House Of Marvel

brevoortformspring:

I think you’re putting words in my mouth here. Words and attitudes.

I don’t think I’ve ever told anybody that what they were asking about was “too continuity based.” What I have said repeatedly is that the continuity exists to support the stories, rather than the stories existing to support the continuity.

I’m certainly aware that there are fans out there who feel differently about this, who judge a story solely on whether it supports their own personal viewpoint on the continuity of Marvel. But that’s simply not the way we do business at this point—the business of making stories. Doesn’t make those people wrong for liking what they like. All it really means is that they’re likely in for some disappointment as the priorities of the Marvel Comics Group are not the same as the priorities of these fans.

But the continuity exists to support the stories. So doing a new story about Jean Grey that picks up on aspects of her established history does exactly that. It’s a new story informed by the stories of the past.

Now, that said, I don’t insist that such a story spend a lot or any time necessarily on the extended Grey family being wiped out by the Shi’ar, or the White-Hot Room, or any of a million other elements that could be brought into it. There’s nothing wrong with bringing those elements in if they serve the story that is presently being told—but they are not a requirement. If that’s the sort of thing that’s going to drive you absolutely crazy, then you need to be prepared to be crazy a decent amount of the time.