Scott Summers: Dorky Dad

[auggie18]

So, recently I've been thinking about Scott Summers. He's worn a lot of hats over the years. Uptight leader guy, island nation militia leader guy, vague attempts at loner bad-ass guy. (This was mostly after the whole Apocalypse merge thing.)

But it was only going while going through my Essential X-Factor volume when I realized my favorite way that Scott has been portrayed: as a dad.



He's weirdly good with kids, when he isn't abandoning them or using them as child soldiers. I can totally see him as the dorky X-dad, driving the team around in a mini-van, telling waitresses dumb jokes and massively over-scheduling everyone.

Heck, sometimes he's even good with his own kids!









This is from X-Men Forever. It reflects Chris Claremont's original vision for Scott, which was that he would retire from being a superhero and raise his son with Maddie, only serving on the X-men in major emergencies. I really wish this had happened.

And heck, he's even kinda a dorky granddad.



Oh, Scott.