cmdrkoenig67
02-09-2005, 04:41 PM
Okay....on another thread(I think it's here, somewhere...although...it may be on another message board....LOL)....I compared Alpha Flight to the Avengers and the Fantastic Four, saying that the team always seems to cycle back to the original members or some such(IMO it should always be about the original members, for the most part), but another member "Corrected" me in saying they are not like the FF, because they're not a family.
This got me thinking...and looking at the pollstoday(I noticed Mokole's family poll) made me think about it even more....enough to post a thought or two about it.
My observation....
Alpha Flight IS a family and always has been....why?
My reasons...
Mac and Heather got married, found Logan(later Wolverine) together and(in a way)"adopted" him as their "son". They function almost as parents to the whole of Alpha, having given "birth"to the team TOGETHER(Mac didn't do it by himself, as some like to believe).
Heather grew up next door to Michael Twoyoungmen and often babysat Elizabeth....the two families seemed very close.
Michael grew apart from his daughter, but took in the daughter of Nevanna, Narya, raising her as if she were his own child. Michael IS Snowbird's father...in any spiritual/emotional sense.
Heather, many years later introduced her husband Mac, to Michael(and his "adopted" daughter Narya) and thus formed the beginnings of Alpha.
Elizabeth, many years later sought out her father and eventually joined AF as Talisman.
That's a LOT of familial connections, right there....in the very origins of the team...
Logan(Heather and Mac's "son") found Jeanne Marie(Aurora) and brought her to the attention of Mac. Jeanne Marie and Jean Paul(Northstar) are of course, siblings separated at a young age...but they were reunited by Mac...and may have never met, if not for him. The Hudson's were "adopting" more "children".
Walter and Aurora had a love affair for many, many years....granted this is not an blood or otherwise, familial connection, but it is an emotional connection that will always be there.
Many families have their problems and most children leave the nest....as Logan did....but he still visits his "family" from time to time.
Heather set up the first "family reunion" in issue one of volume one.
She also did her best to hold the "family" together after Mac's "death"
Heather as leader of AF, took in many "strays"....Purple Girl, Manikin, Laura Dean and Goblyn(more "adoptions"?)in the years that followed.
Heather and Mac have had a daughter too(the family expands).
Recently, fortunately(or unfortunately, depending on your viewpoint) we discover Puck has a daughter, Zuzha Yu.
Then there's the Sadlers(Mapleleafs)....Heather's some what brief, relationship and engagment to Madison Jeffries...who later married Diamond Lil(another AFer).
IMO....Alpha is a family unit with many intricate connections...they may not all be connected in the familial sense, but many of them do have close ties to each other(emotional, spiritual, etc...). See?....They ARE a family, just like the FF.... Anyway....I'm done with my rant. :D
Dana
This got me thinking...and looking at the pollstoday(I noticed Mokole's family poll) made me think about it even more....enough to post a thought or two about it.
My observation....
Alpha Flight IS a family and always has been....why?
My reasons...
Mac and Heather got married, found Logan(later Wolverine) together and(in a way)"adopted" him as their "son". They function almost as parents to the whole of Alpha, having given "birth"to the team TOGETHER(Mac didn't do it by himself, as some like to believe).
Heather grew up next door to Michael Twoyoungmen and often babysat Elizabeth....the two families seemed very close.
Michael grew apart from his daughter, but took in the daughter of Nevanna, Narya, raising her as if she were his own child. Michael IS Snowbird's father...in any spiritual/emotional sense.
Heather, many years later introduced her husband Mac, to Michael(and his "adopted" daughter Narya) and thus formed the beginnings of Alpha.
Elizabeth, many years later sought out her father and eventually joined AF as Talisman.
That's a LOT of familial connections, right there....in the very origins of the team...
Logan(Heather and Mac's "son") found Jeanne Marie(Aurora) and brought her to the attention of Mac. Jeanne Marie and Jean Paul(Northstar) are of course, siblings separated at a young age...but they were reunited by Mac...and may have never met, if not for him. The Hudson's were "adopting" more "children".
Walter and Aurora had a love affair for many, many years....granted this is not an blood or otherwise, familial connection, but it is an emotional connection that will always be there.
Many families have their problems and most children leave the nest....as Logan did....but he still visits his "family" from time to time.
Heather set up the first "family reunion" in issue one of volume one.
She also did her best to hold the "family" together after Mac's "death"
Heather as leader of AF, took in many "strays"....Purple Girl, Manikin, Laura Dean and Goblyn(more "adoptions"?)in the years that followed.
Heather and Mac have had a daughter too(the family expands).
Recently, fortunately(or unfortunately, depending on your viewpoint) we discover Puck has a daughter, Zuzha Yu.
Then there's the Sadlers(Mapleleafs)....Heather's some what brief, relationship and engagment to Madison Jeffries...who later married Diamond Lil(another AFer).
IMO....Alpha is a family unit with many intricate connections...they may not all be connected in the familial sense, but many of them do have close ties to each other(emotional, spiritual, etc...). See?....They ARE a family, just like the FF.... Anyway....I'm done with my rant. :D
Dana