tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post3135984258975272552..comments2024-03-27T22:03:05.230-04:00Comments on The Legion of Super Bloggers! : Memorial Day 2017MetropolisKid41http://www.blogger.com/profile/12121196519360092429noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-84202318054175821552017-05-30T21:09:47.430-04:002017-05-30T21:09:47.430-04:00The one thing that the Legion deaths all have in c...The one thing that the Legion deaths all have in common, even the silly murders of Sun Boy and Star Boy at the end, is that they remained permanent during their characters' continuity. It cheapens the emotional connection to think that so-and-so's clone is out there somewhere after the Terrible Such-and-Such killed him. In these stories, the Legionnaires made the ultimate sacrifice and there was no "happy" ending. <br />Kinda more like real life. Russell Burbagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13756652514507714383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-53877076813551821552017-05-30T19:16:45.499-04:002017-05-30T19:16:45.499-04:00Sun Boy died in a most unspectacular way in the mo...Sun Boy died in a most unspectacular way in the most recent incarnation of the Legion. Smooshed into the pilot's seat of the Legion Cruiser he crashed. Of course I think they already knew the title was folding when they wrote it. I think Star Boy died when a door closed on him, Mon-El was blown to pieces. Death & Dismemberment came on the cheap... at the end.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08034508699139771229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-1301210420731629772017-05-30T01:50:56.670-04:002017-05-30T01:50:56.670-04:00I'd never want to value the death of a fiction...I'd never want to value the death of a fictional character above the loss of a living person; one doesn't want to devalue the sacrifices Memorial Day represents. But fictional deaths can make us mourn. I cried over some of these books.<br />Nevertheless, the Legion deaths - like most fictional deaths - tend to be clear cut, intentionally noble and self-giving, living up to their (and our) ideals. Which I think is a great use of fiction, because keeping my ideals clear gives me a chance to live up to them, a chance to actually make the real world a better place.SKnowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12677758669354957611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6439298599791449790.post-52496167933587471432017-05-29T20:21:07.448-04:002017-05-29T20:21:07.448-04:00I guess it's OK that you didn't include Li...I guess it's OK that you didn't include Lightning Lad, who got better... until The Unspeakable happened. <br /><br />Or, rather, didn't happen. I refuse to accept it. Jay Teahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11617831944262749187noreply@blogger.com