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by Angelique
Thu Feb 19, 2015 10:55 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Antics
Topic: this coffee tastes like ass
Replies: 2234
Views: 954047

Re: this coffee tastes like ass

Update on my friend and her baby. They were able to stop labor for another couple weeks to give her a bit more time and give the baby a somewhat better shot. A couple of days ago she went back into labor. After about fourteen hours, her little guy was born... silent. He opened his eyes and tried to ...
by Angelique
Sat Jan 31, 2015 10:03 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Antics
Topic: this coffee tastes like ass
Replies: 2234
Views: 954047

Re: this coffee tastes like ass

My husband and kids are having the time of their lives at Salt Lake Fan XPerience. I had opted to skip it this year because I couldn't afford a table and attending conventions as just a fan hasn't been as fun since crowding indordinantly stresses me out. Just when I thought I might be able to knuckl...
by Angelique
Wed Oct 29, 2014 3:52 pm
Forum: Nightcrawler
Topic: Aaron leaves Amazing X - Kyle & Yost to take over
Replies: 44
Views: 163501

Re: Aaron leaves Amazing X - Kyle & Yost to take over

So I'm not the only one who felt this last issue was very rushed, then.
by Angelique
Tue Oct 21, 2014 2:55 am
Forum: Off-Topic Antics
Topic: this coffee tastes astounding!
Replies: 1852
Views: 977213

Re: this coffee tastes astounding!

Love working with artists like that!!!
by Angelique
Thu Oct 16, 2014 2:44 am
Forum: Nightcrawler
Topic: Claremont to return to Nightcrawler!
Replies: 95
Views: 213470

Re: Claremont to return to Nightcrawler!

Ehhh, I don't see gender stereotypes as being a prevalent problem in Claremont's work. He has a grasp on writing female characters who don't fit the "girlfriend" role that too many other writers- including a number of newer ones- lack. As for Gail Simone, I've seen a lot of sides to both h...
by Angelique
Tue Oct 14, 2014 2:54 pm
Forum: Comics Culture
Topic: Sexism & Violence In the Comic Industry
Replies: 12
Views: 47428

Re: Sexism & Violence In the Comic Industry

let us not forget that this was just her opinion and not a fact and when you choose to put your opinion out there you are running the risk of negative back lash, so you can stand by your statement and persevere with out sinking to the level of the troll that slighted you, or you could sink to there...
by Angelique
Fri Oct 10, 2014 3:10 am
Forum: Nightcrawler
Topic: Claremont to return to Nightcrawler!
Replies: 95
Views: 213470

Re: Claremont to return to Nightcrawler!

#7 was wonderful, though there really wasn't much plot to speak of. This issue really made heavy use of Claremont's strengths- a wonderful grasp on scripting, beautiful prose, and the ability to get into a character's head and make people care what they're thinking and feeling.
by Angelique
Mon Aug 25, 2014 3:07 pm
Forum: Nightcrawler
Topic: Claremont to return to Nightcrawler!
Replies: 95
Views: 213470

Re: Claremont to return to Nightcrawler!

And all of that, in turn, is tribute to the John Carter of Mars books, of which Claremont and the late, great Dave Cockrum have been huge fans.
by Angelique
Sun Jun 01, 2014 5:24 am
Forum: Off-Topic Antics
Topic: this coffee tastes astounding!
Replies: 1852
Views: 977213

Re: this coffee tastes astounding!

A couple of years ago, I was privileged to meet two of the loveliest people ever, a couple remaining strong through nearly five very harrowing years, wondering if their son was alive and if they'd ever see him again. Today, while at a book signing celebrating the tenth anniversary of my local comic ...
by Angelique
Tue May 20, 2014 5:53 am
Forum: Off-Topic Antics
Topic: this coffee tastes astounding!
Replies: 1852
Views: 977213

Re: this coffee tastes astounding!

Yay!!!! :dance
by Angelique
Mon Apr 28, 2014 7:40 pm
Forum: Nightcrawler
Topic: Nightcrawler's name
Replies: 13
Views: 57148

Re: Nightcrawler's name

They sure did. Another nice thing about some family within the circus named Wagner adopting Kurt is that, as long as Margali was kind of a materfamilias over the whole circus (somone everyone would call "Mom" even if she's not their mother), the Wagner name would make sense, as would Kurt ...
by Angelique
Sun Apr 27, 2014 2:49 am
Forum: Nightcrawler
Topic: Nightcrawler's name
Replies: 13
Views: 57148

Re: Nightcrawler's name

That's always been a matter that gave me a bit of a headache, even after the latest Origen retcon, which had Kurt taking the name of a kindly priest who defended him. I always liked the explanation offered by the '90's animated series the best- Wagner was the name of the family that adopted him.
by Angelique
Wed Apr 23, 2014 7:47 pm
Forum: Nightcrawler
Topic: Claremont to return to Nightcrawler!
Replies: 95
Views: 213470

Re: Claremont to return to Nightcrawler!

If the body's reconstruction is a supernatural phenomenon, no DNA is necessary. To be certain, this is not the resurrection scenario I would have preferred. That would have involved Kurt showing up, people wondering how he came back, and him shrugging and saying, "Of course I came back. I'm Cat...
by Angelique
Wed Apr 23, 2014 12:31 am
Forum: Nightcrawler
Topic: Claremont to return to Nightcrawler!
Replies: 95
Views: 213470

Re: Claremont to return to Nightcrawler!

I'm not going to sweat the details unless they goof something up. Right now, the only thing I don't like is the insistence that Kurt no longer has his soul. As long as the new body and soul stay together, Kurt still has his soul. And if the body is an exact reconstruction of what used to embody Kurt...
by Angelique
Tue Apr 22, 2014 10:04 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Antics
Topic: this coffee tastes like ass
Replies: 2234
Views: 954047

Re: this coffee tastes like ass

All the more reason to get better quick!
by Angelique
Tue Apr 22, 2014 2:15 am
Forum: Nightcrawler
Topic: Making a custom costume
Replies: 126
Views: 270029

Re: Making a custom costume

You may have to scroll down to see this, but any idea who that well-dressed young blue guy is? He dropped by my table at Salt Lake Fan XPerience, and I just had to have a picture taken.

http://valeriefinnigan.wordpress.com/20 ... xperience/
by Angelique
Fri Apr 18, 2014 5:10 am
Forum: Comics Culture
Topic: Sexism & Violence In the Comic Industry
Replies: 12
Views: 47428

Re: Sexism & Violence In the Comic Industry

Thank you, thank you thank you, and keep it up. It's sad to say, but too often, female creators are not in a good position to call out sexual harassment and other vile behaviors, especially when one or more of the perps is also a comic book creator. The comic book industry is insular enough that the...
by Angelique
Thu Apr 17, 2014 6:22 am
Forum: Nightcrawler
Topic: Claremont to return to Nightcrawler!
Replies: 95
Views: 213470

Re: Claremont to return to Nightcrawler!

If Claremont doesn't know how to write a contemporary comic, I don't want him to learn! I've always liked the balance he kept between action and character moments. If anything, I kind of felt the action in the latter parts of the book was too rushed.
by Angelique
Wed Apr 16, 2014 5:22 am
Forum: Nightcrawler
Topic: Claremont to return to Nightcrawler!
Replies: 95
Views: 213470

Re: Claremont to return to Nightcrawler!

Bamfing_Bob wrote: In a team book, I feel like they would clutter up the page and story. But for solo stories and titles, bring on the little guys! Also, why hasn't Marvel made bamf plushies yet??
I don't know. I hope to see Ed McGuinness this weekend. I'll ask him.
by Angelique
Tue Apr 15, 2014 6:24 pm
Forum: Nightcrawler
Topic: Aaron leaves Amazing X - Kyle & Yost to take over
Replies: 44
Views: 163501

Re: Aaron leaves Amazing X - Kyle & Yost to take over

It's always seemed to me that Fraction was just trying to pass the buck, likely over flack he took for that disaster of a funeral he wrote. "Don't blame me if the funeral sucked. Blame Chris Yost for killing off Nightcrawler." It also appears that he's forgotten who suggested killing off N...
by Angelique
Sun Apr 06, 2014 7:27 am
Forum: Nightcrawler
Topic: Kurt and Bamfs (slight spoilers)
Replies: 5
Views: 35016

Re: Kurt and Bamfs (slight spoilers)

Well, given that dear old dad's a long lived mutant, and the bamfs were fed mutant DNA, that could very well still mean Kurt's physically a mutant. But the possibilities....
by Angelique
Fri Mar 28, 2014 6:59 am
Forum: Off-Topic Antics
Topic: this coffee tastes like ass
Replies: 2234
Views: 954047

Re: this coffee tastes like ass

Nobody in my family died, but I expect some major family drama to unfold. I helped my parents right a pretty terrible wrong today. I expect to take flack from another relative who'd been engaging in certain very dangerous, unethical, and possibly illegal activities and taking advantage of innocent p...
by Angelique
Mon Mar 24, 2014 10:15 pm
Forum: Off-Topic Antics
Topic: this coffee tastes like ass
Replies: 2234
Views: 954047

Re: this coffee tastes like ass

Hugs and more hugs!
by Angelique
Mon Mar 24, 2014 3:22 am
Forum: Nightcrawler
Topic: Kurt & Amanda rekindling an old flame
Replies: 7
Views: 40767

Re: Kurt & Amanda rekindling an old flame

I'm not adverse to Kurt and Amanda reuniting, provided the relationship remains one between Kurt and a friend he knows he cannot trust. I actually would think less of Kurt if he got back together with Amanda romantically, not just because of the whole incest-like nature of that relationship, but bec...
by Angelique
Fri Mar 21, 2014 6:40 am
Forum: Nightcrawler
Topic: Restoration Teleportation
Replies: 26
Views: 78404

Re: Restoration Teleportation

I get exactly what you're saying. Sad to say that stereotypes find their way often into comics- often in the form of visual shorthand, for instance, always showing an ndn character all fringed and feathered, or in the form of exaggerating one characteristic at the expense of others- as too often hap...