It always makes me so happy whenever comic book actors read comics about the characters they play. 🥹

I need to draw more women but find it intimidating. I'm much more comfortable drawing monsters, freaks, and muscley boys. Pretty happy with how this turned out.

Original fanart by Crosslinked art

Storm's divinity has been canon for about 10 years now, first canonized in Coates Black Panther and then first used in an X book in 2024 by Ayodele. Despite the fact that the idea has been around for a decade, the concept hasn't really had a \real\** impact on Ororo's character: the person Storm was before it was canonized is the same as she is now. This is in stark contrast to similar story arcs like Jean > Phoenix or when the Scarlet Witch realized that her powers were actually chaos magic and she slowly became a real witch, those story arcs transformed those characters into who they are today.

That being said, I'm not asking for Storm to be dramatically transformed into a different character, but I think it would be a net positive if her thoughts and feelings about becoming a real Goddess were centered, like, at all??? In Coates Black Panther, we get the ephemeral idea of an arc where at first Storm doesn't see herself as a goddess, but after she receives a power boost from being worshipped, she warms up to the idea because it reminds her of her time before she joined the X-Men; a good foundation that isn't really built upon. In Ayodele's Storm run we see Ororo, possibly for the first time, learn her blood connections to the Vishanti and... that's kind of it. We learn more about the reactions of other Storm Gods to Ororo than we do about Ororo's reactions to her own situation, we don't even get her reaction to the idea that she is related by blood to the Bright Lady!!!

I don't think it's a tall ask that we should have more information about the main character's feelings about something as big as becoming a Goddess, especially for a character as introspective as Storm used to be.

So, here's how I would do it: Like in X book canon, Storm believed she was a Goddess until Xavier approached her and revealed that she was a mutant. However, I would add that Ororo never fully let go of the idea of herself as a Goddess, which is why she periodically calls herself one even during the time when she thought that she was just a mutant. After Ororo ascended as the Hadari-Yao, she would feel vindicated in her subconscious beliefs, but she would also gain a resentment towards Xavier because of him changing her beliefs in the first place (this is all borderline canon in the X books too). I would even go further and suggest that Storm's relationship with the rest of the X-Men become slightly strained the same way it did way back when Storm became leader of the X-Men and started breaking her vows against killing and violence, she now knows that everything she used to believe was 100% real and she sacrificed it to lead the X-Men. On the flip side, the X-Men now have a harder time relating to Storm knowing that she is a bonafide Goddess that has humans literally worshipping her back in Africa.

Despite all that, Ororo would still see herself as a "Human Goddess", she doesn't know everything, she isn't all powerful, she can make mistakes, and she does have flaws, but that wouldn't stop her from trying to live up to the responsibilities given to her. I also think it's past time for Ororo to finally meet her Goddess, the Bright Lady of Dawn Oshtur. I didn't like that the 2024 solo made Ororo out to be a simple Thunder God when weather is her mutant power. I think Oshtur should reveal that Ororo is a Balance Goddess like herself (the Hadari-Yao is literally "she who keeps the balance of all natural things"). I don't see Storm's godhead as a power boost, but more of a "resource boost" that allows Storm to surpass her limits when twisting the weather and maybe even allowing her to increase her intuition and knowledge, giving Storm the ability to go toe-to-toe with higher beings stronger than herself by intuiting their weaknesses and revealing the full secrets of the environment around her... I'm getting ahead of myself lmao. But it's also past time for Storm to interact more with the ghosts of her ancestors and with more members of Marvel's magical community.

What are your ideas?

Context: Storm was badly beaten almost to death by Gorr the god butcher after recovery she wants revenge.

The problem with storm is that she's practically a goddess and not many villains can stand up to her without writers conveniently trying to downplay her powers. So Who do you think would be a good character for storm to fight using her abilities but without them being dumbed down to make her look stupid.

She’s canonically around the same age as them and yet in X-Men Evolution they made her an adult. I figure they did this since she was always mature and wise, but I really would’ve loved to see a younger adaptation of Storm. It would’ve made for some cool and interesting interactions with Jean and Kitty, especially since Storm is the only black woman in the group. There was less for her to do in Evolution since the show was targeted and based around teenagers and Storm wasn’t a teenager. It was definitely a missed opportunity, but I’m glad we’re getting a younger adaptation of Storm in the MCU to make up for that.

This was a great issue and showcases what makes Storm such a great character. Yes she is mentally and physically strong but she is a complex character with emotion and depth. I’m reading the Claremont run and she really is the star of the series. She is the most compelling and complex character out of the entire cast and it only gets better as time goes on. Even if the movies give us a semblance of her character in the comics, they’ll have a lot to work with.

Easily one of the best Super Heroine designs imo. Image 4 i think was done by Dave Abbott aka DaveA69.

Storm in her classic silver/white costume is genuinely so sick, her lightning bolt earrings, the double red X-Men logo's, the yellow line going down the left side, the baggy sleeves & the white eyes/hair. It just looks super clean and visually strong.

The type of energy Storm needs in the MCU!!!

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