Haha clearly. Only thing worse than a white Patriot is dating a white woman. Something I'd never do btw
Him being white is unimportant; ignore it if you will. He just looked like another Patriot. Sorry for the confusion Mademoiselle
It was a joke.
Psshh. Didn't you hear? Hunting down heroes like dogs is the most patriotic thing you could be doing these days, right behind the assassination of foreign dignitaries.
Okay so let me make sure I'm understanding this right, 'cause I didn't quite read the issue so clearly. The point of the Initiative is to train young superhumans to react appropriately in traumatic situations. Thusly, they place Arsenal in an extremely traumatic (duh) situation with barely any training whatsoever, and...are shocked and angered when she reacts inappropriately? Is that about right? Oh, that and the fact that they apparently conducted this within full lethal range of other students without nary a thought of protecting them whatsoever?
So Arsenal gets her toys taken away. Maybe that was for the best. So what happens when someone whose powers are innate or physical fails their little tests? What if someone like Wiccan or another mutant or radioactive-spider-bitten kid also reacts badly when faced with their single worst fears? What, do they get gagged for the rest of their life? Have their powers removed by exploratory surgery, if it's even possible? Get their arms and legs chopped off? What? I'm just trying to understand this.
Almost there....almost there....wait, no.
The Registration Act wasn't nearly about the way you make it out to be. Sure, you can THINK of it that way, but I can go backward and think killing people is just fine because it decreases the demands on planetary resources. But whatever, at this point, I doubt minds will be changed.
We'll say you placed it out of context when you say they intentionally placed Armory into a situation of extreme duress and were suprised when she reacted that way. UNLESS you meant they didn't know she was in a situation of extreme duress, and were more suprised by the entire situation, over her just freaking out because Trauma asked to have someone down there, and she was already down there. But hey, you said you didn't read the issue clearly, so it's forgivable. What's slightly less forgivable is the question that must be asked, "If they never place her in a stressful situation, period the end, when?" Because if they don't, they'll never let her pass, or any member, they'll just remain in school limbo. What I'm suprised about is you feel it was for the best she had her powers taken away because the government felt she wasn't psychologically capable enough to handle them. I totally pegged you as being against that.
However, you're slightly jumping to consequences when you say they just gag them or something. Because if they were REALLY that bad, they'd 42 Armory so she doesn't go out and talk about the "unspeakable evil and demonic rituals" that the government is apparently compromised of due to the Registration Act. The more likely result is they're told, "Guess what? You're not fit to use your powers, but since they're a part of you, there's not much we can do. Use them, and guarantee your ass finds itself in prison. We'll be watching you. You know, like how cops are suppossed to watch sex offenders and the like."
I think it's just how they planned their training curriculum. You know? for motivational purposes. Fail a test, lose a limb.
It just so happened that the results were Armory was no longer superhuman and thus no longer qualified for training.
She didn't lose her limb. And I don't think only superpowered humans were qualified, because MVP was allegedly unpowered. While I doubt the registration is open to just ANYBODY, he was unpowered, and so it stands to reason that not all their registrants were empowered. Though it's safe to assume the vast majority are.
