I could understand Rachel's general worship of Jean, but it just annoys me. I know she identifies with Jean, but Jean is barely aware of her existence most of the time. Did Jean and she even meet after she came back from the time-stream thing? I mean...Faith identifies with Buffy, but she doesn't idolize her. And I wish that sometimes, Rachel would be angry towards Jean. Or you know, do something different. I'm very frustrated by how her entire existence now is dependent on her issues with Jean. I would like to see a single issue go by that doesn't remind us that Rachel is an inferior version of Jean. I think it's kind of like what being with Piotr does to Kitty. In Excalibur, I think that a new reader could come in, read random issues, and never realize Rachel's relationship to Scott and Jean. And I miss that. I miss her having an existence outside of her non-parents. She is, like, the immaturity of all the Scott/Jean shippers personified in a character. She is generally evil to Emma, bitches about Scott's cheating, and is constantly whining about Jean being dead.
I have been reading some Cable and X-man issues because of the Maddie love, and Jean is actually way nicer to both Nate and Cable than she ever was to Rachel. And I don't exactly get that. I feel that even if Jean and Rachel couldn't have the relationship Rachel wanted, I would have really liked to have seen them becoming friends because they do have a lot in common.
But Jean always has seemed a bit insecure to me when it comes to Rachel, and I haven't figured out why yet.
Rachel's angst was one of the reasons I liked her, but in Excalibur it was really well done. Because her memories were generally blocked by the Phoenix force, she was kind of upbeaty almost, which worked for me. And then she had random moments where the angst would come in. God, I miss Excalibur!Rachel so very, very much.
I'm interested in this deaging of Rachel. How old is she now? Please, tell me that she's not fourteen.
And no, I did not know about Claremont's health. I wonder who is the ghost writer because he seems to have Claremont's ability to suck down.
I didn't even realize that I had this much bitterness left. ;)
And I do like the idea of Phoenix as Rachel's parent. It's very mythic and awesome. I'm pretty sure we talked about the Rachel= Helen of Troy thing before.
Was there a particular issue that implied that Rachel was Phoenix's daughter? And what's the current status of Phoenix's relationship to Rachel? It's so hard to keep track of all this!
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I have been reading some Cable and X-man issues because of the Maddie love, and Jean is actually way nicer to both Nate and Cable than she ever was to Rachel. And I don't exactly get that. I feel that even if Jean and Rachel couldn't have the relationship Rachel wanted, I would have really liked to have seen them becoming friends because they do have a lot in common.
But Jean always has seemed a bit insecure to me when it comes to Rachel, and I haven't figured out why yet.
Rachel's angst was one of the reasons I liked her, but in Excalibur it was really well done. Because her memories were generally blocked by the Phoenix force, she was kind of upbeaty almost, which worked for me. And then she had random moments where the angst would come in. God, I miss Excalibur!Rachel so very, very much.
I'm interested in this deaging of Rachel. How old is she now? Please, tell me that she's not fourteen.
And no, I did not know about Claremont's health. I wonder who is the ghost writer because he seems to have Claremont's ability to suck down.
I didn't even realize that I had this much bitterness left. ;)
And I do like the idea of Phoenix as Rachel's parent. It's very mythic and awesome. I'm pretty sure we talked about the Rachel= Helen of Troy thing before.
Was there a particular issue that implied that Rachel was Phoenix's daughter? And what's the current status of Phoenix's relationship to Rachel? It's so hard to keep track of all this!