Hickman isn't god and writers will write what they want to write. Do I think an editorially-enforced conflict is coming soon because writers aren't creative and rabid fans want to see their favorite characters ravage the wider MU? Absolutely, I don't overestimate what the end game of Hickman's story is.
But I think enough room will be left for writers to shift their own narratives accordingly so they don't have to be enslaved to what Hickman and the X-office does. If my hunch is right that Redjack is taking over the next BP relaunch we won't be seeing much X-Men in his series or vice versa until the last moment, I don't think those seeds are gonna get explored to the extent some fans (and characters) need them to be. I think the same will be true for most major characters and their respective books.
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I must be the only one that don't care about my fave in the main mu then. LOL. I want storm to be in the x-books i'm simple. If i want to read cap i get cap if i want to read avengers i get that and the occasional crossover is nice but i don't need Storm on FF or Avengers if i can get X-traodinary or X-treme. Those movies i think got to people head and they all MU MU. But thats just how i see it.
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Adding a mystical, horror component to gamma radiation, the exploration of the One Below All, and other such adjustments to the Hulk mythos are the kind of recontextualizing I'm talking about. It's expanding on and retrofitting established concepts to tell new stories and make retcons to improve a character as the writer sees fit. Same goes for Storm and Coates. There were elements of mysticism to her character before Coates, but the idea of the Hadari Yao, a godhead that gave her access to special weather manipulation, and more were all additive reinterpretations of Storm's lore according to the Black Panther books.
That's not any different than what Slott did with Franklin. We thought his powers were one thing, now they're not. We thought his powers were from this source, sike, they come from somewhere else. These things are a part of what comics have been about since they're inception, they're as natural to the medium as the number of times characters break up and hook back up. FF today was a poorly written issue but it didn't do anything in terms of retconning and recontextualizing that hasn't been happening since comics started getting written.
I don't either but it's a good thing my post wasn't addressing my own thoughts specifically lol. I've been clear about my preference for the X-Office to stay in their own corner and play with their own toys, I'm just saying that doesn't seem to be something Hickman is particularly interested in doing, though we'll see what becomes of his story. People seem to think Hickman is Kevin Feige and can just adjust the MU as he sees fit to tell his story and I'm saying that's not the case, every writer has at least some degree of control over their own books and the narrative of Krakoa may not be as expansive as they think. But I agree I'm happy to see Storm back with the X-Men and hopefully being put on the track towards greatness without her boyfriend's mythos (outside the sword she stole from his kingdom lol).
I can see your point. I think at the end of the day though this will hurt the FF under Slott run if not a red herring. Storm story did not hurt BP, it may with fans but not sales, and the wakanda thing didn't hurt Marauders, it may have stoked passionate fans but i do think this loss of connection to the X-men will come back to bite the FF and Slott's run but i could be wrong and only time will tell. Wanda and Pietro are still trying to recover even though it's more than just that x-gene loss.
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I understand your sentiment of her needing to stand on her own but I dint see how being with tchalla does to impede that. I think ororos biggest problem to achieving the prominence her fans want is due to the xoffices. what I see happen is the xwriters use her in uninspired ways, another office (bp) uses her in ways that elevates her beyond the status quo and then the xoffices respond akin to a child being upset another kids is playing with a toy they put aside in their toy box. the onus lies with the xoffices. they don't want to give her a solo, they have had her take a backseat to kitty, cyclops, Wolverine, Jean, Xavier, magneto and others. her being with BP and using him as an excuse to me is a cop-out and redirects the focus on where it should be which is the xoffices.
exactly. Coates and hudlin both have a deep love for the characters so xwriters going out of their way to troll their work wasn't necessary.
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Come on Death, if you want Storm, you gonna have to do better than that.
This woman has faced down the real "Death" to save the soul of T'Challa and all you have to bring o the fight is a scary face.
Some of us wait, some of us act.
It doesn't have to be Hickman, it can be any writer.
Characters in Marvel used to interact frequently(70's, 80's mid-90's) without bias prior to the drama that we see now. I have now problems with heroes appearing in other titles, especially if they exist in a shared universe. In fact I want that.
It adds layers to the characters and can be beneficial when done right. But that seems to be the problem. Marvel seems only to care about hero vs hero drama and will milk it to the bone.
I have plenty of comics where heroes have interacted. There's usually some sort of misunderstanding at first and then the heroes work it out and team up to take out the bad guys. They walk away with a better understanding and respect for each other.
Now it's just "my side is right and your side is wrong so we need to fight to prove our point". It spills over to the fanbases and now everybody is entrenched in their war camps ready to pounce.