Asian marvel characters appreciation

[Tiamatty]

tiger's beautiful daughter and spider bride died in fraction's defenders right?

Yes, but that whole run was retconned out of existence. None of it happened.

[Kieran_Frost]

I take it Psylocke doesn't count? lol, I do think being Eurasian is unique and is an extraordinary combination.

I think she counts, because many non-hardcore fans wouldn't know she isn't Asian original. She's been Asian longer than Caucasian (in comics). I get why others don't count her, but I do; and you should too.

[Darth Phoenix]

I think she counts, because many non-hardcore fans wouldn't know she isn't Asian original. She's been Asian longer than Caucasian (in comics). I get why others don't count her, but I do; and you should too.

Her wearing an Asian body irratates sum of my Asian friends bit I am used to her current body so I do not care either way.

[Trident]

I think it would be different if Psylocke switched bodies as kid or even as a teen. Her switching bodies as an adult solidified her as solely being a white woman in a Asian woman's body due to her never really experiencing what it is like growing up as Asian person. I like Psylocke but she is essentially Just wearing a costume. Outside of her being a ninja when was the last time we actually seen her partaking in Asian culture at all? To me she often times still identifies herself as British. Not only that but artist have on a few occasion drawn her more as a white woman then Asian. Artist error are common but it sometimes makes it more harder to see her as an Asian woman because of that.

[Kieran_Frost]

Her wearing an Asian body irratates sum of my Asian friends bit I am used to her current body so I do not care either way.

I've not met anyone who is irritated by it in real life; on-line sure. My best friend doesn't care she wasn't Asian originally; but he's not a big comic fan so he's not that interested. For me; I think it does more good for casual fans (who might not even know she wasn't born Asian) than it "harms" hardcore fans. But that's just an assumption, NOT fact.

[JaggedFel]

I think it would be different if Psylocke switched bodies as kid or even as a teen. Her switching bodies as an adult solidified her as solely being a white woman in a Asian woman's body due to her never really experiencing what it is like growing up as Asian person. I like Psylocke but she is essentially she is just wearing a costume. Outside of her being a ninja when was the last time we actually seen her partaking in Asian culture at all? To me she often times still identifies herself as British. Not only that but artist have on a few occasion drawn her more as a white woman then Asian. Artist error are common but it sometimes makes it more hard to see her as an Asian woman because of that.

A lot of artist tend to draw Asian Characters as White characters heck a lot of time Black characters either look like white characters with a tan or get their skin bleached.

As for Psylocke, I view her Racebent Stereotype.

[Marvell2100]

Leiko Wu deserves a mention. She held her own and then some in the MoKF series.

[Starleafgirl]

Psylocke not being born Asian doesn't bother me, so long as she's drawn Asian-looking.

Leiko Wu deserves a mention. She held her own and then some in the MoKF series.

Consider her mentioned! ;-)

[nx01a]

Voted for Jubilee.
Wondered why Psylocke wasn't there and then I remembered... Started out Caucasian.

[Mikekerr3]

My favorite characters that happen to be East Asian:

1.) Lady Deathstrike
2.) Yukio
3.) Armor
4.) Karma
5.) Surge
6.) Daken

I take it Psylocke doesn't count? lol, I do think being Eurasian is unique and is an extraordinary combination.

Psyclocke is not EURASIAN, Mike kids are Eurasian, the term means mixed European and Asian ancestry . She is a white character in "yellow-face"

[Starleafgirl]

By all accounts, Land is also a genuinely nice guy. That can count for quite a bit.

True, attitude counts for a lot over there at Marvel. And in the work place in general, I suppose. ;-)

Psyclocke is not EURASIAN, Mike kids are Eurasian, the term means mixed European and Asian ancestry . She is a white character in "yellow-face"

Yeah, the use of "Eurasian" bothered me there, too, as someone who does have mixed European and Asian ancestry. I don't go as far as to consider Asian Psylocke as "yellow-face," though... she just happened to body jump into an Asian body. I guess what happened to the original owner of the body sucks, though, lol.

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[Greg]

I swear, I've never been so conflicted with a character like I am with Psylocke. I absolutely love the character and have for years. I love her look and her being an "Asian" character. But that said, I find her being a white woman inside of an Asian body to be rather offensive at the same time given that people want to use her as a representative of an Asian character and diversity when in actuality she is anything but. The term of her being a representation of "yellow face" I find to be rather correct. I go so back and forth with her. If she's to be portrayed in other mediums, I'd have to be born as an Asian woman to be honest.

[mugiwara]

Psycloke is as asian as Xavin and Beta Ray Bill are black.

[MichaelC]

I swear, I've never been so conflicted with a character like I am with Psylocke. I absolutely love the character and have for years. I love her look and her being an "Asian" character. But that said, I find her being a white woman inside of an Asian body to be rather offensive at the same time given that people want to use her as a representative of an Asian character and diversity when in actuality she is anything but. The term of her being a representation of "yellow face" I find to be rather correct. I go so back and forth with her. If she's to be portrayed in other mediums, I'd have to be born as an Asian woman to be honest.

I find this opinion odd because race is a set of physical traits. You don't have a white soul or a black soul or epincanthic-folds soul. If you have those physical traits, you are that race.

[Mikekerr3]

I swear, I've never been so conflicted with a character like I am with Psylocke. I absolutely love the character and have for years. I love her look and her being an "Asian" character. But that said, I find her being a white woman inside of an Asian body to be rather offensive at the same time given that people want to use her as a representative of an Asian character and diversity when in actuality she is anything but. The term of her being a representation of "yellow face" I find to be rather correct. I go so back and forth with her. If she's to be portrayed in other mediums, I'd have to be born as an Asian woman to be honest.

I think yellow face was the intent of the move. After the Mandarin and the yellow claw I don't think Marvel has any slack at all left in that area