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sapphicentrapta-blog · 6 months ago

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When they say 'I love you' but remy LeBeau said:

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sapphicentrapta-blog · 8 months ago

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Any suggestions on getting into Storm centered comics? what should i read if i wanna understand her upcoming solo? thank u so much !

So you're looking to get into Marvel's greatest character? I got you 🤝

Ok so this is a very daunting question because 1-Storm's character very organically develops all throughout the Claremont run which is like...300 issues of "old" comic books. 2- I'm not all that caught up in the 2000s and 2010s comics so I have a huge gaping blind spot.

But if I were to suggest important issues to get her deal as a character and to prime yourself on her inner conflicts for Storm (2024) here are my suggestions (mostly 70s-80s focused because that's when she has her most major character arcs):

(in blue the ESSENTIAL reads, remember these are team comics, so not always 100% Storm)

My quick Storm (ororo Munroe) reading guide:

Classic era:

Giant size X-Men #1 (1975)

Her first comic book appearance

Uncanny X-Men (UXM) #113

It's got a quick Ororo scene that personally, made me fall in love with the character

UXM #102

Ororo's origin story revealed!

UXM #145, #146 and #147

Her first meeting with Doom who will appear in her solo and her "Rogue form" that will also be explored in the solo!

UXM #150

Storm being essential to Magneto's character development and overall a badass! Storm and Magneto have a very interesting relationship which begins here.

UXM #154-#155

Read this if you want insight into Storm and Cyclops' great friendship (they're siblings your honour!) and their relationship to being leaders of the X-Men! Cyclops is set to appear in her solo, so I'd say it's good to know that they're great friends.

UXM #165

Ororo has a VERY cool moment in this issue and it earns her the title "she who swam with Acanti". It's badass, it shows her inner strength in the face of defeat, it's great Storm content. Read the Brood saga (UXM #154 to #167) for more context of this alien space adventure.

Storm's main character arc! :

If there are ever storm comics you gotta read, it's truly these ones.

Before the fall:

UXM #169, #170!!!, #171, #172, #173

In these issues Storm knows change, and she is rattled by her own ruthless actions. This will lead her through a path of transformation and self reflection that is what makes Storm such an incredible character to me.

UXM #179, UXM #180

To see her with the morlocks again and to get an idea of her unstable mental state at this point before her BIG depowered arc. She also has a very touching moment with kitty (they have an older sister/younger sister relationship ��)

Depowered Storm (the fall AND the rise):

Unarguably her most iconic arc. Storm losing her powers gives us incredible and touching insight into who she is as a person beyond the picture of a perfect goddess. A MUST read

UXM #184 (for context), #185!

The loss of powers

UXM #186!!!!

AKA. Life death part 1, widely regarded as some of the best X-Men comics ever along with life death part 2 that you will see later on.

UXM #187 and #188

Full no powers badass Storm.

UXM #198!!!

Aka. Life death part 2, a religious experience. Storm excellency. This is like no other X-Men comic you'll ever read!

UXM #201

It isn't the Storm centric issue everyone makes it out to be, but her being asked to duel Scott for X-Men leadership is still very iconic.

UXM #211 and #212

The mutant massacre is a very interesting and tough challenge for Storm who finds herself again at her lowest despite life death part 2. Important reads!

UXM# 215-216

Fun storm centric action!

This is pretty much all I'll recommend of classic stuff for the moment as I am also reading through the insane amount of bronze age issues.

To hop onto Storm (2024):

Here are the modern age issues I find relevant to get her current state of mind:

Planet size X-Men (2021)

Ororo's role during the Krakoa era truly kick-starts here with helping Terraform Mars, which will become the planet Arakko that she rules along a council of mutants. This era is important to understand Ororo as she is in her solo and shows how she navigates many challenges.

The full series X-Men Red (2022) by Al Ewing! *Read Immortal X-Men #11 along with X-Men Red #11 (I can't remember in what order)

This is the most recent Storm-lead book, it's great Ororo stuff!!!!

Resurrection of Magneto by Al Ewing!

Despite the name, this is a BRILLIANT Ororo comic that is extremely recent, extremely good and explores her character in beautiful ways.

I think it's a great primer for her solo if you only wanna read four issues. (Chronologically it comes after X-Men Red)

Wanna read some recent leader of X-Men Ororo? X-treme X-Men by Chris Claremont is made for that. (In between the classic era and the modern era chronologically? It's not that good, but it's something.

That's about all I would lay on you! Good reading! And remember that Storm (2024) is written with new readers in mind so, no pressure at all to know everything <3 🌩️

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sapphicentrapta-blog · 10 months ago

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some sdr2 girls 🥰

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sapphicentrapta-blog · 11 months ago

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You know what is making me emotional today?

Hiyoko Saionji and her arc.

Like, yeah, I know it was cut off and we’ll never know how she would have grown as a survivor in the second game.

But at the same time, I think people forget too easily that once the spoiled, defensive, bratty Hiyoko found kindness and a role model in Mahiru, she started to try to search inward to change. With some helpful prompting from Chiaki in Chapter Three, she takes a moment to really think things through on how to change. And she asks to herself “what would Mahiru do?”

Yeah, it’s a small moment. And people are quick to point out that it doesn’t last, but that brings me to another part of why I love Hiyoko so much.

Change is fucking hard.

She relapsed. And Hiyoko relapsed fucking hard when she saw that she could still get hurt right after she tried to open up to the others. It’s scary. It’s terrifying to lower your defenses for one moment and try to let others in, to put yourself on the line when all your life, you could never trust anyone. Her own Grandmother took her away from the one who wanted to protect her (her father) and her fanbase were full of perverts who wanted to sexualize her loli body. And then there were the assassination attempts on her life and the pranks that harmed her mercilessly. And all the while, she just wanted to be protected.

Kodaka describes Hiyoko as “adorable as she is detestable”. He ain’t wrong. She is defensive, spiteful, rude, and quick to bully and judge others. But he follows up that with (paraphrasing from the art book) that Hiyoko’s nastiness was her mask. It’s her defense. It’s all she has.

So, thinking about Hiyoko taking her first step in Chapter Three to try and become stronger, to become a better person. It makes me emotional. Really emotional. She relapses. True.

But I really think people need to consider different forms of redemption. Specifically, please consider that changing doesn’t mean that Hiyoko could just become a different person entirely in one day. That’s not how it works. It’s a constant fight to change. Hiyoko is still the same person she was, but she had to evolve. She had to grow.

And after that relapse, she still tried to get stronger. She ventured out of the motel to fix her kimono like how Mahiru taught her. It led to her death, but as Hajime noted, Hiyoko was still finding it in her heart to try and change. To grow.

And that’s so fucking important. By the end of the series, she’s with her classmates to help accept Ryota, she now accepts Mikan as her friend (becoming even somewhat protective of her as noted by Kodaka as she grows older), slowly letting her mask slips away and letting her true self show in front of the people she can rely on.

The people she’s learned to trust and to change for.

I love this girl.

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sapphicentrapta-blog · 11 months ago

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Favourite Trope

“If you ask those who know of Hiyoko Saionji about her, you will get one of two answers. Some would say she is a sweet girl full of innocence and others would say she doesn’t have a kind bone in her body, but neither of those are correct.

Don’t get me wrong, I understand where the people in the former category are coming from. Hiyoko-chan is petite, with two bouncy pigtails done up with kitty hair-ties and a voice like a mascot from a children’s show. She is cute. Very cute. She has put on a lot of traditional dance performances and earned a huge amount of fans, young and old. But despite her seemingly family friendly appearance, she has been through some heavy stuff. Conspiracies, assassination attempts, threats and kidnapping attempts… People would put pins in her shoes, hide roaches in her food and give her the wrong directions to her shows, just because they were jealous of her.

The only person she could trust was her father. He treated her like his child while everyone else regarded her as the heiress to her clan. Hiyoko-chan’s grandmother took her from her parents at a young age so she could raise her instead. She treated Hiyoko-chan well, but she was strict and overbearing and didn’t let her see her parents.

Taking those things into account, it’s no wonder Hiyoko-chan’s exterior became prickly. I’m not going to excuse her… whenever I’ve seen her picking on someone or being too harsh, I’ve told her off. I have to admit… when I first met her, I also thought she wasn’t very nice. But I’m not like those people who know of Hiyoko-chan. I am a person who knows Hiyoko-chan.

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sapphicentrapta-blog · 11 months ago

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cosplay group but it's just 20 people dressed as the monokuma dancers from the dr stage plays

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