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#1 Sep 17 2011 at 11:57 AM Rating: Excellent
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For those not in the know, April 2010 Kyube Make-A-Wish Foundation granted a child's wish to be a superhero, not to be confused with being an hero. He, along with his side-kick Lightning Lad, went on to save the Seattle Sounders, rescue a Puget Sound Energy technician and several people trapped on the Space Needle, went on to defeat Dr. Dark and Blackout Boy. He died last Friday. Too bad his story wasn't written by DC or Marvel, then he'd be back next year. Smiley: crymore


Just a clip, the whole "Electron Boy - The Movie" is in the suggested area, and well worth watching all four parts.
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#2 Sep 17 2011 at 1:41 PM Rating: Good
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Aww, that sucks. I just read about the kid's story on Cracked the other day and thought it was ******* awesome.
#3 Sep 17 2011 at 1:46 PM Rating: Good
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#4 Sep 17 2011 at 2:37 PM Rating: Good
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I actually teared up a bit watching that. Good on all those people to help out.
#5 Sep 17 2011 at 3:42 PM Rating: Good
Awww dammit here comes Waterworks Catwho. Smiley: cry

I'm glad they were able to make his wish come true.
#6 Sep 17 2011 at 3:45 PM Rating: Good
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The One and Only Poldaran wrote:
Aww, that sucks. I just read about the kid's story on Cracked the other day and thought it was @#%^ing awesome.

What Joph said.


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Edited, Sep 17th 2011 3:54pm by Bijou
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#7 Sep 17 2011 at 5:28 PM Rating: Excellent
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That was cool for the kid, but did anyone else think "moonshine maiden" is a bad name for a designated driver?
#8 Sep 17 2011 at 6:28 PM Rating: Decent
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Has he manifested as a warlock yet?
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#9 Sep 17 2011 at 7:19 PM Rating: Decent
That would have been more moving if I thought the kid understood what was going on. Instead, he looked more shellshocked and the whole thing came across as patronizing.
#10 Sep 17 2011 at 7:54 PM Rating: Decent
This pretty much just ruined my day. Thanks. :(
#11 Sep 17 2011 at 8:16 PM Rating: Good
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Wow, that sucks. Did the poor kid have much of a grasp of what was going on, though? I literally know nothing about his story.
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#12 Sep 17 2011 at 8:42 PM Rating: Good
I assume he knew what was going on, considering 1. this was his wish 2. he helped design the costume and chose his superhero name for himself and 3. one of his "constellation of health issues" also affected his speech, making him sound less lucid than he actually was at the time.

I think the cutest thing was how they managed to get the "mask" to fit around his glasses.
#13 Sep 18 2011 at 6:39 AM Rating: Good
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Normally I would find this extremely awesome, but my little buddy died a couple of weeks ago after having her make-a-wish come true. Smiley: cry

Really cool make-a-wish though. I wish she would have been into super heros. Uncle Kaain would have been all over the super villain role.
#14 Sep 18 2011 at 8:45 AM Rating: Good
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Codyy wrote:
This pretty much just ruined my day. Thanks. :(


I hadn't heard of it before now. So it made and ruined my day.
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#15 Sep 19 2011 at 8:53 AM Rating: Decent
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Looks like a great cause. I donate to Sick Children's Hospital in Toronto every month, I'm trying to keep the kids out of your amusement park, but in the event that I fail, I'm glad your park is around to take some of their burden away.
#16 Sep 19 2011 at 8:56 AM Rating: Good
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Yea, I've always been more of a keep them from getting there person as well. That was until I had the privilege of visiting the site and now I push for it.
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