Originally Posted by
Subliminally
@StormXOya
Uhh, that was calm? Who's mad lol? It's YOUR opinion at the end of the day. I could really careless if you hate everything about her time in Red if you want want to be frank.
Well first off that's wrong, Al has done nothing to disrespect Storm (neither has Xavier, really but that's just a PoV), the fact is if you read Red you'd know that Al has explicitly written Storm to not be in a box, ANY box. So much so that Brand is annoyed at that fact since she thought she could make Storm into a nice and neat little figurehead. Secondly, as was mentioned before, when it comes to Al and his logic Power=Power! Does not matter if person A is a god and person B is a mutant. If both of these beings are capable of destroying a planet or even a galaxy, the end result is the same. Pure destruction! Now do I agree with this logic? No, there is a nuanced conversation that SHOULD be had on panel but that would probably require a Storm mini/solo with characters that are not featured in this book. No one is trying to have a conversation about what makes a God a God with the Isca or Tarn. Thirdly, you act as if Magneto just pulled it out of the blue. Storm is no fool (in fact after the events of Inferno, NO ONE is the fool when it comes to Xavier and his machinations. Also, considering that Storm and Magneto's wish to be "of Arakko" depended on them giving ALL of themselves to the culture (i.e. not being able to pop back up like a weed if they were to die in a fight), it would sully BOTH their reps if Xavier decided to take it upon himself to get Magneto back via the resurrection protocols. So no, she's not being a "useful tit" to a dead white man. She'd be covering her own ass as much if not more-so than Magneto's. As for the costume bit - what of it? It's an outfit. I wouldn't care if Storm flew around in a Hefty trash bag if she was being written the way Al writes her. Also, I like how you equate being paraplegic to a costume one can take on and off on a whim. Very good look you've made for yourself with that.
But I ask - who's limiting her? Ewing has literally said point blank "That I'm writing her with the Goddess cred from BP". He didn't say he'd bust out the gate with her unleashing a Goddess blast capable of cracking a planet like an egg. I'm not sure how much more explicit he can say it and at this point it's no wonder the man is getting annoyed at the subject lol. Everything else you've written is kind of pointless since again, this is not and never was a Storm solo book. Everything you've written here is what we'd get in a solo where the spotlight is focus purely on Storm. I'd love to see some of it myself, especually her reflecting on EVERYTHING that has happened. From her ascension to literal godhood after years of denying it to herself and others to her current relationship with BP and the others in Wakanda. But again, there isn't space for that in a 20some page comic with an ensemble cast.
Yeah you can blame Marvel for the lack of Storm solo's or mini's. I'll be right there with you. But Al's is literally doing the Goddess' work with Storm when no other writer can be bothered OR are currently working on their own pet characters. Duggen with Jean in X-men, Gillen with Sinister/Jean in AXE.
I enjoyed Pak's work on her too but even then, it was basically a re-telling of Storm's greatest hits from the past. Besides giving us some good feats there was really no substance to it. People jump down Al's throat for "not doing anything" with Storm for 7 issues in an ensemble book, but Pak's work is always lauded when he had 11 issues of her in a SOLO book.
But after everything I've read from you, if this is open minded, Goddess help if you'd already made up your mind on Red and Al's work.