I effusively appreciate your fascination with my points
Excellently posited. The double-standards that are being staunchly enforced especially when one reads subtextually between the lines are incredible, but not flabbergasting. I have my reasons for why cultural juggernauts like Superman, Batman and Thor can exhaust a whole host of planetary scale feats every Tuesday whilst still being subsumed in adulation and praise from their creators and fans whereas for Ororo it's that she must be sequestered and restrained in the usage of her abilities, or worse, seen and not heard. Other than the fact that she's almost exclusively been portrayed as to only knowing how to effectively weaponize lightning, what do you think the cause might be for some of the resistance to Ororo's fulfilment of her potential?
Indeed, as you've outlined she's endured a gamut of traumatic experiences the likes of which your average comicbook reader would not be able to automatically identify with or relate to, and yet she still managed to garner a legion of fans because of who she is. Adding to that point it's that even despite how larger than life she may seem, Claremont constructed the core of her character in such a way that even if she were to surpass the mortal coil into fool on Goddesshood, it'd still be a compelling progression and examination in the growth of Ororo's character because of its reconciliation with who she was and everything she's had to endure. Can I kindly ask, when did you first discover Ororo and what drew you to her? I was first introduced to her on the fateful day that I happened to watch TAS and I was mesmerized by this bombastic woman who could control the weather with her Shakespearean speeches lol! Little did I know that there was a veritable treasure trove of stories surrounding this character that I had yet to read and venture through.
It's interesting that you phrased this in such a way, because I think we've both seen real life examples of traits that are native to one woman be disparaged or minimized but when they are used to enhance another woman, they are celebrated and fawned over...
Exactly. She's not Peter Parker lmfao and additionally, she still resonates with millions of people across the world despite her lack of relatability. And in that I find something of a contradiction. Under Claremont's pen, she had mystical potential, had established underhanded connections with the Russian underworld iirc, was a thief, became romantically involved with a young king of Wakanda, was leader of the X-Men, received her own sanctioned team approved by the US government and many more things--and that all by definition substantiates what you've said, that these things aren't conventionally relatable things and yet there's still that push to restrain her from naysayers.
I think the development is interesting...I personally have always been preferential towards Ororo's character development and the expansion of her idiosyncrasies than the development of her powers, so it's nice that he's done what he's done and though I had a couple of issues with Ororo's statements regarding her being the Queen of Wakanda I am really grateful that he has expressed as much interest as he has in her. I am looking forward to subsequent consequential and substantial character developments to her character from his pen. In any case I am PROFOUNDLY appreciative of what Coates has accomplished with Ororo under his purview and I was laughing my AO when I was saw the solicits for the upcoming Gold issues and saw that Guggenheim was taking Ororo back to Kenya lmfaoooo. He is taking her BACK HOME. He is too funny. As in, what are the odds that he would construct a story about Ororo's potential goddesshood at the same time Coates is? Just too funny. I need to find a suitable gif for this because I could NOT when I saw those solicits