This was going to be about Polaris tweets, but the first tweet I had to highlight generated so much text from me that I’m making it its own post.
I need to talk about this because Gail thinking Lorna would be a hard sell underscores heavy bias against Lorna at @marvelentertainment.
To repeat: I said bias from Marvel, not bias from Gail Simone. What she said here says nothing about her views on Lorna. Do not “go after” or complain about her for providing insight into what she has to take into account when working with a company as biased as Marvel.
Now to the meat of my post.
Lorna is a character who has never received even one solo, miniseries, one-shot or dedicated origins book. This is while so many other characters – including ones only the most hardcore of hardcore readers have ever heard of – have received solos.
Blink got her own solo series. Firestar got not one, but two solo volumes. Strong Guy. Layla Miller. Shatterstar. Longshot long before Deadpool 2. Chamber, a character I literally never heard of until I put together one of these lists, had his own 4-issue miniseries in 2002.
Marvel’s able to make solos and one-shots for all of these characters, but not for Polaris? Somehow, giving Lorna a single series is a hard sell at Marvel?
It’s even worse when you consider the full context. The live-action version of Lorna is the most popular character on Gifted. This year is the 50th anniversary of her creation. She’s the second female X-Men member. If you check social media, you see tons and tons more people requesting or demanding that Lorna get to lead a team, or get to have a solo book, or so many other things.
Polaris is not only at the height of her popularity, she’s not only jumped over every hurdle these other characters that got series had to jump, she’s exceeded the qualifications.
If Lorna isn’t able to get a solo under these conditions, conditions that no other character that got a solo had to have to get theirs, then what the hell is it going to take? Does the idea of her have to end world hunger first? Does the U.S. government have to declare the day of her creation National Polaris Day? Would that be enough for Marvel to give her a solo book?
Or is no amount of popularity or demand in need of supply ever going to be good enough for this company?
I mean…even Lockjaw has a miniserie and he is a dog.
Simone right now is writing a Domino solo book, if you can sell Domino I think you can sell Polaris.
Pedophiles are not LGBT, no adult engaging in a sexual relationship with a minor gets to call themselves LGBT and if you think they do fucking block me and throw yourself into the sun
TERF rhetoric is toxic and stupid and no one needs your transphobic ass any time of the year, much less the time of year when trans people should be taking pride in their identities (which is also year round)
It is not, under any circumstances, okay to “out” someone. I don’t care if you think your intentions are good. this can destroy someone’s life. A young person could end up homeless. Or dead.
POC belong at PRIDE just as much as everyone else (we would not have this without black trans women, show some respect)
You don’t know if the “apparently straight” couple who you see at PRIDE is composed of two straight people – one could be bisexual, one could be asexual, both could be, I mean, like, don’t be that person
Or they could be there to support someone who might’ve otherwise been alone, like, just, don’t be that person who polices sexualities and shit okay
Bisexuality, pansexuality, and polysexuality all exist and deserve to be respected
seriously it’s completely possible to be attracted to two or more genders or be attracted regardless of gender and our identities don’t hurt anyone
Just because you are LGBTQIA+ doesn’t mean you aren’t capable of being an asshole, and if you use “I’m gay!” as an excuse you need to grow up (this applies year round)
Asexuals and aromantics belong at PRIDE just as much as any other LGBTQIA+ individual, I really don’t care how many letters are in the “alphabet soup”, you have a valid identity
polyamory is when three or more people engage in a consensual relationship, not when one person is with someone else behind their partner’s back
polyamory is not superior to monogamy or vice versa
buying PRIDE gear for your sexuality/gender doesn’t mean you’re selling out or giving into capitalism, if it makes you happy do it and don’t let people shame you for it
and honestly like isn’t it good for it to be normalized? I am all for Target having a PRIDE section, that’s amazing
Not everyone is okay with using the word or calling themselves “queer”, if they’re not okay with it don’t call them that
bisexuality is not transphobic and pansexuality is not biphobic
stay safe at PRIDE – don’t accept open drinks from strangers, ever, no matter what, people can be awful anywhere you go, just stay safe
you don’t have to come out just because it’s PRIDE month, if it isn’t safe for you (i.e. you’ll be on the streets, homeless, etc) don’t pressure yourself
This was going to be about Polaris tweets, but the first tweet I had to highlight generated so much text from me that I’m making it its own post.
I need to talk about this because Gail thinking Lorna would be a hard sell underscores heavy bias against Lorna at @marvelentertainment.
To repeat: I said bias from Marvel, not bias from Gail Simone. What she said here says nothing about her views on Lorna. Do not “go after” or complain about her for providing insight into what she has to take into account when working with a company as biased as Marvel.
Now to the meat of my post.
Lorna is a character who has never received even one solo, miniseries, one-shot or dedicated origins book. This is while so many other characters – including ones only the most hardcore of hardcore readers have ever heard of – have received solos.
Blink got her own solo series. Firestar got not one, but two solo volumes. Strong Guy. Layla Miller. Shatterstar. Longshot long before Deadpool 2. Chamber, a character I literally never heard of until I put together one of these lists, had his own 4-issue miniseries in 2002.
Marvel’s able to make solos and one-shots for all of these characters, but not for Polaris? Somehow, giving Lorna a single series is a hard sell at Marvel?
It’s even worse when you consider the full context. The live-action version of Lorna is the most popular character on Gifted. This year is the 50th anniversary of her creation. She’s the second female X-Men member. If you check social media, you see tons and tons more people requesting or demanding that Lorna get to lead a team, or get to have a solo book, or so many other things.
Polaris is not only at the height of her popularity, she’s not only jumped over every hurdle these other characters that got series had to jump, she’s exceeded the qualifications.
If Lorna isn’t able to get a solo under these conditions, conditions that no other character that got a solo had to have to get theirs, then what the hell is it going to take? Does the idea of her have to end world hunger first? Does the U.S. government have to declare the day of her creation National Polaris Day? Would that be enough for Marvel to give her a solo book?
Or is no amount of popularity or demand in need of supply ever going to be good enough for this company?
I mean…even Lockjaw has a miniserie and he is a dog.
Simone right now is writing a Domino solo book, if you can sell Domino I think you can sell Polaris.
This was going to be about Polaris tweets, but the first tweet I had to highlight generated so much text from me that I’m making it its own post.
I need to talk about this because Gail thinking Lorna would be a hard sell underscores heavy bias against Lorna at @marvelentertainment.
To repeat: I said bias from Marvel, not bias from Gail Simone. What she said here says nothing about her views on Lorna. Do not “go after” or complain about her for providing insight into what she has to take into account when working with a company as biased as Marvel.
Now to the meat of my post.
Lorna is a character who has never received even one solo, miniseries, one-shot or dedicated origins book. This is while so many other characters – including ones only the most hardcore of hardcore readers have ever heard of – have received solos.
Blink got her own solo series. Firestar got not one, but two solo volumes. Strong Guy. Layla Miller. Shatterstar. Longshot long before Deadpool 2. Chamber, a character I literally never heard of until I put together one of these lists, had his own 4-issue miniseries in 2002.
Marvel’s able to make solos and one-shots for all of these characters, but not for Polaris? Somehow, giving Lorna a single series is a hard sell at Marvel?
It’s even worse when you consider the full context. The live-action version of Lorna is the most popular character on Gifted. This year is the 50th anniversary of her creation. She’s the second female X-Men member. If you check social media, you see tons and tons more people requesting or demanding that Lorna get to lead a team, or get to have a solo book, or so many other things.
Polaris is not only at the height of her popularity, she’s not only jumped over every hurdle these other characters that got series had to jump, she’s exceeded the qualifications.
If Lorna isn’t able to get a solo under these conditions, conditions that no other character that got a solo had to have to get theirs, then what the hell is it going to take? Does the idea of her have to end world hunger first? Does the U.S. government have to declare the day of her creation National Polaris Day? Would that be enough for Marvel to give her a solo book?
Or is no amount of popularity or demand in need of supply ever going to be good enough for this company?
Her problem(in publication’s eye?) as a character is maybe she had been overshadowed by multiple characters.
As a late 60s X-Men character? Havok.
As a mutant with magnetism? Magneto.
As a X-Women? Jean, Storm, Shadowcat.
As a rebellious heir of Magneto with father issues? Quicksilver.
As a troubled daughter of Magneto with mental issues? Scarlet Witch.
… and go on.
However, I demand Polaris solo or Polaris centric book because of this. She needs Her Story without being a Havok or Magneto’s development prop.
I can see this and agree, and that’s the big problem with how @marvelentertainment sees her, both for me personally and for the way the company operates in general.
In the first place, Marvel seems to have a tendency of bullshit “logic” that dictates if one character fills a role in their eyes, then another character can’t also fill it and be acknowledged and respected for it. It’s just a part of why Brevoort was opposed to Lorna being Magneto’s daughter – he thought Magneto could only have one character for the role of “Magneto’s daughter” and wanted to keep SW in that role.
Of course, there’s something more insidious in how Marvel seems to see Havok as the default “important late 60s X-Men character” and absolutely refuses to consider other late 60s X-Men characters. Polaris generates more discussion, she generates more interest and fanart, her live action version is the one that’s gotten popular while the same for Havok got little use past a single film.
… Yet Marvel keeps defaulting to him getting everything. Even to the point where they have him hijack stories that are supposed to be Lorna’s moment to shine. Like having him horn in on Lorna’s leadership on All-New X-Factor, or having him steal the whole spotlight when she returned on X-Men Blue after 2 years of forced limbo.
None of the above is meant to say “do less for Havok.” It’s there to further highlight how biased Marvel is against Lorna.
Marvel tries to look progressive in their highly publicized stuff, like Kamala Khan, or the Black Panther film. And yes, encouraging those things is good regardless of Marvel’s underlying motives. I made an exception to my “don’t see MCU stuff” rule and saw Black Panther precisely for that reason.
But Lorna is a case that demonstrates that beneath Marvel’s conscious, highly publicized efforts, they’re still heavily biased against female characters like her. They’d still rather maintain the “status quo” of women beneath men if there’s no cultural pressure to do otherwise.
If that wasn’t the case, they’d try to do more for Polaris. Not have her “male better” Havok steal her moments away from her after he’s already put on a pedestal.
This was going to be about Polaris tweets, but the first tweet I had to highlight generated so much text from me that I’m making it its own post.
I need to talk about this because Gail thinking Lorna would be a hard sell underscores heavy bias against Lorna at @marvelentertainment.
To repeat: I said bias from Marvel, not bias from Gail Simone. What she said here says nothing about her views on Lorna. Do not “go after” or complain about her for providing insight into what she has to take into account when working with a company as biased as Marvel.
Now to the meat of my post.
Lorna is a character who has never received even one solo, miniseries, one-shot or dedicated origins book. This is while so many other characters – including ones only the most hardcore of hardcore readers have ever heard of – have received solos.
Blink got her own solo series. Firestar got not one, but two solo volumes. Strong Guy. Layla Miller. Shatterstar. Longshot long before Deadpool 2. Chamber, a character I literally never heard of until I put together one of these lists, had his own 4-issue miniseries in 2002.
Marvel’s able to make solos and one-shots for all of these characters, but not for Polaris? Somehow, giving Lorna a single series is a hard sell at Marvel?
It’s even worse when you consider the full context. The live-action version of Lorna is the most popular character on Gifted. This year is the 50th anniversary of her creation. She’s the second female X-Men member. If you check social media, you see tons and tons more people requesting or demanding that Lorna get to lead a team, or get to have a solo book, or so many other things.
Polaris is not only at the height of her popularity, she’s not only jumped over every hurdle these other characters that got series had to jump, she’s exceeded the qualifications.
If Lorna isn’t able to get a solo under these conditions, conditions that no other character that got a solo had to have to get theirs, then what the hell is it going to take? Does the idea of her have to end world hunger first? Does the U.S. government have to declare the day of her creation National Polaris Day? Would that be enough for Marvel to give her a solo book?
Or is no amount of popularity or demand in need of supply ever going to be good enough for this company?
…I have lots of unresolved issues about the X-Men.
Saw this on Twitter, but only now seeing here on Tumblr, cause Tumblr search results don’t let me see everything that’s been posted related to my search terms.
salarta 