An Audience Poll!

[theweaselking]

A person is soliciting suggestions for a character to portray in a burlesque show with a Superhero/villain theme. Catch is, Harley Quinn, Poison Ivy, Wonder Woman, and Zatanna are already all taken.

So, what characters come to mind as appropriate?

(Bonus Difficulty: DC characters are boring and the obvious ones are already taken. So no DC characters. Also, despite the female characters getting first claim, the performers asking the question are not all female. GO.)

(I have already suggested a duet of Channon and Yelena. The original source wants an Oracle/Professor X duet, which escapes the DC restrictions by being a crossover.)

(torrain wants Silk Spectre.)

EDIT: And, it has been pointed out: What song would your selection dance to?

I myself think Mesh's "My Hands Are Tied" would be perfect for Oracle/Professor X.

Comments

[jasmine-koran.livejournal.com]

John Constantine and Spider Jerusalem doing a comedy routine

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

I actually kind of adore that idea.

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

She Hulk?

[lordbleys.livejournal.com]

Big Barda.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

DC! DIS-QUALIFIED!

[torrain.livejournal.com]

Torrain suggested Silk Spectre. She still likes the idea of Zatanna. (Actually, she *really* likes the idea of Abigail Arcane, but she is sadly way too obscure.)

...Death? Sandman-style?

[lafinjack.livejournal.com]

Why is torrain talking about herself in the third person?

[allysonsedai.livejournal.com]

Is this strictly comics? If not I'd suggest Buffy or Faith.

(Although, technically I guess Buffy was made into a comic...

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Buffy The Vampire Slayer was ALWAYS a comic book.

[jasmine-koran.livejournal.com]

Also, a drag performer as Granny Goodness would ROCK.

EDIT: I don't CARE if she's DC. It'd still rock.

EDIT THE 2ND: Also, technically "Watchmen" is DC.

[lordbleys.livejournal.com]

Ed Asner did her voice in the cartoon.

ED ASNER!


=D

[tisiphone.livejournal.com]

Katy Kaboom.

(I leave the costuming as an exercise.)

[dreamshade.livejournal.com]

That's TERRIBLE. D:

[dreamshade.livejournal.com]

I would suggest something involving Nextwave, but I don't think it would be recognizable enough for the show.

As boring as I agree that DC characters can be, how about Fire and Ice (of Justice League)? For Marvel side, maybe there's some lighting tricks that you could do for Sue Storm.

As for the guys... fuck it, do the whole cast of Nextwave.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

The Captain! His Name Is The Captain!

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

She's DC, but i don't care: Renée "The Question" Montoya.

[torrain.livejournal.com]

Montoya got to be the Question? Dammit. I need to catch u--

No. No I don't. Dammit. >.<

[jasmine-koran.livejournal.com]

[reynardo.livejournal.com]

Pete the PO'd Postal Worker dancing to The Boxtops "The Letter".

[catsidhe.livejournal.com]

Is Emma Frost too boring and obvious?

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Maybe? I certainly lack her figure.

[snakey.livejournal.com]

How're you defining "superhero" (/supervillain)?

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

You tell me?

[jasmine-koran.livejournal.com]

To continue, both from the Spiderman universe:

Calypso:

(songs would include "Black Magic Woman", "I Put a Spell on You" and "Voodoo")

and White Rabbit:

(Songs would be...what else? "White Rabbit")

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Voodoo Child is Right Out, though?

(I can just see it now: Someone dressed in the Calypso costume doing the Hogan twirltwirltwirlEAR? motion.)

[harald387.livejournal.com]

Squirrel Girl.

[eididdy.livejournal.com]

Seconded.

[xenogram.livejournal.com]

Flash Gordon

[xenogram.livejournal.com]

Also, Red Sonja

[reyl.livejournal.com]

Jungle Queen Julie from The Maxx. Rogue from X-men.

Jesse, Saint of Killers, or Starr from Preacher.

As sexy as She-Hulk is, I veto any costume requiring different coloured skin, it always looks cheesy.

[faeriemuriel.livejournal.com]

I was just thinking Julie because of the picture above!

Or Scarlet Witch, because chaos bubbles are NOT a crappy superpower.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_jeremiad/]

I'd watch a Death burlesque routine.

Also, Modesty Blaize.

[corwinofamber.livejournal.com]

[dreamshade.livejournal.com]

Do a Jean Gray performance where she dies and gets backs up four times?

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

Any burlesque artist who could make a MODAM outfit would gets my vote.

[kadath.livejournal.com]

TANK GIRL

[prizypussypants.livejournal.com]

OHMYGAWDYES.

[scifantasy.livejournal.com]

Why not an entire Spider-Man set? Gwen Stacy, Mary Jane, Felicity Hardy (the Black Cat), and hell, Spidey himself?

[spondee.livejournal.com]

Death, eh. Delirium! Song: " I'm going slightly mad" by Queen.

Also, I would loooove to see a Nightcrawler burlesque. The Ella Fitzgerald I'm Beginning To See The Light" maybe?

[catsidhe.livejournal.com]

I'm going slightly mad would be good for a slower number, but if you wanted something a bit more frenetic, there's always They're coming to take me away by Napoleon XIV...


Mystique?

[andrewducker]

Marvel Girl/Phoenix.

Or Despair.

[mirei.livejournal.com]

Pepper Potts to "Iron Man" of course. Can you imagine a straitlaced girl!friday red-head stripping down to the bass of that song? Brilliant. Might be a little generic character-design wise I suppose...