Two panels from A VS. X #1 and some rambling.

[starwolf_oakley]

Two panels from AVENGERS VS. X-MEN #1. And some rambling afterwards.





Where do I begin?

Cyclops is looking through rose-colored glasses (zing!) to think the Phoenix Force coming to Earth might be a good thing. Phoenix will fix things for mutants exactly how? There will be mutant births? And (as I've said before) those mutants won't get their powers until they are teenagers (minus any time travel tomfoolery). Unless they just "activate" like the Five Lights, which STILL doesn't make sense, even by X-Men standards.

It would be nice if Cyclops said "It has to be Hope's decision." Except Cyclops doesn't want it to be Hope's decision.

Captain America can't be wrong. That was the point behind Civil War. And why things fell apart during Secret Invasion, which led to Dark Reign. Yes, it can be annoying, and is why Iron Man was turned into a fascist. But that's how it is. Captain America can't be wrong.

One point that Cyclops *might* have is Cap being too far away from everything. Grant Morrison's reveal that Project: Rebirth and the Super Soldier Serum was originally supposed to kill mutants, not Nazis, may be a factor. (Thanks, Grant! I say sarcastically.)

So, basically, Captain America can't be wrong and Cyclops is an idiot with some minor points. Well, that resolves A VS. X for me!

Comments

[lascoden]

Here's an idea: Shoot Hope into space at the Phoenix. She's off Earth, so Cap is happy. She'll merge with the Phoenix, if that's what it wants, so Cyke is happy. Earth is safe, the PF has a host, everybody's happy. I know giving the monster what it wants is usually bad, but when that monster is actually nice now-and-again, and it can destroy existence by blinking, I'd be willing to make an exception.

[hyperactivator]

The only thing that the Phoenix Force has been doing in this series is scrubing all life from planets and then making plants grow in its place. There is absolutely no reason to think that it won't do the same to earth.

[lascoden]

It's coming to Earth for Hope, so if she's not there it would have no reason to go. If anything, she might be able to direct it away from Earth if it's in destroy everything mode. Cap's plan is apparently to get her off world, and then go punch the Phoenix in the face, which is damn near suicidal if you ask me.

[anamnesis]

Only if you ignore previous continuity.

Untampered, the Phoenix Force has been shown to be pro-Earth if only because of humanity's future. The Force only destroys worlds at evolutionary stagnation, so that new life could go in its place.

Earth is anything but at a dead end. Humanity and its evolution are intended to replace the cosmic abstracts. Eternity said so itself to Jean Grey. Destroying humanity would not be in its best interests.