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Let me put it to you this way, though: if Amanda and Margali hasn't been disposed of in that first arc, there would be no need for you to justify continuing to support the title, just as there would...

I know exactly what you mean about "finding value in it anyway." I think that's a really important point to emphasize: that even though something might have political problems, it can have other...

For sure. But that's actually part of my problem with the first arc of Nightcrawler. I have always loved (in theory, at least) the fact that Kurt is a male superhero with multiple powerful mother...

Fair enough. I'm guess I'm just not all that excited to read yet another story about an angsty male orphan defined by grief and loss. I don't feel the need to turn everyone into Batman. Kurt was...

I think you could argue that the "dead wife" trope is at least on the same spectrum as fridging; it's basically a fridging that happens off-screen, inasmuch as we learn nothing about the character...

I can't say I quite agree with that definition of fridging. To my mind, an integral part of fridging as a sexist trope is the fact that the female character does not have a separate identity before...

Yeah, I'm used to the offensive tropes, too. I'm not the kind of person who easily drops a title, believe me. There have been *so many* titles I've kept buying for *so* long, way past the point of...

I have no idea how the editorial stuff works these days, so I'll take your word for it. Maybe Claremont was getting Margali and Amanda out of the way to save them from an even worse fate someone else...

That's the only thing that could probably convince me to carry on with the series, honestly. I think I've decided that what happened to Margali and Amanda is a dealbreaker for me for the time being....

I sympathize with your lit adventures! I'm sure I've had a lot of similar experiences. Though to be fair, I've gotten to study a lot of popular stuff over the years. I took a lot of film courses to...

As someone who marks a lot of literature papers... Interpretation is (obviously) a tricky thing. Although I do think that some readings/interpretations are more available than others, an infinity of...

Mmm... Love that one. I haven't seen it before. Thanks so much for posting it!



Yeah, I read that She-Hulk issue, but wasn't quite sure what to make of it. The artist had a very "idiosyncratic"...

Yes, that's essentially what bothered me as well. That's what I was trying to say when I suggested that the scene didn't allow real empathy between the characters. IMO, Kurt came across as smug in...

Aw, thanks--what a nice compliment! It's good to know it wasn't *all* sad :)



A million times yes. One of the major problems I've had with Wolverine as leader is that he's been set up as the...

I haven't been a comics fan, or an X-Men fan specifically, for as long as some people; I've been buying weekly comics for about 10 years now, and an X-verse fan for about 3 of those years. But even I...

I'd be all over that. I love Marvel Cosmic, and Kurt would have so many quirky friends to hang out with :)



I wrote that one. I'm sorry I made you cry! Although helping provoke such a strong...

For sure, except that it feels very much like a death, since she told Kurt the only way to find her again was if he "earned his way back to her," aka lives a good, heroic life so that he can return...

I'll give Claremont the benefit of the doubt that he intended Amanda's death to be a "heroic sacrifice." But while I agree that heroic sacrifices are terrible in general, this one feels especially...

Yeah, I've run across so many fanfic writers (you know who you are ;)) who seemed to love and understand these characters better than some of the people who've been paid to write them. Maybe reading...

Well, I finally got around to reading issue #4. I think it had the best action scenes that the series has had so far, but as for the rest of it...

I don't even have words to express how...

I don't doubt that a lot of the issues I have with the NC solo are tied up in editorial edicts. I mean, that question to Bendis... yeesh. I was really hoping this would be an era in which Kurt was...

Yikes, that doesn't sound promising :S I'll probably get a chance to swing by the comic book store this weekend. I'll be sure check in with my thoughts if I can find something positive to say. Not...

Those are all SO PRETTY, oh my god. I especially like the second one. (Drools....)



Hey! Perfect timing! Sorry I haven't been around. Partly I've been busy, but I'm also just not super excited...

I really, really hate when creators are rude to their fans. So uncalled for, and Remender is, of course, a serial offender in that area. Scott Allie insulted a letter writer in a very similar way one...

Oh my god, best game EVER. For about two years, I used to just throw that thing on whenever I was stressed, and it always made me feel SO much better. It was such an awesome social game, too. I loved...