Oh, well that sucks for Utopia lol
Haha, Bastion is like 10 steps ahead of them. Everything they think they have covered, he already has a way to counteract and shut them down. He's becoming one of my favorite villians. He's more badass and intelligent here than he was in OZT, and he was a pretty tough dude back then. One of the reasons he's so effective is bc he isnt donig this on his own. He has a whole cartel of villians who share similar goals that he's been collaborating with. Stephen Lang, Stryker, Cameron Hodge, the Leper Queen, Donald Pierce, Graydon Creed, Boliver Trask... Between all of them, he pretty much has bases covered and they've all provided inputs on how to proceed with things.
Scott should have had his own group to consult and strategize with. Xavier, Magneto, Storm, Emma, Beast, Warren, Iceman, Namor, Nightcrawler, etc... Instead he took the sole responsibility of handling this by himself and kept it all a secret from his closest friends and strongest allies. I will never understand why. Why not warn them; allow them an oppurtunity to provide some input, strategize on the best way to handle things and preventing the villians from having a chance to completely blindside them.
Bleh. I'd have gotten to this sooner, but apparently I have customers at work tonight. Talk about sucky.
Anyway. No, Cyclops had X-Force as a hit squad. They're death-dealers, not infiltrators and espionage experts, even if at least three of the people on the team could have performed admirably at those roles. Furthermore, the title was meant as an action title, not as a thriller or mystery title. And I don't know that Yost and Kyle could have written an engaging thriller/mystery title.
Correct. They were a hit squad and its via this hit squad that they found out about Bastion's return, as well as the techno organic virus and the other villains resurrections. He knew they were planning to strike against them He had X-force kill off the minor threats that the bigger villians were posing. They were killing off minions, not really dealing with the main problem. He should have shared what he learned from X-force wtih the other X-men. Did he know everything? No, but he did know enoug that some of their biggest threats were back, conspiring together and were plotting to take out the X-men. Thats why he had X-force to take them out before they could get a chance to achieve that goal. Didnt quite work out for him how he envisioned it
It is integral to the story of Second Coming for Cyclops to be blind. He can't do aught but react to the actual or perceived threat because he has no idea of the capabilities the threat possesses. This is a desired piece of the narrative and fitting with what has come before. Presumably, this is all for a supreme pay-off toward the end of the crossover. If that does not happen, that is another matter entirely, and the quality of the narrative has to pay the price.
Yes, him being an idiot is integral to Second Coming. Bastion would have never been able to blindside him and exploit the dlaws of his poor decisions if Scott hadnt given him the oppurtunity to do so. From a writing standpoint, his mistakes helped pave the way for them all to be attacked and targeted in the manner that has been depicted
