CBR: X-POSITION: Peter David's Evolving "X-Factor"

**CBR News** · 11-08-2011, 01:58 PM

"X-Factor" writer Peter David stops by for a chat on everything from fast-aging babies to the greatest X-Halloween ever! This is one you definitely don't want to miss.

Full article here.

**Siryn** · 11-08-2011, 02:14 PM

Glad to see! I always love PAD's replies, he sounds so down to earth.

This is making me get pretty excited for X-Factor. I can't wait for Havok and Lorna to join the team!

**Boozier** · 11-08-2011, 02:17 PM

I wish X-Factor was coming out this week... :(

PAD's always got fun answers. I can't wait to see what else Layla has in store.

**fod_xp** · 11-08-2011, 02:24 PM

This is making me get pretty excited for X-Factor. I can't wait for Havok and Lorna to join the team!

He is still suffering the same storytelling problems his X-Factor run has been suffering from since 2008; too many new characters becoming full-fledged team members, every member is trying to out do each other with zingy one-liners, and he never really finishes any of his main plots.

**camera23** · 11-08-2011, 02:25 PM

Yay! Good answers there as usual from PAD. I especially like the hint that he's going to finally do something good for Rahne (and that he recognises that she's been the Marvel U's chew toy for too long, even if he did have a hand in it).

The Halloween answer is priceless. I'd buy the hell out of an X-Factor Halloween one-shot.

Lovely artwork for (I assume) #227, too.

**Gracie Branch** · 11-08-2011, 02:29 PM

He kind of ducked out on those leadership questions and didn't get asked the hard ones revolving around Lorna and Havok...decent X position, I suppose. An intervention is coming at least.

**teddyeatsyourface** · 11-08-2011, 02:30 PM

So Theresa and Rahne are safe from death.

I'm thinking Guido will bite the dust

**Gracie Branch** · 11-08-2011, 02:32 PM

I don't care who they kill..as long as Monet is safe as usual.

**ExodusCloak** · 11-08-2011, 02:36 PM

Discuss the preview not the writer. Or take it to PM's. We don't want a repeat of the Professor Carey incident.

**harostar** · 11-08-2011, 02:37 PM

Darn, my question didn't get asked this time.

Still, a good X-Position. He seemed to be trying to avoid spoilers for next week, so ducked and dodged some things. But he still gave us some good hints of things to come, and I'm definitely excited for the next several issues.

It's going to be a very full cast, but I think he can manage it. It'll be interesting to see the changes in dynamic once Lorna and Alex join the team. They've got so much history with the group, and those they don't have much history with should be interesting. I don't remember them ever dealing much with Monet, and the X-Force alumni always seemed to be a pain in Alex's neck.

**harostar** · 11-08-2011, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by ExodusCloak

Discuss the preview not the writer. Or take it to PM's. We don't want a repeat of the Professor Carey incident.

Well said.

**AcesX1X** · 11-08-2011, 02:42 PM

havok still not joining the house of m anytime soon.

**fod_xp** · 11-08-2011, 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by teddyeatsyourface

So Theresa and Rahne are safe from death.

That is one thing I was a bit glad of, Rahne's character has been through the meat grinder so much in the last four years. Her outfit has a terrible color scheme, but I LOVE the artist's attention to detail by having her wear a cross necklace.

I'm thinking Guido will bite the dust

He already did, Layla resurrected him, and the problem there is she cannot resurrect the person's soul, only the body and some kind of "residual shadow personality" that becomes violently insane. She resurrected Trevor Fitzroy and he became the psychotic assassin because of Layla, who knew exactly what would happen should she resurrect Fitzroy.

Originally Posted by Gracie Branch

I don't care who they kill..as long as Monet is safe as usual.

Monet is the one that needs to die the most.

Originally Posted by harostar

When did this happen? I don't remember any such incidents involving anti-troop statements or sexism that ignored the existence of women in the military. (Believe me, I'd notice that. My best friend of 16 years served in Iraq, but is thankfully serving here at home now.) The only negative portrayal you could possibly be pointing towards was the MRD, who were villains in X-Force and the Second Coming storyline.

Well, firstly, it was Monet, the sow, who said it. It was after the arc where Jamie was hired by Hela to find Pip and then all that Hel stuff happened. IIRC, Monet said it quite loudly in front a group when she was getting pissy at the humans because they wouldn't fap to her big utters hanging out of her costume, while floating in the air like a total tool.