spoon_jenkins
12-03-2006, 10:09 AM
What do folks think of the Bobby Drake/Opal Tanaka relationship? Do you think it worked well storywise? Was it good for Iceman as a character? Were they a good match when they were together?
I liked the Bobby and Opal dynamic.
First, they were a good match as far as personalities. Opal was down-to-earth. She worked at a record store. I think she simultaneously allowed Bobby to be his fun-loving self, but to show that he's matured from the 16 year old he started out as.
Second, in the larger picture, it was part of human-mutant dynamic that I would have like to have seen continued. At that point, X-Factor was exploring one-on-one interactions between humans and mutants: Bobby and Opal, Hank and Trish Tilby, Warren and Charlotte Jones. I think that promoted the idea that Xavier's dream can work and rang true. I think too often the X-books have isolated the X-teams from humans or treated humans as an undifferentiated fearless mass.
I liked the Bobby and Opal dynamic.
First, they were a good match as far as personalities. Opal was down-to-earth. She worked at a record store. I think she simultaneously allowed Bobby to be his fun-loving self, but to show that he's matured from the 16 year old he started out as.
Second, in the larger picture, it was part of human-mutant dynamic that I would have like to have seen continued. At that point, X-Factor was exploring one-on-one interactions between humans and mutants: Bobby and Opal, Hank and Trish Tilby, Warren and Charlotte Jones. I think that promoted the idea that Xavier's dream can work and rang true. I think too often the X-books have isolated the X-teams from humans or treated humans as an undifferentiated fearless mass.