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October 25, 2012 9:48 pm Right on. Preach it, brother!

October 25, 2012 9:46 pm Where exactly does Hope's training in Kun Lun come up during the events of AvX #12 in regard of harnessing the Phoenix Force? I just reread it to double check, but it didn't come up at all. For all we know, Hope could have mastered the Phoenix Force without it. She just learned how to Chaos Punch people in her convoluted stay.

October 25, 2012 2:30 pm Cable warned Scott that the Avengers would ruin everything, and it was his duty to stop them whatever the cost. Unless Avengers: X-Sanction has been overwritten or disregarded so soon, we've got a glimpse of what "success" would look like if the Avengers had their way. Maybe Hope would destroy the Phoenix, maybe she would wield it, but she eventually did what Scott said she'd do: restart the mutant race. Pax Utopia was overreaching, I agree, but the Phoenix Five wouldn't have existed if it wasn't for Tony Stark's idiotic response to the Phoenix Force...

October 25, 2012 1:51 pm Well, we'll never know what would have happened if the Avengers just let the Phoenix Force come to Hope without interference (a What If issue would be most welcome, especially if written by Kieron Gillen). Scott, like Jean, couldn't handle the power. But Hope could, and she did, to the effect that fulfilled Scott's plan to a tee. So, he was right, even though the Avengers, Wolverine included, did their best to ruin it all. "Your school will now have new mutant students. And that is thanks to me. And you just hope whoever writes your history books skims over how the headmaster almost doomed the entire species when he tried to kill Hope. Imagine if you succeeded." - Scott to Logan, AvX Consequences #2. That pretty much sums up my point.

October 25, 2012 1:40 pm He was right about the Phoenix Force. It came back to reignite the X-factor and rebirth the mutant race. Of course, he lost control over it, but Hope didn't, and she fulfilled the prophecy that Nathan and Scott sacrificed so much for.

October 25, 2012 1:38 pm He was. He is. And by the way, the lastest issue of AvX Consequences spelled out the best approach to the character: he's a political prisoner, much like Nelson Mandela or Aung San Suu Kyi. Let's just hope Bendis doesn't wreck this and turn him into Magneto II just so young Jean Grey can scold him and hook up with Wolverine, Marvel's greatest Mary Sue.

October 23, 2012 1:14 pm Light week for me, only 2 titles: Flash AvX Consequences BQ: 30. Oh God, we're too old. Will the industry die with us?

September 13, 2012 1:50 pm Can Gillen sugarcoat the utter disaster that was AvX? Uncanny X-Men 18 is a good indication that yes, he can do better than the editorial mess the powers-that-be concocted. I'll pick up the first one, not so sure if I'll stick for the entire series.

September 13, 2012 1:46 pm "made him cheat with Emma", sorry.

September 13, 2012 1:45 pm @KenOchalek: I wish you are right about this. I started reading the X-Books right after the debut of the O5 X-Factor, so the Scott I knew was the (almost) infallible leader, the heir apparent to Xavier's dream. A guy who would sacrifice all he cared about for the sake of other mutants. Later, I loved the way Whedon wrote him, and that's my favourite Cyclops ever. I wasn't around when scripting hacks and editorial mandates made him merge with Apocalypse, and I never cared much for the way Morrison made him cheat on Emma. And ever since Schism, Marvel has been doing its best to turn Scott into a villain, into Magneto, only more ruthless. If they had played up that aspect that you pointed out (Scott seeking the Phoenix even though it's the very thing that ruined his young life with Jean), the story would have been way better. But they didn't. They just wanted an excuse to get him out of the picture, and play up Wolverine some more, as if he needed that. It just seems like a waste, is all. Sorry again for venting. Let's see how Gillen deals with this in AvX: Consequences.