Should Some Marvel Mutants Be Fixed?

[Manic]

Let's see...

When she touches someone, something has to happen, but she can control which it is. Either she takes their powers/traits, imprints/reads their mind, drains the life out of them, or all of the above.

It'd be a tough choice to make during sex, though.

 

[BrianWilly]

Don't take MY word for it. Read The X-Men #1...

Indeed? Well, please feel free to enlighten me on YOUR take on Stan & Jack's original storyline.

I really don't think that the vital essence of a forty-six years old franchise could or should be exemplified by the first five years of its run that most people haven't even read. Lee and Kirby hardly make or break the X-Men, no more than they make or break Spider-Man or the Fantastic Four.

 

[Flyclops]

Yes, Marvel mutants should be fixed.

Don't forget to spay and neuter them.

 

[chamber-music]

I know it isn't your topic, but the one thing that needs to be fixed is M-Day. While some could argue Morrison went overboard with the evolution thing, making mutants mundane (I disagree), M-Day went too far in the other direction; throwing the baby out with the bathwater and reducing mutants to too low a number to be socially relevant. Heck, the Inhumans may outnumber them now. The current X-Men roster may be 10% of the entire population of Earth's mutants. That simply doesn't work for the premise.

No writer within the last two years at least has convinced me that the X-Men can maintain their metaphors for race/diversity issues post M-Day. The fact that many spent a year in space to avoid dealing with it was telling.

I agree. I didn't like that Morrison made the Mutant population so huge and I didn't like that they then took away so many mutants powers. Now we are left with Cyclops acting like his moses.

 

[Manic]

All they needed was another mutant holocaust like the one in Genosha, where another half of the mutant population was taken out. Then have Wanda cast a spell that prevents flatscan humans from giving birth to X-gene positive babies, and stops dormant teens from manifesting their powers.

There. The numbers are reduced, but the number of mutants on Earth aren't outnumbered by a single public school.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

I really don't think that the vital essence of a forty-six years old franchise could or should be exemplified by the first five years of its run that most people haven't even read. Lee and Kirby hardly make or break the X-Men, no more than they make or break Spider-Man or the Fantastic Four.

Which is the usual response from fans your age.

To me, an exploration to a varying degree is fine for any and all characters, provided that the essense of said characters is eventually maintained. Which is what happened with Morrison/House of M.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

The problem with that is you've then made her Peter, from Heroes.

If there's one thing I learned from Heroes, it's that you don't ever want to make a character Peter from Heroes.

Hahaha

 

[RAMORE]

Well Cyke hit his head falling from a plane when he was little so I chalk that up to head trauma. But rogue has always bothered me.

 

[fifthfiend]

Which is the usual response from fans your age.

Yep, you get that quality of thought from people who aren't halfway into the intcontinence of their senility.

To me, an exploration to a varying degree is fine for any and all characters, provided that the essense of said characters is eventually maintained. Which is what happened with Morrison/House of M.

Our newfangled world of transistors and cellphones and Youtubes must be so very confusing for you . It's nice that the comics industry at least seems willing to cater to your impotent longing for a world stripped of change and dynamism where you don't ever have to be confronted by scary new ideas.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

Yep, you get that quality of thought from people who aren't halfway into intcontinent senility.

Or cowards who make smart assed comments while hiding safely behind their computers.

 

[fifthfiend]

cowards who make smart assed comments while hiding safely behind their computers.

I know! It's just so unfair to people like you that this modern technology forces people to communicate with words and ideas instead of lashing out violently at anything that upsets you.

I feel for you, really I do.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

I know! It's just so unfair to people like you that this modern technology forces people to communicate with words and ideas instead of lashing out violently at anything that upsets you.

I feel for you, really I do.

"Upset"? You give your sweet little self WAY too much credit, junior lol t:

BTW; calling fellow posters senile is hardly ideal communication.

 

[moraldeficiency]

This topic had me picturing cyclops leading wolverine to the vet to have his balls removed. Then I read the actual point and it wasn't nearly as amusing.

 

[cerealkiller182]

And when i mean flaws i know its nice for some characters to have flaws but have you noticed that no new mutant has been this flawed like these examples.

Wither couldnt touch anyone and Surge needed power gloves or else shed absorb too much electricity and freak out while being recovering drug addict.


Anyways, yeah I would like to see Cyke finally get a hold on his optic blasts. I actually like Beast that way he is but some artists draw him like a big blue garfield sometime. You gotta draw him more tiger less house cat.

I'd like to see Rogue with more control but not full control. Not the use whatever power ever anytime thing, but that she can for the most part actually touch others but she still could absorb something by mistake. It would be hard thing to get around i think unless you end up writing her being clumsy and keeps bumping into her and stealing powers that would be pretty stupid too.

 

[fifthfiend]

BTW; calling fellow posters senile is hardly ideal communication.

Which is the usual response from fans your age.

You give your sweet little self WAY too much credit, junior

If you find comments on people's ages to be so hurtful, you should try not commenting on other people's ages.

It's a difficult concept I know. It's all right, take a little time and see if you can wrap your head around that one.

 

[Manic]

Wither couldnt touch anyone and Surge needed power gloves or else shed absorb too much electricity and freak out while being recovering drug addict.

Whither is another one of those "his powers don't make sense" types, but Surge's power makes perfect sense. In an all-natural setting, she wouldn't need her power gloves. Her body absorbs nearby electricity, but if she lived out in the woods, she wouldn't notice her powers at all until it rained and lightning struck. Surge had the misfortune of being born in a post-Tesla/Edison world.

 

[BrianWilly]

Which is the usual response from fans your age.

To me, an exploration to a varying degree is fine for any and all characters, provided that the essense of said characters is eventually maintained. Which is what happened with Morrison/House of M.

But you're defining the essence of characters that are nearly fifty years old by five years' worth of stories. One-tenth of all material that encapsulates the franchise; most characters that are most associated with the X-Men weren't even created at that point.

That's the usual response from fans who, well, just aren't being very objective.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Whither is another one of those "his powers don't make sense" types, but Surge's power makes perfect sense. In an all-natural setting, she wouldn't need her power gloves. Her body absorbs nearby electricity, but if she lived out in the woods, she wouldn't notice her powers at all until it rained and lightning struck. Surge had the misfortune of being born in a post-Tesla/Edison world.

She should set up shop in the X-Men's old Australian base. Not much electricity out there.

 

[RockSP]

You should be banned for bringing up the Australian era.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

I wish the X-Men had relocated to Australia instead of San Francisco.

 

[Colossal Spoons]

There's a sweet base in Asia that they just found in Astonishing

 

[Manic]

You know, I wish the X-Men would stop saying they live in San Francisco. They're in the Marin Headlands. It's adjacent to SF, but it's technically a different county. They even had an issue where they worked with the SF police in raiding a warehouse in Oakland. It's like the writers are still in "New York Mode," and they assume the other cities in the Bay Area are just boroughs or something.

 

[Dark Carnage]

The problem with that is you've then made her Peter, from Heroes.

If there's one thing I learned from Heroes, it's that you don't ever want to make a character Peter from Heroes.

I thought Heroes sucked major ballage from the get go, but I was fair and gave it a go. Somehow managing to get through the first season. Haven't watched a single ep of Season 2 onwards. Now, of all the many, many things I hated about the show (lack of likable characters, boring powers, ridiculously obvious stories, Sylar, etc.) The one thing that truely stood out was Peter Petrelli. But then, that could have just been the actor's fault.

So, in the time I stayed away, what have the writer's done to make everyone jump on my side of things?

 

[storyteller]

NIghtcrawler is part demon so maybe his ability to change into human form is more of a reach(by all accounts Mystique is the human part of the equation).



Also on the subject of Beast. Remember this guy didnt start as a blue bear/cat. He was never supposed to take this path and if some mental switches need to be shut off to turn him into a feral animal, who knows what will happen if he keeps changing. Also quite frankly the man in beast was taking a hit before his new relationship.

 

[Kirk Langstrom]

If you find comments on people's ages to be so hurtful, you should try not commenting on other people's ages.

It's a difficult concept I know. It's all right, take a little time and see if you can wrap your head around that one.

When did i say i find it hurtful?

I find it funny and somewhat hypocritical that someone bragging about being such a great internet "communicator of ideas" reduces themselves to using such methods while waging whatever pathetic little wars he has going on inside his head.

But hey; i guess the REAL you is just shining through.

Have a nice day.