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Although Claremont handled Dani well, I’d say that his most interesting and intriguing New Mutant character was Illyana. The idea of Magik and her struggle to reconcile evil with goodness is fascinating to me.Though she was always a good-guy, her powers come from pure evil. She’s got a sinister side unseen in any X-Person before her, save maybe Wolverine.
Most comfortable shrouded in hellish, demonic imagery, you get the sense she would do anything, no matter how amoral, to further her goals. Fortunately, her goals are usually defending her friends.
(By the way, am I the only one who assumed she was screwing Sym?)
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Thanks a lot! Even though I love that Illyana is a top-tier X-Man now, I kinda don't like how... amazonian she's seemed to become. Standing next to Emma all the time, they look like twins. I prefer a more petite, younger looking Magik. It makes the juxtaposition of all the demonic imagery that much more impactful. Thanks for the comment!
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I've always hated how illyana was portrayed during and after the slumber party issue because it doesn't flow well with her character; in other words character derailment.
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Hmm... I don't remember that issue being such a major turning point... How did she change?
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The early appearance of Illyana started as being a quiet yet sweet and thoughtful girl with the dark side as cold, brutal, callous, aloof, and little to no human emotions. She wanted to play with the New Mutants at the snow in NM #14 classic but was unsure how to ask because she sees herself as an outcast among outcast because of how Belasco made her to be a monster and all of the trauma she had to endure in limbo as Belasco's prisoner, yet she tried to make up something better of herself and be a true hero but the more she gives in to the darkness within her, the more corrupt she'll become. Then prior and after the slumber party issue, she had an increased interest in boys and clothes and was depicting more as an americanized 80's girl shallow mall-rat with a bit of a devil-may-care attitude and was gossiping with strangers at the slumber party despite most of her developmental years was from the russian farmland and limbo and after escaping limbo to earth, it'd be more logical if she's still struggling to re-adjust to the earth environment. I mean anyone who had endured childhood trauma in the past wouldn't behave like a social butterfly right off the bat. At least Zeb Wells had portrayed her accurately (although she was more demon than human but gut her soul back after Rise of the New Mutants). Sorry you had to read through my long-winded rant but I had to put off some steam.
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I feel u. I saw the growing extrovertedness as a result of the NM accepting her and befriending her. Maybe it happened too quick or too abruptly, but I did very much enjoy that she became truly part of the fold. I felt the whole early mistrust of her was dragged out long enough. I'm like "oh just become their friend already- haha.) But yea, as part of a clique, it stands to reason that they'd all begin to behave similarly... I guess...
If we're talking about characters who stayed stagnant though, look at Magma. CC really kept her in sorta 1 place emotionally and personality-wise, and it kind of annoyed me. I remember thinking, "ok, Illyana adjusted and she's from Hell. What's taking Amara so long?"
Bottom line is though, CC wrote Claremont and Dani like he writes all the female leads of his books cuz those were his favorites. So yea, you begin to see a lotta similarities between those two.
Also, maybe it's hard to keep a character in that aloof, emotionless state for too long. Look at x23. She started out exactly as u described early Illyana. And now look at her... frikkin chatterbox- lol.
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This is going to sound shallow but you know what I've always liked about Illyana? Her hair. I mean, it's timelessly trendy. I'm always interested to see what colours you choose for characters who mostly wore the stock blue-and-gold X-outfits for most of their career. Although, it's clear you went with Illy's red and black costume as inspiration. I love that the colours are deeper and more muted to darken the overall look. And those demons are awesome.
And in terms of the whole sinister side thing, what about Jean? Before the retconned the Dark Phoenix into being its own identity, that was pretty much the darkest we'd seen any X-character.
... And isn't it funny how once Claremont left Marvel Illyana was one of the first to bite the dust? Coincidence?
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I stand corrected- Dark Phoenix was pretty evil and predates Magik. I guess what I meant by that was a sinister X-Character who's on the side of good. Dark Phoenix I kinda put in the full-fledged villain category.
LOL- I know what u mean about the hair. I like when comic characters have a very distinct hairstyle. It helps us distinguish who's who when they're drawn by new people.
I think what I liked about Illyana was how boy-crazy she was. I really love when characters talk about other characters they find hot. She hit on every single male New Mutant, and thensome!
Your description of my color choice is right on the money 
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Yeah, Dark Phoenix wasn't in the same kind of field as Illyana was given that DP (oh that's not a very good abbreviation to use...) -- ahem -- Dark Phoenix was a psycho bitch.
As for iconic hairstyles, it can be a problem at times if the hairstyle is dated. Like Karma's 1980s "every Asian had this hair" style or even (as we've previously discussed but you tend to like it 
Pfft. Demons are genius. 
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<3 Longshot's mullet!
Hated Shatterstar's 8 ponytails- lol. But came to love them now, for their sheer ridiculousness.
Oh you know who had bad hair? Adam X, the "X-Treme." LOL what a horrible character.
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