I haven't picked up the Regenisis issue yet, but still had some thoughts to say: I'm still p'od at the treatment of Charles Xavier - and wonder why the editors haven't done something to him - I kinda' feel they should have killed him instead of Nightcrawler in "Second Coming" - I think that would have been a lot more powerful and symbolic and this "schism" would make a little more sense as someone "needed" to pick up his ideologies. I've wrote before about not understanding Wolverines characterization in all this, and I will have to admit and give props to Aarson - Wolverine's solo series that he writes - is incredibly well done and it makes it believable that Wolverine has this stance and is going in this direction. (Although I think the editors should go one step further in his character and have him back out of the Avengers, stating he doesn't have time to run around with them and run a school.) In terms of the Magneto/Rogue relationship - I've been reading X-Men since Claremonts run, and their relationship is not a new thing, and I always liked what was built when they were caught in the Savage Land together. Magneto was one of the first adult men, as an adult herself, that Rogue could touch - so of course there would be some kind of lasting bonds. Now Schism itself, I still feel was ridiculous. I can't quite understand this threat being more than San Francisco sealed off by a giant spherical force field and being attacked by dozens (hundreds? - potentially thousands?) of Sentinels from the future. During it, EVERYONE got into the fight, but with a singular giant Sentinel attacks only the Four Lights and New X-Men are there to protect Utopia? (Not-with-standing the two "leaders" beating the sh!t out of each other as it approaches.) Sure, X-men squads were all over the place, but what about the other Utopian residents? Something else that has been bothering me that doesn't seem to be mentioned: What the hell was up with Wolverine's bomb-to-destroy Utopia that was locked in a safe in his room? WTF? Really? The Prelude to Schism, also was so COMPLETLY overplayed, overwritten, and simply stupid - it didn't fall into the story line at all. (Or did I miss a place where all the X-men were together waiting for the Sentinel to come and trying to decide to flee or fight?) Basically, I think a lot of the issues with this, has been two-fold, Marvel's greed, and the editorial staff that has dropped the balls too many times, making the emphasis of their stories seem illogical and irrational.
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