House of X #6: "I Am Not Ashamed"

[alliterator]

"I remember I was at a show and a fan came up to me and told me about this elaborate theory they had about what I had meant in an issue of, I dunno, I think it was Fantastic Four. Anyway, I remember how crushed this person was when I told them that their theory was wrong and why. I mean, this dude was wrecked, and all I could think was, 'Why did I do that?'

Because I remember when I was kid, I used to do the same thing, I'd read the book and imagine where the story went, or what happened to that side character, or what the author was really talking about. And I think that's something we've lost in the intersection of 'behind the scenes' and 'community opinion.'

So I don't do that anymore. I feel like it's my job to tell the story. Then I give that story to you. And after that, whether you love it or hate it, my sole job is not screwing up that experience for you. Because it's yours.

Anyway, that's how you duck a question."

-- Jonathan Hickman

Comments

[shadowkat]

I think I managed to miss or skip the whole Gorgon/Wolverine story-arc, because I don't remember Gorgon well enough to recognize it.

Interesting...apparently Hickman has decided to move away from mutant hating mutant or hunting down mutant bad guys, like they did in the past. Also, you have a point is Xavier pushing the animosities aside?

We have Logan bringing beers to Scott and Jean, Jean taking a beer to Emma, Logan taking one to Gorgon....and Magneto and Xavier letting bygones be bygones. Not to mention, the welcoming of Apocalypse, Sinister, Mystique, Sebastian Shaw, and Exodus to the Quiet Council -- and Gorgon to the Great Captains.

Or is there a bigger theme going on here? Hickman's view that we should join together and let go of old animosities? Hickman strikes me as more a thematic/world-building writer than necessarily a character/plot centric writer (like Claremount, Morrison, and Bendeis...), which I've mixed feelings about. Reminds me a little of Neil Gaiman in that respect.

[cainofdreaming]

Mystique?



I mean, seriously? Xavier better be doing the bad bad thing there, or you know, and they should, how that's going to end.

[scorntx]

As each issue passes, it looks less and less likely that the outcome will be all the X-Villains getting into a massive brawl with each other in an attempt to be the one who betrays and destroys the X-Men, while they just sit back with cameras and popcorn and watch the mayhem unfold.

[shadowkat]

Yes, I agree. Xavier's actions are odd here. I'm really curious to see where this is heading and what Hickman is up to, because the end of House of X felt a bit too good to be true.