Legion of Net.Heroes: Difference between revisions

A [[Superhero]]-parody, Internet-parody creative writing [[Shared Universe]].

 

 

Thus began a tradition of silliness and [[No Fourth Wall]] that continues up to the present day. When the Legion outgrew rec.arts.comics (and spinoff rec.arts.comics.misc), they moved to alt.comics.lnh, and later, their permanent home, rec.arts.comics.creative (which also hosts other [[Web Original]] [[Shared Universe|Shared Universes]] such as [[Academy of Superheroes]], referred to as "imprints"). With thousands of stories, hundreds of series, and dozens of authors in the archive, it touches (and, usually, parodies) every aspect of the [[Superhero]] genre.

The Legion is headquartered in the city of Net.ropolis, in [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?|no particular state]], in the Loonited (or possibly Useneted) States of Ame.rec.a, on the Loonivearth. Well-known members include Cheesecake-Eater Lad, Ultimate Ninja, Sister State-The-Obvious, Multi-Tasking Man, Limp-Asparagus Lad, and Adamant-Authority-on-Everything.

 

 

To coincide with [[The DCU|the new 52]] and the LNH's 20th anniversary, a new [[Alternate Continuity]]/[[Ultimate Universe]] called ''LNH20'' is currently being drawn up. Stay tuned...

{{quote|''"To tell the truth, I didn't even remember creating the LNH: when I found it recently, I was quite surprised to learn that I was credited with it. A bit of research turned up an old email with a tossed-off joke that apparently grew into a social network of which I can only say, I hope the participants truly enjoy it."''|Dan'l Danehy Oakes, AKA "Spelling Boy"}}

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* [[Anthropomorphic Personification]]: As many as are in the comics it parodies.

* [[Celestial Bureaucracy]]: The Multiversal Office, which fought the LNH in the Bad Forms storyline, is a particularly nasty example.

* [[Author Avatar|Author Avatars]]: Most of the early LNH members were "Writer Characters" loosely based on their creators' net personae.

* [[Captain Obvious]]: Sister State-The-Obvious. Obviously.

* [[Crossover]]: With the other superhero parody shared universe, [[Superguy]], in Dvandom Force's Grand Tour storyline. Constellation, which Dvandom Force spun out of, was itself a spinoff of Dave Van Domelen's RPG campaign, which eventually was used as background for [[Academy of Superheroes|ASH]].

* [[Crisis Crossover]]: A whole bunch, including [[Retcon]] Hour, [[Flame War|The Flame Wars]] and its sequels, and most recently the Infinite Leadership Crisis and its sequel Beige Midnight.

* [[Dark Age]]: Since the LNH was created right in the middle of this, it contains many, ''many'' parodies.

* [[For Want of a Nail]]: Retcon Midnight, where Pliable Lad is removed from history. The results are [[Crapsack World|not good, to say the least]].

* [[Full-Frontal Assault]]: This is Nudist Man's modus operandi, and one of the reasons the LNH isn't an actual comic.

* [[Idiot Plot]]: ''[http://groups.google.com/group/alt.comics.lnh/browse_thread/thread/c2d8ad9392d9ecfa/27e8b26d8931045f Legion of Net.Heroes Vol. 2 #25]'', "Idiot Plot", was written in response to a challenge to write a ''good'' story with one of these.

* [[Old Shame]]: Many LNH writers have work from early in their career they'd rather people forgot, such as Tom Russell's Teenfactor.

* [[Naked People Are Funny]]: Nudist Man, of course.

"Of course! Am I not ''ninja''?" }}

* [[Mind Hive]]: Multiple Personality Lass of Teenfactor

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: LNH stories can veer between being goofy parody, epic drama, and both simultaneously at the drop of a hat. Beige Midnight does this within individual paragraphs.

* [[Power Creep, Power Seep]]: Always-Powerful-On-His-Own-But-Gets-His-Ass-Kicked-In-Crowd-Scenes Boy.

* [[Red Shirt]]: Cannon Fodder, whose power is [[Death Is Cheap|to come back from the dead]].

* [[Third Person Person]]: Obscure Trivia Lad

* [[Trenchcoat Brigade]]: The [[Vertigo Comics|Vertigo]]-inspired spinoff Net.Trenchcoat Brigade.

 

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