) Red Arrow / Arsenal 17) (Pre-Flashpoint) Zatara II 18) (Pre-Flashpoint) Herald (Mal Duncan) 19) (Pre-Flashpoint) Kid Devil 20) (Pre-Flashpoint) Solstice
-------------------- Five billion years from now the Sun will go nova and obliterate the Earth. Don't sweat the small stuff!
From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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I read on wikipedia that Traci 13 is a Titans reservist. Can anyone confirm?
If yes, I'll add her to the eliminated Titans list when we vote on wild cards later on. Adding her to the list now would be a tad unfair given that we're already in the ranking stage.
1) Each round will last about 48 to 72 hours, and will end early morning PST. 2) I'll vote at or near the start of every round to eliminate bias on my part. 3) While I don't encourage changing of votes, I won't disallow them either. I'll post on this thread the minute I start tallying to alert everyone; votes/changes that come in after that will be ignored. 4) In case of errors in the results, I'll post a correction immediately. If anyone's vote was affected by the error, and that poster wasn't able to correct the error in time, he or she will get a makeup vote next round - +15 points to give a Legionnaire of their choosing. 5. Ties will be broken by looking at the accumulated votes characters earned in previous rounds. 6. Voting rules may change every round, so read carefully before posting!
Your Remaining 35 Titans!
(Post-Flashpoint) Bunker
(Pre-Flashpoint) Aquagirl I (Tula) (Pre-Flashpoint) Beast Boy (Pre-Flashpoint) Blue Beetle (Jaime Reyes) (Pre-Flashpoint) Bumblebee (Pre-Flashpoint) Captain Marvel Jr. (Pre-Flashpoint) Cyborg (Pre-Flashpoint) Donna Troy (Pre-Flashpoint) Dove I (Don Hall) (Pre-Flashpoint) Dove II (Dawn Granger) (Pre-Flashpoint) Flamebird (Pre-Flashpoint) Flash (Wally West) (Pre-Flashpoint) Golden Eagle (Pre-Flashpoint) Herald (Mal Duncan) (Pre-Flashpoint) Impulse / Kid Flash (Bart Allen) (Pre-Flashpoint) Joker's Daughter (Duela Dent) (Pre-Flashpoint) Joto / Hotspot (Pre-Flashpoint) Kole (Pre-Flashpoint) Lilith / Omen (Pre-Flashpoint) Magenta (Pre-Flashpoint) Miss Martian (Pre-Flashpoint) Nightwing / Robin (Dick Grayson) (Pre-Flashpoint) Ravager (Rose Wilson) (Pre-Flashpoint) Raven (Pre-Flashpoint) Red Arrow / Arsenal (Pre-Flashpoint) Red Star (Pre-Flashpoint) Robin (Tim Drake) (Pre-Flashpoint) Starfire (Pre-Flashpoint) Superboy (Pre-Flashpoint) Tempest (Pre-Flashpoint) Terra II ("false" Tara Markov) (Pre-Flashpoint) Wendy (Proxy) (Pre-Flashpoint) Zatara II
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(Pre-Flashpoint) Raven (Pre-Flashpoint) Bumblebee (Pre-Flashpoint) Beast Boy (Pre-Flashpoint) Wendy (Proxy) (Pre-Flashpoint) Joker's Daughter (Duela Dent) (Pre-Flashpoint) Flash (Wally West) (Post-Flashpoint) Bunker (Pre-Flashpoint) Donna Troy (Pre-Flashpoint) Zatara II (Pre-Flashpoint) Nightwing / Robin (Dick Grayson) (Pre-Flashpoint) Red Star (Pre-Flashpoint) Tempest (Pre-Flashpoint) Dove II (Dawn Granger) (Pre-Flashpoint) Cyborg (Pre-Flashpoint) Kole
-------------------- Five billion years from now the Sun will go nova and obliterate the Earth. Don't sweat the small stuff!
From: Boston | Registered: Aug 2003
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