"Danielle... I intend to do something rash and violent." - Betsy Braddock
Krakoa, Arakko, and Otherworld forever!
I always wondered this same question about folks who complain about Wolverine. I only read Wolverine related titles and the only time I speak negative about the current stuff is when it involves said titles with Wolverine in them. You won't find me talking negative about titles like New Mutants, Hellion, X-Factor, or whatever book Logan is absent from because those books just aren't on my radar. I personally haven't spent a dime on a Marvel comic well over a decade now and yes I do use many of those pirate sites(all 20 something of 'em and youtube) to stay up to date on the books I enjoy. Even with "free" access, I can't even be bothered with titles I have no interest in.
Exactly! I hated certain directions the X-Books went in, and I stop spending my money toward the books. I walked away and came back once my interest was peaked. Throwing money at something you hate makes no sense to me.
Marvel: Oh you hate how the books are going? And you're still giving us money? Thanks, you rube!
Yep. Hickman is directing it is why he gets my blame.
I was not a fan of the past couple of runs. I stopped reading it then. There was no bitterness in me i just decided to do something else with my time. Hickman brought me back and i have not been more excited to read xmen since i was a kid in the early 90’s reading xmen 1.
“Strength is the lot of but a few privileged men; but austere perseverance, harsh and continuous, may be employed by the smallest of us and rarely fails of its purpose, for its silent power grows irresistibly greater with time.” Goethe
"Danielle... I intend to do something rash and violent." - Betsy Braddock
Krakoa, Arakko, and Otherworld forever!
Does it need doing?
Yes.
Then it will be done.
I'm not joking or trolling or being sarcastic or facetious. Here's an olive branch: Rosenberg also had a soft reboot - unlike him though, Hickman is building something.
I think there needs to be understanding that there are some fans who feel that the X-Men have lost some important elements and that those feelings don't make them vitriolic or toxic or anything like that. Maybe some of those fans could better express themselves, I'll admit.
Does it need doing?
Yes.
Then it will be done.
Looks to me, from Way Of X that Nightcrawler thinks that. I think Wolverine has thought some of that for some time. Then there's Mystique.
It might well be moving more slowly than some people want it to, and part of that is because of the events (or crossovers, whatever you want to call them), but I think we're starting to get to the point now.
There's been a strange undercurrent right since the first few panels of this new era and that's finally starting to get some exploration. I'm happy to see it moving slowly as long as I can see the movement.
Yeah, I like what Hickman's cooking, but I can see that stuff has changed to suit his narrative. Krakoa is no longer the product of '50's atomic testing. Cerebro now records the actual mind and memories of everyone it scans (Yowza!). Moira's a mutant. Goldballs 'goldballs' are now organic eggs. All sorts of mutants can combine their powers to create all sorts of odd effects that go light-years past 'Colossus chucks Wolverine at someone's face.' Apocalypse had a wife and kids a couple thousand years ago, and they, and other mutants like the White Sword, are also immortal, and conveniently, every single one of them has survived millenia of lethal conflict to come back in the exact same clothes they left in. (Ahem)
I'm okay with most of this (the mutant technology thing and unnecessary change to Goldballs power least of them). It's been a good story, and I enjoy both the world-building and getting to see so many characters that I haven't seen in ages, like Frenzy and Taki and Peepers.