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Say something nice about Marla Latham. #88518 10/26/05 12:43 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 10,145 Thriftshop Debutante OP Terrifyingly On-Topic. OP Thriftshop Debutante Terrifyingly On-Topic. Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 10,145 (On-topicness will be strictly enforced.)

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. #88519 10/26/05 12:46 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 9,869 San Diego, CA Nightcrawler Wanderer Nightcrawler Wanderer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 9,869 San Diego, CA His topic is #10000 for this message board.

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. #88520 10/26/05 01:34 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,853 Café Cramer Fat Cramer Time Trapper Fat Cramer Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,853 Café Cramer He did a real good job covering up that mining asteroid explosion. Holy Cats of Egypt!

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. #88521 10/26/05 06:50 AM Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 280 MI KidChaos Active KidChaos Active Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 280 MI My mother always said if you don't have anything nice to say... Oh what the heck. "Marla"?? Girliest name for a man ever! "are you forgetting that I was a professional twice over- an analyst and a therapist. The world's first analrapist." -Tobias Funke

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. #88522 10/26/05 07:06 AM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 57,030 Boston Quislet, Esq strange but not a stranger Quislet, Esq strange but not a stranger Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 57,030 Boston Marla could gel back his hair like nobody else's business. Big Dog! Big Dog! Bow Wow Wow!

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. #88523 10/26/05 07:26 AM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 22,659 The Pyngwyn Colonies Rockhopper Lad Fabulous and Sparkly! Rockhopper Lad Fabulous and Sparkly! Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 22,659 The Pyngwyn Colonies I loved her in The Jeffersons. Oops! Sorry. Wrong Marla! The only character in all of literature who has been described as "badnass" while using the phrase "vile miscreant."

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. #88524 10/26/05 01:13 PM Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 34,634 If you don't want my peaches, ... Cobalt Kid Bold Flavors Cobalt Kid Bold Flavors Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 34,634 If you don't want my peaches, ... Quote Originally posted by Quislet, Esq.: Marla could gel back his hair like nobody else's business. This was actually the first thing I thought of when I read the title of this thread! Oh, and er, he never got tired of standing when RJ got to sit all day!

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. #88525 10/26/05 01:15 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 7,723 Semi Transparent Fellow Wanderer Semi Transparent Fellow Wanderer Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 7,723 He doesn't let the fact that he has a girl's name get him down.

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. #88526 10/26/05 03:15 PM Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,846 here, more often than not Harbinger Wanderer Harbinger Wanderer Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,846 here, more often than not He copied the design of his clothes on what young ruffian boys from the Estates... of Space were wearing. Legion Worlds NINE - wait, there's even more ongoing amazing adventures? Yup, and you'll only find them in the Bits o' Legionnaire Business Forum.

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. #88527 10/26/05 03:16 PM Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,846 here, more often than not Harbinger Wanderer Harbinger Wanderer Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 5,846 here, more often than not Sorry, that was sinister, not nice. Oops, wrong thread, my bad! Legion Worlds NINE - wait, there's even more ongoing amazing adventures? Yup, and you'll only find them in the Bits o' Legionnaire Business Forum.

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. #88528 10/27/05 08:54 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 196 Orando LegionFan223 Substitute LegionFan223 Substitute Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 196 Orando He's too sexy for his spandex. At least he thinks he is. I am smelling like a rose that somebody gave me on my birthday deathbed.

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. #88529 10/29/05 08:34 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 24,141 The world's your oyster He Who Wanders Not much between despair and ecstacy He Who Wanders Not much between despair and ecstacy Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 24,141 The world's your oyster Marla showed that old people were still alive and well in the 30th century. Check out my new Power Club website! The Semi-Great Gildersleeve - writing, super-heroes, and this 'n' that

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. #88530 11/02/05 07:17 AM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,394 Frederick, MD Kid Quislet Space Fatigue Survivor Kid Quislet Space Fatigue Survivor Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,394 Frederick, MD He means well. Celebrating 10+ years of Legion Worldness

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. #88531 11/02/05 08:01 AM Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,724 Scatland Ghost of Numf El Deputy Ghost of Numf El Deputy Joined: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,724 Scatland Apparently he makes first class chocolate chip muffins. Hic!

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. #88532 11/02/05 06:41 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 33,081 MLLASH Time Trapper MLLASH Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 33,081 I admire the stealth he employed when he and that blonde chick broke into Legion quarters. He didn't even fall and break his hip or anything. Visit the FULL FRONTAL FANDANGO & laugh along with Lash at http://lashlaugh.wordpress.com/

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. #88533 11/03/05 10:03 AM Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 29,461 Hudson Valley Kent Shakespeare Time Trapper Kent Shakespeare Time Trapper Joined: Dec 2003 Posts: 29,461 Hudson Valley He didn't take lip from Wildfire. The childhood friend Exnihil never had.

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #804418 04/03/14 03:27 PM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... If Ultra Boy's shirt emblem with the dragon relates to his origin, then we have Marla's encounter with the Toolbox of Space to look forward to. "...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #804419 04/03/14 03:57 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,036 S Set Long live the Legion! Set Long live the Legion! S Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,036 In Superboy's Legion, he seemed to be 'special friends' with R.J. Brande, the richest man in the galaxy. Good work, if you can get it. Wrapped Around Your Finger now complete in BITS!

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #804426 04/03/14 04:59 PM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... Those weren't the tools I was thinking of for the Toolbox in Space story really. "...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #804436 04/04/14 01:01 AM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,361 Wouldn't you like to know? Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,361 Wouldn't you like to know? RJ Brande is comfy enough around him to take a mud bath naked while Marla sits there looking through reports! The Continuing Adventures of the Postboot Legion! You can also check out the Recap Thread here. Re-Reading the Postboot Legion! Come on in and share your thoughts!

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #804444 04/04/14 06:51 AM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,036 S Set Long live the Legion! Set Long live the Legion! S Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,036 That symbol on his shirt, is it a stylized emerald dragon or a flange-headed nut-tightener of some sort? Hard to see how that would work. The handle is obvious, but why would it need interlocking surfaces on both inner edges? You can't get all up in two cogs at once! 30th century tools, man, I just don't get them, since the Carggites and their new math! Wrapped Around Your Finger now complete in BITS!

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #804445 04/04/14 07:22 AM Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 3,701 R razsolo Legionnaire! razsolo Legionnaire! R Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 3,701 To the best of my knowledge Marla has never possessed Sun Boy's rotting corpse to hang out with the Legion after they thought he was dead!

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Set #804460 04/04/14 11:55 AM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... Originally Posted by Set That symbol on his shirt, is it a stylized emerald dragon or a flange-headed nut-tightener of some sort? Yes, it is a nut tightener. How this relates to Marla's relationship with RJ Brande, form your previous post, is another to be revealed Latham story. "...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #804478 04/04/14 03:25 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,036 S Set Long live the Legion! Set Long live the Legion! S Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,036 He's a Legion supporting dude, who, unlike R.J. Brande and Chief Zendak, isn't dead! Go Marla! Wrapped Around Your Finger now complete in BITS!

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #804480 04/04/14 03:30 PM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... They are dead, and he isn't. They both knew Marla and now they are dead.. Hmmmm... I suspect Marla with the spanner beside the Mission Monitor Board. "...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #804481 04/04/14 03:45 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,318 Liberty City Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Eryk Davis Ester Trap Timer Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 40,318 Liberty City It's suspicious that we haven't seen that chick who hung out with him during Secret of the LSH in a really long time either...

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #804485 04/04/14 04:47 PM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... I imagine she had fallen for Cham, like every other girl. She was about to reveal Marla's plot when he killed her with a shirt emblem. "...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #804491 04/04/14 06:54 PM Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 3,701 R razsolo Legionnaire! razsolo Legionnaire! R Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 3,701 Marla is really good at killing off support cast! When's the last time anyone saw Shvaughn?

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #804503 04/05/14 12:11 AM Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 25,675 Vanity, OR cleome57 space mutineer & purveyor of quality sammitches cleome57 space mutineer & purveyor of quality sammitches Joined: Dec 2008 Posts: 25,675 Vanity, OR His name spelled backwards would be "Alram." Sounds kinda' hot. Hey, Kids! My "Cranky and Kitschy" collage art is now viewable on DeviantArt! Drop by and tell me that I sent you. *updated often!*

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #804509 04/05/14 05:57 AM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... Sounds a little alarming to me. "...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #812273 06/20/14 07:11 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 12,756 South Carolina rickshaw1 Time Trapper rickshaw1 Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 12,756 South Carolina Something else else nice...hmmmm..... Well, he wasn't dead when he oversaw the legion. Damn you, you kids! Get off my lawn or I'm callin' tha cops! Something pithy!

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #919470 12/29/16 10:42 AM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... He has to deal with Spiffany every time Cham goes off to rebuild the Legion. "...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #919506 12/30/16 04:37 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 24,141 The world's your oyster He Who Wanders Not much between despair and ecstacy He Who Wanders Not much between despair and ecstacy Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 24,141 The world's your oyster As a kid, he endured taunts over the name "Marla" quite nicely. Check out my new Power Club website! The Semi-Great Gildersleeve - writing, super-heroes, and this 'n' that

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #919509 12/30/16 05:38 AM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... He still wanted to look after Jo, despite the catastrophic deaths of the previous dozen applicants he took through time for initiation tests. "...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Ghost of Numf El #922849 03/02/17 06:20 AM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 17,872 Fanfic Lady More Polyanna than Poison Ivy Fanfic Lady More Polyanna than Poison Ivy Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 17,872 Originally Posted by Ghost of Numf El Apparently he makes first class chocolate chip muffins. And he can eat a whole freshly baked batch of them without his ridiculously tight pants splitting open. Speaking of his ridiculously tight pants, he's obviously good at getting them off quickly, otherwise he'd have long ago been ostracized as a health hazard. Read LEGIONS OF 7 WORLDS in the Bits forum: Retroboot (Earth-7.5) Arc 1 (COMPLETED) Retroboot (Earth-7.5) Arc 2 (WORK IN PROGRESS) "Don't look for role models, girls, BE the role model." - Legion World member HARBINGER

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #923670 03/16/17 04:00 PM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,000 Bgtzl Buffer Zone K KryptonKid Legionnaire! KryptonKid Legionnaire! K Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 3,000 Bgtzl Buffer Zone He keeps a tidy lawn.

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #923681 03/16/17 07:43 PM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... He didn't bring up the whole who murdered who thing with Jo during secrets of the Legion. "...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #923696 03/17/17 10:28 AM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,853 Café Cramer Fat Cramer Time Trapper Fat Cramer Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 16,853 Café Cramer He kept a picture of his ex-wife and kids on his desk, even though they refuse to speak to him. Holy Cats of Egypt!

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #923698 03/17/17 10:48 AM Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 57,030 Boston Quislet, Esq strange but not a stranger Quislet, Esq strange but not a stranger Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 57,030 Boston He is still younger than you. Seeing as you are alive now and he hasn't been born yet. Big Dog! Big Dog! Bow Wow Wow!

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #923707 03/17/17 12:05 PM Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,188 Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada Dave Hackett Legionnaire! Dave Hackett Legionnaire! Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 4,188 Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada When Brande died and left everything to his estranged son, instead of the one man who (literally) stood by him for years, Marla didn't throw a wobbler, he just grinned and bore it (then sold Cham out to the Durlans, Dominators, Fatal Five and Keith Giffen later).

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #923711 03/17/17 12:54 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,036 S Set Long live the Legion! Set Long live the Legion! S Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,036 He likes to cosplay as Legionnaires...s too hot for the Comics Code Authority. Wrapped Around Your Finger now complete in BITS!

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #923712 03/17/17 01:02 PM Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 9,666 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico Myg - Andy S Wanderer Myg - Andy S Wanderer Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 9,666 Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico He was a silver fox before Anderson Cooper was born

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #923736 03/18/17 04:26 AM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... Some people worry about being perceived as a tool. Marla wears tools on his chest! "...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. thoth lad #923738 03/18/17 05:37 AM Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 17,872 Fanfic Lady More Polyanna than Poison Ivy Fanfic Lady More Polyanna than Poison Ivy Joined: Jul 2005 Posts: 17,872 Originally Posted by thoth lad Some people worry about being perceived as a tool. Marla wears tools on his chest! Ergo, he finds Ian Gillian's 1990 solo album "Toolbox", to be an underrated treasure from more than a millennium ago. Read LEGIONS OF 7 WORLDS in the Bits forum: Retroboot (Earth-7.5) Arc 1 (COMPLETED) Retroboot (Earth-7.5) Arc 2 (WORK IN PROGRESS) "Don't look for role models, girls, BE the role model." - Legion World member HARBINGER

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #923740 03/18/17 06:20 AM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... Marla Latham's DIY show Tool Time becomes an Omnicon hit. "...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #923752 03/18/17 08:58 AM Joined: May 2010 Posts: 2,104 38.24, -122.03 K Klar Ken T5477 Leader Klar Ken T5477 Leader K Joined: May 2010 Posts: 2,104 38.24, -122.03 Marla still lets Jo call him 'Mr. Crane' sometimes... “I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal.” -- Groucho Marx

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #923757 03/18/17 09:46 AM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... There are many Marla constructs, with each robot tasked with objectively supervising the candidacy of Legion Applicants. But none of them complain that they themselves can't get into the team, as their abilities are mechanically based. "...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #973786 07/11/19 03:25 PM Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 5,796 Ann Hebistand Independent Scholar Ann Hebistand Independent Scholar Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 5,796 He's been mentioned by Thoth and I in the latest Kill This Thread game. Still "Fickles" to my friends.

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #973789 07/11/19 04:05 PM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,439 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... His trousers may be tight, but not enough to make other people uncomfortable around him. "...not having to believe in a thing to be interested in it and not having to explain a thing to appreciate the wonder of it."

Re: Say something nice about Marla Latham. Thriftshop Debutante #973823 07/13/19 03:49 AM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,361 Wouldn't you like to know? Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,361 Wouldn't you like to know? He is what most gay men would consider to be a silver fox. The Continuing Adventures of the Postboot Legion! You can also check out the Recap Thread here. Re-Reading the Postboot Legion! Come on in and share your thoughts!