From: dhenry@plains.NoDak.edu (David Henry)
Subject: Let's Settle It Then (Was: Re: Rogue & Gambit (in X-Men #297)
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 21:31:27 GMT
Organization: North Dakota Higher Education Computing Network

Chris Holly returns, with:

>	As much as I hate to admit it.... I'll have to agree that I think
>Marvel intends to show that when Gambit actually does touch
>Rogue(probally kissing her) she will not absorb her powers...

A worst-case scenario at best.

The trouble is, current Marvel writing has convinced me that worst-case
scenarios happen nine times out of ten, to paraphrase Terry Pratchett.

>There are a few times when
>Rogue has accidentally absorbed her teammates powers... but usually this
>is when one of them forces her too.(i.e. when Nightcrawler kissed her to
>give her his powers).

That was the Asgard Annual, and it wasn't accidentally. By accident means
by accident; NC wanted to give her his powers there.

>Has anyone noticed that sincer he travelled through, Colossus no longer has
>any trouble switching between forms.  Pre-Siege his normal form was
>metal... Post-Siege he can once again transform(in fact, his normal form
>is human as was seen during the point before his memories were returned
>during the Shadow King Saga).

Pre-Siege his normal form was what it always was:  a fleshy human. It was
only because wounds he took during that first mutant crossover, in the
210s (X-tinction? Fall of the Mutants? I just can't keep them separate any
more!), coupled with Magneto's attempt to heal him while in metal form, made
it impossible, if not downright unhealthy, for him to return to human form.
The Siege just let him reset to his original power abilities.

>Also, Hjavok seems to have much more fine

Hjavok! Norse mutant of might! :-)

>time.... he also no longer needs the special suit to regulate his power.

New suits can be sewn. We've seen no proof either way.

>	By the way, sorry to drag up this thread again...

Yeah, sure, claim the moral high ground.

>but I just got around
>to checking back-issues, and Rogues eyes are blue throughout UX-men #246
>in which she has the powers of Carol Danvers... and to quell DHenry, Jim
>Lee had nothing to do with the issue.

Contrary to public opinion, my dislike of Jim Lee's artwork does not
incapacitate my higher reasoning faculties. I knew darn well that the issue
being referred to was the one where the Aussie X-Men were training by that
pool under their base, and I knew that Silvestri drew that issue, and also
that Silvestri (along with Leonardi) drew the other long storyline with
Carol in control (Genosha). My only complaint with Lee's picturing Rogue's
absorbtion was when she touched Gateway, and became Negroid in appearance,
something she shouldn't have done, since his powers don't necessitate
a certain form.

>It was drawn by Silvestri, and
>written by Claremont, I forgot to check the colorist(who is responsible
>for all the coloring "mistakes" that DHenry normally attributes to Jim
>Lee, anyway).   For all those who are sick of this thread... i'm
>sorry.... me personally, I liked to see it settled.

Most likely Glynis Oliver colored those issues, but I'm not sure. I certainly
have never claimed that Lee made coloring mistakes, since he's not the
colorist. You can throw insults at me if you like, but please make sure
you're insulting me for an actual thing I'd have said.

You can also call me David, instead of DHenry. Go ahead, it's okay.

And as for Rogue's eyecolor change, if it's textual, than it's probably
a true bit of her powers. It's still stupid, though, because it runs counter
to how her power works for anyone else.

"I'd love to. Where's the plane?" --Richard Darwin
-- 
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My mind is a jackal.--Richard Darwin // What was the question? --Kate Bush
"All you of Earth are IDIOTS!"-P9fOS // Thanks... for the memories.--Rogue
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