>>77067867The absolute most-insane thing about this run:
That Bendis managed to make it suck.
Seriously, he was given the holy grail - a megapopular franchise, two books to show his vision for said franchise, virtually free reign with what he wanted to do (aside from a few mandated changes, like Dark Beast), and an interesting status quo full of potential: Scott, Emma, Erik and Ilyana are on the run from the law, and have sworn to protect mutants - and they're not going to be nice about it. The face of the X-Men leading what's essentially his Brotherhood, surrounded by former enemies, dealing with the fact he murdered his mentor and father figure... God, so many incredible opportunities for characterization. The X-Men moved incredibly far from their norm, and he could have pushed them in ANY direction:
Scott goes too far, becomes a full-on villain? Or maybe Scott's still a hero, struggling to preserve Xavier's vision and the X-Men way in a world that hates and fears HIM specifically, and is mistrusted by his lifelong friends? The four gather up the newly-emerging mutants, but do they even want to be a liberation army? Are the humans in the right fearing mutants after we've seen five of them take over the world? Are there human activist/guerrilla groups supporting Scott, considering he did basically create a worldwide utopia for a bit? What are the sociopolitical implications of having world governments collectively lose their power and be forced to cooperate against a common foe? Could we not have Scott, Emma and Erik debate the merits of good PR versus doing what's right, and how far you can go in thinking "ends justify the means" before you become like those you fight (considering the two have walked on both sides of the line)? Maybe many in Wolverine's camp are sympathetic to Scott's situation?
Instead we just get a lot of talk of mutant revolution, but no actual revolution. Scott's "changed", but not really. A lot of spinning wheels. A wasted opportunity.
