Comments on: You might think this is sappy. Tough.

By: jade

jade — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 07:10:30 +0000

it’s gotta be Light Lass. And Dhir is an alternate (male) version of Shrinking Violet, which explains that particular universe he discovered where he was his wife’s dead lesbian lover.

This is genius.

By: Thelastavenger

Thelastavenger — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:06:57 +0000

oh,wait it could be Projecta.

By: Thelastavenger

Thelastavenger — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 09:06:19 +0000

If your dealing with the threeboot legion I guess his love is light lass, explaining why she dates every male member(because she cant be with her true love) and as its pointed out Djir’s wife didnt have powers and shes the only female legionniare who does not have natural powers.

By: Person of Consequence

Person of Consequence — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:46:24 +0000

All I have to add is that it would be fun to play with the meanings of “spoke,” both as the past tense of speak, and as, you know, how you’re using it. I’m not saying that the double meanings apply to anything you’re doing here, but something interesting might be done.

By: sd

sd — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 20:03:03 +0000

Like Simon K and Wrath said.

By: Paul

Paul — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:50:08 +0000

Seriously, that is good. Long time Legion fan (like 25 years) and that is great. No really, they should talk to you. It’s not like they are falling over themselves with good writers.

By: Wrath

Wrath — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 02:18:15 +0000

May I just say how vaguely creepy that is? In a good way, of course. It’s the same thing that happens when a person’s dog dies. They get the same breed of dog, expecting that the new pet will be completely identical in all aspects to the old one and it will be like they never lost him. Except it doesn’t work like that, and the poor replacement pet gets abandoned on the freeway or dumped in an animal shelter, or put down, or (in a specific case I know of) neglected to the point of starvation until he was rescued/stolen by an animal lover I knew.

Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t forsee much romance out of this plot. Just tragedy. And I’d still read it because it’s beautiful.

By: TheFinalWraith

TheFinalWraith — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 23:54:23 +0000

I wonder… if anything is possible does that mean that some version of his wife lost him in a tragic accident and is serching the megaverse for a replacement?

By: rwe1138

rwe1138 — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:35:13 +0000

I like it. Reminds me of the 1/2 issue of Astro City, “The Nearness Of You.” And that’s a good thing.

By: Sensorium

Sensorium — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:30:38 +0000

This is essentially the plot of Tomorow and Tomorow, by Charles Sheffield. That isn’t a critisism.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:53:58 +0000

I like that it backdoor-kills the stupid “52 universes” concept.

I’m agnostic on the general question of multiverses but I’m pretty sure the stupidest fucking thing you could ever do with a multiverse is have there be only 52 universes in it.

By: Laurie

Laurie — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:36:58 +0000

This is entirely wonderful, as are so many of your Legion ideas.

By: Sofa King

Sofa King — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:14:53 +0000

Now I have that with the Flash Gordon theme in my head: SPOKE! AHHHHHHH! But I also must know who his ladyfriend is really! Be darkly amusing if it turns out to be Triplicate Girl, and he steals/marries/kills one of the three and that’s how she becomes Duo Damsel.

By: other Kyle

other Kyle — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:50:57 +0000

I actually think Spoke is a good name, since it allows him to travel to the center. And as a perpetually single comics geek, I approve of all romantic stories which don’t suck.

By: Skemono

Skemono — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:20:08 +0000

I had an idea kinda like this once. But when my guy found his alternate-wife it turned out she was evil, so she killed him and proceeded to use his estate for evil.