{"id":1073,"date":"2008-07-31T17:28:05","date_gmt":"2008-08-01T00:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2008-07-31T17:28:05","modified_gmt":"2008-08-01T00:28:05","slug":"cyclops-follicularly-blessed-so-why-hide-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/?p=1073","title":{"rendered":"Cyclops: Follicularly Blessed, So Why Hide It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, I finally had a very important nerd breakthrough. I figured out exactly why the versions of Cyclops’ costume wherein his head is completely covered bother me so much.
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\nI know this is sort of a Classic Cyke look, but it’s always rubbed me the wrong way. At first, I thought it was because such costumes make him look like he’s wearing a giant condom. That encompasses his entire body. I mean…<\/p>\n

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But after a lot of deep, ponderous thought, I think it’s actually because this type of supersuit hides his glorious hair. Cyclops has amazing<\/em> hair. Snicker all you want. It’s true.<\/p>\n

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You know he spends a lot of time on it — way more than Jean or Emma — but how can he not when the final effect is so voluminous-yet-sculpted? In the mirror every morning, he probably imagines how it will look blowing in the breeze as he gracefully fights off a mass of Sentinels.<\/p>\n

On the most important day of his life, his wedding, he knew that The Hair must be allowed to fly free.<\/p>\n

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JamesMarsdenCyclops also knows what’s up.<\/p>\n

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Even if my long-lost ladylove kills me today, he is thinking, at least my forelock will be dramatically emphasized.<\/p>\n

So please, X-Costume Designers, hear my plea: stop trying to rein in the magic. Allow Cyclops’ hair to wave gloriously in the wind — uncovered and unhindered — as comic fans the world over gasp and gape in awe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, I finally had a very important nerd breakthrough. I figured out exactly why the versions of Cyclops’ costume wherein his head is completely covered bother me so much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asides","category-comics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1073\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.alertnerd.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}