#phoenix five

She's a maiden and he's no mere man. If you're thinking this is a setup for some kind of feminist reversal or takedown of toxic masculinity, well, honestly I'm not sure. It's certainly framed in a deeply gendered way but it's hard to say what the intention is here as Thor hits her with Mjolnir.

This series had a lot of 'fun facts.' Many are too subjective to be facts and their level of fun depends on how jolly one feels. This one focuses on Emma's body in a gendered fashion, but - plot twist - Thor has never faced a domme in battle before. Wild stuff. I think the idea is that his feeling emasculated leads to him ramping up the violence.

Umm, good job Thor. You smashed this woman into smithereens. Standing pitilessly over her broken body doesn't feel very heroic to me.

Good thing Emma is able to reconstruct herself. Heading back to the Avengers and saying 'I killed Emma Frost and there's nothing left to bury' is a bad look.

Obviously she reforms and beats him senseless. Girl power? I can't tell with that fourth panel zooming in on her bumcrack and vagina. What a decision.

Phoenix Emma thrashes Thor so easily that she must have been toying with him. Fun fact - I think I'd prefer to read about the dress ups scenario Emma proposed. Preferably written by someone else.