1. I'm writing something and I need make sure I've got some details correct ( Read more... )

Years ago I was writing a story where Tony finally decided to get some therapy. Unfortunately for Tony, the whole universe was a Skrull-induced hallucination. I backburned the story and then never got back to it, but he was supposed to be alerted to this fact by Wolverine jumping out the window of Avengers Tower, or at least, jumping out of the ( Read more... )

I'm catching up on blog and school work, and so I'm spamming the shit out of everyone on my various accounts. Sorry about that, really. Anyway ( Read more... )

As an Xavier fan, should I seek out those early issues of X-Men Legacy?

Keeping in mind that Joss Whedon's take on the character kind of infuriates me. Hell, I prefer Bendis' Xavier. I have Opinions and Feelings about this character.

Alternate: http://schmevil.dreamwidth.org/294819.html.
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Because I'm a terrible person, naturally. But from what I've read, it seems like something was lost with the ejection of Charles' pre-Magneto travels, such as serving in the Korean War, and fighting the Shadow King. Is XMFC an AU where Charles is just inherently less adventurous, and far more complacent?

Alternate: http://schmevil.dreamwidth.org/ ( Read more... )

I had a thought. Indulge me.

Mark Millar has a new project coming soon in Wolverine. It's called Old Man Logan. It's a future tale, about what Logan looks like, in a post-superhero world. Millar says that he was initially inspired by the superlative Unforgiven. At first that got me crazy excited, because Unforgiven is one of my all-time favourite ( Read more... )

Found this via majingojira at SD. Animated ASX #1. It's actually pretty good, though the voice acting is a bit flat.

( sticking it behind a cut because it's gigantic )

So I just spreed through Grant Morrison's New X-Men and I'm left with an overwhelming feeling of... huh. His ideas, while interesting and fun, often work against the X-Men mythos, to the point where his run is destructive of the brand. It's easy to see why they decided to retcon and overwrite quite a lot of his Big Ideas, and chose Joss Whedon as ( Read more... )