I have a final suggestion as to who may be Skrull...
Please bear in mind I've only recently read the third month's worth of Secret Invasion so am two months behind the rest of you so if this has already been covered (and I'm unaware), then I humbly apologise.
Y'see, I seem to recall that Luke Cage's & Jessica Jones' baby may be a Skrull. It was certainly suggested as such in the final panel of New Avengers 31. This would suggest to me that at least one of his parents is a Skrull, perhaps both.
I noted from Secret Invasion 3 that Spider-Woman suggested to Tony Stark that he was a Skrull, albeit one who was buried deeply within the Stark persona so that the Skrull within wouldn't even realise he/she was a Skrull. Now I believe this is pure misdirection on Bendis' part; however, the suggestion is enough to persuade me that there may be someone else who is playing a deep-rooted role for the Skrulls.
I've also noticed that in the Skrull meeting scenes in both Mighty & New Avengers that there always appears to be a Skrull who is fully blacked out - suggesting to me there is another reveal to come. A twist of magnificent proportions, perhaps.
And then I remembered the baby - a potential Skrull/Human hybrid...? If so, who's the Skrull...?
The obvious choice would be Jessica Jones.
The less-obvious choice, and the one I'm plumping for at the moment, is Luke Cage. Yes, that Luke Cage.
I can't help but feel there would be a wonderful irony in having Cage be a deep-rooted Skrull, one who had no recollection of his even being a Skrull. A character who has been so vehement against the Skrull cause, refusing to trust anyone after the events of New Avengers 31, somebody who even began to doubt his wife and child.
Of course, Bendis won't have the balls and he'll go with either Jessica Jones or claim misdirection on the baby after the event.
Got it in hand, going to read it to night and savor it while sipping my hot chocolate
But whats this on the last page... Aggghhh, i don't believe i just did that, i only unconsciously flipped to the final page, or did i, or was it all part of a larger plan?
One clue and one clue only as i don't want to spoil the fun for everyone.
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I read it earlier today. It wasn't quite as explosive as I was expecting the last issue to be, but it does set up a lot of story threads for the new series that are starting soon and has changed the Marvel landscape quite a bit..... but come on, Norman Osborn?! _________________ Pro Massacre Boy!
Another big Marvel event and another lazy cop-out ending.
Yes, the Osborne stuff is going to lead to all kinds of interesting developments, but that's neither here nor there. When it comes to the actual Skrull side of the story, they may as well not have bothered.
'What happened?'
'Thor happened.'
Well whoopde-fckn-doo, what an amazing and well thought-out twist that was. Just like Civil War, just like BND, none of this could have happened and we wouldn't be any different. We didn't necessarily need the Skrull invasion in order to make Osborne a hero, it could have been done in any number of ways. I'm not saying that Dark Reign isn't going to be interesting, because it is, but the ending was just total crap.
SCENE OPENS
AN ANONYMOUS OFFICE, THE AIR THICK WITH SMOKE AND COFFEE FUG. THREE BLEARY-EYED MARVEL WRITERS SIT STARING AT THE WALL, DRUMMING THEIR FINGERS ON THE TABLE, AND PICKING THEIR NOSES.
Marvel writer 1: "Er guys, we've kind of written ourselves into a corner here. The Skrulls are smarter, stronger, have thought of everything, have kicked everyone's arse and there really isn't a logical way of ending the story without enslaving all of mankind."
Marvel writer 2: "How about the devil makes everything go away?"
Marvel writer 3: "Nah, we've already done that."
Marvel writer 2: "How about the Skrull queen realises the error of her ways and, despite the last few months, just decides to back down."
Marvel writer 3: "Nope. People aren't going to buy that a second time."
Marvel writer 1: "I think we're screwed guys. It's a shame we don't have Superman to work with. He could just fly in and fix it all....."
A METAPHORICAL LIGHTBULB APPEARS ABOVE EACH WRITER'S HEAD.
Marvel writer 1: "Are you thinking what I'm thinking..."
All together: "Thor!"
THE THREE POLESMOKERS HIGH FIVE AND GO HOME EARLY, LAUGHING GREEDILY AT HOW THE STUPID MARVEL FANS ARE GOING TO HAVE TO EAT ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR LAME-ASS ENDINGS.
SCENE ENDS
Screw you Marvel. I want the last six months of my life back.
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