Madelyne Pryor: Red Queen Appreciation 2019

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Madelyne is an interesting character. Originally brought into the books as more or less a way for Scott Summers to finally "move on with his life" following the demise of his beloved Jean Grey, her precise identity and relationship with Jean was teased. Was she a clone? A reincarnation? Just an uncanny resemblance?

Maddy and Scott even went as far as producing a child together, all part of Scott basically giving up his role with the X-Men and wanting to just be happy finally.

But... heroes can never be gone for long it seems, and when the decision was made to bring back the original Jean, Scott also was pushed into active service again. This left Maddy (and their son Nate) in the lurch.

She was bitter and the two broke up but she tried to work with the Australian-era X-Men team regardless.

Ultimately the events of the Inferno crossover turned her into her "true form" as the Goblin Queen.

She also had some later roles appearing alongside her son Nathan/"X-Man". In a somewhat "more than motherly" capacity as well.

More recently she was brought back to be part of a new "Sisterhood of mutants" alongside Lady Mastermind, Selene, Spiral, and others.

Since then her whereabouts and activities remain an enigma.

Loathed by some as a "Jean knock off", loved by others as basically "Jean's id", she remains.... the Red Queen.

Link to previous, now locked, thread: https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2018

[phoenixzero23]

She is the most tragic character on the X-men

[Wiccan]

I really wish someone would take the main Maddie out of limbo, and that she and Jean could interact. I imagine them as having a sort of Thor/Loki dynamic.

[Izanami]

I would like to see Madelyne make a name for herself outside the X-Men. That way she doesn't have to clash with Jean and she can be her own person or not be confused as Grey all the time.

[Bl00dwerK]

She is the most tragic character on the X-men

I tend to agree. She's my favorite X-villian, for sure.

[Alex.]

Now would be the time to make some history about her knowing that Cable is dead. Well, the one she knows is. After all, she is the mother, not Jean.

[EmeraldGladiator]

Favorite X-character

[JudicatorPrime]

Cool, a new and improved appreciation thread, 2019 model. Like moving into a new home. We need to get some art on the walls pronto.