The Claremont Runさんのイラストまとめ

4 years later, Alpha Flight #1 (written and drawn by John Byrne) sold a mind-boggling 500,000 copies, but interest in the series waned over time. Even Byrne himself has expressed a lack of enthusiasm for the project which petered out in the hands of later writers. 3/6

The length and quality of his run on X-Men thus becomes a sort of chicken or the egg question. Was it good because it was so long, or did it go on for so long because it was good. The answer, both delightfully and problematically, is ‘yes.’ 4/4

As we discussed in a previous thread, this is one of the most important symbolic aspects that Illyana speaks to: post-sexual-abuse trauma. And though it stings to see any version of Nightcrawler act this way, it does define and deepen the sense of Illyana’s tragedy. 6/6

In Claremont’s rough early planning notes, he lists the key developments or antagonists of his future issues. Planning ahead beyond what would be his actual tenure, his notes list “Bobby – Jean – Death” as the main thrust of UXM #283, an issue he never got to actually write.

Ripping those characters away from Chris just seemed like an appalling thing to do! I just felt terrible for Chris, knowing what those characters meant to him.” 4/4

Claremont connects this latter aspect directly to Scott’s abandonment, with Madelyne telling the Genegineer “I am what I am. What men like you have made me.” She then leaves him broken in Sinister’s costume, foreshadowing the truth we don’t yet know: Sinister made her. 7/12

Claremont even has her function as the moral compass of the arc, allowing Madelyne to deliver the moral of the story to the Genegineer. That duality is fascinating – a damned character committed to betrayal and destruction, who is still the voice of righteousness here. 5/12

The Genoshan Saga stands on its own as a powerful and compelling story (Jason Powell calls it Claremont’s best), but the B-story is the Goblin amongst them, and watching Madelyne embody both good and evil adds a lot of nuance to her Inferno character. 3/12

There’s a very old literary strategy at play here called “delay of anticipation,” which just means forestalling an inevitable conflict in order to add tension to the forthcoming battle. You can see it used extensively in Grecco-Roman epics like The Iliad and The Aeneid. 2/12

The great tragedy of the situation is that Rogue’s extreme interpretations want (or demand) to be challenged and contextualized by a friend/peer, but she is young and racked with guilt. She keeps her pain to herself, and suffers because of it. 6/7