A Shadowy Flight

[dreamer_easy]

At random, re-read the earliest appearances of Phoenix c/- Classic X-Men. At first put off by the chunky, thickly-inked art, but was completely drawn in by Claremont's writing. Phoenix was a crucial discovery in my life (Phoenix II, really) - a woman defined by her power and her connection to the cosmos, rather than by her relationship with a man. My first image of the Goddess. What a shame she was killed off rather than working out how to incorporate her dark side. Inanna managed it.

One annoyance, though, and a perpetual problem with comics which will probably prevent my return to them: Cyclops is built like a football player, Colossus is built like a tank, Wolverine is short and stocky, Nightcrawler is slender, Phoenix is statuesque with big breasts, Polaris is statuesque with big breasts, Lilandra is statuesque with big breasts, etc etc.

WTF is this pr0n manga Phoenix I keep seeing covers for on Ebay?!

In other nostalgia news, bought The Best of Knight Rider and watched Knightmares, the amnesia episode. I was surprised by how competent and enjoyable it was, if dated - they'd thought through their story quite well, the jokes worked, and Hasslehoff's performance is quite adequate. Also on the DVD is the first KARR story and the one with Ann Turkel and the music that saps your strength. Yay!

Comments

[kkglinka.livejournal.com]

For the reason you mention about the high-school diagram, but more because of the all the creepy fic involving her, scott and logan. Creepy. Also, there's the fact that Scott married Madelyne Pryor not Jean, and has been in a permanent schizo state since. There's just something off about that.

No, the current storyline involves Beast having gone crazy in the future. He wreaks havoc and war upon the remaining earth population using his vat grown pod people mutants. He's fetched the Phoenix Egg off the moon (Logan and Jean crashed out in space or something, millions of years earlier) and the plot kinda falls apart there. But anyway, Beast wants the Phoenix Force so he can become the ultimate mutant. Or something.

I quit reading for a while after the angst laden Gambit/Rogue fiasco and picked it back up when Morrison came on the title. But I might be dropping it again if this crap keeps up. Guess I'll stick with Catwoman.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

all the creepy fic involving her, scott and logan

Y'mean like... all at once? That's a heck of a Danger Room scenario.