The title for this was inspired by an offhand remark Patton Oswalt made on his blog once, as I recall, referring to when he was young and immune to advice, saying he had to maintain "the legend of me."
I especially like one reader's comment on this, mentioning the "30 Rock" episode (rerun last week) in which Liz Lemon goes to her high school reunion thinking she was a picked-on nerd in school, and finds out she was (and still is) a verbal bully. I wasn't thinking of that show when I did this comic, but did think it was absolutely brilliant — poignant, even.