Originally Posted by
Reviresco
More than one person has notice that Iron Fist sort of hijacked the book near the end of Byrne's run. I agree, it was a mixed bag. The art was nice, and I liked the idea of Namor as a businessman, but other things ... not so much. I hated the chemical blood imbalance thing. REALLY hated it. Almost as much as I hated the hybrid sterility nonsense.
This mini-series was an interesting story, and had some good parts, but I don't think it always fit Namor.
IIRC, Namor sent Kamar away with that guy who lead the revolt in Atlantis. I can't remember his name, Z something, I think. But Kamar's mother and Namor's motivation for sending Kamar away (REASONS) didn't matter, because, as you said, Kamar was only introduced so Namor could show how ruthless / political he was by killing him, and for that opening gotcha moment. He was never meant to be an addition to Namor's cast, because the writers didn't care about Namor's cast -- they completely invented a new cast. The book was never going to explore Namor being a father, because it was about being a ruthless king. That's not the Namor I had been reading for years, but ok, I can see where they going, and I loved the ending. Of course, absolutely NOTHING came out of that ending, so again, I'm left with a mangled character, for no reason, and no fix in sight.
The Atlanteans aren't sterile, and despite what Bryne tried to do, I don't think Namor is either.
Well, on this question, my head canon is basically Namor lied, for one reason or another, and most of those people are delusional.
Kamar isn't his kid. His mom might have claimed Kamar was Namor's but he wasn't. He was Byrrah's kid, which WOULD explain why Namor sent him away and hid him. His tutor, Z, made Kamar believe he was Namor's for his own rebellious purposes.
As for Llyra and Llyron -- I just remembered, the writer actually had Vashti or one of the Atlanteans claim Llyron was royal, because he was related to Namor through his airbreather dad, who has ZERO claim on an Atlantean throne. O_O What??!?! Obviously, everyone in Atlantis was infected by Llyra's crazy, including Namor, and they just spouted off the most idiotic thing they could to get through the mess.
As far as the Eugenics Society -- they are a bunch of delusional scientists. The Royals have known about them for ages and used or tried to eliminate them. And let's just forget all that adoption business. Too late for me to try to figure that one out again.