Agreed. They need an epic new villain or two. Like DC level epic. A hero is only as good as his villain, or so they say.

Waid’s Sam is better than Sam usually is, and this is probably the best comic Sam’s been in (as they say, no bad characters, only bad stories; no disrespect to my boy, Richard, stay RIP where the bad writers can’t get to you). Like, ANAD Avengers isn’t Full-Power Waid comics, but it has a good sense of humor.…

Of all the Mantles in the Marvel Universe Wolverines is one of the hardest to pass on. It wasnt just a flashy name for a person to be a hero under and it was never much of an alter-ego for him.

Thunderbolts and DA are some of the more interesting, unique facets of Marvel, I’d be all over it.

Yeah, having an actual argument that has nothing to do with gender or hate is totally what you had in mind with “internet tough guys.”

Thanks for proving my point!

Oh, great, the “safe spaces in comics” argument. You do know that people can dislike killing off established characters for diversity purposes and not be raging misogynists? In fact, the whole “everyone who doesn’t agree with this change hates *insert minority/gender*” argument is such a wet fart that it’s lost any…

I’m counting it because I like it, for exactly those reasons: The subversion made DA so appealing and fun. So, if I were going somewhere with this, legacies are great when they build upon existing lore properly, even if that means a little trolling.

Because it’s directed by someone who sees actors as peers rather than inaminate tools to sate one’s own preconceived notions?

Not to name any names of previous Star Wars directors.

Okay, let’s just go with this: Young Bobby was outed by Jean Gray, who is a powerful telepath, but in the grand scheme of things, not the the most powerful. Older Bobby has had EMMA FUCKING FROST noodling around in his noggin to such an extent that she FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGED HOW HIS ABILITIES WORK and you don’t think,…

Well, I’ll leave it as just this and let you do your thing since you’ve got a busy day and all. I can’t speak for everyone, but I know absolutely that lots of fans get upset about retcons and changes including Scott’s more shitty portrayals, Beast’s descent into some dark places, Havoc being so terrible to Scott, and…

Yeah. Drop in the bucket.

Completely agree. People have forgotten what being a fan is these days and have completely given into fanaticism.

I could agree with that. Kitty is a great character, and I like her a lot. I personally don’t see her in enough to have grown such a strong attachment, whereas Bobby is kinda always around.

No, no, you are correct. But only partially.

You’re dealing with comic books. It’s a medium where fans may know the decades long history of their favorite characters down to the minute detail. If you accept the idea that comic books should have more diversity because young readers will then have characters they can identify with, then you can’t get all…

Dude, take it easy, man. Not everyone is an asshole or bigot for just not agreeing with you. Some people just value continuity over diversity, and there is nothing wrong with having different values. It doesn’t innately mean that a person is a bigot or a bad person.

He tries, but it still doesn’t make sense. When I read those old comics, when it was his own thought balloons, he wasn’t “pretending” to be straight. He was straight. He was trying to be with women. He was in love with Polaris. We can READ his internal thoughts, and there’s no conflict there; he knows exactly what…

But Northstar didn’t have a long, storied history of womanizing or chasing after female crushes either, not to my knowledge anyway (I did real Alpha Flight, but not as much as X-men.)

Northstar wasn’t retconned to be homosexual, he was revealed to be homosexual. It was telegraphed pretty strongly from day one that he was and John Byrne intended for him to be from the start of the Alpha Flight comic. Iceman being homosexual isn’t really the issue for me, IMHO. It’s more that 40 years of continuity…