From my Eye to my Brain

POLARIS 🧲 X-MEN `97

Supporter sketch request! I was asked for a drawing of Taskmaster--the Marvel comics mercenary--versus Greg Davies, host of the television game show "Taskmaster." I'd never seen this show before, but I watched the first episode to get a feel for what kinds of tasks need mastering in it, and it had this empty-a-bathtub-as-quickly-as-possible challenge, so that's what's going on here. I wanted to draw a sodden Tasky.

A little (true) story: I have a big extended family and friends circle. And all the little ones are reaching the point where they can run, jump and climb.

But they’re still young enough that they have the self preservation skills of a watermelon. 🍉

So I’ve spend the last two months clearing my property of brush which is, in short, every vine that has the word “poison” in its name or thorns big enough to stick a pig.

This requires neck down coverage and heavy thick gloves. All while slowly steaming to death in this heat, this humidity. So on a very personal note I can attest…

It’s a goddamn miracle Rogue didn’t go full scorched earth in this heat.

Never have I been so angry at life in general.

But since I believe in silver linings, here’s a few things I learned that y’all can use for writing about our gal:

1) Wrist rash. Palms sweat and the skin on your wrist is sensitive. It doesn’t take much for your wrists to turn raw and start to bleed.

2) Blisters. You can get blisters and calluses from sweat damp fabric…especially from the seams of the gloves. Just trust me on this one. 🩹

3) Thirst. Rogue drinks water by the liter. She has an armada of tumblers—Yeti, Stanley, you name it. You step outside in this heat and everything under your clothes start to sweat. You got to replace that somehow.

4) Bathing. You’re showering at least once a day (sometimes more) and changing your clothes every time you’re outside for more than a hour. Cotton, linen, and natural fibers help but it’s not enough.

5) Cold sensitive. Rogue is super cold sensitive. It took less than four weeks of working in this heat for me to become sensitive to AC. I’ve read a lot of stories about Rogue wearing little and less in her own room. I don’t doubt she’s got a lot of pretty, little lacy things, but she keeps a robe or a cardigan nearby.

Spoilers ⚡️❤️🛠

I don't know where they will be taking them, but we can definitely enjoy them while they last. It would be nice to see a little more of the mysticism that both characters have again, but we will see how much they focus on just the science aspect for Forge.

To 2025:

Hell, they even cover the devastating heaviness of MASS SHOOTINGS without censoring or watering anything down.

They've been doing this for YEARS, and it's ALWAYS handled with dignity, respect, seriousness, understanding, and love.

This clip is from 1968 and discussed assassination after Bobby Kennedy died.

is the ability to process these things.

taking away the words for bad things

means when they HAPPEN- and bad things will still happen around us-

WE CAN'T TALK ABOUT THEM without the WORDS.

When the word is accurate, USE THE WORD. Say Death. Say Murder. Say Rape. Say Prison, say Riots, say War, Say Famines and Disease. Say Bigotry. Say Hate crime. Say Racism. Say Fascism. Say Abuse. Say Hurt. Say Pain. Say Grief. Say Fear.

We must not lose the Truth of what a word means.

Fans also do her a great disservice, the amount of times I’ve seen people act like she’s never rude is crazy. Instead of saying she’s being mean they just say she’s brooding, that or they say she’s still not used to social norms and is just awkward.

Just to be clear, I absolutely love Laura and she’s one of my all time favorites, this is not an anti Laura ask

Fully agree as someone who is a hardcore Laura fan, but is sick of fans completely minimizing her worst moments!

(Honestly I get A LOT of flack with Emma fans over this too because I dare to admit that Emma IS manipulative and has done terrible things. That LITERALLY the point of her character. Ditto with Gambit, Rogue, and Wolverine. 🙄)

It’s kind of like the “Kamala scene” in NYX #1- Laura was a jerk. She may have emotional reasons for BEING a jerk that seem valid to Laura… but she was still being a jerk!

“…character has very consistent trait but it’s almost never acknowledged”- I think is the main point; people keep arguing it’s an accidental flaw created by writers using Laura to push whatever teen group they want…but at this point, I don’t think the reason for it MATTERS. It is at this point a consistent trait TO Laura, to the point that almost everyone is 99.9% sure she will totally abandon the Generated before the book is even over.

It’s canon now, whether it was accidental or on purpose. Her talking shit throughout Avengers Academy and being a terrible friend IS canon, just like “Misadventures in Babysitting” IS canon, whether Hellion fans like it or not. 🙄