My weekend – and X-men comics!

[stormkeeper_lovedoris]

Nephew
Friday I worked from home and voted, and Doris picked up our nephew Ursulo and brought him home Friday evening to spend much of the weekend with us. I love Ursulo. Our plan for Saturday was: buy comics, watch an X-men movie, then go out to dinner and then to Comedy Sportz’s “clean” improv show for all ages. Ursulo had a blast, as did I. Although I feel ambivalent about adopting a baby myself, I do hope that if we don’t adopt, Doris will be satisfied if we can just spend more weekends with Ursulo. I know it works for me! Ursulo is 9 and is pretty self-sufficient but it still does make it hard to do anything else when he is around.

X-men comics
I’m surprised to find that I am kinda enjoying the X-men Astonishing comics. Paradoxically, although I’ve been an X-man fan for 12 years, I’ve never liked the comics that much. Over the years I’ve picked up an X-men title here and there, but given the confusing plotlines, often crappy artwork, the utter lack of any continuity, weird things like people dying and coming back every week, the X-men having been split into multiple teams and the writers having the insane idea to pair Scott Summers with Emma Frost, and females frequently going into battle wearing outfits which nearly bare their bosoms – well, yeah, I’m just not a fan.

But Astonishing X-men is pretty good. I picked it up because of Northstar and Kyle’s wedding, and I’ve been reading the issues that took place after the wedding too. There’s some good stuff in here. There’s a lot of banter among Gambit, Wolverine, Northstar, and Bobby (and sometimes Hank). I like all these guys and it’s good to see them being friends. The female characters in Astonishing, I’m not as close to; because they weren’t in XTAS or the movies, I just don’t know them that well. But Cecillia Reyes is definitely cool from what I’ve seen, and I’ve heard Karma is interesting too. Warbird is on my shit list for being so homophobic that she couldn’t attend Northstar’s wedding, and I just don’t see how she fits in or jells with the gang here.

I sure miss the other characters I am more familiar with: Rogue, Storm, Jean, Scott, Jubilee. I am sad that all pairings I love most in X-men are nowhere in sight, although Northstar/Kyle has grown on me too and Astonishing has been brave to highlight a gay couple, even showing them in bed! And I aim to focus on what I do have instead of what I don’t have, and I like what I wrote above about Astonishing.

Would love to have a Northstar/Kyle icon, but it seems that Northstar is drawn crappily in every panel so I don't know if anyone could even find a decent shot of him with Kyle with which to make an icon. Kyle was drawn pretty well in the last issue though.

I don’t slash Gambit/Wolverine, but I like them being friends. They always struck me as friends in XTAS (and even in the one X-men movie they’re in together). For those who follow the comics, how would you describe their relationship? One friend told me they argue and fight but are definitely friends in the comics she’s read.

And even though I will never see Bobby/Jean Paul being a couple in canon, it’s nice to see them bantering and being friends in Astonishing. Although Jean Paul accidentally did something really bad to Bobby at the end of the last issue I read, but I will avoid a spoiler.

Next weekend – game night with the BFFs! I can’t wait!!

Comments

[shar-bernadotte.livejournal.com]

But-but-but...bared bosoms=distraction. If you can't out fight them....distract them with BOOBIES!!!! Anyways, seriously, the cat suits or undergarments that comic women wear to fight in....O.o...how they manage to do anything in a corset that is laced so tight their ribs probably went on strike and high-heels so high that strippers are going 'oh hell no' is beyond me. Maybe all super heroines have the latent ability to accomplish epic feats of fighting prowess while dressed like a hooker...hmmmm. Edit: btw, nearly precariously covered bosoms are VERY distracting. I've seen some girls at school that make you hope they don't bend over or jump because the girls are definitely going to be popping out to say hello. I like male bodies but when a woman has several inches of cleavage on display I feel like a guy and have to actually think about not talking to her breasts. (I'm envious of the beauty of it, but not the back pain)....

Glad you have some comics you like. I am currently reading Journey Into Mystery, The Ultimates, and a few others here and there. Not as fond of the artwork in The Ultimates but it's alright. There are a few comics I won't touch simply because I HATE the artwork. I don't understand how they employ some of these artists. Eesh.

Check out DA and see if someone on there has a good piece of Northstar/Kyle that will let you borrow it for an icon. Doesn't hurt to ask.

[sevarem.livejournal.com]

If you're looking for another gay pairing, there's Rictor and Shatterstar over in X-Factor. They've been established for a while. Karma is a lesbian, though aside from having feelings for Kitty Pryde at one point, they haven't really done much with that. But she's been written as being very open about her sexuality.

Gambit and Wolverine didn't get along at all originally. And then they kind of did. And then they haven't been written on the same team in a long damn time, because Gambit is like the pariah of the X-Men or something. Mostly because writers were desperate to hook up wet dishtowel Rogue with Magneto. Ugh. Whatever.

I kind of dropped the comics a while ago, but I'm probably picking them up again for Uncanny Avengers and All New X-Men, because THEY FINALLY BROUGHT JEAN BACK OMG.

[nytshd3.livejournal.com]

i'm super looking forward to game night!

also, i'm madly in love with my niece. so i can totally understand the fun with ursulo. i'm looking forward to when she's old enough to do stuff with and go places with.