"Privateer."

I had a typo in my script for this one, that I barely caught in time, that Corsair wasn't able to "bound" with Vulcan; and I might've corrected it to "bind" before figuring it out. The review over at OAFE noted Corsair's big divorced-dad energy, but I thought it would point out his sword's on the side it would be for a leftie, isn't it? And maybe he is; there's not a ton of consistency in some of his appearances. I re-read the big Dave Cockrum trade of Starjammers appearances beforehand, but haven't gone back to the Warren Ellis mini-series yet. 

 We weren't joking: Vulcan totally did kill his dad in Uncanny X-Men #486. Corsair would return, but the details of his resurrection have been sketchy, to the point that it's pretty clear somebody used him by mistake, and the error had to be backfilled later but kind of wasn't. I believe whatever brought him back was illegal tech--even by space standards--and he still needed booster shots of it. Which might be what he and Vulcan are going to get up to, but we don't care!

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"Filthy."

I didn't intend for these guys to show up again! And they aren't done yet. Maybe my goddamn Havok will turn up today...

Darwin doesn't seem to have the trauma over fighting the old, "island that walks like a man" Krakoa that Vulcan still does: I believe he was living on the moon, at the "Summer house" with Cyclops and all, but might have since gotten thrown out: he's deeply traumatized, but also remarkably unlikeable? Vulcan was actually killed in proper continuity, and I'm not positive he's been re-spawned yet? I feel like he kind of has to be: his power was no joke; he was definitely one that could turn the tide against major attacks. Then wreck things in a massive tantrum or freakout...

I'm not sure Maggott has gone through the rebirth jazz, although for a bit a lot of young mutants seemed to be treating it rather lightly. That's the sort of thing that'll come back and bite somebody. I don't know if the mutants can bring back dead ones that fast, either: have they brought back serious numbers, like a thousand or more yet?  I also think they should have serious redundancies and back-ups ready, too. In the recent Eternals one, they hit Egg/Goldballs, but he had some eggs set up in advance: feels like they should have more of a plan, but maybe we aren't privy to it. 

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"Eany."

I am fairly sure I've never read a comic with Maggott, yet here we are. I'm probably missing his accent, but while he seems like a weird dude, both he and Darwin are probably more personable than Vulcan. Partly because Vulcan's ridiculously powerful and knows it, but also because he has been through some trauma, that he largely responded to by being a dick. But then, of course we have these three together not because they were all teammates (Vulcan and Darwin were, sure) but because they all came in the same wave!

Also, Maggott (or Meany) probably hasn't charged to the forefront of  A.X.E., but stranger things have happened? I flipped through a bit of the current Eternals series, and parts of it were good? I don't think Kieron Gillen had Thanos quite right, but kind of had to square him away with the current Eternals mythology. I've also been trying to recall if it was Grant Morrison or Warren Ellis that first started using the phrase "planetary defense system" for superheroes, like antibodies earth would generate to protect itself; but I know that gets thrown around for both the Eternals and the Star Brand. Multiple puzzle pieces that don't really fit together, but the Marvel U. still has them in the same box!   

Anyway, I'm thinking Maggott could be the X-Men's Matter-Eater Lad: what seems like a silly character with silly powers, that could be remarkably effective in the right situation. 

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