Before reading second coming I thought that the death scene in "Blackest Night" where Hawkman and Hawkgirl died was the most emotional panel that I could ever see but I was wrong. To really feel this panel you have to realize that Kurts' life has been nothing but service and sacrafice for the greater good and the higher purpose both of which Hope is supposed to represent in the second coming. The only man who Logan can truely bare his soul gone, the only one who was the moral compass to the team gone the only one who we all trule could identify with gone. Who among us has not been the outsider at one time or another because of color, financial status or just becuase we weren't cool enough or looked different. He died in a way that was truly fitting for him and in a style that was truly nightcrawler. Second Coming is a great ride but I have to stop and take a look at the sun as it goes down on Nightcrawler one hero who was truly super
Nightcrawler
Character » Nightcrawler appears in 7172 issues.
Kurt Wagner is a prominent member of the X-Men and former member and leader of Excalibur. He possessed the Neyaphemian ability of teleportation, as well as incredible agility, wall scaling and a prehensile tail. Nightcrawler is a devout Catholic, contrasting his demonic appearance. He is a highly skilled swordsmen and former circus acrobat.
Nightcrawler we barely knew ye
Dude! Spoiler alert!
Some people might have not read this already (but you're right this was done horribly well and emotional! *sniff*)
" Dude! Spoiler alert! Some people might have not read this already (but you're right this was done horribly well and emotional! *sniff*) "
if people don't know kurt is dead by now, they need to crawl out from under that rock.
cause any true comic fan already know regardless of whether they have read it or not.
The last death in Marvel that truely tugged at the heart strings (other than Steve Rogers) was when Colossus sacrificed himself for the greater good of the mutant race.
Nightcrawler's death now ranks up there!
It's been a week, The next chapter that hit stands today has him dead on the first page, it's no longer a spoiler at this point.
On topic though, With Kurt dead, I sense that Indra could fill that "moral compass" void. I liked Kurt as much as the next person, but now that some time has passed I can't help but feel his death was a little cheap. Hope, who is supposed to be this trained soldier was Immobilized by fear, so Kurt had to port over to save her? Maybe I'm recalling the scene incorrectly or I'm oversimplifying, but come on noooow. These are the moments she's been training for everyday of her existence, so time comes to implement them and she doesn't know what to do? Grrr. And then for it to be a hand phased through his heart bothers me relentlessly. Had he ported in so he was facing Bastion, He would just have an arm through his chest, surely Elixir/Cecilia Reyes/X-Club could cure that.
" @pixelized: she may be a trained soldier but she's also just a 16 year old girl and was probably and reasonably overwhelmed by the situation...despite what she's been through she hasn't witnessed battles anything like the ones she's been in since her return to the present "
Rogue got knocked to the side, Nightcrawler was already weak from teleporting, what major tragic thing happened to shake her up? A few chapters earlier she was being shot at by an army of robots with smiley faces, but now was her moment to freeze? That's a hard one to swallow. Regardless as to where she's fighting (past, present, future) as well as age, she's been more than trained/prepared for these situations, so for her to choke the way she did is a stretch.
WTF
Kurts Dead? dammit now when Second Coming is done ill have to get all the books
just reread the issue...she was attacking Bastion but he says something like "I've seen you. I've seen what you become." and she doesn't really freeze...that's when Nightcrawler ports and Bastion sees it and thrusts his hand out into the space that Nightcrawler was going to occupy....I think Nightcrawler's plan was just to grab her and port away to get her away from Bastion...who knows her powers could have kicked in and she would have been perfectly able to take down Bastion but Nightcrawler couldn't take the risk
Hey some people wait for the trades!" @sora_thekey said:
" Dude! Spoiler alert! Some people might have not read this already (but you're right this was done horribly well and emotional! *sniff*) ""if people don't know kurt is dead by now, they need to crawl out from under that rock. cause any true comic fan already know regardless of whether they have read it or not.
@danhimself said:
I think it's unreasonable to think she's invincible just because she was trained by Cable... soldiers at war loose it because of deaths!" @pixelized: she may be a trained soldier but she's also just a 16 year old girl and was probably and reasonably overwhelmed by the situation...despite what she's been through she hasn't witnessed battles anything like the ones she's been in since her return to the present "
I think the stress of all this... is going to break Hope <<COphoenixUGH>>
SEE!!! I told EVERYONE Kurt was gonna died now Magneto will make those @#$%ing guys pay! DAMMIT HOPE its all your fault
Guess this is the price you pay for waiting :(
I heard someone was going to die and I think Nightcrawller was on of the only ones never to do so, but I still did not know it happend already :(
Unfortunatly, it will probably be a while before I even see the issue.
Avedashen(SP?) Nightcrawller D,:
Unfortunatly, it will probably be a while before I even see the issue.
Avedashen(SP?) Nightcrawller D,:
" @Caligula said:She's been doing it daily for as long as she's been alive. She's Hailed as the saviour of the mutant race, no time for F#*^ ups.Hey some people wait for the trades!" @sora_thekey said:
" Dude! Spoiler alert! Some people might have not read this already (but you're right this was done horribly well and emotional! *sniff*) ""if people don't know kurt is dead by now, they need to crawl out from under that rock. cause any true comic fan already know regardless of whether they have read it or not.
@danhimself said:I think it's unreasonable to think she's invincible just because she was trained by Cable... soldiers at war loose it because of deaths! I think the stress of all this... is going to break Hope <<COphoenixUGH>> "" @pixelized: she may be a trained soldier but she's also just a 16 year old girl and was probably and reasonably overwhelmed by the situation...despite what she's been through she hasn't witnessed battles anything like the ones she's been in since her return to the present "
@danhimself said:
" @pixelized:
"just reread the issue...she was attacking Bastion but he says something like "I've seen you. I've seen what you become." and she doesn't really freeze...that's when Nightcrawler ports and Bastion sees it and thrusts his hand out into the space that Nightcrawler was going to occupy....I think Nightcrawler's plan was just to grab her and port away to get her away from Bastion...who knows her powers could have kicked in and she would have been perfectly able to take down Bastion but Nightcrawler couldn't take the risk
I guess what I was trying to stress was, Hope is someone who should have Plans A-R lined up at any given time. While she may not have "frozen" she certainly didn't spring to action. It's whatever though
And why the Spoiler warning??? It's been a weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek. A WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK.
" @sora_thekey said:well what if plans A-R failed and she hadn't thought up S-Z?? :)" @Caligula said:She's been doing it daily for as long as she's been alive. She's Hailed as the saviour of the mutant race, no time for F#*^ ups.Hey some people wait for the trades!" @sora_thekey said:
" Dude! Spoiler alert! Some people might have not read this already (but you're right this was done horribly well and emotional! *sniff*) ""if people don't know kurt is dead by now, they need to crawl out from under that rock. cause any true comic fan already know regardless of whether they have read it or not.
@danhimself said:I think it's unreasonable to think she's invincible just because she was trained by Cable... soldiers at war loose it because of deaths! I think the stress of all this... is going to break Hope <<COphoenixUGH>> "" @pixelized: she may be a trained soldier but she's also just a 16 year old girl and was probably and reasonably overwhelmed by the situation...despite what she's been through she hasn't witnessed battles anything like the ones she's been in since her return to the present "
@danhimself said:" @pixelized:I guess what I was trying to stress was, Hope is someone who should have Plans A-R lined up at any given time. While she may not have "frozen" she certainly didn't spring to action. It's whatever though And why the Spoiler warning??? It's been a weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeek. A WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK. "
"just reread the issue...she was attacking Bastion but he says something like "I've seen you. I've seen what you become." and she doesn't really freeze...that's when Nightcrawler ports and Bastion sees it and thrusts his hand out into the space that Nightcrawler was going to occupy....I think Nightcrawler's plan was just to grab her and port away to get her away from Bastion...who knows her powers could have kicked in and she would have been perfectly able to take down Bastion but Nightcrawler couldn't take the risk
Makes me wonder if Kurt can't just bamf his way out of heaven.
He's bamfed out of stranger places than that.
I'm hoping that this has lasting repercussions on Wolverine the most....like I want him to start losing it ever so slightly over the next couple months
" I'm hoping that this has lasting repercussions on Wolverine the most....like I want him to start losing it ever so slightly over the next couple months "Wouldn't this just be a normal thing to Wolverine? Since his inception he's always lost anyone he's ever cared about.
Do healing factors work on broken hearts? The emotional variety of course.
" @danhimself said:well so far I'd say that it's affected Wolverine more than anyone else and he's been really good lately with controlling his berserker rages and even when he does flip out he can usually get himself under control pretty quickly" I'm hoping that this has lasting repercussions on Wolverine the most....like I want him to start losing it ever so slightly over the next couple months "Wouldn't this just be a normal thing to Wolverine? Since his inception he's always lost anyone he's ever cared about. Do healing factors work on broken hearts? The emotional variety of course. "
He has a hand through his chest? Um.... how did that happen? I don't read X-men, so please explain this to me. Thanks. =)
" @pixelized said:What is this in response to?" @danhimself said:well so far I'd say that it's affected Wolverine more than anyone else and he's been really good lately with controlling his berserker rages and even when he does flip out he can usually get himself under control pretty quickly "" I'm hoping that this has lasting repercussions on Wolverine the most....like I want him to start losing it ever so slightly over the next couple months "Wouldn't this just be a normal thing to Wolverine? Since his inception he's always lost anyone he's ever cared about. Do healing factors work on broken hearts? The emotional variety of course. "
" @danhimself said:your post before it...duh" @pixelized said:What is this in response to? "" @danhimself said:well so far I'd say that it's affected Wolverine more than anyone else and he's been really good lately with controlling his berserker rages and even when he does flip out he can usually get himself under control pretty quickly "" I'm hoping that this has lasting repercussions on Wolverine the most....like I want him to start losing it ever so slightly over the next couple months "Wouldn't this just be a normal thing to Wolverine? Since his inception he's always lost anyone he's ever cared about. Do healing factors work on broken hearts? The emotional variety of course. "
Did anyone else think think of X-Men Origins: Wolverine when they read it...? It's just like what happened to Wraith ;)
" @pixelized said:It answered which question?" @danhimself said:your post before it...duh "" @pixelized said:What is this in response to? "" @danhimself said:well so far I'd say that it's affected Wolverine more than anyone else and he's been really good lately with controlling his berserker rages and even when he does flip out he can usually get himself under control pretty quickly "" I'm hoping that this has lasting repercussions on Wolverine the most....like I want him to start losing it ever so slightly over the next couple months "Wouldn't this just be a normal thing to Wolverine? Since his inception he's always lost anyone he's ever cared about. Do healing factors work on broken hearts? The emotional variety of course. "
" @xerox-kitty said:I'd say the difference was that Sabretooth didn't lose an arm. But it was a very similar way to kill a teleporter..." Did anyone else think think of X-Men Origins: Wolverine when they read it...? It's just like what happened to Wraith ;) "The difference is, Sabretooth enjoyed doing that. Bastion didn't. "
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