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A good portion of what occurred at the end of Bendis' run (Uncanny X-Men 600) seems like it was outright ignored. Cyclops team was broken up, but in DoX they're going along like nothing ever happened. She refers to him as darling, too. Classic Emma, but given him not "wanting to touch her with Namor's trident" I doubt she'd be inclined to be in the same room. Iceman, fresh off rrrhate train seems okay with Scott leading a mission, too. Goldballs is there as well. Given the end of Bendis' run, this is not a situation that should be occurring unless you read 600 as a "everything is fixed."

Or screw all of that and just blame Franklin, Reed and Secret Wars.

@stardustcrusader: Well you are going to have to pay to see her.

@pyrofn: There's a whole lot of text there (and I read all of it to be respectful) but I think he originally just stated he was sick of events, which to be fair is reasonable given the sheer volume of stuff that gets put out there. Civil War II isn't done yet and we have IvX starting. It's also reasonable to presume that hitting a company in the wallet is the only thing that works. That said, I've got the disposable income and I can't say no to Yu on art so I grabbed it.

@eto said:

Can't argue with that. They seem to have trouble making new and compelling villains, though.

It was much, much better than I could have anticipated.

@poisonfleur:

It worked out. Storm was the last bastion of decency on that team. Unblemished by a heel turn. Looking back on the hand raising if not a bad guy scene cracks me up in retrospect.

They're a team, they ought to look like it. Of course there's room for personality but there is a degree of unity in uniformity.

@hopesummersforthefuture: That doesn't make much sense. The number of comic book readers pales in comparison to movie goers and TV watchers. The X-Men could sell 4 copies and Fox could still make money.

I'd imagine of us would write some mighty terrible comic books. Storm "needing" Jean was probably a result of the writers getting their pick of characters and Lemire not wanting the rest of the 05. That kind of cherry picking and editorial restriction/rules/oversight is what makes it seem so easy from the outside perspective to write something decent. You don't have to juggle an entire line and discuss everything with a platoon of other writers who are molding something in the same "consistent" universe.