Love this!!
I've said it once and I'll say it a thousand more if Hickman was serious about writing Jean she would have worn anything else. The green dress was intentional, Jean has had many outfits many of which only needed to be tweaked like the XM:R costumes in Giant Size. Almost everyone else is in a recent or updated costume meanwhile Jean is stuck in the 60/70's. My opinion but the NXM garb even if recolored would have sent a stronger message for where he wanted her to be than covering half her face, and leaving most everywhere else exposed.
This is just for my sanity:
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While thinking of the Jean costume issue I ran into an interview relating to the recent Giant Sized issue, Dauterman states the updated XM: Red change was all his idea. Hickman and the X-office said okay, but he stressed he wanted Jean in something modern!!
Last edited by Celestialbodies; 03-04-2020 at 05:37 PM.
Costume regression to match the intended character regression. I'm expecting Hickman to do a story where the X-Men are fighting to the death and Jean just kinda doesn't try because she is so weak. Lol
I have a question. In your opinion, if Jean embraced the Phoenix in Resurrection, would she able to resurrect dead people, making the Krakoan resurrection protocols useless?
It would be nice if any writers gave Jean or Storm the kind of long-term attention their male counterparts receive.
We'll be called crazy, but even looking back at the promos for HOX/POX I can't think of a single reason Jean needed to be back in the green dress. Nothing is even being done with it to warrant it's use story wise, call me a conspirator but outside of X-force I don't think there's going to be push for her to do much. Most of her cameo will be with little dialogue or a bait and switch like Marauders.
I've actually thought about this a lot. Had Jean embraced the Phoenix, she would have the power to unilaterally decide who gets resurrected and who has to stay dead. The people resurrected would be limited to who Jean knows and who she cares about. These resurrection protocols are much more collaborative, so I see Jean being much more in favour of them because they don't just resurrect dead mutants they also organize a whole community. The resurrection Phoenix offered Jean was resurrection for all the wrong reasons.
Last edited by Devaishwarya; 03-05-2020 at 01:44 PM.
Lord Ewing *Praise His name! Uplift Him in song!* Your divine works will be remembered and glorified in worship for all eternity. Amen!
To me the strangest thing is Jean calling herself Marvel Girl. Why not upgrade it to Marvel Woman like Sue did.