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** Wanda aka [[Scarlet Witch]] and her twin Pietro aka [[Quicksilver]] are half-Romani, half-Jewish. They were raised in a pretty stereotypical Gypsy caravan. (By a cow.) Their father [[Magneto]] was retconned as being a Gypsy, rather than Jewish, in the early 90s. Apparently when Marvel decided to build him up as a major villain in the ''Fatal Attractions'' crossover, they worried about negative response to having a clearly Jewish villain. However Gypsies were still [[Acceptable Targets]]. Fortunately, a later [[Authors Saving Throw]] returned Magneto to his Jewish roots. |
** Wanda aka [[Scarlet Witch]] and her twin Pietro aka [[Quicksilver]] are half-Romani, half-Jewish. They were raised in a pretty stereotypical Gypsy caravan. (By a cow.) Their father [[Magneto]] was retconned as being a Gypsy, rather than Jewish, in the early 90s. Apparently when Marvel decided to build him up as a major villain in the ''Fatal Attractions'' crossover, they worried about negative response to having a clearly Jewish villain. However Gypsies were still [[Acceptable Targets]]. Fortunately, a later [[Authors Saving Throw]] returned Magneto to his Jewish roots. |
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** Nightcrawler was raised by gypsy sorceress Margali Szardos. His [[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Excalibur]] teammate Meggan {{spoiler|AKA Gloriana}} is Romani too. In Captain Britain and MI:13 Annual #1, a flashback of her childhood shows her and her family running into some bigoted Englishmen and [[Empathic Shapeshifter|she shapeshifts into a hideous Gypsy stereotype]]. |
** Nightcrawler was raised by gypsy sorceress Margali Szardos. His [[Excalibur (Comic Book)|Excalibur]] teammate Meggan {{spoiler|AKA Gloriana}} is Romani too. In Captain Britain and MI:13 Annual #1, a flashback of her childhood shows her and her family running into some bigoted Englishmen and [[Empathic Shapeshifter|she shapeshifts into a hideous Gypsy stereotype]]. |
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* The [[Tintin]] book ''[[ |
* The [[Tintin]] book ''[[Tintin (Comic Book)/Recap/The Castafiore Emerald|The Castafiore Emerald]]'' had a camp of Gypsies setting up in a dump just downwind from Marlinspike. Captain Haddock then generously lets them camp out closer to his house, to the objection of his butler. Things soon went missing from the manor, which led to everyone looking at the gypsies suspiciously. {{spoiler|Turns out a [[magpie]] did it.}} |
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* One issue of the Belgian "Kiekeboe" comics deals with this. Most Gypsies are actually honest people whose worst crime is begging, though there is one who gives the rest a bad name by stealing. |
* One issue of the Belgian "Kiekeboe" comics deals with this. Most Gypsies are actually honest people whose worst crime is begging, though there is one who gives the rest a bad name by stealing. |
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* When we first see Gypsies in ''[[Castle Waiting]]'', they're horse thieves, murderers, and scoundrels with ties to people who buy babies. Fits with the fairy tale themes, but still has [[Unfortunate Implications]]. Thus, the next Gypsy we see is honest, upstanding, and likable, and although we don't see the band he came from, every indication is that they're generally nice people. |
* When we first see Gypsies in ''[[Castle Waiting]]'', they're horse thieves, murderers, and scoundrels with ties to people who buy babies. Fits with the fairy tale themes, but still has [[Unfortunate Implications]]. Thus, the next Gypsy we see is honest, upstanding, and likable, and although we don't see the band he came from, every indication is that they're generally nice people. |
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