Excalibur #26: The Fantasy Is Over

[superboyprime]

"Regrettaby, Excalibur leaves me with the distinct impression that Tini Howard has no real understanding of British identity, and no real interest in the topic either. Since her core theme seems to be some sort of battle against reactionaries, I suspect the idea that Britain is withdrawing from dealing with mutants and so forth is meant to be some sort of Brexit allegory, but what it amounts to in practice is the baffling idea that – without any explanation – meaningful political influence attaches to a weirdo who is openly a member of a mystical coven. Which… again, what? What does any of this have to do with the iconography of the British right? The iconography of the British anything? If Reuben Brousseau is meant to represent Boris Johnson or Nigel Farage or Jacob Rees-Mogg… I mean, that’s like claiming that Dr Druid symbolises Donald Trump. You can say it, but it’s bollocks. And if Reuben’s not meant to represent that then… why does he matter?" - Paul O'Brien

Comments

[tinygaylaura]

Or to use a fantasy example it's like saying the kids from Chronicles of Narnia are the bad guys for overthrowing the White Witch or that the Rebels in Star Wars are bad for killing Emperor Palpatine and replacing the Empire with the New Republic

Heroes taking down an evil ruler and replacing them with someone who will rule better and more fairly than they did is an age old trope in fiction that has an "Evil empire/villainous monarch" as the foe

[deh_tommy]

And the person who’ll rule better is Jamie “Insane Murderous Child Slaver” Braddock. HELLO!?

No, that’s like if they overthrew the White Witch and then claimed Narnia for Telmar or even the British Empire and when Aslan came by to get them to stop they’re all “nuh-uh, this is OUR turf now”, or if after deposing Old Sheev they installed a Hutt as the new Emperor.

[tinygaylaura]

I don't disagree with you about Jamie "I went insane and all I got was this lousy facial hair" Braddock being a poor choice of replacement

I'd be fine with them replacing him with a mutant who is a better choice. It wouldn't be hard to find since basically ANY mutant other than Cortez, the Strucker twins, Sinister or Emplate would be a better choice