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X-Men Character Meta
Jun. 11th, 2011 10:59 pmCharacter thoughts sparked by X-Men: First Class...
X-Men has long been typified by excellent character development, well beyond my expectation for superhero comic fantasy. This was true in the cartoon (my first introduction) and truer in the (good) movies. But X-Men: First Class has raised the standard for me and prompted meta.
Beneath the cut, some character thoughts on Charles and Erik (respectively; I'll do relationship meta in the next installment). Spoilers for X-Men: First Class and potentially the first three movies, though I hereby decanonize the third, which I can only explain as Jean telepathically infecting everybody with a horrible, horrible dream.
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X-Men has long been typified by excellent character development, well beyond my expectation for superhero comic fantasy. This was true in the cartoon (my first introduction) and truer in the (good) movies. But X-Men: First Class has raised the standard for me and prompted meta.
Beneath the cut, some character thoughts on Charles and Erik (respectively; I'll do relationship meta in the next installment). Spoilers for X-Men: First Class and potentially the first three movies, though I hereby decanonize the third, which I can only explain as Jean telepathically infecting everybody with a horrible, horrible dream.
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