Also, billytea is coming to the States soon. I'd call that...a triumph of the Will.
I caught her on a park bench, making out with a *chaos* demon! Have you ever seen a chaos demon? They're all slime and antlers.
Spike ,'Sleeper'
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Polter-Cow - Jun 19, 2006 9:18:02 pm PDT #9665 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Frankenbuddha - Jun 20, 2006 4:15:52 am PDT #9666 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Oddly enough, I just clicked on COMM to see that tommyrot made a Riefenstahl joke elsewhere (I know not the context) very recently. Synchronicity or the first warning sign of the Apocalypse? We retort, you decide.
Context says, it is all but certain to be the apocalypse: tommyrot "Natter 45: Smooth as Billy Dee Williams." Jun 19, 2006 12:38:55 pm PDT
Hayden - Jun 20, 2006 6:11:23 am PDT #9667 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
That was absolutely terrifying.
Dana - Jun 20, 2006 9:51:08 am PDT #9668 of 10000
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
Polter-Cow - Jun 20, 2006 12:12:51 pm PDT #9669 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
I nominate Plei!
Frankenbuddha - Jun 20, 2006 4:06:04 pm PDT #9670 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
New Astounishing tomorrow.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 21, 2006 4:15:02 pm PDT #9671 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I must confess, I quite enjoyed seeing Cassandra Nova transplanting what appears to be Daffy Duck's personality into Logan. Far too often he's portrayed, in Kirklike fashion, as the one person who keeps his wits or isn't affected by the psychoactive drug/mesmerism/whammy when this is exactly the sort of thing that he should have little defense against.
I do worry that Cassandra will be essentially unstoppable without a Xavier or Jean Grey-level telepath coming to the rescue. Though it has been a while since the latter began her dirt nap, so maybe she's due for a wake-up call...
Frankenbuddha - Jun 22, 2006 3:33:09 am PDT #9672 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I SO enjoyed that too Matt (you're first comment). Now I'm waiting for an "Of course you know, this means war." from Kitty (which we sorta got).
I'm still trying to figure out if Emma has really gone bad. She doesn't seem terribly happy that everything is going as planned. On the other hand, she also seemed to really enjoy messing with Scott's head. On the other other hand, Cyclops is a dick, so who wouldn't.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 22, 2006 5:49:24 am PDT #9673 of 10000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I get the feeling that Emma doesn't want to betray everyone, but if it's a choice between betraying them or getting chewed up by Cassandra she's going to look out for #1. Still, Kitty may have been invited as her ace in the hole to mess up the plan.
I was impressed by the fight between Peter and Sebastian Shaw, where the latter was showing some effects from the punches even as he absorbed their force. I don't know if that means Peter's gotten stronger, Shaw's gotten older, or if they're just inserting it as a heretofore unseen indication that his powers don't absorb quite 100% of the energy directed against him. Not sure I liked the droplet of liquid metal trickling down Peter's lip, though.
After posting last night I started wondering if the mysterious hooded figure might turn out to BE Jean. It would be another callback to the original Hellfire Club storyline, which Joss and John seem to be echoing quite consciously in that last panel. And whoa, if we think Scott is messed up now...
Frankenbuddha - Jun 22, 2006 6:33:43 am PDT #9674 of 10000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Matt, I'm not familiar with the storyline you referenced in the at the end of your post - is there someplace online I can find out about that, or is it brief enough that you can explicate (in white font if need be)?
As to the last part of your first comment, that's almost how I read the end of the issue, but I went back to double-check and thought otherwise - maybe my initial read will be right after all. It probably would be a help if I knew more about these Hellfire Club folks - I'm not sure what everyone's powers are.