House of M #5...
Okay, so I'm honestly going to say that I'm reading HOM not because it's the big mini or because the Avengers and X-Men are in it, working together...I'm reading it for Magneto and his family(minus Lorna). So, I'm rather keen to any sort of small development Bendis puts upon my favorite characters...and I happily noticed something in the last few pages of the recent HOM issue...
Well, everyone on my friend-list should know that I'm not too happy about the retcon that Lorna IS Magneto's daughter(and I'll fucking call it a retcon because before it was never mentioned and MOST people assumed she wasn't because it would be LAME if she was) and I've had my fingers crossed that someone-anyone-at Marvel will raise their hands during one of their meetings and go:
Editor:"Hey, yea, guys...ummmm...Magneto, yea...I know we don't care that much about his character anymore-"
Claremont (WAY in the back) "I do!"
Editor "-Ahem, but anyway, you know that whole thing with Lorna now supposingly being Magneto's daughter...yea..isn't it a little lame?"
Quesada: "Um..in what way do you mean lame?"
Editor: "Well, I mean, isn't that what everyone would expect her to be? The daughter of the only other mutant who controls magnetism?"
Q: "Well, of course! That's why Austen made her his daughter! She HAS to be if their powers are so vastly similar!!"
Editor: "But...that's...that's so unimaginitive...why not actually do both the characters justice, especially Lorna, and give her a good background?"
Q: "Um...Bob(yes, that's my editors name damnit), you know that ununimaginitiveness means we have to use more brain power and God damnit it isn't cost effective!"
Bob the Editor: "But...Joe...it isn't that hard! All you have to do is say that Lorna was being a crazzy bitch as we have obnoxiously stereotyped her as and have Magneto tell her that he was never his daughter and then come up with a B-List guy to be her daddy. Hey, it could even be a new villain or something so she can still have that wonderful security of knowing her daddy was once a mass murdere and then side with him even though she never had before..."
Q: "Hmm...I think you got something there, Joe! This, this thing called imag-in-ation..it..it could very well be the thing we could use to make this character more appealing and less cliche!"
Bob the Editor: "Yes! Now you understand! Hey, maybe in this HOM reality we have going on here, she was actually just given her wish of having Magneto as her father or even just a father figure and, hell, Magneto doesn't even really know what is going on, ya know? It could really stir things up a bit, cause Polaris to grow a bit and maybe even give her an arc to find her real parents instead of being pinned to a classic villain who already has children, one of which we've had in limbo for years!"
Q: "Bendis! You got that!"
Bendis: "Actually sir, with my vast intellect and latent pscyhic abilities I had previously read Bob's mind and wrote a little bit of action and dialogue hinting at such a thing happening in the last few pages of House of M #5."
Q: "Oh, reall?! Wow, I knew you were my favorite little writer for a reason! Oh, who's my favorite writer! Who's my favorite writer?"
-Bendis acts like a dog and is given a treat-
Q: "Aw, good little writer! Oh, and how come we didn't see this dialogue in editing?"
Bendis: "Pfft...you guys don't see anything in editing, sir!"
Q:"Oh, right, yes...anyway...Bob, I think you have a bright-bright-bright future here at Marvel! Now, you just keep on unwillingly giving off psychic signals to our favorite little writer and don't take credit for your ideas and you'll be here for a good long while!"
Bob: "Oh...well...uh...thank you sir..."
Anyway, LMFAO, that pretty much sums up my feelings on the Polaris+Magneto thing and the staff at Marvel at the moment. If you couldn't tell what I was talking about, I was referring to the last few pages of House of M #5 when Polaris is trying to find Magneto and calling for him "daddy". When she finally does, Magneto turns to her and even stutters her name,almost confused or feeling like something is wrong. Lorna then gives Magneto a hug, which he oddly doesn't return and we get a shot of a rather unemotional eye and him merely answering her with an "Okay" like he doesn't really care. I dunno...but I think that means something is up with Polaris and him. I'm hopeing beyound hope that it ends up being her wish and that Magneto himself doesn't even realize what is going on. It will be great if Magneto doesn't know and the heroes get a nice mental smack for jumping on the "Magneto has to be the bad guy!" wagon. Oh, and god knows Xavier isn't really dead....
Well, everyone on my friend-list should know that I'm not too happy about the retcon that Lorna IS Magneto's daughter(and I'll fucking call it a retcon because before it was never mentioned and MOST people assumed she wasn't because it would be LAME if she was) and I've had my fingers crossed that someone-anyone-at Marvel will raise their hands during one of their meetings and go:
Editor:"Hey, yea, guys...ummmm...Magneto, yea...I know we don't care that much about his character anymore-"
Claremont (WAY in the back) "I do!"
Editor "-Ahem, but anyway, you know that whole thing with Lorna now supposingly being Magneto's daughter...yea..isn't it a little lame?"
Quesada: "Um..in what way do you mean lame?"
Editor: "Well, I mean, isn't that what everyone would expect her to be? The daughter of the only other mutant who controls magnetism?"
Q: "Well, of course! That's why Austen made her his daughter! She HAS to be if their powers are so vastly similar!!"
Editor: "But...that's...that's so unimaginitive...why not actually do both the characters justice, especially Lorna, and give her a good background?"
Q: "Um...Bob(yes, that's my editors name damnit), you know that ununimaginitiveness means we have to use more brain power and God damnit it isn't cost effective!"
Bob the Editor: "But...Joe...it isn't that hard! All you have to do is say that Lorna was being a crazzy bitch as we have obnoxiously stereotyped her as and have Magneto tell her that he was never his daughter and then come up with a B-List guy to be her daddy. Hey, it could even be a new villain or something so she can still have that wonderful security of knowing her daddy was once a mass murdere and then side with him even though she never had before..."
Q: "Hmm...I think you got something there, Joe! This, this thing called imag-in-ation..it..it could very well be the thing we could use to make this character more appealing and less cliche!"
Bob the Editor: "Yes! Now you understand! Hey, maybe in this HOM reality we have going on here, she was actually just given her wish of having Magneto as her father or even just a father figure and, hell, Magneto doesn't even really know what is going on, ya know? It could really stir things up a bit, cause Polaris to grow a bit and maybe even give her an arc to find her real parents instead of being pinned to a classic villain who already has children, one of which we've had in limbo for years!"
Q: "Bendis! You got that!"
Bendis: "Actually sir, with my vast intellect and latent pscyhic abilities I had previously read Bob's mind and wrote a little bit of action and dialogue hinting at such a thing happening in the last few pages of House of M #5."
Q: "Oh, reall?! Wow, I knew you were my favorite little writer for a reason! Oh, who's my favorite writer! Who's my favorite writer?"
-Bendis acts like a dog and is given a treat-
Q: "Aw, good little writer! Oh, and how come we didn't see this dialogue in editing?"
Bendis: "Pfft...you guys don't see anything in editing, sir!"
Q:"Oh, right, yes...anyway...Bob, I think you have a bright-bright-bright future here at Marvel! Now, you just keep on unwillingly giving off psychic signals to our favorite little writer and don't take credit for your ideas and you'll be here for a good long while!"
Bob: "Oh...well...uh...thank you sir..."
Anyway, LMFAO, that pretty much sums up my feelings on the Polaris+Magneto thing and the staff at Marvel at the moment. If you couldn't tell what I was talking about, I was referring to the last few pages of House of M #5 when Polaris is trying to find Magneto and calling for him "daddy". When she finally does, Magneto turns to her and even stutters her name,almost confused or feeling like something is wrong. Lorna then gives Magneto a hug, which he oddly doesn't return and we get a shot of a rather unemotional eye and him merely answering her with an "Okay" like he doesn't really care. I dunno...but I think that means something is up with Polaris and him. I'm hopeing beyound hope that it ends up being her wish and that Magneto himself doesn't even realize what is going on. It will be great if Magneto doesn't know and the heroes get a nice mental smack for jumping on the "Magneto has to be the bad guy!" wagon. Oh, and god knows Xavier isn't really dead....