After re-reading the Riot arc, I've had to reconsider a lot of what I previously thought about this arc. I'm now confident that the sinister feeling running through this issue is a lark, to some degree. I don't think Morrison would make his children murderers, especially in light of what his New X-Men is about. It's so obviously pointing to Angel that I can't believe that's the direction it'll take.
Loathe as I am to admit it, Emma has had a past habit of jumping bodies, so I certainly see it as a possibility. Perhaps she even jumped into the murderer's body before the bullet hit. Or perhaps murdered her own body after doing so. Possibilities, I suppose. I'm less interested in constructing a cogent theory than understanding the story facts up to this point.
A few things. In 140, Angel starts to tell Emma about her pregnancy, at least that's my assumption. When they're at the department store (don't have it in front of me, so I can't remember the exact line, but it seems fairly explicit now). 2-3 pages later she tells Beak about it and says they have to do something, and fast.
Also - Beak and Angel never had sex. When they're off in the forest in 138, Beak chickens out (so to speak), and Angel says something about him turning down the first, last, and only chance he'd ever get with a girl. So it never happened, unless it was off-panel the night before the Riot, after the U-Men incident in the forest. So the babies in the cabin couldn't be Beak's. |
