LNH/HCC: Legion of Net.Heroes Vol.2 #52 HCC32

[Saxon Brenton]

[LNH/HCC] Legion of Net.Heroes Vol.2 #52 HCC32

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[A Silver Age-style roster of characters in the form of a series of mug
shots in little circles runs down the side of the title page:]

Roll call for this issue:
o Anal-Retentive Archive Kid II!
o Cynical Lass!
o Fairy Princess Lad!
o Kid Enthusiastic!
o Masterplan Lad!
o You're-Not-Hitting-Me-Hard-Enough Lad!

These are just some of the super-powered do-gooders who belong to an
organisation that thinks that running around with your underwear on
the outside is acceptable as a fashion statement. They are: the
Legion of Net.Heroes!

@%%%%%%%%%%@

A teenaged boy in a gaudy costume entered the foyer of the Legion
of Net.Heroes headquarters. He glanced around, but quickly spotted the
reception desk and approached it.
"Hi. I'm here to join the Legion," he said.
Fred nodded and passed over the application paperwork. As the
newcomer took out a pacer pencil to fill in the forms, the receptionist
asked, "What code name do you go by?"
"No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead! Lad."
And in response Fred thought .oO( That's going to cause trouble. )

@%%%%%%%%%%@

Meanwhile, in the cafeteria:
"But isn't the word 'kids' gender neutral?" asked Fairy Princess Lad.
"Mmmm," went Kid Enthusiastic, sounding doubtful. "Maybe in the
sense that 'man' was supposed to be a gender neutral, but now everyone
realises that that's just handwaving."
" 'Kid' is also the description for all young goats, male or female,"
suggested Fairy Princess Lad.
"I'm not a goat!" exclaimed Kid Enthusiastic. He pointed at Anal-
Retentive Archive Kid II, who was sitting at the other end of the table,
"And he's not a goat!"
Anal-Retentive Archive Kid II looked up from the statistical
analysis of recent crimes that he was processing for Innovative Offense
Lad. "What's the problem?" he asked the two pre-teens.
"We're trying to figure out what you Anal-Retentive Archive Kids
should be called. As a group, I mean," explained Fairy Princess Lad.
The orc put down his computer pad. "I would have thought 'Anal-
Retentive Archive Kids' would have been good enough. And that's
assuming we need a group name at all. There's only two of us, and
that's a lot less than all the Nope Lads and Lasses who joined as a
result of Hex Luthor's Net.Hero Registration Act."
"The Nope-I'm-Not-Training-To-Be-A-Net.Hero members weren't
planning on staying around, so they didn't see a need to form a properly
named sub-group," pointed out Kid Enthusiastic.
"Well I'm not either," pointed out ARAK II. "Summer job, remember?"
"You're planning on staying around long enough to actually work for
the Legion, not just train under them," countered Fairy Princess Lad.
"And go on missions, and everything!"
"And at some point there's going to be an Anal-Retentive Archive
Kid who's a girl," said Kid Enthusiastic. "And you'll have to be ready
for that, otherwise it'll be like with the Hyphenated Eaters Corps all
over again."
Anal-Retentive Archive Kid II nodded. He remembered that. Well,
not directly, because it had been a bit before his time, but he'd heard
accounts of the kerfuffle when Spicy-Mexican-Food-Eater Lass had found
out what the male members of their group had wanted to register the name
of their team as. [_Legion of Net.Heroes Volume 2_ #27 - Footnote Girl]
"Ooo! Ooo!" went Kid Enthusiastic, bouncing up and down in his seat
as he suddenly got an idea. "The word 'kinder' means 'children', and
that's gender neutral. ARA Kinder!" he speculated in rather sloppy
German.
"Ooo! Ooo!" went Fairy Princess Lad, echoing his friend. "And that
can be turned into an internet pun: ARA Kindles!" The two boys high
fived each other.
ARAK II looked at them with bemusement. "I've never understood the
need to make internet puns out of everything," he said.
"Oh, it's because our stories are distributed over the internet,"
said Kid Enthusiastic matter-of-factly.
Well, yes, they were. But the Legion's licensed merchandise was
also dual published in hard copy - the so-called dead tree format - and
had been for a long time. And then there were all the TV adaptation and
direct-to-video productions. Like he'd just said, ARAK II didn't quite
get the emphasis on the internet distribution. He spotted Cynical
Lass's expression. She was sitting a table over from them, and had a
look on her face which he completely misinterpreted as, 'They're
children. Let them play their games while they've still got the
energy.' Actually what she was thinking was, 'You poor schmuck. If
you think I'm going to explain to you that we're all fictional
characters in an imaginary world then you've got another thing coming.'
The new applicant wandered into the cafeteria. The still exuberant
Kid Enthusiastic saw him, motioned for him to sit down, and then said,
"Hi there. Who are you?"
"I'm No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead! Lad."
A hush fell across the cafeteria as various LNHers just *stared* at
N!ICBSB!HD!Lad.
Except for Cynical Lass, who face palmed as it occurred to her that
it wasn't just saying things out loud that counted as tempting fate.
Some days that you just couldn't risk an ironic thought even in the
privacy of your own head.
And except for Anal-Retentive Archive Kid II, who asked, "Who's
Saxon Brenton?"
You could practically hear all the eyeballs squeak as they
swivelled from No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead! Lad to Anal-
Retentive Archive Kid II.
"He's a Writer," said Kid Enthusiastic.
"Yes, I got that," said ARAK II. "Between So-Lame-Even-Saxon-
Brenton-Wouldn't-Use-Him-In-A-Story Lad and Joyce Carol Oates Lass, it's
obvious that some people codename themselves after writers." He had
long since finished eating his lunch, so he absently stacked the cutlery
on his empty plate before standing up and placing the plate at an
adjacent collection point. "I just don't know who he *is*. I've never
seen a library catalog entry for anything he's written. What does he
write? Science fiction? Romance? Neo-Edwardian comedies of manners?"
"Superhero parody," said Masterplan Lad. "We're in one of them at
the moment."
"Oh yeah," said You're-Not-Hitting-Me-Hard-Enough Lad, glancing
upwards towards the from: line among the headers at the start of the
posting. "I hadn't noticed the email address."
"Forged address," said No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead!
Lad with a grim earnestness. "Someone's pretending to be him. Identity
theft of a dead man. Pretty ghoulish, really."
Anal-Retentive Archive Kid II sighed. "Cut the comedy, people.
This is no time for those Church of the Fourth Walls gags."
Sister-State-The-Obvious looked surprised. "You don't know that
you're fictional?"
"I'm not. We're not. Which is good, because if we were then the
master's degree I've been slaving at for the past few years would be
useless."
You're-Not-Hitting-Me-Hard-Enough Lad turned to Masterplan Lad and
said, "You'd better bring him up to speed."
Masterplan Lad had been considering No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-
He's-Dead! Lad's words, but now he arched an eyebrow. Was it
cluelessness that made YNHMHELad completely miss the nuance of what the
orc had just said? Callousness? Or a ruthless commitment to the truth
at any cost?" The latter, at least, was a respectable reason to
Masterplan Lad's way of thinking. He shrugged, then walked over to
ARAK II, and for maybe a minute had an serious conversation with him in
lowered tones.
The look on ARAK's face went from irritation, to surprise, then on
to utter horror. The turn around time in convincing the young orc of
the truthfulness of their claims was astonishingly quick, but Masterplan
Lad was one of the Knights Temporal, and there were few other LNHers who
were as familiar with continuity and fictionality as he was. In any
case, within less than sixty seconds he had ARAK II accepting the
notion. At which point Anal-Retentive Archive Kid burst into angry
tears.
Masterplan Lad was so startled by this that he reflexively took a
step backwards and half raised his umbrella. "I... What...?" he
stammered, uncharacteristically taken aback.
"All the research work I've done for the past six years is pretty
much pointless now," ARAK snarled. "And the worst thing is that it
isn't a problem I can deal with by punching it!"
You're-Not-Hitting-Me-Hard-Enough Lad gave him a particularly
intense look. He always seemed to pay more attention when there a
chance of punching involved. "And you're not gonna just hit someone
else instead?"
"What, and play kill-the-messenger? I'm not stupid, Hard Enough,"
ARAK said dismissively. He wiped his sleeve across his snout in a quick
angry gesture to deal with his sniffles. "Honest advice is too valuable
to waste just because you don't like what you hear."
Cynical Lass invaded ARAK's personal space, stood right in front
of him and pointedly got in-his-face to demand, "So what's the big deal
with research, then? After all, didn't you once say that it was
basically just politics?"
He frowned at her. "It's an overview of the mechanics of a multi-
species society, based on how all the mutants and aliens have integrated
here in Net.ropolis. Going by how other groups have developed, at
*some* point in the next few centuries my people," and here he thumped a
fist on his chest for emphasis, "are probably going to start giving up
tribalism and move towards settled urban living. If I can produce a
working blueprint then the chances of conflict, and especially of them
being slaughtered by a technologically superior civilisation, will be
reduced." He started pacing about in a small circle. "But if this
world is fictional, then that all goes out the window. I shouldn't be
worrying about politics and social dynamics, because those aren't the
elements that will ensure their survival. Convincing everyone else that
orcs are interesting characters who they'll want to have around is what
I'll need to do, which means I'd do better by taking a creative writing
course and churning out bestseller potboilers aimed at the mass market."
He rounded on Cynical Lass and pointed an accusing finger at her. "And
you..." - and he paused as his brain caught up with his mouth - "...have
just tricked me into brainstorming a solution to my own problem."
"Yes. Obviously," said Cynical Lass, straight faced.
"Thank you," said ARAK II. He reached into his pockets and brought
out three brightly coloured rubber balls and began to juggle. It seemed
to be so that he had something to do with his hands, since he continued
to pace about and hardly paid any attention to the spheres that he had
whizzing about. Only Masterplan Lad noticed that although they were all
the same size they seemed to have different weights, making ARAK's
almost absent minded juggling feat all the more impressive.
Meanwhile, Fairy Princess Lad was agog. "You worked out all that
in two minutes flat, from the standing start of a nasty surprise?"
Masterplan Lad spoke up in ARAK II's stead: "To be fair, it's a
rather obvious conclusion when you stop to consider the evidence." Then
to ARAK II he said, "However, there's another piece of information that
could modify your conclusions."
Anal-Retentive Archive Kid II glanced curiously at Masterplan Lad.
"Really? Okay then, let's hear it."
"There's at least one of the Legion Writers who takes absolute
delight in exploring the nature of a multi-species society in a
superhuman world," said Masterplan Lad, pedantically.
"Well, that sounds great," said ARAK. "Who is it?"
"Your Writer."
"Ah," breathed ARAK, knowingly. "Ask not for divine intervention,
lest you discover that you yourself are the instrument that enacts that
intervention. How very C.S. Lewis." Then he recognised the rather
strange looks that the others were giving him, and the last piece of the
puzzle fell into place. "But there's the small drawback that that
Writer was Saxon Brenton, right?"
"Yes."
"Huh. I guess that brings us back to you, then," ARAK said to No!-
It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead! Lad. "What are the circumstances
he died in? Maybe there's something in his writing I can use, or
salvage from his legacy, or whatever."
No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead! Lad shrugged. "Sometime
after he got back to Australia in July after RACC-Con, he died. After
all, he hasn't been putting out any editions of the _End Of Month
Review_ recently."
"There were really long periods when he wasn't putting out the _End
Of Month Review_ last year, either," pointed out You're-Not-Hitting-Me-
Hard-Enough Lad.
"Plus," said N!ICBSB!HD!Lad, raising a finger to stave off further
protests. "The cheque hasn't been cashed."
"What cheque?" asked Cynical lass.
"During RACC-Con Arthur Spitzer stayed in the same hotel room with
Saxon Brenton," explain N!ICBSB!HD!Lad. "When Arthur went home he wrote
a cheque to cover the cost of the days he was sharing. That cheque
still hasn't been cashed. That's not what you'd expect from someone who
has to cover costs from an overseas vacation."
Masterplan Lad had been listening carefully to this, and now he
identified what had been troubling him. "No," he said. "That is
factually incorrect. On the evening Arthur arrived at the Benicia Best
Western Saxon hadn't made proper preparations with the front desk for
him to check in while the others were at the barbeque at Rob Roger's
household, and Arthur had had to book into another room for one night
- a room booking that was only covered by Scott Eiler's blanket offer to
subsidise RACC-Con attendees. The cheque has gone uncashed not because
of inability, but because of a sense of guilt!"
No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead! Lad gave Masterplan Lad a
deadly glare and took a threatening step forward. His eyes glowed red.
Fairy Princess Lad exclaimed, "Now just calm down," and sprinkled
some of his sparkly magic dust in the N!ICBSB!HD!Lad's direction.
However it seemed to have no effect.
You're-Not-Hitting-Me-Hard-Enough Lad leapt forward with his battle
cry, "No, you villain! Hit *me*!" (Finally, some action after all that
exposition.) Unfortunately No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead!
Lad used an aikido-like move on him, taking the boisterous net.hero's
own momentum and using it against him - grabbing YNHMHELad and throwing
him out through the ceiling of the LNH-HQ, such that he would land about
two miles away. So, sure, YNHMHELad will have absorbed an impressive
amount of kinetic energy to boost his strength, but it will take him a
while to get back to the fight.
Anal-Retentive Archive Kid II threw one of the balls at him. The
blue one. The one with the solid steel centre under the thin rubber
outer covering. It hit No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead! Lad
square in the face, where it made a 'bonnggg!' sound effect of metal on
metal. "Killer robot!" ARAK yelled, and then had to dive for cover when
N!ICBSB!HD!Lad blasted out a laser beam death ray from his frickin'
eyeballs.
The other Legionnaires were manoeuvring for their own counter-
attacks. The first, perhaps surprisingly, was Fairy Princess Lad, who
promptly went Sailor Moon on N!ICBSB!HD!Lad. He glowed and sparkled and
yelled, "Villain! In the name of Queen Titania and Lord Oberon, I will
punish you!"
And then Fairy Princess Lad unleashed a power blast from his hands
that slammed N!ICBSB!HD!Lad back across the cafeteria and through a wall
of solid strongstuffium with an enormous WHHAMMM!!!, pulverising the
trouble-making robot and leaving a large hole in its wake.
The Legionnaires all stared at the hole in the wall. The only
sound was the occasional light 'ping' as the metal started to cool.
"Huh," went Anal-Retentive Archive Kid II.
"I didn't know he could do that," said Kid Enthusiastic.
"Always a useful power to have, though," pointed out Cynical Lass.
"Not the type of ability I would have expected from someone
channelling the Powers That Be of Dom Daniel," observed Masterplan Lad.
Fairy Princess Lad came over to ARAK II and gave him a big hug.
ARAK looked at him. "What was that for?"
Fairy Princess Lad gave him a serious expression and said, "Big
scary orcs who are secure enough with themselves that they don't need to
take it out on others when they're upset deserve hugs."
"Really? I don't remember that rule. Did I miss a memo?"
"I just made it up."
"Ah. Well, that explains it then," said ARAK II, patting Fairy
Princess Lad on the back. "Okay then. Thanks. Now, I suppose we
should collect the remains of that robot."
Cynical Lass rolled her eyes. "Oh please. How are we supposed to
get recurring villains if you go around acting responsibly, securing
defeated bad guys and tidying up dangerous messes?"
And the scary thing was, ARAK II didn't have enough experience with
the whole 'recognising the cliches of a superhero parody story' to tell
whether her protest was serious or not.


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Character credits:
Anal-Retentive Archive Kid II and
No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead! Lad created by Saxon Brenton.
Cynical Lass created by Rob Rogers.
Fairy Princess Lad and Kid Enthusiastic created by Andrew Perron.
Masterplan Lad created by Adrian J. McClure.
Sister-State-The-Obvious created by wReam (Ray Bingham).
You're-Not-Hitting-Me-Hard-Enough Lad create by Arthur Spitzer.


Author's notes:
Written for the 32nd High Concept Challenge: "I'm Late!"
Reading back through this now that it's written, this is easily one
of the most meta and self-referential stories I've written in years.
Notwithstanding all the confusion about numbering in this series
- ranging from the fact that I have yet to finish the second half of
LNHv.2 #48, that the Writers collectively have yet to finish the
LNHv.2 #50 roundtable story, or the disagreements about LNHv.2 #51
- I'm reasonably sure that the issue number of 52 hasn't been claimed
yet... What's that? A phone call from DC Comics complaining that
they've copyrighted the number 52? Awww, man...


-----
Saxon Brenton University of Technology, city library, Sydney Australia
saxon....@uts.edu.au saxonb...@hotmail.com
"These 'no-nonsense' solutions of yours just don't hold water in a complex
world of jet-powered apes and time-travel." - Superman, JLA Classified #3

[EDMLite]

On Oct 31, 4:47 pm, Saxon Brenton <saxonbren...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>      Except for Cynical Lass, who face palmed as it occurred to her that
> it wasn't just saying things out loud that counted as tempting fate.
> Some days that you just couldn't risk an ironic thought even in the
> privacy of your own head.

This happens more often than I would like to admit...

>      "He's a Writer," said Kid Enthusiastic.
>      "Yes, I got that," said ARAK II.  "Between So-Lame-Even-Saxon-
> Brenton-Wouldn't-Use-Him-In-A-Story Lad and Joyce Carol Oates Lass, it's
> obvious that some people codename themselves after writers."  He had
> long since finished eating his lunch, so he absently stacked the cutlery
> on his empty plate before standing up and placing the plate at an
> adjacent collection point.  "I just don't know who he *is*.  I've never
> seen a library catalog entry for anything he's written.  What does he
> write?  Science fiction?  Romance?  Neo-Edwardian comedies of manners?"

Please, please let the answer be "All of the above..."

>      "All the research work I've done for the past six years is pretty
> much pointless now," ARAK snarled.  "And the worst thing is that it
> isn't a problem I can deal with by punching it!"

I really loved this plot point when you discussed it at RACC-Con,
and I'm thrilled to see it finally come to fruition.

>      Cynical Lass rolled her eyes.  "Oh please.  How are we supposed to
> get recurring villains if you go around acting responsibly, securing
> defeated bad guys and tidying up dangerous messes?"
>      And the scary thing was, ARAK II didn't have enough experience with
> the whole 'recognising the cliches of a superhero parody story' to tell
> whether her protest was serious or not.

I've known Cynical Lass for years, and even *I* can't always tell
when she's being serious.

--Easily-Discovered Man Lite
--Seriously enjoyed this issue

[Mitchell Crouch]

On Thursday, November 1, 2012 10:47:52 AM UTC+11, Saxon Brenton wrote:
> "Killer robot!" ARAK yelled, and then had to dive for cover when
> N!ICBSB!HD!Lad blasted out a laser beam death ray from his frickin'
> eyeballs.

Perhaps my favourite moment. Gotta love lasers.

Mitchell.

[Andrew Perron]

On Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:47:51 +0000 (UTC), Saxon Brenton wrote:

>|| The cover shows Kid Enthusiastic and Fairy Princess Lad bouncing up
>|| and down in excitement while older Legionnaires look on, bemused.

...wow, why didn't I read this yesterday <3

> Roll call for this issue:
> o Anal-Retentive Archive Kid II!
> o Cynical Lass!
> o Fairy Princess Lad!
> o Kid Enthusiastic!
> o Masterplan Lad!
> o You're-Not-Hitting-Me-Hard-Enough Lad!

Yaaaaaaaaay!

> "Hi. I'm here to join the Legion," he said.
> Fred nodded and passed over the application paperwork. As the
> newcomer took out a pacer pencil to fill in the forms, the receptionist
> asked, "What code name do you go by?"
> "No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead! Lad."
> And in response Fred thought .oO( That's going to cause trouble. )

XD XD XD

> Meanwhile, in the cafeteria:
> "But isn't the word 'kids' gender neutral?" asked Fairy Princess Lad.

I'd say yes! Why don't we have any "Kid Whatever" characters who are female? (Other than Kid Killfile in the LNH20 backstory.)

> "I'm not a goat!" exclaimed Kid Enthusiastic. He pointed at Anal-
> Retentive Archive Kid II, who was sitting at the other end of the table,
> "And he's not a goat!"

Heeheeheehee

> "Ooo! Ooo!" went Kid Enthusiastic, bouncing up and down in his seat
> as he suddenly got an idea. "The word 'kinder' means 'children', and
> that's gender neutral. ARA Kinder!" he speculated in rather sloppy
> German.
> "Ooo! Ooo!" went Fairy Princess Lad, echoing his friend. "And that
> can be turned into an internet pun: ARA Kindles!" The two boys high
> fived each other.

XD XD XD Yes good relationship

> He spotted Cynical
> Lass's expression. She was sitting a table over from them, and had a
> look on her face which he completely misinterpreted as, 'They're
> children. Let them play their games while they've still got the
> energy.' Actually what she was thinking was, 'You poor schmuck. If
> you think I'm going to explain to you that we're all fictional
> characters in an imaginary world then you've got another thing coming.'

Heheeheehe <3

> And except for Anal-Retentive Archive Kid II, who asked, "Who's
> Saxon Brenton?"

Niiiiiiiiice. XD

> "I just don't know who he *is*. I've never
> seen a library catalog entry for anything he's written. What does he
> write? Science fiction? Romance? Neo-Edwardian comedies of manners?"
> "Superhero parody," said Masterplan Lad. "We're in one of them at
> the moment."

Saxon, you should totally write a neo-Edwardian comedy of manners.

> "Oh yeah," said You're-Not-Hitting-Me-Hard-Enough Lad, glancing
> upwards towards the from: line among the headers at the start of the
> posting. "I hadn't noticed the email address."
> "Forged address," said No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead!
> Lad with a grim earnestness. "Someone's pretending to be him. Identity
> theft of a dead man. Pretty ghoulish, really."

Heeheehee

> He shrugged, then walked over to
> ARAK II, and for maybe a minute had an serious conversation with him in
> lowered tones.
> The look on ARAK's face went from irritation, to surprise, then on
> to utter horror.

Meep. ^^;;;;

> The turn around time in convincing the young orc of
> the truthfulness of their claims was astonishingly quick, but Masterplan
> Lad was one of the Knights Temporal, and there were few other LNHers who
> were as familiar with continuity and fictionality as he was.

*nods* Naturally.

> At which point Anal-Retentive Archive Kid burst into angry
> tears.
> Masterplan Lad was so startled by this that he reflexively took a
> step backwards and half raised his umbrella.

Don't worry, they're not anime waterfall tears.

> He rounded on Cynical Lass and pointed an accusing finger at her. "And
> you..." - and he paused as his brain caught up with his mouth - "...have
> just tricked me into brainstorming a solution to my own problem."
> "Yes. Obviously," said Cynical Lass, straight faced.

That was definitely her, and not your own mental patterns, which I'm swiftly falling in love with. Yes.

> "There's at least one of the Legion Writers who takes absolute
> delight in exploring the nature of a multi-species society in a
> superhuman world," said Masterplan Lad, pedantically.

Definitely more than one. <3

> Masterplan Lad had been listening carefully to this, and now he
> identified what had been troubling him. "No," he said. "That is
> factually incorrect. On the evening Arthur arrived at the Benicia Best
> Western Saxon hadn't made proper preparations with the front desk for
> him to check in while the others were at the barbeque at Rob Roger's
> household, and Arthur had had to book into another room for one night
> - a room booking that was only covered by Scott Eiler's blanket offer to
> subsidise RACC-Con attendees. The cheque has gone uncashed not because
> of inability, but because of a sense of guilt!"

GASP!

> You're-Not-Hitting-Me-Hard-Enough Lad leapt forward with his battle
> cry, "No, you villain! Hit *me*!" (Finally, some action after all that
> exposition.) Unfortunately No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead!
> Lad used an aikido-like move on him, taking the boisterous net.hero's
> own momentum and using it against him - grabbing YNHMHELad and throwing
> him out through the ceiling of the LNH-HQ, such that he would land about
> two miles away.

That's a lot of momentum. o.o

> Anal-Retentive Archive Kid II threw one of the balls at him. The
> blue one. The one with the solid steel centre under the thin rubber
> outer covering. It hit No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead! Lad
> square in the face, where it made a 'bonnggg!' sound effect of metal on
> metal. "Killer robot!" ARAK yelled, and then had to dive for cover when
> N!ICBSB!HD!Lad blasted out a laser beam death ray from his frickin'
> eyeballs.

Oooooh, nice.

> The other Legionnaires were manoeuvring for their own counter-
> attacks. The first, perhaps surprisingly, was Fairy Princess Lad, who
> promptly went Sailor Moon on N!ICBSB!HD!Lad. He glowed and sparkled and
> yelled, "Villain! In the name of Queen Titania and Lord Oberon, I will
> punish you!"
> And then Fairy Princess Lad unleashed a power blast from his hands
> that slammed N!ICBSB!HD!Lad back across the cafeteria and through a wall
> of solid strongstuffium with an enormous WHHAMMM!!!, pulverising the
> trouble-making robot and leaving a large hole in its wake.

...holy crap yes. XD

> Fairy Princess Lad gave him a serious expression and said, "Big
> scary orcs who are secure enough with themselves that they don't need to
> take it out on others when they're upset deserve hugs."

Awwwwww!

> "Ah. Well, that explains it then," said ARAK II, patting Fairy
> Princess Lad on the back. "Okay then. Thanks. Now, I suppose we
> should collect the remains of that robot."
> Cynical Lass rolled her eyes. "Oh please. How are we supposed to
> get recurring villains if you go around acting responsibly, securing
> defeated bad guys and tidying up dangerous messes?"
> And the scary thing was, ARAK II didn't have enough experience with
> the whole 'recognising the cliches of a superhero parody story' to tell
> whether her protest was serious or not.

Mwahahahahaha. <3

> Reading back through this now that it's written, this is easily one
> of the most meta and self-referential stories I've written in years.

Oh yes. (Which I'm just in the mood for, having finished Doctor Who: The Mind Robber today.)

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, multi-species societies <3 Hwargle

[Saxon Brenton]

Andrew Perron replied:

> Saxon, you should totally write a neo-Edwardian comedy of manners.
 

True story: During RACC-Con we spent one afternoon at the Museum
of Cartoon Art in San Francisco (where we all did pictures of
Spider-Man to get in at half price).  On the way home on the
ferry we had a general discussion about the LNH and RACC, and
Rob (IIRC) asked the question: 'What genres haven't been used
in a LNH story?'.  I needed only about two seconds before
answering 'apocalyptic Christian rapture'.  Rob's wife Nam was
right behind me in suggesting 'Edwardian comedies of manners.'
 
So now you know where the neo-Edwardian comedy of manners comes
from.
 
also:

>> At which point Anal-Retentive Archive Kid burst into angry
>> tears.

[...]

> Don't worry, they're not anime waterfall tears.
 

... I've had a suspicion that ARAK could if he wanted to, but
he refrains from doing anime eyes in any form because it
seriously freaks people out...   OTOH, being able to pull that
particular trick argues against him being unware of being
fiction until now.

>> own momentum and using it against him - grabbing YNHMHELad and throwing
>> him out through the ceiling of the LNH-HQ, such that he would land about
>> two miles away.
>
> That's a lot of momentum. o.o
 

Superhumanly strong and durable robot.  That's another part of
why Fairy Princess Lad's antics were so amazing.
 
And just in case anybody missed it, this was me once again taking
a character that I'm presuming was a one-shot throwaway character
(tell me if I'm wrong about Fairy Princess Lad in that regard)
and giving them some development.  I just can't help myself!!!
Aarghhh!!!
 
---
Saxon Brenton
 

[Andrew Perron]

On Fri, 2 Nov 2012 18:00:22 +0000 (UTC), Saxon Brenton wrote:

> Andrew Perron replied:
>> Saxon, you should totally write a neo-Edwardian comedy of manners.
>  
> True story: During RACC-Con we spent one afternoon at the Museum
> of Cartoon Art in San Francisco (where we all did pictures of
> Spider-Man to get in at half price).  On the way home on the
> ferry we had a general discussion about the LNH and RACC, and
> Rob (IIRC) asked the question: 'What genres haven't been used
> in a LNH story?'.  I needed only about two seconds before
> answering 'apocalyptic Christian rapture'.  Rob's wife Nam was
> right behind me in suggesting 'Edwardian comedies of manners.'
>  
> So now you know where the neo-Edwardian comedy of manners comes
> from.

Yessssssssssss. Now you must do BOTH.

> also:
>>> At which point Anal-Retentive Archive Kid burst into angry
>>> tears.
> [...]
>> Don't worry, they're not anime waterfall tears.
>  
> ... I've had a suspicion that ARAK could if he wanted to, but
> he refrains from doing anime eyes in any form because it
> seriously freaks people out...   OTOH, being able to pull that
> particular trick argues against him being unware of being
> fiction until now.

Nah, see, all orcs can due that. It's a survival mechanism based on
freaking out animals.

> And just in case anybody missed it, this was me once again taking
> a character that I'm presuming was a one-shot throwaway character
> (tell me if I'm wrong about Fairy Princess Lad in that regard)
> and giving them some development.  I just can't help myself!!!
> Aarghhh!!!

Heeheehee. Well, I didn't have any specfic plans, but I was hoping someone
would pick up that ball. <3

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, doesn't think he's capable of making a
throwaway character.

[Scott Eiler]

On 11/2/2012 11:00 AM, Saxon Brenton wrote:
>
> On the way home on the
> ferry we had a general discussion about the LNH and RACC, and
> Rob (IIRC) asked the question: 'What genres haven't been used
> in a LNH story?'. I needed only about two seconds before
> answering 'apocalyptic Christian rapture'.

Was I around for that discussion? If I had been, I probably would have
mentioned I had it covered, albeit for a non-LNH story in RACC.

> And just in case anybody missed it, this was me once again taking
> a character that I'm presuming was a one-shot throwaway character
> (tell me if I'm wrong about Fairy Princess Lad in that regard)
> and giving them some development. I just can't help myself!!!
> Aarghhh!!!

Wanna do a team-up of Anal-Retentive Archive Kid II and Poignant Death
Lass? 8{D>

--
(signed) Scott Eiler 8{D> -------- http://www.eilertech.com/ ---------

When you *are* the leader... whatever goes wrong... whether you did it
or not... *you* are held responsible. - Barack Obama

I know. - Archie Andrews

- from Archie #617, March 2011, scripted by Alex Simmons.

[Andrew Perron]

Also, one thing I gotta wonder: Who created
No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead! Lad!?

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, other than Saxon I mean

[Scott Eiler]

It must be some force which was only defeated by knowledge of the
affairs of The Writers. Which is kind of disturbing. Not that I'm
complaining, mind you. But unless I miss my guess as to LNH cosmology,
this has become cosmic.

[Ted Brock]

On Nov 2, 9:42 pm, Scott Eiler <sei...@eilertech.com> wrote:
> On 11/2/2012 5:24 PM, Andrew Perron wrote:
>
> > Also, one thing I gotta wonder: Who created
> > No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead! Lad!?
>

> It must be some force which was only defeated by knowledge of the
> affairs of The Writers.  Which is kind of disturbing.  Not that I'm
> complaining, mind you.  But unless I miss my guess as to LNH cosmology,
> this has become cosmic.

The biggest culprit with both the means and the motivation would be
the Church of the Fourth Wall, I think. There are probably a few
others around - which is the organization that worships Dvandom?

[Scott Eiler]

On 11/2/2012 10:04 PM, Ted Brock wrote:

> The biggest culprit with both the means and the motivation would be
> the Church of the Fourth Wall, I think. There are probably a few
> others around - which is the organization that worships Dvandom?

-snort- insert comment about real-life relatives on Facebook - but
"worship" is probably the wrong term.

(signed) you might have to look for "Karpow" for the juicy stuff on me.
8{O>

[Saxon Brenton]

 Scott Eiler asked:

On 11/2/2012 11:00 AM, Saxon Brenton wrote:
>> On the way home on the
>> ferry we had a general discussion about the LNH and RACC, and
>> Rob (IIRC) asked the question: 'What genres haven't been used
>> in a LNH story?'. I needed only about two seconds before
>> answering 'apocalyptic Christian rapture'.
>
> Was I around for that discussion? If I had been, I probably would have
> mentioned I had it covered, albeit for a non-LNH story in RACC.
 

I honestly don't know.  I know you were on the ferry, but
whether you were sitting with us for that conversation: I can't
remember.  For all I know you "did* mention that that you'd already
done that type of story.
 
---
Saxon Brenton
 
 

[Saxon Brenton]

On Fri, 2 Nov 2012 Scot Eiler replied:

> On 11/2/2012 5:24 PM, Andrew Perron wrote:
>> Also, one thing I gotta wonder: Who created
>> No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead! Lad!?
>>
>> Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, other than Saxon I mean
>
> It must be some force which was only defeated by knowledge of the
> affairs of The Writers. Which is kind of disturbing. Not that I'm
> complaining, mind you. But unless I miss my guess as to LNH cosmology,
> this has become cosmic.
 

Not necessarily.  I'm not fully sure, but as others have already
guessed, the Church of Dvandom is a contenter.  Another would be
Exclamation!Master!
 
---
Saxon Brenton
 
 

[Saxon Brenton]

On Fri 2/Nov/2012 Ted Brock (tbroc...@gmail.com) replied:

>>
>>> Also, one thing I gotta wonder: Who created
>>> No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead! Lad!?
>>

>> It must be some force which was only defeated by knowledge of the
>> affairs of The Writers. Which is kind of disturbing. Not that I'm
>> complaining, mind you. But unless I miss my guess as to LNH cosmology,
>> this has become cosmic.
>

> The biggest culprit with both the means and the motivation would be
> the Church of the Fourth Wall, I think. There are probably a few
> others around - which is the organization that worships Dvandom?

The Church of the Fourth Wall would have the means, but their motivation
is that the Fourth Wall itself is heresy. For them to be involved in
that sort of plot would involve them messing with a lot of cognitive
dissonsnce to use the very thing they hate. Not that that would stop
them, of course.

The organization thatr worships Dvandom is, to the best of my recollection,
the Church of Dvandom, headed up by wReamicus Maximus.

---
Saxon Brenton

[Andrew Perron]

That'd be the Church of Dvandom, headed by wReamicus Maximus. Either one is
a possibility, though they wouldn't work together - not after Birth of a
Villain.

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, and then there are the Nodakommandos...

[Andrew Perron]

On Sun, 4 Nov 2012 01:24:35 +0000 (UTC), Saxon Brenton wrote:

> The Church of the Fourth Wall would have the means, but their motivation
> is that the Fourth Wall itself is heresy. For them to be involved in
> that sort of plot would involve them messing with a lot of cognitive
> dissonsnce to use the very thing they hate. Not that that would stop
> them, of course.

It could be Pointless Awards Man II seeking revenge for that time you
stabbed him.

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, he's not a very revengey guy, tho.

[Arthur Spitzer]

On 10/31/12 4:47 PM, Saxon Brenton wrote:>
> [LNH/HCC] Legion of Net.Heroes Vol.2 #52 HCC32
>

>

> @%%%%%%%%%%@
>
> A teenaged boy in a gaudy costume entered the foyer of the Legion
> of Net.Heroes headquarters. He glanced around, but quickly spotted the
> reception desk and approached it.
> "Hi. I'm here to join the Legion," he said.
> Fred nodded and passed over the application paperwork. As the
> newcomer took out a pacer pencil to fill in the forms, the receptionist
> asked, "What code name do you go by?"
> "No!-It-Can't-Be-Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead! Lad."
> And in response Fred thought .oO( That's going to cause trouble. )
>
> @%%%%%%%%%%@

Well, sorry I told that lie to the Very Disturbed Scary Creature Man,
Saxon, about you killing the Gothic Gorilla. I didn't think he'd take
it that far... :)

> "Plus," said N!ICBSB!HD!Lad, raising a finger to stave off further
> protests. "The cheque hasn't been cashed."
> "What cheque?" asked Cynical lass.
> "During RACC-Con Arthur Spitzer stayed in the same hotel room with
> Saxon Brenton," explain N!ICBSB!HD!Lad. "When Arthur went home he wrote
> a cheque to cover the cost of the days he was sharing. That cheque
> still hasn't been cashed. That's not what you'd expect from someone who
> has to cover costs from an overseas vacation."
> Masterplan Lad had been listening carefully to this, and now he
> identified what had been troubling him. "No," he said. "That is
> factually incorrect. On the evening Arthur arrived at the Benicia Best
> Western Saxon hadn't made proper preparations with the front desk for
> him to check in while the others were at the barbeque at Rob Roger's
> household, and Arthur had had to book into another room for one night
> - a room booking that was only covered by Scott Eiler's blanket offer to
> subsidise RACC-Con attendees. The cheque has gone uncashed not because
> of inability, but because of a sense of guilt!"

Well, okay, Saxon... I won't force you to cash that check... so feel
free to tear it up. I won't feel any guilt for having extra money in my
checking account. :)

But you should tell me that you absolutely have no plans to ever cash
that check so I can fix my checking book.

Arthur "Fourth Wallowing..." Spitzer

[Arthur Spitzer]

Or perhaps it's Fake LNH Writer!!!

Arthur "Real LNH Writer..." Spitzer

[Andrew Perron]

On Sun, 4 Nov 2012 23:09:16 +0000 (UTC), Arthur Spitzer wrote:

> On 11/3/12 6:16 PM, Saxon Brenton wrote:
>> On Fri, 2 Nov 2012 Scot Eiler replied:

<snip>

>> > It must be some force which was only defeated by knowledge of the
>> > affairs of The Writers. Which is kind of disturbing. Not that I'm
>> > complaining, mind you. But unless I miss my guess as to LNH cosmology,
>> > this has become cosmic.
>>
>> Not necessarily. I'm not fully sure, but as others have already
>> guessed, the Church of Dvandom is a contenter. Another would be
>> Exclamation!Master!
>

> Or perhaps it's Fake LNH Writer!!!

IT'S THE MECHANICAL AUTHOR AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA`o`

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, run for your life!

[Saxon Brenton]

On Sun 4 Nov 2012 Arthur Spitzer wrote:
> Well, okay, Saxon... I won't force you to cash that check...
> so feel free to tear it up. I won't feel any guilt for having
> extra money in my checking account. :)
>
> But you should tell me that you absolutely have no plans to
> ever cash that check so I can fix my checking book.
>
> Arthur "Fourth Wallowing..." Spitzer
 

Well, that's easy enough.  Yeah, I have no intention of ever
banking it.
 
But this is RACC, and that sort of assurance isn't good enough.
 
<ahem. [taps micophone]  Is this thing on?  Right. 
Testing testing.  'I solemly swear that I am up to no
good.'  How was that?  Okay?  Great.>
 
[declaims in a stentorian voice: ]
 
I swear upon my hard earned reputation as a loony that
the cheque will not live to see another dawn.  It will
neither cause problems for Arthur's bank balance nor
start any imprint wide RACC crossovers... ever again.
It will die.  It will die horribly, begging for mercy,
and receive none.  It will be rent asunder, bent,
folded, spindled and mutilated, and then poked with
soft cusions.  In the best tradition of the TV Tropes
Wiki it will be deconstructed to an inch past its life,
and then its flensed corpse strung up for all to see. 
Its life-ink will spill from its body to the ground,
where it will pool... moist and black and wet and inky.
 
 
[Hmm.  I wonder if it might be the Arthur's-Check-Revenge-
Squad, travelling back in time, who built No!-It-Can't-Be-
Saxon-Brenton!-He's-Dead! Lad.  Maybe I'd better start
making a list so that all these options can be properly
investigated.]
 
---
Saxon Brenton
 
 

[Martin Phipps]

On Nov 1, 7:47 am, Saxon Brenton <saxonbren...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>      Fairy Princess Lad exclaimed, "Now just calm down," and sprinkled
> some of his sparkly magic dust in the N!ICBSB!HD!Lad's direction.
> However it seemed to have no effect.

>      The other Legionnaires were manoeuvring for their own counter-
> attacks.  The first, perhaps surprisingly, was Fairy Princess Lad, who
> promptly went Sailor Moon on N!ICBSB!HD!Lad.  He glowed and sparkled and
> yelled,  "Villain!  In the name of Queen Titania and Lord Oberon, I will
> punish you!"
>      And then Fairy Princess Lad unleashed a power blast from his hands
> that slammed N!ICBSB!HD!Lad back across the cafeteria and through a wall
> of solid strongstuffium with an enormous WHHAMMM!!!, pulverising the
> trouble-making robot and leaving a large hole in its wake.

>      Fairy Princess Lad came over to ARAK II and gave him a big hug.
> ARAK looked at him.  "What was that for?"
>      Fairy Princess Lad gave him a serious expression and said, "Big
> scary orcs who are secure enough with themselves that they don't need to
> take it out on others when they're upset deserve hugs."
>      "Really?  I don't remember that rule.  Did I miss a memo?"
>      "I just made it up."
>      "Ah.  Well, that explains it then," said ARAK II, patting Fairy
> Princess Lad on the back.  "Okay then.  Thanks.  Now, I suppose we
> should collect the remains of that robot."

Okay, fair question: why do people on this group hate gays? I wrote
what I considered to be a touching story about homosexuals joining the
LNH and not only did you guys collectively pan the story apparently
for no other reason than your hatred of homosexuals but you've now
gone on to create a character who is a blatant parody of homosexuals
and then use him in stories. This is just too much.

Martin

[Mitchell Crouch]

On Thursday, November 15, 2012 8:15:27 PM UTC+11, Martin Phipps wrote:
> Okay, fair question: why do people on this group hate gays? I wrote
> what I considered to be a touching story about homosexuals joining the
> LNH and not only did you guys collectively pan the story apparently
> for no other reason than your hatred of homosexuals but you've now
> gone on to create a character who is a blatant parody of homosexuals
> and then use him in stories. This is just too much.

Just drop it, Martin. You're obviously trolling, and no one's going to bite.

> Martin

Mitchell.

[Ted Brock]

Isn't Fairy Princess Lad one of those hundreds of throwaway, never
explained why they were in the LNH to begin with, one joke characters
introduced by Tom Russell and/or Jesse Willey about a decade ago?
That someone remembered the character exists and decided to do
something with him says that someone thought the character had
untapped potential. (Does this make Tom Russell RACC's version of Rob
Leifeld?)

I don't really find Fairy Princess Lad to be a "blatant parody of a
homosexual". He's a blatant parody of guys who love "feminine" stuff,
but that doesn't necessarily mean he's "homosexual". If anything,
he's a blatant parody of a metrosexual. (I like to think that he's
bi, but nothing's been proven either way.)

[Andrew Perron]

On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:43:07 +0000 (UTC), Ted Brock wrote:

> Isn't Fairy Princess Lad one of those hundreds of throwaway, never
> explained why they were in the LNH to begin with, one joke characters
> introduced by Tom Russell and/or Jesse Willey about a decade ago?
> That someone remembered the character exists and decided to do
> something with him says that someone thought the character had
> untapped potential.

No, no, I pretty much made him up out of whole cloth.

> (Does this make Tom Russell RACC's version of Rob Leifeld?)

YOU TAKE THAT BACK

> I don't really find Fairy Princess Lad to be a "blatant parody of a
> homosexual". He's a blatant parody of guys who love "feminine" stuff,
> but that doesn't necessarily mean he's "homosexual". If anything,
> he's a blatant parody of a metrosexual. (I like to think that he's
> bi, but nothing's been proven either way.)

Ted, don't feed the trolls.

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, and he's young enough that his
sexuality hasn't expressed itself in any way he can understand.

[Martin Phipps]

So it's okay now to hate homosexuals on RACC and anyone who has a
problem with that is trolling?

Wow.

Martin

[Martin Phipps]

On Nov 16, 3:18 pm, Andrew Perron <pwer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:43:07 +0000 (UTC), Ted Brock wrote:
> > Isn't Fairy Princess Lad one of those hundreds of throwaway, never
> > explained why they were in the LNH to begin with, one joke characters
> > introduced by Tom Russell and/or Jesse Willey about a decade ago?
> > That someone remembered the character exists and decided to do
> > something with him says that someone thought the character had
> > untapped potential.
>
> No, no, I pretty much made him up out of whole cloth.
>
> > (Does this make Tom Russell RACC's version of Rob Leifeld?)
>
> YOU TAKE THAT BACK
>
> > I don't really find Fairy Princess Lad to be a "blatant parody of a
> > homosexual".  He's a blatant parody of guys who love "feminine" stuff,
> > but that doesn't necessarily mean he's "homosexual".  If anything,
> > he's a blatant parody of a metrosexual.  (I like to think that he's
> > bi, but nothing's been proven either way.)
>
> Ted, don't feed the trolls.

Again, finding offense at a blatant insult to homosexuals does not
make one a troll! I am not gay but I find this "Fairy Princess Lad"
character extremely offensive! And I'd be shocked if I were the only
one here who thought so!

I think, Andrew, you owe me an apology! In fact an apology from you
is long overdue!

Martin

[Ted Brock]

On Nov 16, 1:18 am, Andrew Perron <pwer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:43:07 +0000 (UTC), Ted Brock wrote:
> > Isn't Fairy Princess Lad one of those hundreds of throwaway, never
> > explained why they were in the LNH to begin with, one joke characters
> > introduced by Tom Russell and/or Jesse Willey about a decade ago?
> > That someone remembered the character exists and decided to do
> > something with him says that someone thought the character had
> > untapped potential.
>
> No, no, I pretty much made him up out of whole cloth.

Oh, okay. My bad. He just reminded me of an obscure throwaway
character from ten years ago is all.

> > (Does this make Tom Russell RACC's version of Rob Leifeld?)
>
> YOU TAKE THAT BACK

Hey, Leifeld gave us some winners, such as Dawn Granger/Dove,
Deadpool, Cable, original X-Force, and a few others, many of which
prospered when other writers took the characters and developed their
hidden potential. Tom gave us Nudist Man, among others, and look at
his current portrayals (as opposed to his original appearances). And
anyway, Tom's writing has matured greatly; Leifeld's ... hasn't. So in
my above comment, I was referring to Young!Tom, not current!Tom.

[Scott Eiler]

On 11/15/2012 7:43 PM, Ted Brock wrote:

> I don't really find Fairy Princess Lad to be a "blatant parody of a
> homosexual". He's a blatant parody of guys who love "feminine" stuff,
> but that doesn't necessarily mean he's "homosexual". If anything,
> he's a blatant parody of a metrosexual. (I like to think that he's
> bi, but nothing's been proven either way.)

Little boys who like girly stuff are really not all that unusual. I
think he's still a bit young for his sexuality to matter.

--
(signed) Scott Eiler 8{D> -------- http://www.eilertech.com/ ---------

[Andrew Perron]

On Friday, November 16, 2012 10:51:11 PM UTC-5, Ted Brock wrote:
> On Nov 16, 1:18 am, Andrew Perron <pwer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 03:43:07 +0000 (UTC), Ted Brock wrote:
>
> > > Isn't Fairy Princess Lad one of those hundreds of throwaway, never
> > > explained why they were in the LNH to begin with, one joke characters
> > > introduced by Tom Russell and/or Jesse Willey about a decade ago?
> >

> > No, no, I pretty much made him up out of whole cloth.
>
> Oh, okay. My bad. He just reminded me of an obscure throwaway
> character from ten years ago is all.

That's okay, he does sound like that kind of character. XD

(Also: It'd be more like fifteen years ago at this point. Ooooooooold)

> > > (Does this make Tom Russell RACC's version of Rob Leifeld?)
> >
> > YOU TAKE THAT BACK
>
> Hey, Leifeld gave us some winners, such as Dawn Granger/Dove,
> Deadpool, Cable, original X-Force, and a few others, many of which
> prospered when other writers took the characters and developed their
> hidden potential. Tom gave us Nudist Man, among others, and look at
> his current portrayals (as opposed to his original appearances). And
> anyway, Tom's writing has matured greatly; Leifeld's ... hasn't. So in
> my above comment, I was referring to Young!Tom, not current!Tom.

Ah, okay. I mean, even Manga Girl-era Tom had way more grasp of narrative than Liefeld, but I can see what you're getting at.

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, doooooom

[Andrew Perron]

On Friday, November 16, 2012 5:47:08 AM UTC-5, Martin Phipps wrote:

> Martin

By the way, Martin, something I needed to ask you: Did you want us to keep Master Blaster and the parts you wrote in LNH v2 #50, or take them out? It's your call.

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, hoping he didn't just double-post.

[Martin Phipps]

On 11月18日, 上午3時35分, Andrew Perron <pwer...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Friday, November 16, 2012 5:47:08 AM UTC-5, Martin Phipps wrote:
> > Martin
>
> By the way, Martin, something I needed to ask you: Did you want us to keep Master Blaster and the parts you wrote in LNH v2 #50, or take them out? It's your call.

It all depends on whether or not you have any integrity left
whatsoever. You obviously could remove every scene I contributed and
replace them with entirely new scenes but it would be a dick move. It
makes no difference to me because I have already lost all respect for
you and honestly could not think any less of you at this point.

Martin

[Andrew Perron]

Okay, we'll keep 'em in. Thanks!

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, probably some editing in there.