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Doop (xdoop) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-09-15 01:08:00

Entry tags:

char: white queen/emma frost, char: wolverine/logan/james howlett, creator: brian michael bendis, creator: olivier coipel, group: avengers, group: x-men, title: house of m

Are Wolverine and Emma Frost hypocrites?

In House of M #1, Wolverine and Emma are the only ones who say that Wanda should be killed.

Xavier says he can't. Emma asks Strange, who says he's still researching.

Yet...

Wolverine is still trying to protect his son Daken, who's a rapist, a murderer, and an all-around scumbag.

And in X-Men: Phoenix - Warsong, Emma swears revenge on the Phoenix entity for wiping out all the Cuckoo clones (with the exception of the Three-in-One), despite the fact that Sublime had created them to destroy mutantkind and that they had almost done so beforehand.

So why is it okay to kill Wanda but not Daken or the Cuckoos?

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	starwolf_oakley 2009-09-15 05:24 am UTC (link)
	Both Emma and Logan operate on a "case by case" basis. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	ulf_boehnke 2009-09-15 07:18 pm UTC (link)
	I think it's more of a "writer by writer" basis. (Reply to this) (Parent)

neuhallidae
2009-09-15 05:27 am UTC (link)

Because it's different when they're your babies. You're sure you can fix them, and damn all consequences otherwise. Whereas anyone else, even someone who's been your friend for any length of time, deserves to be shot in the head if they go insane and do something bad.

Or at least that's how it always goes in fiction. I couldn't tell you anything about the mindset in real life.

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	aaron_bourque 2009-09-15 06:40 am UTC (link)
	Because it's different when they're your babies Heh. Didn't Wanda do what she did because of her babies? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	silverzeo 2009-09-15 05:39 am UTC (link)
	But then again, how many other superpowered being, namely those of Superman or Dr. Strange's level of powers, have gone insane, risk destroying the world, but didn't? And this also brings up the issue way is nearly every other hero today is going for the "Kill" option for solving their problems? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	silverzeo 2009-09-15 05:34 am UTC (link)
	The answer is simple my friends, the writers. They think Emma and Wolverine are emotional detached, thus making them as much jerks as the enforcers of the Superhuman Registration Act, doing what they think is right while being complete jerks about it. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jaybee3 2009-09-15 05:36 am UTC (link)
	Sure, they're hypocrites - based on who's writing them. One thing I've always noticed is that comic book readers actually pay more attention to character continuity than the people who put out the books do (most of the time at least). How many times have we seen writers who haven't done the research on the characters they're supposed to be giving lines to? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	My answer is Yes, but freezer818 2009-09-15 05:39 am UTC (link)
	A) Really, when has Emma not been a hypocrite? B) Logan would probably admit as such, but wouldn't change his actions one iota. (Reply to this)