Originally Posted by
Hizashi
Necessary might be the wrong word, and my phrasing implies that Scott rejected Xavier's ideals which wasn't my intention. Xavier promoted peaceful coexistence between humans and mutants, and Scott and his teams never really rejected that ideal; they were simply more proactive about protecting mutants and their interests. They might have been mutant first, but they never stopped fighting for humans; not when it would've been beneficial for them to do so, not after the Schism, and not after AvX.
AvX just seems like it would be tricky to adapt - like it would be very easy for it to go wrong.
Dark Avengers could be cool, why would you want Osborn out of it?
Other Cyclops fans have said it first, but I consider Scott's membership to the X-Men something like being a cop or military officer - he's not simply going to retire in the countryside after getting his pension. If anyone is going to stick around in with the X-Men in some capacity, it's Scott. At the very least, if ranking the X-Men in terms of likelihood to retire, Scott is among the least likely.
It's a shame that the Ultimate Universe became a gratuitous hot mess. A line where characters age out could be interesting but it could go so wrong so fast, and there's no way of knowing if readers would even pick it up.
I suppose they don't need to be around - where would we get new stories? Movies every few years? TV series or videogames?
Right, but that was more about Hope being Jean reincarnated - which would have prevented Jean's return. The Jean tease seemed more like a rumor that took a life of it's own - it was hardly the main aspect of the Hope/Phoenix narrative.
That's true, I forgot about that. Corporations unwilling to play nice and it's the creative teams who work on the show and the fans who get hurt. Definitely agree that the Marvel Spider-Man shows were not in Spectacular's league.
That lack of awareness is funny and sad, although I can't speak to that example since I don't follow Namor.