The way very early Classic has almost no one know about mutants really surprised me—it's so different from the attitude people have in later stuff. But here, no one seems to even think "oh, maybe that clearly super-powered person I just met might be a mutant!" Whether they're scared or not, that's not the explanation they think of. It's an interesting choice.
I think I agree that other sorts of relationships generally work better in this context. And a bit more variety would be nice! I'm trying to remember if there are retconned-in friendships and such later on... Not sure. I remember one informal adoption, though. I really liked that one. (Storm picks up a mother-figure who lives in an alternate dimension and it's both vaguely WTF and extremely charming. And, I mean, superheroes; a bit of WTF is entirely appropriate.)
Romantic retcons like this can feel awfully claustrophobic—I think that's the word I mean, anyway. And this is one of the better/less jarring ones, because at least it makes sense that the relationship ran its course that quickly and that he wouldn't mention it to anyone.
And yep, that was an ambiguous way to phrase it, in retrospect. (I almost didn't have a poll this time, but I've liked doing them and didn't want to get out of the habit... It's not one of the better thought-out ones, though.)
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Date: 2019-02-04 02:37 am (UTC)The way very early Classic has almost no one know about mutants really surprised me—it's so different from the attitude people have in later stuff. But here, no one seems to even think "oh, maybe that clearly super-powered person I just met might be a mutant!" Whether they're scared or not, that's not the explanation they think of. It's an interesting choice.
I think I agree that other sorts of relationships generally work better in this context. And a bit more variety would be nice! I'm trying to remember if there are retconned-in friendships and such later on... Not sure. I remember one informal adoption, though. I really liked that one. (Storm picks up a mother-figure who lives in an alternate dimension and it's both vaguely WTF and extremely charming. And, I mean, superheroes; a bit of WTF is entirely appropriate.)
Romantic retcons like this can feel awfully claustrophobic—I think that's the word I mean, anyway. And this is one of the better/less jarring ones, because at least it makes sense that the relationship ran its course that quickly and that he wouldn't mention it to anyone.
And yep, that was an ambiguous way to phrase it, in retrospect. (I almost didn't have a poll this time, but I've liked doing them and didn't want to get out of the habit... It's not one of the better thought-out ones, though.)