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Suggestions for Super Hero names.

I am soliciting names to be used in my Matchmaker series.

I am following the naming convention I outlined in the end notes of Lois Lane – Mother of Utopia – Volume 1 of the set. The Kent children are using their Kryptonian names, all except Lara who is using Ultra Woman 2


Celeste’s Kryptonian name is Noel.
Jessica’s Kryptonian name is Hazel.
Lucy’s Kryptonian name is Angel.

The spouses who are granted superpowers through the use of the Star Sapphire/Red Kryptonite pendants all need names for their super personas.
Sam’s wife Alice is Kryptonian and Alice is her Kryptonian name, however she will need a superpersona as well.

The children have been introduced in earlier stories and their spouses were introduced in the “First Love” series of stories in the archive. http://www.lcfanfic.com/stories/2012/firstlov.txt

If you haven't read this story/series you can in fairly short order, it isn't that long. Reading this series could stimulate ideas.

Please post your suggestions.

The best will be used later in Volume 6 which is currently being posted.


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If you wish, you're welcome to use VitaLad (or, for a female, "VitaLass"). I came up with VitaLad when I adapted my Todd stories for posting on Amazon.com. I removed all references to Superman and to L&C. In my revised stories, there are no RL superheroes; VitaLad is a Saturday morning cartoon. (In case your curious, I made the father in my adaptation of "The Diagnosis" into a firefighter, and called the adapted version, "The Fires of Autism.")

Anyway, all of that is to say that I had to go through a *lot* of names before I found a superhero-type name that hadn't already been used in the comics. If it would suit your purposes, feel free to use it. ("VitaMan" had already been taken, incidentally -- more's the pity. I liked the subtle pun inherent in the name.)

I just Googled VitaLass and saw that that name hadn't been used before; I don't think it is as visually appealing as its male counterpart, though.

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Thanks Lynn for the suggestion. I'll keep it in mind.

Vita Lass and Vita Lad. I wonder which of the spouses could use them.


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What a fun game! Let me re-read the "First Love series" <<oh, what torture! wink >> sometime this week and see what I can come up with. I *love* brainstorming.

Are you saying that the spouses who aren't partial Kryptonian will have "official" or just non-official Kryptonian names? Or they just need superhero names for their Star Sapphire personas? Have all of them assumed the mantle of a superhero (taken on the cause)? Or have any of them rejected it, like canon Lois originally did at the end of UW?

Do you have a list of all the Kent hero names? Oh, wait. They're all included in the First Love series, right? wallbash It's been a long night.


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Hi Virginia,

I think I will have to give the Kryptonian names of the guys.

Jon was the one that started the ball rolling on the kids using their Kryptonian names back in Halloween in Smallville.

The super spouses do not have to use pseudo-Kryptonian names. I am looking for things like Superman, but please, nothing like Resplendent Man.

I could use more girl's names, however the convention is that the name ends in el. The examples given are Hazel, Noel and Angel. Lucy's Angel persona wears an all white costume with angel wings adorning her 'S' crest.

The super spouses will also need a device for their chest. I will take suggestions for those as well.

For instance Celeste's husband is an MPD detective but a policdman's shield on his chest could compromise his secret identity.


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A little aside on naming super heroes. I saw this scene on Big Bang Theory tonight (yes, I know I'm a little behind on my viewing) but I thought it was apropos. I'm guessing, Ken, nothing in this vein? wink


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Hi Ken:
I just starting reading First Love (again). I have a suggestion. Simply list the Kent name of the superhero and their superhero name along with the mundane name of their spouse. ("mundane name" is term for the legal name of a person in the Society of Creative Anachronisms). I think that would be clearer and help untangle the large list of Lois and Clark's children we are talking about. Also the profession of the partner could give us a clue too.
An example would be:
Clark (Superman) and Lois (Ultra Woman)
Lara (Ultra Woman II) and Mike (Ultra Man)
Sean (whatever his name is) and Heather (Golden Thistle) since she's from Scotland.
etc.
That might speed things up.
Also since the kids are scattered across the country and patrolling in pairs now, having the formerly human partner with a similar name would make sense.
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Pursuant to Artemis’ suggestion – here is the rundown.

The children, all except Lara, use their Kryptonian names as their super personas. Lara uses Ultra Woman 2.

All of the children have inherited the dark coloration of their parents and the slight almond shape to the eyes from their father.

Each of the spouses, after three years have elapsed and their physiology has been modified by exposure to the Kryptonian aura of their spouse can use the pendant to have the same powers. Since they are almost all Earth human they are not adopting Kryptonian names and therefore need a super persona to hide their true identity.

As the current story opens the spouses have all remained undercover, helping from the shadows the way Alt-Clark did in the early part of Tempus Anyone.

Head researcher at STAR Labs and eldest son, Jonathan Kent AKA Kam-El
Uniform is black/yellow/red simply substituting black for Clark's blue.
Is married to Jennifer (Jen) Jenkins, who is a beautiful blond and is an elementary school teacher. Jennifer's uniform will carry on that color scheme.

Lawyer, eldest daughter and first wed was Lara Kent AKA Ultra Woman 2.
Ultra Woman 2's uniform is reversed colors of Ultra Woman's. Primarily teal with a hot pink cape.
She had married Michael (Mike) Lee who was also a lawyer in the same firm.

ER Physician and eldest twin, Sean Kent AKA Dan-El,
uniform brown and green
had married Heather MacLeod a beautiful red haired Scott who was an Environmental Engineer.

Sean’s twin sister and Family Practice physician, Celeste Kent AKA Noel,
Noel's uniform is green and red
had married William (Wild Bill) Davidson an MPD Detective.

Jessica, the Ob/Gyn of the family AKA Hazel,
Uniform is hazel (a greenish brown) and red.
had married Richard (Rich) Stuart an Anthropo-Archeologist.

The computer whiz of the family, James Perry Kent AKA Zar-El,
orange and brown
had married Margaret (Peg) Dennis a dark haired beauty who was also a computer whiz.

Youngest daughter and Child Psychologist, Lucy AKA Angel
Angel's uniform is a white two piece with angel wings attached to her 'S' crest
had married Robert (Rob) Jackson a Biochemist.

Director of the Superman Foundation and the youngest of the first generation, Sam Kent AKA Ben-El
purple and red
had married Alice. Alice was the only other fully Kryptonian member of the family, she also has dark hair and was from New Krypton. She will need a super persona since she uses her Kryptonian name as her married name Alice Kent.


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Might I suggest also looking at the book The Last Days of Krypton by Kevin J. Anderson? There are several great names in the Cast of Characters list!


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Ken, have any of the spouses (besides Lois) already been given hero names? Also, could you edit your previous post to include any costume notes. I remember that Jon's is black and red, while Lucy's is all white (to go with her Angel name).

Out of curiosity (although not important to this) did Lois and Clark give the kids their Kryptonian names or did they choose the names themselves when they started using their abilities. Perhaps I need to re-read "Halloween in Smallville" again. laugh


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Great suggestion, Morgana. I've got it on my reader, but unfortunately it won't let me copy or I would paste them here. Many good ideas for names, though. But I think we're searching for plain names for the human, now super, spouses of the superheroes.
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Wild Bill (my favorite of the spouses, BTW) has a sense of humor, which I wouldn't be surprised if he brought to his hero naming. I bet he would pick something like "Shield" (being that he's a cop) and have it turned down (because of S.H.I.E.L.D. from Marvel Comics). So, then he would go to the Thesaurus and come up with "Insignia" or "Aegis" or "Bulwark". I picture him in gold costume with a skin-tight hood, which covers his hair, and has a big silver "shield" (maybe in the shape of Superman's crest without the S) on the chest, giving him a robotic or alien (think Star Trek) look to him. Maybe he would or wouldn't wear a silver cape to go with it. Being that Wild Bill probably wouldn't be caught dead in this outfit, I can picture him making fun of this hero to his cronies at MPD, and thus keeping his secret identity safe.

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Lara (Ultra Woman II) and Mike (Ultra Man)
Sean (whatever his name is) and Heather (Golden Thistle) since she's from Scotland.
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"shield" (maybe in the shape of Superman's crest without the S)
Great idea! I agree. I like cops too. I was thinking about a pair of handcuffs as his design, but I like your idea better.
As for Sean (Dan-El) I also thought of something else for Heather that relates to Eco-friendly environmental stuff. A green outfit with a picture of the world as the symbol and the words "Save Me" above it.
I'm still struggling with the others and have been for some time. confused huh
So far, no light bulb has come over my head.
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Jessica, the Ob/Gyn of the family AKA Hazel,
had married Richard (Rich) Stuart an Anthropo-Archeologist.
I can see Rich picking some Latin name which has roots in his love of history, cultures, and Archeology. Maybe the ancient Mayan word for Hero. Ken, does Rich specialize in certain region of the world or an era in which he's especially fond?

I tried looking for Hero in Mayan, and couldn't find it. I did find "help" which is "aantik" or "helper" which is "aantah". But I don't really like either one of those. I also saw "jaguaro" (I'm assuming is Jaguar) "chakmool", which is a cool name, but sounds kinda Klingon-ish. There's also "mosquito" which is "k'oxol", which I like too. "puma" (like a mountain lion) is "koh" which would work well if he adopts the "el" surname as "Koh-El". "rooster" is "t'eel" which wouldn't need to add the "el" to it since it already ends in "El". I don't remember Rich's personality really standing out in the story.

Knowing a little more about the personalities of the spouses might help us figure out which direction they would go to pick a name. Right now all we have is jobs, which all of us nobody wants to be defined me (well, at least I don't). We're all more than our chosen profession. What kind of music do they like or do they play a musical instrument? Do they have any hobbies or special talents or interests? Do they focus on a certain type of rescue or prefer a special ability, which might lead us to bird name for someone who especially like to fly, or fire names for ones who used his / her heat vision often, or ice names for those who used their cooling breath.


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Wow, Virginia. I like "puma" with a picture of said animal. It would also blur the connection to his reality. We don't want people to be able to identify him.
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Ken, have any of the spouses (besides Lois) already been given hero names? Also, could you edit your previous post to include any costume notes. I remember that Jon's is black and red, while Lucy's is all white (to go with her Angel name).

Out of curiosity (although not important to this) did Lois and Clark give the kids their Kryptonian names or did they choose the names themselves when they started using their abilities. Perhaps I need to re-read "Halloween in Smallville" again. laugh
No, only the children have super personas at this point.

I have edited the above post with the uniform colors.

Jon was the one that started that ball rolling in Halloween in Smallville. He hadn't given enough thought to what name to use and the Sheriff caught him flat-footed and all he could think of was his Kryptonian name.


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Jessica, the Ob/Gyn of the family AKA Hazel,
had married Richard (Rich) Stuart an Anthropo-Archeologist.
I can see Rich picking some Latin name which has roots in his love of history, cultures, and Archeology. Maybe the ancient Mayan word for Hero. Ken, does Rich specialize in certain region of the world or an era in which he's especially fond?

I tried looking for Hero in Mayan, and couldn't find it. I did find "help" which is "aantik" or "helper" which is "aantah". But I don't really like either one of those. I also saw "jaguaro" (I'm assuming is Jaguar) "chakmool", which is a cool name, but sounds kinda Klingon-ish. There's also "mosquito" which is "k'oxol", which I like too. "puma" (like a mountain lion) is "koh" which would work well if he adopts the "el" surname as "Koh-El". "rooster" is "t'eel" which wouldn't need to add the "el" to it since it already ends in "El". I don't remember Rich's personality really standing out in the story.

Knowing a little more about the personalities of the spouses might help us figure out which direction they would go to pick a name. Right now all we have is jobs, which all of us nobody wants to be defined me (well, at least I don't). We're all more than our chosen profession. What kind of music do they like or do they play a musical instrument? Do they have any hobbies or special talents or interests? Do they focus on a certain type of rescue or prefer a special ability, which might lead us to bird name for someone who especially like to fly, or fire names for ones who used his / her heat vision often, or ice names for those who used their cooling breath.
Rich's specialty is ancient Amer-Indian cultures. His thesis was on the Wampanoig tribe of Plymouth Mass. That was the research trip that Jess accompanied him on where he proposed.


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Some really terrific names are being generated.

Keep it up!


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Actually, now that I've been thinking about it I am open to color combinations for Sean, Jimmy and Sam.


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Doctor's scrubs are green. How about green for both Sean and Heather?
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Actually scrubs come in a variety of colors.

Some hospitals use the different colors to differentiate between divisions.

Example:
Med/Surg uses blue
ER used green
Psych uses mustard yellow
Pede uses lt blue with cartoon characters printed on them.

I do like the idea of using a solid color.

Example - Mike Lee doesn't want to wear a pink cape the way Ultra Woman 2 does so he will stick with teal blue for his entire costume.

Side note: Since Jennifer's parents were killed in the accident she has no living family, being an only child other than the Langs. I would see her adopting the El family as hers and assuming the 'S' crest and a Kryptonian name.

I will take suggestions for her Kryptonian name, The conditions are that it should become a pronouncable word or name ending in 'el' similar to those of the other girls - Noel, Hazel and Angel.

BTW: I will also take suggestions for Lara's Kryptonian name.


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Since Jennifer's parents were killed in the accident she has no living family, being an only child other than the Langs. I would see her adopting the El family as hers and assuming the 'S' crest and a Kryptonian name.

I will take suggestions for her Kryptonian name, The conditions are that it should become a pronouncable word or name ending in 'el' similar to those of the other girls - Noel, Hazel and Angel.
Other Girl Names ending in "el": N'el (although Nell does make one think of the Newtrich sisters), Rach-El, Ari-El, Isab-el, Eth-el, Mari-El (I like this one laugh ), Ya-El (I'm not familiar with Yael, but it's in my baby name book - always a good buy for naming characters wink ), Ja-El (Jael?), Gret-El (Gretel),

Or you could play around with traditional spellings: Ada-El (Adele), Kar-El or Car-El (Carol), El-El (short for Ellen or Ella), Mich-El (Michelle), Bel-El or Be-El or Ba-El (Belle), She-El (short for Shelly), Abiga-el (Abigail), Lela-El (Lelia), Odi-El (Odilia), Apr(i)-El (April), Ceci-El (Cecile), Ka-El (dropping the L from Clark's Kryptonian name, or the opposite of Elka), Nad-El (Nadia), Ash-El (Ashley or the boys name Ash + El)

Or take just a short name which would sound good with the El suffex: Liv-El, Cass-El, Joy-El, Viv-El (Vivian), Thea-El, Bree-El or Bre-El (So not to have too many e's), Bryn-El, Cor-el (Cora-El), Kay-El, Ma-El (Mae), May-El

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BTW: I will also take suggestions for Lara's Kryptonian name.
What about the simple: Lar-el? (Laur-El), since her Kryptonian name isn't known to the general public the similarities wouldn't be so obvious.

Since Alice (Ali-Ce? was it) married into the El family, couldn't her hero name simply be Ali-El? Being that Alice is a common enough name the two would not necessarily mean that they're the same person.


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Hi Virginia,

Thanks for all of those suggestions.

As for Lara and Alice, I don't think that Lar-El would be a good idea since it is too close to her true name of Lara. Same goes for Alice and Ali-El. We don't want to make it too easy for the bad guys to figure out the association.


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I just had an idea.

Since I am up in the air about the colors for Sean and Heather's uniforms I think I will now come down to Erath on them.

Heather's maiden name was McLeod and the Clarks are a sept, subject clan, of the Camerons so they both have a Scottish connection. We discovered this in "First Love".

I will not put Sean in a kilt however I will pick a Cameron tartan that is very similar to a McLeod tartan. Heather will wear a short kilt in McLoed tartan as part of her uniform. I think that Sean's cape will be in Cameron tartan.


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I will not put Sean in a kilt however I will pick a Cameron tartan that is very similar to a McLeod tartan. Heather will wear a short kilt in McLoed tartan as part of her uniform. I think that Sean's cape will be in Cameron tartan.
Wouldn't that be as much of an neon sign as naming Lara "Lar-El" and Alice "Ali-El"? Clark's Kryptonian name only came out due to the NK arc. Before that nobody but him and his folks (and possible Luthor and Nigel from the Globe) knew of the Kal-El name. If they don't use their Kryptonian names how are the bad guys going to hear of it, and since none of the other Kryptonian names have anything to do with the heroes' Earth names, why would the bad guys think any different for these two?


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One of the concerns I had when I suggested "Golden Thistle" for Heather was that with her heavy burr she would stick out and a connection would be formed between her and her being the superhero and consequently, because she's married to Sean, a connection with the Kent family. So maybe the tartans would work. Sean could even affect a Scottish accent when he was Dan-El so it would seem like the couple came over from Scotland.
Whoa, I just looked up Cameron Tartans and there are a whole lot of choices. See here: http://www.kinlochanderson.com/tartan/cameron
Maybe a "muted hunting" tartan would work best. You don't want to scare the people you are rescuing, particularly children!
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Jessica, the Ob/Gyn of the family AKA Hazel,
had married Richard (Rich) Stuart an Anthropo-Archeologist.
I can see Rich picking some Latin name which has roots in his love of history, cultures, and Archeology. Maybe the ancient Mayan word for Hero. Ken, does Rich specialize in certain region of the world or an era in which he's especially fond?

I tried looking for Hero in Mayan, and couldn't find it. I did find "help" which is "aantik" or "helper" which is "aantah". But I don't really like either one of those. I also saw "jaguaro" (I'm assuming is Jaguar) "chakmool", which is a cool name, but sounds kinda Klingon-ish. There's also "mosquito" which is "k'oxol", which I like too. "puma" (like a mountain lion) is "koh" which would work well if he adopts the "el" surname as "Koh-El". "rooster" is "t'eel" which wouldn't need to add the "el" to it since it already ends in "El". I don't remember Rich's personality really standing out in the story.

Knowing a little more about the personalities of the spouses might help us figure out which direction they would go to pick a name. Right now all we have is jobs, which all of us nobody wants to be defined me (well, at least I don't). We're all more than our chosen profession. What kind of music do they like or do they play a musical instrument? Do they have any hobbies or special talents or interests? Do they focus on a certain type of rescue or prefer a special ability, which might lead us to bird name for someone who especially like to fly, or fire names for ones who used his / her heat vision often, or ice names for those who used their cooling breath.
Rich's specialty is ancient Amer-Indian cultures. His thesis was on the Wampanoig tribe of Plymouth Mass. That was the research trip that Jess accompanied him on where he proposed. [/b]
Ancient and studying the Wampanoag really do not seem to work together. "pre-Columbian contact" is probably the best term for studying the Wampanoag. It is hard to get very far back pre-contact, and thus it really does not work as "ancient". Most ancient Amerindian studies are Meso-American, but it sounds like he does pre-contact North American native studies.


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[b]I will not put Sean in a kilt however I will pick a Cameron tartan that is very similar to a McLeod tartan. Heather will wear a short kilt in McLoed tartan as part of her uniform. I think that Sean's cape will be in Cameron tartan.
Wouldn't that be as much of an neon sign as naming Lara "Lar-El" and Alice "Ali-El"? Clark's Kryptonian name only came out due to the NK arc. Before that nobody but him and his folks (and possible Luthor and Nigel from the Globe) knew of the Kal-El name. If they don't use their Kryptonian names how are the bad guys going to hear of it, and since none of the other Kryptonian names have anything to do with the heroes' Earth names, why would the bad guys think any different for these two? [/b]
You forgot to mention Lois in the knowing group. She clearly knew why he gave that name to Star under hypnosis.

Although, I half think he might have given it in court when he was being sued for supposedly hurting that guys hand. Although maybe it was in the trial of Lois and thus after the NK arc. I don;t really remember.


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I think that since Heather has married into clan Cameron she will adopt the following Cameron tartan.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...CAB29A2E33211EA7AC8E&selectedIndex=5

Instead of a cape she will wear a sash over her right shoulder and a short kilt with a green Speedo type swim suit. Instead of boots ahe will wear ballet slippers and Scottish hign socks like a sword dancer.

I think that all of the female spouses, since they are marrying into the El family will wear the 'S' crest.

The female children of L&C will all wear the 'S' crest but it will be modified with a device similar to that of their spouse.

Example - if Bill were to use a shield, perhaps a simple isoceles triangle with short top and rounded sides then Noel's uniform would include a modified 'S' crest putting the 'S' inside a shield device shaped like his rather than Superman's.

Actually, I think we have two of them pretty well set.

Wild Bill will be The Shield with the above described device. The 'S' will stand for Shield in his case.

There is a scottish name, actually a nickname, Isel. Is-El will be Heather's Kryptonian name and she will wear the above described uniform.


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Looks good. Red, yellow and blue. What better a tartan. Being a modest Scottish lass, I don't know if Heather would go for a speedo type swim suit without a skirt of some nature. So that looks good. I like the sash and the names.
Also Jen and Bill look set. Now we just need one of the good artists here to make a picture of it.
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The 'S' crest for Heather and Sean will be modified by superimposing the Cameron Clan Crest - modern form in the center of the S.

http://www.bing.com/images/search?q...A12FD8136BA8080117D9&selectedIndex=1

The motto translates as "Let Us Unite". A very fitting motto, I would say.


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Virginia,

I too like the name Mari-El.

I think that would be fitting for Alice.


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Artemis,

I like your idea for a name for Heather, with one change. Since she is a redhead and everyone knows that the Scottish thistle has a red flower, how about

1) "Red Thistle", - - - 3 vote
2) "Thistle Lass" - - - 0 votes
3) "Thistle" - - - - - - 0 votes

Let's vote on these three names.

I added my vote and Virginia's to Artemis'.

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Dang, that crest ought to throw fear into the perps. No one of them is going to know it says something nice. I vote for Red Thistle.
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I was just thinking about Angel.

She wears a white uniform with the angel wings at the sides of the 'S' crest.

Rob's uniform will also be white. Perhaps he should use a name which would go with the uniform.

He probably wears a white lab coat when he is at work as a Bio-Chemist.

Space Ghost is already taken.


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I was just thinking about Angel.

She wears a white uniform with the angel wings at the sides of the 'S' crest.

Rob's uniform will also be white. Perhaps he should use a name which would go with the uniform.

He probably wears a white lab coat when he is at work as a Bio-Chemist.

Space Ghost is already taken.
Well, if you break up the white with an irregular silver streak (stripe) across the white uniform (since I can't see any man comfortable flying around in a skin-tight all-WHITE uniform). Then you could call him "Lightning".


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Lightning! I like it!

Do we have a winner? vote!


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Angel & Lightning sounds great to me!
I vote yes.
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Artemis,

I like your idea for a name for Heather, with one change. Since she is a redhead and everyone knows that the Scottish thistle has a red flower, how about

1) "Red Thistle", - - - 1 vote
2) "Thistle Lass" - - - 0 votes
3) "Thistle" - - - - - - 0 votes

Let's vote on these three names.
I agree with Artemis. I like Red Thistle too.


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I updated the vote tally above.


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I like Virginia's suggestion for Rob's costume.

How about this -

Rob's cape is a mottled black and gray simulating storm clouds which continue to his shoulders and the lightning bolts comes from the cloud on his left shoulder. Where the bolt originates he has a dimunuitive 'S' crest in the lightning bolt.

Angel has angel wings flanking her 'S' crest and a faint lightning bolt over the 'S'.


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Yes, that sounds good.
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I vote for Red Thistle.

Being that she is from Scotland and has red hair it makes perfect sense.


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Head researcher at STAR Labs and eldest son, Jonathan Kent AKA Kam-El
Uniform is black/yellow/red simply substituting black for Clark's blue.
Is married to Jennifer (Jen) Jenkins, who is a beautiful blond and is an elementary school teacher. Jennifer's uniform will carry on that color scheme.
Something Super might work, lol. Supermom? Superwoman? Überwoman?

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Lawyer, eldest daughter and first wed was Lara Kent AKA Ultra Woman 2.
Ultra Woman 2's uniform is reversed colors of Ultra Woman's. Primarily teal with a hot pink cape.
She had married Michael (Mike) Lee who was also a lawyer in the same firm.
Sheriff? Deputy? Something to do with upholding the law, but without any lawyer puns. Or just go by Ultraman (even though that has been taken by DC comics ages ago).

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ER Physician and eldest twin, Sean Kent AKA Dan-El,
uniform brown and green
had married Heather MacLeod a beautiful red haired Scott who was an Environmental Engineer.
McLeod? Highlander! laugh Or maybe something reminiscent of mother Earth, like Gaia/Gaea, Terra? (I think Terra is taken by DC comics, too.)

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Jessica, the Ob/Gyn of the family AKA Hazel,
Uniform is hazel (a greenish brown) and red.
had married Richard (Rich) Stuart an Anthropo-Archeologist.
Pity we can't take Lucy for his superhero name. wink Maybe you could use the name of another important human(oid) fossil?

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The computer whiz of the family, James Perry Kent AKA Zar-El,
orange and brown
had married Margaret (Peg) Dennis a dark haired beauty who was also a computer whiz.
Megawoman? Gigawoman? Terawoman? Petawoman? Well, maybe not Giga as that's derived from the name of a giant, Gigas.

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Youngest daughter and Child Psychologist, Lucy AKA Angel
Angel's uniform is a white two piece with angel wings attached to her 'S' crest
had married Robert (Rob) Jackson a Biochemist.
Diamond! (Because then we have Lucy in the Sky with Diamond, if not Diamonds.) Would be an in-joke that nobody but the family would understand, and he could even use her mostly white coloration - only maybe with a bit of blue.

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Director of the Superman Foundation and the youngest of the first generation, Sam Kent AKA Ben-El
purple and red
had married Alice. Alice was the only other fully Kryptonian member of the family, she also has dark hair and was from New Krypton. She will need a super persona since she uses her Kryptonian name as her married name Alice Kent.
Ice-El? (Would sound almost like Ice-Al, which would be the letters of her name in a different order. Might even have a journalist misspell Ice-Al as Ice-El.)


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The computer whiz of the family, James Perry Kent AKA Zar-El,
orange and brown
had married Margaret (Peg) Dennis a dark haired beauty who was also a computer whiz.
Megawoman? Gigawoman? Terawoman? Petawoman? Well, maybe not Giga as that's derived from the name of a giant, Gigas.
Ooooh. I tried looking up some computer terms but I'm just helpless. These are good. I like Tera-el - Terra is also "Earth" in Portuguese. I liked Meg-El too but I know it's too close to Margaret or Peg for Ken's liking so I'm not going to suggest it. (Even though I DO like it. laugh )

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Youngest daughter and Child Psychologist, Lucy AKA Angel
Angel's uniform is a white two piece with angel wings attached to her 'S' crest
had married Robert (Rob) Jackson a Biochemist.
Diamond! (Because then we have Lucy in the Sky with Diamond, if not Diamonds.) Would be an in-joke that nobody but the family would understand, and he could even use her mostly white coloration - only maybe with a bit of blue.
Oooh. I like this idea too. clap Although, I don't know if Rob is silly enough for such a name. He seems a bit serious.

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Director of the Superman Foundation and the youngest of the first generation, Sam Kent AKA Ben-El
purple and red
had married Alice. Alice was the only other fully Kryptonian member of the family, she also has dark hair and was from New Krypton. She will need a super persona since she uses her Kryptonian name as her married name Alice Kent.
Ice-El? (Would sound almost like Ice-Al, which would be the letters of her name in a different order. Might even have a journalist misspell Ice-Al as Ice-El.)
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Director of the Superman Foundation and the youngest of the first generation, Sam Kent AKA Ben-El purple and red had married Alice. Alice was the only other fully Kryptonian member of the family, she also has dark hair and was from New Krypton. She will need a super persona since she uses her Kryptonian name as her married name Alice Kent.
The name Lucy triggered this idea: Lu-El to use for Alice. We had a family friend named Luella, so it's rather common on Earth.
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Good news!

Mouserocks has kindly volunteered to work on drawings of the new heros in costume.

As soon as we have something I will post the results.


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I needed to make a decision on the name for Jen and I selected Muriel. That would be Muri of the house of El.


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I needed to make a decision on the name for Jen and I selected Muriel. That would be Muri of the house of El.
Didn't you already decide on Mari-el for Alice? Those two are a bit close sounding don't you think? Your Readers might get confused.


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Hi Virginia,

It is different. One is Mariel. The other is Muriel.


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It is different. One is Mariel. The other is Muriel.
But they are close enough in spelling and sounding as to confuse the Reader, especially for minor characters. That would be like having two characters like Jimbo and James (both called Jimmy) [Linked Image], or Clark and alt-Clark, or Lois and alt-Lois, Inspector Henderson and Detective Henderson [Linked Image], or.... Jose and Joseph, or Steven and Stephen, or Sam (boy) and Sam (girl). Talking as someone who knows wallbash , why ask for trouble and confusion, when you don't need to? Unless the characters picked similar names to confuse the general public on the number and super identity of the supers out there.


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I think Red Thistle is a good idea for Heather's name.


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[b] It is different. One is Mariel. The other is Muriel.
But they are close enough in spelling and sounding as to confuse the Reader, especially for minor characters. That would be like having two characters like Jimbo and James (both called Jimmy) [Linked Image], or Clark and alt-Clark, or Lois and alt-Lois, Inspector Henderson and Detective Henderson [Linked Image], or.... Jose and Joseph, or Steven and Stephen, or Sam (boy) and Sam (girl). Talking as someone who knows wallbash , why ask for trouble and confusion, when you don't need to? Unless the characters picked similar names to confuse the general public on the number and super identity of the supers out there. [/b]
In high school I knew a set of twins where one was named Mary and another Marie. And then my Dad has an aunt named Lorna, who has daughters named Lori and Laura, and daughter-in-law named Lori and Lara, or something like that. It was way to confusing to ever figure it all out.

Still, there are only so many names you can end with El. Although we have not seen Xeen-el, Zen-el, Lash-el and Laur-el yet.


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I can see that I need to give more concideration to those names.

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I am in desperate need of a name for Lara's husband.

Lara's super name is Ultra Woman 2. Her uniform is reversed colors of Ultra Woman. Where Lois'cape was teal blue and the suit hot pink, Lara's suit is teal blue and the cape pink.

Her husband, Mike Lee, is a lawyer in the same firm. His uniform is all teal blue - cape included.

I need some kind of symbol and a name.


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Well, the word "teal" also refers to a dabbler (a type of duck). So given his colour choice, he could be called The Dabbler and his symbol could be the silhouette of a teal.

This would be a terrific pun if he were only a part-time superhero.

I'm guessing this probably won't be the choice you actually use, but it was the first thing that came to my mind.

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I liked Artemis's suggestion of Ultra Man, but I can see that you might want him to have his own identity separate from Lara. Although, if he uses the same color as in her uniform...


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Point of clarification.

Mike and Lara are both lawyers, however they do not specialize in criminal law. There's is more in the line of business law. Their specialty is negociating trade contracts with New Krypton.

I could potentially see his symbol being a Scales of Justice and calling himself perhaps - The Lawman.

Since he isn't a cop like Detective 'Wild Bill' Davidson, Celeste's husband, it wouldn't be coming too close to his real identity.

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I would like to see one of the spouse heroes have an identity that has nothing to do with their careers. Most people in life work because they have to and not in a career, which they love, or would have chosen if the needs of life depended on it. It would seem a bit of a stretch if all of the spouses not only found the one person in the universe they were meant to love, but also happened to be in a career which they love just as much. Can't one of them yearn to be a rock star or artist or something, and have their superhero name reflect their true passion in life that has nothing to do with where they work?


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Interesting idea.

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Does Mike have any hobbies? Is he into astronomy? Is there a favorite sport that he loves from which we can take term, possibly swimming to go with the Teal from his suit? Does he collect something? Other than Lara is there something in his life he's passionate about? Does he play a musical instrument? Does he sing, dance, paint, act, travel, something? Because, come on, he's a lawyer. THAT really can't be his passion. Why did he go into law? To help the environment? To protect children? To stop corporate greed? If he did it to earn money, which I doubt, why does he want the money? What are his hopes and dreams? If he retired tomorrow, what would he do? Find that, find what makes him special, and you'll find out why Mike is a hero and what kind of hero he should be.


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Mike, after the Halloween party in Smallville, became interested in archery. He had dressed as Robin Hood and felt that he wanted to live up to that character. He spent many hours, after his daily chores were finished in a pasture, practicing.

He was also as a youth interested in farming, spending his summers with his great uncle Wayne Irig.


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Torque?

Isn't that simply a property of engines?

How would that apply?


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Hi Meadowrose,

Saber would be a distinct possibility.

It will bear strong concideration.


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Torque?

Isn't that simply a property of engines?

How would that apply?
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1. Mechanics . something that produces or tends to produce torsion or rotation; the moment of a force or system of forces tending to cause rotation.
2. Machinery . the measured ability of a rotating element, as of a gear or shaft, to overcome turning resistance.
3. Optics. the rotational effect on plane-polarized light passing through certain liquids or crystals.
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The tendency of a force applied to an object to make it rotate about an axis. For a force applied at a single point, the magnitude of the torque is equal to the magnitude of the force multiplied by the distance from its point of application to an axis of rotation.
I just thought it sounded like a cool name. Does it have mean something?


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I like Torque. In street vernacular there is "I'm gonna torque you off!" meaning "I'm gonna force you till you get mad."
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I like Torque. In street vernacular there is "I'm gonna torque you off!" meaning "I'm gonna force you till you get mad."
I've never heard of this (but I'm never on the streets.) clap


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Torque made his debut in Volume 6 Lori and Clark the New New Adventures of Superman.

Torque is the new resident superhero of New Krypton.


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People are still going to get confused...


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Guys are going to get it. It's a very common term, especially for car fanatics. Maybe this will help:
http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/torque/Q.torque.intro.html
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.prowl.torque&hl=en
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torque (this one even has motion in the illustration)

[i]Torque has dimensions of force times distance. Official SI literature suggests using the unit newton metre (N·m) or the unit joule per radian.[i]

Everyone uses torque in daily life whether they realize it or not. When you turn on your water faucet, you use the right hand rule in torque.
Still, it is well known vernacular to "torque you off." (i.e. make you mad)

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Originally posted by Morgana:
People are still going to get confused...
In what way?


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Hi Morgana,

If you simply think of torque representing force then the name that Mike Lee has taken is translated as 'Force'.

In regard to his strength, he is able to exert a lot of force, even on NK since he will have a double strength pendant.


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I still need a name for Jessica's husband Rich Stuart. Their uniforms are hazel and green.

I need colors for Sam and Alice.

Here is what I have so far:

Jon = Kam-El
Jen = Jewel
Black/red/yellow uniforms

Lara = Ultra Woman 2
Mike = Torque
UW2 - Teal/pink Torque all Teal uniforms

Sean = Dan-El
Heather = Red Thistle
Blue with tartan uniforms

Celeste = Noel
Wild Bill = Shield
green/red/yellow uniforms

Jessica = Hazel
Richard = ????
Hazel/green/yellow uniforms

James Perry = Zar-El
Margaret = Gigawoman
color ?????

Lucy = Angel
Rob = Lightning
Angel - white/silver
Lightning - Sky blue/gray - black/yellow uniforms

Sam = Ben-El
Alice = Mari-El
violet/red/yellow uniforms


Herb replied, “My boy, I never say … impossible.” "Lois and Clarks"

My stories can be found here

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