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[schmevil]

Dear Joss Whedon,

Please stop doing this. (Spoilers for Buffy #14) Your blind spot regarding certain issues, you know them, we've had this talk, is really, REALLY SHOWING. Good god, man.

Also? Never, ever write X-Men again. Stay the hell away from the mutants from Westchester, because Astonishing was so painfully average I can't bring myself to

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[schmevil]

I wouldn't be surprised if [spoiler] is setting up something [spoiler] in the next issue.

That would actually be more of a surprise at this point, so I think you're probably right. ;)

I don't really have a gold standard X writer. They've all had their ups and downs. Hell, I'm sure even Austen did some good work. XD

I tend to like a little bit of everything. O5, 80's, the pouch era - it's all good. I even liked a good chunk of 90's X-Force (post-Liefeld). Claremont's stories are delicious crack, despite his purpler than purple prose. Ellis' work on Excalibur was really quite solid. With X-Men I basically want dynamic relationships, cracky stories, and dubious science fiction.

The problem with Joss' run imo, is that it's kind of blandly familiar. I feel like I've read it all before, but better. Kitty/Piotr was a sticking point for me, in that Joss threw out years of actually, really good development for both characters, in order to make that relationship work. And what he produced was so much like what others had done before. I kind of felt that he was trying to recreate his childhood X-Men. Except with Emma.

And I've just now read your icon. :D

[schmevil]

Oh, and Danger. So very unnecessary, considering other, similar revelations of Xavier's naughty past. That story rubbed me the wrong way, and coming at the beginning of his run as it did, my hatred for Danger probably coloured what came after.