http://handaxe.tumblr.com/post/17995...-at-the-end-of
Anon: Is Sebastian Shaw confirmed dead at the end of X-Men Black: Emma Frost? Cause it's time for the new Black King to rule!!
LW: he’s “”confirmed”” dead in that I can say he’s dead and write a scene that ends with Emma literally beating him to death with her bare hands (DIAMOND! FISTS!) but we ALL know that him being dead isn’t going to stop any future writers from using him lmao. so he’s DEAD-dead in that he will absolutely not interfere with Emma’s Hellfire Club leadership but he’s only “dead” in the way that…the moment someone wants to use him for something else, he will probably be back? (I’m just guessing on the latter!)
He’s an interesting character with an rich, tumultuous story that’s gotten darker and deeper, more along the lines of zeitgesty toxic masculinity over the years, so I wouldn’t blame anyone for wanting to yank him out of the “dead, but not DEAD-dead” X-men ether.
Also!! Something I’ve been meaning to say: Emma’s Lord Imperial by default now too! Between Magneto and then the X-men eliminating alllllll of the Hellfire Club leadership, she’s the last one standing and is now in charge of the whole goddamn Illuminati. Someone on twitter pointed this out to me after the comic came out and I wish I had accounted for the truth of it in the script.
Another thing I’ve been dying to say but haven’t because I’m respectful of [[SPOILERS]]:
Emma Frost being Black King of the Hellfire Club doesn’t make her evil, it makes the entire goddamn Hellfire Club good.
Chaotic good, mind you, because it’s Emma so **** your dumbass bureaucracy, “Where were you when our babies were burning???”, etc