[Boy Blunder]

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

Brazil enjoys a mixture of cultures, but a large portion of Brazilians do consider themselves to be ethnically "white." There's a long complex history, but as an African American I've learned not to even make cultural assumptions about "black" Brazilians regarding pan-African ties and sensibilities...as I said earlier, it's complex and steeped in an equally complicated history involving the Portuguese and the slave trade.

Oh, I know, but again. They made her explicitly Roman from a hidden Roman colony deep in the Brazilian rainforest, founded in 44 BC. Which just... the times we've been shown the place, like 95% of the population is very white, and stated to be direct descendants of the Romans that settled there. Which, without outsiders adding to the genetic pool, just becomes nonviable. The whole thing is just... poorly planned and clumsily handled, at best.

(And that's not even getting into Amara spending time disguised as an indigenous Brazilian with one of the rainforest's tribes)

Either way, I find the Evo version more memorable, and not just because of her appearance, but also her personality, relationships, and neat little quirks (like her becoming physically ailed when on a ship, having been away from land for too long). In the comics, Magma's always felt kinda... just there, when compared to the other New Mutants. Nothing really stood out about her, to me. Most of what comes to mind when thinking about her is more in relation to other characters and what they did to her (Selene, Empath) than anything directly about her.

Having said all that. The Magma custom there is fan-friggin'-tastic.