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@arturocalakayvee@raggedscarecrow@renchampSi Spurrier is answering questions on his blog and I'll keep updating
Q:Since Colossus proclaimed Cable as his leader, any chance of Colossus in your upcoming run? and/or anyone else from that book? Can't wait for your run!!!
sullstar1
No big plans for Colossus right now. I don’t think it’ll be long before you see him front-and-centre elsewhere, though.
Q:Really enjoyed Legacy, looking forward to X-force. I've been a fan of Cable's for a long while (though certainly liking some phases of his development more than others). What kind of background regarding the central characters does Marvel give you? Or, do they expect you to do the research on your own? Which writer's takes on Cable have you liked best?
mhaberman00
Marvel provides as much or as little background as you request. I think it’s just par for the course that you’re expected to’ve gone away and familiarised yourself with a character before even *thinking* about trying to pitch their involvement, let alone actually writing them. Sometimes you’ll get clear-cut clarifications of certain things for the sake of continuity (eg: there’s a little document which sets out which of the various Fantomex clones got which powers in the split, etc) but generally speaking you’re left to make your own mark - and your own mistakes - on these gals and guys.
As a reader of Legacy you’ll know I’m quite happy to gently - or, actually, fairly bluntly - stamp my own brand onto characters if I think it makes sense. With legacy (small “l”) characters like Cable it’s obviously trickier to just waltz in and start from scratch than with lesser-known ones (not that I’d want to) but you’d be amazed at how open Marvel is to ideas about lasting adjustments to a character’s status quo.
In the case of X-Force the “Not Quite Like It Was Before” elements with these characters aren’t quite as shameless or overt as with - say - David Haller, but they’re there. The difference is that I’m introducing them slowly, and have woven the reasoning for them into the meat of the plot quite carefully. As I’ve said elsewhere: there’s nothing on the page which isn’t supposed to be there.
In Cable’s case: you cut away everything else and what’s underneath is a archetypal soldier with an indomitable sense of duty. You build back up from that point and you won’t go far wrong, even if the (say) speech patterns, or the nuances of his motivation, are fractionally different.
Q:Just a few pages of dialogue and I can already tell you're going to kill it with Psylocke!!!
uncleclustersthirdbrain
Hope you’re still enjoy - sorry for the slow reply. Episode 3 (out next week) is very Psylockecentric. It’s a lot of fun.
Q:Amazing Preview, I am so super pumped to read this incarnation of X-Force. Quick question, what is one personality trait that you feel defines each member(that we know of so far) of the team?
guyfromvenus
Ha! Very good question, but one I’m afraid I’m not going to answer. I’m a bit of a fan of the Controlling Idea (I’m sure I’ve waffled about this elsewhere), and as well as acting as a distillation of everything that jumbles together to form a Story, it’s also very useful to generate a series of defining ideas to launch your characters. But you should never tell anyone what they are, because a) your characters will often be trying to mask, hide or defeat that kernal of Defining Truth deep inside them, and it would totally ruin the surprises to tell everyone what lurks in each of their breasts, and b) your characters deserve the right to be contrary and evolve on their own. If I gave you a neat little two-word description of, say, Marrow, then next time I write her it’s clear that she’s started resenting that tidy definition and frankly insists on behaving in a completely contrary manner - that’s the sort of thing she’d do, the pest - then I’d look like a right wally.
The proof is in the pudding. Read the book, try to gauge the characters - not just who they are but who they’re pretending to be - and let’s compare notes at the end. :)
Q:X-force needs a puppy. Jesse Bedlam too but I'll also settle for a puppy.
jessebedlam
Actually, I think Marrow and Fantomex sort of alternate in filling that niche (on the grounds that dogs are wonderful insecure meat-robots fuelled by routine, certainty and love). Psylocke’s a cat, obviously. Cable’s a fucking great bald eagle. Doc Nemesis is an iguana. You know it’s true.
Q:I've been loving your Legacy run, and am real saddened to see it go. However, I am really excited bout your upcoming X-force. Any chance Forge, Dr Nemesis, Boom Boom, or Domino will be joining the team? If not, please make it happen!
guacamolecowboy
By now you’ll know that at least one of those requests has already come true. I built it into the story at the very earliest stage because you never quite know when Marvel will pull the plug. Literally. They have omnipresent datahacks attached to my spinal cord. The second I stop being entertaining, or start saying something I shouldn’t, they shut me down like a mopy Furby.
As for the other characters you mentioned, I can now exclusively reveal th
Q:I'm super excited for the issue that comes out this wee. Will EVA still have her humanoid form? Any chance of seeing Brian and Meggan since X-Force deals with international problems now? I'm sure you'll bring up the Fanto triplet situation correct? Whats says you of Sage? Or Dani Moonstar? Thanks for taking time to answer fan questions. Always great to get some insight.
ckgarcia07
SORTOFYES.
YESEVENTUALLY.
PROBABLY.
NOTHINGRIGHTAWY. NOTHINGRIGHTAWAY.
Q:Maybe my last question-Will Cable and Psylocke interact with Cyclops revolution team? They both havent had any interaction with the revolutionary in a while and Im sure they have some opinions.
ckgarcia07
Not in the short term, sorry. But sooner or later, yes, I should think Cable bumping into his um younger-than-him dad, that’s weird, is a no brainer.
Q:One thing I was troubled by in the previous Uncanny X-Force run is that there was no mention of Warren Worthington for Betsy. I agree that characters need to move forward, especially Betsy who may have been too "romance heavy" lately, but one when loses their great love who they planned a future with it tends to weigh on them. Will he pop up in Betsy's thoughts or influence her actions at all in your run on X-Force?
xfan232
Can’t speak for other stories, only the stuff I take as my starting point and the stuff as my endpoint. At the start of my story Pylocke’s over Fantomex, let alone anyone who came before, so, no, the Warren thing won’t play a role in the main thread of this opening stage of the story. That said I *am* a sucker for maudlin getting-mugged-down-memory-lane type stories, and I have ideas in that direction, so given enough time and space I wouldn’t rule out some sort of retrospective hand-wringing on that subject. And I like spiky-winged things - it’s a weakness.
But if you’re looking for a beautiful reunion which patches up everything that’s gone between, I expect you’ll be disappointed.
Q:Do people around the X-office at Marvel call David "Legion" or do they respect his preference in that regard? Even though he's a fictional character, I feel like it would be rude to still call him Legion in real life.
gpack3
Ha - amazing question. I honestly don’t know. Whenever I discussed XLeg with my editor it was always “David”, but as for other editors - you’d have to ask.
Q:Loved the end of X-Men Legacy. It was superb, moving, and wonderful storytelling. Loved it. One thing I just wanted to clarify: as part of David's last act, did Chamber and all the other characters who died in the run come back to life? Or rather, were never killed now in the first place? At any rate, I really loved it, and I'm eagerly looking forward to XML#300 :)
glassgears
I’m going to write a blog pretty soon about some of the questions and fallout from X-Leg, but that’s more about the general ambiguities which I deliberately left open. With things like the other characters, yes, the idea was that those final few deaths - Chamber, Brand, Karasu - simply never happened. The way that David’s subsequent decisions affect the *wider* continuity is a different matter - but I’ll write more about that shortly.
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