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wizardru ([personal profile] wizardru) wrote in [community profile] scans_daily 2017-01-25 01:42 pm (UTC)

I see a lot of posters so far don't appear to like it, but it sounds like more being unhappy with the premise than the execution. I can understand that; Jen has long been a character who, while sometimes presented as cheesecakey, always had agency and was one of the first of Marvel's female heroes to actually have stuff specific to her. John Byrne elevated her in the 80s and she's been one of Marvel's most prominent characters. It's ironic, though, that most of her runs have not been able to sustain a long-running book.

All that said, I like this much more than I thought I would. The idea of Jen having to deal with trauma (and the Hulk being part of that trauma) is an interesting take, especially as it seems to approach it a as a metaphor for women surviving trauma. I mean, the Inhuman girl is clearly a stand-in (or maybe a literal example) for an abuse survivor. I can see this following a similar theme to the Jessica Jones Netflix show, which could be a great take for the character.

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