Filed under: Pixie
So, here’s a question for you guys: What’s your opinion on Pixie?
I, at first, wasn’t sure how I felt about the little sprite of an X-Man, especially at the very beginning of her stint. When she was just a whimpy fairy that had butterfly-like wings and the most horrid green corduroy uniform. However, after M-Day and Decimation, she seems to have been given the luck of the draw by retaining her abilities and remaining with the X-Men. Here we see the first change in her; no longer does she have her little Asian girl bob but longer, more unruly hair that isn’t fluorescent pink any longer but black with pink streaks (how punk?). Though it wasn’t until her time in Limbo with Illyana (AKA Magik) that her character really was put into the spotlight. Losing a little bit of her soul and brandishing a souldaggar, Pixie has made her first baby steps into being a respectable character with a pretty good back story.
From Westchester to San Fransisco, Pixie comes along with the team (even having her very own one-shot) which somewhat establishes her as an official member of the Uncanny team. An odd choice, I thought, since they already had a teleporter, but her magical abilities (yet to be explored) seem to be a good thing to play upon and add a quirky element to the somewhat “straight-laced” team. But her involvement in Second Coming is somewhat interesting to me, because while Hellbound is interesting it sort of diverges from the normal storyline and Pixie (along will all those stuck in hell) are missing out in a lot back on Earth. However, I’m sure between demons and Nimrod Sentinels there really isn’t a better choice.
Isn’t the growth of her appearance so odd? I mean, don’t get be wrong, all the changes were necessary because now she looks like a decent character–and I rather like that they reinstituted her pink hair. I also think Chris Claremont’s art make every X-Men look epic and for her to be immortalized in a Chris Claremont rendition I think is a big thing.
