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I\'m reminded of something InteractiveFiction author Sarah Morayatti said in an interview: \
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I\\\'m reminded of something InteractiveFiction author Sarah Morayatti said in an interview: \\\"If a smash hit has mostly male characters, no one raises an eyebrow, but if it has mostly female characters, it\\\'s a Great Big Anomaly worth several trees\\\' worth of shocked speculation.\\\"
Yes, the X-Men books in Claremont\\\'s heyday had lots of strong female characters. But I do not see why this is, or should be, a bad thing.
As for the rest, I\\\'d have to agree that Claremont DID over-use certain plot elements. And he DID seem to plan too much for \\\'the real long term\\\' not even thinking about how changes in Marvel editorial would affect those long-term plans. The latter part of his run on the X-books had him facing plenty of ExecutiveMeddling (which involved, among other things, the original creation of X-Factor), and his original ideas for the backstories of Mystique and Mr. Sinister ended up never seeing print.
Anyway, his more recent work certainly isn\\\'t as highly regarded as his 80\\\'s X-Men work. A number of fans didn\\\'t care for his run on Exiles, and his X-Men Forever (set in an alternate reality) lost a number of people after issue #5 due to its \\\'mutant powers are killing them\\\' revelation. So yes, I\\\'d say he probably should be listed here.
But \\\'strong female characters\\\' shouldn\\\'t be one of the reasons why.
Yes, the X-Men books in Claremont\\\'s heyday had lots of strong female characters. But I do not see why this is, or should be, a bad thing.
As for the rest, I\\\'d have to agree that Claremont DID over-use certain plot elements. And he DID seem to plan too much for \\\'the real long term\\\' not even thinking about how changes in Marvel editorial would affect those long-term plans. The latter part of his run on the X-books had him facing plenty of ExecutiveMeddling (which involved, among other things, the original creation of X-Factor), and his original ideas for the backstories of Mystique and Mr. Sinister ended up never seeing print.
Anyway, his more recent work certainly isn\\\'t as highly regarded as his 80\\\'s X-Men work. A number of fans didn\\\'t care for his run on Exiles, and his X-Men Forever (set in an alternate reality) lost a number of people after issue #5 due to its \\\'mutant powers are killing them\\\' revelation. So yes, I\\\'d say he probably should be listed here.
But \\\'strong female characters\\\' shouldn\\\'t be one of the reasons why.
