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From: russ@mit-vax.UUCP (Russell Finn)
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Subject: Re: Alpha Ralpha Roulette
Message-ID: <1192@mit-vax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 18-Mar-84 04:09:59 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 18 04:09:59 1984
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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
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