the world’s most valid lorna from Marvel Swimsuit Special #3
The description here is also a good reminder that the title of Mistress of Magnetism is something Lorna gained all her own, as this swimsuit special came out in 1994, before Marvel finally undid the forced retcon that said she wasn’t Magneto’s daughter.
Psst. Pssssst.
Polaris
flying a Polaris
to Polaris
That is all. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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OH YOU BETTER BELIEVE I’M GOIN FOR A LORNA.
Marvel: We can’t give Polaris anything on her 50th anniversary while she’s popular on TV.
Also Marvel: Here’s a miniseries about a dog from a show that failed hard.
X-Men Grand Design
Assuming there isn’t more I haven’t seen, I like this insofar as Lorna.
One of my big concerns/complaints with Piskor going back over X-Men history with Grand Design was that it might do things like say she’s not Magneto’s daughter. It was a forced retcon early on, and undoing the retcon happened after the period Piskor is covering. If this is all he did, I’m thankful he left the panel ambiguous instead of including the retcon (Mesmero calling her daughter of Magneto is different from establishing it in the box).
Something to keep in mind about Marvel.
They have no problem making oneshots and similar work dedicated to Dazzler, Domino, Magik, Multiple Man, Emma Frost and a variety of other villains. They’re perfectly fine with making all these different books for all these different characters.
But Polaris?
On her 50th anniversary?
When her name and a general idea of her are becoming popular due to TV?
Somehow, Marvel can’t be assed to do it. They’re able to do all these things for all these other characters, but for Lorna, all they can do is have her as a plot device to promote Havok on Blue and then throw her into limbo again.
That is the depth of disrespect Marvel has for Lorna and any interest in her. No amount of interest or buzz for her will ever be good enough for these people, because they think of her as a nobody character that doesn’t deserve respect.
Another installment of tweets. For the record, when I do these it tends to take me a few hours.
The X-Men Black tweet was before it was revealed it’s one-shots focused on different villains.
A lot of people want Polaris to get a solo or ongoing or at least be in a book. Yet Marvel isn’t giving her any of that. On her 50th anniversary. After how they used her on Blue to benefit Havok and Magneto at her expense.
The Magnus family as a whole, but especially the possible dynamics between Lorna and Wanda, continues to be something really want. Talk of the merger has people asking for Lorna and Wanda to be together in film/tv.
Unfortunately, I expect Marvel is going to either never use Lorna in those places, or only use her as “Havok’s clingy girlfriend” cause Marvel doesn’t seem to be willing to acknowledge that Lorna is so much more of a character than the bad stereotype she was treated like for too long.
Just more cases of people asking for Lorna in more figurines, games, etc.
Note that yet again, Havok got something – a metalfig – but not Lorna. Marvel’s bias against Lorna strikes again.
There are a few other tweets of “fancast me as a character” where Polaris was given as an answer. I just chose this one. Also, second pic is another case of people associating green hair with Lorna.
This tweet gets across the same feeling I had about Blue’s use of Malice.
I was not among the people who raged about the idea of using Lorna’s history with Malice. I always felt, and still feel, that exploring that history would be great for Lorna if handled well (read: not how Claremont did it). My big complaint and concern was how Havok around would ruin what’s possible there.
If Bunn had given Lorna a dedicated story arc on Blue where she’s possessed by Malice, we could’ve seen so much. We could’ve seen inside Lorna’s head as she fights Malice from within. We could’ve seen Malice exploiting Lorna’s connections and reputation on the outside. Things could’ve been revealed about Lorna or her relationships that would never come out in any other scenario.
Instead, Bunn had Lorna possessed then suddenly breaking free in almost no time at all. It was nothing more than a filler footnote buried in a story dedicated to Havok.
What the tweet above does bring to mind, though, is that perhaps the problem runs deeper than Bunn. Two different writers doing the same thing to two different characters at the same time suggests the editors may have pushed wasting all the potential that could’ve been explored with this story.
On the flipside of the value of Lorna’s family connections stated above, here’s a couple tweets that tell another side to the story.
Going too far with Lorna’s ties to her father Magneto is just as bad as not using them enough or not at all.
Lorna is her own unique character. She has a history, a mindset, dreams and aspirations, and so much else that all belong to her. It is very important that who Lorna is as her own character remain intact. Moreso than anything else. Not maintaining that runs the huge risk of people dismissing Lorna as “just Magneto with green hair and boobs.”
It’s better for Lorna to be less known but keep her identity than for Lorna’s name and face to be popular but she’s just a carbon copy of her dad.
And here, Lorna’s acknowledged for her Jewish ancestry. Which gives me thoughts of Lorna and Kitty exploring that ancestry together.
Last page that Connor refers to is from New X-Men #132. It is an amazingly powerful and emotional issue that does so many things. It shows Lorna using her powers for more than tossing metal around or shooting energy. It highlights just how horrific and traumatizing what she went through in surviving Genosha was. If you actually read the issue, it sticks with you deeply. It’s one of the most important issues out there to read to understand her.
A couple more cases of people suggesting an X-Men Green featuring Lorna.
I thought this was really interesting. As it says, it’s a bot about Marvel characters over in Japan, and Lorna was among the characters suggested for the bot. I think it does well in further demonstrating awareness of Lorna in other countries.
Lastly, a bunch of random tweets of people saying how much they appreciate Lorna, how she’s their favorite character, wanting to know more about her, etc. These are the sort of people that @marvelentertainment keeps refusing to do things for by not giving Lorna any opportunities and trying to hold her back as “Havok’s girlfriend” or “Havok’s ex” purely for his benefit and none of her own.
Until next time!
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