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| CatFang |
Fantasy LXGSo,Excited as I am about LXG 3 and The Black Dossier I thought I would start Fantasy LXG. So, pick a century and then the LXG team who would be active in it. I would think the rules are that the League members can be from any form of fiction but their stories must take place in the "real world". |
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| Web of Fear |
If you've read the New Traveller's Almanac in Volume 2, you should be familiar with the various other incarations of the League. 
Interesting thread, and I'll give it some thought. |
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| CatFang |
Ah - the wordy bits in the back.
I have to shamefully admit that despite having the original run and the absolute edition I have never quite got beyond the first couple of pages 
I must look back over them. I'll have a think about my teams and post them when I am not at work 
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| Web of Fear |
The Alamanc is a rather dense read, I grant you that, but IMO they are worth persisting with. I guess the Black Dossier will follow suit.
Do you have the Jess Nevins unofficial companion books (they're barely unofficial, as both books have introductions by and blooming huge interviews with Alan Moore, as well as contributions from Kevin O'Neill)? |
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| Web of Fear |
I've been pondering this for the last 24 hours and can't think of enough characters to form a League.
Lucifer Box from Mark Gatiss' The Vesuvius Club/The Devil In Amber is one. I suppose I'd also say the Doctor, but he's easily capable of handling things on his own.
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| CatFang |
I mentioned it to a friend we were out with today and we thought of so many people we just couldn't narrow it down.
I'll post some later, probably, bit exhausted from 3d Beowulf just now |
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| CatFang |
OK then
CyNic, KirbyHands (who I know is registered but has not posted yet -nudge- ) and I were talking about this for hours today so - Top ones I think from today as follows: (This is books only, as if you include characters from other media it just gets too much) Dr Quatermass Flashman Mowgli Pennywise the Clown Dr Gonzo Edmund from the Narnia books but grown up now Mary Poppins The child catcher (from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) The man with x-ray eyes The illustrated man Yossarian That's enough for now - but have loads more Very keen to include Mr Benn if tv characters are allowed |
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| Guest |
A modern League
Odd Thomas, Supernatural Psychic from the Stephen King books Elvis Cole and Joe Pike flashy hollywood Private Detectives from Robert Crais books John Rebus, dour Scottish Detective from the Ian Rankin books Pandora, female Vampire from the Ann Rice books Titty Walker from Swallows and Amazons by Arther Ransom Everybodys favourite nut job, Haninbal Lector, from the Thomas Harris books And....... Garfield!!!!!!! Fat Cat! Now that is a League!!!! |
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| norsefire1 |
ok just been thinking of an early medieval one, one may have to fiddle around/change dates of some of these but they all could (if one where smart) fit.
1.Robin hood (and his band of out laws) 2.Brother Cadfael (and maybe is sidekick) 3.Brynhilder 4.Merlin 5.sir brian De Bois Guilbert 6.sinbad the sailer 7.guts the black swordsman if i can think of it i may do one for the tudor times and a dark ages one, as web of fear says, the jess nevins books are well worth it and a 3rd should be out soon. |
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| Web of Fear |
Impossible Territories is the title of the next Jess Nevins book to go with the Black Dossier. | ||
| CatFang |
I'll have a look for the Jess Nevins books. I think I would add Childe Rolande to you mediaeval one I was thinking of doing a dark age one as one as well, so be interesting to see how similar / different they are. Once you start, though it becomes hard to stop. We just kept going - "ooh, ooh, what about X.." randomly all afternoon |
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| norsefire1 |
yeah i think that bringing childe rolande into it would add some strangeness to that post dark ages era, ok again with a little fiddleing one create a tudor one, this my go at one.
1.Soloman Kane 2.Dracula (ok this is more from the francis ford coppola movie then the book, but Dracula as a "young" vampire could be something fun to play with) 3.don quixote 4.will lawless 5.puck 6.faust still working on the dark age one. |
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| CatFang |
Hmmm
Dark ages is quite tricky - quite apart from where they exactly begin and end - but they all run into each other's stories anyway, and have the same functions. So mine would be: Merlin Arawn The Green Knight (he might be just a bit too late though) Bloduwedd Hervor (The Swan maiden) Bran Owain Bran and Arawn may be a bit close to gods though? |
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| CatFang |
Started thinking about a Tudor(ish) league - hard to do without getting too much Shakespeare in there, and norsefire1 has already got the best one in Puck.
Hard to not just fill it full of non-human creatures Dr Dee's Golem Mephistopheles (as norsefire1 already had Faust who I was going to use) The Faerie Queen Rosenkrantz and Gildenstern (as in the Stoppard, not as in Shakespeare) The Alchemist Poor Tom (from King Lear) Maybe Mephistopheles is too powerful though - if so I would have the Turkish Knight from the mummers play - or maybe Caliban (curse that shakespeare and his interesting characters!) Middle ages next maybe to close the gap? |
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| norsefire1 |
how could i forget rosenkrantz and gildenstern  considering its one of my fave plays as well  one i thought of after my post was the duchess of malfi, caliban would indeed be cool for a tudor one. ok here is my dark ages one.
1.grendel 2.lancelot 3.isolde 4.Merlin (a little man WHO travals time and space in a blue police box )
5.sigrun (i know i had valkyre in my early medievil one but nevermind) 6.manawydan (may be a god might not be) as catfang said its easy to have lots non human beings. i guess working on a high/late medievil one is a natural progession to as catfang says close the gap, i may work on teams from the 1900 - 1940s, just dont want it being defenders of the earth all over again
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| CatFang |
Ha ha - Merlin as Doctor Who - especially for the TH White version who is aging backwards in time 
Sigrun - excellent choice. That reminded me I was going to have Siegfried but I forgot about him while I was posting. So, Mediaeval League (same problem with Chaucer as with Shakespeare !): Taliesin Wayland Burd Ellen Parzival Prester John Thomas the Rhymer Dame Ragnell Wanted Eigil Skallagrimmson, but as he is a historical character I thought maybe not as I think the leagues have all been only fictional. Same with Dante and Hassan -i-Sabbah. These older stories have so much "cross over" and so many at least semi-historical people it that it looks like a "Global Frequency" style set up may be possible - never mind a League! Might have a think about the romantics next - that should be a fun one |
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| norsefire1 |
i got the idea of merlin being the doctor from a 7th dr story. i like the middle ages team but i think i would have put thomas hookton as well. yeah its so easy to put "real" people in. i think one could just get away with Dante if careful. yeah i to was thinking 1700s with the birth of the novel one could make some cool picks. | ||
| The Rascal King |
Meh, I'm happy with everyone in Fables.
The Big Bad Wolf, Beast, Boy Blue, King Ambrose. Awsome stuff. |
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| CatFang |
Fables is pretty good. I have loads of back story stacked up to catch up on. Have you read The Book of Lost Things? It's a novel with a similar idea. Very creepy, gave me 2 nightmares, which is good going. The Crooked Man - brrr! |
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| CatFang |
So, I've read The Black Dossier now.
I have to say our ideas were not far off 
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