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Super Freak
Re: Marvel Main Events (Spoilers) [Currently Dark Reign]
Well, now we know that the Professor Xavier being paraded around by Norman is in actuality Mystique, whom Emma seemed quite ready to execute on the spot if given permission... but the fact alone that she would be asking permission, and from Norman Osborn, is the way the tables have turned in the Marvel U right now. I like that Mystique has been outfitted with nanites in the same respect that the Thunderbolt team members were, but with hers having the added feature of an explosive capacity to render her little more than a crimson mist, should she step out of line. I wouldn't count Emma out just yet. She is as she has ever been - extremely provocative in terms of both her actions and her motivation. Her villainy has boundaries, unlike the other members of the Cabal; she joined Norman's alliance for a noble reason, that being the safeguarding of mutant kind. You'll notice that in Utopia, Emma's turncoat actions don't strike Scott as particularly bothersome, but rather compelling. Watching Scott as he witnesses Emma's activity seems more like a pensive chess player observing a mate's clever move in admiration, rather than gauging a petulant, traitorous opponent and yearning to strike a devastating blow. Norman legitimately believes Emma to be playing for his team, and right now I'm not entirely certain she's not playing for Scott's as well. She may very well not be motivated by power, as Norman and the other members of the Cabal largely are, but rather still by a desire to safeguard her kind. Better to be at the right hand of the devil than in his path...
In terms of Avengers power players, Ares is, after all, a god. The god of war, for that matter. Very, very few things give him pause on the field of battle. I find it difficult to calculate many who could oppose him in a protracted fight. Ares, Moonstone, and the Sentry are the heavy-hitters that the Dark Avengers have going for them, and being that we saw the Void make his Dark Reign arrival in the last Dark Avengers issue, I'd say the odds are heavily stacked in the Avengers' favor. I LOVE the feral angle with Venom, allowing him to feast upon both the flesh of the innocent and prisoners' alike. He's an attack dog, Norman's little Rancor to whom he can toss all troublemakers and leave them little more than stains on the floor. This last issue of Dark Avengers was easily my favorite. We continue to see an interesting dynamic play out between Norman and Bob, particularly when he calls upon the Void to make an example of the Atlanteans. I'm curious what Namor will think of all this, but again with Bob at his beckon call few can oppose him... at least until Bob blows a fuse, in which case everyone on the planet will have much bigger worries than the Dark Reign. A very, very, very strong issue for the Dark Avengers. And overall I like what I'm reading in Utopia thus far.
Well, now we know that the Professor Xavier being paraded around by Norman is in actuality Mystique, whom Emma seemed quite ready to execute on the spot if given permission... but the fact alone that she would be asking permission, and from Norman Osborn, is the way the tables have turned in the Marvel U right now. I like that Mystique has been outfitted with nanites in the same respect that the Thunderbolt team members were, but with hers having the added feature of an explosive capacity to render her little more than a crimson mist, should she step out of line. I wouldn't count Emma out just yet. She is as she has ever been - extremely provocative in terms of both her actions and her motivation. Her villainy has boundaries, unlike the other members of the Cabal; she joined Norman's alliance for a noble reason, that being the safeguarding of mutant kind. You'll notice that in Utopia, Emma's turncoat actions don't strike Scott as particularly bothersome, but rather compelling. Watching Scott as he witnesses Emma's activity seems more like a pensive chess player observing a mate's clever move in admiration, rather than gauging a petulant, traitorous opponent and yearning to strike a devastating blow. Norman legitimately believes Emma to be playing for his team, and right now I'm not entirely certain she's not playing for Scott's as well. She may very well not be motivated by power, as Norman and the other members of the Cabal largely are, but rather still by a desire to safeguard her kind. Better to be at the right hand of the devil than in his path...
In terms of Avengers power players, Ares is, after all, a god. The god of war, for that matter. Very, very few things give him pause on the field of battle. I find it difficult to calculate many who could oppose him in a protracted fight. Ares, Moonstone, and the Sentry are the heavy-hitters that the Dark Avengers have going for them, and being that we saw the Void make his Dark Reign arrival in the last Dark Avengers issue, I'd say the odds are heavily stacked in the Avengers' favor. I LOVE the feral angle with Venom, allowing him to feast upon both the flesh of the innocent and prisoners' alike. He's an attack dog, Norman's little Rancor to whom he can toss all troublemakers and leave them little more than stains on the floor. This last issue of Dark Avengers was easily my favorite. We continue to see an interesting dynamic play out between Norman and Bob, particularly when he calls upon the Void to make an example of the Atlanteans. I'm curious what Namor will think of all this, but again with Bob at his beckon call few can oppose him... at least until Bob blows a fuse, in which case everyone on the planet will have much bigger worries than the Dark Reign. A very, very, very strong issue for the Dark Avengers. And overall I like what I'm reading in Utopia thus far.
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The Dark X-Men arrest all the rioters and Emma sees the young mutants being put into mask that look like torture devices; several of the Dark X-Men do not like this and the Dark Avengers start talking crap to them and a massive fight breaks out between the two.
Curious what then would constitute a good villain for you, though. But I won't quibble. I'll leave you to your druthers. Fine by me that Norman's being set up for the fall. The fragile psyche does that already, and makes him more interesting. The man loves being an outright bastard; I respect that. It's never, "I legitimately have everyone's best interests at heart and am merely achieving noble ends through unconventional means." No. He's a villain for villainy's sake. He's an absolutely despicable human being through and through who doesn't want to better the world, but raze it whimsically from its banal foundations while living comfortably. It'll be a hell of a lot of fun even while the house of cards comes crashing down, and guaranteed Norman won't go down alone when the time comes. 
I love Iron Man, but Thor rocks
