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Doop (xdoop) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-05 16:00:00

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char: cyclops/scott summers, char: dust/sooraya qadir, char: marvel girl/phoenix/jean grey, char: white queen/emma frost, creator: frank quitely, creator: grant morrison, group: x-men, publisher: marvel comics, title: new x-men

Grant Morrison on the Scott/Emma affair.

Back in S_D 1.0, I posted the storyline of Scott and Emma's affair from Grant Morrison's New X-Men run. I remember that there was some debate over whether or not Scott was actually cheating on Jean, since the hot sweaty sex he was having with Emma was only telepathic.

Well, here to settle the debate once and for all is Grant Morrison himself.

This is one of the questions from Grant Morrison's interview in the Comics Creators on X-Men book, which I highly recommend if you're an X-Men fan.

In your mind, did Scott and Emma commit adultery?

The way I saw it was that Jean and Scott had become remote. For me, the great emotional moment for Scott and Jean was when they ran out to die together on the moon during the Phoenix Saga. After Jean died, Scott ended up with a lot of other women. Scott was very attractive to women even though he didn't know it and I wanted to play around with that. Since he was becoming emotionally remote from Jean, because she was becoming more and more godlike, it just seemed he would naturally fall into the arms of someone more emotionally connected, which Emma actually was. Yes, it was a kind of adultery, but at the same time Jean wasn't being his wife anymore. I just felt that the spark between them had died out and it was time to give Scott someone else.

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kingrockwell
2009-09-06 02:46 am UTC (link)

that does look nice

New X-Men was actually my first exposure to Morrison and Quitely, and it didn't leave a favorable impression of either. I didn't bother with anything the two of them did until my brother, who felt about the same way about NXM, told me Flex Mentallo was surprisingly good, and it was. I've dug on Quitely ever since, so I'd heartily recommend it.

Morrison grew on me more after reading his run on Animal Man, especially. There is one line from it I've always loved that I think you might like, from peeves you've mentioned on ns_d, "Pointless death and violence are 'realistic'. Comic books are 'realistic' now." It goes through some really sad turns, but it all comes out right in the end.

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cleome45
2009-09-06 07:54 pm UTC (link)

Yes! I know so many fans who waxed rhapsodic about Morrison, in particular because of *Animal Man*. Then I see stuff like this and just go "Buh?"

I get the feeling that in general, "hot" writers and artists get first pick of properties that aren't necessarily the right fit for them. Much as in-demand actors often get cast for parts that don't necessarily suit them all that well. It's a solid move from a marketing standpoint I guess, but...

Thanks for the recommendations. :)

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	kingrockwell 2009-09-06 09:54 pm UTC (link)
	Kind of like Keanu Reeves in, well, anything? Okay okay, I'll give him Bill & Ted, but I'm still really mad about Constantine. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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