Oooh, nice one
Claremont, in his continuing spiral into madness, has opted to bring back Psylocke.
And so the one thing left that I still kind of respected Claremont for has been thrown to the wind. Psylocke had become a terrible, convoluted character over the last ten years (part Lobdell and Nieceza's fault, for making her true origin so damn convoluted, then giving her vague mystical powers, part Claremont's for making her Asian in the first place) and her killing was a mercy, because she honestly contributed nothing, particularly once Professor X and Phoenix returned to the team.
"Hey, what's you favorite Psylocke story?"
"I like the one that completely overhauls her status quo!"
"Oh, you mean all of them?"
Seriously, from the moment she turned Asian, the only Psylocke-focused stories were ones in which she was given another overhaul. Seriously, she wasn't that interesting a character when she joined the X-Men, and the multitude of changes made to her haven't done anything to change that.
So, in closing, it's another clumsy resurrection for Claremont.
Still no word yet on whether this 5-part storyline will include mind control, X-Men vs. X-Men, or Claremont's increasingly disturbing S&M hangups.
Maybe Psylocke wants Storm to be her queen.
UPDATE: I know it's only been one issue of this storyline so far, and she could be a trick, or a clone, or a whatever you will. But considering there's been nine issues of Excalibur and still no real explanation of Magento's "resurrection," I wouldn't hold my breath for any such revalation just yet.
And so the one thing left that I still kind of respected Claremont for has been thrown to the wind. Psylocke had become a terrible, convoluted character over the last ten years (part Lobdell and Nieceza's fault, for making her true origin so damn convoluted, then giving her vague mystical powers, part Claremont's for making her Asian in the first place) and her killing was a mercy, because she honestly contributed nothing, particularly once Professor X and Phoenix returned to the team.
"Hey, what's you favorite Psylocke story?"
"I like the one that completely overhauls her status quo!"
"Oh, you mean all of them?"
Seriously, from the moment she turned Asian, the only Psylocke-focused stories were ones in which she was given another overhaul. Seriously, she wasn't that interesting a character when she joined the X-Men, and the multitude of changes made to her haven't done anything to change that.
So, in closing, it's another clumsy resurrection for Claremont.
Still no word yet on whether this 5-part storyline will include mind control, X-Men vs. X-Men, or Claremont's increasingly disturbing S&M hangups.
Maybe Psylocke wants Storm to be her queen.
UPDATE: I know it's only been one issue of this storyline so far, and she could be a trick, or a clone, or a whatever you will. But considering there's been nine issues of Excalibur and still no real explanation of Magento's "resurrection," I wouldn't hold my breath for any such revalation just yet.
posted by Jeff at 9:19 AM
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I've told you that one of my friends is legally changing her middle name to Storm in honor of the X-Man, haven't I?
I hope this arc includes Psylocke mind-controlling all of the X-Men to capture Storm, chain her up and demand that she be their queen. And then she'll accept and everyone will be happy and Claremont can shoot himself.
--Leslie
But why would you change your middle name to honor one of the lamest X-Men?
Also, we can only dream that that's how the story plays itself out. We can only dream.
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