A Marvelous Rant

 Hey guys.  So, just when I think things’re calming, and I can get back to a steady flow of writing, bam.  Life happens.  I’ll tell you about that one later; I’d been sitting on another thought for a while.  In the interest of strong, yet, underrated women-one of the Punk stars I look up to-I want to talk about Miss Jubilation Lee.  Yep, Jubilee of Marvel's X-Men.

So, Jubilee, mutant who can generate pyrotechnic energy plasmoids from her hands.  She has referred to these blasts as "fireworks".  The plasmoids obeyed her mental control, traveling where she directed them, arranging themselves in various shapes, and exploding when she wished (yes, I copied that).  It is in the past tense, because she can no longer do that; during the course of the comics, she was turned into a vampire.

Another power she had, well, ability, was to repel telepathic influences, even the most powerful one from Prof. Charles Xavier.  What, somebody who is unaffected by one of the strongest mutants?  Why is this information unknown to most?  Because it was phased out.  Much like Jubilee, herself.  Sadly, she is uncannily underrated (see what I did there)

Fan favorite, my favorite, every instance of her puts her at a different age.  The 90’s cartoon series introduced her as being fifteen years old, whereas the comic started her at 13, I think.  If she is lucky enough to be in a movie, she is a different age.  Admittedly, I don’t read the comics.  I fell in love with the cartoon, where she is a main character.  There, you see her punk personality, her genuine nature, her determination-her awesomeness.  Obviously, I’m drawn to the spirit of punk.

However, fans don’t really get to know who Jubilee is, watching her on the big screen.  Hearing she’ll be in an X-Men movie, I become ecstatic, only to be repeatedly let down by the boring, teenaged dialogue they give her, the lack of appearance in critical scenes or being knocked out or trapped, and the dull imagery of her, either not getting to use her powers, or the use of her skill to do something lame like blow up an arcade machine.  That is practically all they let her do, and it makes me mad.  I want to see her depth; she should be remembered, not lost.

We can debate why this is, but I really don’t know the answers.  Same but different, in the movie Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, Psyduck is a star.  Are you kidding me?  Psyduck is most looked over but my favorite Pokemon.  He finally got to shine, but poor Miss Lee is still in the background.  I don’t get it.  Punkx Unite, right.

That’s my rant.  What do you say?  I’m sure I forgot to mention a point or two, so let me hear your questions, your comments.