((Some of your posts left me grossly sobbing. No matter what, Jean/Scott is my endgame. Awesome blog!))
Thanks.
I know lots of people interpret their relationship as something done for appearances, or based on inertia more than love. I disagree. I think they loved each other very much, but as the years went by, they did not know how to change the rhythm of their relationship to changing circumstances. Scott did not know how to express the new thoughts and feelings in his head, so deathly afraid Jean would reject him. She did not know how to bring it out of him, and communication fell apart. I think their new experiences actually make provide a better foundation this time around, should they get back together.
Scott is still hopelessly in love with her. There is no question about that. Jean’s feeling are still there as well, but mixed with confusion and frustration. I have no problems accepting her original reactions to finding out about Xavier’s death. Add to that, he is a huge connection to a fate she desperately wants to escape, and she is doing anything she can to stay out of the box it puts her in.
I think Scott is going to be a man who can appreciate the spontaneity of life better, this time around. He is developing relationships that require more emotion out of him. The adventures he will have with his dad are going to be a tremendous boon for him. They are a solid development piece he missed the first time around. I will probably live a little vicariously through him as I read those issues.
X-23 might get romantic, but I don’t see that as a long term status. I see those two growing to be very close friends. I can’t minimize the importance of him developing a deep camaraderie with a female who he is not sexual with.
The shock of finding out what life had in store for him was brutal, but the events that followed it up are going to make him a better man than than he was before. Nix that. It will make him a less emotionally broken man, who has a clear image of who he is without the word X-Man being attached.
This time, Jean won’t grow up with the halo around her head.
If they get back together, it will be an eyes wide open situation, and their changed experiences will better allow them to adapt their relationship to life’s changes.













