snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:27 AM
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:27 AM
it's easy to talk about the silver age as a simpler happier time for the x-men but
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:27 AM
remember that time bobby went into a coma and almost died
化けの花
@hexennacht
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:28 AM
god every time i open a page with stan dialogue i feel like im having a stroke
化けの花
@hexennacht
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:29 AM
but holy shit
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:30 AM
you didn't see the precious page where hank calls jean a prattering female
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:30 AM
*PREVIOUS
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:30 AM
*BIG DIF
Boo👻Berry
@justghosts
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:31 AM
I love that she forgot she has a superpower
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:31 AM
honestly, that happens every time kirby draws jean doing something
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:31 AM
stan: okay but a dude has to tell her to do it
化けの花
@hexennacht
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:32 AM
like 90% of silver age jean's whole character is just "girl"
化けの花
@hexennacht
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:32 AM
thanks...stan...
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:33 AM
thaaaaanks
化けの花
@hexennacht
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:33 AM
god fuck that guy
Boo👻Berry
@justghosts
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:33 AM
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:33 AM
it does get better when roy thomas takes over
6LilacMimeLions
@kadath
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:34 AM
^^^sentences that should not be true AND YET
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:34 AM
AND YET
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:34 AM
arnold drake, too, his was probably the best
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:35 AM
you can look at that and go "okay, i see where claremont is coming from"
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:38 AM
huh, i forgot roy thomas came back for a hot second after drake, and jean remains pretty badass in that
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:39 AM
claremont explicitly talks about a scene from issue 63 when discussing his characterisation of jean
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:39 AM
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:40 AM
"join me, marvel girl!" "how about fuck you"
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:43 AM
(this comic also contains erik saying "fast, girl, but not as fast as my portable jet pack!")
sparklecap🌟
@starlightstorm
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:46 AM
\ COMICS /
sparklecap🌟
@starlightstorm
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:47 AM
I'd ask why magneto needs a portable jet pack, but I think I already know the answer
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:47 AM
~style
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:50 AM
but also the machine he built is draining his magnetism
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:50 AM
to make mutates? i think?
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:51 AM
magnetism could do basically anything in the silver age
化けの花
@hexennacht
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:51 AM
i mean even in the bronze age it could
化けの花
@hexennacht
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:52 AM
never forget the circus caravan flying through lava in a magnetic bubble
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:58 AM
fair
6LilacMimeLions
@kadath
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:58 AM
i maintain magneto is a reality-warper who only
thinks
he has magnetic powers
6LilacMimeLions
@kadath
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 5:59 AM
and no one's told him otherwise because
that would be worse
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 6:03 AM
charles: holy shi -
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 6:03 AM
charles: nope
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 6:04 AM
(you know hickman if you had to make SOMEONE warp reality for your hijinks........)
化けの花
@hexennacht
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 6:05 AM
and i mean... i know a parent's mutant power isnt
meant
to have anything to do with the kid's (i know. ok. i know) but
6LilacMimeLions
@kadath
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 6:05 AM
erik: the earth's magnetic field regenerated me
hank: that's not--
charles: SHUT
化けの花
@hexennacht
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 6:06 AM
gestures at erik and wanda and billy...
化けの花
@hexennacht
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 6:06 AM
lorna's out here as the one w actual magnetic powers
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 6:06 AM
claremont did draw that line explicitly in excalibur
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 6:07 AM
and, you know, also had erik making fuckin wormholes
6LilacMimeLions
@kadath
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 6:07 AM
canon: we can't predict mutations based on the parents'
every single writer who's written second-gen mutant kids: sounds fake
化けの花
@hexennacht
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 6:09 AM
including claremont.
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 6:09 AM
starting
with claremont
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 6:14 AM
WE LEARNED IT FROM YOU, CHRIS
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 6:46 AM
i'm editing these panels for tumblr and i just. love that erik made this machine suit thing and then stuck his fuckin cape on it
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 7:21 AM
oops i'm rereading the entire interview now
snowbogan
@shobogan
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 7:23 AM
claremont talking about how, hey, maybe we should treat female characters as people and heroes foremost, how amazing and badass his mom was, the whole creative process behind comics which is always fascinating, what a bastard charles actually is
StupidSexyV⚠der
@komikbookgeek
Sun, Sep 1, 2019 8:24 AM
lol but yes
載入新的回覆
hank: that's not--
charles: SHUT
every single writer who's written second-gen mutant kids: sounds fake