X-Men Forever #12

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[sandoz_iscariot]

Oh Claremont.

[espanolbot]

Agh, costume, do not want! XP

[foxhack]

This.

He just had to do this again...

[sandoz_iscariot]

I just want to say "Oh honey, no" and take his laptop away.

[taggerung301]

she's like, 12
that's costume's just kinda disturbing

[joasakura]

give him a squeaky toy to play with instead.

[jcbaggee]

The Cossack? We really are out of hero/villain names, aren't we?

[foxhack]

I thought she was younger?

[foxhack]

Yeah, he's one of those authors who I really enjoy reading... until his... common themes... start to pop up in his stories.

[thanekos]

rather that anything can be used for a name.

consider that Daredevil once fought a supervillain team whose roster numbered folks named Synapse, Stilt-Man... and la Concierge.

yeah

[toasty_fresh]

[gunny]

It's like a mish mash of Goblin Queen from Inferno, Phoenix from Here Comes Tomorrow and Goblyn Queen/Marvel Woman from Mutant X.

[foxhack]

Turn a really young character into something... like that. Dressed really uh, inappropriately, to boot.

Like I said, I think Claremont's fine but sometimes... yeah. >_>

[joasakura]

Soon, we'll be down to "The Hassock!" with his sidekick "Occasional Table Lad"

[foxhack]

I believe so. Didn't he do this to Kitty at one point, too? And Storm?

[tahngarth.livejournal.com]

Ah sweet, nothing like seeing a 10-year old in a sexualized outfit in a mainstream comic. Thanks Chris!

[jlbarnett]

I think she's six to eight, but I also think he aged her back up in this.

Though the fully aged Magik was ususally a bit bustier than that.

[jlbarnett]

I'm pretty sure that's not a trope Claremont's normally associated with.

Like I said above, she looks up-aged to me.

and Hound, I think?

[jazzypom]

and Psylocke? Was Claremont around then when she became Kwannon? But yeah, when his women become evil, they tend to amp up their power and it's always expressed in some sort of revealing get up, aka their ~sexuality~

[sandoz_iscariot]

Female superheroes being possessed/turning evil (often in skimpy, bondage-related outfits) has been a theme of Claremont's work since at least the Dark Phoenix Saga. He's done it with Jean Grey, Storm, Madelyne Pryor, Polaris, Karma, Kitty Pryde and Magik, and I think Rachel Summers too.

[tahngarth.livejournal.com]

I didn't say anything about it being something Claremont usually does?

Re: and Hound, I think?

[joasakura]

and let's not forget classic bondage-look Xavier when Callisto had him.

That was Claremont, too.

[darkblade]

"Claremont. I am terribly disapointed in you. I'd expect this from Japan or Frank Miller but not you. Go to your room and think about what you did."

Damn, yeah

[jazzypom]

I'm glad that he didn't get his hands on Marrow. But still, Chris, just... no.

Now I wonder if Illyana is going to have a moment where she feels the power how it roils and tumbles with her, and she's sipping on its head and drunk with it, until her teammates rally around her, and she ~shatters~

In Jean's case, she dies, in Storm's case, Angel saved her. Can't remember what happened to the rest. But there's always some reckoning, the character realises that she's gone too far and is saved by her teammates.

Well, he doesn't have 'em in the dominmatrix get up like back in the day.

Re: Damn, yeah

[foxhack]

Probably because that's Warren Ellis' turf now.

ZING :P