Death of the Inhumans Epic Rant
I hate Donny Cates' work and I must RANT. Profoundly.
1. The premise of this comics is weak and the exposition is wrong on many levels.
It retells us the origin we already know leaving behind the stuff important for the actual plot: namely, thinking behind Kree's decision and creation of “super inhuman” (SERIOUSLY, that's your name for a new race? a 4-year-old named it or what? don't even get me started on this Vox being a pimp rip-off of Black Bolt's image and the Latin name 'cause apparently Kree just love Earth Latin, like Black Bolt loves Rome, yeah, that's a thing, they are all so inhuman!).
2. And you got that origin wrong, it IS stupid but no that stupid, no one would just leave a part of Prophesied Menace people alive and well, that was sabotage.
3. Does anyone remember primagen? The uber-important stuff the previous series was all about? No? There must be a bucket of it somewhere on Arctilan. Do Kree care? Do they care about the defeated Progenitors sent to harvest the Inhumans? Do they think it's a solid tactical decision to wage war with the Inhumans who defeated freaking nigh unstoppable Progenitors? OK, maybe this could be viewed as a point when the Inhumans are weak from the recent attack - but we don't see Kree reasoning at all.
(Wouldn't it be cool to show how differently new Supremor thinks? It's kinda based on two psychopathic megalomaniac Reeds Richardses who had been originally captured by the Inhumans in question, and I say that's a hell of a missed opportunity for a captivating plot-line.)
4. Considering primagen, Medusa was exposed to it, so why the hell is she so ineffectual and basically put out with a single teeny-tiny blade to the gut? Did the author need the cheap drama so much that the Woman in Refrigerator seemed like a good idea?
4,5. Still, Medusa is lucky, the other wives are plainly murdered. I understand that no one, not even Hickman, it seems, knew what to do with the four queens but this is just killing off - without ever creating any attachment to these characters.
(And in my opinion they would never ever choose surrender over their “celestial messiah” husband, that's simply not how this works!)
5. You know who else was exposed to primagen? Maximus. Who's had a genius-level intellect and tech skills even before that. AND psychic powers. So why he's just sitting idly with a huge gun (not overcompensating for anything, no, sir) and simply shooting Vox - and not executing a genius plan? ANY PLAN?
The gun was funny, yes, but incredibly stupid. I don't like stupid. Maximus doesn't like stupid.
6. And that bucket of raw primagen is still somewhere outta there!
7. How and when did Gorgon return from the deep space? He was last seen surrounded by hostile Progenitors and no means of transportation in the galaxy far, far away. His family members mourned him! What the heck.
8. Also, does Medusa remember she's kind of in love with Gorgon? There's no reason for her to suddenly be all mushy towards Blackagar, they are divorced in all but name and their relationship is bittersweet and complicated (Inhumans - Judgement Day depicts it in a touching and interesting way, all to be blatantly ignored here).
9. Black Bolt never used a sign language, just the occasional signs and mostly with other people, not his family. Except in the TV show... And I know Anson Mount was the only good thing there but that does not mean it should influence comics Black Bolt. The lack of communication is symbolic, for fuck's sake. There's no good reason why he doesn't use a bloody smartphone to communicate. It's a metaphor. The writers usually get this.
(And he can be pretty expressive with his cowl on, so there's no reason for casually putting it off from time to time in the middle of war.)
10. Also, if Black Bolt whispered “shit” instead of “go” to hyper-jump, would their spaceship arrive to Arctilan in time? :D (This was also a metaphor but it doesn't work, if you think about it.)
11. Counting and identifying bodies that float in space is not the most effective AND respectful way of counting and identifying bodies. Maybe, I dunno, lay them down and use software recognition? You must have that. Moreover, that is not a ruler's job to do that, he should be creating strategy for the upcoming war. He can sulk later. He's great at multitasking!
12. I'm pretty sure I've read the “bury the good man, be the king” line somewhere - iic, it was said to T'Challa by his father in the Land of The Dead in Hickman's New Avengers.
Also, you announced democracy - well, okay, that was in New Attilan, let's have good old monarchy on this moon-based station. BUT Medusa was the last official ruler, Black Bolt abdicated the throne to her (or, rather, she announced him unfit to rule and then wiped said throne with him. I say this counts as legal demise).
13. God that was a long rant, I almost feel better, and oh! There was also no reason for Crystal to say “oh god”, they don't have religion and that is not a common phrase, the Inhumans usually swear “by Randac” and “by the mists”.
I am not mad, I am just disappointed.
