OHOTMUDE Request - Storm

[icon_uk]

At the request of magus_69



Storm, circa 1986

I have to say that I have ALWAYS adored this costume for her, the simple severity of it, the snow-white mohawk style... stunning!

Comments

[coldfury]

That's an awesome type-o at the end of the bio portion. "Storm fell into a river, from which Forgue rescued her."

Was it Forge? Or Rogue? Or was shipping a thing back then, and the Rogue/Forge ship *both* jumped in the river after Storm?

[flint_marko]

Forge rescued her, Rogue was knocked away by the blast.

[donnblake]

I think shipping was always a thing (I seem to recall Stan Lee talking about receiving some fairly graphic fan mail speculating what Sue and Reed's wedding night might be like, although I can't recall where). I don't know where portmanteau shipping became popular, though.

[full_metal_ox]

Shipping's considerably older than superhero comics; here, for example, is William Makepeace Thackeray's reaction to the romantic outcome of Ivanhoe:
And must the disinherited knight, whose blood has been warmed in the company of the tender and beautiful Rebecca, sit down contented for life by the side of such a frigid piece of propriety as that icy, faultless, prim, niminy-piminy Rowena? Forbid it Fate, forbid it poetical justice!

(And Thackeray followed through with a novel-length Wilbecca fic.)

[magus_69]

Such costume, so Eighties.

Speaking of Storm in the Eighties, the next movie will be set there, and is supposed to include young versions of Scott, Ororo, and Jean. I wonder if there's a chance we'll see some Mohawk action.

[shirtless_superheroes]

I would prefer if she showed up with here usual long hair for X-Men: Apocalypse, then in the sequel she'd be rocking a mohawk.

[donnblake]

I read "A Hot Nude Request, Storm."

I should have known better, since I saw the other Marvel Handbook posts, but hope springs eternal in the human...

Let's go with heart, sure.

On a different note entirely, is Storm fighting Hitler in the bottom right picture in that second scan?

[theflames]

A lot of that backstory is useless.

I'm really surprised I feel that way, but being part of a long line of maybe-magical women etc just feels superfluous. Everything from development of her Claustrophobia and after is gold though.

[icon_uk]

In what sense useless? We've met a couple of Storm's ancestors and they are from a long line of white haired, blue eyed African mystics.

[theflames]

In the sense that it doesn't do much to enhance the over arching story/mission statement of the X-men, it might be hard for me to explain, but I'll try -

I truly believe the X-men are at there most interesting when they truly pay service to the whole 'normal people afflicted by mutations striving for equality' thing, this whole back story of sorcery and mystics would fit well in another story but I think it doesn't have much place here.

Another pet peeve of mine is that writers tend to play up Storm's 'goddess' role too hard, certainly, its a possible and interesting route that could happen if someone in rural Africa gained mutant abilities to control the weather, but I think it should end there. Adding *genuine* mystics and sorcery to the backstory takes away from the mutant aspect for me. Storm as false goddess by mutation is much more intriguing to me than Storm the maybe magical woman. Some would argue its the same difference, but I think the two routes deliver different sensibilities.

I have no idea if this came across how i wanted it too haha

[philippos42]

I had no idea that that bit of ancestral backstory was that old. I only ran into it in comics a couple of decades later.

[cricharddavies]

Oh, it's old all right. It was in the original OHOTMU.

[joetuss]

Love Storm...underrated character imo..If It's not too much trouble can we see spidey?

[icon_uk]

Spider-Man's entry was a little on the long side to be able to be included without severe trimming (He got four pages), but I can give you this.

[joetuss]

Thank you :)

[shadur]

I will NEVER not love that utter badass mohawk look of hers.

[scelestus]

I used to love these old handbooks. Still have all my old ones!

[burkeonthesly]

"(Technically, Storm is leader of the Morlocks, having defeated their personal leader, Callisto, in personal combat.)"

Callisto was really hands-on, huh?