Re: Cover to New Avengers #16

"Fallen" <fallen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Jon J. Yeager wrote:
>
>>Seems to me a lot of people who defended this Echo idea were thrown a red
>>herring. It was one thing for Marvel to portray Ronin as male BEFORE
>>changing their minds along the way... but to keep doing so in such a
>>blatant way after planting the seeds of an Echo or Elektra reveal is
>>beyond dumb.
>
> I don't think they really planted the seeds of either. The Echo idea was
> just guesswork (and then possibly backed up by some UK book) and Elektra
> should never have been a serious contender. Even Bendis hasn't so far
> proven to be 'that' stupid.

I'll be the first to say that Elektra (or ANY female) would be a terrible
idea, but I /do/ understand why so many people initially went for that
guess, and I do believe they were led to believe this by design.

I don't buy your theory that it was all 100% baseless on those people's
parts (which is what you imply when you disagree that Bendis planted those
seeds).

Jon
--
"How the *** do you kill Wolverine? He's fallen from
the clouds and survived. He's taken his own claws
clean through his throat from one end to the other,
and just needed a minute to catch his breath.
You could slice Wolverine in 100 pieces, place
each piece in a jar, and store each jar in 100
different remote locations worldwide -- including
one on the moon -- and they will find a way to
rejoin and heal themselves within an hour."


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