One of the things that always confused me as a kid when reading Alpha Flight or the X-Men vs Alpha Flight LS was trying to understand certain comments made about Northstar.  "What the hell are they talking about?" I would ask myself.

Years later, I was slightly older and recently purchased some near mint issues of the first 18 issues of AF (which I had never read).  It soon occurred to me that Northstar was obviously gay, and all the stuff I was confused about made sense.

BTW, is "a search was fruitless" supposed to be a pun?

Vinny, don't feel alone. I read all the JB issues and I had NO CLUE about Northstar until I read about it on this board! Like, last year! I really need to go back and reread those issues...

But subtlety is, I think, an underappreciated aspect of storytelling, especially in comics. I'd rather have missed the hints then be hit over the head with them. I believe this is also JB's preferred approach to the heritage of Wanda and Pietro. And I agree with those who say a definitive origin for Logan should never have been done.

Remind me someone did Aurora definitely know?

In which case do split personalities not have shared memories or is this the case (as I would suspect) of Jeanne-Marie shutting out something she could not accept?

What?

Northstar is gay???

I always thought he oozed even more arrogant machismo than Andy Smith!