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Which, unfortunately, it did. After I spent so much time and effort tidying up the Vision's ridiculously complicated (and contradictory) backstory, other writers (themselves well known as "continuity cops") upended my story and made the Vision's history even MORE complicated!!

sigh

JB, what were your plans for Tigra during your AWC run?

It seems like amnesia is often the better part of valor.

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We used to refer to "Marvel serendipity". This was a magical something that often caused the introduction of some new element to cause story elements that had nothing to do with each other to fall together as if they were all planned as part of a larger whole. One example I had a direct hand in was the revelation that Magneto was the father of Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch. Toss that into the mix, and all sorts of ingredients melded together as if it had always been the plan.

When I started doing my homework for my Vision story, I was delighted to see Marvel serendipity at work. Bits and pieces that were spread out over years -- decades, even! -- started to fall together as if someone really HAD worked the whole thing out in advance.

Bits and pieces that were spread out over years -- decades, even! -- started to fall together as if someone really HAD worked the whole thing out in advance.

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That was an aspect of the MU that I found very interesting.  I can imagine how exciting it would be to work on an arc that really started to fall into place and not seem contrived, like it had been planned for years.  IMO, that has been lost of late.  There are a lot more pieces being forced together, resulting in stories that seem very manufactured.

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I don't recall turning Hawkeye into a joke.