Emma Frost Appreciation III

[xhx23x]

LOLOLOLOLOL, psychic whip! That would be fantastic! Empathy is good for Emma too, but I actually can't differentiate between it and TP… I mean telepathists are able to do anything that empathizers can do.

Yeah, TP as of how its written now includes some aspects of empathy, but I meant more to a degree that could be out of her normal comfort zone. Getting feelings out of someone's thoughts is totally different as being in synch with how someone's feeling. No one said this adjustments had to be good or even that it would make them more powerful. Hell, it could actually mean they all got new limits to overcome now. What if what Emma experienced in AvX 9 made her even more subceptible to other people's feelings and they start to eat away of her? Or maybe her own emotions could start affecting the people around her unintentially. There's plenty of room to work with.

[Goldgeller]

I finally got somewhat caught up on the news. February for the Emma team! I'm very happy about this. Power adjustment? That seems interesting! I'd like to see Emma get some telekinetic powers. It looks like Emma will have a "Dark X-men-ish" costume-- that's good, I liked that Silvestri design. I'm excited. February isn't really that far away in comic time, but I feel like this may mean a very long time before we see much Emma action.

More and more I'm happy with the decision to put Bendis on the title in that he handles teams well and he gets the scripts in on time (Warren Ellis does teams well but will sometimes be late...) (Fraction is a better solo writer than team writer I think).

I'm excited. I'm trying to stay involved on the board... but it's a busy time with both work and games.

[Hariel0079]

New costumes. Hooray!

I'm not sure about "power adjustments" but if anyone is due for one it's Scott. The others are all pretty powerful and versatile already.

Scott's powerful too in fact. The way his body takes he could be one of the most powerful mutants around. I'm guessing they won't change him though as "leadership" is his extra power.

I think it'll be due to the size of his faction and what he'll be doing.

[ariwl1]

Yeah I'm not crazy about Emma suddenly getting TK. It might be unfair but the idea just seems so boring to me.

Having some kind of psionic weapon would be cool and not out of the question though. It used to just be Betsy's thing but over time it seemed to be that most high level telepaths could do something similar as it was more an extension of their will and imagination rather than a specific powerset.

Cable had his psi scimitar.
For a time Jean manifested a Phoenix raptor (usually bright pink as opposed to flaming) when she wasn't actually Phoenix.
Quire had his psi gun.
And in AvX Xavier was suddenly dual wielding psychic knives that could physically cut demons in two and no one batted an eyelash. It was similar to X-Men Evolution in the end where Xavier was a horseman of Apocalypse and could generate a psi scythe.

So for Emma to manifest some kind of construct may not even require a real power boost so much as her just figuring out how to do it.

[ExodusCloak]

Psionic weapons are lame IMO.

They'll probably just amp her telepathy if she's going to be at odds with the Cuckoos, Nate Grey, Quentin Quire,Rachel and Psylocke similtaneously.

They might give her TK flight and diamond form reformation though just for cause of the cape effect in AvX.

[airdreams]

Lol, yea, adjustment could mean depowerment too (I doubt it though). My concern for Emma is her role in the new team and the new era of X-Men… I guess we have to wait a long time to see her as a teacher again. Hell, we even can't tell if that's Emma or Magik now.

[Hariel0079]

Yeah I'm not crazy about Emma suddenly getting TK. It might be unfair but the idea just seems so boring to me.

Having some kind of psionic weapon would be cool and not out of the question though. It used to just be Betsy's thing but over time it seemed to be that most high level telepaths could do something similar as it was more an extension of their will and imagination rather than a specific powerset.

Cable had his psi scimitar.
For a time Jean manifested a Phoenix raptor (usually bright pink as opposed to flaming) when she wasn't actually Phoenix.
Quire had his psi gun.
And in AvX Xavier was suddenly dual wielding psychic knives that could physically cut demons in two and no one batted an eyelash. It was similar to X-Men Evolution in the end where Xavier was a horseman of Apocalypse and could generate a psi scythe.

So for Emma to manifest some kind of construct may not even require a real power boost so much as her just figuring out how to do it.

She gave it off pre-PF in the past so with having the PF as long as she had in AvX (which will likely be the case as to why for the power adjustment) she showed small feats of TK so I don't see it out of the question and I'm sure they'll push the reconstruction i deal in her diamond form, sort of intertwine them in a sense. Emma using the PF psionic abilities in the manner she did in VS#4

[ariwl1]

I'm inclined to think it's Emma if only because Magik is nearly always drawn with the solid curtain of bangs across her forehead. The X shoulder pads are throwing me off that though.

I get that being a teacher is Emma's thing, but I'm not particularly interested in seeing her return to a school setting. She can be a mentor to the new young mutants that will be popping up, the girl most likely.

[ExodusCloak]

Cyclops was going to send mutants Wolverine's way so I wonder what's up with those two new recruits. Probably their powersets have uses.

[xhx23x]

I'm inclined to think it's Emma if only because Magik is nearly always drawn with the solid curtain of bangs across her forehead. The X shoulder pads are throwing me off that though.

I get that being a teacher is Emma's thing, but I'm not particularly interested in seeing her return to a school setting. She can be a mentor to the new young mutants that will be popping up, the girl most likely.

she is approaching her first during the preview page scene.

[ariwl1]

She gave it off pre-PF in the past so with having the PF as long as she had in AvX (which will likely be the case as to why for the power adjustment) she showed small feats of TK so I don't see it out of the question and I'm sure they'll push the reconstruction i deal in her diamond form, sort of intertwine them in a sense. Emma using the PF psionic abilities in the manner she did in VS#4

I know she's shown signs of being TK latent before so that's all well and good. I just don't find the prospect of her actually getting it all that interesting especially since Maggie's on the team and magnetism and TK are often shown as being interchangeable. I just get annoyed sometimes when characters win the random power roulette when there's more than enough potential with their base powerset. If young Jean shows up and suddenly develops super strength or mystic plant abilities I'm just going to raise an eyebrow.

Cyclops was going to send mutants Wolverine's way so I wonder what's up with those two new recruits. Probably their powersets have uses.

The school doesn't seem to have an age limit so they'd be welcome, but the new characters both appear to be young adults and thus can do more or less whatever they want and they might side with Cyclops for reasons. In fact I'm betting that's the new mutant girl on the left of the new cover preview.

she is approaching her first during the preview page scene.

PROJECT!

[Hariel0079]

I know she's shown signs of being TK latent before so that's all well and good. I just don't find the prospect of her actually getting it all that interesting especially since Maggie's on the team and magnetism and TK are often shown as being interchangeable. I just get annoyed sometimes when characters win the random power roulette when there's more than enough potential with their base powerset. If young Jean shows up and suddenly develops super strength or mystic plant abilities I'm just going to raise an eyebrow.

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I see what your saying, I'm just not going to rule it out. Being it's Bendis Don't be surprised by the outcome.

[Hariel0079]

Cyclops was going to send mutants Wolverine's way so I wonder what's up with those two new recruits. Probably their powersets have uses.

I'm thinking it has to do with Bendis recent interview, where he mentions that Cykes new role of how many love and adore him for what he did during AvX and see his revolutinary way of doing things, kind of like Malcom X and building followers.

[ExodusCloak]

I'm thinking it has to do with Bendis recent interview, where he mentions that Cykes new role of how many love and adore him for what he did during AvX and see his revolutinary way of doing things, kind of like Malcom X and building followers.

It's not very practical though when you're meant to be on the run from the rest of the world.

[xhx23x]

It's not very practical though when you're meant to be on the run from the rest of the world.

how practical do you have to be when you have a telepath, a demon sorceress and mag-freaking-neto on your side? Not to mention secret SWORD support. It will be hard to catch them again.