(Now later in the storyline we’ll see what Emma does when she wants/needs to destroy Scott’s confidence, and it’s not pretty.
Surely that conversation, in a twisted way, also has its therapeutic aspects? ("You hear one thing in this room that isn't at least a little bit true...")
I can't help but read that as one action serving many agendas, like a good chess move. "The Hellfire Club" wants to remove Cyclops, an X-Man, from the field; Emma Frost is helping the man she loves deal with his issues, but can't be completely dispassionate or self-effacing... she helps as she can. And I don't mean to reduce everything to easy dualities- I think there are more interpretations, and I think of the crowd of Emmas on the cover of AXM 18- but it's very late....
Came in late
(Now later in the storyline we’ll see what Emma does when she wants/needs to destroy Scott’s confidence, and it’s not pretty.
Surely that conversation, in a twisted way, also has its therapeutic aspects? ("You hear one thing in this room that isn't at least a little bit true...")
I can't help but read that as one action serving many agendas, like a good chess move. "The Hellfire Club" wants to remove Cyclops, an X-Man, from the field; Emma Frost is helping the man she loves deal with his issues, but can't be completely dispassionate or self-effacing... she helps as she can. And I don't mean to reduce everything to easy dualities- I think there are more interpretations, and I think of the crowd of Emmas on the cover of AXM 18- but it's very late....
Anyway, as I said, great essay.