Emma Frost is the best thing to happen to Scott Summers. Yes, I said it. That doesn’t mean I don’t love Jean Grey. I loved the Scott/Emma relationship but the power couple is out of love but still allied to save the mutant race.
In the aftermath of Avengers vs. X-Men Emma has lost her great love, her powers are chaotic and she’s been branded a villain again. Brian Michael Bendis teases what’s next for the former White Queen in his upcoming Uncanny X-Men.
“The Emma Frost thing is very interesting. This is the most controversial character amongst all X-fans. This is really fascinating. Avengers fans never did this to me, but every X-Men fan does. When they want to show me something about a character, they come at me with a visual aid. They cut out a panel or a page and either e-mail it to me or post it on my Twitter. It’s like they’re a lawyer with evidence. You would think that Daredevil fans would do this but it’s X-Men fans. I’ve only been the X-Men writer for three months and this must have happened about 50 times. They’re always trying to show me something about Emma. “Emma did this; Emma said that. Emma’s a b-word because she did this. Emma’s the best hero in the world because she did this.” It’s all true, but what it adds up to is that she’s a very fascinating, contradictory character, much like the people we meet in real life. Emma, the most controversial, bigger than life X-Men character who has been on both sides of the fence, has had the rug pulled out from under her in the worst way,” he tells Marvel.com.
“She’s lost the romantic relationship with Scott Summers, but needs him spiritually. It’s a very fascinating place, and a place where a lot of people have been. Maybe we can still be friends, or we still have to be friends. Or we still have to work together. If you hook up at work and break up, you still have to work together. It’s sometimes funny, sometimes ugly. They’re the X-Men version of that. A lot of people ask why Emma doesn’t just go away. Why doesn’t she just tell Scott to hit the road? She really doesn’t have anywhere to go. At the same time, they’re both on the same page with this. She was compromising some stuff when she was at the Xavier School. This is her chance to take some stuff out for a spin. I had Scott talk about this in the second issue, but she’s a great teacher. She’s equal parts tough and honest, and he’d be blind not to see this. If they’re really going to make a go at this, why not have her?”
Uncanny X-Men #1 by Bendis and Chris Bachalo debuts the next week! Emma will have new mutants to teach but will she be reunited with her surviving Stepford Cuckoos?
For the entire interview here’s the Marvel.com link.
By Editor