X-Men Legacy 249 Review: Bad Seeds Gone Good

[crabby_lioness]

"Aftermath Part 2"

This issue is somewhat misnamed. Aftermath Part 1 focused on the immediate fallout of AoX, but this issue focused my attention more on how these character have matured since they were first introduced.  A more appropriate title would be "Where Bad Seeds Turn Good".

Comments

[scribble_myname]

I still totally want her and Gambit to eventually get it together. The only time she ever let herself have Gambit is when they were powerless. Ugh.

Love your analysis. I too love the characters to grow up and mature, even if that means some change.

[crabby_lioness]

I still have to resist the urge to chuck Gambit under the nearest oncoming train but he's looking a lot better these days, especially in X-23. Laura needs an advocate.

And Rogue and Gambit really, really needed a breather first if they're ever going to have a grown-up relationship instead of that high school train wreck they had in the 90s. Urrrgh!

[scribble_myname]

True. Thus, the word "eventually." :grins: Personally, I think they got screwed over by a couple writers, but canon is canon and we're stuck with it. :sighs:

[crabby_lioness]

I think there was a swamp gas leak in the Bullpen during the 90s. I would explain so much.....

[qara_isuke]

I agree 100% percent on this whole thing. Rogue has come a long way, and I think ultimately this is a good step for her. (My brother pointed out her "I'm too big to be scared of the dark" thing was very in line with Sookie on True Blood.) I KNOW there will be fans outraged by the choice to spend the night with Magneto, but I think it's a cool direction for all the characters involved. And it breaks a long stagnation that has followed Rogue for far too long.

Also so much ditto on Shatterstar. Haters gonna hate, and wanting a character to never change is kind of sad. Characters SHOULD grow, and evolve, and mature. PAD, like Carey, has shown a masterful touch with his characters and letting them be people. He's brought Shatterstar into adulthood, more emotionally mature and comfortable with his sexuality/sensuality. But especially lately, we've been given a lot of little touches that show PAD knows the character and his history.

In short, PAD and Mike Carey are the best writers the X-Books have right now. I loves them both so much.

[crabby_lioness]

It's wonderful to see good writing on the X-Books after such a drought. There was Whedon and parts of Morrison's run, but when damn Bendis writes your characters better than you do something is major league wrong.

1991 - 2004 were the Dark Times, with only the occasional flickeR OF

[crabby_lioness]

Sorry to take so long getting back to you. Dh spent a week rebuilding the computer.

It was foreshadowed pretty heavily back in Salvage. The way Rogue treated the Magneto projection was completely different from any other hologram, and very sensual. She knew "he" wasn't real but she couldn't keep her emotional distance from "him" as she had from the other projections. She couldn't keep her hands off "him" or keep from repeatedly asking "him" for assistance.

[russ_blackford]

Nice, interesting review. Now that Magneto and Rogue have got to this point, I'll be kinda sad if they don't stick together for at least a while. They would make a great Marvel power couple. But the main thing is that both characters - and Gambit as well - have now finally moved to a place that they can move on from, in whatever direction the writers think is best for them, rather than being stuck in the same rut that we've seen for the last 20 years.

[crabby_lioness]

I came across a comment that someone said Carey had said that Rogue/Gambit fans wouldn't like him for ten months, but to stick around. I wish this trend would last longer myself.

[russ_blackford]

Well ... there are pressures to keep Rogue and Gambit in each other's orbit, and there are pressures against making the Rogneto relationship last indefinitely (for one, Marvel is presenting a sane and pragmatic Magneto, but, fortunately, not a "reformed" one; if circumstances change, he'll again be as ruthless as he believes is needed). I think putting Rogue back with Gambit would now be an inherently regressive move, with the potential to neuter what is special about Rogue. But if it happens, I do trust Mike to make it happen in an interesting way.

[crabby_lioness]

Carey has proven himself interesting so far. I wish he was less involved with other people's crossovers, as I would like to see what he could do with an X-book without someone constantly bumping his elbow.