Oh, Meggan...

[lyssie]

Every so often, I remember that most comic fans think women in skimpy clothing with big boobs are bimboes. And none of them were more quitessentially that than Meggan from Excalibur. And I'd agree... Except that Warren Ellis pretty much blew that assumption out of the water.

Under his reign she was smart, and sometimes, she did things like this.

Comments

[samy.livejournal.com]

I agree that growth is good and that's what keeps us interested in characters in the long term. However, growth can happen in two different ways. You can have seven very similar, basic, generic, two-dimensional characters, all of whom grow and branch out in different directions. Unified starting spot, seven arrows radiating outwards from the center in seven different directions. Or, you can have reverse the direction of the arrows and have seven different starting spots, with arrows all radiating towards the center. Seven different characters in different starting spots, all congealing into one unified generic stereotype over the long term. I feel that what Ellis did with Meggan was definitely the latter.

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

I honestly never read Ellis' run on Excalibur, so I can't say whether I would agree with that assessment or not. But there are definitely more than two ways available.

I do find it difficult (though not impossible, since again I wasn't there) to believe that Meggan or any other character no character traits other than power level and self-confidence.