Basically this. It's true that the end result is almost the same a lot of the time, but it's much more believable that Marvel isn't putting as much energy into pushing the X-Men as they did before than it is 'all of these people at this company are actively scheming up ways to keep the X-Men down.'

Honestly I think fans who want the other properties back with Marvel are kind of forgetting one thing: the X-Men and Deadpool get the focus they do at Fox because Fox has no other superheroes. Marvel already has their hands full with the stuff they're trying to launch right now; I imagine that what would happen is…

It wasn't just the X-Men books that Time Runs Out was out of sync in either IIRC - I know there are STILL questions about whether or not Iron Man is supposed to still be inverted in it, since he was in Superior Iron Man but wasn't acting like he was at all in Time Runs Out. I think Hickman told the story he wanted to…

I think it's also that he's one of the few remaining 'big names' that's still doing Big Two work. Compared to how it used to be, there aren't many of those - most of the people on books nowadays don't have the kind of recognition he does (regardless of quality). That's something Marvel can't really pass up until they…

I've wondered a lot about this, because really, you're right. It MIGHT work if all mutants ever born were 'good' guys who never did anything wrong, but that's just not how it works. There are always going to be mutants who are willing to murder and maim and steal because there are always going to be regular humans who…

It probably doesn't help that the character that's supposed to represent him is considered the worst part of the show by a huge chunk of the audience. I probably wouldn't want much to do with it either if that happened (even though I don't really think it's the writers' fault the audience loves everyone else more than…

I feel the same. Eddie is easily the weakest character on the show and sequences like that were the worst parts of Eddie's scenes, so that's saying something. If less of those come of this, I am 100% for it.

Assuming a lot of things (like that this show sticks to the legend and that the show plans to continue after Ragnar's death, which are both very big ifs), then he won't die until the little boys are a lot older so they can do some spoilery stuff after he dies. I think if we ever get a time jump that ages them up,…

This is all true! Last season probably would have been a great time to really spend a little bit of episode time reminding everyone that she's not just Ragnar's kids' mom. And this season just started so maybe they will! There's still lots of time for her to have a storyline this season after all.

I'm trying to remember, have they done literally anything with any of the stuff Aslaug was supposedly capable of? I may need a rewatch because I don't think they really have? If they've barely done anything with Aslaug since the start like I'm thinking, it may not be about "giving fans what they want because they…

Yeah, I think being around Ivar is painful in a way for Ragnar. What I got from that scene last year is that he believes the kid would have been better off if he had died because he really thinks his life will be nothing but suffering. And not just physical suffering but emotional suffering too, because I can't…

I'm wondering if they're going to kind of mirror what happened with Aslaug and Lagertha the first time around a little bit this season in certain ways. When Aslaug first showed up, Lagertha was having to sit around and watch the two of them knowing she was giving Ragnar something he wanted and that she couldn't. Maybe…

I'm not sure myself but even if she can, she's already given him 4, right? So now he has the thing that made him so obsessed with the relationship in the first place. There's no more "I desperately need more sons, I am willing to give up anything for them." And maybe the last one being born with messed up legs made…

It's not a fakeout, apparently? http://www.tvguide.com/news…

I've been wanting to call almost everything Fiona has done lately bad writing but I think at this point we just have to accept that Fiona is an actual human disaster who just can't handle personal relationships. She makes so many bad choices now that her focus isn't on trying to keep the lights on and food on the…

Sadly I don't think V is the type to accept even temporary dissatisfaction or unhappiness. She's always been very "I want it my way the second I want it" and that used to be okay because it was just her and Kev and Kev always did his best to give her what she wanted, but he has other people to put first now and not…

It always seemed like their issues were almost funny to him. Not so much in a mocking way but in a way where he just didn't consider them that serious so he didn't get why they were always so stressed out, Fiona in particular. Maybe because a lot of their issues had to do with money (something Jimmy could always get a…

This is true, and I don't think I said it wasn't? I really don't know what we're disagreeing on at this point. But V crossing a line doesn't mean she's going to change and like I said below, I wouldn't be surprised if this ends with her deciding that being a parent isn't for her in the end, which is something she…

Well, yeah. But I was specifically talking about ways they could salvage the relationship in the first comment - they're getting very close to a make-or-break moment. V isn't going to do a 180 most likely and neither is Kev so they're gonna have to figure it out (and figure out if it's worth it). I think the situation…

As the eps go on, I really am starting to think V just isn't the type of person who should be a parent. It's never a good sign when someone is jealous of their own kids because the other parent is paying them "too much" attention. Maybe that would get better if Kev actually did pay her more attention but what if it…