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Re: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997692 01/28/21 05:22 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 5,085 Medford, MA Jfposey Wanderer Jfposey Wanderer Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 5,085 Medford, MA 609. Nobody thought my using fabric softener sheets as a weapon was useful for a group who all got their powers from static cling.

Re: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997761 01/29/21 09:48 PM 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 610. Brought back the 1930s Superman tradition of hurling oligarchs off the tops of tall buildings. 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: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997780 01/30/21 01:09 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,446 Wouldn't you like to know? Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,446 Wouldn't you like to know? 611. Had to keep stopping mid-flight for toilet breaks. Dang my tiny bladder! 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: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997790 01/30/21 01:30 PM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,447 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,447 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... 612. Severed ties with a president of my own country while happily accepting endorsements and promotions form countries with appalling human, womens and LGBTQ rights records. "...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: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997793 01/30/21 02:25 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 5,085 Medford, MA Jfposey Wanderer Jfposey Wanderer Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 5,085 Medford, MA 613. I had the wrong date in my calendar for the tryouts and missed the opportunity to show them how I can make tapioca pudding answer my call to battle.

Re: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997798 01/30/21 03:21 PM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,447 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,447 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... >choke< That Tapioca Teen... could have been one of us! 614. My deity given powers didn't happen to be from the predominant deity in the area I was trying to protect. I was labelled Heretic Lad and exiled. "...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: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997801 01/30/21 03:35 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,038 S Set Long live the Legion! Set Long live the Legion! S Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,038 615. My deity granted powers stopped working when it was conclusively proven to me that there never was an ancient Egyptian god of Mexican Wrestling... Wrapped Around Your Finger now complete in BITS!

Re: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997802 01/30/21 03:55 PM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,447 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,447 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... 616. I wanted to go through a Mod phase. "...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: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997818 01/30/21 08:51 PM Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 12,758 South Carolina rickshaw1 OP Time Trapper OP rickshaw1 Time Trapper Joined: Jul 2003 Posts: 12,758 South Carolina 617. I was born under a wandering star, so it would take 923 light years just to get to legion headquarters. Damn you, you kids! Get off my lawn or I'm callin' tha cops! Something pithy!

Re: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997839 01/31/21 04:43 AM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,446 Wouldn't you like to know? Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,446 Wouldn't you like to know? 618. Kept dropping things clumsily while flying. Last time I nearly killed my city's mayor while flying overhead and dropping my backpack... 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: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997844 01/31/21 09:42 AM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,447 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,447 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... 619. My secret city HQ was in a highly sought after area of the city, so I sold it to property developers. "...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: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997847 01/31/21 10:49 AM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 5,085 Medford, MA Jfposey Wanderer Jfposey Wanderer Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 5,085 Medford, MA 620. My all seeing eye is located in my belly button so when they said I would have to wear a onesie that would cover it, I realized I would be "Third Eye Blind".

Re: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997858 01/31/21 12:08 PM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,447 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,447 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... 621. I wasn't allowed to wear political statements on my costume. Bandwagon jumping political statements were fine though. "...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: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997872 01/31/21 01:52 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 5,085 Medford, MA Jfposey Wanderer Jfposey Wanderer Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 5,085 Medford, MA 622. As the last living descendant of the Knights Who Say "Ni!", I found that my teammates would not stop saying that accursed word and went back to tending to my shrubberies.

Re: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997874 01/31/21 02:45 PM Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,447 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... thoth lad Tempus Fugitive thoth lad Tempus Fugitive Joined: Sep 2013 Posts: 31,447 Touring Bgtzl and Bgztl with M... 623. It turned out that fast fists and a domino mask wasn't enough to break the will of the third reich. Some parachute training would have helped too. "...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: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997882 01/31/21 05:22 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,446 Wouldn't you like to know? Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,446 Wouldn't you like to know? 624. I didn't vote to impeach 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: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997884 01/31/21 06:10 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,038 S Set Long live the Legion! Set Long live the Legion! S Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,038 625. My ability to animate snow and ice turned out to not be that useful in southern California... Wrapped Around Your Finger now complete in BITS!

Re: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997905 02/01/21 04:19 AM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,446 Wouldn't you like to know? Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,446 Wouldn't you like to know? 626. I never smiled. Great for fighting villains, not so great for photoshoots and meet-and-greets and kissing babies... 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: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997907 02/01/21 09:04 AM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 5,085 Medford, MA Jfposey Wanderer Jfposey Wanderer Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 5,085 Medford, MA 627. The abilities to cause bobby soxers to faint while I crooned was not very useful on the frontlines, but I did win six Grammies and have three platinum records for Decca Records.

Re: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997921 02/01/21 01:29 PM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,446 Wouldn't you like to know? Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,446 Wouldn't you like to know? 628. I spent too much time doing my hair and makeup and choosing my costume before actually racing to emergencies. 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: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997925 02/01/21 05:12 PM Joined: May 2013 Posts: 6,575 Melbourne Australia stile86 Wanderer stile86 Wanderer Joined: May 2013 Posts: 6,575 Melbourne Australia 629. I smiled too much and my Earth-424242 was stuck in the 90s grim and gritty heroes so everyone just wondered what I was up to. (Also my chest wasn't twice the size of a normal humans.)

Re: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997933 02/02/21 02:55 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 630. Dandruff. 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: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997944 02/02/21 05:42 AM Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,446 Wouldn't you like to know? Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Invisible Brainiac Unseen, not unheard Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 83,446 Wouldn't you like to know? 631. The underwear outside my suit kept riding up into places it shouldn't 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: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997947 02/02/21 01:29 PM Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 5,085 Medford, MA Jfposey Wanderer Jfposey Wanderer Joined: Sep 2016 Posts: 5,085 Medford, MA 632. I didn't have a tragic back story, the worse thing that ever happened to me was my best friend who lived next door moved...to one street over.

Re: Why I couldn't be the hero... rickshaw1 #997953 02/02/21 03:58 PM Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,038 S Set Long live the Legion! Set Long live the Legion! S Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 9,038 633. My origin story / power source was deemed to set a bad example. I mean, Captain America got his power from steroids, and why does Spider-Man get to be the only one to have a special relationship with Mary-Jane? - Captain Spliff Wrapped Around Your Finger now complete in BITS!