I see what roach is saying and it bears consideration.
Scott is leader of the X-Men.
He's having an affair (though it's a telepathic one, so it's akin to "Scott's thinking dirty thoughts with Emma" Sort of a psychic cybering level of cheating)
His marriage is on the rocks and....
New York is devastated, mutantkind is blasted for "Magneto's" assault on the city, the student body (teenagers the mansion is entrusted with) are involved in this madness, and then his wife dies.
So Scott responds with....Emma is now sleeping in his room. She's not visiting now and then, she's got her own half of a closet, a dresser, and a tooth brush. She is, essentially, living with Scott.
It raises some flags and it would raise questions. After the amount of emotional trauma Scott went through (heck, goes through on a regular basis), he's prime candidate for seeing a therapist from time to time to make sure he's coping, handling everything, etc. You've got Xavier who is about the best choice you can get.
Problem, though, is Emma is a psychic and she's sort of the X-Men's resident "therapist" at this point, which points to all kinds of ethical debate of conflict of interest. Surgeons don't operate on their own family, therapists aren't supposed to have family as clients if I'm not mistaken.
But technically Wolverine DID pull Scott aside in Astonishing and voice his concerns....by sitting crouched on the footboard of their bed until they woke up. He was blasted out the window.
Not true. Scott never cheated on Maddie. He and Jean did not get together until after he saw Maddie die on TV, nearly 25 issues later. He actually thought she had died earlier circa X-factor 13, but even after that, he and Jean didnt reunite. People always make it seem like he and Jean were having some hot heavy affair as soon as he left for NY, when that most definetly was not the case. They were platonic friends whom acknowledged their past and attraction, but did not pursue a relationship with each other bc he did have a wife out there. Seeing Maddie die pretty much was the final nail in the coffin to that marriage and freed him up to move on with Jean. Unbeknowist to him, Maddie "death" didnt last long as she was given another chance at life by Roma
This is true. Scott proposed to Jean sometime after Judgement War and Jean declined. They definetly were together after Fall of the Mutants, but not before that
You got it wrong buddy. Scott and Jean got back together pretty much after Fall of the Mutants. They were most definetly a couple prior to Blue/Gold era
technically it was Seagle who had Jean expanding her limits and returning to the Phoenix name. Lobdell's last story (if im not mistaken) was the Trial of Gambit which was right before Scott and Jean's leave of absence and the addition of Maggot, Cecilia Reyes, and Marrow. but i get what youre saying- as much as i want to blame Morrison for ruining of my favorite characters and couples, it didnt start with him.
Seagle put her in the costume. Jean returned to the Phoenix name years before in the Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix mini, which was written by Lobdell. I dont recall anyone reacting to her changing her codename. The meeting, Roach is referring to happened under Seagle, when she put the original costume on. It wasnt a secret meeting. It was simply the O5 reuniting. Scot talked to Hank briefly about Jean in private but that was the extent of it. Scott was the one who had an issue with it and Beast told him there was nothing to worry about.
I definetly get what you are saying and that bothered em as well. I was especialyl upset that Cable, Storm and Warren had NO reaction to Scott shacking up with Emma as soon as he did. Out of all the X-men, these are the 3, I would have expected to call him out first. The writers just glossed over it
Here's some panels from X-Factor #26, March '88 the final issue of the Fall of the Mutants crossover. Before Inferno and waaaay before X-Men #1 in '91. Remember Maddie and the X-Men were declared "dead" at the end of the Fall of the Mutants crossover in UXM.
Roach, I'm not trying to rub it in, I just like taking these trips down memory lane for readers that have not been around that long.
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