I’m glad Emma confirmed that Lorna’s green hair will definitely come in, but the uproar and concern over it was always really strange to me. The premise of the show set up well for Lorna not having her green hair at first but showing it later, and the same goes for her actual character history. She started off dyeing her hair to hide the green.
It also wouldn’t have made much sense for Fox to avoid her green hair on grounds that it’s the most visually stunning aspect of her.
Out of companies that own her rights, I’d actually be far more worried about Marvel getting rid of her green hair than about Fox doing it. In a broader sense, Marvel’s been trying to undermine the X-Men and Fantastic Four franchises for many years now. Lorna-specific, Marvel’s been sabotaging her opportunities in that same time span. I wouldn’t put it past Marvel to get rid of her green hair in another attempt to bury the character, and emphasize some other character with green hair to try to “replace” her.
Still, I view people worrying about whether or not Lorna will have green hair as a good thing. It shows they care. More importantly, the concern was at such a high point that it led to a need to confirm it’ll be there. The same thing didn’t happen with Blink despite Blink being in the same situation and (as far as I know) not having the canon hair dyeing background of the comics.
Shocking to no one, Emma’s favourite beauty brand is one of the most expensive brands in the world: Cle de Peau. With the signature 1oz. foundation at $120, Emma doesn’t pinch pennies with beauty. She swears by their stick concealer as well as their skincare(she is one of the outrageous people that actually buys, and swears by their signature moisturiser “la creme” at $795). She doesn’t buy a lipstick that is not Tom Ford, and prefers cream formulas as opposed to powders for contour, blush, or highlight, because her skin leans towards the dry side.
Rogue:
She didn’t use to bother with makeup, more out of lack of knowledge and skill, than outright dislike for the whole thing. She spotted cool-girl brand Glossier’s pink minimalist ads in NYC, and liked the concept. She also liked that they don’t have more than 15 products on their entire site(she still had to google a tutorial). She washes with the milky jelly cleanser, moisturises with the priming moisturiser, and uses the rich version at night. She tackles her daily skin necessities with their three super serums. She likes their haloscope cream highlight, and their cloud paint blushes. Her daily look is their stretch concealer if needed over moisturised skin(she can’t be bothered with foundation), haloscope on her cheekbones, tip of the nose and cupid’s bow, cloud paint on her cheeks, clear boy brow ran through her dark brows, and and alternates between their signature clear gloss or a berry generation g stained on her lips. It doesn’t take her five minutes. Her most treasured beauty item, is a Tom Ford lipstick in the shade “Ginger” that Ororo got her as a gift. She loved the colour and it was the most comfortably smooth lipstick she’d ever owned. When she went to the counter at Nordstrom and realised it was $50 a bullet she figured “Ginger” was good enough for now.
Ororo Munroe:
Storm supports B.O.M.Bs (Black Owned Makeup Brands). Which means she is always on trial with different obscure beauty brands. She never wastes her time with a base, due to her rich, perfect complexion. Her favourite brand is the fairly recent Pat McGrath Labs, and in the short time its been available its become her signature. She is one of the 25 000 people who got their hands in the Skin Fetish 003 in gold, and she’s in love. As for skincare she prefers the green and organic type. She uses Tata Harper to wash, treat, and tone, and moisturises with pure, organic, fair-trade shea or karite butter.
Jubilee:
Jubilation is about five years ahead everybody’s game. Including Emma’s. She sides with the most advanced, in terms of beauty, country in the world. South Korea. And K-Beauty is the best. She’s used everything, Mamonde, Blithe, Innisfree, Moonshot and dozens of other makeup and skincare brands. She’s currently all over Huxley, a brand with the star ingredient of… something about a cactus that lives in the Sahara. The point is that it retains a bunch of times its weight in moisture. She also sunscreens. like. crazy.
(She’s totally aware that she doesn’t need to do anything what with being a vampire and everything, but she enjoys it, so get off her dick.)
Kitty Pryde:
Kitty is sort of a basic bitch when it comes to beauty. She doesn’t wear makeup daily, but when she does, Too Faced, Tarte, Urban Decay and the sort, are the kind of brands she gravitates towards and there’s nothing wrong with that they have the prettiest colours shut up. She also loves Becca because highlight is life. If she doesn’t look like a unicorn came in her face she didn’t do it right. Fuck the fact that her skin leans on the oily side, she will blind you with her highlight. She also, always, without fail, falls for the gimmicky fads. The holographic lips glosses? She bought Sigma’s whole bundle. Rainbow Highlight? Heck Yeah, Lisa Frank vibes. She’s utterly lost in skincare, though. She’s always had near perfect skin, so she never bothered to upgrade her routine after her 12-year-old Clean&Clear kit. Which means she still uses the too much salicylic acid gel cleanser, alcohol based toner, and moisturises with the Neutrogena pink grapefruit lotion because it smells nice. She still hasn’t figured out that she’s greasy due to the fact that she obliterates her skin’s lipids, and fucks up its PH balance on a daily basis.
Lorna Dane:
Lorna Sticks to the classics, because she’s smart and she knows that its dumb to try to re-invent the wheel. Chanel represents 90% of her beauty collection. She also likes over-the-seas, makeup-artist-built brands like Charlotte Tilbury, Ellis Faas, and Natasha Denona. She knows exactly when to save, and when to splurge. Take mascara for example, everyone knows that if you spend more than twelve bucks on mascara you are a moron. The only person she knows that goes for designer mascara is Emma Frost, but she’s Emma so she doesn’t count. Foundation is such a complex subject, tho. Should it be oil-based like Giorgio Armani? Oil-based like Koh Gen Do? In a cushion like Lancome? In a squeezie tube like Laura Mercier? Never in a jar though, that shit’s disgusting, and it’s begging for breakouts(to this day she has no idea what Chantecaille was thinking). These are things a woman should know. As for skincare, she prefers the doctor owned brands. Her favourite is Dr. Dennis Gross. She swears by the Retinol and Ferulic Acid line, but is currently giving the Hyaluronic Acid and Marine Minerals line a go, and is loving it.
I really like how the overall look came out. But even with the additional 3cm in length the shoulder rings are giving me…. this came out really short thanks to the pattern and ouch, my ladyparts are feeling it.
I’d probably be more excited and responsive to the “rambling” if I was a cosplayer myself, but this is looking fantastic! Nice work. I hope the tightness can be dealt with or loosens out.
My thoughts again. SPOILERS within. Cliffnotes reaction, it was good.
I found the description of Mach-2′s powers as “metal control” to be interesting. Same with Iceman describing her as “baby she-Magneto.” I was paying very close attention to that because I’m concerned about how things will go for Polaris. It’d be very easy for someone (e.g. an executive) who doesn’t care about or actively hates Lorna to demand Mach-2 act as a way to keep Lorna out of things.
There’s also a lot of potential with Polaris and Mach-2 interacting, fighting with each other, etc. So Mach-2 being there isn’t inherently bad, it’s just a question of how she’s used. I’ve never felt “these two characters have the same powers” should disqualify either of them from being part of the story, but I know certain people at Marvel think otherwise.
Miss Sinister’s talk of a few characters from the Ultimates line showing up in 616 further increases my wonder as to whether Polaris in X-Men Blue #9 will be 616 Lorna, even time-displaced 616 Lorna. Adds to the question of if she’ll turn out to be an AU Lorna and 616 Lorna is dead or something. I’d say it’s impossible for “Ultimate” Lorna to show up, but a time-displaced version of her is possible.
On that note, the art of Magneto high in the sky with lightning around him during Miss Sinister’s talk reminds me of the end of the Magneto solo. Suggests to me that the handful of Ultimate characters that survived likely did so thanks to 616 Magneto’s actions during Secret Wars.
“Stop helping the bad guys grow as people” was a funny line. I see it as Bunn getting into Bobby’s headspace and bringing more of the character out in engaging ways.
Magneto with silver hair is a nice thing to see, still. He gives off this “tougher Xavier” vibe here. Intellectual, considerate, a model mentor, but tough too. Tough dad to Xavier’s turn the other cheek dad. Good look and some nice new dimension to Magneto. Perhaps a good primer for Magneto and Polaris interacting?
I wonder if the “mutant but different” thing is tied into the Terrigen Mists. Note that I have absolutely no idea what happened with the Inhumans, Avengers vs Inhumans, etc cause I had absolutely no reason to care. I have no idea if the Terrigen Mists are even a problem anymore. But if they are, this could be how the Terrigen Mist problem is resolved for mutants in the 616 while Inhumans get to stay on Earth too.
At the end, the choker Jean’s holding can be taken various ways. One is probably the Black Queen connection, given the emblem is red and rest is black. Since Miss Sinister hasn’t shown up as a physical entity, it’s possible Miss Sinister is inside the choker and Jean putting it on means she’d be possessed by Miss Sinister.
For me, though, the first thing I think of is Malice. Malice was contained in a very similar choker. Polaris was possessed by Malice through such a choker. When Polaris comes along, this could be a way to revisit that time in her character history. I’m all for exploring old storylines that treated Lorna poorly and rehabilitating them into good things.
As I said, the issue was good. It gave inklings of promise for future storylines. I get a good sense that Bunn has big plans on the horizon and he’s taking his time here to set them up for full effect.
We both loved the All-New X-Factor issue where Lorna and Wanda spend some free time together, and so remyxpietro created a wonderful continuation for it. Sisterly bonding! Action and adventure! Also shoes! And beer!
All hail remyxpietro for being the coolest partner ever ♥ I loved drawing a more light-hearted Wanda.
Juuuuust sharing this bit of awesome all over again. Kinda sad toherrys never did more Polaris art though.
salarta 