495 – The Goth

Aren’t all Valkyrie technically working for Hela, what with her being the Norse gods generic death deity? We also have the “What If..?” story where she confronts Hela, and destroys her, being forced to take on Hela’s role as a result.

Remember how Jack Kirby created so many secret societies of superpowered beings that it seemed like you couldn’t make a three point turn in your Kirby-Krackling Ksomik Konveyance without hitting yet another “Hidden Kingdom” (Be it Eternals, Inhumans, Deviants, New Gods or whatever)?

Well, I think this is the Claremont equivalent. Create a half dozen teams of generically vague charatcers who are “Akin to mutants but not quite”. The Neo, Goth(s) and hope to heaven that ONE of them sticks

I wonder why they stressed Rogue got Kurt’s skills from watching videos. She’s absorbed his memories and powers more than once, so her callling up muscle memory of his moves might be easier.

Not a fan of Jean being able to have Beast access Forge’s powers with a mental link. Forge looking at something with someone else’s eyes should not have the same result as Forge looking at the same thing directly, it feels like cheating on how his powers work.

The Crimson Pirates are possibly a nod to the Burt Lancaster 1951 swashbuckling classic “The Crimson Pirate”, though there might be a nod to the Crimson Dawn with the tatttoo’s perhaps?

I ask this question respectfully, but did Jay mean to say Daniel DeFoe rather than Robert Louis Stevenson? I only ask because when I think “pirates”, I think “Treasure Island”, not “Robinson Crusoe”, but I haven’t read “Robinson Crusoe” in decades, so I honestly can’t remember how the pirates there spoke.

And again I am pleased to note that our minds run along similar enough lines that you mentioned Neal’s codename should be “Thunderthird” as much the same time my brain thought the same thing. 🙂