After complimenting him on his wonderful work on the costume redesigns for the X-Men and requesting that he send me a clearer sketch of Jean's costume, artist John McGuinness was nice enough to oblige. I love it.
After complimenting him on his wonderful work on the costume redesigns for the X-Men and requesting that he send me a clearer sketch of Jean's costume, artist John McGuinness was nice enough to oblige. I love it.
Stylish, simple and carries enough familiar elements from past costumes to be recognizable as her.
[Quote Originally Posted by Thor-El 10-15-2020 12:32 PM]
"Jason Aaron should know there is already a winner of the Phoenix Force and his name is Phoenixx9."
Like a Red Dragon, The Phoenix shall Soar in 2024!
[Quote Originally Posted by Thor-El 10-15-2020 12:32 PM]
"Jason Aaron should know there is already a winner of the Phoenix Force and his name is Phoenixx9."
Like a Red Dragon, The Phoenix shall Soar in 2024!
[Quote Originally Posted by Thor-El 10-15-2020 12:32 PM]
"Jason Aaron should know there is already a winner of the Phoenix Force and his name is Phoenixx9."
Like a Red Dragon, The Phoenix shall Soar in 2024!
It is great to have some more positive Jean moments.
"Your power is immeasurable, Jean." comment seems to be more than just Jean's TP, but her "Power" which to me, means all of her powers being immeasurable: TK, Empathy, sensing mutants, etc.
[Quote Originally Posted by Thor-El 10-15-2020 12:32 PM]
"Jason Aaron should know there is already a winner of the Phoenix Force and his name is Phoenixx9."
Like a Red Dragon, The Phoenix shall Soar in 2024!
[Quote Originally Posted by Thor-El 10-15-2020 12:32 PM]
"Jason Aaron should know there is already a winner of the Phoenix Force and his name is Phoenixx9."
Like a Red Dragon, The Phoenix shall Soar in 2024!
[Quote Originally Posted by Thor-El 10-15-2020 12:32 PM]
"Jason Aaron should know there is already a winner of the Phoenix Force and his name is Phoenixx9."
Like a Red Dragon, The Phoenix shall Soar in 2024!
Duggan writes on heck of a Jean. My fave moment was a subtle one. While using her tk to fight she in what had to be a second showed Laura a 2 hour movie. Lol
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Jean was really fantastic in today's issue. Contrary to how some have felt, Jean has still been able to demonstrate her TK and utilize her telepathy in impressive ways. Kudos to Duggan for some creative displays of Jean's telepathy.
Love her mentorship with Ev! <3
That was an emotional panel. But don't forget this wasn't the first time Jean held back Scott's optic blasts. Back during X-Cutioner's Song Scott played dead with his visor off while Jean held them back to fool the Dark Riders while trying to escape on the moon. So it's just showing the depth of their connection and the finesse of Jean's control.
Sexism as well! The limitations that are thrust upon female characters especially "kind" character has always been so demeaning to me. Especially with Jean's experiences she should be a more firmly grounded individual, so to see her quite casually placed in situations that test her resolve and she folds is unfortunate.
All of this!
Development has been the biggest detriment to Jean imo, almost nothing she does, whether power display or character interaction are followed up on in meaningful ways. Anytime Jean does have a unique interaction it is forgotten or the development is continued with another character.
For example: You guys were talking about Jean helping Jessica Jones in the Alias series, then fast-forward a few years Purple Man returns and Jessica and Jean's interaction has never been mentioned again. In fact, I think Kelly Thompson wrote a similar story involving Jessica and Emma Frost.
Maybe not the best example but I just noticed with other character usually there are in-story reasons for why a character who is so involved with a previous story beat isn't present. With Jean usually any contributions she's made at all are forgotten. Unless it involves, Scott, Logan, or the PF!
One of the best parts of Jean's appearances in Alias was that the flashback occurred during the 90's when she was back in the Phoenix garb and the other appearance during Morrison's NXM run, which was the cherry on top.
I was gonna post these soon but since you started...Jean has also done so at least 2 other times, sans Phoenix Force
And yes today's X-Men #2 was very cool! Love Jean training/bonding with Synch...love Jean+Polaris, and all of the team dynamics. And I was surprised Emma vouched for Jean's training acumen to Synch.
One thing though...Duggan had Jean say she's never been able to read a dead mind before...but I thought she read a freshly dead Maddrox dupe's mind in early X-Force to get some memory fragments?
And going back further, she even read a dead dog's memory's in a Chuck Austin era issue (with Juggernaut, Squid Boy, etc)
Few X-Men these days maintain any times with non mutants. Magik maintain her relationship with her mentor Dr. Strange. Captain Britain has her Otherworld duties. Beyond that there isn’t much so of course they are not going to pay attention to a Jean’s flashbacks in Alias. Jean being kept dead for so long didn’t help, either.
Still she’s in a good place in X-Men 2 and thankfully most of the people she is normally associated with like Wolverine, Iceman, or Storm aren’t on the team. We finally see her work with Polaris and Rogue, and this is the first time she has worked with Sunfire and Synch. Glad she is working with Laura again.
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