I thought it was Picoult that suggested that, actually. I ... kind of am not really wanting to agree with Picoult on anything. I really, really, really don't like her work and don't feel she deserved that job at all.
Also, nice Ms. Marvel statue. Wasn't Marvel really pushing her as their Wonder Woman?
She's Wonder Woman now? I thought they were calling her a Power Girl ripoff. (Also bullshit.)
I'm a Ms. M fan. I have a deep love even if I don't always show it with actually BUYING her stuff. (I have limited funds and am easily distracted.) She was created to be an explicitly feminist superheroine back in the 1970s, which is awesome and something I wish Marvel would push a little harder on, even though the subtext is definitely there with the little bit of the recent stuff I've read. Her early books weren't perfect, but they got their mistake. I actually really liked how she got her powers from Mar-Vell, but then later was like, "Hey, wait! I am my own woman! I'm getting a new costume!" Also she chewed her Avengers teammates out for their sexism. Sort of like Wonder Woman but ... eh, very much her own person. I love this survivor from tragedy stuff, too.
I love the prominence she has in the current books. I don't know if that makes her Wonder Woman. (Character is kind of king over HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE TO THE UNIVERSE, anyway, otherwise Dr. Strange would be the most popular.) But I think it's a nice change and a necessary one. I even thought her position on Civil War worked very well. So ... yeah, no Ms. M complaints.
(As opposed to Storm, an original woman of colour character who's going to become the new Black Panther, thus wiping out her own character... *sigh* Stupid comics.)
On the other hand, I really, really, really hate practically everything that's happened to Storm in the '00s ever. There are no words for how much that fucking marriage issue filled me with rage. Plus, Reginald Hudlin was NO FRIEND TO WOMEN (esp. WoC) and it totally showed.
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Re: See, I told you ...
Date: 2009-02-05 10:53 pm (UTC)Also, nice Ms. Marvel statue. Wasn't Marvel really pushing her as their Wonder Woman?
She's Wonder Woman now? I thought they were calling her a Power Girl ripoff. (Also bullshit.)
I'm a Ms. M fan. I have a deep love even if I don't always show it with actually BUYING her stuff. (I have limited funds and am easily distracted.) She was created to be an explicitly feminist superheroine back in the 1970s, which is awesome and something I wish Marvel would push a little harder on, even though the subtext is definitely there with the little bit of the recent stuff I've read. Her early books weren't perfect, but they got their mistake. I actually really liked how she got her powers from Mar-Vell, but then later was like, "Hey, wait! I am my own woman! I'm getting a new costume!" Also she chewed her Avengers teammates out for their sexism. Sort of like Wonder Woman but ... eh, very much her own person. I love this survivor from tragedy stuff, too.
I love the prominence she has in the current books. I don't know if that makes her Wonder Woman. (Character is kind of king over HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE TO THE UNIVERSE, anyway, otherwise Dr. Strange would be the most popular.) But I think it's a nice change and a necessary one. I even thought her position on Civil War worked very well. So ... yeah, no Ms. M complaints.
(As opposed to Storm, an original woman of colour character who's going to become the new Black Panther, thus wiping out her own character... *sigh* Stupid comics.)
On the other hand, I really, really, really hate practically everything that's happened to Storm in the '00s ever. There are no words for how much that fucking marriage issue filled me with rage. Plus, Reginald Hudlin was NO FRIEND TO WOMEN (esp. WoC) and it totally showed.