House of X & Powers of 10 discussion

[Devaishwarya]

I'm more concerned about people complaining about Jean's bare thighs in a book where everyone runs around in skin tight fetish outfits.



Hickman was also on Secret Warriors but I guess the haters forgot about that too.

Yupp. Pretty much.

[Daedra]

I'm more concerned about people complaining about Jean's bare thighs in a book where everyone runs around in skin tight fetish outfits.

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You are not the only one, it's like suddenly women ( in comics )are not allowed to show skin anymore, wearing a sexy costume if you are a female is turning out to be considered the greatest sin since adam and eve got to bit that apple.

[Silver Fang]

You are not the only one, it's like suddenly women ( in comics )are not allowed to show skin anymore, wearing a sexy costume if you are a female is turning out to be considered the greatest sin since adam and eve got to bit that apple.

There still seems to be skin. Emma still dresses as skimpy as she always has.

And they keep putting Monet back in the terrible X-Factor suit with her boobs out.
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If only they remembered her melanin like they do this costume...

[Tycon]

Putting Monet in those outfits is creepy as hell, just like Husk and Angel. She was barely an adult yet she was the most blatantly sexualized of the GenX kids.....worms are really in the brain.

[Silver Fang]

Putting Monet in those outfits is creepy as hell, just like Husk and Angel. She was barely an adult yet she was the most blatantly sexualized of the GenX kids.....worms are really in the brain.

Compared to PAD's X-Factor, I didn't mind GenX...

But there definitely was an art style where she was depicted as a 21 year old rather than someone who's supposed to be 16.
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That's a rather adult-looking teenager. lol

Overall, Monet's character had sexuality, but didn't go into Mini-Emma Frost territory like PAD did.

I keep saying her X-Factor suit looks like something she stole from Emma.
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[spirit2011]

Compared to PAD's X-Factor, I didn't mind GenX...

But there definitely was an art style where she was depicted as a 21 year old rather than someone who's supposed to be 16.
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That's a rather adult-looking teenager. lol

Overall, Monet's character had sexuality, but didn't go into Mini-Emma Frost territory like PAD did.

I keep saying her X-Factor suit looks like something she stole from Emma.
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Yikesss

comics love to sexualize WOC. there is ways to put teenagers on shorts that doesn't sexualize them

[Silver Fang]

Yikesss

comics love to sexualize WOC. there is ways to put teenagers on shorts that doesn't sexualize them

It was up & down in GenX after issue 40 when "real Monet" showed up. Sometimes she was preppy casual & did look more like a teenager.

Here, she actually looks like a young girl. Rather than an adult model. lol
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Then other times...yeah.

Check out thicc Monet.
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The butt is strong with this one. lol She looks about 19 here. Nothing bad about her outfit exactly, but the art is presented in a way where she's coming off sexier than a 16-year-old should be. Like the "teenagers" in Cruel Intentions with Sarah Michelle Gellar. Teenagers walking around in lingerie, having lesbo kisses in the park & drinking wine.

They had cases of going too far with her outfits & body-type as a teenager.

[Glio]

Yikesss

comics love to sexualize WOC. there is ways to put teenagers on shorts that doesn't sexualize them

Nothing beats when Aaron put Idie in Black Queen clothes.

[Devaishwarya]

So...Going by Silver Fangs' post ^^
One can aver that it's not comics in general that "love to sexualise WOC" (dare I say, Women in general) but particular artists who 1: just has a particular, more sexual style and 2: just don't follow character specs very closely.

[Silver Fang]

So...Going by Silver Fangs' post ^^
One can aver that it's not comics in general that "love to sexualise WOC" (dare I say, Women in general) but particular artists who 1: just has a particular, more sexual style and 2: just don't follow character specs very closely.

But in the case of the style, it was only done with Monet.

A full scan here. Monet is the sex symbol, but you don't see Jubilee being depicted as sexual.
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In fact, she damn near never is. I can't remember ever really seeing any artists depict Jubilee as sexy. Even now when she's 17. Compared to how they depicted teenage Monet.

Even now, of the younger X-Generation, Monet is shown as the most sexualized.
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Though half the time, she's not a WoC. lol

[Devaishwarya]

I do see your point SF.
Consider the character themselves...Jubilee, the gregarious tom-boy mall rat as compared to the more mature, worldly and sophisticated Monet.
Still, as you astutely pointed out, the fact that Jubilee isn't illustrated in that manner shows that not all WOC are sexualised...and...that is Land's art in the last pic...well...Land...'nuff said.

[Strong Girl Daken]

You are not the only one, it's like suddenly women ( in comics )are not allowed to show skin anymore, wearing a sexy costume if you are a female is turning out to be considered the greatest sin since adam and eve got to bit that apple.

Tell me why exposed cleavage and thighs make sense as Jean’s superhero costume. Tell me why men don’t typically show nearly as much skin (and dont act like muscles arent just a masculine power fantasy). Get back to me when Cyclops’ bulge is exaggerated and prominent.

[Daedra]

Tell me why exposed cleavage and thighs make sense as Jean’s superhero costume. Tell me why men don’t typically show nearly as much skin (and dont act like muscles arent just a masculine power fantasy). Get back to me when Cyclops’ bulge is exaggerated and prominent.

I dont have to tell you anything, women and men should be free to dress as fancy and as sexy as they like, if Jean wants to wear a mini-skirt more power to her, summer is coming and I can only sympathize with her desire to wear lighter, more revealing clothes, no one should condemned to be confined inside a rubber sarcophagus during the hottest months of the year!

[Triniking1234]

So what's the problem?

a) The comic book artists are creepers or
b) If Monet had her own autonomy that she wouldn't wear outfits that show off her figure?

[Daedra]

So what's the problem?

a) The comic book artists are creepers or
b) If Monet had her own autonomy that she wouldn't wear outfits that show off her figure?

it may be just my anecdotal experience but I know plenty of autonomous and sexually liberated women that enjoy dressing according to their figure, isn't the ability to wear whatever you like one of the reasons behind so many people taking care of their shape and physical health? it's all about the freedom to wear or not to wear something according to the mood, the day, the season and the fashion.