Does she still have the Valkyrie crap tacked on to her original character concept?
Whatever happened to Banshee?
Zoe: Yeah? Thought you'd get land crazy that long in port. Wash: Probably, but I've been sane a long while now, and change is good.
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Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 11, 2004 1:22:36 pm PST #1547 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
§ ita § - Mar 11, 2004 1:30:19 pm PST #1548 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I don't think they've mentioned it. She's barely even used her powers -- she's coming back to teach at the Academy, and dealing with being adult. Shan's back too.
If only they could resurrect Cypher. It wouldn't be cheap at all, I swear.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 11, 2004 1:47:39 pm PST #1549 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Cool. Xi'an was supposed to be potentially more psychically powerful than Xavier, wasn't she? (I know she once managed to break through Illyana's psychic defenses to possess her, something that Xavier wasn't a strong enough telepath to do.)
§ ita § - Mar 11, 2004 1:51:46 pm PST #1550 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think she was the sledgehammer to his scalpel.
Matt the Bruins fan - Mar 11, 2004 2:10:54 pm PST #1551 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Yeah, she had the one thing she could do supremely well, and only the potential to expand her range of talents. But she was able to kick Amahl Farouk out of her mind in that New Mutants story, which is a not unimpressive feat in its own right.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 11, 2004 5:44:47 pm PST #1552 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I've read that Astonishing (not Astounishing, I have to keep reminding myself) can be considered the replacement (not the right word, but continuance is probably wrong, too) for Grant Morrison's run on New X-Men. (To confuse matters further, Marvel will be coming out with a title called New X-Men: Academy X that is supposed to be a continuation of New Mutants. Gotta love Marvel).
OK - key question: how many titles does this mean I'm going to have to keep up with just to keep up with Joss' run? Is Joss on for X (heh) number of issues, or is it open-ended? If anyone knows. Including Joss.
Kalshane - Mar 11, 2004 6:58:48 pm PST #1553 of 10000
GS: If you had to choose between kicking evil in the head or the behind, which would you choose, and why?
Minsc: I'm not sure I understand the question. I have two feet, do I not? You do not take a small plate when the feast of evil welcomes seconds.
I believe it's a 12 issue run. (For Joss at least. Not sure about the title.)
CaBil - Mar 11, 2004 11:05:00 pm PST #1554 of 10000
Remember, remember/the fifth of November/the Gunpowder Treason and Plot/I see no reason/Why Gunpowder Treason/Should ever be forgot.
Marvel has stepped away from massive X-title crossovers, so you probably can get the full story without scratching your head too much just by reading Astonishing's 12 issues...
§ ita § - Mar 11, 2004 11:35:02 pm PST #1555 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
In fact, all the X titles seem completely unrelated at this point.
Kiba Rika - Mar 12, 2004 5:10:21 pm PST #1556 of 10000
I may have to seize the cat.
I was hoping for some Kitty Pryde in Joss's X-Men. As surprises no one, she's my favorite character. (What? A small, bookish, Jewish performer-type with headaches? No!) I'm so relieved to see she will be old school Kitty and not this new thing I've been told is Kitty. (I'm a bit of a crappy X-Men fan, as my current reading of comics has me only caught up to around 1984.)
ETA: Also the computer-nerd thing has no small part in my Kitty love, and where I see a big Kitty-Buffy parallel is dealing with superpowers while your parents are mid-divorce. All the while being expected to go to school, and trying to have a nice, normal life with a boyfriend who's too old for you. (Granted, there's a big difference between 200 years older than you and 5 or 6 years older than you, but still.) Which, by the way, I never forgave Colossus for Secret Wars. (I'm all out of order in my reading of X-Men related stories...)