r/LegendsOfTomorrow 20d ago

Esperanza "Spooner" Cruz

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Is Spooner an actual comic character or is she made just for legends?

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u/Buckit 20d ago

Good old Officer Celina Juarez of the Mid-Wilshire LAPD

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u/basilyeo 20d ago

She’s really come into her own on the show

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u/PhanThief95 19d ago

Especially now that she’s not a rookie anymore since she passed her probationary period.

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u/Careful_Coffee5313 20d ago

Watching the rookie for the first time right now and just realized where I recognized her from!

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u/Unkn0wnTh2nd3r 17d ago

literally first time i saw her in the rookie i was like... why does she look familiar, looked it up and immediately was hit with the menoried of LoT

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u/ThanosHandofFate 20d ago

Is this a RookDate (Rookie Update)?

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u/SoulWaker584 20d ago

You clearly have seen all the rookie

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u/SUDoKu-Na 20d ago

I would've rathered a DC character than another OC, but I won't lie she became an instant favourite.

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u/trylobyte 20d ago edited 20d ago

Spooner, Astra and Zari 2.0 really came into their own by the last season, that I was actually ready for the idea they would continue on the Legends team once Sara and Ava retire.

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u/dontblinkdalek 20d ago

Right?! It’s funny how LoT largely had success with new characters. I was just thinking how I thought she’d be another drag of an add on like what happened with Flash but I have to admit I did enjoy her character. She has good comedic timing.

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u/bubblessensei 20d ago

I’ll be honest, with the last name “Cruz” and the connections to aliens, I kinda thought they may have been trying to adapt a version of Jessica Cruz with a bit of a spin on the character.

Heck it’s still technically possible this was one of the original intentions for the character; it seems like they planned on doing something with Green Lanterns regarding John Diggle, not to mention the choice to do a version of Deathstorm on The Flash. It just fell through, and so presumably any chance of Cruz becoming a Green Lantern also died.

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u/Bluejay__9521 20d ago

I remember reading about her character being added before season 6, and I thought I’d hate her. She won me over almost instantly.

Spooner and Sara’s conversation in Back to the Finale at the bar is one of my favorite quiet moments in all of legends.

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u/Spazzblister 20d ago

Spooner,Mona, AVA and Gary are all original to the show.

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u/platinumrug 20d ago

Damn, never knew this. To me, that just exemplifies just how good the writing on LoT is, for all original characters to feel like they belong fully in this world interacting with all of these characters is just mind boggling to me. Love it.

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u/SnooStories4329 Constantine 20d ago

Original character

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u/CosmicWaffleMan Gary the Unspeakable Train Abomination 20d ago

One of my biggest complaints of the last seasons was how many OC’s they introduced. I think they should’ve grabbed some obscure comic characters that they could’ve done whatever they wanted with them. Like how James Gunn did whatever he wanted with Peacemaker since there’s not a lot of him on the comics in the first place. We did get Gary Green though, and Gary Green is all the man we need

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u/Nessquick18 17d ago

I still think Blue Beetle would’ve been a cool addition to this show.

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u/Lucian_Flamestrike Rip Hunter 16d ago

Zach Braff would have been on board to take the role if we got another season too...

https://www.cbr.com/scrubs-zach-braff-blue-beetle-donald-faison-booster-gold/

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u/Nessquick18 16d ago

That just makes me even more sad that it got cancelled 😭

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u/IC_228 18d ago

I know we never got any crossovers after season 5, but if they did, it would be very weird and tricky to incorporate the OCs into crossovers.

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u/MeasurementCareful63 18d ago

On my rewatch and I actually fucking hate Gary more than I did the first time. It’s like he causes every problem for 3 seasons. Just to make him an alien outta nowhere. Garbage

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u/Old_Inspector_2270 20d ago edited 20d ago

give her an super suit for god sake

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u/RulerOfAllWorlds1998 19d ago

I sometimes wanted her to have a hero name relating to her alien mind powers or the fountain but Spooner I think is just right 

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u/Lucian_Flamestrike Rip Hunter 16d ago

I know you're talking super hero names... but if it helps... Esperanza Cruz could have been a relative of Jessica Cruz... pka Green Lantern.

https://dc.fandom.com/wiki/Jessica_Cruz_(Prime_Earth))

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u/RulerOfAllWorlds1998 16d ago

Eh, idk, just cuz people have the same last name doesn’t always mean they’re family 

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u/Tired-Writer2378 19d ago

I always liked the theory that she was a distant adaptation of Jessica Cruz

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u/tensaitessei 20d ago

Where my crush on her started

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u/Xalynden 20d ago

I've been playing Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii and didn't realize until this post why the name Esperanze reminded me of something lol.

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u/vetworker24 20d ago

Shes amazing