Now, Peter through the movie has been wanting to see Erik again, having worked out the truth, but has mixed feelings as well (not surprisingly). But seeing Erik busy aiding global destruction, he doesn't tell him, either. Instead, he says that he's here "for family" and goes off with Raven to save the world. That was such an unexpected and welcome overturning of the expected "I'm your son/Well, in that case..." trope, I can't tell you.
I really, really wanted Peter to tell him in the moment, but yeah, I agree with all this-- it was much a much less predictable and much stronger character choice to have Erik make the choice for the reasons he did, and not just because MY SON??? And it's was really in character for Peter, too-- it's not like his mother spent 10 years building up some idealized image of Erik, and he met him as a teen and wouldn't have the illusions he might otherwise have had. He really doesn't know him. And like, *I* strongly suspect Erik probably would have been like MY SON??? and it would have gone a long way towards snapping him out of the irrational "destroy all humans" state he was in, but Peter has no reason to expect that. For all *he* knows, he could blurt out "I'm your son," and Erik would be like "Oh cool, let's definitely catch up in the post-apocalyptic kingdom of Apocalypse, BRB destroying all humans."
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Date: 2016-05-28 06:53 pm (UTC)Now, Peter through the movie has been wanting to see Erik again, having worked out the truth, but has mixed feelings as well (not surprisingly). But seeing Erik busy aiding global destruction, he doesn't tell him, either. Instead, he says that he's here "for family" and goes off with Raven to save the world. That was such an unexpected and welcome overturning of the expected "I'm your son/Well, in that case..." trope, I can't tell you.
I really, really wanted Peter to tell him in the moment, but yeah, I agree with all this-- it was much a much less predictable and much stronger character choice to have Erik make the choice for the reasons he did, and not just because MY SON??? And it's was really in character for Peter, too-- it's not like his mother spent 10 years building up some idealized image of Erik, and he met him as a teen and wouldn't have the illusions he might otherwise have had. He really doesn't know him. And like, *I* strongly suspect Erik probably would have been like MY SON??? and it would have gone a long way towards snapping him out of the irrational "destroy all humans" state he was in, but Peter has no reason to expect that. For all *he* knows, he could blurt out "I'm your son," and Erik would be like "Oh cool, let's definitely catch up in the post-apocalyptic kingdom of Apocalypse, BRB destroying all humans."