If I understand correctly, Jean absorbed her mainline connection to the Phoenix from Maddy via the Wrath of Khan-style suicide mindmeld the latter shared with her at the end of Inferno.
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Rachel also gets thrown way into the future along with a rescued Nate, who she raises, and then he comes back into our present and becomes Cable.
Cable is the son of Scott and Maddy (who is the evil-raised clone of Jean?)? And raised by his half-sister (genetically full sister since Maddy's a clone) from an alternative future. Huh. See what happens when you don't look at comics for a decade. So, didn't Cable and Storm have a thing? If they'd married then Scott would be her father-in-law. Is Maddy gone now?
Oh, yeah, and Sinister cloned Jean to make Maddy so she could be the Goblyn Queen who also apparently dies (along with other X folk) and then goes ballistic and tries to kill everyone. She may also sleep with Scott's brother at this time.
Madelyne also comes back as a psychic projection of Cable's, becomes independent of him, goes evil, goes good, ages when Cable weakens, and was killed by another version of herself.
Or something.
I thought Cable was native american. Where did I get that idea?
Jean absorbed her mainline connection to the Phoenix from Maddy
How did Maddy get it, though? They kinda made that messy. If Jean was never Phoenix, why did Maddy get a connection?
didn't Cable and Storm have a thing?
I hope not. Not while I was reading, anyway.
Cable is the son of Scott and Maddy (who is the evil-raised clone of Jean?)?
Ayup. It's a family affair, for real.
There is a whole section of X-Men history, in the post-Claremont years that I sincerely close my eyes, put my fingers in my ears, and hum loudly. Except that I have to know about the White Queen....
I thought Cable was native american. Where did I get that idea?
You may be mistaking him for Forge, who is Native American and did have a thing with Storm (he made the gun that mistakenly took away her powers).
You may be mistaking him for Forge, who is Native American and did have a thing with Storm (he made the gun that mistakenly took away her powers).
Aha! There's the confusion. Yes, Forge. Okay, that's different.
How did Maddy get it, though? They kinda made that messy. If Jean was never Phoenix, why did Maddy get a connection?
When the faux Jean killed herself on the moon in X-Men #137, the Phoenix force tried to return all its memories of walking around in Jean's form to her, along with an unintended sizeable dollop of cosmic power. It missed her coccoon under Jamaica Bay and instead slung 'em into Mr. Sinister's artificially-aged, not-yet-programmed Jean clone. Sinister implanted fake memories of a life as Madelyn Pryor and manipulated her into meeting Scott as part of a big byzantine scheme. The rapport to the Phoenix power apparently went dormant upon her initial awakening (with a few subtle hints that it was working in the background), then activated when Maddy got corrupted by demons.
They NEVER explained exactly what the deal was with an elementary school aged Maddy Pryor appearing in Avengers Annual #10, which is listed as Maddy's first appearance.
(with a few subtle hints that it was working in the background)
Like the flames in the plane crash, IIRC.
So .. in Rachel's future, the Phoenix force finds the right chick, I guess.