tokenBG1009 wrote: ↑18 Sep 2019, 12:21
The more I read it the more I'm sure we're going to have something happen that wipes this world.
I don’t know about “wipes,” but probably something will have to revise or change what we’re seeing and how we’re seeing it.
tokenBG1009 wrote: ↑18 Sep 2019, 12:21
If not, then no one who enjoys this can speak poorly of Bendis's mischaracterizations again.
Well, yes and no. Bendis’ run was traditional superhero sopa opera fare. In that genre, the personalities of the characters are pretty important. I think we were justified in being disappointed with how he drew the characters, and there was nothing else in there to carry the story (the plots were ghastly).
OTOH, Hickman isn’t telling a superhero soap opera in HoX/PoX. Hickman is world building. With the exception of Xavier, Magneto and Apocalypse, the personalities of the characters are irrelevant. That’s why they’ve had so little dialogue or panel space. I can enjoy this run despite the bad characterization, because it’s not about the characters. I couldn’t enjoy Bendis’ run despite the bad characterization, because there was nothing else to it.
tokenBG1009 wrote: ↑18 Sep 2019, 12:21
I think Ororo's INTERACTIONS with each character were really well done, but being the hype woman of Krakoa is so out of character for her it almost erases everything else.
+1000. The dialogue with Jean felt intimate. The shouting from the podium felt inauthentic.
tokenBG1009 wrote: ↑18 Sep 2019, 12:21
I also can't see some of our favorite mutants basically turning into Mutant Supremacists. It's one thing to have mutant pride, but this is something entirely different. This is some Klan shit.
Yeah. I feel like this set-up would have driven a lot of the X-Men away. Or at the very least they’d be taking a wait-and-see approach instead of embracing it. I can see Ororo hanging out in the wings, trying to quietly guide and advise the others to avoid some of the excesses. I can’t see her jumping on the bandwagon like she did in this issue.