FAVORITE WRITERS:
#1. Rick Remender (42%): Remender’s take on Betsy Braddock in his fan-favorite and critically acclaimed run on Uncanny X-Force remains iconic and revered. Uncanny X-Force gave us all: strong characterization, agency, tragedy and a well-rounded arc that pushed Betsy so far out of her comfort zone and into top-tier status, leading to a new renaissance for the character.
#2. Chris Claremont (14%): While Claremont’s third run on Uncanny X-Men was not as well received as his first (and not as bad as his second), there were some qualities to his carefree take on Betsy. Despite some issues with pacing and dialogue, one can’t deny that Claremont knows who Betsy Braddock is at her core. The least said about New Exiles, the better.
#3. Cullen Bunn (11%): An underappreciated gem, Bunn’s portrayal of Betsy Braddock in Uncanny X-Men feels in many ways the spiritual successor to Remender’s. Bunn’s complex and conflicting interpretation revealed a deep respect for the character and one of the few standouts during a hard time for the X-Men publishing line.
LEAST FAVORITE WRITERS:
#1. Tini Howard (48%): Wasted potential is what best defines Tini Howard’s Betsy Braddock. Fans hoped that Betsy adopting the Captain Britain mantle would take the character to the next level. Instead, Betsy was portrayed as a self-doubting, ineffective leader who barely used her powers other than swinging her sword around. Everything we loved about Betsy is gone. Her personality, her charm, her creative use of powers, her attitude, her edginess. All we have left is a shadow of her former self. Betsy is a far cry from what she used to be. And for the worse. The fact that Tini’s Otherworld epic is taking too long to conclude – 3 years and counting – while keeping Betsy irrelevant and isolated from the main Krakoan/X-Men action also left a sour taste in fans’ mouths.
#2. Leah Williams (16%): While Age of X-Man: X-Tremists was pretty much inoffensive and forgettable, Wlliams’ take on Betsy Braddock comes from her utter misunderstanding of the character. Williams views Betsy as a self-loathing woman obsessed with body modification who hated her own body. This was enough for fans to hope she never writes Betsy again.
#3. Sam Humphries (12%): After Remender’s run, the bar was set too high. While Humphries was given a hard task, his take on Betsy failed to impress fans to say the least. An adult woman living through her teen angst phase – with burglary, drinking and polyamorous relationships – was not what fans were expecting.
“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.
5 comments:
Remender rules the polls and is considered the best writer to flesh out Betsy. Could I participate it's Remender who I voted for.
And the best thing about Remender's work is that, while his Betsy was amazing, her characterization didn't come at the expense of the other characters: ALL of them got great characterizations (even late additions like AoA-Nightcrawler and E.V.A.). I guess even people who hate the idea of Betsy having any relationship with Fantomex NOW will admit that he was awesome then (and come on, he sacrificed his own life and had a very painful death just to save Betsy), Wolverine's arc with Daken was beautifully done, and even DEADPOOL (usually used just for comedy relief) actually got some depth in that run.
Remender's masterful work in Uncanny X-Force makes me curious as to why his AXIS event turned out the way it did... granted, I don't think it was as bad as most reviewers say (I actually enjoyed it quite a bit), but it wasn't on the same level of his previous works (and it's weird how Betsy only appeared in two issues as background fodder, when even in Uncanny Avengers he made a point to include TWO future versions of hers as considerably important characters).
Remender really ruled! His run is unforgettable in many ways!
Few people remembered Charles Soule. I picked him up because I loved the giant butterfly and his characterization of Betsy as leader in his run in Astonishing X-men. I really hope to see the giant butterfly again!
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