It's a new year, and Madelyne Pryor deserves a new appreciation thread.
Why are so many deep insights about Maddie posted in other characters' appreciation threads?
I'd like to see Anodyne at one extreme and the Goblin Queen at the other, with Madelyne caught between them, struggling to overcome her demon-conjured persona and reclaim her Healer self.Originally Posted by BobbysWorld (Originally Posted in the Jean/Phoenix thread)
Note: All future quotes in this post are from Madelyne's 2021 appreciation thread.
That characterization was created by Maddie's true enemy: Not Mr. Sinister, not S'ym, not N'astirh, but Louise Simonson, who deliberately set out to drag Maddie through the mud. Would it really have ruined Scott and Jean's future happiness if the realization of her son's peril had jolted Maddie back to sanity, and she'd sacrificed her own life to save his? Of course not! But Ms. Simonson, by her own open admission, didn't like Madelyne, didn't see her as a real person, and relished the opportunity to do a hatchet job on her. I'm still waiting for a writer to redress this injustice--and for an editor to allow this redress.Originally Posted by MarvelMaster616
Yes, Claremont first introduced the Goblin Queen, but at least he made it clear that Madelyne was tricked into dealing with S'ym. "It's only a dream, right?" Her failure to recognize S'ym's true nature only shows that she didn't judge people by their appearance. After all. S'ym didn't look any more demonic than Nightcrawler.
And I really hope that Marvel will at least show her TRYING to overcome her dark side.Originally Posted by Exodus
I don't think she had to try very hard. During Fall of the Mutants, and later in the Outback, Alex had plenty of opportunity to get to know Maddie for herself, without Scott's compulsion to keep comparing her to Jean.Originally Posted by BobbysWorld
I acknowledge that Maddie and Alex's affair was not exactly moral, but it WAS very human. They'd both endured traumatic breakups, and they were hardly the first pair to seek comfort from each other on the rebound.
Beverly Allen, the Bee--with honey and stinger.
"If humans have souls, then clones will have them, too."--Arthur Caplan