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What was the coli's opinion of Bishop from X-Men
- Thread starter Alvin
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Like many of the (few) black x-men characters, the concept of him was better than the reality. Conceptually: a bad ass time-traveling black man with mutant powers here to save the world. In reality: the white guy version (Cable) got the better powers, bigger guns (pause), more important and more frequent storylines and teamups, completely overshadowing the breh. Let's not even touch on Marvel's attempted character assassination of Bishop 15+ years ago with that Cable/Hope Summers storyline. Nasty work.
That said, in 2024 and beyond, Bishop's biggest detriment historically (being black
) may now be his saving grace. For years Marvel did such a shyt job of diversity within the X-Men IP but now with inclusion being at peak expectation in society (and disingenuous attempts quickly roasted) they'll need more than one token (Storm) amongst a sea of white mutant folks in their outside media (movies, tv shows, etc), without lazy race-bending. Hence Bishop being a regular in X-men '97 and the likelihood of him, Synch, or both getting special care in the inevitable MCU movies, alongside Storm.
That said, in 2024 and beyond, Bishop's biggest detriment historically (being black
) may now be his saving grace. For years Marvel did such a shyt job of diversity within the X-Men IP but now with inclusion being at peak expectation in society (and disingenuous attempts quickly roasted) they'll need more than one token (Storm) amongst a sea of white mutant folks in their outside media (movies, tv shows, etc), without lazy race-bending. Hence Bishop being a regular in X-men '97 and the likelihood of him, Synch, or both getting special care in the inevitable MCU movies, alongside Storm.
Naw that's nonsense. There's no reason to make mystique the face of the xmen