Or some obsessive supervillain-in-waiting (cough Brainiac cough) decides things should be changed back to the 'proper' way time is 'supposed' to operate, destroying all the other new alternate timelines so there is only the one true and proper timeline he can keep his self appointed watch over.
Nope! Face it Dana, once OL is set on a course, nothing can deflect him from it short of divine intervention. And sometimes not even that. Now, if you can convince him he's wrong, though, then maybe you have a chance of him reconsidering.
Admittedly, Abra's timeline may or may not have similarities with the Legion timeline. But... 64th century is a bit further off than the 30th. Heck, the 30th century is closer to the modern day than it is to Abra's time...
That's a good possible explanation of the history of the United Planets. Then again, at least one suggests that many of the 'alien' races are technically former human colonies that adapted to their planets in strange ways.
Yes, history can take some long jumps when you look at it that way. As one Overly Sarcastic Productions video about Egypt put it: "Cleopatra lived closer to spaceflight than she did to the building of the pyramids." That's crazy!
Yes, kind of awkward. Two organisations named 'Legion' involving a Dox... This is why the 'modern' L.E.G.I.O.N is usually written as an acronym...
He has a point. Some incarnations of the lady herself do have... minimal concerns about messing with people's heads. Even more so than YJ-Canon M'Gann. Joy of writers who don't think about what it actually means to have a totally telepathic culture...
On the other hand, he did prevent her from going all 'crazy stalker' on Superman. Something which, if Kal-El knew about it, he would be very glad for...
Especially the cavalier way he just says it. Like he took a walk to the local shop to get the daily paper...
Given that the current Time Trapper probably has no reason to want to be helpful? How could he check?
Feeling like you've had a bit of a wasted trip, dear? Don't worry, that's a common sensation amongst those who have to deal with OL...
She would stand out a bit by being the only non-blonde amongst them... Unless Cir-El shows up too.
Then again, do you have a way to let the Legion know you're finished? Or are you just going to have to sit on the roof till they turn up? The latter is probably just going to make things more awkward.
...Well, that's not good.Honey, please! There are bullets, and then there are bullets. This is definitely more than a lump of lead or steel.
And given the sheer power of the shot, there's no guarantee that the shooter would even need conventional line-of-sight. Whether they're shooting from beyond visual range, or from another time period...
Bugger. On the one hand, if they try another shot, he might be able to get something. On the other hand, that would mean letting them try.
Quite a few, I suspect, both from the Legion's rogue's gallery, and her mundane identity... She sounded like quite the radical newshound, so I doubt she made many friends amongst the elite...
Not being a Legion fan, I can't think of any major ones.
Nothing is truly bullet-proof, Dana. There's always something that can break anything.
Well, guess she's stuck for now. Hope the guest room is made up.
For what it's worth, I'm sure there are lots of part-kryptonians in the era, most notably descendants of Kal-El. Presumably none of them do the super-hero thing, though...
Ah, you do have some way to call the Legion, then. Or at least some pre-arranged way to make contact. An e-mail address, perhaps, that they can check via time-travel?
If they were here for OL, they probably wouldn't have used a bullet. Or at least, not one that a force-field or construct could stop so easily.
...Good point. If they'd wanted her dead, they could have shot her then... Unless they wanted her to talk to OL first. Argh, time-travel!
Oooh, calling in the Team? Or perhaps making arrangements to get Rip Hunter's attention?
First of all that's quitter talk!
Brainiac 5 already developed temporal shielding. The SI had a part of his timeline deleted, while Dana kept it. He lost that time as a result of the Legion's activity, not Time Trapper's.
So Brainiac creates the TVA?
I watch their videos! Which vid was that?
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What, was he talking to seaweed before? Having chats with coral?
The 'History Summarized: Ancient Egypt' video, natch. That particular quote is right at the end.
Huh. In the Legion-era, I think the assumption would be she was part Daxamite (like Mon-el), not part Kryptonian, which would make sense for a lead bullet (that somehow survived being imbued with that much force). Except if the would-be assassin knew about the Legion's habit of importing Super teens from the past, and knew she was from the past, then they might actually assume part-Kryptonian. Either way this is Dana herself saying her view of what people think she is, so it's fine. Just stuck out to me, because of the Daxamite vulnerability to lead.
Phew, I finally made it through the back log of chapters to get caught up.
Loving the story, Zoat. I look forward to see where you take it.
For whatever reason this story reminded me of this page from Manly Guys Doing Manly Things:
Hey, at least nothing exploded this time.
They'd think 'Kryptonian' because Superman and Supergirl are huge cultural touchstones for them. And a lead bullet wouldn't do a thing to the shields the SI is using.
That should be "than".
Thank you, corrected. I'd already corrected the Story Only version and my version, but for some reason didn't correct the main thread version.