Psylocke and Captain Britain Get the Team Up Fans Demand in New Fanart
The Krakoan Era of the X-Men has finally, after 30 years, separated Captain Britain and Psylocke's bodies and minds from one another, and new fan art by Valentine Smith depicts the two powerful, independent women fighting side-by-side. Correcting the blending of Betsy Braddock and Kwannon, which saw the white Braddock usurping the body of East Asian Kwannon and becoming Psylocke, was a long time coming, and Valentine's art celebrates the new destinies of the women in stylized glory.
The long and complex story of Betsy and Kwannon is difficult to parse out for any casual reader of the X-Men, but the main gist is that Kwannon, an assassin and member of the Hand, and Betsy Braddock, the telepathic sister of Captain Britain, had their bodies and minds swapped by the Mandarin and Spiral for incredibly convoluted reasons. This problematic plotline lasted for decades with Betsy, a wealthy white British woman, taking on the name Psylocke and immediately adopting East Asian cultural interests. Meanwhile, Kwannon was stuck in the body of Betsy, took on the name Revanche, and joined the X-Men before her truly tragic death in 1994. As the most popular and recognizable East Asian character in Marvel at the time, it a problematic that, in reality, she was essentially a white woman cosplaying as an Asian lady! However following the 2019 Hunt For Wolverine: Mystery In Madripoor series Kwannon was FINALLY resurrected so she and Betsy were restored to their original bodies, settling an offensive story that last for three whole decades.
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Recently, artist Valentine Smith created a beautiful piece of art that features both amazing women. Smith, a wildly talented queer
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