Quick one, about how nicely things can tie together sometimes. If you still haven't read this week's Quasar then SPOILERS!, I guess.
In the Annihilation: Conquest - Prologue, Phyla complained to Moondragon that she didn't think she had the imagination to use the Quantum bands properly. And it's true, her attacks were pretty basic: swords, shields, occasionally a whip or a giant fist (no boxing glove though). It seemed to be a part of her larger issues of self-doubt, and concern over her ability to be Quasar
So it's rather appropriate that in this week's issue, where Phyla's embraced the legacy of Quasar, she finally unleashes her imagination, and that provides the advantage that wins the day. She moved past her doubts, and now she's really a force to be reckoned with. I like that.
Besides that, it really shows all the various creative teams have been collaborating, because the original "imagination" comment was written by Abnett and Lanning, but Christos Gage has been handling the Quasar mini-series, so you get the feeling everybody's on the same page here, which makes me feel really good about this as a whole.
Also, quick note to Carol Danvers: You've been trying to become an A-list hero, the "Best in the World"? Phyla's showing you how. You stop trying to be the best, and you just do the best you can. All the time. Don't worry about whether it will be enough, because if you maintain resolve, it likely will be. Yeah, it's kind of hokey, but that doesn't mean it's wrong.
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Things considered hokey often are right. It's just not hip in a Joe Quesada kind of way to think that these days ...
Good heavens, we can't have heroes being heroic! At least not at Marvel I suppose. So good for Phyla.
I only peek at Ms. Marvel for Aaron Stack anyway.
fortress keeper: Man, doesn't Joey Q know it's hip to be square, I mean, hokey?
sallyp: I think the lack of heroism thing may be endemic to Earth. The space characters all seem to be doing much better. Something in the air I suppose, put there by. . . Dr. Doom perhaps?!
Dr. Doom?
I wish. It was probably just one of those damn Skrulls.
SallyP: I think it's less about heroes being heroic than writers terrified of their wives getting their revenge by portraying strong chicks as incompetent, petty, corrupt, or abused.
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