It's been implied that the Slayer 'powers' affects individuals differently. They all tend to get a basic package of strength, combat intisincts, etc., but the amount of memories/visions seems to vary.

For instance, psycho-girl of Angel seemed to living the memories of the previous slayers far more strongly than Buffy every did, Faith never evinced any of the Slayer memories other than the passive combat ones while Buffy was known to have the rare prophetic dream

DX, I'm with you on Rogue. I like the X-Men movies, but Rogue character in the movies is more like someone with Rogue's powers in a Kitty Pryde/Jubilee relationship w/Logan, then the actual Rogue. Plus, Marie?

Polter, Emma's been known for her skimpy, more underwear-than-outerwear costumes for a long time. Also, she and Kitty have a contentious history. I think she basically kidnapped her at one time, and forced her to join the Hellions, back when Emma wasn't a good guy.

The Legacy virus was almost 10 years ago, wasn't it?

ita, the cure was about 3 years ago. But it was an ongoing storyline for about 10 years. It started at the end of the X-cutioner's Song crossover, I think, and that was the early 90s.

Snacky, right. I'm not dissing Anna Paquin, because I think she's great, but the Rogue in the movie is a lot closer to Kitty than the comic Rogue.

(Sorry, I'm a Marvel girl, with the rare Batman & Vertigo exception.)

Yeah, I'm mostly Marvel as well, with Vertigo and Image exceptions. Except now, Nightwing.

Also, she and Kitty have a contentious history.

Ah, okay, see, that helps. Thanks.

I haven't picked up the Astonishing X-Men yet, so I'm skipping through posts with my hands over my eyes, but I just wanted to say:

Ah hell. This is the girly soap-opera version of "Dude, if Batman and Superman fought, who would win?" isn't it?

Yes, it is.

Also, Leonard Pierce's take on Powers (as will be seen whenever we finish the next High Hat) is that Bendis is trying to pick up the next Great Leap Forward in comics that Alan Moore started in the 1980s, but has a tendency to get sidetracked into subpar storylines. He has great hopes for Powers Mark II, though.

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the Rogue in the movie is a lot closer to Kitty than the comic Rogue.

Good! Even more reason for me to join Joss with the Kitty obsession in Astonishing. Because I loved movie Rogue, so I'm sure to love comic Kitty!

I tried to read X-Men, I really did. I have 4 Ultimate trades (very good!) and an (unfortunate) Uncanny trade on my shelf right now. It's just... so much history, and they seem to rewrite it more than DC does. It's all very confusing.

they seem to rewrite it more than DC does.

Well, the Ultimate books are actually a different universe, so there won't be much in common other than the powers.

Wow. The Legacy virus lasted a long time. I took my break somewhere inside those seven years.

Well, the Ultimate books are actually a different universe, so there won't be much in common other than the powers.

Oh. See what I mean? So confusing.