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4.13 AVERAGE
4.13 AVERAGE
AHH weird, I just noticed this wasn't marked "read" on GoodReads?? I totally read it! It was totally great!
Young Avengers: Style > Substance
5/5 stars
Oh my lanta! That trade was fucking fantastic. I can't choose which member I love more. Wiccan and Hulkling... Otp for life man. I want to be Kate Bishop, like legit. They are all incredible, the story was intricate but not at all confusing and aw, this all began for Billy trying to do something nice.
Sorry that this whole review was purely me gushing.
Ps. After reflection, I have developed a severely unhealthy obsession with America Chavez.
5/5 stars
Oh my lanta! That trade was fucking fantastic. I can't choose which member I love more. Wiccan and Hulkling... Otp for life man. I want to be Kate Bishop, like legit. They are all incredible, the story was intricate but not at all confusing and aw, this all began for Billy trying to do something nice.
Sorry that this whole review was purely me gushing.
Ps. After reflection, I have developed a severely unhealthy obsession with America Chavez.
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The more I think about this series, the more I absolutely hate it. I'm sorry. I know everyone else loved it, but I absolutely hated it.
I started with Heinberg's run of Young Avengers, you know, the original, and fell in love with that. It was absolutely wonderful. There were diverse characters with interesting plot-lines, great chemistry, and so much life to them. It was wonderful. I was so excited to hear it was starting a new, and even that Kid Loki was being added. I was excited. I was so disappointed.
I read Kieron Gillen's run of "Journey into Mystery" and at first, I loved it. Kid Loki was fantastic. But the further the story went (away from the Fear Itself plotline, might I add), the more convoluted it got. It got very confusing, and lost it's spark.
Gillen brought Kid Loki in, because that's his baby. He's made a name for himself through Kid Loki. So he wrote Kid Loki well. Nobody else.
First, he messed with my all time favorites, Billy and Teddy. At the end of "Avengers: The Children's Crusade" Billy was suffering from depression because he nearly killed people, found out his mother was the infamous Scarlet Witch, lost some of his best friends, and was considered so dangerous that Wolverine nearly killed him. I think that's good reason to be a bit depressed. But here's the thing, at the end of that run, Teddy got him out of his funk and back in to crime fighting because it was what they both loved. Where did this series pick up? With a Billy who was whiny and emo and cried a lot. The fact that Billy had put the uniform back on was completely ignored. Gillen wanted the teen angst, because that's what we all love, right? Teen angst (Ugh!). So we get Billy crying and yelling at Teddy and being overly depressed. It was not Billy's personality at all. I don't think Gillen even really read any of the previous books, otherwise, he would know Billy is not this whiny douche.
Teddy basically turned in to just the "perfect boyfriend" that everyone wanted. There wasn't much else to his personality that I could find. Technically the same goes for Billy. Their entire personalities were that they were each other boyfriend's and they loved each other and were uber gay. Oh but of course, Gillen is hip, so they all watched "Game of Thrones" because that's sooo nerdy and after all, Billy and Teddy are nerds. (For anyone who was paying attention, they were super-hero fanboys. Slightly different. I'll let that slide, but still urked me).
I believe Kate Bishop was in this? All I know was that she somehow magically ended up in a space ship with an alien dude. That was it. Don't know what she did the whole time, other than to stand there.
Then there's the space dude. Noah-var or Marvel Boy? I think those were his names. He was just there to do flips and act even more gay than Billy and Teddy were, and also somehow be a playboy. Gillen didn't even bother really introducing him as anything other than the space-boy. Gillen just assumed we all knew who this white-haired kid from space was.
And then we get our Token character, Ms Marvel. I actually don't know what her real name was. I don't think we were ever told. Or what her personality was like. All I know is she says "chico" a lot and punches people. She really was just there to be a Hispanic character. No personality. No fleshing out. Nothing. At all.
But the icing on the cake was the plot. "Mom" was this evil monster (oh, which Billy brought out, because Billy is a horrible person, apparently) that took over parents. So whenever the kids were around their parents, the parents turned evil. Oh no, super controlling mommy and daddy don't want their kids being super heroes. Now we have to stay away from our parents! What the fuck? That is the crappy ass plot-line that little kid shows come up with because kids love it when the parents disappear. It was so stupid and childish. And not even that threatening. I really didn't understand what it was all about. It was just so stupid that I kept wanting to smash my brains out.
The only good thing this story had going was that McKelvie is creative with panels. There were a few times that he sort of broke the fourth wall, having Loki and Billy running around in the gutters, but that was it. I personally hate McKelvie's style. It just makes me uncomfortable. It's so simple, but so overly detailed that it looks weird. I hate that he draws tear-ducts. It just looks so weird. His style just irks me.
Overall, I absolutely hated this series, but I think I'm the only one.
I started with Heinberg's run of Young Avengers, you know, the original, and fell in love with that. It was absolutely wonderful. There were diverse characters with interesting plot-lines, great chemistry, and so much life to them. It was wonderful. I was so excited to hear it was starting a new, and even that Kid Loki was being added. I was excited. I was so disappointed.
I read Kieron Gillen's run of "Journey into Mystery" and at first, I loved it. Kid Loki was fantastic. But the further the story went (away from the Fear Itself plotline, might I add), the more convoluted it got. It got very confusing, and lost it's spark.
Gillen brought Kid Loki in, because that's his baby. He's made a name for himself through Kid Loki. So he wrote Kid Loki well. Nobody else.
First, he messed with my all time favorites, Billy and Teddy. At the end of "Avengers: The Children's Crusade" Billy was suffering from depression because he nearly killed people, found out his mother was the infamous Scarlet Witch, lost some of his best friends, and was considered so dangerous that Wolverine nearly killed him. I think that's good reason to be a bit depressed. But here's the thing, at the end of that run, Teddy got him out of his funk and back in to crime fighting because it was what they both loved. Where did this series pick up? With a Billy who was whiny and emo and cried a lot. The fact that Billy had put the uniform back on was completely ignored. Gillen wanted the teen angst, because that's what we all love, right? Teen angst (Ugh!). So we get Billy crying and yelling at Teddy and being overly depressed. It was not Billy's personality at all. I don't think Gillen even really read any of the previous books, otherwise, he would know Billy is not this whiny douche.
Teddy basically turned in to just the "perfect boyfriend" that everyone wanted. There wasn't much else to his personality that I could find. Technically the same goes for Billy. Their entire personalities were that they were each other boyfriend's and they loved each other and were uber gay. Oh but of course, Gillen is hip, so they all watched "Game of Thrones" because that's sooo nerdy and after all, Billy and Teddy are nerds. (For anyone who was paying attention, they were super-hero fanboys. Slightly different. I'll let that slide, but still urked me).
I believe Kate Bishop was in this? All I know was that she somehow magically ended up in a space ship with an alien dude. That was it. Don't know what she did the whole time, other than to stand there.
Then there's the space dude. Noah-var or Marvel Boy? I think those were his names. He was just there to do flips and act even more gay than Billy and Teddy were, and also somehow be a playboy. Gillen didn't even bother really introducing him as anything other than the space-boy. Gillen just assumed we all knew who this white-haired kid from space was.
And then we get our Token character, Ms Marvel. I actually don't know what her real name was. I don't think we were ever told. Or what her personality was like. All I know is she says "chico" a lot and punches people. She really was just there to be a Hispanic character. No personality. No fleshing out. Nothing. At all.
But the icing on the cake was the plot. "Mom" was this evil monster (oh, which Billy brought out, because Billy is a horrible person, apparently) that took over parents. So whenever the kids were around their parents, the parents turned evil. Oh no, super controlling mommy and daddy don't want their kids being super heroes. Now we have to stay away from our parents! What the fuck? That is the crappy ass plot-line that little kid shows come up with because kids love it when the parents disappear. It was so stupid and childish. And not even that threatening. I really didn't understand what it was all about. It was just so stupid that I kept wanting to smash my brains out.
The only good thing this story had going was that McKelvie is creative with panels. There were a few times that he sort of broke the fourth wall, having Loki and Billy running around in the gutters, but that was it. I personally hate McKelvie's style. It just makes me uncomfortable. It's so simple, but so overly detailed that it looks weird. I hate that he draws tear-ducts. It just looks so weird. His style just irks me.
Overall, I absolutely hated this series, but I think I'm the only one.
This was a fun one. I definitely appreciate the couple of 'hey, remember when that thing happened' moments to kind of bring new readers up to speed. I'm not as in love with it as I am Ms Marvel, but I think it's worth looking into.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I really wish for Kieron Gillen to keep writing Loki forever, and I think I am going to start taking a look at everything else he has written, because he is a that good.
I also wish that more, many more stories for teenagers were like Young Avengers, LGBTQ*-friendly and sex positive among other things.
It has a good story, great characters, and some very original panels (just like Gillen's Journey into Mystery).
In short, I absolutely loved it and I can't wait for the rest.
I also wish that more, many more stories for teenagers were like Young Avengers, LGBTQ*-friendly and sex positive among other things.
It has a good story, great characters, and some very original panels (just like Gillen's Journey into Mystery).
In short, I absolutely loved it and I can't wait for the rest.
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
God, I love this writing team. They brought basically everything I loved about [b:The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1: The Faust Act|23093359|The Wicked + The Divine, Vol. 1 The Faust Act|Kieron Gillen|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1415565992s/23093359.jpg|42643515] to the Marvel Universe, and it's AWESOME.