Sorry about that. I read way too many Legion of Super Pets stories when I was a kid. I have tried to forget...
Kaylee: H-how did you... g-get on...? Early: Strains the mind a bit, don't it? You think you're all alone. Maybe I come down the chimney, Kaylee. Bring presents to the good girls and boys.
'Objects In Space'
Boxed Set, Vol. V: Just a Hint of Denial and a Dash of Retcon
A topic for the discussion of Doctor Who, Arrow, and The Flash. Beware possible invasions of iZombie, Sleepy Hollow, or pretty much any other "genre" (read: sci fi, superhero, or fantasy) show that captures our fancy. Expect adult content and discussion of the Big Gay Sex.
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DXMachina - Apr 19, 2016 4:43:15 am PDT #29535 of 30001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Kalshane - Apr 19, 2016 4:48:52 am PDT #29536 of 30001
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
Comet, then? (I have no clue about the origins of the Silver Age superpets.)
DXMachina - Apr 19, 2016 5:03:27 am PDT #29537 of 30001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Comet was also from Earth, some ancient Greek put under a spell to be an immortal horse. Comet was also in love with Supergirl, so romantic triangle possibilities would abound.
The only pets from Krypton were Krypto and Beppo, the super monkey, who wore pants.
The pre-Marvel DC Universe was a very odd place.
Zenkitty - Apr 19, 2016 6:13:08 am PDT #29538 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Comet the horse in love with Supergirl was both poignant and freaky, in both senses of the word.
Zenkitty - Apr 19, 2016 6:13:46 am PDT #29539 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
But I guess that goes without saying. ION grass is green.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 19, 2016 6:26:13 am PDT #29540 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
So was Comet sapient before the curse, or did he gradually become self-aware over millennia of life experience? I feel that in a setting with Mister Tawky Tawny, nothing should be assumed.
Zenkitty - Apr 19, 2016 6:41:58 am PDT #29541 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Comet was a human man before he was cursed to become a horse, right? So he would've been sapient the whole time. Unless becoming a horse reduced him to only Horse-consciousness and he slowly regained Human-consciousness in his horse body somehow. Sapient the whole time makes more sense, it's not much of a curse if you're not aware enough to realize you've been cursed and you weren't a horse always. Seriously, in all the DC universe in all this time there's no one who can break this curse? Has anyone even tried? Doesn't Supergirl know some magicians and gods?
I get way too involved with the fates of fictional characters.
DXMachina - Apr 19, 2016 8:48:05 am PDT #29542 of 30001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Comet's story is even freakier than I remembered. He was actually a centaur, who once upon a time saved Circe from an evil sorcerer. Circe tried to reward him by making fully human, but got the spell wrong. To make up for the mistake, she gave him super powers and made him immortal. The evil sorcerer then imprisoned him on an asteroid until Supergirl's rocket passed by and freed him (along with Ft. Rozz, I guess).
So, sentient all the time, just away for most of it.
Once on Earth, he would become human any time a comet passed close by, so he did get to be Supergirl's boyfriend for a little while, and he took a side job as a bronc buster in a rodeo. Nice touch, that.
Zenkitty - Apr 19, 2016 9:15:37 am PDT #29543 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Oh, wow. Yes, that's even more messed up. Of course. Why he isn't stark raving mad is the real question.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 19, 2016 12:05:48 pm PDT #29544 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I guess when you start out as a half-man/half-horse you have a higher tolerance for weirdness in your life.
Him being self-aware from the get-go dispels the biggest element of creepiness from having a relationship with Supergirl. Though I'd imagine having to sweep up piles of manure after your boyfriend whenever Hale-Bopp isn't visible in the night sky would kill the romance pretty damn quickly.