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Marvel barely writes Blade as it is and now we're suppose to believe they will write stories about his daughter, that is somehow fully grown?
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From the art looks like his gf from the 70s, so actually conceivable she's already an adult. If they make it a shared book, I'll be down. I really liked Dany's Blade one shot, so im gonna give it a chance for sure.
So why couldn't they use the original daughter? Because the writer wasn't black?
Although I feel like with the movie coming up people want to read about Blade and not some new daughter character.
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yeah and the way they are creating Blade's daughter isn't the same as Luke Cage and Jessica Jones daughter or Spider-Man and Mary Jane's daughter.
She just pops up and is already an adult? It doesn't feel the same. We didn't get a long character arc and journey with Blade (in the comics). There's absolutley no focus on the mother.
I find this push a little suspect
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I'm guessing they just wanted to take it in a new direction. Fallon Grey was very unique. I think the core premises with her were:
1. Blade abandoned her/didn't know he had a daughter (conceivable people wouldn't react well to a perceived stereotype)
2. She grew up in like Arkansas or some random all white town as the "reverse Peter Parker" so extremely popular
3. She was a stronger vampire (I know jabare) than Blade, while Blade was coming to terms with his age/lack of motivation
So that set up bugged a few people and I think is motivating some of the skepticism here cause it really seemed like they were setting Blade up to be a side character.
Bloodline already seems MUCH different. For one it's clear Blade knew about her and tried to help his mother with her from afar, and it looks like she's much older than Fallon Grey. While I think Fallon Grey was meant to fall in with the champions and those teenage heroes, seems like they're introducing another fully grown hero with Bloodline.
I think im more interested in this current set up but I did like that Tim Seeley had planned to not have them fight any vampires and lean more into Blade as a supernatural hunter
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Because they’re going to have to spend time fleshing her out when I’d rather they spend time fleshing him out as a solo character and not as a dad. Besides why do we need this character? If they want to tell stories about somebody being a dad I can think of quite a few I’d rather see first before Blade.
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A semi immortal hypermasculine 90's male hero has a daughter who is more powerful than he ever was. Seems like one of those tropes that need to die. Cable, Wolvie... now blade.3. She was a stronger vampire (I know jabare) than Blade, while Blade was coming to terms with his age/lack of motivation
Marvel seems to desire that plot point pretty bad, but I'd like them to continue to work on JUST blade as well. I feel like he's just now getting the spotlight he deserves after years and years of
lingering with nothing for his fans. Not even a halloween special. FFS.
My priority is enjoying and supporting stories of timeless heroism and conflict.
Everything else is irrelevant.