Excalibur #13 - Preview

[Weather]

[loke13]

Uh what the hell is wrong with Betsy?

[Weather]

I think, maybe, she doesn't want the sword because she already took the amulet, and by using the sword she would negate the mantle of Captain Britain... I'm not sure at all.

[Triniking1234]

The mouths, man. Geez.

[Frostfire]

The mouths, man. Geez.

IKR I was thinking the same exact thing.

[guy_gardner]

Uh what the hell is wrong with Betsy?

I think she really did want a griffin after all

[CGAR]

Betsy needs to make up her damn mind. Does she wanna be Captain Britain or not? And why would she?

Don’t even know what to think with this brief interaction.

[MentalManipulator]

Betsy needs to make up her damn mind. Does she wanna be Captain Britain or not? And why would she?

Don’t even know what to think with this brief interaction.

Right? Seems weird also because I've got the impression she was willing to take the sword if needed. Is this a sign she's attached to Amulet? Is she mad she got drafted? Is she worried about Brian going? I hope Tini takes the time to give us a proper justification for this behavior.

[Dante Milton]

Ok, so I think two things are going on here with Betsy. She's refusing the Sword of Might because it would be expected that she would return the Amulet to Brian, which is what Saturnyne wants so it's probably a good idea to resist that. I think she's also interpreting Brian bringing the sword as a passive aggressive play to have the Amulet and title of Captain returned to him, possibly also (incorrectly?) inferring that Brian doesn't think she's suited to the role of CB.

So were Betsy, Rogue, and Gambit just hanging out at the Citadel this whole time? They all saw a demonic horde swarming on the place and were like, that seems like someone else's problem?

[Daedra]

Uh what the hell is wrong with Betsy?

haven't you heard ?!? her IQ dropped considerably according to the latest x of swords handbook

[nightw1ng]

haven't you heard ?!? her IQ dropped considerably according to the latest x of swords handbook

I LOLed when I read that. Brian has Intelligence level 5 and Betsy has level 2. The writers of the handbook clearly think she's lacking in IQ, haha.

[Glio]

Sometimes I forget that Brian has a PhD and is supposed to be super smart.

He never acts like one.

[Su_Whisterfield]

Sometimes I forget that Brian has a PhD and is supposed to be super smart.

He never acts like one.

Hm, some of the least ‘smart’ people I know have PhD’s, they tend to be experts in their field and stunningly good at a very small range of things. They are often clueless about day to day living and/or lack emotional intelligence.
Look at Brian and the rest of original Excalibur, Meggan has much more empathy, hell, Rachel, who has had a deeply shitty life has more empathy. Kurt and Kitty have more emotional intelligence. But Brian is technically more intelligent than all of them except Kitty.

[Veitha]

I LOLed when I read that. Brian has Intelligence level 5 and Betsy has level 2. The writers of the handbook clearly think she's lacking in IQ, haha.

Well, Brian is smart.

[Viteh]

I get Betsy getting mad, but it seemed a bit premature? She automatically assumed Brian brought it for her before he even said anything. It probably would have been more in character to have him tell her she brought it for her, and THEN get really mad about it.