A First Look at Eaglesham's Alpha Flight Pt. 1

[Canucklehead]

So we've got Puck and the Prime Minister but no Heather yet? That's kinda weird isn't it?

[MistressMerr]

So we've got Puck and the Prime Minister but no Heather yet? That's kinda weird isn't it?

Maybe she's undergoing a Marrina-esque revamp and so gets a day to herself? All the ones in this bunch were very much the classic looks (although I loved the little touch of the scars on Mac, it just makes sense). We haven't seen Shaman yet, either.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Maybe she's undergoing a Marrina-esque revamp and so gets a day to herself? All the ones in this bunch were very much the classic looks (although I loved the little touch of the scars on Mac, it just makes sense). We haven't seen Shaman yet, either.

For me...The battle scars don't make much sense, especially since Mac is freshly resurrected.

Dana

[Phil]

So we've got Puck and the Prime Minister but no Heather yet? That's kinda weird isn't it?

It was just a small selection of sketches. No-one said we'd see the whole team.

[cmdrkoenig67]

Nobody said it was GARY Cody, not that I have seen; at least, not yet. Who knows, maybe he escaped the realm of the dead along with Alpha Flight, lol.

If the "escape from the realm of the dead" is the explanation, then I demand to see Diamond Lil and Bochs back too..Dangit!

Dana

[Flightpath07]

If the "escape from the realm of the dead" is the explanation, then I demand to see Diamond Lil and Bochs back too..Dangit!

Dana

Who says you won't?

[cmdrkoenig67]

Who says you won't?

Nobody...I'm just demanding it anyway! LOL.

Dana

[kozzi24]

Uh...I thought Gary Cody was dead...Brain dead? His mind erased by Bedlam (then again, they did say they weren't really touching on what came after Byrne).

Dana

Cody must be the "Alpha ally" who brands them traitors

[Le Messor]

I believe the dead characters got better.

- Le Messor
"I shut my eyes in order to see."
~ Paul Gauguin

[kozzi24]

The changes in Marrina make perfect sense to me also, at least with an innder darknessreflection of everything the character has been through.
I don't know if I like the sex appeal touches. Having twice been slain by your husband might make you NOT want to be attracting sexually. Dark, edgy and outwardly off-putting make sense for the character's history, but sexual appeakl does not. I think they could have kept the goth look without tatoos, and without piercings that might reduce her streamlined swiommer's appearance.
I also don't like the tattoos. He skin can withstand the ocean depths, so I would think the inking process might have been more complicated than inking a normal human.
The collar, the leg fins, the seaweed clothes that all can reflect her mood.... Seems they're remembering that Marrina is a metamorph. My guess is that those aren't clothes at all.

[Le Messor]

I just can't help noticing that 'character development' in comics these days seems to always mean 'darker and edgier'.
After a while, 'darker and edgier' comes to mean 'generic'.

- Le Messor
"i souport publik edekasion"

[cmdrkoenig67]

I just can't help noticing that 'character development' in comics these days seems to always mean 'darker and edgier'.
After a while, 'darker and edgier' comes to mean 'generic'.

- Le Messor
"i souport publik edekasion"

Yeah..Darker and edgier is the norm now...It's become rather boring IMHO.

Dana

[Ahab]

Yeah..Darker and edgier is the norm now...It's become rather boring IMHO.

Dana

Though edgier Marrina has potential if Dan Smallwood is brought back. I would love to see him come back.
I also hope Marrina shows her electrocution powers. She never exhibited them personally, but since the Plodex have been shown to have the ability, it makes sense she would.
I am looking forward to seeing character development for her instead of her just being a plotpoint to develop someone else.

[DelBubs]

Yeah..Darker and edgier is the norm now...It's become rather boring IMHO.

Dana

I'm with you, but unfortunately it seems to sell. Wolverine being a classic example. I think it works as a plot device, but when the whole book and concept is driven by it...

[kozzi24]

Marrina may not have morphed "all over the place" under Byrne, but she did exhibit slight biological changes. The Plodex race itself could adapt to its surroundings, such as Marrina taking human form. The Plodex in Lake Ontario also seemed to be metamorphing. To me, Byrne opened the door to the possibility with those things. Some post Byrne changes make perfect sense.
I love almost all of Byrne’s work, but especially on his boards he is more concerned with being right than in making correct statements.
There is common sense to "why run fast when you can fly faster?" But there is an answer: space. Byrne said "Northstar was just flying close to the ground" in X-Men 121. Didn’t look that way to me. For an Alpha citation of superspeed running by Byrne, how fast did Aurora change clothes in that scene in Walt’s apartment? Should we think she changed clothes while flying indoors? Makes me wonder just how SLOWLY they can fly to stay airborn.
I think there’s also a shared core of powers to Northstar and Aurora, so I never minded any of the extra abilities Auroradeveloped with the light powers. In AF#1, Byrne established that the light powers can affect the Ems of Guardian’s suit. That opens the door to there being a lot more to the light powers than Byrne explored. They may be twins, but they seemed to develop their powers slightly differently. Aurora developed individual light powers after Byrne’s "mutant alteration" storyline, so it is natural that she could do more varied things with the light.