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Haus: Also, of course, we have the idea of mutancy as non-standard sexuality. In those terms, what a straight man sees as a process of adolescence can, in terms of self-discovery, come much later. I refer you to... damn. It hasn't been written yet. Anyway, the coming-out narrative often presupposes that sexual self-realisation, although it often happens at the same time as adolescence, may not be tied to it.
Took me a couple minutes to parse that but yeah, it makes sense. I'm not sure how well that actually fits Cyclops, though; he was indoctrinated into the "nonstandard sexuality" of the mutant culture from the time he was an actual, physical adolescent. I think in part it's about him looking on during Jean's metaphorical adolescence, and not understanding the process she's going through.
Elijah: By the way, in my version of the X-Men continuity the X-Babies don't exist.
Boo-urns. Mind you, I just read the original X-Babies Claremont thing and yowza! It was a mess. And I'm still unsure how I feel about that weird Cypher/Psylocke "thing" that was going on at the time. The sex vibe is palpable and peculiar. Although you could play the Illyana/Kitty sapphic vibe off of Doug Ramsey as subtextual queer boy (The thing with Psylocke as a "diva crush," his abilities falling under the "soft" super-power as defined by things like Chabon's Women of Valour essay, et cetera). But getting rid of the X-Babies altogether? Even when they're seperate beings, alongside Richocet Rita? |
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