League of Extraordinary Fictional Characters

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Two of mine are from the future, so I can have a guy wielding a sword as big as himself in my league.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

And mine was from 38 thousand years in the future! How much more modern do you expect?

[Flarecobra]

Hawk: Grey Knights?

[RobinStarwing]

I am talking to those who are referencing the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen graphic novel. While that and the thread I found in searching for images of a character for an RP board might have been the inspiration... I wanted people to be original in who THEY chose. Not quote something already done.

[Fifthfiend]

Originally Posted by RobinStarwing

I am talking to those who are referencing the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen graphic novel. While that and the thread I found in searching for images of a character for an RP board might have been the inspiration... I wanted people to be original in who THEY chose. Not quote something already done.

[Archbio]

Now, in a marginally less idiotic way, to make a League of Extraordinary Modern Characters. At first I thought to make as direct a modern analogue of the original* League as I could while still being fun.

Indiana Jones, today. So, very, very much too old for this.

Clarice Starling. The Bride of Hannibal.

Mystique. Could be anyone. A sociopath with an ability that lends itself well to being a sociopath.

The Thing. Could be anyone, but is really an alien from the antarctic who just looks exactly like this normal guy if not stressed and has become self aware of his dual nature. Ravening monster, superficially cultured.

Batman. His parents are dead. Revenge. Brooding about revenge. A practical vehicle with a bat motif. Gadgets.

All in all, not as fun as a freeform dream team (not fun enough to justify finding a picture for Batman and a 100 year old Harrison Ford,) even if I replaced Batman with Black Manta (who comes with a sub for easy identification and is sometimes an exile who's angry about stuff.)

Next episode: more of a freeform team!**

*To the extent that this work by Moore is original.
**Lenny's not in it.

[The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk]

Originally Posted by Flarecobra

Hawk: Grey Knights?

Indeed. I just started on their omnibus. They are particularly awesome.

[walkertexasdruid]

Again I have no pictures, but here is my league:

Richard Rahl, The Sword of Truth series (not the lame one from The Legend of the Seeker): If any of you have read Terry Goodkind's books, you know that he is simply badass. He is an extremely gifted swordfighter, he is an archer that does not miss, he is a very good woods guide, and that was before he learned that he was a the true Seeker of the Truth. Wielding the Sword of Truth, Richard can unleash a smite evil on steroids that can obliterate just about any evil doer, and he can unravel the truth about anything with the sword's help, and he can "Dance with Death" which enables him battle countless skilled warriors without taking a scratch. He is also the heir to the throne of the D'Hara Empire, which enables him to protect those who swear fealty to him from the ravages of the Dream Walker. He is also the first War Wizard born in 1000 years, which means he has both additive and subtractive magic, so even without his sword he can obliterate you out of existance. HIs only fault is that he can get kind of preachy, you can go through one or more chapters of his same "You have to stand up for what you believe in against oppression and those who would take your freedom" in especially the last four books in the series. Still he is the perfect combination of martial combat/offensive magic, and he is a very serious palidin type. His entourage, Zedd the First Wizard (also his grandfather), Kahlann Amnell the Mother Confessor (also his wife), Carra the Mord Sith, and Nicci the former Sister of the Dark and Disciple of the Imperial Order, would make a great league by themselves.

Raistlin Majare, Dragonlance: This seemingly sickly wizard's apprentice became so powerful that he eventually became a god, and very nearly wiped out the rest of the gods. Of course with Raistlin as the world's only diety, the world began to fall apart because his focas only on himself, but still what other mortal would have the cahonnes to storm the heavens and the Abyss and attack the beings that created your world.

Mina, Dragonlance: One of my favorite villains of all time from two of my favorite trilogies, The War of the Souls and the Dark Discple. She starts out as a twisted Joan of Arc who is trying to save the world from some monstrous dragons in the name of her One God. Her saving of the world comes with the price of the One God's enemies (namely the elves) getting close to being wiped out. She eventually controls all of the souls that have died and cannot crossover to the afterlife, leads an army of 100,000 undead as well as several thousand cromatic dragons, and rides a ghost dragon that represents all of the dragons that had been consumed by the ones she was trying to save the world from. She is not as impressive after the One God dies, but in the end she basically flips the bird to all of the other gods, and they being fearful of her say, "Ok, Mina, we will leave you alone, just don't hurt us or our world, please."

Alex Cross, James Patterson's Alex Cross series: Ok so Alex is very mundane compared to the others I have mentioned. He does not have magical powers, and he lives in our mordern world. He is a brilliant detective who uses his skills as a psychologist to figure out and track down the most vicious and high profile serial killers in the country. He is a very good hand-to-hand combat fighter, and he is also an expert marksman. He has brought to justice almost all of his querries, but one, namely Kyle Craig, still elludes him.

Grinsa Al Jariet, Winds of the Forelands: The hero of David B. Coe's wonderful series, Grinsa is Quirsi (white haired people with magical powers) with a secret, he is a Weaver. A Weaver is a Quirsi that has all five abilities (usually an individual has only one or two of these abilities), and he or she can co-opt the abilities of other Quirsi with devestating affect. When a rogue Weaver threatens to tear apart the Forelands with an small army that can wipe out millions, Grinsa, despite being oppressed and having to hide his identity, stands up and attempts to save those who would put him to death.

So there we have it, though I am not sure if they would all get along. I think Richard Rahl, Alex Cross, and Grinsa al Jariet would find common ground. But I do not think that they would see eye to eye with Raisltlin Majare, or Mina. Of course, I highly doubt that anyone would want to mess with such a formidable League of Extraordinary Fictional Characters.

[PCD]

Harry Dresden, of the Dresden Files. A wizard who's taken out three kinds of equally terrifying vampires, zombies on steroids, evil sorcerers, insane fairies, manic werewolves, ancient demons and... well...

No matter how hard he gets his ass handed to him, he always pulls himself together again with a Spiderman-esque quip. Fuck yeah.

Linkara, of Atop the Fourth Wall. An internet reviewer? What's he doing here? But with an excessively convoluted and silly developing mythos to the show, Linkara has gone beyond simple "guy who makes fun of bad comics" to a Power Ranger, Starship captain, the Pokemon Trainer of Pyramid Head, all with a sense of humor to match Harry's own. And let us not forget,

He is a MAN.

Tallahassee, of Zombieland. The guy has reflexes beyond belief, able to take out zombies while riding on a rollercoaster and never batting an eye, laughing like a maniac all the way through. Pay the man in Twinkies, and you're set for anything that might come at your back.

Even with the world at an end, he just picks up his guns and rolls with it.

Usopp, of One Piece. There are a lot of characters from this show who are badasses. But Usopp's the guy who can't rely on his strength because, well, he doesn't have much. This is a guy who has to rely entirely on his creativity and quick thinking in order to survive a battle, and even if he's screaming in fear and beat all to hell and back, he still comes out of it victorious. And just look at who he's got on his side!

Lu Lu La La Lu~

Rose Lalonde, of Homestuck. In the course of a single day, she went from a snarky and dark but seemingly average girl to a wizard wielding a power that might be driving her insane. Her mastery of the arcane is impressive enough, though she has proven the sort to be less and less predisposed to working together when she has an idea in her head.

A quick thinker, she'd be able to come up with plans well enough, but with other members of the team equally powerful as her (namely Harry) some of her more destructive tendencies might be able to get reeled in.

This team may not be absolutely flawless, but I think the combination of personalities and fighting styles would lend well to one another.

[Fifthfiend]

League of Extraordinary Comics On The Webbernet:

Robin, from Shortpacked! - confused sexuality, retail experience, some sort of superpowers or something I guess.

Torg, from Sluggy Freelance! - Ability to prevent plotlines from ever being resolved, also, inducing them to spawn more plotlines which spread even more plotlines which spread more plotlines until your comic piles up such a massive pile of bullshit that it's impossible to care about anything, anywhere, ever again.

Within minutes of meeting him and Robin spawn twelve different romantic triangles solely involving the two of them.

Also he has a magic sword.

Doctor McNinja, from Doctor McNinja! - was asked to join the team; he glanced anxiously at everyone else and said "Sorry, I work alone!" Then he jumped into the car with his gorilla receptionist, juvenile mustachioed ward, pet movielociraptor, and supermarket-owning monster pal, and drove off as fast as he could.

Rocky, from Lackadaisy! - abilities include infuriating rednecks, evading attempted murder by rednecks, setting redneck property on fire.

Kimiko, from Dresden Codak! - Shows up once every three months, tries to get you to pay her seventy dollars.

The pony from Hark, A Vagrant!! - He's a real cruel bastid.

FIGHTIN EVIL,
HAVIN' ADVENTURES,
WEBCOMICS GENTLEMEN SUPER-TEAM, YEAH!