Originally Posted by
Harpsikord
I'm of the mind that the way that the scene with Lorna just doesn't make a whole lot of sense with what we know about the election in the first place. The moment that Jean connected the minds of mutantkind would be when they felt everything that was being said and done, so if that was explained as why Lorna was chosen, I think it would have been better. Her saying just pick me, okay, sure - because they already knew how she'd feel and act as a hero. But it seems like Duggan is making these telepathic speeches be their reasons to be selected as members of the team, and given that all it seems is that Lorna was seen saying to pick her and so... they did? What? Yeah, I don't think that I'm buying that.
I would've much preferred that Duggan took the moment to get into Lorna's head a little more and shown us why she wanted to be an X-Man and the real reason that the people of mutantkind chose her to be one. Her feelings on being one of the oldest members of the team, her feelings on being a doctor of geology, her feelings on being Magneto's daughter and being a member of X-Factor. As opposed to the data page that introduced the cookout we could've gotten one page of Lorna having her own speech, and then ultimately choosing to 'tell' the people not to pick her. Only they were already connected telepathically so Jean already saw the speech, because telepathy should be instantaneous, and that speech was what Jean showed everyone else because it was Lorna's first instinct. It would've been much better storytelling, and honestly I expect more from Duggan than what we got.
It also would've been a lot less dubious than the scene is presented, though I still don't really believe that Jean did anything wrong. She made people see Lorna's first instinct to the election as opposed to her own self-doubts, and the issue reminds us twice that it was the correct decision.
But yeah. I just wanted something more from it, and while I'm still a little iffy on his voice for Wolverine, I'm excited to see what's coming for Scott, Rogue, Ev, and even Laura.