Who's being a snob? It's a valid point. If a person is not writing in the group, then, they have no more of a vote than any other person on this message board. If Euro has decided to rejoin and start writing in the stories again, then, fine. He has a vote. Same with you. Otherwise, the opinion is acknowledged, and nothing more.
As for the frame of our stories, my exact point was....if we are to do grand, epic stories in the superhero vein, then, it is only logical that the team is equipped with characters that can handle grand, epic stories.
If we have all created these individual characters, because they are the characters we want to write, then, it's obvious that no one has previously had the intention of writing grand, epic stories.
The choice therein is, if the writers want to replace their current characters with more powerful characters of their own design, then, good. It would be only logical that we can, and should, write the big, superhero stuff. If they want to keep who they have already, then, it's just as obvious that they are not prepared to handle the higher-level threats. And, thus, there would be no reason to write such a thing with them.
I add, also, this morsel of thought and opinion: What if we just allow it to grow organically? What if we just step back, write the characters and stories in a way that would excite us, with no pre-planning as to what they should ultimately be? What if we just let them be, and write? That's how all of out greatest stories and ideas have flourished in the past.
