When did Jean say it was too hard to handle? She left because she didn't want to compromise her morals, which I think fits the character.
She didnt walk away bc it was hard to handle. She did it bc she had moral objections to Beast's tactics and the f--ed up things he was doing. Supporting him doesnt make her strong just as opposing him doesnt make her weak. She'd be weak if she just went with the flow despite her opposition. No, she was firm and stood her ground and put her money where her mouth was. She's not really needed in X-Force anyway; its not like she left and everything fell apart bc she shirked off responsibility. Her quitting X-Force was arguably her best moment from last year. It at the very least ranks up there
Exactly. It would be out of character for her to stay especially after she acknowledged the conflict it posed on her ideals. Jean is not a dark or antihero character. She has a very clear moral alignment and X-Force may have been fun in the beginning but long term it was never gonna be a good fit for her
She sees the value in X-Force. She recognizes it as a necesary evil. She just doesnt agree with Beast's tactics. What is she supposed to do especially when Xavier cosigns and gives Beast approval to do as he pleases? She isnt doing nothing. She is starting the X-men up as a heroic protection force for Krakoa's citizens. Her mission statement and approach is the antithesis of what Beast is doing with his shady, underhanded and damaging ways
I don’t know that I’d use these exact words, but as an outsider looking in I did kinda get that feeling too.
Same with leaving the quiet council to become an xmen again. Don’t get me wrong, as a reader I want to see her in supergroups, not government boring stuff.
But it’s just like…as a character I don’t get her headspace since Hickman started. She wanted to see a Mutant nation. She wanted to be on xforce to keep thing in check and provide some balance . Now she’s doing neither.
I’m know it’s “because the writing says so.” But it just feels strange.
Personally I’d rather see Jean in more areas she’s less familiar with. Xforce was one of those areas. Seeing characters in uncomfortable situations is interesting to me. I wanna see my favorite characters struggling with ethics and choices I don’t think it means they need to go darker or become someone else.z but being the “good” side of the moral balance of xforce should (and did) take a mental toll. It would be fun to see more of that and to see her confront it.
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Are we going to ignore the fact that they actually had Cyclops do the dishes on panel?
Also Jean isn't the psychic that makes questionable moral choices, her entire "thing" is that she's the good girl. She's not Emma.
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Ommadon: “By summoning all the dark powers I will infest the spirit of man So that he uses his science and logic to destroy himself. Greed and avarice shall prevail, and those who do not hear my words shall pay the price. I'll teach man to use his machines, I'll show him what distorted science can give birth to. I'll teach him to fly like a fairy, and I'll give him the ultimate answer to all his science can ask. And the world will be free for my magic again.”
I liked that Jean was confirmed as Omega level telepath.
I liked that Jean lived her family life for a bit (even though we didn't get to see much of it, I'm assuming it was the case off-panel) because if you consider those characters aren't allowed to get older and she stayed dead for about 4-5 in-story years (counting both deaths), she's actually spent more time being a mother than a super hero. And when she was sent back to the present, she wanted to do it again. So I'd say it's important to her. Unfortunately, the story of The Twelve happened and she didn't get to have that dream come true... So thinking she got to have a measure of it again makes me glad.
As you know, I'm a huge fan of Jean and Scott together, so I'm happy they're still a couple, even if it's not the way I'd prefer to see them together.
And I'm happy she's been allowed to reform the X-Men, with Scott. Depending on how you see it, they're both the first X-Men so it feels right that they are the ones who took the initiative.
I'm sorry, Ioke13, I really wish I had more stuff to be positive about, but that's really it. I like heroic, character driven stories and we didn't get much of it... For most characters, really. It's not just a problem for Jean.
I'm really hoping the new X-Men book will change that. I want to be excited about the stories she's in.
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Actually teen Jean did make a lot of questionable choices. She matured as the series went on and became more like her “adult self”, but she still continued to approach things in a fresh new way that the “previous” adult Jean didn’t always.
Given that adult Jean IS teen Jean / unlocked her memories / whatever you wanna call it, this would be a good opportunity to see a little of that. In fact, in my head canon, if Jean is in a poly amorous relationship, a lot of it has to do with the unlocking of teen jeans memories. Not because she dated them both as a teenager, but because teen Jean finally “got it”.
She knew that being a devoted wife and a model member of the xmen left her single, dead, possessed, whatever. Why not try a new approach? So yes that’s my head canon
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Ommadon: “By summoning all the dark powers I will infest the spirit of man So that he uses his science and logic to destroy himself. Greed and avarice shall prevail, and those who do not hear my words shall pay the price. I'll teach man to use his machines, I'll show him what distorted science can give birth to. I'll teach him to fly like a fairy, and I'll give him the ultimate answer to all his science can ask. And the world will be free for my magic again.”