@jonny_anonymous: I've always interpreted the X-Men's mission to be that of mission to help humans in trouble to show them that mutants are not the enemy but people who can help them. They lead by example instead of just training mutants like some kind of informal military base. Of course mutants vs rogue mutants to save humans were the best example of this. Like the original X-Factor premise of being mutant "hunters" was a really good idea to serve this purpose. Of course it showed the quality of the characters to object to it and show that the mutants were actually reigning in the mutants was a big human PR boost, they even got a parade. We wont see that type of progress again sadly. Or baseball games.
@veshark: Need the ":" if you want me to see your reply, be respectful and I'll even retort. However I will skip to the chase this time since I don't think we have spoken before. Nice to meet you.
Being a large legitimate school in their world is like painting a target on the back and head of every child in their care. Had Xavier thought about this (ie be written correctly in character) he would NEVER place a student in harm's way. With as many times as that Mansion has blown up I genuinely surprised Graymalkin lane has not been renamed Death Row or been made a disaster zone on federal funding. So dumb ideas are abound here the institute. On a personal note it just sounded better to say Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters it had a kind of timeless quality and charm that the clinical Xavier Institute could not replicate. But that is off the subject as the Xavier Institute was by another writer not Morrison, ugh Lobdell. Yea THAT one is just as bad. Digressing to remain on topic.
I'm going to skip the characters things, it is just irrelevant based on the principle if Liefeld can create Domino and Deadpool, then the sun can even shine on a dog's ass. Next...
E-Gene is just a trash plot vehicle. Will this actually really ever act out and extinguish humanity? No, no it wouldn't for the same reason I am likely to never read about actual human and mutant social integration in the X-Titles. It wouldn't sell to wipe out humanity. Secondary mutations...aptly named because all they really do is add further fuel that Mutants are too far removed from humans to truly ever co-exist. Poor Hank has suffered for that damned plot device for far too long it just replays the events during his pre-avengers years and his post x-factor years over and over with different characters. They should just rewrite Amazing Adventures #11 and put all the mutants in there. Trash plot vehicles and trash characters are the stock in trade in the early 00's. Sadly most newer readers will not even know I just made a X-Men in-reference there...
No point talking about weapon (insert whatever word here) Morrison joined the ranks of Claremont, Liefeld, Windsor-Smith, Hama and half of the winos in Manhattan trying to explain away more crap about wolverine's past. Wolverine was far more interesting when I didn't know much about him. Then there is Jean, the phoenix and her actually dying this time, bet that made him happy to be one that ACTUALLY killed the real Jean Grey. Technically even Claremont did even do that. Bragging rights at the hash bar to be certain. The point is in some facet or the other it all has been done before (better) and should have never occurred again because it really didn't add any real content. It just comes off like trashing the hotel before you leave or some ego trip to bash the previous writers work.
Lastly for as much as I love Cyclops he dominated that book. It should been more accurately named like New Scott-Summers-(who is out of character)-featuring-some-other-mutants instead of New X-Men. X-Men is a team book not Scott Summers and whatever characters he is trying to quicken at that time book. It always stuck me as stories about other characters that were adapted to be an X-Men plot.
Unrelated Note: I really liked your sketches, Veshark, but if I could offer some advice as a fellow artist, I could not tell your lighting source on your Captain Bucky, but your steve cap had excellent lighting so great job on that. Having a good sense of light in the room (or place) can suspend or release a person's sense of disbelief in a piece of art. Works for me! Anyway, Great job overall, I look forward to your other art postings.
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