Pro/Con Workshop Poll

[CRaymond]

Wondering what people would like to discuss, creatively, analytically.

[Trey Strain]

The emotional spectrum. There was a time when if you came here and said it was a bad idea, you'd touch off a riot. Many people have a different attitude toward it now.

[scary harpy]

Another?

Has that much consensus/progress really been made on J'Onn?

By the by, I love the emotional spectrum and their corps.

[BaneBreaker]

I voted Emotional Spectrum. I enjoy it. For me, it gave rise to a lot of fun stuff

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

Hawk and Dove.

Legacy characters in general.

City of Kor?

i guess the hawk people of thanagar.

[Trey Strain]

Hawk and Dove.

Legacy characters in general.

City of Kor?

i guess the hawk people of thanagar.

We definitely need one about legacy characters in general.

[CRaymond]

We definitely need one about legacy characters in general.

Would Robin be considered a legacy or sidekick-with-its-own-brand? Cause there are almost as many Robins as there are Batmans.

Is Robin a proper example of a legacy character, or a successful aberration to some other, better example?

City of Kor?

From Doctor Mist. I recall reading that he was a leader of a secret city of magicians in Africa, and somehow I understood that as like a Wakanda-meets-Hogwarts, and that there were other magical cities scattered around the Earth. Upon reading his wikipedia, Kor doesn't seem to be inherently magical, but that he's immortal.

I guess we can strike that suggestion. My imagination and memory sometimes have ugly babies.

[Carabas]

I strongly feel sidekicks are a subsection of legacies.

You can't have Robin without there first being a Batman.

[Sutekh]

From Doctor Mist. I recall reading that he was a leader of a secret city of magicians in Africa, and somehow I understood that as like a Wakanda-meets-Hogwarts, and that there were other magical cities scattered around the Earth. Upon reading his wikipedia, Kor doesn't seem to be inherently magical, but that he's immortal.

I guess we can strike that suggestion. My imagination and memory sometimes have ugly babies.

Oh wow, I did not recognize the city of Kor, and now I want to know all about it! Dr. Mist has been totally underused!

[ultradav]

Hawk and Dove.

Legacy characters in general.

City of Kor?

i guess the hawk people of thanagar.

Agree with Hawk and Dove and Legacy characters especially!

[Stanlos]

I picked emotional spectrum primarily just to see how people view it. I have been scratching my head about the popularity and reception of it forever. Seriously, HTF.

[Carabas]

What is the City Of Kor anyway? Google is not coming up with anything conclusive.

[Trey Strain]

No, I would not call Robin a legacy character. He was a sidekick.

Re the emotional spectrum: You had to be there when it was introduced. Otherwise you probably won't get it. Readers got tremendously excited. The same readers who only a short time earlier had adamantly objected to there being any other Lantern but Kyle.

It looked like Geoff Johns was multiplying the Green Lantern Corps by seven or eight, or whatever it was. Even though there were already 3,600 or 7,200 Green Lanterns, or whatever it was. But it turned out that all those Corps existed only to fight each other. Or something like that.

So they fought, and they fought, and they fought. Each time with diminishing fan interest and lower sales numbers.

[CRaymond]

Has that much consensus/progress really been made on J'Onn?

I'm not certain we'll ever reach consensus or make progress. With characters like J'onn, the problems for one person might not be problems for another. I was hoping these threads could pull those ideas out from the woodwork and spark ways to thread the needle. I think I have a magic bullet, but I completely understand those that think it's too magical, haha.

What is the City Of Kor anyway? Google is not coming up with anything conclusive.

Kor, home of the Homo Magi

Like I said upthread, I think I got my stories mixed up. I was thinking the homo Magi were an offshoot of pre-Atlantean secret people with cities scattered around the Ancient World, and the origin for several magical heroes like Mist, El Dorado, Extrano(retcon!), etc.

No, I would not call Robin a legacy character. He was a sidekick.

Could you explain the distinction?

[Trey Strain]

Could you explain the distinction?

I don't know what the generally accepted definition of a legacy character is. To me it's someone who takes the place of the original character. Usually for no reason except that a writer wanted to create his very own version of the character.