tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post394994144550405901..comments2024-03-27T11:32:34.392-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: CAPTAIN BRITAIN PART TEN - PAVING THE WAY FOR EXCALIBURMatthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-60473521739321072562013-10-16T10:59:55.679-07:002013-10-16T10:59:55.679-07:00On the other hand, though, I suppose the fact that...<i>On the other hand, though, I suppose the fact that their father is an extra-dimensional being could explain the three kids. It still all feels somewhat thrown together, though. </i><br /><br />There's definitely a tipping point at work. One random member of a family having super-powers is fine, but the more "special" characters you add, the more necessary it becomes to explain how this one family has so many special characters in it beyond coincidence. So in that regard, making the dad be connected to Merlin makes some sense. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-85546014353170329182013-10-16T08:47:34.342-07:002013-10-16T08:47:34.342-07:00That surprised me, too. I had assumed he'd al...That surprised me, too. I had assumed he'd always been a reality-warper, but in every pre-EXCALIBUR appearance, he's just a normal guy. I think my issue is that almost everyone in the family has retroactively become "special" -- and not all by Claremont's hand.<br /><br />But you have Brian, who is chosen/destined to be Captain Britain; Betsy, who is a mutant telepath; Jamie, who is a mutant reality-warper; and their father, who was Merlyn's right-hand man in Otherworld. I guess the mom was probably normal, but that's it.<br /><br />On the other hand, though, I suppose the fact that their father is an extra-dimensional being could explain the three kids. It still all feels somewhat thrown together, though.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-41219161433443238622013-10-15T12:04:20.401-07:002013-10-15T12:04:20.401-07:00Chris Claremont ... will make some questionable ch...<i>Chris Claremont ... will make some questionable choices in revisiting Jamie in the pages of EXCALIBUR.</i><br /><br />Huh. I always thought more of that Jamie stuff came from pre-<i>Excalibur</i> Captain Britain stories, but I guess not. Austin Gortonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14281239771248780430noreply@blogger.com