Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mit-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!eagle!harpo!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!mit-vax!russ From: russ@mit-vax.UUCP (Russell Finn) Newsgroups: net.comics Subject: Re: Alpha Ralpha Roulette Message-ID: <1192@mit-vax.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Mar-84 04:09:59 EST Article-I.D.: mit-vax.1192 Posted: Sun Mar 18 04:09:59 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 19-Mar-84 07:24:52 EST References: <6287@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: MIT, Cambridge, MA Lines: 32 The following is a dramatization of a phone conversation I had with an old friend of mine back home, and is presented to throw more gasoline on the fire (and to point out something no one else has mentioned yet): ME: So who do *you* think will die in AF #12? FRIEND: Oh, that's easy -- Northstar. M: I hope not; the twins are too interesting as twins. But why? F: Because Northstar is gay and John Byrne hates homosexuals. M: What!?? (shock, dismay) F: Sure. Check out #6 ("Aurora's back..."), particularly the scenes with Jean-Paul's old "friend" ("You didn't tell her *everything* about me...", J-P's shock at seeing the daughter, etc.). Well, I checked it out, and while the evidence is not overwhelming, it does admit of this interpretation. It's also supported in the Northstar origin story (#9?) -- "You had everything: fame, money, women... For some reason, the women never seemed to interest you..." What do you think about this? (And what's so bad about having a gay superhero, anyway? Imagine the twins fighting over the same guy... :-) ) And is this true of John Byrne (and mind you, that's just what my friend said; I don't want to get sued)? It would be a shame to kill off an interesting character for this reason. (Incidentally, my bet was for Snowbird, for reasons which no longer seem valid; my current guess would be Guardian, but that seems rather like killing off Capt. America, and I wouldn't want to alienate the Canadian readers like that.) Russell "See You in Thirty" Finn ..!mit-vax!russ