Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Got My Mojo Rising
Civil War ends with a collective "WTF" as Captain America surrenders after suddenly realizing he's fighting a losing battle. For me, it's a final nail in the coffin of a story that payed no attention to the characters that were made a part of it, and shoehorned them into predefined roles whether they fit them or not.Stunning, nonsensical plot twists. Clones. Deaths of minor characters. Total 180% personality changes. It all sounds like one huge mess of a made-for-TV movie.
And therein is the way to revert everything back to where it was: Mojo did it.
Every little strange discrepancy and plot element can be explained by Mojo having mentally manipulated the heroes into acting the way they did. He pushed Peter into giving away his secret identity, and then taking back his black costume, because its a great visual. The Thor Clone added 'mystery'. The penultimate fight had no in the Negative Zone had no sex appeal, so he pushed Cloak to move the battle to New York where things would be more interesting. Heck, the whole story began with a reality show running amuck, and the New Warriors acting totally out of character from their earlier 90s series.
So there's your out, Bullpen. Let some cosmic hero stumble upon the awful truth in about a year or so, leading to yet another crossover, and the events of the past few years erased, including Spidey's outing. And if in the process Night Thrasher and Namorita make it back to the land of the living, I won't complain.
Labels: Marvel Zombie, Mojo, Retcon, Steve Rogers
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