Monet Yvette Clarisse Maria Therese St. Croix or "M" as she is often called is a super powered mutant in the Marvel Comics universe. She has so many powers and such potential that her sheer arrogance is almost forgivable. She has super strength, speed, hearing, and the ability to fly. In addition to that she has the power of telepathy, is nigh-invulnerable, and even has a healing factor, oh and she's really smart too.
Monet was born into a wealthy family. She is the oldest of a group of siblings that all seem to have a variety of powers. In fact, most of her story involves the trials and tribulations of her unique family dynamic. Her brother is a vampiric sorcerer and her younger twin siblings have demonstrated the power to merge into a single being that duplicated Monet mentally and physically. Monet had been magically transformed into a being called Penance by her brother and was replaced by the being her twin younger siblings became and all that drama brought her in the world of the X-Men. After working through all that, she eventually joined Generation X and later various other X-Groups before she ended up a member of X-Factor Investigations, a mutant detective agency where here multitude of abilities come in handy.
To say that Monet is an arrogant bitch might just hit the nail on the head but the thing is it's not entirely unjustified. With her amazing assortment of powers and abilities, she is definitely more capable than most in addition to being drop dead georgous. She does sort of lord over everybody, so much so that I don't like her much as a character. The thing is, she could an should be so much more. She's like a Supergirl with a super brain and she never rises above arrogant teammate status. I blame the writers. This is yet another Black character with amazing potential that never seems to rise above a member of the "Gossip Girls" cast. Maybe some writer else will realize this and elevate her to the level of her potential.
Monet did make it to the small screen in the Generation X pilot/TV movie that aired on Fox. The movie was terrible, Monet's part wasn't very big though they did kind of nail her, and the Jubilee character wasn't even cast as an Asian.
great entry. M is an example of a REALLY well-concieved character of color. if people took advantage of/supported the ones that exist (or at least KNEW bout them), there would be a lot less complaining!
Um, newsflash: M ISN'T BLACK, she's half-Bosnian (White) and Algerian (NORTH African people aka Moors closer related to Spaniards and Italians.) Saying she's African-American is the same as saying Charlize Theron is African-American meaning it's based on location instead of ethnicity.
She only looks Black because the artists aren't paying attention to either ethnicity or her previous appearances where she looked more like Emmanuel Chiriqui.
I never said she was African-American. I said she was Black. Also I don't agree with your assessment of her heritage and because you posted anonymously we can't really have a dialog to discuss it can we? I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.
1. Monet was born in Bosnian... Her parents are Algerian and Moroccan according to canon.
2. Coloring is subjective... (ex. http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=10861829&postcount=1246 )
3. When one looks at an American "Dollor Bill" We all agree it's green... Then why is so hard to agree that two people of the same complexion and hue are the same color no matter what part of the world they come from?
Addendum: As a Blackman I can say... Charlize Theron was born in Africa and became a US citizen in 2007 that makes her by definition "African American".
Seriously. If you google, "Email from M creator," theres a thread where someone sent an email to the creator and asked if M was black or algerian or white. He said she was flat out BLACK. Stfu.
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great entry. M is an example of a REALLY well-concieved character of color. if people took advantage of/supported the ones that exist (or at least KNEW bout them), there would be a lot less complaining!
great work, Wallruss!
Cool ass character.
she looks white in the recent x-factor series though.
Um, newsflash: M ISN'T BLACK, she's half-Bosnian (White) and Algerian (NORTH African people aka Moors closer related to Spaniards and Italians.) Saying she's African-American is the same as saying Charlize Theron is African-American meaning it's based on location instead of ethnicity.
She only looks Black because the artists aren't paying attention to either ethnicity or her previous appearances where she looked more like Emmanuel Chiriqui.
I never said she was African-American. I said she was Black. Also I don't agree with your assessment of her heritage and because you posted anonymously we can't really have a dialog to discuss it can we? I guess we'll have to agree to disagree.
1. Monet was born in Bosnian... Her parents are Algerian and Moroccan according to canon.
2. Coloring is subjective... (ex. http://forums.comicbookresources.com/showpost.php?p=10861829&postcount=1246 )
3. When one looks at an American "Dollor Bill" We all agree it's green... Then why is so hard to agree that two people of the same complexion and hue are the same color no matter what part of the world they come from?
Addendum: As a Blackman I can say... Charlize Theron was born in Africa and became a US citizen in 2007 that makes her by definition "African American".
Seriously. If you google, "Email from M creator," theres a thread where someone sent an email to the creator and asked if M was black or algerian or white. He said she was flat out BLACK. Stfu.
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