Insect Discrimination!

[Joe Acro]

The X-Men haven't had many insect-based characters in their comics over the years. But do you know what's happened to the few that they have had?

Maggott ended up dead! Angel Salvadore got depowered and shifted out of the X-books! Sikorsky hasn't been seen with the Starjammers in a long time!

The insect characters are clearly under-represented!

I say there's a clear prejudice in the X-office against insect or insect-based characters! This needs to stop.

[Canemacar]

I agree. Just look at what happened during the Brood Saga. The X-men fought to remain free of the "taint" of the brood. Clearly pro-segregation propaganda.

[Faded]

The Grasshoppers were part of the GLX!!!!!!!

[Joe Acro]

The Grasshoppers were part of the GLX!!!!!!!

And they died too! As a running gag, even!

[frog]

Does Pixie count as part insectiod?

[Monty_Cristo]

Shortpack is jimminy cricket-esque.

Does Pixie count as part insectiod?

i'd say, yes.

[Brian M.]

Exactly...the only real insect based character they have is Emma...but that's just hte maggots in her vajayjay

[Joe Acro]

Does Pixie count as part insectiod?

She's more like a mythological creature. The closest she comes is her wings being kinda moth-like!

[ToxicTeen]

I never actually noticed that until now. That is interesting that there's hardly any mutants that have insect based powers. There were more mutants that were animal based than insect based.

[Ben Morgan]

Maggott is my favorite

[frog]

I never actually noticed that until now. That is interesting that there's hardly any mutants that have insect based powers. There were more mutants that were animal based than insect based.

It's probably because Peter Parker got all the real cool powers, even though they are technically arachnid based, not insect.

[Faded]

Does Pixie count as part insectiod?

You'd like her to be, huh, FROG?!?!?!

[frog]

The X-Men haven't had many insect-based characters in their comics over the years. But do you know what's happened to the few that they have had?

Maggott ended up dead! Angel Salvadore got depowered and shifted out of the X-books! Sikorsky hasn't been seen with the Starjammers in a long time!

The insect characters are clearly under-represented!

I say there's a clear prejudice in the X-office against insect or insect-based characters! This needs to stop.

I can give you a couple more examples! In Morrison's New X-Men Sublime's goons killed a caterpillar girl. In Astonishing X-Men Beast and Wolverine found a dead butterfly girl in Dr. Rao's lab.

You know, that's kind of an interesting link between Morrison and Whedon's stories, now that I think about it.

[frog]

You'd like her to be, huh, FROG?!?!?!

:D

Oh no, my dastardly plan to eat all insect X-Men has been found out!



Nah, I like Pixie. She has to stay around to give Wolverine grief.

[Magneto X]

Does Pixie count as part insectiod?

Pisie's wings are bugish, even if her codename isn't. And that roach-like Morlock looks pretty tough. Both are getting pretty good showings or upgrades lately.

And we have Beak's kid waiting in the wings. One is surprised, however, that antenai are not used more. Seeme a cool mutation to draw.

Maybe an interdimensional breach can bring the X-Men: