"This is starting to sound like a bad comic book plot"
-Spider-man
“Evil is evil...lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same."
-Geralt of Rivia
I honestly don’t think so. I think the point of that scene was to underscore, in an un-heavy-handed manner, their warmth and affection for one another, and to show them make light of a pretty serious development. Scott suggesting the game was like him saying, “Can you believe this shit? Might as well play rock, paper, scissors.”
Even if you did read that scene as both of them seriously resorting to playing a game as a form of tactical planning, neither of them defined the terms. Did the loser go to space or stay on Earth?
"This is starting to sound like a bad comic book plot"
-Spider-man
“Evil is evil...lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same."
-Geralt of Rivia
It seems odd that Scott wouldn't take the mission that seriously. His nightmares were shown in issue #4, yet they don't seem to be reflected in his behavior. He fears failure as well as losing everything he has now, so why wouldn't he take these threats seriously? He can still be as cautious as before while being more easygoing and positive. It isn't new. Whedon did it better in my opinion.
As for controlling, that was mainly in the Utopia era. Even then he's been repeatedly shown as someone open to following other leaders and ideas. I have no problem with that, but not taking anything seriously is odd.
Out of curiosity, have you read Astonishing X-Men by Joss Whedon?
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"This is starting to sound like a bad comic book plot"
-Spider-man
“Evil is evil...lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same."
-Geralt of Rivia
Just throwing it out there, but the rock, paper, scissor was obviously meant just for the two of them. There's no way they didn't split the rest of the team based on the perceived complexity of the assignment. Scott lost. He'll be on Earth with the weaker half of the team.
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Last edited by TheDeadSpace; 10-27-2021 at 05:29 AM.
"This is starting to sound like a bad comic book plot"
-Spider-man
“Evil is evil...lesser, greater, middling, it's all the same."
-Geralt of Rivia
Well, well. Instead of a cyber zombie version of Cyclops that's been fused with magical flowers, we just might get a magical plant that's really stoked on Cyclops. Yay.
So, is Scott Jean's rescue binky again or did he go underground to not give the Ressurection Protocols away?
Smart writing is on the second, smart money is sadly on the first.
Last edited by Gray Lensman; 10-29-2021 at 06:01 AM.
Dark does not mean deep.
Well, "smart" might be a bit too complimentary, lol. I mean, if someone dies, they get benched and go back to Krakoa. It's neither smart nor dumb. It's just... the only course of action, really.
What will make or break this story is whether Captain Krakoa's identity ties in with Duggan's plot threads or not. For instance, a Propect Polyphemus/Krakoa hybrid would qualify as the former. Krakoa wanting to become a meatbag just because would be... insane.
Last edited by FluffyCyclopsRLZ; 10-29-2021 at 06:29 AM.
Not really sure what there would be to investigate or how anyone could do it covertly.
I get the feeling it'll be as simple as Cyke wanting to imprison/put down Project Polyphemus while Jean will want to save him/it(?) with Love, Kindness and magical flowers. Scott loses the vote, he gets benched until the season's final act.