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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darth Shoju" data-source="post: 3355907" data-attributes="member: 11397">The problem with that criteria is that it nearly invalidates this exercise. It is very difficult to predict what will still be remembered in 90 years. Certainly the staying power in some things is easier to spot than others, but I feel that we shouldn't be too concerned with it in this discussion.I mostly agree with you here, which is why I think that superheroes don't make a lot of sense in this context. If you are going to put Batman on the team, why not Superman? Or Martian Manhunter? Pretty soon you've just got the JLA and that kind of misses the point.I'm not certain why this is a problem. The LoEG already mixes characters from horror, adventure, erotica and comedy. And I'd say Buffy had a fair amount of drama, pathos, action and horror in addition to comedy.I somewhat agree here too. Part of the draw of the first two volumes was the villainous characters in the league, but Mina and Quartermain were fairly heroic. Many of the members of the suspected other Leagues were heroic as well. As long as the team is cast more in shades of grey than black and white I'd say it fits.I don't buy this one. It is hard to argue that Mina was the most extraordinary character in Dracula, or Gulliver in Gulliver's Travels. I'd say as long as the character is interesting and is from a unique story they meet the criteria.</blockquote>