Dear Marvel...
Dec. 12th, 2007 09:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
stefbug...please stop shitting on my favorite characters. It's not the first time you've done it and I doubt it'll be the last, but I'd really like to have a least one character left that I like who isn't dead, packaged off to a series that won't last long or a traitor to the team.
Killing Victor Creed was really unnecessary, especially the way you did it. Here's what I wrote about it at the time:
Wolverine chopped his head off with the Muramasa blade at the end of Wolverine #55, but not before they butchered his character.
First of all they wrote him as a stupid, mindless psychopath. Back in the day, when characterization used to be done well and consistently he was a psychopath sure, but a bloody intelligent one. That was part of what made him so damn dangerous.
Then they stripped away all of his humanity and made him completely feral. Now I have no problem with that, it could have made for interesting reading.
Then Logan essentially tortured Creed by chopping his arm off with a blade that meant that he wouldn't heal. Sure, they've damaged each other plenty more before, but then Logan gloated and you've got to bear in mind that Creed was essentially a retarded kitty cat at this point.
Then Creed managed to prove that he was a better man when Logan offered him a chance to "stop me from killing you" by telling Logan to do it, despite being feral. He even cried.
Logan also proved that he was not the better man by not even burying Creed, just leaving him for the wolves. So much for that honor thing there Logan.
Yeah, I'm a little on the pissed off side right now. I'm sure you all can tell that. He may have been a villain, but he was a good villain and could have been used so much better.
So thank you once again for shitting over the characters that I like and R.I.P Victor Creed, may your psychopathic little heart be reunited with Birdy and Mary.
(PS This fucked with continuity as well, since the fight started while Creed was still with Rogue's team and the last time we saw Creed in X-Men was just before the whole throwdown with the Marauders and Rogue being crazy. Grrr.)
Then there is Sage, whom you've pretty much just written off following the shit that is Die By the Sword. I loved her in X-Treme. She had such potential as a character and it would have been fascinating to see her history explored and her character evolved as she realized that she didn't have to be Xavier's perfect spy any more. But did you do that, no. Instead you sent her back into the Hellfire Club (something that could have been interesting if you'd actually shown it or used it at all), aborted the storyline because your darling Wheadon wanted to use them (well, an illusionary version of them anyway) and stuck her in New Excalibur as a 12-year old cheerleader. Ok, not really a 12-year old cheerleader, but she might as well have been and that was the way she was drawn. Then, when there is a chance to bring her back to main continuity do you do it, fuck no. You let her get mind raped by Roma, give her all the knowledge of the Omniverse, drive her crazy and send her off to a series that probably won't last long. No wonder the haters hate so hard.
Finally Gambit. I shouldn't get started on what you did to him when you made him Death. I don't think I've ever been so angry about an imaginary character before. I like the fact that you've allowed Carey to bring him back, but please live up to the hype and have him play a major part in this crossover like you've promised. Please don't send him to limbo afterwards either.
I'm going to trust in Kyle and Yost when it comes to X-23. Team Scratch and Sniff had better not shit all over her character. That's X-Force to you.
Finally good work on getting Cyclops to finally grow a pair.
Some love
Me
Killing Victor Creed was really unnecessary, especially the way you did it. Here's what I wrote about it at the time:
Wolverine chopped his head off with the Muramasa blade at the end of Wolverine #55, but not before they butchered his character.
First of all they wrote him as a stupid, mindless psychopath. Back in the day, when characterization used to be done well and consistently he was a psychopath sure, but a bloody intelligent one. That was part of what made him so damn dangerous.
Then they stripped away all of his humanity and made him completely feral. Now I have no problem with that, it could have made for interesting reading.
Then Logan essentially tortured Creed by chopping his arm off with a blade that meant that he wouldn't heal. Sure, they've damaged each other plenty more before, but then Logan gloated and you've got to bear in mind that Creed was essentially a retarded kitty cat at this point.
Then Creed managed to prove that he was a better man when Logan offered him a chance to "stop me from killing you" by telling Logan to do it, despite being feral. He even cried.
Logan also proved that he was not the better man by not even burying Creed, just leaving him for the wolves. So much for that honor thing there Logan.
Yeah, I'm a little on the pissed off side right now. I'm sure you all can tell that. He may have been a villain, but he was a good villain and could have been used so much better.
So thank you once again for shitting over the characters that I like and R.I.P Victor Creed, may your psychopathic little heart be reunited with Birdy and Mary.
(PS This fucked with continuity as well, since the fight started while Creed was still with Rogue's team and the last time we saw Creed in X-Men was just before the whole throwdown with the Marauders and Rogue being crazy. Grrr.)
Then there is Sage, whom you've pretty much just written off following the shit that is Die By the Sword. I loved her in X-Treme. She had such potential as a character and it would have been fascinating to see her history explored and her character evolved as she realized that she didn't have to be Xavier's perfect spy any more. But did you do that, no. Instead you sent her back into the Hellfire Club (something that could have been interesting if you'd actually shown it or used it at all), aborted the storyline because your darling Wheadon wanted to use them (well, an illusionary version of them anyway) and stuck her in New Excalibur as a 12-year old cheerleader. Ok, not really a 12-year old cheerleader, but she might as well have been and that was the way she was drawn. Then, when there is a chance to bring her back to main continuity do you do it, fuck no. You let her get mind raped by Roma, give her all the knowledge of the Omniverse, drive her crazy and send her off to a series that probably won't last long. No wonder the haters hate so hard.
Finally Gambit. I shouldn't get started on what you did to him when you made him Death. I don't think I've ever been so angry about an imaginary character before. I like the fact that you've allowed Carey to bring him back, but please live up to the hype and have him play a major part in this crossover like you've promised. Please don't send him to limbo afterwards either.
I'm going to trust in Kyle and Yost when it comes to X-23. Team Scratch and Sniff had better not shit all over her character. That's X-Force to you.
Finally good work on getting Cyclops to finally grow a pair.
Some love
Me
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Date: 2007-12-13 09:38 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-12-13 03:28 pm (UTC)...
On a more terrifying note: http://community.livejournal.com/scans_daily/4595420.html
What... the... guh... *brain breaks*
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Date: 2007-12-13 04:43 pm (UTC)As for me, it was exactly what I needed to cheer me up after a shitty day at Uni. Thank you.