I’m very happy to see this. As a guy, growing up, the message reinforced in society was always “You are supposed to not only take initiative, but act very stubborn to demonstrate you genuinely care and are committed.”
That message always bothered me because it implies relationships can’t be based on immediate interest, and it’s incredibly easy for such behavior to slip into stalker territory. There are especially some guys who see continued attempts as an increasing “investment” that they “can’t walk away from,” which just exacerbates the chances of it turning into harassment.
And when I say harassment, I mean unintentional AND intentional. Some guys can be clueless. Others can convince themselves of horrible thoughts like “She’s a stuck-up bitch for not wanting to go out with me, I should ruin her life.”
Jean Grey (Shadow X version, Telepath and Telekinetic)
Colossus (The teams muscle)
Polaris (From The Exiles, a little bit tougher than her 616-counterpart)
Blink (Earth-616, Teleporter)
Berzerker (The Morlock that has issues with Cyclops)
Petra (because i would love to see her back from the dead and joining X-Men again)
Phantazia (villain turning good)
Sabretooth (Because i am so sick and tired of Wolverine everywhere, so let Sabretooth replace him and be much better than that other fucker!)
Just a note, I disagree about the idea that the Exiles version of Polaris is tougher than her 616 version. Exiles version Polaris is a lot more saucy and on-your-face about everything, definitely has a lot more fun with everything she does than most depictions of 616 Lorna, but 616 Lorna is definitely tougher. 616 Lorna has endured torture at least twice, lived through a genocide (the aftermath of which drove her insane), been possessed and mind-controlled multiple times, yet she’s still managed to go out to fight the good fight and shown more variety and strength in power use than the Exiles version.
Both Exiles and 616 Polaris have their individual merits, I just disagree on what those merits are. I hope this doesn’t seem disrespectful for reblogging off your post to say all this. The dream team looks interesting. 🙂 Lorna and Jean absolutely need to spend more time together like they used to back when 616 Lorna was created in 1968.
team x factor responding to danger’s sexual advances
gambit: why did you come to me first
gambit: were you aware i sleep naked
gambit: dear god send help
warlock: wait
warlock: wait what
warlock: oH DEAR GOD
polaris: *spits coffee*
cypher: *accidently slEEPS WITH?*
wanda: no, but thanks for asking.
While Wanda wasn’t part of the X-Factor team, I like the suggestion here very much. Wanda joining the team would’ve made for some really awesome dynamics. I doubt it would’ve been fair for the other Serval members since the book would then have a majority of Magnus family on it, but still, would’ve been cool.
salarta 