Jean Grey / Phoenix Appreciation 2024

[PhoenixStudies]

On another note… what are our thoughts on Storm facing anti-Phoenix forces in the upcoming issue RoM?

I love it! Storm is a goddess/avatar of life in her own right.

I'm also confident Jean will have some cosmic adventures coming up.

Storm is my other main fave in addition to Jean, so I'm enjoying Resurrection of Magneto. I also really like Magneto.

[Devaishwarya]

I'll wait to see how that turns out next week. It's the Shadow King so...who knows what's really happening there?

[Mercury]

I thought they had gotten rid of that stupid ponytail. Honestly, I'm of the mind that this series did not need revisited.

I think Jean will be letting her hair down sometime mid-season...

Rumors/speculation is that

spoilers:

Jean has the ponytail and the shots of her with the hair down is actually Maddie

end of spoilers

I've heard otherwise from a 100% credible source.

I am usually of the mindset that nothing ever needs to be made. It just is made because there is a passion for it. I just hope Jean is powerful, which teasers appear to imply as much.

I've heard "she's as powerful as she is in the comics now."

On another note… what are our thoughts on Storm facing anti-Phoenix forces in the upcoming issue RoM?

I don't really consider those beings "anti-Phoenix forces" if you mean they equal Phoenix's power. Phoenix is "the sum and substance of all that lives," as Claremont once wrote.

[Devaishwarya]

"rolls eyes"

Anti-Phoenix as in the Darkness, the Death and the Chaos...the Opposites/Counterbalances, the intrinsic necessities that exist in the Cosmic Balance. Oh. My. God.

[PotniaTheron]

On another note… what are our thoughts on Storm facing anti-Phoenix forces in the upcoming issue RoM?

I love how the sisters' story lines come together.

Ewing noted in Defenders Beyond that the Phoenix Force was the primordial flame, dissipating and balancing the primordial darkness.

In ROTPOX #2, it is revealed that the White Hot Room began to go dark due to Jean/ Phoenix's serious injury.

Apparently, what Storm will be dealing with in ROM#3 is the consequences of Phoenix's serious injuries - dark creatures that start to haunt after losing their light suppression.

[Exodus]

I thought they had gotten rid of that stupid ponytail. Honestly, I'm of the mind that this series did not need revisited.

high ponytail magic. Ariana Grande who? I absolutely adore the look. I'm glad it will be back! :-p

[PyroFN]

"rolls eyes"

Anti-Phoenix as in the Darkness, the Death and the Chaos...the Opposites/Counterbalances, the intrinsic necessities that exist in the Cosmic Balance. Oh. My. God.

There are a lot of opposites to the Phoenix that were not present too.

Starhawk, Tiger God, and Chaos Magic itself. While Chaos Magic feels more like just of happenstance since the Phoenix more a balance of chaos and order and Chaos Magic is just Chaos, the other two are more just predators of darkness.

Heck, based on hints, it appears even the One Below All in itself is set up as an opposite to the Phoenix. It’s surreal.



“The Mystery frightens and disgusts me. I will kill it. Make it as hollow as I.”

[Mercury]

"rolls eyes"

Anti-Phoenix as in the Darkness, the Death and the Chaos...the Opposites/Counterbalances, the intrinsic necessities that exist in the Cosmic Balance. Oh. My. God.

lmao. Phoenix has been described as “a primal force, second only to that of the Creator” (Claremont, 1980), “the singular universal manifestation of life” (Hickman, 2019), and “the glory at the heart of all things. The roaring flame of mercy and terrible judgment” (Ewing, 2022). She has also been described as “dark,” “the angel of death,” the mythical “chaos-bringer,” and the “ravager of worlds” (Claremont, 1980), which makes sense, of course, considering her myth represents life, death, and rebirth. Growth and destruction.

[Mercury]

I wish I could write more, but I’m rushing to school to finish a paper, so screenshots and a quote will have to do for now.

Newly revealed design for Eternity by Valerio Schiti for Hickman’s G.O.D.S.:



Hickman on the driving force behind G.O.D.S.:

“One of the things we wanted to do is take abstracts and make a more street-level version of the character,” said Hickman. “There’s multiple aspects for Doctor Strange to run into In-Betweener in some mundane location. You can have a conversation between two normal-sized aspects, but they’re still the same uber-powerful deity in the body of a man or a woman or a cat. OK, we didn’t use a cat.”

Source: https://aiptcomics.com/2023/08/24/ma...athan-hickman/

[Braxxer]

I wish I could write more, but I’m rushing to school to finish a paper, so screenshots and a quote will have to do for now.

Newly revealed design for Eternity by Valerio Schiti for Hickman’s G.O.D.S.:



Hickman on the driving force behind G.O.D.S.:



Source: https://aiptcomics.com/2023/08/24/ma...athan-hickman/

Jean/Phoenix and Eternity a new romance? ��

[Devaishwarya]

You know...As Thee Phoenix, I won't be mad at all if they take her out of the X-Men team setting entirely and place her in Marvel's Cosmic Universe. It does make a certain very logical sense to go in that direction.

[davetvs]

You know...As Thee Phoenix, I won't be mad at all if they take her out of the X-Men team setting entirely and place her in Marvel's Cosmic Universe. It does make a certain very logical sense to go in that direction.

Noooooooooooooooooooo

[Mercury]

You know...As Thee Phoenix, I won't be mad at all if they take her out of the X-Men team setting entirely and place her in Marvel's Cosmic Universe. It does make a certain very logical sense to go in that direction.

Noooooooooooooooooooo

I think she can and want her to do BOTH. I want her to remain dedicated to the mutants and the X-Men–her family—and to go on periodic cosmic sojourns, exhibiting her highest potential, for various metaphysical reasons. If I could take Alan Moore's run on Swamp-Thing and make it a template for a multi-year arc for Jean/Phoenix, that's what I would do.

[Mercury]

Jean’s story in 13 words 🥹 (From X-Men Forever [2001]:

“She had forgotten what it felt like. Or, she hadn’t wanted to remember.”

[Thirteen]

Between Jean's wingtip shoulder action and Eternity's new "head..."On the next episode of Cosmic Makeover Misses..."

I wish I could write more, but I’m rushing to school to finish a paper, so screenshots and a quote will have to do for now.

Newly revealed design for Eternity by Valerio Schiti for Hickman’s G.O.D.S.:

Eternity...Forever...