Just picked up Legacy today....and damn....we might actually see Darth Hellion down the road.

Hellion just broke through all the levels of awesome I wanted him to. :) Now its only a matter of time for him to leave and become the dark hero we all want him to be. >:) Lets just hope he doesn't have any run ins with any volcanoes...

Holy Rao, I forgot Hellion's legacy run! It starts with Legacy 242, right?

Yup. Pure OWNAGE. XD

Hellion's becoming the "Jason Todd" of the X-Men lol

"I won".  
It's about damn time for Hellion to do something badass opposed to being maimed on a constant basis.  
 
This is the X-Men's fault.  

• Firstly, for failing to support Hellion since New X-Men. Hellion was seriously injured during Messiah Complex, left abandoned by the people he trusted (i.e. Scott and Emma, parents) in its fallout, infected with a potent strain of the Legacy Virus by a radical anti-mutant group, incarcerated by Norman Osborn after being beaten on TV and crippled by Scott's choice to defend Hope during Second Coming (as well as being gutted by Wolverine in X-23). Is it any wonder Hellion feels such rage? 
• Secondly, for harbouring a dangerous, mutant-killing robot in their number. Ticking time-bomb.

Hellion lived up to Cyclops' legacy.  He was one of the few that knew about X-Force before the big reveal during Second Coming, and he's behaving like someone with the same lack of morality who created that 'murder first, think later' team.

These two issues alone have made up for all the crap we've seen him go through. I mean the way I see it, Hellion has lost everything to/for the X-Men.
 
His inheritance, money, power, family, countless friends, and his hands.
 
All that rage would eventually have to erupt. Plus Cyclops is being a hypocritical &*%$ and Julian was calling him out on it. I just hope that when its time for Hellion to go on his own he won't be a lapdog for a wanna-be-magneto figure. 
 
Also, "Teke Force"? His midichlorian count must be off the charts!!! XD

" These two issues alone have made up for all the crap we've seen him go through. I mean the way I see it, Hellion has lost everything to/for the X-Men.  His inheritance, money, power, family, countless friends, and his hands.  All that rage would eventually have to erupt. Plus Cyclops is being a hypocritical &*%$ and Julian was calling him out on it. I just hope that when its time for Hellion to go on his own he won't be a lapdog for a wanna-be-magneto figure.   Also, "Teke Force"? His midichlorian count must be off the charts!!! XD "

Dude, what issues are these?
-Virus

" Hellion's becoming the "Jason Todd" of the X-Men lol "

I like that he's becoming his own person and not being a sheep by following Cyclops and thinking differently, but didn't he say he wouldn't kill Kimura because that would sink them down to their level (or something on that lines)? Is it that the X-Men have failed him so much that he's left all morals he was taught behind out of spite, or is it that all the sh*t that's gone on with him has made him crazy, maybe even form a split-personality?  
I'd personally love that- the Hellion from New X-Men, then the new and improved Hellion that we see now, who just doesn't give a sh*t about consequences and outcomes. I believe it'd bring even more depth to his character, and would also affect other characters- namely Laura, Emma, Scott, Cessily and Santo. I also believe that a huge factor of his change in attitude is Laura's leaving, as she was one of the only people he could trust and rely on, and maybe even love. Like I said, I do like this new Hellion, but sooner or later the writers will make his life even worse. "JUST LEAVE JULIAN ALONE!"

" I like that he's becoming his own person and not being a sheep by following Cyclops and thinking differently, but didn't he say he wouldn't kill Kimura because that would sink them down to their level (or something on that lines)? Is it that the X-Men have failed him so much that he's left all morals he was taught behind out of spite, or is it that all the sh*t that's gone on with him has made him crazy, maybe even form a split-personality?   "
 
The Hellion we have now is vastly different than the Hellion we have in NXM because of all the shit that's happened to him. Since he spared Kimura he's been: beaten, gutted, kidnapped, injected with Legacy Virus, Hands blown off and more that its only natural that today's Hellion is more cynical and realistic than his earlier self.

" @John Valentine: Karima was possesed by Malice, so it wasn´t her fault. "

man Cyclops was being a hypocritical a$$....how is it ok for him to sanction X-Force and then turn around and punish Hellion for doing what it took to protect Hope...what an a$$

I picked it up today...Hellion just got super awesome
I agree with most people above, he has changed a LOT since NXM
Admittedly Karima is a machine and not a human so he wasn't really "killing" anyone so he (so far) hasn't totally lost his morals
And he's rather angry at Sentinels, considering
But Cyclops does need to pick a side.  He could have at least been happy that the only person hurt was Omega
TKs have a habit to take out huge areas and people not just the target but he only hit Omega and yet he only rode him on hurting the girl
I like it so far, though
This'll probably help lead to Age of X since Hellion's important in that too
-Virus

I hope we don't see villain Hellion. Angry rebellious Hellion is much better. I am glad he got to lash out verbally at Cyclops and powerwise against Karima. Its tough as in, a bit sad seeing him in his current spot, considering himself dealing without friends. So right now he still has his jerky arrogant side but its somewhat justifiable considering his own personal experiences. I think its a shame that none of the X-Men really sat him down and tried to get him explain what he specifically done wrong. Doesn't he realize Karima has had it tough as well, and the moment he starts considering her just a machine, without realizing her human side he effectively becomes as bad as the anti mutant racists. He might end up with robotic hands or limbs. One day in the future some angry and aggressive kid might lump him in with Sentinels. 
 
Its also cool having another powerful TK user floating around Marvel. Regardless of what happens to Hellion, and my preference is on the side of staying good, and hopefully wising up just a tad, I just hope he doesn't lose his edge.

marvel does not suffer from a lack of tks

Good male TK users that might be used on a regular basis? Marvel doesn't really suffer from lack of any type of character if you, you know, look hard enough. lol

If Hellion's character does in fact go down the road of "Darth" then I wouldn't actually mind seeing him turn around and kick the X-Men's a**es. I've gotten tired of every writer using him as some punching bag  to either take the blame for something petty, or get the snot beat out of him. I especially wouldn't mind him giving Scott a TK backhand -__- The kid has put up with so much garbage from the X-Men (well not ALL) and continues to fight for them and remains the bravest X-Student. I mean d*mn...give the kid a break. So yes... I look forward to this "Darth Hellion."
 
edited: had some grammar errors in there >.<

" If Hellion's character does in fact go down the road of "Darth" than I wouldn't actually mind seeing him turn around and kick the X-Men a**es. I've gotten tired of every writer using him as some punching bag  to either take the blame for something petty, or get the snot beat out of him. I especially wouldn't mind him giving Scott a TK backhand -__- The kid has put up with some much garbage from the X-Men (well not ALL) and continues to fight for them and remains the bravest X-Student. I mean d*mn...give the kid a break. So yes... I look forward to this "Darth Hellion." "

So I just noticed a difference between Julian's robot prosthetic  from X-Men Legacy and the Age of X events. Why in Legacy are the prosthetic limbs a complete set, but in Age of X he has the hands, the forearms, the shoulder plates...basically every part of the arms save for the biceps?

Hummmmmm while I find it interesting that he had a power up and the actitued he showed, I'm afraid about him ending up as a villain because it would probably lead to an story arc where he goes crazy and is finally killed by X-23 probably bringing a very emotional chapter of the story but cutting this character from the books. 
 
I prefer it to develop into him going ruthless but at one point, his actions accidentally cost the life of one of his friends (scept for Mercury :P, wich would be hard to kill anyway and has passed a lot of trouble to foucs another tragic event on her and she and Hellion are my favourite new-x-men). This would make him the perfect dark hero that has experienced how getting out of control can hurt his beloved ones and now is a hard worker for the dream that tortures himself with the memories of what he did looking for self-redemption.  This would make him jump from teenager to adult mentally.
 
On a side note: I don't think that Summers is being hypocrite. What Summers did was wrong and he knows that. He took a decission (a very hard one, unlike Hellion that was happy with the decission) for the sake of all the people that he had to care for, but he recognizes that what he did was wrong and that in a situation that wouldn't involve the complete decimation of the mutant race he would never acted like that. People on charge need to make hard decissions. The fact that he did something wrong doesn't mean that he has to let everyone to do things wrong, he has to put some control over his people or everything will be a total chaos.

" I prefer it to develop into him going ruthless but at one point, his actions accidentally cost the life of one of his friends (scept for Mercury :P, wich would be hard to kill anyway and has passed a lot of trouble to foucs another tragic event on her and she and Hellion are my favourite new-x-men). This would make him the perfect dark hero that has experienced how getting out of control can hurt his beloved ones and now is a hard worker for the dream that tortures himself with the memories of what he did looking for self-redemption.  This would make him jump from teenager to adult mentally. "

" Hummmmmm while I find it interesting that he had a power up and the actitued he showed, I'm afraid about him ending up as a villain because it would probably lead to an story arc where he goes crazy and is finally killed by X-23 probably bringing a very emotional chapter of the story but cutting this character from the books.  I prefer it to develop into him going ruthless but at one point, his actions accidentally cost the life of one of his friends (scept for Mercury :P, wich would be hard to kill anyway and has passed a lot of trouble to foucs another tragic event on her and she and Hellion are my favourite new-x-men). This would make him the perfect dark hero that has experienced how getting out of control can hurt his beloved ones and now is a hard worker for the dream that tortures himself with the memories of what he did looking for self-redemption.  This would make him jump from teenager to adult mentally. On a side note: I don't think that Summers is being hypocrite.   

 What Summers did was wrong and he knows that. He took a decission (a very hard one, unlike Hellion that was happy with the decission) for the sake of all the people that he had to care for, but he recognizes that what he did was wrong and that in a situation that wouldn't involve the complete decimation of the mutant race he would never acted like that. People on charge need to make hard decissions. The fact that he did something wrong doesn't mean that he has to let everyone to do things wrong, he has to put some control over his people or everything will be a total chaos. "

I agree with John V, another New X-Men doesn't need to die, especially not to cause Hellion to grow a more adult/adolescent mentality and tenor. And if yet another tragic event happens to him (which i'm sure he will become the writers are being huge douchers to him lol) I wouldn't mind seeing a few other chain of events that lead up to him being secretly inducted into the X-Force. I'm sure that won't happen, but it'd be pretty interesting if it had.

@mistersarcastic:

They can do so much with the character, Hellion. He can go either way, be a hero or a villain. I would like to see him stay on the hero side, though recently I think losing his arms made him extremely bitter and he still distrusts Hope. 
 
Anyway, I think his robotic hands are cool. He should keep em.

What bugs me about the hands issue is what happened to Elixir? Couldn't he just regrow new hands for Julian? He has grown a whole new heart before?!...what is the big between a heart and a hand? 
Anywho everyone is right about Cyclops being a hypocritical little $#!t as always, Rogue being an utter fail. The X-men today suffer from a serious lack of integrity, real leadership, and self-awareness. Scott is slowly turning into my least favorite character. I miss Storm in as the leader of the X-men, and wish she wasn't Queen of the Wakadans(bleh), and I would take a Phoenixy-Jean over Hope Summers- -who is slowly turning out to be almost as annoying as Layla Miller during her hayday....Dear Marvel, will you please stop making Mary Sues, and attempting to transform your readers favorite anti-heroes like Hellion into Gary Stus....

Elixir is off to parts unknown; this was explained off-panel by K & Y in an interview. He stayed behind to heal the wounded on the island after Necrosha (in Genosha I believe). Now, apparently he's on a trip to 'eat at every McDonald's in the world and find himself' kind of thing, dealing with having to kill Wither. Lame, if you ask me.
 
I don't want to see Julian going evil. I thought this arc was poorly handled based on the following: 1) Karishma is in a COMA. He didn't even kill her. Given the circumstances of the attack (his protecting Hope and innocents), this is justified. 2) The panel where he walks off saying he has no friends and is alone. Huh? Excuse me, what happened to Mercury, X-23 and Rockslide? I'm aware that X-23 left the island, but her all her actions before that should have made her concern for his wellbeing clear enough to suggest she is his friend. And Mercury has always been one of his best friends (not to mention she's indestructible). Rockslide is another of his best friends who has undying loyalty, although I don't like how he's been written lately, appearing to be more of Victor's/Surges friend. But still...Hellion is hardly alone.  
 
I'd like to see him being a dark hero, or perhaps going after X-23, or being on X-force...but NOT a villain.

X-Man and Hellion  they could be the Batman & Robin of the X-verse