Originally Posted by
Rivka
Exactly. And it's canon. Back in the 90s there were a few comics that showed Xavier "bleeding" his psychic influence whether he wanted to or not. And Storm accused Xavier a couple of times, of unconsciously manipulating her to leave Africa and come be Xavier's foot-soldier in New York. In Jean's case, she established that psychic link with Scott, and never left him alone. Never. When you're in love one supposes it's wonderful at first, all that massive togetherness. But after a few years, Cyke was shown in the comics, trying to get away from Jean's constant monitoring of his every thought. Can you imagine what that's like, someone ALWAYS in your head? Remember when he tried to escape to a movie theater and Jean finds him, pops up in his thoughts, to paraphrase, "Sweetie, where are you? Why did you go to a movie without me?" I love Jean Grey as a character, but her relationship with Scott made me cringe for years. I really cheered when Scott and Emma became a couple.
Emma knows what it feels like to be controlled, she relishes freedom. Jean had no boundaries with Scott--anyone with a modicum of psych education knows, human beings have to establish boundaries and personal space. Jean's insistence on violating Scott's personal space all the time, was always scary. She'd say, she only wanted to share her love for him, or make sure he's okay, but she actually had complete access to his mind, and even if unintentionally, she could manipulate him in subtle ways. Xavier did the same thing to all the O5! He manipulated them for years! Jean learned from the master; "all for your own good" Xavier and Jean would say. A little nudge to make this decision, or that.
I'm not saying this is what happened in current X-Continuity based on what's in UNCANNY ANNUAL #1. I'm leaving it on the table, though! If the X-Office and Marvel weren't so hell-bent on vilifying Emma (and Magneto too for that matter), and doing so in dialogue that is propagandist at best, maybe I could wrap my brain around Scott's "conversion" in today's comics. But that speech, and others by Kid Cable--Marvel is being provocative and I need an alternative explanation for Cyclops' complete paradigm shift. It really looks and reads like he's rejoined a cult that he escaped, and now he's seen the "error of his ways" and he's "sorry" he doubted Xavier's Dream.
Now any mutant who has ANY method different from that of the Xavier Cult, is going to be a "villain." All mutants are either with Saint Xavier or they are enemies. Like it was in the 90s. Which is why I say again, the 90s were not a good time in the X-Books. Not a decade to emulate. The X-Office and Marvel need to stop.