Domestic Violence and the X-Men: Do the X-Women Need to Build a Shelter?

[Psycwave]

umm... I believe we are all forgetting when Kitty threatened to phase a pole through Colossus' head.

We all know who wears the pants in that relationship.

wasn't that a hallucination?...

[pryde15]

wasn't that a hallucination?...

IT STILL COUNTS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

[Psycwave]

IT STILL COUNTS FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

But it was imaginary....

[pryde15]

But it was imaginary....

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You are ruining my day. Can't I put Kitty up for the vote on atleast one thread without people contradicting it?!?!?

[darknessatnoon]

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You are ruining my day. Can't I put Kitty up for the vote on atleast one thread without people contradicting it?!?!?

Yes you can. I have no problem believing that Kitty Pryde would be one of the worst offenders of Domestic Abuse, actually. That girl has rage issues.

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And of course, Maddie and Scott tried to kill each other a few times.

[lockerogue]

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You are ruining my day. Can't I put Kitty up for the vote on atleast one thread without people contradicting it?!?!?

You shall receive in a minute.

[Psycwave]

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You are ruining my day. Can't I put Kitty up for the vote on atleast one thread without people contradicting it?!?!?

Fine have it your way....

[Arrogantcur]

As you all know, Sage is currently the victim of repeated violence in the hands of CC.



This happens far too often to be a mere coincidence. Cupboard doors get the blame for 330,000 Injuries a Year. In the X-Line, violence against women is considered "enabling." It allows them to strut their stuff and enact revenge. Would Moira MacTaggart have become a machine-gun wielding maid if she hadn't suffered at the hands of Joe MacTaggart?



Would Mariko Yashida have ended up a kebab if she hadn't involved herself with Wolverine?

The cost of this storytelling device is immense. Sage isn't the only victim of constant humiliation.



What are your thoughts? Do you foresee the Sisterhood of Evil Mutants addressing this issue? Do you wish Emma and Storm would finally take some leadership on this issue, or do you consider them enablers? Should Xavier have had a zero tolerance policy on day one? Is this his fault?

If the amount of male-on-female violence exceeds the amount of female-on-male violence, and if we see good guys striking their female friends or acquaintances without provocation (as somebody said Sunspot did), then I'll worry.

Right now it doesn't look like it's that bad. The guy threatening Sage is a villain, Mariko had begged Wolverine to put her out of her misery since she was dying slowly and nobody could do anything about it, and I really doubt Kurt would attack any woman who hadn't attacked him or somebody under his protection first.

Something you have to remember about CC: all of his characters are put through hell. Remember what the Reavers did to Wolverine when they captured him? That's much worse than anything shown here.

[lockerogue]

Another learned lesson from Roberto

[Arrogantcur]

Just saw the scan of the Roberto slap. Only way that's justified is if she's really hysterical and he's the first in a line of people trying to calm her down, like in Airplane!

(I joke--seriously, slapping people is wrong, kids.)

[darknessatnoon]

If the amount of male-on-female violence exceeds the amount of female-on-male violence, and if we see good guys striking their female friends or acquaintances without provocation (as somebody said Sunspot did), then I'll worry.

Right now it doesn't look like it's that bad. The guy threatening Sage is a villain, Mariko had begged Wolverine to put her out of her misery since she was dying slowly and nobody could do anything about it, and I really doubt Kurt would attack any woman who hadn't attacked him or somebody under his protection first.

Something you have to remember about CC: all of his characters are put through hell. Remember what the Reavers did to Wolverine when they captured him? That's much worse than anything shown here.

CC writes his female characters battered more often. It allows them to crawl back from the abyss.

Sage is a special case, though.



Sage is beaten even by her friends.

Both Emma and Nightcrawler have assaulted her. If you add Sage to the list with Karma and Dani, you'll see that Nightcrawler has a problem (I don't have a scan of Kurt attacking her).

[darknessatnoon]

Just saw the scan of the Roberto slap. Only way that's justified is if she's really hysterical and he's the first in a line of people trying to calm her down, like in Airplane!

(I joke--seriously, slapping people is wrong, kids.)

Roberto is a serial abuser, as lockerogue has already pointed out.



Sam just takes it, though.

[Arrogantcur]

Oh, didn't recognize those two.

Was that a Danger Room sequence or something? He couldn't have knocked their heads together very hard if they were just sparring or something.

[darknessatnoon]

Oh, didn't recognize those two.

Was that a Danger Room sequence or something? He couldn't have knocked their heads together very hard if they were just sparring or something.

He hadn't met them yet. When they came back from space, the X-Men were intent on aborting Professor Xavier's brood baby. They decided to treat the New Mutants like enemies so that they wouldn't interfere with the abortion, and attacked them as they peacefully watched Magnum P.I. (on DVD because of the sliding time-line).

[AcesX1X]

Was that a Danger Room sequence or something? He couldn't have knocked their heads together very hard if they were just sparring or something.

Sorry to say, but that's the real thing! They were strangers to each other at the time and Nightcrawler still had the creepies from fighting Broods!!

Dani and Karma were just in his way.