I started this about 2 years ago on vacation in San Fran and since then it’s been a constant dance of picking it up for a day and then letting it sit for months. I recommend this with larger pieces– it allows you to look at it again with fresh eyes.
There is a sketched sequel to this (including Jubilee!) that may or may not get finished. I guess it depends on the response to this one…
AS OF 2010, NORTHSTAR HAS CANONICALLY SLEPT WITH HERCULES!!! Granted, this has to have been off-panel, but the fact that Marvel would even hint at this is astounding to me! What’s more– the implication that all these other characters know seem to KNOW about said affair is amazing!
Have I just not been paying attention to all the Hercules/Northstar fan-art there SHOULD be out there… Or are you guys just sleeping on this and not producing any? Either way, this is my official call to arms for slash artists! It’s been my dream for years to canonically give Jean-Paul a fling with another superhero (not some random bs double-minority side character completely devoid of personality and fan appeal.) Let’s do it!
In thinking of it more in the terms of tradition, it makes me tolerate the kids a lot more. Rachel, Cable, Nate and Hope have never been that high on my list of X-Characters I love– but since I’m so gaga for all the Scott/Jean stuff of the 80’s and 90’s, I’ve gotta make room in my heart for their would-be kids.
A few things I’d like to clarify in good ol’ fashioned internet fan-boy rant style:
1) Modern Marvel seems to be writing the Phoenix entity as if the last thing they read was the Dark Phoenix saga. Yes, it was epic– but things have happened since to change how these characters interpret those events. Namely, the fact that Jean WAS NOT possessed. The Phoenix entity REPLACED Jean. Having the Phoenix just hop from one body to another willy nilly really negates all the creative work that was put into Jean’s resurrection.
2) I will be really angry if Hope turns out to be Jean reborn. She’s not like Jean– her personality is too different. Hope really needs to be some sort of Cyclops/Jean offspring like the rest. Use Phoenix, use clones, use Sinister or alt-realities– whatever you have to use– just please don’t make her teen Jean. Also, here’s to hoping Hope does something really horrible when she gets the Phoenix power, because Bishop needs to be vindicated. It’s bullshit he was written out because of her.
PS: this piece was almost going to be in the Brady Bunch grid format.
PPS: Please no “Where’s Havok/Vulcan/Corsair” comments. I purposefully meant to choose Cyke, the iterations of Jean, and their “children.”
Today I uploaded what will (hopefully) be the final 5 additions to my X-Men Remix series, putting the total number of characters at 100! I figure that’s a nice round number and an appropriate number to say “it’s time to stop!” lol.
This project has lasted on and off for 7 years and has, at times, taken over my life. So please check out X-Men Remix on Tumblr and fave, comment, reblog and enjoy one of my fondest artcomplishments of my life!
Personally, I think Sabretooth is great as a villain. So why have I included AoA Vic and Kyle in my RemiX project? Simple: The slash potential between these two is just too delicious to deny.
“As I look at Kyle, a quivering mess on the floor, reeling from the vicious pounding he just received, I can’t help but wonder if what I did was right. He’s got the mental capacity of a dog. Is he really able to consent to what we do? But when he fingers his dripping hole, takes the finger, puts it in his mouth and smiles, my qualms disappear. He crawls over and begins to lick me, starting at my feet, working his way to what was just in his butt. He wants another go. Dog-boy’s got more stamina than anyone I’ve ever seen… except maybe Logan.”
I’m nasty, huh? lol. TUMBLR LINK
I don’t subscribe to the modern view of Xavier. Modern Xavier is basically a villain. The thing with “Danger” (god what a wack character) and that “Deadly Genesis” bullshit doesn’t exist in my mind. Xavier is not a murderer or manipulator or enslaver.
My Xavier still runs the school and is still the X-Men’s mentor. My Xavier’s dream of peaceful coexistence is still the X-Men’s primary objective. Xavier is based on Martin Luther King Jr. and I think it goes against character to portray him as heartless and irresponsible as he’s been this past decade or so. Not to mention the fact that he’s already had tons of small periods of vilification in the past. It’s just freaking redundant. Every writer thinks they’re doing something poignant by revealing some evil Xavier secret. It’s only poignant to someone who didn’t read the books when the same shit happened before.
I think there are ways to make the man interesting without making him some secretive asshole. You can still give him flaws– flaws that don’t turn him into an evil jerk. Work with his hoards of ladies he’s romanced in the past. The man’s a ho! Work with his obsession with super-heroism; the costumes, codenames– it’s all technically his idea. Work with how he sometimes uncontrollably mentally shouts at his students and then draw the big blue floating head. lol TUMBLR LINK
Nudie Version = anti-heroes.net → members gallery → fan-boy → x-men!
Initially, this one didn’t make my cut. The psi-armor stuff was a little too redundant for me.
But when I needed to fill a few more spots, I decided to include him for a few reasons.
1) The look of the powers is sometimes kinda cool,
2) he’s Indian and I like diversity and
3) it seems like Indra and Anole are a popular slash couple here on the various internets. TUMBLR LINK
Hairy nude version = anti-heroes.net → members gallery → fan-boy → x-men!
Lately, Aurora’s been overshadowed by her brother. Let’s face it– the X-Men were always more popular than Alpha Flight. I think Aurora should follow Northstar and get with the X-Men. Jean-Marie has always been a teacher and admittedly prefers other things to fighting. She’d make a great member of the X-School staff, and maybe a reserve member of the X-Men, close to her twin once more. TUMBLR LINK
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