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TM - Loyalty
Jun. 15th, 2006 12:07 pmOne of the remarks I always hear behind my back is about my loyalties. My father's followers think that I have no loyalties. So do most of the X-Men. I flitter from one group to another, staying and then leaving when it best suits me.
Well, it's true that I tend to change groups. In my life, I've been with the Brotherhood, then the Avengers, then the West Coast Avengers. Then stupidly I went BACK to the Brotherhood, only to leave it again. After that I went to X-Factor. Even spent a few months with the X-Men, and even served as a Knight of Wundergore.
I've lived among the Inhumans, but I was never accepted among them. They only put up with me, but I was never really a part of them.
I've also been to Genosha, serving as my father's advisor for a time, so that I could hope to save that world from being destroyed by his ideals. Course that didn't really work out too well, and I left again.
Some people think that would label me as a consistant deserter. But I don't.
What am I loyal to then? I'm loyal to my sister. I'm loyal to my daughter, and yes, even to my wife though I know her loyalty to me has never been the best. No matter where I am, who I'm with or what I'm doing, those three women are in my mind. I would never let any of my actions cause them or things they hold dear to come to harm.
I'm loyal to my dream. I share the dream that both my father and Xavier preach, about coexistance. But I've seen both the dark side of the humans AND the mutants. Each group has their extreames on this dream, and that is what is making the ability to find coexistance impossible. But it's human nature to resist things that they can't understand, and it's also nature to fight against being held down and not allowed freedom. I can see both sides, and why they clash. And there are times that I think it would be better to just let each group wipe the other out. But I can't desert my dream. And that's what keeps me looking for the group that really wants to fight the good fight for all. Hense why I tend to always come back to the Avengers.
But above all, I'm loyal to myself. I know what I want in life. I know what I want for my daughter, and I know what I want to see this world become. I may seem like a consistant deserter... but I will never sell out to my own desires. Once I do that... then I will just become like the rest of them... with no loyalty to something THEY believe in, but something they are told to.
Well, it's true that I tend to change groups. In my life, I've been with the Brotherhood, then the Avengers, then the West Coast Avengers. Then stupidly I went BACK to the Brotherhood, only to leave it again. After that I went to X-Factor. Even spent a few months with the X-Men, and even served as a Knight of Wundergore.
I've lived among the Inhumans, but I was never accepted among them. They only put up with me, but I was never really a part of them.
I've also been to Genosha, serving as my father's advisor for a time, so that I could hope to save that world from being destroyed by his ideals. Course that didn't really work out too well, and I left again.
Some people think that would label me as a consistant deserter. But I don't.
What am I loyal to then? I'm loyal to my sister. I'm loyal to my daughter, and yes, even to my wife though I know her loyalty to me has never been the best. No matter where I am, who I'm with or what I'm doing, those three women are in my mind. I would never let any of my actions cause them or things they hold dear to come to harm.
I'm loyal to my dream. I share the dream that both my father and Xavier preach, about coexistance. But I've seen both the dark side of the humans AND the mutants. Each group has their extreames on this dream, and that is what is making the ability to find coexistance impossible. But it's human nature to resist things that they can't understand, and it's also nature to fight against being held down and not allowed freedom. I can see both sides, and why they clash. And there are times that I think it would be better to just let each group wipe the other out. But I can't desert my dream. And that's what keeps me looking for the group that really wants to fight the good fight for all. Hense why I tend to always come back to the Avengers.
But above all, I'm loyal to myself. I know what I want in life. I know what I want for my daughter, and I know what I want to see this world become. I may seem like a consistant deserter... but I will never sell out to my own desires. Once I do that... then I will just become like the rest of them... with no loyalty to something THEY believe in, but something they are told to.
