The elephant in the room: when powers meet stereotypes

[Grunty]

Isn't Pixie actually 1/2 fairy?

Yep her mother is a fairy and her father is Mastermind. A similar deal to Namor.

There was actualy a Morlock named Pixie who existed before her and also had the antenna and insect wings look going on. Though she only appeared in a single issue of Ghost Rider.

[Dementia5]

Wolverine and Sabretooth are Canadians whose superpowers are basically free Health Care

This is now framed and hanging on my wall.

Next to this.

Xavier is an old white guy that gets to control what other people think.

[Sutekh]

One thing that confused me about the Maximoff twins is how are they Roma? Is Magneto (when he was still their dad) also Roma?

Erik was Roma, back in the day, but somewhere in the 90s, it was forgotten that Roma were *also* rounded up and send to Auschwitz with the various other 'undesirables,' and so he got retconned into a Jewish man, while Wanda and Pietro were only 'raised by gypsies' (the Maximoffs), but, I guess, were ethnically Jewish (depends on the mom, actually)?

But now they aren't related again this week, and they've never acted like Wanda and Pietro were Jewish that I recall, and always leaned towards them being Roma, so who knows.

His not-grandson Wiccan is Jewish, despite them only having been spiritually related for a couple of years, before they weren't. Comics.

Also, how is a thread about 'the elephant in the room' not about Tantra?

Or that idiot that got eaten by Predator X, Manammoth?

[jwatson]

Xavier is an old white guy that gets to control what other people think.

It's not a stereotype if your the only one to believe it. lol. I don't think anyone get's to control what others think but i do think people think they should get to. lol

[CaptainUniverse]

Clyde Wyncham/The Marquis of Death: The poster boys (or is it poster boy since they are the same guy?) for online arguments between fans.

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[Doom'nGloom]

Clyde Wyncham/The Marquis of Death: The poster boys (or is it poster boy since they are the same guy?) for online arguments between fans.

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You mean the uber-powerful reality destroying mutant that got killed by Doom

[BobbysWorld]

Not a stereotype in terms of powers, but what is with the fixation on giving all desi characters the names of Hindu gods, like what even is that. Indra, Neal Shaara was originally intended by Claremont to be codenamed Agni, Cerebra's first name is Shakti, etc....

At least there's Trinary and Timeslip to buck that particular trend.

[CaptainUniverse]

You mean the uber-powerful reality destroying mutant that got killed by Doom

Yeah but ONLY after Doom got even MORE uber-powerfulful by...learning from the same dude!

[Sutekh]

Not a stereotype in terms of powers, but what is with the fixation on giving all desi characters the names of Hindu gods, like what even is that. Indra, Neal Shaara was originally intended by Claremont to be codenamed Agni, Cerebra's first name is Shakti, etc....

At least there's Trinary and Timeslip to buck that particular trend.

I imagine if there was a prominent Hindu god(dess) of Computer Hacking, Trinary would totally be named after her.

For Neal Sharra, the Garuda bird isn't an actual god (just one of their servant creatures), and in some tales is associated with fire, so Garuda could be a bit more culturally relevant than Thunderbird.

Thunderbird. Neither thunder, nor bird.

Plus, Indra, really? Agni would at least be on-theme, since he was a fire god. Wasn't Indra like a war / weather god? I'm not seeing any of that in Purple Pangolin Lad. (On the other hand, I may not know all ~10,000 Hindu gods and their attributes, but I'm pretty sure that 'Purple Pangolin gods' are thin on the ground.)

[ETMike1988]

Also, how is a thread about 'the elephant in the room' not about Tantra?

Or that idiot that got eaten by Predator X, Manammoth?

So they are both elephants and elephants in the room!?

[Doom'nGloom]

Wolverine and Sabretooth are Canadians whose superpowers are basically free Health Care

They are both rude people so they are faux Canadians.

Yeah but ONLY after Doom got even MORE uber-powerfulful by...learning from the same dude!

It ain't Doom's fault he's playing 4D chess while everyone else is playing uno.

[Triniking1234]

One thing that confused me about the Maximoff twins is how are they Roma? Is Magneto (when he was still their dad) also Roma?

Wasn't it through their mum? Erik is still Jewish.

[CaptainUniverse]

It ain't Doom's fault he's playing 4D chess while everyone else is playing uno.

These are facts.

[Ambaryerno]

They are both rude people so they are faux Canadians.

Wouldn’t that just mean they’re from Quebec?

[Doom'nGloom]

Wouldn’t that just mean they’re from Quebec?

You're most definitely more knowledgeable about Canada than I am. One of the few things I know about it is that how people on the internet say Canadians are almost always polite which is an obvious stereotype.