The problem is that Scott's been like that since the 60's. Which I guess likely means he's been deeply traumatized since the 60's.
Bottom line; the other X-Men and the fans blame Scott way more than Jean ever will. The reason is that Jean knows Scott and she knows how he ticks. The rest of them were content to let him fly the plane, make the hard calls and accept the consequences. Once the mission was over, Scott was generally avoided by everyone else. Most of them didn't care to understand Scott.
Jean and Emma were the only one's who every really tried with him consistently. Charles would have rather had an obedient soldier. Alex was always too caught up in his own issues. Even Maddie only wanted the white picket fence husband, his history and trauma be damned.
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SO much posted here that I just fundamentally disagree with. Scott has ALWAYS been this self loathing, insecure character? Just simply not true. HEY rendered the affair noot? Uh, no. Morrison's Scott was so screwed up in the head that he isn't responsible for the affair because he couldn't tell right from wrong? He had been deeply traumatized, as many, many heroes had over the years, he wasn't a walking basket case.
What was done to Scott in HER will, I suspect, continue to be a source of debate because it is simply being interpreted differently by different people. In my view, it contradicts what Morrison said in multiple interviews if Jean made Scott choose Emma, put feelings there that weren't there. For the umpteenth time, she freed him to choose her. Freed him of the despair and regret that kept him from moving on with his life. LOL, Morrison envisioned Scemma as the next great X couple. And the author's intent is that Jean out Scott's feelings for Emma there? I sure don't think so and I'd wager money that wasn't the author's intent.
As always, different strokes for different folks. Everyone is entitled to their view, but that doesn't mean I have to share that view. Like with Jean and Scott as individual characters. Seems to me that the majority here are looking for them to be a whole lot more flawed than I am. Sort of moot with Scott at this point, but when I was reading the books not what I was looking for. Every character has some flaw. However, there is flawed and there is FLAWED.
Liefeld over Romita? Don't see that very often.
It's either some weird morality thing or just plain hatred for Scott. There are people who are either OK with Jean's kiss with Logan in NXM, because "Scott did worse" or just don't think it was that bad. Same thing with Lucas, the man who killed billions, tried to kill a baby and, most of all, tried to murder Jean's son for years. But it's ok because the people Lucas killed are less real than Scott's thoughts with Emma and should not matter because "at least he didn't hurt Jean". Go figure.
I found many fans that think that Bishop was ruined for the sake of Hope's story, so most probably waw him as a victim too. Even when the crap that Bishop pulled is still canon and there is not "he was brainwhased" explanation yet. If you ask me, i think that is just a weird "levelling the field" mentality. Like "Scott got his romance with someone that wasn't Jean, she should have chance to do the sam", well fair enougth, but there is probably better choices than Bishop or Namor lol.
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