Not necessarily. If they went with biracial, they could pick and choose which things to take from both bodies that she remains recognizable to her iconic look but is still distinguishable from someone who is Asian. In that sense, they could have their cake and eat it too. And really, I don’t think the “offended” group is really as big as people think that they are considering how long they’ve kept her like this when she’s a pretty high profile member of the X-Men. Honestly, Marvel should try the middle ground more often rather than taking things in one direction or the other as if there isn’t a third option.
Seconded.
(I wouldn't be surprised if this gets reversed eventually. I mean, hasn't Psylocke gotten her original form back before, but always found herself back in Kwannon's body? Besides, as I commented before, I think that Psylocke being Asian or inside an Asian woman's body has become such a key element of the character that they can't put it back in the box.)
Doctor Strange: "You are the right person to replace Logan."
X-23: "I know there are people who disapprove... Guys on the Internet mainly."
(All-New Wolverine #4)
The times they are a-changin'?
A lot of the books that I have read when I was a kid are now deemed inappropriate.
Nope. Kwannon is what makes Betsy's transformation unnecessarily convoluted.
Until she appeared, "it's magic!" by way of The Hand worked just fine.
As for Asian representation, currently Marvel has plenty of Asian characters they can use, if they wanted to.
Or they can always create new ones.
Or bring back Tyger Tiger (I always have a soft spot for her! )
I've told folks before that Jim Lee Wanted to Draw Elektra and Got denied by Frank Miller. Then when he came to the X-books They (He and Claremont) chose the Mandarin as their Crossover for a 3 issue arc and Claremont thought it would be easier to change her back after the event. But lees art proved popular. Also Claremont soon left the books and was unable to change her back.
I've spoken to Claremont, Buck Aw, and a couple others on the subject. A few in person, and in a decent setting, and with Buck Aw a couple weeks ago after a Diversity panel, and he wasn't happy with what happened to her in the past.
So this issue broke the camels back with an editor faking being Japanese.
I lived in Japan for near a decade, dated a Japanese woman and never once knew a ninja or faked being Japanese.
Here's Claremont Interview with how he felt about Psylockes change in his own words.
Claremont’s Consequences: Discussing “Asian Betsy” in 2018
Really? My Ex-girlfriend is Japanese and She hated it. Buck Aw Hated it (He's Asian), an ddraws for Marvel, Marjorie Liu hated it, A few Asian friends I know hated it (they are mostly Chinese to be fair). But most of the non white comic nerds I know who actiely read are meh on her or despise it. So dunno where you got that one.
Also, everytime Psylocke was offered her own body back, it always came with Strings. She's tired of being people's puppets.
No, they shouldn't! Erasing her past to appease one group who prefer a half nekkid or semi nekkid Ninja chick is bad. That's what they did to the Major in Ghost in the Shell. It's appeasing some people to annoy others.
People want Kwannon back, because of how she was treated in the first place. She was an Asian character who was (Unnecessarily) added to a white character because some guy wanted to Draw Elektra and couldn't and another guy didn't read the other guys issues. Then with a history of Colonialism in Asian Countries where the Asian tropes ar eloved, but not the asian, the Asian woman was put in the (Ordinary) White Woman's body, then killed off, because at the time there was no internet as it is today (Except Bulletin Boards online) for people to discuss the ickiness of the whole Situation, even though using Google groups you can find some.
So some want her back because she was never turly given a chance to succeed or fail as a character. Then we got a white woman in an Asian form because they loved the Asian tropes, but not the Asian.
Nope, then what was the purpose of her having a past, if they make her biracial to appease some readers, then erase her background to annoy other readers. Marvel isn't about that life anymore. Times are changing and this is offensive to some, including myself, and not to others.
Naw, turn her back and be done with it. Let the new/old white Psylocke rise and fall on her merits. Let Kwannon be her own woman, and rise and fall on her own merits.
It won't. Once this is done it's pretty, much done. Why make her white again and fix her ickiness, only to piss off Asian fans, and non asian fans with it. Some here hate the fact they are retreading it anyway, and in a way I do too. But this time It's going to stick. The last few times were attempts, and aborted because of events or editorial plans.
I'm going to say no, they turned Captain America into a freaking Nazi and everyone was able to keep their jobs, Asian Psylocke is on all the merchandise that's never going to change, it's more about reinventing Kwannon as a character down the road free form Betsy's baggage and the perceptions of people who weren't able to accept the characters as they were.
Maybe? Either way, I just bought a 9.8 copy of Uncanny X-Men #256.
Asian Psylocke is incredibly popular, vastly more than her Marvel UK or even Outback versions. The only way I see this working for Marvel is if Kwannon comes back to fill the Asian psychic ninja in a bikini role while Betsy returns to her precog butterfly paleness.
Originally Posted by The General, JLA #38