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Posted by Alextron on April 29, 2006, 4:10 pm, in reply to "the Big Secret (Spoliers)"
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Not to mention anybody could have the power of the Void/Sentry. It didn't take any special degree of biology for him to have the power. Not only would that spell doom for the world, it makes him less special. I wonder if destroying the Void makes him less powerful now. --Previous Message-- : I just wanted to start a thread on the big : secret, since it seems there's some : confusion/dispute about how 'big' it was. I : haven't gone back and re-read the series : from start to finish, but it seems to me : that a lot of folks thought the big secret : would "doom the universe." Given : how things turned out in issue eight, it : seems to me the big secret relates to the : Sentry, alone, which doesn't really undercut : its importance. : : So here's what I think the big secret was : (which was pretty disturbing, imo): that : Robert didn't want to be the Sentry. : : Seems to me that, for the Sentry persona, it : has to be a pretty big blow to find out that : your alter ego is actually a mentally : disturbed drug addict who'd rather be a : hideous killer, than an actual hero ... : which is what the series started hinting at : midway into things, and really made clear in : the last issue. : : In thinking this through, two particular : scenes became that much more important to : me: the first being the early scene where : Lindy wants Bob to assume the Sentry persona : 'cos she's feeling "frisky" (and : he doesn't ... which now makes sense as he : apparently didn't think of himself as the : Sentry so much as the Void); the second : being the scene in issue 7 where Sentry : breaks out while shouting "I'm : real" (or whatever it was). : : Seems to me that the secret is that Bob : identified more with the evil aspects of his : personality than the good, which means he : was more interested in repressing his powers : as the Sentry than restraining his abilities : as the Void. If you're the Sentry persona : (and I assume schizo personas seem : themselves distinctly from one another), : then that HAS to be pretty deflating. : : Basically, my understanding of things now is : that Bob wasn't in hiding because if he : became the Sentry, the Void would show (ala : the New Avengers storlyine). Rather, it was : the reverse: he was in hiding because if he : acted as the Void he would also have to act : as the Sentry ... and THAT'S what he didn't : want to do : : I could be wrong about all of this ... and : will definitely re-read the story from start : to finish ... but if what I've said IS the : case, then yeah: that's a pretty damaging : secret, so far as the Sentry persona itself : goes (and is a major threat to the world, if : the Sentry saves tons and tons of lives : before the Void returns). : : Good stuff, I thought, and my hats are off : to the creative team for making this a : "must read" for me while it was : coming out. JRjr turned in some stellar : work (as usual), and now I'm really looking : forward to his work on the Eternals ... and : hopefully the Inhumans, 'cos I really want : to see Black Bolt drawn "the way he : should be." : : Cheers folks. :

Message Thread the Big Secret (Spoliers) - jsf April 28, 2006, 8:32 am Re: the Big Secret (Spoliers) - Alextron April 29, 2006, 4:10 pm I found the secret to be very frightening..[SPOILERS] - Maximum Man April 29, 2006, 2:13 pm Re: I found the secret to be very frightening..[SPOILERS] - The Nephilim April 30, 2006, 12:32 am It's not that far-fetched compared to some other Marvel science feats.[SPOILERS] - Maximum Man April 30, 2006, 1:16 pm Re: It's not that far-fetched compared to some other Marvel science feats.[SPOILERS] - The Nephilim April 30, 2006, 2:55 pm Re: I found the secret to be very frightening..[SPOILERS] - jsf April 30, 2006, 8:30 am Re: I found the secret to be very frightening..[SPOILERS] - The Nephilim April 30, 2006, 12:10 pm Powerade. . . - Irn12 May 2, 2006, 10:46 pm LOL - jsf May 3, 2006, 7:46 am Re: I found the secret to be very frightening..[SPOILERS] - jsf April 30, 2006, 3:06 pm Re: the Big Secret (Spoliers) - Casey Jones April 28, 2006, 6:53 pm Re: the Big Secret (Spoliers) - agoraphobic16 April 28, 2006, 7:22 pm Re: the Big Secret (Spoliers) - Brian Lockhart April 28, 2006, 9:46 pm Re: the Big Secret (Spoliers) - agoraphobic16 April 30, 2006, 4:16 am Re: the Big Secret (Spoliers) - Stacy Dooks May 3, 2006, 12:09 am « Back to index

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