The X-Books need more A List GOOD and INTERESTING adult female characters. The colour of their skin is irrelevant.
Emma and Jean were good characters for that role. I loved their dynamic.
I donīt think so... completly. I think Grant Morrisan had a bigger picture in mind for Jean. Jean gone for a while was needed to make Emma and Scott happen, without humiliating Jean. But i believe Grant Morrison had bigger plans for Jean. He introduced the idea of the Eggs and the auto-resurrection of Jean.
Emma was an X-girl on her own before Scott (Generation X). Xavier gave her his blessing.
She is a kind of girl typically disliked by other girls. That didn't change.
I donīt think the X-Girls need or work with the queen concept. Strom and Jean are the stronger X-Women, but i donīt see them as queens. That title is only fit to Emma and it doesnīt last. The concept of queen doesnīt fit the X-Men.
Donīt think so. Donīt see the need. Every X-Character (women or men) had shined in the past without the need of removing other characters. It the character can only shine in the absense of others then he/she has no light of his/her own.
Yes. Though she is doing good in Astonishing right now.
I would like to see more of: Magik, Dazzler and Rogue. They seem to be a bit forgotten in the X-titles this days.
Not necesarly. Just as i donīt need to see someone different from Scott or Xavier as leaders.
Good stories, the right set of skills and personality, and character development had made Scott, Cable and Xavier good leaders. They were not forced into that position by writters to see how cool theyīll look in the role. Their position feels natural and within story. Any new leader should work under those premises.
Yes (stay teen or around that). Every character should always be around their age. Moving from there should be treated very carefully. This is a difficult one. And it works both on men and female characters.
The age of a character is part of their "stereotype and concept". A lot of someone personality is built into his age, their interests, how they think, whatīs importante to them, what they see as the main problems in their lifes... A "love problem" will not flow in the same way in a teen as in an adult, they (most of the time) would react differently. A "parent" has a very different set of priorities in life than a single kid. So the stories to be told are different.
Take Spider-Men. The best spider-man, the spider man they show you in the movies, is the Teen "in school" spider man. Not the bussiness man with old man problems. The teen spider man is just funnier. Itīs the original idea for the character.
So changing the age of characters breaks a lot of the context of that character.
This doesnīt mean the character shouldnīt evolve. Itīs a treaky balance i guess.
She is ok. Itīs good to see her in the role. It means a lot that she is in that role, considering she was the youngest X-Men in the past. It has a meaning in itīs own terms.
I donīt think she is the most intersting leader to writte or read about. I would be happy if (once explored the idea of the young and inmature girl who came to the school who grew up to be a leader) has passed, that leadership would be transfered to a more interesting leader (like Cyclops, or Storm, or adult Jean, Xavier... etc...).
Yes. Best choice after scott. The question is why Scott is not the leader.
Emma is a great leader and a strong character, independently of Scott Summers. Wherever she is, she will be important. Its part of her character. She deserves it in her own right. Even if the reasons of why she deserves it are a bit dark. She was an "evil hellfire leader" in her own terms. She was always "at par" with Jean, even before Summers.
She should always be near that role, even as sub-lider. It fits her. She will always be important in the jearchy of the X-Men. Seeing her now in Gold, is diminishing to her. She feels like an extra in a movie.
No. She was never arm candy. She is just a too strong character for that.