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LadyMadCat [2019-08-14 18:15:59 +0000 UTC]
OMG I fucking love this!!! Fantastic job on his redesign, the intricate gold details are something else. I dig the sleeveless design too, I don't think he has ever appeared in a comic sporting anything other than a full-on body suit as base (except for his origin story when he was wondering in the desert bare-chested )
BTW I recently read that back when his character was designed, Exodus was, in fact, intended to be the third Summers brother, and half Shi-Ar (hence the reddish skin tone, markings and his hair style at the time when he debuted). Then some other writer didn't like that so he dropped a hint that he was Native American. That hint went nowhere and eventually Exodus was revealed to be a crusader from 12th century France...
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devilkais In reply to LadyMadCat [2019-08-29 11:17:47 +0000 UTC]
Thank you ! Well as you know, it has to be a design that both suits him and yet remains disparate enough from his regular one.
Honestly, I don't know about that 3rd Summers brother deal and I can't find sources (I do know that Adam X is the one, so there is that XD). As for being native american, it was Warpath who said it, but it seemed more of an observation as Exodus' appearance is unusual even for the things X-Force has observed. So I don't think it was meant to have much of an impact. In all honesty, I am happy with the origin we got. In fact, the connection with Dane Whitman is made deeper in a surprising way rather than a hamfisted one and it shows that Apocalypse was still experimenting with turning people or mutants into living weapons (even though he found that Bennet was less compliant than Caliban for example...)
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141188 [2019-08-14 17:44:44 +0000 UTC]
Ah yes, Exodus... a man who could/should have been Magneto's successor and lead the acolytes to new exciting conflicts...the guy that saw the fan-favorite character Magneto as a Messiah...and who just happens to be a hot French dude with insane power levels... yeah, whatever became of him? The guy had everything he needed to become a truly popular character and yet the writers and editors took no advantage of that because they rather brought back the old guy wearing a bucket. Bonkers.
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devilkais In reply to 141188 [2019-08-29 12:01:54 +0000 UTC]
The whole Acolyte team should have been a big fucking deal my man ! In fact, these guys are the opposite of the Colcord Weapon X ! Why the fuck isn't there a storyline that deals with it ? The line-ups alone make this golden. Hell, I'd even add John Wraith and Deadpool as the spanners in the work (John because he's a good albeit paranoid guy and Wade because treacherous Deadpool is best Deadpool... and because of his "Hulk VS Wolverine" depiction that is one of the truest to the character !). In fact, that type of dichotomy is up there with the Sinister/Apocalypse cold war !
I need not point again my distaste for the guy in the buckethead. Hell, Mags is at best a middle of the road boss whose usefulness ends by "Fatal Attractions" and at worst a fucking Villain Sue with some of the most stupidly haxxed powers ever. And no, Polaris (who's NOT his daughter despite what some fucking morons say) has magnetism, Magneto has Bullshit and plenty of it to spare ! And with a premise built on the exploitation of the victims of a goddamn real life tragedy as his origin, I am baffled that no one takes a step back and thinks "wait, this is...wrong. Tasteless even !". The cherry on top ? 2.bp.blogspot.com/B46TgxD3DRUM… "Erik is a twat" should be the guy's epithet...
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141188 In reply to devilkais [2019-08-29 16:56:33 +0000 UTC]
That page really sums up the whole post-90s X-Men: overrated popular character comes back to beat up a new character who isn't allowed to explore his potential.
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devilkais In reply to 141188 [2019-08-29 22:58:26 +0000 UTC]
Yeah, and the 90's are TEH worst eh ?
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devilkais In reply to rodentfanatic [2019-08-27 21:58:09 +0000 UTC]
Wanna laugh ? I re-designed Exodus both by emphasizing the zealot aspects of the character and as sort of a negative image of another gentleman who was modified/amped up by Apocalypse, Mr Sinister
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hotwar696 [2019-08-14 02:22:16 +0000 UTC]
Kinda looks like Trigon. Then again Teen Titans and Marvels team books often share a lot of similarities.
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devilkais In reply to hotwar696 [2019-08-14 09:45:57 +0000 UTC]
No worries ! He is no demon.... merely a modified mutant XD
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