Legacy Virus question

From: "Brian Doyle" No_spam.TakeThisOut@freeserve.co.uk

 >"The Black Guardian" <blakgard.TakeThisOut@aol.coma.org> wrote in message
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  >> Brian Doyle wrote:
   >> >> But that doesn't explain why Illyana basically fell apart in a short
   >> >> time---Xavier and Moira remarked on her cellular structure
   >> >> disintegrating (or a word like disintegrating, I forget).
   >> >
   >> > Remember she'd been infected years earlier when she was a teenager,
 >visting
   >> > the future, after she had got younger and died.... Is it me or are the
   >> > tenses just ROYALLY screwed in the sentence?
  >>
  >> Don't... you're just working me up to one of my "Magik didn't die of
 >Legecy and
  >> should still be alive" rants.
 >
 >I'd counter it with "Ten reasons to bring Doug back", so don't go there!

Yeah, and then I'd get started on a rant about how Rachel needs to come
ba...wait.

Never mind.

=)

J

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"Lia Brown" <rook1.TakeThisOut@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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 > On Tue, 11 May 2004 18:36:17 +0100, "Brian Doyle"
 > <No_spam.TakeThisOut@freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
 >
  > >"The Black Guardian" <blakgard.TakeThisOut@aol.coma.org> wrote in message
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 >
   > >> Don't... you're just working me up to one of my "Magik didn't die of
  > >Legecy and
   > >> should still be alive" rants.
  > >
  > >I'd counter it with "Ten reasons to bring Doug back", so don't go there!

 >
 > Feh, I can and often do rant about how the X-office treated Pyro like
 > the pathetic Legacy poster boy for years, then killed him JUST BEFORE
 > the cure came, and had him completely forgotten right after

Pyro? Pyro... Pyro... No, sorry, don't recall the name.....



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rook1 DeleteThis @sympatico.ca (Lia Brown) wrote in
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> On 11 May 2004 22:56:00 GMT, Dan McEwen <dannyboymcny DeleteThis @hotmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>rook1@sympatico.ca (Lia Brown) wrote in
>>news:40a069a7.3870585@news1.on.sympatico.ca:
>>
>>> It seems to me that they can't have had the exact same disease,
>>> because I don't see why it would vary so much, better immune systems
>>> or not. And, well, Beast said there were 3 strains, so I guess we
>>> have to take his word for it
>>
>>OK, let's go with the three strains. Now explain the *one* cure.
>
> Well, as Blakgard said, there wasn't a whole lot of logic to the cure
> story in the first place. The story was incredibly stupid.

OK, so we'll just go with the sacrifice to the gods idea. Works out
much better.
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Dan McEwen <dannyboymcny RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message news:<2ggga9F2g2kcU3 RemoveThis @uni-berlin.de>...
> rook1 RemoveThis @sympatico.ca (Lia Brown) wrote in
> news:40a1c0fd.8735621@news1.on.sympatico.ca:
>
> > On 11 May 2004 22:56:00 GMT, Dan McEwen <dannyboymcny RemoveThis @hotmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> >>rook1@sympatico.ca (Lia Brown) wrote in
> >>news:40a069a7.3870585@news1.on.sympatico.ca:
> >>
> >>> It seems to me that they can't have had the exact same disease,
> >>> because I don't see why it would vary so much, better immune systems
> >>> or not. And, well, Beast said there were 3 strains, so I guess we
> >>> have to take his word for it
> >>
> >>OK, let's go with the three strains. Now explain the *one* cure.
> >
> > Well, as Blakgard said, there wasn't a whole lot of logic to the cure
> > story in the first place. The story was incredibly stupid.
>
> OK, so we'll just go with the sacrifice to the gods idea. Works out
> much better.

I don't think it's hard to see how three strains of a virus would have
some similar traits (thus making them the same virus, not three
different viruses), and a cure being developed that acted directly on
the common trait. Certainly makes sense in a comic-booky sci-fi kind
of way.

As believable as giant cockroaches who learn to look like people in
order to survive.
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Dan McEwen wrote:
>>>> It seems to me that they can't have had the exact same disease,
>>>> because I don't see why it would vary so much, better immune systems
>>>> or not. And, well, Beast said there were 3 strains, so I guess we
>>>> have to take his word for it
>>>
>>> OK, let's go with the three strains. Now explain the *one* cure.
>>
>> Well, as Blakgard said, there wasn't a whole lot of logic to the cure
>> story in the first place. The story was incredibly stupid.
>
> OK, so we'll just go with the sacrifice to the gods idea. Works out
> much better.

I suppose... but it would have been better if there were actual gods and
magic.
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On Wed, 12 May 2004 18:33:59 +0100, "Brian Doyle"
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 >"Lia Brown" <rook1.DeleteThis@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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  >> Feh, I can and often do rant about how the X-office treated Pyro like
  >> the pathetic Legacy poster boy for years, then killed him JUST BEFORE
  >> the cure came, and had him completely forgotten right after
 >
 >Pyro? Pyro... Pyro... No, sorry, don't recall the name.....
 >
 >
 >
 ><<Ducks>>

You suffer now, heathen!!! ;P I will make you read all 67 of his
appearances, and then there will be a quiz!

Lia


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blakgard.DeleteThis@aol.coma.org (The Black Guardian) wrote in
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> Dan McEwen wrote:
>>>>> It seems to me that they can't have had the exact same disease,
>>>>> because I don't see why it would vary so much, better immune
>>>>> systems or not. And, well, Beast said there were 3 strains, so I
>>>>> guess we have to take his word for it
>>>>
>>>> OK, let's go with the three strains. Now explain the *one* cure.
>>>
>>> Well, as Blakgard said, there wasn't a whole lot of logic to the
>>> cure story in the first place. The story was incredibly stupid.
>>
>> OK, so we'll just go with the sacrifice to the gods idea. Works out
>> much better.
>
> I suppose... but it would have been better if there were actual gods
> and magic.

OK, he's the scenario. Hermes was pissed so, rather than heal, he sent
out a disease through his disciple, Stryfe. This was in response to all
the needless angst. He figured that there was too much of it, so he'd
give them something real to angst about. Naturally, Hermes targeted
various people, which explains the Douglock/Meggan findings of
infections being random. Finally, Colossus wised up and offered himself
up as a sacrifice to Hermes. Hermes, suitably impressed, ended the
Legacy Virus and cured any infected survivors. This was all done behind
the scenes because Hermes didn't want the Celestials to know that he was
so heavily involved in Earth affairs. Happy? (OK, I imagine not, but
oh well.)
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"Lia Brown" <rook1.DeleteThis@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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 > On Wed, 12 May 2004 18:33:59 +0100, "Brian Doyle"
 > <No_spam.DeleteThis@freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
 >
  > >"Lia Brown" <rook1.DeleteThis@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
  > >news:40a1c1e3.8964960@news1.on.sympatico.ca...
 >
   > >> Feh, I can and often do rant about how the X-office treated Pyro like
   > >> the pathetic Legacy poster boy for years, then killed him JUST BEFORE
   > >> the cure came, and had him completely forgotten right after
  > >
  > >Pyro? Pyro... Pyro... No, sorry, don't recall the name.....
  > >
  > >
  > >
  > ><<Ducks>>
 >
 > You suffer now, heathen!!! ;P I will make you read all 67 of his
 > appearances, and then there will be a quiz!
 >
 > Lia
 >
 >

Maybe a Pyro should join the Exiles...then you can get your Pyro fix on.

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"Patrick McClue" <mcclue DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>

> Maybe a Pyro should join the Exiles...then you can get your Pyro fix on.


Timebroker forms a new team, made up of a Thunderbird I, a Cypher, a Magik,
a Synch and a Pyro; the Ex-Men.


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"Brian Doyle" <No_spam DeleteThis @freeserve.co.uk> wrote in
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>
> "Patrick McClue" <mcclue DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:2ghaqiF2r0rjU1@uni-berlin.de...
>>
>
>> Maybe a Pyro should join the Exiles...then you can get your Pyro fix
>> on.
>
>
> Timebroker forms a new team, made up of a Thunderbird I, a Cypher, a
> Magik, a Synch and a Pyro; the Ex-Men.
>
>

It has to be an alternate version of Magik for her to have started out
as a man. But a team of transexual mutants could be amusing.

BTW, Brian, I didn't realize you were still writing fanfic. I ran
across something on Luba's sight...something you wrote for her
birthday.
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Dan McEwen wrote:
>>>>>> It seems to me that they can't have had the exact same disease,
>>>>>> because I don't see why it would vary so much, better immune
>>>>>> systems or not. And, well, Beast said there were 3 strains, so I
>>>>>> guess we have to take his word for it
>>>>>
>>>>> OK, let's go with the three strains. Now explain the *one* cure.
>>>>
>>>> Well, as Blakgard said, there wasn't a whole lot of logic to the
>>>> cure story in the first place. The story was incredibly stupid.
>>>
>>> OK, so we'll just go with the sacrifice to the gods idea. Works out
>>> much better.
>>
>> I suppose... but it would have been better if there were actual gods
>> and magic.
>
> OK, he's the scenario. [snip]
> Happy? (OK, I imagine not, but oh well.)

Well, let's just say that I hope Austin isn't reading this.
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"Dan McEwen" <dannyboymcny DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> It has to be an alternate version of Magik for her to have started out
> as a man.

I don;t think Marvel Girl, Storm, Rogue etc ever had a problem being X-_Men_


>But a team of transexual mutants could be amusing.

We did have Coagula from the Doom Patrol...

> BTW, Brian, I didn't realize you were still writing fanfic. I ran
> across something on Luba's sight...something you wrote for her
> birthday.

Yup, still churning them out. Lord know Luba deserves a bithday fic if
she asks for one, which she did.
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On Thu, 13 May 2004 22:17:02 +0900,"Patrick McClue"
<mcclue DeleteThis @hotmail.com> wrote

>
>Maybe a Pyro should join the Exiles...then you can get your Pyro fix on.

Cos that turned out *so* positively for Colossus and Illyana fans <g>

Christian
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