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scans_dailyMostly Magneto & Pietro family drama really.
(3 pages & a half from Avengers Academy 22 & 4 pages from Avengers Origins: Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch)
Last week in Avengers Academy, Magneto was, along with the X-Men, a guest in order to help with a small matter.
To complicate matters, Finesse, one of the student, has been asking (blackmailing ^^) Pietro to teach what Magneto used to teach him during his time in the Brotherhood of Hipster Mutant. As a result, they have started to establish a rapport.
Magneto accepts to help on condition that Pietro accepts never to "meddle" in mutants affair. That goes as well as you would expect it would.
At which point Finesse uncharacteristically loses her shit and attack Maggs.
Yeah, that went well. Eventually less dramatically-minded people preveil and end the fight, and they go back to discuss this in a less heated manner.
And as an epilogue:
awww.
Overall pretty good stuff. The story managed to show Mags as an utter egotistical prick to Pietro while still showing that he cares, he's just utterly useless at it. Pietro is volatile, but mostly in sympathetic ways. The way it was used to develop Finesse and Pietro's relationship especially worked well (especially given how usually emotionally clueless and overly rational and emotionless in demeanors she is - I'm a sucker for characters who are usually so in control of their emotions that it takes them totally by surprise when they have an outburst), with some nice echos of Pietro's relationship with Luna (and how well that went), as well as conveying the difficulties Finesse has had with her own parents and why she can admire this in Pietro.
But, speaking of the bygone silver age times:
This week in Avengers Origins: Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch.
Early days in the Brotherhood, after having been rescued by Magneto, Wanda becomes pretty close to him whereas Pietro remains suspicious.
Pietro rushes back to them and confronts Magneto, asking him to remove his helmet - which he does. Before Pietro can explain himself they are interrupted by the X-Men attacking...
Later on Wanda also takes a distaste to Magneto's methods and objectives, which he does not take kindly to, and the twin run off.
And then they joined the Avengers!
Okay that wasn't horrid. Gave much more attention to Pietro than to Wanda, sadly, but I thought it struck a nice balance between silver age crazy terrorist!Magneto and the tragic character he can be. No doubt, someone will say that giving that much reason for Pietro and Wanda to suspect Erik is their father contradicts old canon, though.
(3 pages & a half from Avengers Academy 22 & 4 pages from Avengers Origins: Quicksilver and the Scarlet Witch)
Last week in Avengers Academy, Magneto was, along with the X-Men, a guest in order to help with a small matter.
To complicate matters, Finesse, one of the student, has been asking (blackmailing ^^) Pietro to teach what Magneto used to teach him during his time in the Brotherhood of Hipster Mutant. As a result, they have started to establish a rapport.
Magneto accepts to help on condition that Pietro accepts never to "meddle" in mutants affair. That goes as well as you would expect it would.
At which point Finesse uncharacteristically loses her shit and attack Maggs.
Yeah, that went well. Eventually less dramatically-minded people preveil and end the fight, and they go back to discuss this in a less heated manner.
And as an epilogue:
awww.
Overall pretty good stuff. The story managed to show Mags as an utter egotistical prick to Pietro while still showing that he cares, he's just utterly useless at it. Pietro is volatile, but mostly in sympathetic ways. The way it was used to develop Finesse and Pietro's relationship especially worked well (especially given how usually emotionally clueless and overly rational and emotionless in demeanors she is - I'm a sucker for characters who are usually so in control of their emotions that it takes them totally by surprise when they have an outburst), with some nice echos of Pietro's relationship with Luna (and how well that went), as well as conveying the difficulties Finesse has had with her own parents and why she can admire this in Pietro.
But, speaking of the bygone silver age times:
This week in Avengers Origins: Quicksilver & Scarlet Witch.
Early days in the Brotherhood, after having been rescued by Magneto, Wanda becomes pretty close to him whereas Pietro remains suspicious.
Pietro rushes back to them and confronts Magneto, asking him to remove his helmet - which he does. Before Pietro can explain himself they are interrupted by the X-Men attacking...
Later on Wanda also takes a distaste to Magneto's methods and objectives, which he does not take kindly to, and the twin run off.
And then they joined the Avengers!
Okay that wasn't horrid. Gave much more attention to Pietro than to Wanda, sadly, but I thought it struck a nice balance between silver age crazy terrorist!Magneto and the tragic character he can be. No doubt, someone will say that giving that much reason for Pietro and Wanda to suspect Erik is their father contradicts old canon, though.
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Date: 2011-11-24 10:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-11-24 10:31 pm (UTC)It's an awesome game :p
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Date: 2011-11-24 10:35 pm (UTC)