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lisaquestions) wrote2009-05-20 08:06 pm
lisaquestions) wrote2009-05-20 08:06 pm
Pro-tip!
Never try to explain Scott Summer's love life.
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Wasn't it something like his love of his life died 5 times and she at one point used her powers to make him love Emma Frost instead? And then they made out on Jeans grave.
Something like that, but in this case it was the way Scott skipped out Madelyne Pryor to cheat on her with Jean, noting that Madelyne was Jean's clone.
And of course, Jean's many deaths, falling in love with Emma, etc. Yeah.
And of course, Jean's many deaths, falling in love with Emma, etc. Yeah.
Ah okay I hadn't heard of Madelyne Pryor before. Does Wolverine ever get a chance with Jean or her clone? Does he have a thing for her like in the movie and 90s series? Or does Cyclops keep all the women to himself in revenge for the rough treatment he got in the films?
Wolverine had a thing for Jean in the comics, but I don't think it went anywhere.
Madelyne Pryor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madelyne_Pryor) was a character who first appeared in the early 80s, and died toward the end of the 80s during the Inferno crossover (during which time she became a demonic supervillain). Anyway, she and Scott had Cable, who was kidnapped by Mr. Sinister, and then sent into the future for Apocalypse to raise, or something. Except Scott and Jean were called psychically to the future to help raise Cable, and...
see? It's headache-inducing!
Madelyne Pryor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madelyne_Pryor) was a character who first appeared in the early 80s, and died toward the end of the 80s during the Inferno crossover (during which time she became a demonic supervillain). Anyway, she and Scott had Cable, who was kidnapped by Mr. Sinister, and then sent into the future for Apocalypse to raise, or something. Except Scott and Jean were called psychically to the future to help raise Cable, and...
see? It's headache-inducing!
Silly comic books!
Hee I like how her title was The Goblin Queen
Hee I like how her title was The Goblin Queen
Yeah, it was a particularly elaborate fridging. :(
I like reading about my favorite characters and all but it seems like they really should change the characters to reflect the time passing instead of just continuity reboot after another or other ploys to make old characters seem newer and interesting. Maybe that would remove some of the fridging they do?
It might, but I think that they are able to avoid fridging most het male characters, and manage to mostly fridge women and gay characters, and that the fridging is not a necessary part of storytelling.
X-Factor could've had some interesting tension if, for example, Madelyne had been a part of that series all along ... but the whole premise of X-Factor was busted (mutants pretending to be anti-mutant ghostbusters and thus helping fan the flames of anti-mutant bigotry). But there was nothing about X-Factor that demanding that Scott and Jean get back together, even if it was something they both wanted.
X-Factor could've had some interesting tension if, for example, Madelyne had been a part of that series all along ... but the whole premise of X-Factor was busted (mutants pretending to be anti-mutant ghostbusters and thus helping fan the flames of anti-mutant bigotry). But there was nothing about X-Factor that demanding that Scott and Jean get back together, even if it was something they both wanted.
I've been in that exact same predicament.
That said, I think that revamping how comic storytelling is handled would probably mitigate the temptation toward some of the fridging.
It's amazing how often this happens!
I've learned. The answer to any question touching on this subject matter is "It's because... *pause*... it's messy."
What's worse is that i know a dude named, wait for it, Scott Xavier Summers.
Needless to say, i complain a lot less about my name compared to what kind of mockery you *know* he took in school.
Needless to say, i complain a lot less about my name compared to what kind of mockery you *know* he took in school.
At first I thought "What, repeatedly getting serious with spinoffs of the love of your life?"
Ha!
Well, there was this one time with a skrull... man, did THAT get complicated!
Well, there was this one time with a skrull... man, did THAT get complicated!
Dating shapeshifting aliens means always having to say "As seen in issue #16...." It's a nuisance after a while.
Yeah. And they kept mocking my "footnote voice", or accusing me of breaking the fourth wall.
And in these latter-day times of woe, we don't even have Infantino pointing hands (http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/07/Infantino%2011.jpg) to help out.
The obvious answer here is that we need Cyclops/Hawkman slash. The complexities of their respective backgrounds can then cancel each other out, leaving us with some nice simple yaoi.
Creepy Stalker JLU Hawkman or Constantly Revised DC Hawkman?
I was thinking of the print version.
Okay, so which print version? :)
Didn't the poor guy get retconned more often than the Legion?
Didn't the poor guy get retconned more often than the Legion?
Yes, that's the point. His revisions complement Scott's time trips and multiplying incarnations of Jean, you see. It's like stuffing one Escher scene inside another to produce a plain geometric solid.
Er, so to speak.
Er, so to speak.
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