Dark X-Men Dossiers: Emma Frost
Marvel has released the last dossier to the Dark X-Men and it is on the leader, our dear Emma Frost.
The article includes an interview with Fraction with details on how ‘huge’ this is for Emma and Scott and Emma’s place on the Cabal. Nothing you have not heard already if you simply read the solicitations and are of basic intelligence. Still, there were a couple specifics that are useful and Dodson’s provided concept art for Emma’s Dark X-Men costume.
DARK X-MEN DOSSIERS: EMMA FROST
What price will Emma Frost pay for leading the Dark X-Men?
“She’s suddenly publicly standing next to Norman Osborn, leading a team of X-Men [and] denouncing Scott and his team as dangerous militants, [saying] they’re not to be trusted,” explains Fraction. “It’s a pretty profound schism.”
“The punch line is, Osborn comes to her and says, ‘Listen, our deal was your people keep quiet and I stay out of your business. Your boyfriend wasn’t able to keep people quiet, so here’s the plan, here’s how we’re going to fix this. I’m going to put a team together that’s going to be the face of law and order, and you’re going to lead it.’ And Norman’s not the kind of guy that gives you alternatives.”
Since joining Osborn’s Cabal in the wake of Secret Invasion, Emma has divided herself between that covert group and the X-Men. But though she will ostensibly lead the Dark X-Men, her new role doesn’t represent making a bid for independence from the two teams.
“It’s an expression of what it’s like to be trapped between them both,” Fraction muses. “I mean, Osborn is running the show. She might be the face of the team leadership, and she might be the one in the field calling the shots, but this is Osborn’s dance and she knows it. She’s playing the very, very difficult cards that she’s been dealt.”
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Just reading this left me feeling irritated. It’s so frustrating to watch my favorite character suffer when she’s only doing what she thinks is right, and if anything Scott is more in the wrong. He should be apologizing to her.
This story looks to harm both her character’s development and the loving relationship she fought so hard to have. She faced off with the freakin’ Phoenix Force for crying out loud and was the catalyst to save Jean’s soul.
I just hate the idea that they always play with her possibly betraying or doing harm. They did it in New X-Men and in Astonishing. I’m seriously considering just dropping all Marvel comics altogether until Dark Reign is over and seeing the damage. Sort of like ripping of a band aid all at once.