Maddie always seemed to be one of the most sympathetic characters of her day because of her status as, in her words, a "brood mare." Even during her darkest moments as the Goblin Queen, I felt sorry for her for what Scott had done to her. That was totally unforgivable.
That's why the Mutant X Maddie was such a breath of fresh air: 616 Maddie had gotten to the point where she was dominated, obsessed I daresay, with Jean Grey, believing that because of Jean she was doomed to be betrayed by any man she got close to. Mutant X Maddie didn't have that problem, and conversely came off as a much more rational, balanced look at Jean Grey's "better half."
I just wish she would have been able to get a rematch with Sinister before she was retconned out of existence. Sinister, bless his black, withered soul, is one of my favorite villains, but I would have greatly enjoyed seeing Maddie pull a Nate Grey (see X-Man #4) for what he did to her during Inferno.
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Madelyne the clone .. . . .when I first saw her, I thought she was Jean too. (seeing as I skipped a few Comic Issues)
I thought it was a really interesting storyline but I always wondered why Scott married her? It seemed to me like the only reason was that she looked like Jean.
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"I married her (Madelyne) because she looked, felt, smelled like you. My senses told me she was you... even as my mind told me it couldn't be." - Cyclops, to Jean Grey, X-Factoe #38
Madelyne knew this even before Cyclops admitted it, as it was revealed to her in dreams sent by the demons N'astirh and S'ym, both of whom wanted to corrupt her for their own ambitions. Unfortunately for them, Madelyne proved rather... difficult to manipulate, much less control.
Personally, I was always waiting for Madelyne and Alex to get back together, or at least meet, when she was reincarnated. A relationship was definetely there, but by time the writers were too busy whoring Havok as the leader of the 'New Brotherhood' to give the old couple anything more than a passing mention (see X-Man #25). A disappointment, but one of many.
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"Oh, I don’t know about that… you just have to be born lucky, I guess." - Longshot, to Domino, X-Force #59
Well, there's two answers to that: Maddie first found out that she was Scott's replacement for Jean Grey in Uncanny X-Men #232, when she first saw Scott with the resurrected Jean Grey (who of course bore a starting resemblance to her) and put two and two together. Pretty soon afterwards S'ym and N'astirh began tormenting Maddie with dreams hinting at her origins. But Maddie remained ignorant of her status as a literal clone of Jean until Uncanny X-Men #241 where Mr. Sinister informed her none too gently of her origins. Maddie, understandably, didn't take it too well (and Sinister trying to kill her didn't help matters either) which prompted her to decide to kill young baby Nathan: not just to power her spell, but to deprive Sinister of the treasure he wanted most. Twisted? Certainly, but there's a logic to it. At least, if you're a woman who just found out your entire life has been a lie created by a scientist intent on using you as a brood mare and then trying to kill you.
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I'm a big Madelyne fan too and it's nice to see there are others I agree, Paptimus, Madelyne was a sympathetic character even from the first place. I always liked characters who had painful and mysterious past, and Madelyne's absolutely one of them.
I liked this whole INFERNO-thing much, not even talking about the role Maddie played in it (poor her, she was only victim...)
I loved when she reappeared in the X-Man series (which is my all-time favourit ). It was fan too see them together.
I even have a fanart of her and him, I will try to post them here somewhere.
A pleasure to meet you, Emtrexx. There are few things in this world more pleasurable than meeting an individual who shares your passions. For me, Madelyne's appeal was largely because she seemed so much more human than Jean Grey. Maddie was brave, noble, loyal, vengeful, bitter, and paranoid. In short, she had both good points and bad, unlike Jean Grey. I agree, she was at her happiest in the X-Man series, and it was good to see her happy again after so long, even if for a short time. I'd love to see your fanart, Nate & Maddie make such a cute couple.
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"Oh, I don’t know about that… you just have to be born lucky, I guess." - Longshot, to Domino, X-Force #59
And to make my point, an image of Nate & Maddie dancing the night away to complement my earlier post of Maddie and Alex. Which brings to mind a question: which pairing fit more, Maddie X Nate or Maddie X Alex?
Well, this picture has only Madelyne in it, fighting against Jean Grey during the Inferno.
And the other has X-Man (I'll show it later), so they aren't together in the picture.
These images were made with Photoshop, using some real photos, so they aren't the traditional fanarts.
How do you like it?
Well, Nate is my second favourit character (next to Madelyne, of course ), but I think they don't fit together. Madelyne is genetically a mother to Nate! It was a little bit wierd to see them together... kissing each other
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I agree, Paptimus, Madelyne was a sympathetic character even from the first place. I always liked characters who had painful and mysterious past, and Madelyne's absolutely one of them.
). It was fan too see them together.
you certainly are!
