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]

She Hulk?

[coyotegoth.livejournal.com]

I actually kind of adore that idea.

[lordbleys.livejournal.com]

Big Barda.

[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?

[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]

DC! DIS-QUALIFIED!

[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.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Buffy The Vampire Slayer was ALWAYS a comic book.

[tisiphone.livejournal.com]

Katy Kaboom.

(I leave the costuming as an exercise.)

[lordbleys.livejournal.com]

My answer still stands.

Look at her!
http://images-mediawiki-sites.thefullwiki.org/08/3/1/3/71802462800759.jpg
How is she not burlesque??

[lordbleys.livejournal.com]

Ed Asner did her voice in the cartoon.

ED ASNER!


=D

[torrain.livejournal.com]

Dude, I've gotta give him that one. She would rock the stage.

[theweaselking.livejournal.com]

Watchmen is not DC because, despite DC publishing it, there are no characters in common between Watchmen and the DC Universe.

(There are PARALLELS between Watchmen and DC characters, because Moore wanted to use the Charlton comics characters and DC eventually used those in canon - but Watchmen was never a DC product. It was an Alan Moore project that happened to be published by DC.[1])


[1]: Alan Moore would use stronger language than "published", here.

[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.

[dreamshade.livejournal.com]

That's TERRIBLE. D:

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

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

[jasmine-koran.livejournal.com]

[torrain.livejournal.com]

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

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

[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]

The Captain! His Name Is The Captain!

[tisiphone.livejournal.com]

I know. I feel bad for even going there. sorta.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

Yeah, don't get me started. They also "supered" her partner.

[dreamshade.livejournal.com]

"I could impregnate you."
"Not from over there you couldn't."
"I have many userful tools."

There has to be a way to work that into a burlesque.