Excalibur #5 Preview - Rogue Returns

[Digifiend]

Oh, that's easy to explain.
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It was Rachel. Gambit had her wake Rogue up, by entering her dreamscape as that dog.

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[Veitha]

Oh, that's easy to explain.
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It was Rachel. Gambit had her wake Rogue up, by entering her dreamscape as that dog.

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Ok, thanks. I didn't understand if it was really spoilers:

Rach

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[FIGHT]

Oh, that's easy to explain.
spoilers:

It was Rachel. Gambit had her wake Rogue up, by entering her dreamscape as that dog.

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No reason why she doesnt just become a member of the book.

[Veitha]

No reason why she doesnt just become a member of the book.

With the name, the connection to the Title and all, I can see her becoming one. Get rid of Gambit lol he's just complaining every issue.

[nandes]

Wait I thought Rogue was literally just giving Rachel's name to some random dog. Scream

[Purplevit]

Someone just save Gambit from Tini Howard`s writing.

[loke13]

Ok this was definitely the best issue out of this run. Rouge was amazing!

[Malachi]

Lets use a magical metaphor. With any magic it must work as a spectacle that is interesting executed. Even in word magic, that works so well in written text, it's all about the elegance of how it's executed. Here Tini reaserched the themes and symbolisism beyond who does what, how it looks like. Yet she forgets that the whole thing needs to entertain us primarily. Sure it's suppose to distract us, let us miss things. Then we are suppose to qestion how did she do that? How will it affect the rest of the run? The whole of Marvel and it mutants and so on. As it is now these issues read a lot better with a directors commentary underneath it. You can appreciate the thoughtprocess if you sit down and analyse it but it didn't entertain you when reading it. David Lynch is someone who has mastered telling us a story we must figure out ourselves, yet he makes the ride entertaining because he understands the story must work at that level to get us to the other levels. Mystery is fine but it's not enough if the rest isn't working.

Tini clearly likes some characters. She likes Rictor, -A-, Betsy, Shogo and Rogue(it seems). Jubilee is more of a afterthought. Gambit she seems to activly dislike. Rictors "mouthy idiot" I think covers it. Lets get him away from this book. It's doing no one any favors.

Now -A- is dead. Whitch is a speedbump at best in the current regime. So lets get him back fast and without any fanfare. It's unnecessary to bog the story's pace down with focusing on that. Have him direct things from Krakoa for a issue if that's what it needs.

As it has been presented before we see no big reason to why the last team + Rictor, -A- and Rogue can't go in and make quick work of Morgana. She hasn't been built up as a threat big enough for a more focused team with -A- handeling the understanding on how magic works. That is if they see a reason to go back to her. With Rogue back and the portal accesible it's more about fixing that leak.

Overall I'm ready to let this book go. On paper Tini has some interesting ideas and concepts but the execution is so lacking. Add to it that my favorite chracter is being treated like a idiot and reading this just gets me frustrated. I think she isn't ready for a big project like this. The structure isn't working and after 5 issues that problem remains.

[Foon4000]

Someone just save Gambit from Tini Howard`s writing.

His dialogue isn't great, but he is now canonically not as much of a rube as everyone else in the book.

[CGAR]

My least favorite title this week.

"Are you happy now"

scoff

[staptik777]

srly Tini Howard hates Gambit or something?

[Domino_Dare-Doll]

His dialogue isn't great, but he is now canonically not as much of a rube as everyone else in the book.

Yeah, that I can appreciate. It's very much Remy to go against the grain and put in his own measures, especially if he thinks it can protect the people he cares about. For all Tini Howard's failings with him...I am glad she appears to understand what he's about in that respect.

I'm willing to see how the second arc plays out.

[JB]

well. Im surprised.

How we should call rogue now?

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roguepoccy? Apoccyrogue? Roguelipsis

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[DarkMagnus]

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Haha lol enter now the age of Shugah