I completely agree that XM:FC did a stellar job of illustrating exactly what their initial friendship meant and what they've lost, much more than even the (limited) flashbacks we've gotten to that time in comics. And yeah, it always seems to end back to the to of them. Doing those posts has inspired me to do a reread of the comics (well, I do skip a lot, because the volume of things of go through is insane), and it struck me how even in issues where they don't share a scene (or even a flashback), they are often present in each other's thoughts, even if it's on a more subtextual level.
Ultimatum SUCKED. The perfect example of the "grimdark for grimdark's sake" trend, and never mind logic or characterisation.
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Re: I read these comics the first time around
Date: 2011-07-09 11:18 am (UTC)Ultimatum SUCKED. The perfect example of the "grimdark for grimdark's sake" trend, and never mind logic or characterisation.