Poll Storm is the most successful black female character (70 votes)
This is not an opinion. This is not a debate. This is a fact. Storm is the most successful decorated black female character in all of comics. And possibly the most successful black female superhero beyond comics. And I can see why you Storm fans love her so much. I can see why...
The reason this crossed my mind, was because I was looking through black female superheros and there were hardly any good ones or quality ones besides her and Monica Rambeau. Now Monica Rambeau would have this title, but Monica obviously isn't as well known compared to Storm. Anyways there weren't really that much good black female superheros with good quality/decoration like with Storm.
What also made this cross my mind, as someone who likes to write and have spoken with some people who also like to write is that many people tell me(and I already know this) is that they have hard times writing a black female character, especially as a superhero. Black male superheros are already hard to write for some non-black writers, but with black female superheros its seems to be even harder. This is why black female superheros are so embedded with stereotypes and some sort of "sassy" personality. I trying to say being sassy is negative, but we see it all the time and it seems that what black female characters can only be known.
But with Storm...Its a completely different story. She is not embedded with tacky stereotypes, cliche background/origins or is given lame powers. With Storm... When I look at the Storm character I see a black Nubian queen. A black goddess that is almost similar to the ones African mythology. And I know you Storm fans see this too. Again her personality is not one of being, "sassy", but strong and mighty and when she want to like a warrior. Storm for some reason always reminds me of real African queens such as Queen Hatshepsut
Queen Nzinga
And finally Queen Amanirenas of Kush
All three were beautiful black noble and powerful females, but could be warriors when needed just like Storm. But more importantly the biggest feature I like about Storm is her powers. She is not given lame powers like some black female characters, but instead her powers which is weather control seems to go(and even connect) with her personality and overall Africaness. Its natural and organic and not "rushed". Heck everything about Storm being a black female character comes off so fresh and natural.
So yes it is a fact that Storm is the most successful black female superhero in comics. It seems the writers did not rush her by just wanting their token character for the X-Men, but instead they took their time and crafted the character that now she is the go to black female character everyone knows about in comics. Again not saying some of the stereotypes I listed are bad, but Storm did not need them for her character to grow. And again I fully understand why her fans love her so much.
As someone who is barely a fan of the character, that is my rant.
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