Catalyst Lass
| Catalyst Lass is a net.hero created by Elisabeth Riba. See also Hell Catalyst. | |
| Alter Ego: | Catherine Anne List |
| Aliases: | Cat, the Motivational Maiden |
| Primary Writer: | None |
| Status: | Co-Deputy Leader of the LNH (Classic Team) |
| Usability: | Free For Use |
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History
Nothing is known about Catherine List's life before the LNH or how she gained her powers and became the net.hero Catalyst Lass; she told Particle Man that she didn't like to talk about it and it was "best left forgotten".
Catalyst Lass has been a member of the LNH since at least the Cosmic Plot Device Caper, but she really stepped into the spotlight when she temporarily became leader of the LNH[1]. She lead a successful campaign against Lord Ebon, holding off all foes and, despite all odds, getting the Looniverse back to alt.comics.lnh. Afterwards, she organized the Valentine's Ball as a way for the LNH to relax, enjoy themselves, and engage in some spicy romance.
At some point in 1992, she inadvertently "catalyzed" Revamp Lass of the Brotherhood of Net.Villains into a copy of herself. This was only revealed in 1995, during a confrontation against Revampirella, Queen of the Revampires, after which the former Revamp Lass became Hell Catalyst. There's no way to tell which Catalyst Lass was which before that point; any of the above events she was involved in could have actually been Hell Catalyst. (Or, due to superposition of different states of Hypertext Time, both.)
At another point, Cat's powers were "boosted" by one of the Webs. She entered Particle Man's mind in order to help him with angst and personal problems. For a while after, they had a growing attraction and the beginnings of a relationship, but it never fully materialized, due to miscommunication, drifting apart, their dates constantly getting interrupted by net.villains, and the writers who shipped them no longer writing for the LNH.
When the Ultimate Ninja was charged with murder[2], Cat became one of the leaders of the LNH again. However, she was being mentally controlled by Mister Tiddles, making her into a pawn of the HexFire Club— or so it seemed. In fact, Doctor Stomper had given her a device that neutralized Tiddles's powers, and along with Hell Catalyst, she counter-infiltrated the HexFire Club, leading to their downfall[3].
She was at the front line of the struggle against LAN.os and the Crossover Queen[4]. When the Omnilooniverse was destroyed due to an excess of unfinished stories, she catalyzed it back to life. This gave her a brief flash of cosmic awareness, and she came back remembering three things about the future of the LNH. One was that she had to give the Kubrik's Kube to Merissa, which catalyzed her into a hero and led to her joining the Legion.
After WikiLull, Catalyst Lass became Co-Deputy Leader of the LNH alongside Fearless Leader and Cheesecake-Eater Lad. After using her second point of cosmic awareness to thwart the invasion of the Foo, she organized the second Valentine's Ball as a way to help Tara Gill, AKA Token Girl, find a relationship. But after Romantic Innuendo made the Ball into a fiasco to torment Cat, she lost a good chunk of her confidence; and after months of quarantine when the sabertooth virus hit, she realized that the person she wanted to be in a relationship with Token Girl was her...
They settled, nervous but ready, into a relationship. Cat returned to her tole as Co-Deputy Leader, even as the truth about the Ultimate Ninja came out...
Personality
Catalyst Lass has wildly varied and eclectic interests, which she likes to spread to others. She's friendly and outgoing, and enjoys organizing "projects" and motivating others to help out. She's somewhat ditzy, but often consciously exaggerates it so that others will underestimate her.
She's good at staying level-headed in bizarre situations, and has definite leadership abilities. She's much less confident about situations that involve her own personal feelings, which she often puts to the side to help others.
She's a romantic at heart, prolifically reading romance novels, often to the point of falling asleep mid-page. She was historically a bit of a flirt, but wasn't sure how she felt about actually being in a relationship; now that she actually is, she's figuring it out.
She keeps her quarters meticulously clean. She has a white teddy bear named Snuggle and a poster of Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory there.
Powers and Abilities
The psionic power to cause others to share her interests. At one point, her powers were psychically augmented so that she could actually enter Particle Man's mind.
Her abilities are powerful enough that she was able to cancel out Chatillon's.
Appearance
Catalyst Lass has curly brown hair, and wears light blue high-collared tights with a pink jigsaw-puzzle logo on the chest.
Relationships
Catalyst Lass has orbited around a number of potential romantic relationships over the years. For a time, she was romantically involved with Particle Man, and also demonstrated an interest in Invisible Incendiary (unless that was Hell Catalyst). Eventually, she developed overwhelming gay feelings about Token Girl, one of her closest friends, and after a number of struggles, they settled into a genuine relationship.
Hell Catalyst is her adopted sister. Cat has become a sort of mentor to Merissa, helping her integrate into the LNH.
Her alternate-universe counterparts include Heaven Catalyst of Looniverse-Dantalion, Cattle Kiss Lass of the Oddballverse, and Catalyst Queen of Looniverse-Focalor.
Appearances
Note that any of Cat's appearances from before Catalytic Conversions could have actually been Hell Catalyst.
- First Appearance: Brotherhood of Evil.Net.Villians thread
- Electrocutioner's Song
- The Flame Wars
- The CrossOver Caper
- You Only Live Two or Three Thousand Times, Tops!
- The Three Day Lull #9, 15
- LNH Triple Play #1, #2 (Looniverse Adrift! Part 8), #3, #4 (Retcon Hour Part 0)
- Particle Man #12, 19-20
- Flame Wars II
- Legion of Net.Heroes Volume 1 #64-67
- Decibel Dude & Vigilante Guy #31, 33, 35
- Catalytic Conversions
- Tales of the LNH #284, 287, 337-338
- LNH Comics Presents #13-14, 16, 18, 20 (Looniverse Adrift! Parts 1, 2, 4, 6 and 9), Special #9
- Pliable Lad #17, 20, 30
- LNH Comics Presents #28
- Generation Y #20
- Birds Fly #2
- The Return of Tsar Chasm #3
- Limp-Asparagus Lad #55
- Cauliflower the Christmas Miracle Pooch #1, 3
- Just Imagine Saxon Brenton's RACCies! #17
- Just Imagine Saxon Brenton Presents the RACCies Again #3, 5
- LNH Comics Presents #38, 501-502 (Infinite Leadership Crisis Parts 3 & 466-467)
- Legion of Net.Heroes Webcomic
- Beige Countdown #12-11, 6, 0, Beige Countdown Special: Debate This!
- Beige Midnight #1-2, 4
- The LNH Webcomic (all issues)
- Another LNH Title? Really? #1, 10-11, 14
- Just Another Multi-Writer Cascade That Will Probably Never Have an Ending #8, 12
- Legion of Net.Heroes Volume 2 #50
- WikiLull #8
- FLASH! LNH Comics Presents Monthly: Chicks in Space
- Legion of Net.Heroes Volume 3 #2-3
- Cover Gallery #1010i, 1012i/50i
- Hungry, Hungry Sabertooths! #6, 32-33, 39, 48-50, EPILOGUE (Side B), EPILOG (Side Pi) (non-speaking)
- Leadership Cry.sig: Net.ropolis 2023 #7.5, 8, 10, 29ish
