Thursday, November 27, 2008

Wolverine Origins #29 - Marvel


This was an incredible book. I know that the story-lines between this and the X-Men have been coordinated, but . . . I just thought that Daniel Way did an brilliant job here. The story was magnificent. And, every nuance between Logan and Charles perfect. Again, my only question is, 'Who actually committed the Original Sin?'. I thought going into this that since this was a Wolverine story, that it was him. But now, the more I read it, I'm beginning to think it was Charles. True Logan has a lot to be accountable for . . killing the Wendigo . . coming to the team for the express purpose of killing Charles . . and a whole slew of other unmentionable acts . . but how many of those acts were actually his choice, and how many was he programmed to execute? Charles, on the other hand, knew during his battle with the Hulk that Logan was only doing what he was programmed for. He also got the impression from his mind, at the time, that he was here to kill Charles. But he let him into the X-Men anyways. Why? Because he needed a weapon. And then . . . Charles did a little psychic reprogramming of his own. " . . . blocking effectively, all of your embedded programming. When you wake, you will remember only that you've forgotten." But Logan's worried that he won't remember who he is. "You will remember who you are. Logan . . . you will remember that you are an X-Man. And that is the only thing that matters." Which, to me, raises another question. If Daken has this psychic bomb planted within his thoughts, supposedly by Romulus . . why didn't Logan have the same thing? Which in turn raises the ultimate question . . . is Romulus actually . . . Charles? I know it's a leap. But, I don't think it's that much of a stretch. We just don't know his reasons, or goals . . or his ultimate motivation. Yet! And maybe, somehow . . he programmed himself to forget about everything from his past. Or maybe just a certain part of it. I'm not necessarily saying that Charles is a 'bad-guy'. Just that he may be the person who put all of these pieces into motion . . . for whatever reason. You don't have to agree with me. Just think about it.

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