The Claremont Runさんのイラストまとめ

“The lucky ones are gassed, their bodies cremated, but Gaby is beautiful. The guards like her. So, she survives. Young in years, ancient in spirit, innocent no longer. Was she wicked, evil, the child wonders, that she should be punished so?” 5/10

The most visualized character in the entirety of the run is Storm, with 4155 of those illustrations. Her nearest competitor is Wolverine, at 3520. 5/6

Thus, the decision to step Xavier out of the classic patriarch role has deep, and long-lasting consequences for the entire series, showcasing again the extent to which Claremont’s plots tend to pivot around character development. 7/7

In all of this, Moira breaks down those perceptual barriers. Male scientists heroes were plentiful at the time (especially at Marvel), and allowed to be both heroic and desirable. Women were not welcome in this portrayal, or in STEM at the time, but Moira isn’t moving. 6/6

The first reaction to Moira’s first on-panel appearance is immediate sexual attraction. We later learn that she has had a torrid affair with Charles Xavier, and has a son by another father. She is neither virginal nor uncomplicated in her sexual history. 4/6

Additionally at the approximate time of Moira’s debut, “women represented only 7.5% of the faculty in physical sciences and less than 1% in engineering” (Dearman & Plisko, 1979). In this sense, Moira was an anomaly just as a female scientist. 3/6

In her portrayal of a female scientist, Moira MacTaggert operates against the grain of societal norms, which restrict women’s access to the STEM fields by perpetuating perceptual barriers between women's sexuality and the hard sciences. #xmen 1/6

We can also throw the sword and sorcery barbarian tales into that same pot, a genre that Wolverine stories also sometimes draw from, but let’s avoid complicating this more than necessary and just focus on the two for now. 3/7

In this, Claremont’s X-Men empowers marginalized readers to feel the frustrations created by social inequity, rather than encouraging some variation of noble suffering for the sake of subservience. X-Men preaches tolerance, but also clearly understands the toll that takes. 10/10

The cultivation of this theme separates the X-Men from self-interest in compelling (and perhaps realistic) ways, accelerating their heroism to the level of true altruism, whilst portraying a society that is blinded by prejudice. 6/10