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Subject: another X-gripe and musings about plot
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Date: Fri, 12-Jul-85 23:06:20 EDT
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From: harry@ucbarpa (Harry I. Rubin)

I am **still** waiting for some follow-up to what once looked like the
beginning of an interesting plot or sub-plot.  I am referring to Mystique's
implication that she knows a lot about Kurt Wagner's (Nightcrawler's)
past.  Kurt, you will recall, was a foundling adopted and raised by
the sorceress Margali Szardos (sp?); he don't know where he came from.
Since Mystique, like Kurt, has blue skin (fur?) and "funny" eyes, Kurt
thinks they may even be blood relations.  All this was just mentioned
a couple of times back in X-Men ..., umm, around 160, I think.  Kurt 
seemed very interested, and I thought it looked interesting, but nothing
more was ever heard about it.  I am disappointed plot-wise, and as
for believability - Kurt seemed much too interested to just forget about it.

Hmmm.  This missing subplot could tie into a rope of recent subplots
and developments.  (If one speaks of the THREAD of a plot, and a plot
can TIE into other plots, then a bunch of plots is ... a rope, I guess.)
Rogue was a bad guy who became a good guy; Magneto was a bad guy who
looks like he is becoming a good guy; Karma was a good guy who became
a bad guy; Dazzler has been dancing on the fence about being a good guy
with the New Mutants or a bad guy with the Gladiators; is Lela Cheney
a good guy or a bad guy?; the whole bunch of Morlocks - are they good guys
or bad guys.  It looks like Our Favorite Plotters and Scripters are
playing with the idea of what's a bad guy and what's a good guy.  If they
can change sides just like that is there really much difference?  If we
can't tell whether certain characters are good guys or bad guys can there
be much difference?  Now here we had, or almost had, some stories about
two people who came from the same family background, maybe, yet one is
a hardcore good guy and the other a hardcore bad guy.  Could have been
pretty interesting.

Do you think that Our Plotters and Scripters are purposely exploring
this concept, or have I just invented a unifying concept that isn't really
there?  Is there, in fact, much difference between the good guys and
the bad guys?

P.S. Liz V. - good comments about Rachel, Scott, and Maddelyn (sp?).

P.P.S. Thanks for all the replies about Dangermouse being a cable TV show.
I tried to answer all mail, but some of my replies didn't get through.
I guess I can't watch it; not only do not have cable, I don't have a
television.  I will check out the videotape possibility though.  Thanks all.