Hi, Tom, Just passing by to suggest the reading of this great post by fellow Tumblr user ami-angelwings:
http://ami-angelwings.tumblr.com/post/56980590419/why-i-have-a-problem-with-rick-remenders-uncanny
The OP writes, very eloquently, about everything that is wrong in Havok’s claim for assimilation in Uncanny Avengers and what seems to be Marvel’s and Remender’s defense of it as a legitimate position, as a well-thought-out way of dealing with minority issues on the flagship title. You are aware, of course, of the widespread dissatisfaction among readers on the “m word controversy"; I have seen countless posts, here and elsewhere, on the subject, but few as well-written as the one I recommend above (over 300 notes, which is rare for text posts on comic books). There is also a widespread fear on the fandom that Marvel might be choosing to ignore our concerns, which are based both on 50 years of X-Men history (the 43 first years having dealt with the subject in a more considerate manner than we have seen since HoM), and the real-life struggles they have always been based on. And that is why I humbly come here to ask your thoughts on the subject.
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It’s a good, well-written post. I don’t know that I can agree with you that the dissatisfaction is “widespread"—partly because I also get to see and read the stuff that’s sent directly to Marvel, not just what’s posted publicly. But it’s an issue that people feel strongly and are passionate about, and I thin it’s great that stories that we’re doing can inspire this level of discourse on the subject. Where I think that people get tripped up is on the notion that every character somehow “speaks for Marvel" in terms of the beliefs they happen to hold. Putting aside more extremist views such as Magneto’s, that still doesn’t make a whole lot of sense—we’ve seen a wide range of opinions expressed among our characters on all sorts of issues (and it would be pretty boring if every character agreed on everything.) So different characters will make their opinions known as the situation calls for it, and the differences between those opinions can lead to drama, which is good. (Not necessarily the punching and hitting kind of drama, but the personal interaction kind of drama.) If nothing else, it seems like it’s been years since this sort of dialogue was going on centered around the characters in our books.
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