The Madelyne Pryor Appreciation Thread

[Henry T.]

She was Scott Summer's first wife. She is Nathan Summer's mother. She was the healer Anodyne. She is Jean Grey's genetic clone. She is a spark of the Jean Grey/Phoenix reborn. She is the original Goblin Queen. She was Nate Grey's best friend and the Black Rook of the Hellfire Club. And she has banged more X-Men than Emma Frost. She is all this and more.

Lets start an inferno.

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[limerick]

sorry ht noones biting

[Anodyne]

At least the OP stated the facts in the order of their importance. Madelyne as Scott's wife and Nathan's mother should take precedence over Madelyne as Jean Grey's clone. We all grew from tiny pieces of our parents' tissue; why should it matter if Maddie had only one progenitor? If Maddie was a spark of the Phoenix Force, so was Jean. And as far as I'm concerned, the Goblin Queen was a product of either demonic possession or dissociated identity disorder; take your pick. Maddie should be allowed to face the darkness within herself, overcome it, and find her way back to the light where she belongs.

Maddie had sex with two X-Men, one of whom was her husband. She didn't act on her feelings for Alex until she'd been tricked by demons and tortured by order of the Genegineer.

[Henry T.]

sorry ht noones biting

I wish some people would bite me. :)

I bet the darker and kinkier versions of Madelyne would be into biting.

I've now added a poll for people to chose their favorite Maddie story.

[Flinkman]

all great choices, i voted for all of them!

i <3 Maddie. she's my favorite clone of a character i don't particularly care for ever!

[Agent_Torpor]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v40/newmsgt/mps42.jpg

Beyond HOT!
Now THAT'S a costume.

[Agent_Torpor]

sorry ht noones biting

I'd have bit if I saw this sooner.

[Dagger]

I'd have bit earlier, too had I noticed it. I love Maddie. I love Maddie almost as much, if not moreso, than I love Jean. But I love her as a villain, but not the way that she's been portrayed so far. I think she should remain a villain, but more of a sympathetic, gray villain. I don't like her being a raving lunatic villain. So, here's to hoping we get a new, and improved Maddy.

[Michael Sean]

*bites limerick * :mad:

Anywho..

Maddie is pretty cool and I've come to really appreciate her over the years.

[drwho]

Scott had two chances with practically the same woman and they both went no where. That should tell you something.

Maddie was pretty cool in that tight leather outfit plus to an extent you can blame the demon's for corrupting her soul also. She was not completely innocent but they brought the wickedness out of her more when she was at a low point in her life.

Inferno was really one of my favorite storylines. Especially how they were able to bring everything together.

[maigen]

I like red hair. She had red hair. Therefore I appreciate her.

That's all I gots.

[AcesX1X]

Hay Maddie, let's appreciate!

She was the hotness and had all the fire Jean Grey had but without all the scruples! Maddie has a special place in my heart.

...now bow down or she'll turn you into a nasty demon!

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[Henry T.]

The November solicitation for the trade collecting X-Man's Counter X run was pretty funny and a bit gross. :biggrin:

COUNTER X VOL. 3 TPB
Written by WARREN ELLIS & STEVEN GRANT
Penciled by ARIEL OLIVETTI
Cover by ARIEL OLIVETTI
Nate Grey's beside himself! He has to figure out if he's his own best friend or worst enemy when he starts a tour of alternate universes, with a redheaded nemesis who's either his lover Madelyne or his mother Jean " if not both! Plus: A Broken Man's come a lot of broken miles to face a group of mutants who didn't want to save or conquer the world, but will Nate defend them when he learns they did something much, much worse? It's a showdown for the Mutant Shaman to save at least two worlds, before he starts on all the others! Collecting X-MAN #63-70.
192 PGS./Rated T+ …$19.99
ISBN: 978-0-7851-3306-3

[jarrod]

Poll's instant failure without Fall of the Mutants or Outback Maddie. That's really when she was at her best imo.

[MartinRedmond]

I liked her best when she was just a human, non powered ally. I hated Inferno mostly cause I was peeved she had gained super powers. She could've just known too much about Sinister or w/e. The clone thing left me cold. I liked her before that.

[Flinkman]

Poll's instant failure without Fall of the Mutants or Outback Maddie. That's really when she was at her best imo.
ooooh absolutely. i voted for ALL of the options, but if those two had been on there...i'd likely have voted for them exclusively.

[Anodyne]

Poll's instant failure without Fall of the Mutants or Outback Maddie. That's really when she was at her best imo.
Excellent point!
I liked her best when she was just a human, non powered ally. I hated Inferno mostly cause I was peeved she had gained super powers. She could've just known too much about Sinister or w/e. The clone thing left me cold. I liked her before that.
I :mad: hated Inferno because it whitewashed Scott's treatment of Maddie by playing "Blame the Victim."

[Valeria Kementari]

X-Man 25 when she fought Jean again was a great issue. I did hate the X-Man/Maddie relationship, it bordered on incest

[jarrod]

Well, despite the lacking poll (sorry Henry) I voted all but the last two. While I love Inferno, I don't love it as a Maddie story. The only good thing she did in it was put Alex in butt floss. And while I'm always up for a little inceXt, the concept was far better than the execution in X-Man.

I miss Maddie. I really hope she's not dumbed down for her return. :frown:

[marvell2100]

I'm curious if this is what the intended to do with Maddie when they first introduced her. I think they Brought her in so that they could have Jean without bringing Jean back. But then they didn't know what to do with her so they set up the Inferno storyline. I liked her either way.

[Slung]

X-Man 25 when she fought Jean again was a great issue. I did hate the X-Man/Maddie relationship, it bordered on incest

Only if sleeping with your mom's twin sister is incest...Oh, wait.

[Imraith Nimphais]

You forgot to include MUTANT X Maddie...I like her lots too, quite.

[DDM]

I'm curious if this is what the intended to do with Maddie when they first introduced her. I think they Brought her in so that they could have Jean without bringing Jean back. But then they didn't know what to do with her so they set up the Inferno storyline. I liked her either way.

Madelyne Pryor was created to write Cyclops out of Uncanny X-Men so he could live "happily ever after." Scott would become an active X-Man only for emergencies. However, all changed when Marvel decided to resurrect Jean Grey, Marvel Girl, for X-Factor in 1985-1986. Madelyne was written out so she would not compete as another Jean Grey. Madelyne was never intended to be a clone of Jean Grey, but she turned into a clone & turned evil as the Goblin Queen to make Scott's behavior--leaving his wife & kid for his dead ex-girlfriend in X-Factor #1--more palpable.