Made it to 50 followers. Yey! And I finally finished my quicksilver I’d been working on. Looks wonderful with my Polaris and scarlet witch. Up next is Ms America and Ms Marvel (Kamala Khan version).
Only 50 followers? C’mon people, follow this woman, stat! These photos alone are more than enough reasons.
By the by, do you have a crocheted (I think that’s what it is?) Lorna back there too? If not, I hope you make one or get one some day to go with Wanda and Pietro.
ok, so i’m not saying that he doesn’t have all these powers because i’ve never looked into his character much, but i want to point out that at least 2 of these gifs are NOT Magneto. The EMP Generation one is Ted Sprague from Heroes. it’s from an episode called .07%. also, the Pocket Wormhole one is again from Heroes. that’s Stephen Canfield in an episode called Angels and Monsters.
If you’ve “never looked into his character” then maybe do some research first before posting corrections, yeah?
Mags generating an EMP:
Generating a wormhole:
Working with Charles to produce an MRI:
Reblogging this mainly to ask (velociraptorsss, that is), do you have a way I can direct message you? Your Ask section is currently disabled.
Today is not about the douchebag. Today I want to talk about something different. I want to talk a little bit about who Polaris is.
(I’m dedicating this to (Polaris) people from ComicVine such as LordOfAllHumans (and a few others) who say Polaris is not recognizable… sounds funny guys, yes, I know but that’s what the troll said.
So, who’s Polaris? Lorna Dane? Green-hair Mistress of Magnetism? Any relation? Any team affiliations? Any abilities?
Lorna Dane AKA Polaris the green-hair Mistress of Magnetism is an X-Men since day 1. Who also is Magneto’s daughter and has 1 sister, 1 brother, and with 4 cute nephews and nieces. And all have super, cool, awesome powers. Plus they are all mutants (and inhumans).
Is she recognizable? I mean, is that a question to the obvious answer? Check on the images I posted above me and ask yourself if she is. I say FUCK yeah she’s recognizable and very well known. She is the Mistress of Magnetism who can generate magnetic energy pulses, create force fields, manipulate the Earth’s magnetic field, and allow herself to fly. By concentrating, Polaris can perceive the world around her solely as
patterns of magnetic and electrical energy. She can perceive the natural
magnetic auras surrounding living beings as well (Ain’t this sounds familiar?). She has bright green
hair, the first indication of her mutation (which mean……she still a mutant DUH!).
Briefly in her history, Polaris lost her magnetism power, but gained the
ability to absorb negative emotions from the environment and use it as
strength, endurance, invulnerability, and the ability to temporarily
increase her height and mass.She eventually lost these additional powers and her original magnetic powers returned.
By The Way, Team Affiliations are……………………
1) X-Factor (Serval Industries) (She was a Leader)
2) X-Factor Investigations (She was also a Leader)
3) Starjammers
4) X-Men
5) X-Factor
6) Defenders for a Day
7) The Twelve
8) Acolytes
9) Horsemen of Apocalypse
10) Marauders (also lead the team)
11) Hysteries (Fantastic Force)
12) Exiles Vol.2
13) Academy of Tomorrow
And a few others that I can’t recall, but her majority teams was the X-Men and X-Factor……no question.
So, is she recognizable? I guess LordOfAllBullShit failed the trolling.
Before I say anything else, I want to start by saying I’m completely against badmouthing other people and calling them names. It’s entirely possible to argue against the claims of a person you disagree with without calling them a “troll” and similar names. And of course, I’m only going by how it’s framed here because I don’t use ComicVine and haven’t seen his remarks myself – I might have more to say if I saw those remarks.
In any case, this is a good rundown of how long Lorna’s been around and ultimately her importance to X-Men history. I did something similar when I used to post on CBR to explain why she should’ve been on X-Men anniversary covers – she was included on group photos for the X-Men franchise for at least three decades as an important part of it.
There are two factors to take into account here: how recognizable she is, and how much use she gets.
In terms of how recognizable she is, she’s really lucky – people are more likely to mistake Enchantress or any green-haired woman for being Lorna than the other way around, as far as I’ve seen. Her iconic costume and her signature green hair have become tied to intricately to her that any Marvel character (and even some non-Marvel characters, like Aphrodite IX) with those traits has a chance of being mistaken for Lorna.
So, she’s doing great on recognizability.
But then there’s use, which is improving but has a rocky history with some bright and some obscure moments.
If you’re only going by whether or not she existed in the comics, then yeah, she had lots of use, but you also have to look at all mediums (video games, cartoons, etc) and where, when, and how much.
The great news is that she got her first real video game cameo in Marvel vs Capcom 3, and then first notable playable video game appearance in 2013 with Lego Marvel Super Heroes (good game, I highly suggest it), but she didn’t show up in any games until then.
More great news, she had a big part in the Wolverine and the X-Men cartoon, but she didn’t appear in Evolution and only showed up for a couple episodes of the 90s animated series.
Sadly, she has no live-action representation yet. Hopefully fandom can get her there with enough shows of support.
Lastly, right now is probably the best she’s had for representation in years at Marvel – she’s on the Magneto solo, she has AU cameos in books like Starlord and Kitty Pryde and MODOK Assassins, and her House of M counterpart is going to be part of the Secret Wars House of M miniseries. She also had a great stint in major X-Men and Marvel wide events from the late 90s to mid-00s, and occasional involvement in big X-Men storylines before that. Oh, and AU versions of her had great moments around 2008 and 2009, in comics like Exiles.
Unfortunately, she’s never been given the kind of exposure Storm, Rogue, Psylocke, etc have received, hasn’t been part of many Marvel-wide events, and was left out of X-Men franchise wide events from 2009 until last year. If you go up to someone and ask “Do you know Storm,” they’d know who she is; she’s a household name. But if you asked if they know Polaris, most wouldn’t be able to tell you – yet.
So, she’s in a tricky place. She’s mistress of her domain for her aesthetic, and hardcore comics fans or casual fans of specific characters (e.g. Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Iceman, Havok) may recognize her right away, but the average person who doesn’t really get into comics may not know who she is yet.
Only a moron would have not known who Polaris is. And those who knows, denied it and are those who I call a troll. She’s pretty much everywhere.
Comics
Movie (yup)
Statues (by many many)
Games
Marvel’s 70th Anniversary (Exiles #5) and a few other.
Lego
posters (thanks to Jim lee and a few others, of course)
All the Marvel wiki, War of heroes Wikia, and many many more.
These are just a few because there are more. She’s has been promoted just like the rest of the X-Men and she’s pretty much everywhere with the rest of the X-Men.
So this is more than what you’re expressing. And you think Marvel hasn’t promoted Polaris that much? What kind of a fan are you?
People who think Polaris ain’t nothing but a crap are those who I call a troll because they only worship their favorite characters and downgrade others to make look Storm (as an example) a super STAR.
I think you’re mistaking valid concerns and criticism of Marvel for hatred of Lorna, and mistaking what is mostly fan support for official Marvel support.
Costumes, cosplaying, fanart, cell phone covers, most of the dolls and toys are fan creations, and a lot of that happens because Marvel isn’t willing to provide it. It’s fans filling a need the company should be filling but isn’t. The sketch cards are also things the individual artist gets to decide they want to draw, which again shows she has a lot of fan support, but not Marvel support.
Lorna is not pretty much everywhere with the rest of the X-Men. She’s incredibly lucky right now during Secret Wars, and hopefully that trend continues and she gets even more exposure from here. But while many characters like Storm and Emma Frost have had solo books, some have been core cast members on 2-4 books, and many have been in events like Battle of the Atom and Axis, Lorna has not.
Fans that complain she isn’t getting enough representation do so because they want more representation for her. It makes no sense for someone to say “she doesn’t get enough representation” if their goal is to make her get less of it. If someone hates Lorna, what do they have to gain by saying Marvel should do more for her?
Fans of a franchise or character will always clamor for more of that franchise or character they love.
Today is not about the douchebag. Today I want to talk about something different. I want to talk a little bit about who Polaris is.
(I’m dedicating this to (Polaris) people from ComicVine such as LordOfAllHumans (and a few others) who say Polaris is not recognizable… sounds funny guys, yes, I know but that’s what the troll said.
So, who’s Polaris? Lorna Dane? Green-hair Mistress of Magnetism? Any relation? Any team affiliations? Any abilities?
Lorna Dane AKA Polaris the green-hair Mistress of Magnetism is an X-Men since day 1. Who also is Magneto’s daughter and has 1 sister, 1 brother, and with 4 cute nephews and nieces. And all have super, cool, awesome powers. Plus they are all mutants (and inhumans).
Is she recognizable? I mean, is that a question to the obvious answer? Check on the images I posted above me and ask yourself if she is. I say FUCK yeah she’s recognizable and very well known. She is the Mistress of Magnetism who can generate magnetic energy pulses, create force fields, manipulate the Earth’s magnetic field, and allow herself to fly. By concentrating, Polaris can perceive the world around her solely as
patterns of magnetic and electrical energy. She can perceive the natural
magnetic auras surrounding living beings as well (Ain’t this sounds familiar?). She has bright green
hair, the first indication of her mutation (which mean……she still a mutant DUH!).
Briefly in her history, Polaris lost her magnetism power, but gained the
ability to absorb negative emotions from the environment and use it as
strength, endurance, invulnerability, and the ability to temporarily
increase her height and mass.She eventually lost these additional powers and her original magnetic powers returned.
By The Way, Team Affiliations are……………………
1) X-Factor (Serval Industries) (She was a Leader)
2) X-Factor Investigations (She was also a Leader)
3) Starjammers
4) X-Men
5) X-Factor
6) Defenders for a Day
7) The Twelve
8) Acolytes
9) Horsemen of Apocalypse
10) Marauders (also lead the team)
11) Hysteries (Fantastic Force)
12) Exiles Vol.2
13) Academy of Tomorrow
And a few others that I can’t recall, but her majority teams was the X-Men and X-Factor……no question.
So, is she recognizable? I guess LordOfAllBullShit failed the trolling.
Before I say anything else, I want to start by saying I’m completely against badmouthing other people and calling them names. It’s entirely possible to argue against the claims of a person you disagree with without calling them a “troll” and similar names. And of course, I’m only going by how it’s framed here because I don’t use ComicVine and haven’t seen his remarks myself – I might have more to say if I saw those remarks.
In any case, this is a good rundown of how long Lorna’s been around and ultimately her importance to X-Men history. I did something similar when I used to post on CBR to explain why she should’ve been on X-Men anniversary covers – she was included on group photos for the X-Men franchise for at least three decades as an important part of it.
There are two factors to take into account here: how recognizable she is, and how much use she gets.
In terms of how recognizable she is, she’s really lucky – people are more likely to mistake Enchantress or any green-haired woman for being Lorna than the other way around, as far as I’ve seen. Her iconic costume and her signature green hair have become tied to intricately to her that any Marvel character (and even some non-Marvel characters, like Aphrodite IX) with those traits has a chance of being mistaken for Lorna.
So, she’s doing great on recognizability.
But then there’s use, which is improving but has a rocky history with some bright and some obscure moments.
If you’re only going by whether or not she existed in the comics, then yeah, she had lots of use, but you also have to look at all mediums (video games, cartoons, etc) and where, when, and how much.
The great news is that she got her first real video game cameo in Marvel vs Capcom 3, and then first notable playable video game appearance in 2013 with Lego Marvel Super Heroes (good game, I highly suggest it), but she didn’t show up in any games until then.
More great news, she had a big part in the Wolverine and the X-Men cartoon, but she didn’t appear in Evolution and only showed up for a couple episodes of the 90s animated series.
Sadly, she has no live-action representation yet. Hopefully fandom can get her there with enough shows of support.
Lastly, right now is probably the best she’s had for representation in years at Marvel – she’s on the Magneto solo, she has AU cameos in books like Starlord and Kitty Pryde and MODOK Assassins, and her House of M counterpart is going to be part of the Secret Wars House of M miniseries. She also had a great stint in major X-Men and Marvel wide events from the late 90s to mid-00s, and occasional involvement in big X-Men storylines before that. Oh, and AU versions of her had great moments around 2008 and 2009, in comics like Exiles.
Unfortunately, she’s never been given the kind of exposure Storm, Rogue, Psylocke, etc have received, hasn’t been part of many Marvel-wide events, and was left out of X-Men franchise wide events from 2009 until last year. If you go up to someone and ask “Do you know Storm,” they’d know who she is; she’s a household name. But if you asked if they know Polaris, most wouldn’t be able to tell you – yet.
So, she’s in a tricky place. She’s mistress of her domain for her aesthetic, and hardcore comics fans or casual fans of specific characters (e.g. Scarlet Witch, Quicksilver, Iceman, Havok) may recognize her right away, but the average person who doesn’t really get into comics may not know who she is yet.
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