League of the Super Dupers
As I've mentioned, I'm playing a lot of City of Heroes, especially with this week off of school. I've almost completely given up TV and Tivo to concentrate on this very important matter so I thought I'd share my current pantheon of heroes. It's obvious the strong queer sensibility running through the lot; the women all have thigh-high, kick-ass heels and the guys are buff and shirtless. Don't dwell on the redundant obviousness of it all and don't mention the obvious rip-offs of other established comic characters; I'm fully aware of my limited imagination in these matters but then again, it's all just a game and quite possibly a Saturday morning cartoon if I can sell them right. Castro Clone, Semirrhage, GoodFellow RN, The Murmuration, Hesphaetus, Mogheien,Lady Bliss, Catnip, Fury 6, Brainiac 12, and of COURSE, Ms. Brittany Spearz.
Don't be ashamed, Beau--check it out: you and your Slightly Sissified Super-Squad will soon be in good patriotic company!
First of all, "SISSIFIED"??? With BRITTANY SPEARS in a thong and it's sissified? Did you see the boots? Did you see the strapping chests?
And regarding the Marines, just what Paragon City needs: a whole cadre of homophobic jerks that can't take a good-hearted flirt when my characters say they want to lick their characters. I have enough trouble dealing with the 13-year old freakizoids in there without having to deal with Marines, too. I'm going to hold out for "City of Villians" in 2005 when the real fun begins.
My bad, yo--hey, I said "slightly." And gosh, I sure have seen a lot of videos (ahem...somewhere...um, I was keeping them from a friend) where those military types seem very homo-friendly once you turn a camera on 'em. I mean, surely Volumes 1-12 of "Private Pillowbiter" and "Enlusted Men" can't be lying to us, can they? :-)
(I think you need to add "Private Pillowbiter" to your ULTRA-MANLY MEGA-HARDROCK BUTCH SQUAD immediately!)
I'll look into it. I just built this little 4-foot guy that blinds villians with a painful light flash called "Providian". Private Pillowbiter has a nice ring to it.
I thought I was your superhero. :-(