…but nobody needs their introduction to fandom to be “here’s a 25,000 word fic showing you in an ABO sex pollen orgy.” And they really, really don’t need to see the accompanying artwork.
Between the various ComicCons and talk shows, if they’re potentially interested in fandom, they’ll discover it – someone who knows them personally will mention, oh hey, did you know this exists? And if their response is “yeah, I know that stuff exists; I don’t care for it,” don’t pester them about it. Those who think it’s great, will say so. Let THEM come to US, not the other way around.
I feel like this used just be a known unknown rule in Fandom but in recent years people have lost all sense of fucking boundaries. It’s very weird and unsettling
I wrote a thing on Twitter about Lorna, Marvel, and treatment of her in relation to male characters. I’m bringing it over here because I feel I got to an important place with it.
When Marvel actually bothers to acknowledge Polaris exists and use her, the biggest obstacle to overcome is getting them to see Lorna as her own character. It’s a problem that’s more insidious than it first appears.
Marvel editors and writers are entrenched with an idea of Lorna as defined by men. Which is an annoying problem, because Lorna started out very feminist and empowering for her time, especially compared to Jean as SHE was written at the time.
Then, over the span of a few decades, Lorna’s treatment by Marvel declined from “not who takes who to the next sock hop” and “I’m nobody’s girl,” to fawning over how she gets to be Havok’s domesticated pseudo-housewife/girlfriend that needs him to rescue her.
Marvel writers and editors forget who Lorna is SUPPOSED to be. They only remember what later writers, especially Claremont, turned her into. So when they’re asked to do things with Lorna, they keep falling back on the bad later stuff instead of referring to the good early stuff.
Which is why they have problems with writing her male relationships. Gambit on All-New X-Factor and Magneto on X-Men Blue, both cases started out treating her relations with those men in the same way her relation with Havok has been historically treated.
And in both cases, ANXF and X-Men Blue, the writer DID eventually do better in her dynamic with Gambit and Magneto, respectively. But that they had such trouble at all underscores the problem Marvel writers and editors have of a tendency to devalue Lorna and overvalue men.
He also did Storm, Dazzler and Rogue, but I’m only posting the Lorna.
I love when I see art like this because the simple style is nicely evocative. It reminds me of the theory of people being able to emotionally identify more easily with simpler faces (e.g. smiley face emoji).
A long time ago, in the underground realm, where there are no lies or pain, there lived a Prince who dreamed of the human world. He dreamed of blue skies, soft breeze, and sunshine. One day, eluding his keepers, the Prince escaped. Once outside, the brightness blinded him and erased every trace of the past from his memory. He forgot who he was and where he came from. His body suffered cold, sickness, and pain. Eventually, he died. However, his sister, the princess, always knew that the Prince’s soul would return, perhaps in another body, in another place, at another time. And she would wait for him, until she drew her last breath, until the world stopped turning…
I want to do a minicomic for Polaris’ (Lorna Dane) 50th anniversary in October. I have a few picks of possible artists to commission, but right now they really feel more like “this is the closest I can find” than “oh yes this is a perfect pick.”
If you have any suggestions or anything of the sort, please let me know. 🙂 Right now I’m going more for a summary/highlight of her big moments tied together by a core theme of who she is and what they all mean.
Because this got a like a bit ago, I’m gonna reblog to update.
I have the artist picked already. 🙂 I’ve been in communication with him, and so far he’s completely open to the comic.
I have most of a draft finished. Tonight was wrapping up the draft for the cover page – which turned out to be a lot more detailed for description than I originally thought it would be.
I’ve complained a lot (for damn good reason) about Lorna’s treatment on X-Men Blue in relation to Havok. But right now, I want to point out a couple good things Bunn did on Blue. They weren’t enough, but they were still small bright spots.
Bunn improved his treatment of Lorna in relation to her father. There were major problems Pre-#15, and he fixed those issues by the end of his run.
Bunn acknowledged Malice as part of Lorna’s history. Lacking in execution, but he brought it back without it hurting Lorna in the process.
There is a lot else I could say. But I am very deliberately forcing myself to keep this post short. I know if I let myself go longer, I’ll start complaining extensively, or explaining things, and I don’t want to do that this time. I just want to highlight the couple positives and stop there.
salarta 