Originally Posted by
Tobinator
So... I guess everything just got solved with the power of friendship and making stuff up? Seriously, did they beat Onslaught by going to Legion's mind dimension, linking everyone's psyche with Dust (has she ever done anything like this before?), and by having everyone "accept themselves for who they are"?
Like, what was learned from all of this? That a system of resurrection is reliant on every part not failing? That bad guys are somehow able to implant psychic entities onto emotional cores of a psyche at an undetectable level?
There are two real messages I could dig out of this, and using Onslaught garbled both of them--1) death shouldn't be taken lightly because the system, like any other, is prone to flaws and exploitation, or 2) death shouldn't be taken lightly because a civilization with no values will collapse on itself. #1 is so obvious that it really shouldn't require a ton of exposition to delve into. Of course, #2 seemed to be where the book was heading (that was the whole point of Legion's brain simulation), and it would have been much much more interesting for it, but then it drifted toward #1 and we didn't have anything philosophically interesting to say.
Now, the main reason I picked up the book in the first place was to support Nightcrawler, but I really don't get the impression Spurrier understands Kurt. Like, have none of the X-writers ever read Excalibur? Why are Jason Aaron and Chris Claremont the only ones who treat him right? Does no one get that being a sanctimonious proselytizing douche isn't why people like Kurt?
If nothing else, at least Nightcrawler got his beard back. Way of X should have been better.