So does Shaw plan to have the twins infiltrate Emma's faction? I mean his wording leaves me to believe that.
Still, I wonder if he has a backup plan because he has to know there is a chance they can bring her back right or there is the chance he will get caught so given the lengths he went to get rid of her he would have to recognize the chance of failure and get sent to Krakoa's sphincter. It would just seems odd for him to not be ready in case of failure.
I don't necessarily consider minimizing bad stories and unsuccessful approaches to characters by other writers as bad writing. I think good writing means knowing what is a good story and when and how to tell it. I don't want to read about Emma redeeming herself after her character was assassinated in IvX; Emma's redemption story has already been told so it's not new or interesting. HoX just skipped another boring retread and I'm glad it did because retreads were killing the IP. We're getting the Emma we should have because of good writing.
And I'm not an Emma apologist either. I think someone like Storm would have legitimate grievances, but things are more complicated than so-and-so doesn't like so-and-so.
People have complained that Storm is still poorly used. Go to the Storm threads whenever an issue comes out. Duggan may be a better writer but Storm's position within the Maraurders and Kitty as leader follows Gugg's continuity from Gold when they had a similar dynamic
And Im in the camp that does think its poor writing to ignore what came before, especially if it was very recent. Thats what redemption arcs are for when a character's past is actually acknowledged and they effectively move past that. Thats better writing than flat out ignoring and resetting their status quo as if the awful sh-t they did never happened
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Luckily for me I’m not getting bored to death with redeeming a character that already got redeemed and am getting something new, different, and generative instead.
And those stories aren’t being exactly ignored. Kitty was really skeptical in issue #1 but has worked with Emma and character development happened. Same with Storm.
Marauders is different from Gold since Kitty’s friends are being led by her because they are worried about her and not because she’s a lady boss this time.
Me celebrating Emma Frost, an feminist icon AND a saint as well as every writer's favorite character.
“To me” needs to chill for a while. Emma hadn’t done anything to earn that catchphrase for the marauders, who joined out of loyalty to Kitty, not Emma, by and large. Felt very forced and ultimately only had one person reply, but I don’t think the ineffectuality of it was an intentional thing so much as something they just don’t give any attention to? So why bother? Very weird.
Nice to see Bobby being awesome but the rest was fairly ehh. Kate does and Emma gets a slap? Wow, what retribution. Okay.
Yes they mostly joined for Kate, but knowing that Emma was running the HF trading company. As for only Bobby answering he mentions Storm and Pyro are in Brazil. So they got the call just couldn't make it in time.
What retribution does Emma need to have on Kate's death? She left two different omegas shadowing her. How is she responsible for her sending them away and getting ambushed?
I wish other writers would have the mutants use their powers more demonstratively. Guggan is so good at showing what makes mutants formidable.
Someone on Reddit proposed that the Mercury might be... Mercury, the New X-Men using her powers in a Black-Tom Cassidy kind of way. It would be pretty neat. Boats and submarines are a tad too not-organic looking in this new Era of organic tech and that would make up for it.
But it's likely not to happen, just a cool idea from a poster.
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Mama: Shaw, I know it was you who killed Kate and quite frankly darling you could had done a better job
Shaw: So are you here to kill me again bitch
Mama: Oh no Shaw like our past relationship, murdering you isn't something I need to experience again. However you made a grave mistake coming after Kate first instead of me
Doors open around Shaw as Storm, Rogue, Wolverine, Rachel, Iceman, and Magik enters the room
Mama: Sebastian you are a clever man right? Figure out how you're going to survive two Omega mutants, an angry mutant with inferno magic, a Texan, and Wolverine
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