Betsy Braddock: Captain Britain #1: "Returns Home, Having Changed."

[alliterator]

"First of all, it's really exciting to finally be able to say, 'okay they're in a relationship,'" Howard says of Betsy and Rachel. "They're staying together. But the fact is, they both work really hard jobs and they probably don't have as much time to sit around and catch up on Bake Off or whatever. So it's really important to balance that stress. This has always been the thing for Betsy: You have the thing you want, but can you let yourself enjoy it? That's a very Betsy thing, to think 'maybe I don't deserve this.'"
-- Entertainment Weekly

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[alliterator]

"Saturnyne was going to give them the sword anyway because she had to, there was nothing stopping Brian from just... you know, giving it to Betsy like he already did."

No, she wasn't. She was going to give Brian the Sword after making him Captain Britain again, which he did NOT want to be. "Oh, but he could have just given it to Betsy," no, that's not how magic works. It would have bonded him to the Sword and job forever.

I mean, that's why when Saturnyne performs the ritual to return the Captain Britain Corps later on -- the explicit love spell, which she thinks will bring Brian to her -- it doesn't work and instead creates a corps based on Betsy: Brian never agreed to be Captain Britain for Saturnyne. If he had, this entire thing would have been different.

"She still destroyed the amulet."

An amulet which does not matter anymore.

"She’s possessive of the title, when she goes “maybe I don’t deserve to be Captain Britain” and someone else goes “yeah you don’t” then she’s suddenly all “Well screw you, you won’t take this from me without a fight!”."

...I don't understand, you're angry that she's insecure and then when people try to play on those insecurities, she gets angry and pushes back against them? That's...bad to you?

"And was making Brian brandish the Sword of Might part of their plan?"

She didn't make Brian wield the Sword of Might, he agreed to do it himself. The issue ends with them firmly cementing their bond as siblings.

Once again, you are fundamentally misunderstanding everything that happened.

[deh_tommy]

What I am is just tired. You win again. Let’s just agree to disagree regarding our feelings and unless it’s directly relevant to the scans I’ll stop giving out about her.

[laughing_tree]

FWIW, I appreciate your comments on this particular topic.