Was re-reading Marvel Knights: Spider-Man and I remembered Rachel helped Spider-Man with his missing Aunt May. She was so cute and chummy with him, but I think that was just the Dodson's ability to draw cute characters.
One thing that dawned on me while reading Tv Tropes, the destroyer of lives, is the trope "literal split personality." Have they ever done this with Rachel? I don't recall if they did. It certainly would be a fun way to rid her of the Hound personality. Granted, it would be a Kingdom Hearts level of WTF-ery.
Her Hound experiences, memories, regrets, sorrow and trauma isn’t the problem. It’s her constant propensity for being a victim of mind control and brainwashing.
She needs a writer who sees her as more than a psychic tool.
I fear that when she's rescued then Jean will be all worried about her and act like she did everything that she could to rescue her...when she did pretty much the opposite...who knows maybe Rachel was pregnant and the baby stolen and then he becomes that Kurt looking mutant in the previews...or not...
Jean's not going to act like that bc Jean's been imprisoned in her own mess for the bulk of Rachel's ordeal.
I'd like to see a story based around Rachel in which we learn that her original Hound programming is the reason she is so easily controlled: enemies basically have a back door into her brain. So Wi-Fi and crew set about attacking Ahab's labs to find and reverse engineer the Hound Program to cure her of any remaining Hound traits and allow her to reinforce her psychic defenses once and for all.
It won't even come up. The whole line is being rebuilt. I don't expect it to ever come up, especially if Rachel doesn't come back from XForce. If there was an issue or two wrapping up all the loose ends in the line, maybe. And honestly I wouldn't put it past a writer to try that scenario. But it won't ever happen. Rachel isn't worth their time and they don't think Jean lacked emotion or Empathy in Extermination.
I want Rachel on a book with Jean, but I honestly know that will never happen. Just like wanting Rachel on a book with Emma, it won't happen. I think the best we can hope for right now is to have her on a book with Cable and possibly Blaquesmith. If they keep Rachel this fall I expect her to be mostly a Cable recurring character and never interact with the X-Men again.
https://www.newsarama.com/45486-rach...review.html#s1
Preview up, and I hate the artwork.
But it could be the Force calling her...
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She looks like a soulless zombie. I really hope she wakes up
I hope it is the Phoenix Force. It would be cool if the Phoenix treats Rachel like a beloved daughter.
As I said in another thread, she looks like some ragdoll thrown on the floor. In a way it reminds of the doll that used to control Legion's body called "Moira". Rachel has just been a doll that people have controlled and throw away when finished. I too hope she wakes up, but I feel like when she does it won't be satisfying by any means for the treatment she's been given.