therealsongbirddiamondback asked: I think what makes the deaths worse is that the New X-Men were treated very badly. Like, they went through some of the darkest shit of all X-Men. And people wanted to read more about them, cause their book just ends on a sour note. But instead, Marvel says the soon-to-be-school-shooter Quentin Quire deserves attention while ones people care about should be killed so that Wolverine and Cyclops can get angst they don't need before they start another Jean Grey love triangle!
right. Well, I’m actually a fan of Quire so I’ll steer clear of that one.
I don’t get why the contemporary X-writers have so desperately shied away from the New X-Men kids. Kyle and Youst succeeded in telling this great story that resonated with so many readers yet subsequent writers have steered away like they were the plague. It’s totally perplexing and I can’t make heads or tails over why this has been the case.
I recall Bendis threatening to kill Pixie unless fans quit bugging him about including some of the New X-Men. This is not how things should work.
Jordan White keeps saying that giving these characters bigger role means making classic X-Men look like they’re 50-years old, which is awful and not unlike what Dan DiDio says when he goes on a rant why he hates Dick Grayson and Wally West.
I suspect the problem is that a number of the X-Writers or X-Editors are fanatics of the kind this fandom produces, the kind who uses mutant persecution to excuse any amoral or dickish thing X-men do and talk how other superhero teams should be killed so their resident mutants may join X-Men. For some people, X-Men are supposed to be ideal heroes and this doesn’t mesh well with a bunch of kids whom they repeatedly failed on many levels. So they would rather push these kids down and instead try to make the fans jump to like characters the editorial approves of. This is why if NXM kids show it is either as a background or single one playing a prop in someone else’s story.
- Admin
Wow. That’s terrible. That betrays a lack of imagination, foresight and creative chops on an utterly baffling scale.
Erik Erikson theorized that when an individual enters into the stage of life around their forties it becomes crucial that they begin to shift their focus toward generativity - basically moving their priorities toward sharing their experiences and helping the younger, upcoming generation. Failure to do so fosters a sense of shame, doubt and above all stagnation in their own development.
This sense of stagnation I feel is rather evident in the X-Men comics of late, with familiar stories being recycled and rebooted. Recasting the older X-Men as agents of generativity, teaching and fostering the development of their younger peers almost feels essential in terms of reinvigorating the stories with a new sense of innovation and progressive movement.
Erikson goes on to suggest that some will resist the pull toward generativity because they fear the loss of power, agency and vitality. They’re not ready to relinquish their role as being in at the center of their own worlds. The desperate effort to reclaim past glory only acts to further intensify the stagnation. This is a dynamic that bedevils not only the realm of comics but the world as a whole.
