X-Position: Submit Your Questions for X-23 Writer Mariko Tamaki

[CBR News]

X-Position V2 returns, with X-23 writer Mariko Tamaki!

Got a X-question about the future of Laura Kinney (or her kick-ass little sister Gabby)? Leave a comment in this thread -- but get 'em in by 5 p.m. ET on Friday, June 29!!

[The Dying Detective]

What are your plans for giving Laura a supporting cast? Are you planning to make new characters or use characters Laura has interacted with in the past? Also do you have any plans to give Laura a strong and memorable rogues gallery? Will you bring Kimura back from the dead and revamp her character to make her more interesting?

[Dthirds3]

Any chance hellion, pixie, or mercury show up.
Will we see Laura's reasoning to why she's giving up being wolverine.
Any hints on why the cuckoos are breaking bad
Will gabby and molly hayes meet
Will the orphans of x return

[Ambaryerno]

Hoo boy, I been waiting for this.

In Phoenix Resurrection Laura and Hellion had their first appearance in a panel together since the...let's just say DIVISIVE Babysitting Arc of the the Liu series. Since then they've appeared together a couple more times (Sarah's funeral in All-New Wolverine, and cradling his body in a flashback of Old Woman Laura's alternate future) and they STILL haven't actually said a word to each other on-panel since their frielationship broke down. Since HeliX has been an overwhelming favorite 'ship among X-23 fans, will we finally be getting a chance to see them address the elephant in the room between them? Neither handled their last encounter in the Liu book well, and fans have been waiting a long time to see them hash out what happened.

Laura also recently reconnected with her cousin, Megan, which led to a number of wonderful scenes between them, reminding the reader just how much Laura was giving up by sending them into hiding back in Target X. However there's another friend from Laura's past we hardly see any of: Kiden Nixon. Kiden is one of the most important relationships in Laura's life, and it's always bothered me that it never seemed that Laura has tried to help her or the rest of her gang once she joined the X-Men. I'd imagine L'il Bro could benefit tremendously from working with the school's telepaths. Any chance of a reunion on the horizon?

Finally, X-23 fans have been dying to see a resolution to the Hooded Woman plot from the Liu series. Do you think we might finally see her again, and learn just who she is and what her connection to Laura actually is?

[The Big G]

Hello Mariko!

Question about the CLONE WARS (not star wars but Laura and the Cuckoos). Over Laura's history with the X-men she's been around the Cuckoos a few times in Yost and Kyle's much loved and cherished runs on New X-Men and X-Force, and then again during Bendis's run where Laura was hanging with the time displaced O5, but there was never really any interaction. I agree completely that a story starring these girls is a long time coming (so much cloning blues to bond over), what made you decide for them to clash?

I wish you good fortune in the X-positions to come!

[TheCape]

You probably won't do this in the first 2 arcs, but in what way would you try to define the relation beetween Logan and Laura? specially after she giving back the mattle, i always thougth that it was a wasted opportunity that we didn't have much of a dynamic before his death.

I wish your luck on this work and whatever future project that you are working on.

[Beaubier]

1) Over the years Laura has developed relationships with many characters that have since fallen into comic book limbo. Characters like Mercury, Dust, Hellion, Kiden Nixon, and Finesse had significant impacts on Laura’s life, but we haven’t had many opportunities to see them interact since they last shared a book together. Are you interested in building Laura’s supporting cast based on her past friendships, or are you more interested in creating new ones?

2) Laura’s moment in All New Wolverine where she declares she is not X-23 was a significant moment for the character. Many people are concerned that the title of her new book is a sign of character regression. What is your response to these fears?

[eggosandxmen]

X-Position V2 returns, with X-23 writer Mariko Tamaki!

Got a X-question about the future of Laura Kinney (or her kick-ass little sister Gabby)? Leave a comment in this thread -- but get 'em in by 5 p.m. ET on Friday, June 29!!

Will gabby’s Liking Girls be explored? Is Megan gonna be there? What about Bellona? is Laura gonna explore her mental health after orphans of x and/or her own gender and sexuality stuff? Laura’s my favorite, please treat her well, okay?

[Knives]

Greetings.

1)The Stepford Cuckoos sisters over the last few years mainly with Bendis has developed a certain individuality both in their personalities and in appearance. In this history do you intend to follow through with it or reset them to their status quo as Three-In-One?

2)I know this has been asking many times but more people asking more the chances of being answered. Are you planning to bring some of Laura friends from New X-mens like Hellion, Dust, Mercury or someone from Avengers Academy?

What are your plans for Gabby? Although Laura is the star the two have already become part of each other's lives.

If you were to choose a song to represent your plans for Laura and Gabby on this new journey what would it be?

[Alex.]

Okaaaay. I'll aim at non-spoiler things, otherwise my question will be just ignored or half-answered.

So, willl you explain why the Cuckoos are looking identical again? Will you keep developing their uniqueness through their personalities? See, I'm really glad their identical again, but it would bother me to have them acting as one all the time. It's fine to have that sometimes, since this is what makes them a little bit creepy and, you know, makes them the Stepford Cuckoos, but having them arguing with each other is also nice.

BTW, who is the brilliant person behind their new costumes? Can you share their costume desing?

When it comes to the tone of the book, will we get a little bit of the "horror" you brought to The Claws of the Killer or do you think it doesn't fit what you're aiming?

You've said in an interview that the first arc will be about "two extraordinary families fighting for survival". Can we expect to see more of these characters as a family moving forward, or will the next arc focus on other aspects of Laura and Gabby?

What is your favorite thing about writing these characters?

Thank you for taking your time for this interview

[Cmbmool]

Now that Gambit's married: Can we expect Gambit and Rogue to guest star in an issue with Laura and Gabby ? I mean it would be interesting considering Rogue's own history with Logan/Wolverine, right ?

[The Amazing Spider-X]

In regards to the series, will Laura give up her Wolverine title completely to become X-23 once again? Or is it just a temporary thing for her? Also, will the orphans of X or X-Men Red show up to help Laura at all, or is that not in the timeline just yet? Also, do you plan on giving Laura a new love interest? Because we haven’t had one since Angel. Also, can we expect the original revived Logan to appear in this series, with his new book coming soon?