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[bjornwilde]

If your pup(s) were something like an urban legend, either in their canon or Milliways, what are some of the details to the stories told? 

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[bjornwilde]

In the galaxy far far away, as tales of the red blades grow, there are also stories of the white blade who, if you are lucky, will show up and save you from the red blades. I think it'd be luck more than anything since I can't see Ahsoka distinguishing between who needs help.

The Stomrtroopers around the Lothal system already talk about The Artist and how if you are very unlucky, you will met her. She is unstoppable and you will end up with weeks of KP and garbage duty for failing to apprehend her, but you just have to appreciate her style.

In the X-men cinematic universe, and with Hank's walk about happening, I can't help thinking there's stories of an urban Sasquatch buzzing about the Western US.

More later maybe.

[sunbaked_baker]

In OOMs and such i've touched on the idea of Sunshine and Con's efforts gaining notoriety and something like urban legend status among vampire gangs in their world, but I hadn't gone into much detail. I imagine Rae finding out that young vampires warn each other about "the sun that burns at night" or something like that would just make her very sad.

[childofrebellion]

Ooh, I love this idea and I think actually there might be some urban legend idea to the Rebellion and it would work for Cassian and Fulcrum. That there's a sniper who never misses and disappears like fog into a crowd. That it doesn't matter what the Empire does, the Rebellion finds a way to get a message through, to clear the ways to safety just look for the Starbird.

I could see the Fae in San Francisco being urban legends, the block that never changes where the Luidaeg lives, the strange quality of the mist in Paso Robles park, a woman who walks in blood who saves children.

The X-Men could easily be urban legends in their early years. I could see conspiracy theorists searching for every scrap of info about what happened in Cuba. And Charles ends up holding an odd place because to mutants who've interacted with him, he's real and hopeful but others he and his school are a dream. Then Mystique is a monster and a hero depending on who you are.

Will S. is already a legend but what's interesting for him is how the stories have changed and been changed over the years since Robin first began fighting until when they stopped.

William is part of a legend/story about Ben Wade getting on the Yuma train and the rancher who put him on the train and died. They say the rancher's son was there and threatened to shoot Wade, they say Wade escaped as his horse followed the train.

Moist, hm, so much of what he does is not about being known though I could see him being chased by the various guards as that one con artist. But also arguments of is he one or many different men.

Demeter is definitely part of legends, newer ones about the old woman who walks the roads beside migrants providing food and warmth. The mother and daughter in Southern France who quietly bless their little town, keeping it safe from harm.

Ivan doesn't have anything which he prefers, he's part of the legends and stories that have accumulated around Miles and Gregor which suits him.

Narnia's small enough that there aren't urban legends in the same way but I could see them for outside of Narnia. That comes through in Horse and His Boy, how those outside of Narnia don't truly know what to make of the magic and world of Narnia. Tumnus is part of that as outside of Narnia there aren't fauns.

The Old Kingdom is also small enough that I think there are stories but not really legends about Sameth. What he makes is amazing and I think would surprise people and get talked about like Lirael's golden hand.

[bjornwilde]

Oh man, I love the idea of migrants having encounters with Demeter.

[ceitfianna]

I've written it up as a ficlet for I think a fic Friday as its an idea I love and always bring in when she's walking. Since it feels like what she would do.

[skyhigh_seance]

I imagine that before Vanya's book came out, Klaus had quite a few urban legends floating around about him, after he abruptly disappeared from the Academy outings.

Things like:

The Seance was talking to the dead and then he joined them on the other side

All of the Academy kids are actually dead, you only see them when The Seance wants you to

The Seance quit the Academy and is now a medium for the rich and famous in Monte Carlo

...

Klaus kinda likes that last one.

[death_gone_mad]

Courtesy of canon, this song summarizes Amascut's legend. Of course, it's folklore so it gets somethings wrong, especially parts of her backstory only a few others know. Who knows why the singer is so casual about mentioning Amascut's name, though.

The lost city of the fairies is already legend; hardly anyone knows that it's actually on the moon. The secret purpose of the fairy rings is doubly legend, and if any tales are told about Fairy Fixit, she's just known as the eccentric maintainer and builder of the rings, whatever they are.

[i_am_your_host]

"There was a cabaret, and there was a Master of Ceremonies... And there was a city called Berlin, in a country called Germany... It was the end of the world." -- dialogue from the end of Cabaret. So the Emcee is already a memorable figure and kind of an urban legend, as he represents the Berlin that once was. Ultimately I like to think people talked about his extravagant parties for days.

Cassidy, being a vampire, is also an urban legend, literally. Vampires in his world are still regarded as myth, at least in some parts (in New Orleans the idea of them is kind of a cultish underground fad). But I doubt that Cassidy himself would be remembered for anything except being that weirdo junkie with the funny accent.

Pam's reputation as a bitch who wears pink would live forever. And everyone would know that she's the progeny of Eric Northman.

Floki was an instant legend the moment he built the ships that carried the vikings to England. Songs would tell of his devotion to Ragnar Lothbrok, the many adventures they went on, and also how he was touched by the gods, for it was the gods that gave him his gifts. His downfall, redemption, and exile (during which he reached Iceland) is the stuff of sagas.

[ceitfianna]

I love that idea of the Emcee as a legend, it feels right.

[for_everyone]

Kanan is tricky because there must have been a lot of awareness about him given that he was one of the last remaining Jedi, and after a point this wasn't really a secret, but at the same time the Original Trilogy isn't like "there were a ton of Jedi still wandering around until six months ago" or whatever. So definitely a mysterious figure with a blue lightsaber, like a ghost of the Jedi who had been, whom escaped Imperial prisoners and others in need could name as having come to help save them. And I imagine Zeb and Sabine and Chopper as keeping up stories about Kanan and Ezra. (Hera… definitely kept Kanan and his vision of the Jedi alive through stories in her own way, though I don't think this was often talking about him directly, as I doubt she ever reached a point where she could easily talk too much about her relationship with him.)


I actually tend to imagine the stories around Hera as rather mixed. I definitely like to think that for the Empire, and subsequently the First Order, she was among the most infamous of the Rebellion's "war criminals." Violent, bloodthirsty, and given that the First Order apparently takes the anti-alien sentiment even further than the Empire did, she could be seen as a vicious alien influence on those traitor humans leading the Rebellion. She's basically the epitome of everything the Empire and especially the First Order hates – she refuses to accept her place in an established hierarchy, and inherently creates chaos because of this. She's not even from a particularly respected alien world or existing military background (or one that they would recognize), so. I think the Empire and First Order would have some true and mostly false stories about her that are told by way of making her seem as loathsome as possible.

And even among the Rebellion, I imagine there were some mixed feelings about her, but that they'd kind of exist at two extremes. Most who worked directly with her would be positive, and some very admiring, especially among the pilots. Battlefront 2 actually says that many Twi'leks were inspired by the actions of Phoenix Squadron in particular to join the Rebellion, so it's likely that Hera is something of a folk hero like her father is among the Twi'leks. I'd just also imagine some resentment toward her, particularly among humans. Given that the Rebellion included a lot of Imperial defectors, it seems likely that some level of the anti-alien feeling in the Empire could have existed among its members, and Hera is a best-of-her-generation level pilot and very early rebel leader. And a Twi'lek woman who possibly doesn't adhere to the popular idea of what she should be. So I imagine that there's a lot of positive feeling, as well straight out awe and admiration for her in some quarters, but also some level of skepticism and mistrust in others. And the stories about her reflect this, whether its of incredible instances of leadership or piloting, or emphasizing those who were lost under her command. Basically, yes, I have imagined a late-in-the-Rebellion weathered Hera traipsing among a camp of Rebel grunts who shut up whatever stories, positive or negative, they were telling about her as soon as they realize she's near.

[angry_friendship_wolf]

As far as canon goes, Yamato's in an odd situation as far as this goes. The entire world is aware of the Chosen, because the battle with Apocalymon is displayed all over the skies on Earth (and likewise, the battles with Diablomon and Armagemon are both public knowledge), but they don't know exactly who they are. It's implied that at least on Odaiba, it's an open secret, but elsewhere all that's known about the Chosen is that there's eight of them, their rough ages, and that they operate somewhere around Odaiba.

So, they definitely already have a sort of urban legend status, and there's probably entire forums devoted to theories about them, but at the same time, views on them are probably, er, divided. A strong running theme in Tri is that people don't really like Digimon: They're massive monsters who show up from another world without warning and who are often both hostile and hugely destructive, and because none of the kids are exactly putting out press releases, nobody knows why. There's a definite vein of fear, rage, and powerlessness running through people's reactions there.

So while there's probably people who view the Chosen as heroic, there's definitely an equal number of people who view them as being somehow traitorous to humanity, or at the very least as being more of the Digital World than of Earth, more wrapped up in the conflicts of Digimon than of humans.

As a group, there's probably a whole bunch of urban legends about them, a lot of theorising, and quite possibly a running debate committed to who has which partner. There's probably also placeholder names for all of them, because referring to them as Kid With Goggles, Blond Kid With Scowl, Blond Kid Without Scowl, Girl With Audacious Hats etc is just not going to work.

[sticktothemission]

Fairly certain Reaper has achieved this status in the OWverse. His official bio reads "Some speak of a black-robed terrorist known only as the Reaper. His identity and motives are a mystery. What is known is that where he appears, death follows. ...Survivors have described a black shadow ghosting unscathed through the most hellish battlefields. The few bodies recovered of those he kills are pale, empty husks drained of life, their cells showing signs of intense degradation."

There are many the late night debate that argue if he's using some fancy tech or if he's really a ghost, a shadow of a man seeking vengeance and retribution with indiscriminate violence. Nobody really wants to find out.