Illyana Rasputina/Magik Appreciation 2022

[Dipter]

Those bangs are the sole thing saving Illyana from becoming indistinguishable blonde woman #20 in marvel. She’s one of the few characters in comics to have an iconic, instantly recognizable hairstyle.

[sunofdarkchild]

Illyana is the last person who should be changing hairstyles. She doesn't care about her appearance, though she knows she's drop-dead gorgeous already without trying. She doesn't know how to even put on makeup and she doesn't keep up with current fashion. If she ever had a problem with her hair, it would be that long hair can get in the way or be easier to grab like S'ym did multiple times when she was small, so she'd be cutting the back, not the front. She's not like Emma or the Wasp in changing or putting importance on appearances.

[WallStreeter]

Those bangs are the sole thing saving Illyana from becoming indistinguishable blonde woman #20 in marvel. She’s one of the few characters in comics to have an iconic, instantly recognizable hairstyle.

Those blonde women look very different. No one mistakes Captain Marvel for the White Queen, or the White Queen for the Enchantress.

[Dipter]

Those blonde women look very different. No one mistakes Captain Marvel for the White Queen, or the White Queen for the Enchantress.

Because of their outfits. From the neck up they might as well be triplets.

[kevinism]

Satyrnine. Invisible Woman. Gwen Stacy.

[Daedra]

The bangs are part of illyana mutation, just like Kurt blue tail or lorna green hair, there is no getting rid of them

[Leirus]

Logan has not changed his hair in what, sixty years? The bangs are part of her character. Not because they are cute, but because they project a shadow over her eyes that makes her look more sinister when needed.

[Fokken]

Logan has not changed his hair in what, sixty years? The bangs are part of her character. Not because they are cute, but because they project a shadow over her eyes that makes her look more sinister when needed.

This is an excellent comparison.
The hair IS the character, with Wolverine and Illyana.
The length may vary from period to period, but the distinct shape is/should always be there.

Wolverine = wing swoopies
Illyana = bangs /fringe

[WallStreeter]

Because of their outfits. From the neck up they might as well be triplets.

Those women look nothing alike.

As for Magik, the bangs are not her character. Her soulsword and her powers, plus her personality.

[ZephyrSurf]

You aint gonna get anyone agreeing with you guy.

[Devaishwarya]

As we're on the topic of her hair...I watched the NM movie (UGH!) for the first time over the weekend and visually, Illyana was my favourite part of it (in part because of her bangs...LOVED!). Maise as Rahne was actually pretty decent too but her hair could have been redder and her wolf-form could have been much more "wolf-like"

[Phoenixx9]

As we're on the topic of her hair...I watched the NM movie (UGH!) for the first time over the weekend and visually, Illyana was my favourite part of it (in part because of her bangs...LOVED!). Maise as Rahne was actually pretty decent too but her hair could have been redder and her wolf-form could have been much more "wolf-like"

I LOVED Illyana's look in the movie! The long hair, bangs, even voice and Russian accent was so spot-on! I really loved when Illy powered up with her eyes, armor and sword.

I agree with what yo said with Rahne. I wanted to see more of a hybrid look too.

[sunofdarkchild]

On the subject of the movie, if it had been good and became a trilogy, I'd have liked to see the final movie depicting Inferno open similar to how the fourth Bleach movie opened, with a flashback to the climatic fight with Belasco where Illyana first took over Limbo intercut with the credits and a dramatic choir singing about hell and Armageddon.

[Devaishwarya]

I LOVED Illyana's look in the movie! The long hair, bangs, even voice and Russian accent was so spot-on! I really loved when Illy powered up with her eyes, armor and sword.

I agree with what yo said with Rahne. I wanted to see more of a hybrid look too.

Yes.
And yes. They really didn't push for the whole transitional wolf look. That would have been so cool.

And apart from EVERYthing else that was wrong about the movie...it's a sore spot for me that Magma wasn't in it as she was in the story.

[sunofdarkchild]

The Midnight Suns game has been delayed until next year, it's second major delay. And the version most would get, the PS4-X-Box1-Switch version, will be delayed even further. The prequel novel and tie-in comic are still scheduled for October and September, respectively. It looks similar to the New Mutants: Dead Souls situation where it was meant to come out alongside the movie but the movie's delays screwed that up.