Spinning out of Laura Hudson’s interview with Brian Wood for Wired about the upcoming X-Men, Wood shares the full back-and-forth with Hudson on his Tumblr, including this great exchange:
What’s the rationale behind forming the all-female team within the context of the plot? How do the male X-Men feel about it?
Who cares! Haha. I hope I never have to write that scene, because even the suggestion that anyone would see a problem with these particular X-Men together on a team is enough to suggest there’s something wrong with the idea, when of course there isn’t. As far as the rationale, well, its sort of wrapped up in the first issue’s story, and this far out I don’t want to tell too much of it. But in broad strokes they rally around one of their own in a time of personal crisis, and that crisis has bigger implications than anyone thought, and the next thing they know villains old and new are showing up at the Jean Grey School and there we go. But at the core of it is they’re friends, they care about each other and so of course they’ll all help. They’re family.
I am finding myself increasingly excited about this book.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:15 pm
I fail to see how asking if characters in the story could have problems with the team is saying there’s something wrong with the whole idea of the book existing. Reminds me of when stories have sexist characters in them and people think that means the writer is sexist. I could certainly imagine a scene with Quentin Quire pointing out that the team’s all females and being a dick about it.
January 16th, 2013 at 12:39 pm
Quentin Quire would probably put on a dress and say he’s joining the team.
I… really want to see that now.
There’s a problem with the “high-concept” of a LOT of books. Things you know don’t make a lot of sense, or can only go so long without you having to completely suspend disbelief. Remember, we’re talking about the “every book has Wolverine/Deadpool/Spiderman” company here. This is no worse than anything else. But at least it sounds interesting.
January 16th, 2013 at 10:49 pm
There’s a pretty big disconnect between the Brian’s interview where he’s talking about writing strong female characters, and atracting female readers, and they almost-cheesecake Dodson cover.
January 17th, 2013 at 1:35 pm
Sooo, bottleHeD, strong female characters are not allowed to be attractive? The Dodsons are known for depicting characters that are strong and sexy without devolving into J. Scott Campbell/Michael Turner/Ed Benes-level ridiculousness. I don’t see a disconnect at all.