Last edited by Havok83; 03-11-2020 at 05:49 PM.
Jason Aaron has used the phoenix left and right but I wonder what does he think of Jean?
Has he ever say anything about her?
Last edited by phoenixzero23; 03-11-2020 at 05:37 PM.
I'm not sure if he has said much about her. He did use White Phoenix (and nightcrawler) in a Wolverine story (this was before Avengers vs X-men) and in the recap of that book it said that the Phoenix was the symbol of Jean Grey. Jean spoke as if she was a ghost like Nightcrawler but Emma said she wasn't and was a figment of Wolverine's memory of Jean or some such thing. She was fiery and helped Wolverine burn away the demons in his mind (or something to that effect). I own the issue - Wolverine #8 (I'm not sure which volume). He handled Jean or whatever version she was really well. He seemed to understand her role as Phoenix (burning away what doesn't work and she was in the White costume garb). It is one of my fav issues.
He definitely likes to use the Phoenix and do all kinds of wild things with it. Those who like it free from Jean should love him. Those of us that like Jean has Phoenix may not enjoy it so much.
In the current Avengers run Jean got two mentions (once by Captain America when talking about needing a telepath and another time a narration box said Jean was hunched over in Atlantis having fiery visions (this was when she would have been in Atlantis during X-men Red). I felt then that Aaron may have had plans for Jean (or it was just misdirection) but plans probably changed.
I was hoping Jean was going to have some sort of connection to cave woman Phoenix (who has red eyes and green hair and telepathy) but that remains to be seen, and may be unlikely though we can always speculate. As much as I personally love Jean as Phoenix, I also love her as just Jean Grey an omega telepath. I wish we could have the best of both worlds like we did in the Morrison run (jean being a grown up omega mutant who sometimes channels the Phoenix). In Here Comes Tomorrow she plugged into the phoenix power through her crown chakra (so we I infer that she plugs into it because of her omega level telepathy).
I love House of X/Powers of X and occasionally re-read it. I love the world building in this new era. There is a lot of good things about this new era that I appreciate. It is easier to take when your fav isn't shown as much as you want when the books are actually good. I am loving most of the books in this new era. I think as a fan it is finding a balance between enjoying the work and wanting more screen time for whichever fav character one might have. I know some fans don't do "fav characters" but I've never been able not to do that. There is something about Jean, Scott (and Storm, Iceman etc) that just speaks to me (and especially for Jean).
Today's issue makes me feel a lot better about Hickman and his use of Jean. I definitely want to see more of her in his book and more showings for her in X-force. But I do enjoy X-force even the issues where Jean isn't present.
I'm happy there haven't been any secrets or thrown mattresses for a while. Everyone's good.
Question to those who haven't been a fan of Hickman's Jean but felt like she was written better in X-men 8: What changed?
For me I liked that in this issue she was useful, confident, and wasn't freaking out. Hickman also remembered she has telekinetic ability (I know she floated dishes but in House of X we didn't see any tk ability even when she was about to be killed by sentinels). It relieved the fear that Jean's freak out in the Orchis mission might be an on going characterization by Hickman. Many of us just wasn't sure how he viewed the character or how he would write her voice/personality.
- The way she comes in is nice. With information and a plan. She kinda acts as the council representative and while Scott is the leader in battle, in a way he's also answering to her.
- She doesn't just do that and disappears though, she keeps talking to Scott during the battle, as well as shown fighting herself(unlike in HOX, she both communicates and uses her TK to fight the enemies at the same time).
- The fighting with the brood is not the main goal on the issue, sending the egg off-planet is, and she's the one who got the role of knowing that and telling everyone that.
I mean, it's nothing spectacular. Jean isn't the focus of the issue or anything, there's no standout moment. But the paneltime she gets is used well imo.