Madelyne Pryor: Red Queen Appreciation 2018

[Punisher007]

Oh I think that you're probably right. I just don't like it. It does seem like female characters start shedding more and more clothing the "farther" that they fall, but that's not the case with male characters. It's an annoying double-standard. And seriously, if the only way that they could come up with to show Maddie's evil is "let's have her start dressing like a stripper." Really, not only is that really lame, but it's also another irritating cliché and makes it harder to take her seriously as a genuine threat.

[LoganAlpha30X33]

If male characters dressed the same they'd be thought gay, and for many years that was bad to very bad, besides I think that part of why guys that go bad put on more clothes is so that those clothes can then get all ripped and torn up and such as they fight the hero, then again over history in comics and video games the good girls often far more covered up than the bad girls, partially how you tell the difference, always kind of liked the good girls that dressed up bad so to speak...not necessarily to that level but...

[WallStreeter]

Maddie did not dress as a stripper when she was with the Hellfire Club and she was still bad. She didn't dress as a stripper when she created the first Sisterhood (she was the Red Queen). And upon her actual return and getting a physical body she did not dress as a stripper in the second Sisterhood story.

Claremont, Maddie's creator, had a S&M fetish (it's in all of his stories). The Hellfire Club or Clubs are real life S&M clubs. So this is more or less Claremont's fantasies being put on paper.

[Punisher007]

That doesn't make it any less lame. Her current look is so much better imo.

[Doomuniverse]

Oh I think that you're probably right. I just don't like it. It does seem like female characters start shedding more and more clothing the "farther" that they fall, but that's not the case with male characters. It's an annoying double-standard. And seriously, if the only way that they could come up with to show Maddie's evil is "let's have her start dressing like a stripper." Really, not only is that really lame, but it's also another irritating cliché and makes it harder to take her seriously as a genuine threat.

Having a more loose attitude and compared to when she was a good girl is often how heel turns go..show that flip in personality. From wife and loyalist to being more care free and without limits..especially if that character doesn't care about how other people see her from that point villain. And since she's a Jean Grey clone, going far away from being all covered up is that easy flip to see.

[Punisher007]

And there are ways to show that without resorting to ludicrous crap like that. I find that often to be a convenient excuse rather than a legitimate defense. "Showing that she's different from Jean" doesn't automatically equal "let me prance around practically naked." It's pure fanservice, nothing more and it's clichéd, lazy, and points to the double standard that comics unfortunately still have when it comes to the genders of their characters.

[sureshot]

While I agree they should not resort to the skimpy outfits. For better or worse sex sells. If it's not Maddie original outfit. It's something else. I remember reading a issue of She-Hulk that opens with a few panels of the character in a white bikini. For no good reason than to show the character in a bikini. That kind of stuff in comics and outside is here to stay.

[dragonmp93]

And there are ways to show that without resorting to ludicrous crap like that. I find that often to be a convenient excuse rather than a legitimate defense. "Showing that she's different from Jean" doesn't automatically equal "let me prance around practically naked." It's pure fanservice, nothing more and it's clichéd, lazy, and points to the double standard that comics unfortunately still have when it comes to the genders of their characters.

You really dont really dont remember what Havok wore during that storyline, right ?.

And you know, given that apparently Apocalypse is coming back and the x-men are becoming evil during AXIS, maybe she can be part of the X-men again.

[Omegastorm]

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[PERRY777]

I appreciate Maddies good fashion sense as much as the next red-blooded male the_goblin_queen___madelyne_pryor_by_technonaut-d4w6k87.jpg

[Project Initiative Cascada]

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Thanks for posting. Damn Maddie was such a badass, even before Inferno.

I appreciate Maddies good fashion sense as much as the next red-blooded male the_goblin_queen___madelyne_pryor_by_technonaut-d4w6k87.jpg

I don't mind when women in comics dress provatively, as long as they aren't doing it to exploit themselves or look for attention. I believe characters like Namor, She-Hulk, Emma, and Maddie dress revealing because they are comfortable and confident in their bodies and fashion sense, not caring what others think.

[Venomous Mask]

Madelyn Pryor: Mother of the Year

[Enigmatic Undead]

[Darth Phoenix]

I actually have no concerns for how much skin she shows. I just don't feel Xcomics don't need another psy redhead her powers are more fun when magic or that sweet power to turn humans into her loyal deamons. Let her embrace the Goblin Queen to torment Jean and Magik.Madelyne transforms the Greys I.jpg

[WallStreeter]

I actually have no concerns for how much skin she shows. I just don't feel Xcomics don't need another psy redhead her powers are more fun when magic or that sweet power to turn humans into her loyal deamons. Let her embrace the Goblin Queen to torment Jean and Magik.Madelyne transforms the Greys I.jpg

The only incarnation of Maddie that showed that much skin was the Goblin Queen. X-Man Maddie and Red Queen Maddie don't show skin. As for her being a red haired psi, it's who she is (along with her magic).