Newsarama: Matt Fraction Explains Emma

Newsarama interviewed Matt Fraction….and the interview is ALL about Emma! Can you believe it?! An entire interview dedicated to Emma Frost, herself! All hail the Queen! Yes, this interview is about Emma’s place in Dark Reign.

As readers of Secret Invasion: Dark Reign saw, Emma Frost, the former White Queen of the Hellfire Club, and current second in command and lover of the X-Men’s Scott Summers (she’s been on the quasi-side of the angels for a while now) was a member of the cabal of villains organized by Norman Osborn who had just usurped Tony Stark as the effective leader of the intelligence and military of the Marvel Universe.

Her presence at that table, with the likes of Dr. Doom, Loki , The Hood and Namor was off-putting to some X-Men fans who’ve seen the character of Emma slowly change from a self-serving, cold woman worthy of her former namesake to a sympathetic character, and a good match for Scott Summers. So what was she doing there?

We caught up with Uncanny X-Men writer Matt Fraction to talk about her presence at the table, as well as next month’s Uncanny X-Men Annual, which digs into Emma’s past and explains just why she’s okay sitting down to talk with a table full of villains.

Newsarama: Matt, when we spoke to Brian Bendis about the end of Secret Invasion and the inclusion of Emma, he said that the addition of Emma was your idea. What the hell man? Were you under duress?

Matt Fraction: Was it me? I thought it was him. Maybe Axel. Maybe Nick. Not sure; it’s been a long year. All I know is originally Brian asked about Magneto but that didn’t work with where we were going. It makes absolute sense if you know the character, if you’ve been reading the books and following who Emma has become since Morrison’s most excellent resurrection of her… it all fits.

And then I found the old story where Osborn and Stark attended the Hellfire Club gala, and it all fell into place.

Read the rest of the interview here: Matt Fraction: Explains Emma.

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