Re: New Astonishing X-Men (spoilers)


"Nathan P. Mahney" <nmahney@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> > > Dan McEwen wrote:
>> > > > Christian Smith <christian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>> > > > > On 31 Aug 2005 14:46:48 -0700,"Hand-of-Omega"
>> > > > > <handofomega@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
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>> > > > >>SPOILED stuff, below...
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>> > > > >>So, it WAS Sabastian Shaw and the Hellfire Club Emma's been
> talking
>> to
>> > > > >>all this time! I called it!! But who's the one in the
> wheelchair...?
>> > > > >>
>> > > > > Would this be the Hellfire Club that CC has been slowly
>> > > > > developing
>> > > > > with Sage and 'Berto DaCosta running things or another editorial
>> > > > > ignore that CC will have to tie into his plans now?
>> > > >
>> > > > I'd ignore it, too. Neither is suited to the Hellfire Club since,
>> > > > traditionally, the HC isn't composed of nice guys.
>> > >
>> > > Roberto is a member due to his father being one. The > Braddocks,
>> Warren
>> > > Worthington and even non-muntant Tony Stark have
>> > > membership in the
>> > > club.
>> >
>> > Yes, but Roberto was recently inducted as Black King of the Inner
> Circle.
>>
>> Except he was promoted to the new rank of "Lord Emperor" or "Chairman
>> Supreme" or something wasn't he, he's now, more than a little
>> implausibly,
>> the head of the WHOLE Hellfire operation, he outranks the Inner Circle.
>>
>> > It would be very very nice if Whedon's version of the Hellfire Club
>> doesn't
>> > run roughshod over that - I'm sick to death of X-book plots that begin
> and
>> > are then never finished.
>>
>> Technically, when we saw the London Club in UXM, if > they didn't want to
> ride
>> roughshod over an established concept they should
>> have had the Black and RED
>> Inner Circle members, not Black and White. Warren
>> Ellis established a
>> difference in the English Club when he was writing
>> Excalibur as Black and
>> Red are more traditional old opposites in chess (Look > at "Alice Through
> the Looking Glass")
>
> Small stuff like that doesn't bother me. I generally don't mind when
> stories contradict old continuity, unless its something major and
> irreconcilable. What really irks me is when the plot in one currently
> running story contradicts the plot in another currently running story.
>
> Whedon isn;t necessarily doing that, of course. All we've seen so far is
> Sebastian Shaw and some other baddies lurking in the shadows. They may
> not
> be the official Inner Circle, it could be Shaw trying to regain his old
> position. For now, the benefit of the doubt rests with Joss.

I see it as you say. Shaw is just trying gain forces to overtake the current
crop of Inner Circle baddies. And looking at who he has on his side, I'd say
he wins. Except Selene is always tough.

Dave


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