Free Betsy!

The Issue

A request from the numerous fans of Elizabeth Braddock aka ex-Psylocke aka Captain Britain. This list has been revised as it was brought to our attention that it came across as an attack on Tini Howard, which we do not want it to be. Tini does have a lot of misogyny and personal attacks hurled at her and it is the furthest thing from our desire to be part of that. We apologize that anything we said felt like we were adding to that.  We would like to open a dialogue with her and other creators.

  • We are incredibly grateful that her butterfly psi-self/astral avatar has returned.  It is one of the things that makes her truly unique
  • We would love to see a new story with her direct inclusion in the affairs of Krakoa versus far removed.
  • We would love to see a multitude of usages of this character's formidable and diverse psychic powers, including her telepathy, telekinesis, and random precognition. Right now, she mostly only uses her sword and shield and often in vague ways, which is a far cry from the diversified ways she has used her power throughout her history ever since New Mutants Annual No. 2.
  • The character showed so much potential upon reconstructing her rightful body during Mystery in Madripoor, and we began to see integration and self-actualization of who Betsy was pre-body swap and who she could be with all those experiences, including East Asian martial arts, along with her diverse arsenal of psychic powers and displays of those powers. She had truly become her own person and integrated all of the good and bad that had happened to her both canonically and editorially.  
  • We would love some more development of her personality that shows her empathy and humor.  Many of the traits that made us love Elizabeth during runs such as Rick Remender's Uncanny X-Force and Chris Claremont's Uncanny X-Men Reload era seem to have gone missing. The character's voice sometimes feels spot-on, like the last issue of Excalibur but at other times completely off, like when she was very blasé about Remy's apparent death throughout KoX.
  • We would love to see some substantive development in her supporting cast.  Many of the characters feel their sole purpose is to defer to Betsy. Similarly to Betsy, we don't really see any of these characters using their power sets in intriguing ways.
  • We would love to see some integration of Betsy and her cast into the larger themes of mutantdom and its grander story that HoX/PoX begat this mutant sovereignty era with. Example: Will the Furies possibly join forces with Nimrod, Karima, and ORCHIS?
  • We would love to see more interactions between Elizabeth and many of her closest loved ones, like Ororo, James/Logan, Douglas, Piotr, Alison, Anna Marie, Kurt, Neal, Warren, and Kate.
  • Sort of related, but also unrelated: We would love to understand the rationale for why Kwannon would want to keep the Psylocke name and the Hand outfit that Betsy wore throughout the time in her body. Right now this character feels like a carbon copy of who Betsy was in her body.
  • We would love to see more stories and uniforms outside of the medieval-esque ones.
  • We would love a return of the letters pages where creators actively engage with fans on both reinforcing feedback as well as redirecting feedback

Thank you for reading and thinking this all over.

 

 

 

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The Issue

A request from the numerous fans of Elizabeth Braddock aka ex-Psylocke aka Captain Britain. This list has been revised as it was brought to our attention that it came across as an attack on Tini Howard, which we do not want it to be. Tini does have a lot of misogyny and personal attacks hurled at her and it is the furthest thing from our desire to be part of that. We apologize that anything we said felt like we were adding to that.  We would like to open a dialogue with her and other creators.

  • We are incredibly grateful that her butterfly psi-self/astral avatar has returned.  It is one of the things that makes her truly unique
  • We would love to see a new story with her direct inclusion in the affairs of Krakoa versus far removed.
  • We would love to see a multitude of usages of this character's formidable and diverse psychic powers, including her telepathy, telekinesis, and random precognition. Right now, she mostly only uses her sword and shield and often in vague ways, which is a far cry from the diversified ways she has used her power throughout her history ever since New Mutants Annual No. 2.
  • The character showed so much potential upon reconstructing her rightful body during Mystery in Madripoor, and we began to see integration and self-actualization of who Betsy was pre-body swap and who she could be with all those experiences, including East Asian martial arts, along with her diverse arsenal of psychic powers and displays of those powers. She had truly become her own person and integrated all of the good and bad that had happened to her both canonically and editorially.  
  • We would love some more development of her personality that shows her empathy and humor.  Many of the traits that made us love Elizabeth during runs such as Rick Remender's Uncanny X-Force and Chris Claremont's Uncanny X-Men Reload era seem to have gone missing. The character's voice sometimes feels spot-on, like the last issue of Excalibur but at other times completely off, like when she was very blasé about Remy's apparent death throughout KoX.
  • We would love to see some substantive development in her supporting cast.  Many of the characters feel their sole purpose is to defer to Betsy. Similarly to Betsy, we don't really see any of these characters using their power sets in intriguing ways.
  • We would love to see some integration of Betsy and her cast into the larger themes of mutantdom and its grander story that HoX/PoX begat this mutant sovereignty era with. Example: Will the Furies possibly join forces with Nimrod, Karima, and ORCHIS?
  • We would love to see more interactions between Elizabeth and many of her closest loved ones, like Ororo, James/Logan, Douglas, Piotr, Alison, Anna Marie, Kurt, Neal, Warren, and Kate.
  • Sort of related, but also unrelated: We would love to understand the rationale for why Kwannon would want to keep the Psylocke name and the Hand outfit that Betsy wore throughout the time in her body. Right now this character feels like a carbon copy of who Betsy was in her body.
  • We would love to see more stories and uniforms outside of the medieval-esque ones.
  • We would love a return of the letters pages where creators actively engage with fans on both reinforcing feedback as well as redirecting feedback

Thank you for reading and thinking this all over.

 

 

 

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Petition created on September 9, 2022