AiPT!: The second week of the Hellfire Gala has come and gone. X-Men Senior Editor Jordan D. White is back to answer them.
AIPT: Do you think Coven Akkaba’s opinion on Betsy is somewhat justified. Truth be told, she hasn’t exactly been a great Captain Britain and has been making a lot of mistakes. Definitely more wrongs than rights.
Jordan: Ohhh, well first of all, the answer is no, they’re not right. What’s the job of Captain Britain? The job of Captain Britain is to protect reality, right? So she’s done a pretty decent job of that. And she’s been manipulated a bit, but she’s doing her best. And from a certain point of view, she is all or most of the Captain Britains now. They are like, 99% Betsys at this point. So they’re doing pretty good. Coven Akkaba… well, aside from just being evil! [Laughs]
AIPT: [Laughs] Yeah, they’re pretty terrible.
Jordan: They seem to be talking about Captain Britain like Captain Britain is the mascot of England. And I think Captain Britain would object to that in the same way that Captain America would object to that over here, when the government of America has done things wrong or has gone about things the way that he doesn’t approve of, Captain America goes, “Yeah, I may be Captain America, but I’m not your photo opportunity. I do what I think is right in the spirit of America.” And the same is true with Captain Britain — she’s doing what she thinks is best.
And listen, by the way, Brian screwed up all the time. Like, I love Brian Braddock. I love him. But he screwed up. He was an alcoholic who mistreated his wife terribly. Like, she’s doing all right.
Betsy’s done her best. I do think she’s a good Captain Britain. And I love Betsy. I’m very happy to see her getting to do some the exciting things she’s doing. Also, she’s doing a lot better this time as Captain Britain than she did the first time. I mean when she got her eyes poked out, which didn’t go well.
“For so long, my life has been out of control. Chaos and serendipity, wrapped in insanity. I have suffered, I have lost. Not just my life, but my very soul, my self. But no more. Now I know who I am.” – Elizabeth ‘Betsy’ Braddock, daughter of Otherworld, mutant, telepath, telekinetic, defender of the realm and, above all, X-Man.
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Wow...i imagine if he doesn't Love ver...
This guy is a cunt. I think he and Trini are trolling us.
Betsy hasn't done anything exciting in the whole Excalibur run.
What a disappointment. On the other hand, Kwannon has been a badass Psylocke and the best in both Fallen angels and Hellions.
I'm sick of this situation, I'm even more frustrated now than when she was dead after Xtreme Xmen or when she was in New Exiles with that awful costume. Ugh.
Lmao please. Fallen Angels was garbage. Nobody liked that shit.
Fallen Angels may not have been very good or popular (especially among Betsy fans), but it did establish Kwannon as the official Psylocke and set her on the badass ninja/competent leader trajectory she's on in Hellions.
Hellions and Fallen Angels have really good reviews from critics unlike Excalibur.. Poor Betsy. :(
Wrong. Fallen Angels was the WORST-reviewed Dawn of X comic and the WORST-selling book of the firt wave.
It was a big fat FLOP among critics and fans alike.
https://comicbookroundup.com/comic-books/reviews/marvel-comics/fallen-angels-(2019)
Tini Howard has three weaknesses. First, she sets up plots she forgets or abandons. Second, she thinks she knows the characters which in execution fails with inserting personal baggage. Third, she spends way too much time hearing her followers rants and fantasies and she proceeds to print them.
Howard listens to rants? I got the feeling she either ignores them or editorial keeps them from her.
"Wrong. Fallen Angels was the WORST-reviewed Dawn of X comic and the WORST-selling book of the firt wave."
As it should be; it was pretty bad. And I'm not even saying this because of the whole Kwannon/Betsy situation; the story in Fallen Angels was bad. Kwannon was unlikeable (again, NOT because of anything involving Betsy; she was rude and brooding from start to finish), X-23 and Cable were very out of character, the plot was confusing (and not because of any depth it could have), the villain was terrible...
The art was good, I guess. Other than that, it kinda felt like a late 1990s/early 2000s comic book attempting to look edgy and innovative but sticking to the basic "badass heroes in shallow action scenes" formula.
I thought the art was bad lol. Kwannon had a huge head in some of their panels lol.
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