tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post5631572286215053030..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: I'm Not Buying Plastique's New AccentSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-6114617795525365432013-05-17T11:19:07.283-03:002013-05-17T11:19:07.283-03:00Cajuns being descended straight up from the same p...Cajuns being descended straight up from the same people I am, i.e. 18th-century Acadians. My family just didn't get deported.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-52669308997912728672013-05-17T11:13:15.521-03:002013-05-17T11:13:15.521-03:00@ShadowWing Tronix: I read that as Cajun, perhaps...@ShadowWing Tronix: I read that as Cajun, perhaps because I grew up only a few miles from South Louisiana and that's how they also pronounce their "th"s. Again, another region colonized by the French.Matthew Turnagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08115327182071167651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-74715106320975964602013-05-16T20:08:19.893-03:002013-05-16T20:08:19.893-03:00Jurgens wanted to reintroduce all the old Firestor...Jurgens wanted to reintroduce all the old Firestorm villain in one go before the book was cancelled. I bet he originally wanted to introduce them one at a time.<br /><br />Still missing Tokamak, Enforcer, Goldenrod, Bug & Byte, and Slipknot (to name a few).Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-78559243745223056892013-05-16T18:57:26.202-03:002013-05-16T18:57:26.202-03:00The Black Bison, really? Not that I'm complain...The Black Bison, really? Not that I'm complaining, I always thought he was pretty cool, but I didn't expect him to be in a comic in 2013.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15438253684711321317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-76704215659397825692013-05-16T18:00:19.672-03:002013-05-16T18:00:19.672-03:00Only Gerry Conway knows for sure. I'm not hold...Only Gerry Conway knows for sure. I'm not holding my breath, but I hope he discusses it in the DVD interview I Kickstarted a little while back.<br /><br />But yeah, Firestorm was designed to be a Marvel hero, so your analysis is probably accurate. As to why the FLQ rather than the IRA, who knows. Might have read something about the FLQ and been inspired to do something a little different. It's weird to think you have to stretch to find a way to tell a terrorism story back then.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-90258449022037916052013-05-16T17:45:41.928-03:002013-05-16T17:45:41.928-03:00Valero: I was "there" when Plastique fir...Valero: I was "there" when Plastique first appeared in "The Fury of Firestorm", and in an ensuing lettercol, someone even complained that Quebec separatists were never nearly as big as the comic was implying they were. I was maybe only 12 or 13 at the time, but I certainly couldn't remember news stories about the terrorism problem in Quebec.<br /><br />But this was the era when DC was trying to Marvelize itself, so this was Gerry Conway trying to get topical and current. As sad as that sounds, this was also an era where most DC Comics wouldn't even show the US President's face: he'd always be standing in shadows, as if just acknowledging who was in the Oval Office was itself controversial.<br /><br />Sooooo ... could it be that DC wanted to do a story about terrorism, but they were afraid of being too controversial with the IRA or Basque separatists, so they went with Quebec separatists?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-20060556717878284422013-05-16T13:27:54.412-03:002013-05-16T13:27:54.412-03:00Exactly. Both Jamaica and Quebec are French coloni...Exactly. Both Jamaica and Quebec are French colonies in North America.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-66494668002353360302013-05-16T12:56:14.873-03:002013-05-16T12:56:14.873-03:00"We must bring dis to an end." "As ..."We must bring dis to an end." "As de name suggests -- When I am around, tings tend to explode."<br /><br />See my brain wants to read this with a Jamaican accent.ShadowWing Tronixhttp://bwmedia.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-62181747572072774192013-05-16T08:09:52.704-03:002013-05-16T08:09:52.704-03:00Plastique seems to be pretty much on her own in th...Plastique seems to be pretty much on her own in the FLQ. I guess it's no more unreasonable a villain's motivation than taking over the world. It's interesting to think she's politically motivated. Or was. She seems like just another mercenary villain in this issue. Remember when Northstar had FLQ ties too?<br /><br />Un gros bonjour du Nouveau-Brunswick, Valero! Né là aussi, mais de parents Néo-Brunswickois et puis, assez rapidement redéménagé en Acadie. Un supervillain devrait militer pour l'indépendence acadienne, comme le vieux Parti Acadien. Serait à peu prêt aussi pertinent que le FLQ.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-54303984375306174802013-05-16T07:20:53.737-03:002013-05-16T07:20:53.737-03:00You're right about the Ds and Ts. Comics rare...You're right about the Ds and Ts. Comics rarely get Canada and, almost never, Québec right. What is worse is the reference to the FLQ; a movement that had, at its peak, at most a 100 extremist followers and has not really existed for the last 40 years... btw, I am from Québec.Valeronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-27340582348856372122013-05-16T06:25:27.001-03:002013-05-16T06:25:27.001-03:00On pre-Crisis Earth-2, Quebec did manage to break ...On pre-Crisis Earth-2, Quebec did manage to break away from Canada. I'm guessing the Earth-2 Bette Sans Souci lived in a trailer park and smoked a lot of weed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com