Stone Posted July 17, 2008 Report Share Posted July 17, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States The Texas Hero' date=' Plasma Ranger, was posted bach in the A DC Animated-style HeroMachine thread before the current thread even existed. There are a couple of others who originated over there too, but I'm too lazy to look up the links at the moment. How about Lone Star. Kinda sounds like a natural name for a Texas hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted July 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States Thanks for tuning in Folks =================== Recent Changes: HERE updated Ohio and Pennsylvania posted Nebraska posted Maine <<=== Please Help Me Name him ! Posted Vermont <<=== Please Help name him too. posted Minnesota And We Need Some Runoffs: There were 3 submissions each for North Carolina, Illinois, and Missouri. Please go to the bottom of this page CLICK after a break there is a VOTER section, the page isnt interactive, so you have to then post back here your preferences. As always, if anyone has better ideas, please submit them. thanks again to all participating, there's more to come... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States As for me, I'd pick: NC: Kitty Hawk IL: Chicago Chief MO: Missouri Turbo (Mostly to keep the duo with Kansas intact. Otherwise, Gateway Girl.) That's my $0.02. (PS: Could you please change Captain Colorado's name to Centennial and Ms. Wyoming's name to Bison on the gallery? Thanks! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States Hmm' date=' I wonder if West Virginia's hero will be either Mothman or the Creature of Flatwoods?[/quote'] Not so much, no. Interesting concept, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States posted Maine <<=== Please Help Me Name him ! Posted Vermont <<=== Please Help name him too. My suggestion? Maine: Guardian (Since Ranger might be confused with Eco Ranger) Vermont: Unum ("Unity" is part of the state motto IIRC) And We Need Some Runoffs: [/b] There were 3 submissions each for North Carolina, Illinois, and Missouri. Please go to the bottom of this page CLICK after a break there is a VOTER section, the page isnt interactive, so you have to then post back here your preferences. As always, if anyone has better ideas, please submit them. thanks again to all participating, there's more to come... My votes are: North Carolina: Kitty Hawk. I was going to say Tarheel, but the South looks a bit short on fliers. We have plenty of weapon wielders in that group, so the pirate would be my last choice despite the coolness factor. Illinois: The Captain, because the visual is so cool...though I wish another name could be found. Missouri: Gateway Girl, though at first I thought she was a teleporter instead of a telepath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted July 18, 2008 Report Share Posted July 18, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States KittyHawk is awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualplayer Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States Kitty Hawk's wings are sweet! Can't break up the Turbo Twins, although I really like Gateway Girl's costume. Maybe she's from East St. Louis and she's actually Illinois' contribution? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haven Walkur Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States My picks... NC: Kitty Hawk (I've always loved the name, and it seems only appropriate that the hero from the "First in Flight" state should be a flier; plus, the wings in her pic are quite wonderful.) IL: Supercollider (My husband's a nuclear physicist...what can I say, I'm biased toward the radioactive! I like the bulbous, disturbingly organic-looking armour, though l'm not thrilled with the stark yellow face.) MO: Bagnell Catfish (Hell's bells, he's distinctive, at least, and based on a Missouri tall-tale...and if I weren't prepared to vote for him, I shouldn't have submitted him in the first place.) ;-) While I think both Gateway Girl and Missouri Turbo are very appealling characters visually, and well-conceived and thought out -- I really like the set-of-twins concept that goes with the two Turbos -- there's a certain...generic-ness...that goes with being a red, white and blue State hero. Like many of the state capitol buildings across the country, flagsuits have a tendency to look, well, rather similar. Bagnell Catfish was my attempt at doing something a bit...different. Dig his long catfish whiskers! Of course, as a State hero, he may lack a little something in the dignity department.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States As I posted before why not call her: Minnesota (concept) How about a water-based heroine called Minnehaha ("waterfall"), Minneiska ("white water") or Minnetonka ("big water")? OOOPS!! Sorry, I didn't notice that someone had already "laid claim" to the state. OK, Egyptoid, you'd better pull my picture and wait for GoldenAge to do his. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualplayer Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States Bagnell Catfish was my attempt at doing something a bit...different. Dig his long catfish whiskers! Of course' date=' as a State hero, he may lack a little something in the dignity department....[/quote'] Is there an appropriate state left for Catfish, because he is pretty darn cool. Wasn't it Okie Noodling that was the documentary on reaching under submerged logs bare-handed to pull out the whiskery critters? (quick Googling, yep) Guess that doesn't help, because OK already has a hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States Thanks for tuning in Folks =================== Recent Changes: HERE updated Ohio and Pennsylvania posted Nebraska posted Maine <<=== Please Help Me Name him ![/i] Posted Vermont <<=== Please Help name him too. Maine: Hache (French for "Axe"; there are French speakers along the Maine/Quebec border) Vermont: - - - - sorry, my mind freezes up at the idea of ultra-tech combined with Vermont. I can't get past that bizarre juxtaposition. posted Minnesota As I noted above, I inadvertently stepped on GoldenAge's toes, so please remove this. And We Need Some Runoffs: There were 3 submissions each for North Carolina, Illinois, and Missouri. North Carolina: Tarheel---I like using state nicknames. My second choise would be Captain Albemarle, though it would help if his skin color were either normal, or more thoroughly "undead". Illinois: I can't in good conscience vote for any of these. Missouri: Gateway Girl. Again, I'm voting for the state nickname (well, the unofficial nickname, "The Gateway State" as reflected in The Gateway Arch). BTW, am I the only one who would expect the "twins" of Kansas and Missouri to spend most of their time beating the **** out of each other? Or am I the only one to remember "Bleeding Kansas" and how the Border Ruffians of MO tried to turn Kansas into a slave state and how they managed to f*** up Kansas's attempts to enter the Union for nearly a decade? Seriously, Kansas's and MO's heroes being twins?? WTF is with that idea? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Arc Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States G'day Mates! Sea Dragon Here! Fighting Crime Down Under for the State of Victoria! Bonzer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States my votes are respecively kitt hawk chicago chief turbo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pariah Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States BTW' date=' am I the only one who would expect the "twins" of Kansas and Missouri to spend most of their time beating the **** out of each other? Or am I the only one to remember "Bleeding Kansas" and how the Border Ruffians of MO tried to turn Kansas into a slave state and how they managed to f*** up Kansas's attempts to enter the Union for nearly a decade? Seriously, Kansas's and MO's heroes being twins?? WTF is with that idea?[/quote'] I believe they call that 'Sibling Rivalry'. It'd sure spice up the book! And, as long as we're talking about relationships between the different heroes, I think it's fair to say that Colorado's hero would probably have a big crush on Rhode Island's. After all, Colorado's state motto, Nil sine numine, is usually translated as "Nothing without Providence"'.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States I believe they call that 'Sibling Rivalry'. It'd sure spice up the book! More like 'Sibling Kill Each Other Hatred'. And' date=' as long as we're talking about relationships between the different heroes, I think it's fair to say that Colorado's hero would probably have a big crush on Rhode Island's. After all, Colorado's state motto, [i']Nil sine numine[/i], is usually translated as "Nothing without Providence"'.... Interesting translation. According to my Latin/English dictionary, numine (numen in the Nominative Singular) means "nod; will, consent." I agree one should take the position of "nothing without consent" with regard to personal relations. But there's nothing specifically about R.I. in that motto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States Interesting translation. According to my Latin/English dictionary, numine (numen in the Nominative Singular) means "nod; will, consent." I agree one should take the position of "nothing without consent" with regard to personal relations. But there's nothing specifically about R.I. in that motto. Wow, your Latin is a lot better than mine. Of course, my Latin is based primarily on two years of Spanish in high school and what I've been able to glean from science classes in prefixes and suffixes. Still, I'm impressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States Is there an appropriate state left for Catfish' date=' because he is pretty darn cool. Wasn't it Okie Noodling that was the documentary on reaching under submerged logs bare-handed to pull out the whiskery critters? (quick Googling, yep) Guess that doesn't help, because OK already has a hero.[/quote'] Perhaps he could be the hero for America's rivers, swimming up and down and across the country to wherever he's needed. That would cover a lot of water, so make sure he has plenty of Swimming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cturnitsa Posted July 19, 2008 Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States I vote for the following: NC - Capt. Albemarle IL - Chicago Chief MO - The Bagnell Catfish Chuck http://chuckgame.blogspot.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted July 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 19, 2008 Heroes from All Fifty States - and the Major Territories thanks for all the votes people I'll call it done in a couple of days. + Organized Territories been done: * Puerto Rico (commonwealth) (done) should be done: * United States Virgin Islands okay if no one does them * Guam * Northern Mariana Islands (commonwealth) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawn Darke Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States G'day Mates! Sea Dragon Here! Fighting Crime Down Under for the State of Victoria! Bonzer! ¡Saludos! Let me join Mar Dragón, excuse me, Sea Dragon, in reminding the citizens of the USA that their country is not the only one to call its divisions "states." As well as Australia, the people of Mexico have "states." In fact, the country is officially "Estados Unidos Mexicanos": "The United Mexican States." And here is La Heroína Oficial de Sonora, The Official Heroine of Sonora, La Protectora del Desierto! So, will the other 30 estados be done? Or the other 5 states of Australia? I'm not Mexican. I thought some USAns needed a humorous poke to remind them the USA is NOT the only country in the world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States ¡Saludos! Let me join Mar Dragón, excuse me, Sea Dragon, in reminding the citizens of the USA that their country is not the only one to call its divisions "states." As well as Australia, the people of Mexico have "states." In fact, the country is officially "Estados Unidos Mexicanos": "The United Mexican States." And here is La Heroína Oficial de Sonora, The Official Heroine of Sonora, La Protectora del Desierto! So, will the other 30 estados be done? Or the other 5 states of Australia? I'm not Mexican. I thought some USAns needed a humorous poke to remind them the USA is NOT the only country in the world. nice - nothing stopping us from starting other threads tho - if we include Australian territories, would Christmas Island's rep be a super-powered land crab? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States G'day Mates! Sea Dragon Here! Fighting Crime Down Under for the State of Victoria! Bonzer! bah, needs more fronds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted July 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States And here is La Heroína Oficial de Sonora' date=' The Official Heroine of Sonora, La Protectora del Desierto! the other 5 states of Australia? I thought some USAns needed a humorous poke to remind them the USA is NOT the only country in the world. yes indeed, but they already have their own thread, Around the World Tribe , GMurie, and Arc do good work there. But Sonora is lovely, she is invited across the border anytime Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted July 20, 2008 Report Share Posted July 20, 2008 Re: Heroes from All Fifty States On the Kansas/Missouri rivalry: maybe the twins were chosen to try to do PR to finally bury those old wounds? It's been what? 150 years? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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