Powers of X #6 - "House of X"

[laughing_tree]

I have some general philosophies on what kind of work you should do at Marvel, that I try and adhere to. I think the stories should be big. Any time you can mine your continuity and the existing continuity of the company in a way that evokes a response from audience and not confusion, that’s powerful, and you’re crazy not to utilize it when you’re writing these books. The cardinal rule beyond that is at the end of the day, after you’ve torn up the playroom and scattered all the toys, you put everything all back on the shelf. Don’t be an a—hole and leave a mess. You want to tell stories that matter, but the way you write things that matter in Marvel is that you’re not destructive, you’re additive. -- Jonathan Hickman

Comments

[shadowkat]

Agree. Also people (human or mutant) tend to be somewhat selfishly motivated by design. Moira does what interests or furthers Moira's cause, not really looking past Moira. It doesn't matter to Moira if the children she had in the previous life make it into the next one. It doesn't matter if she had helped anyone as a teacher. Her ego wants more than that. She wants to either save or eradicate the mutant race. When she tries to "cure" or "eradicate" it --- Destiny intervenes and pushes her on the opposite path. But Moira's motivations are all in her own self-interest. She accuses both Magneto and Xavier of being arrogant, but truly she is -- because of her past lives, she thinks she knows everything and how to stop it. It's an interesting take on the savior complex.