I don't think that Jean actually did wipe the reporters memories in NXM123, based on the woman saying "i am a witless bigot, i see that now", and, later, the other reporter apologising to Hank for calling him a monster. these seem like incidents that would have been part of that 30 seconds. Still, the fact that Jean was prepared to do it certainly says something.
Also, Jean making the angry mob think calm thoughts seemed less a case of mind-control, and more a case of exerting a calming influence over the mob, and in self-defence, too.
I could be wrong, but i think Xavier's mention of "remote-controlling" mutants in danger is the first mention he has made of any form of mind-control (or interference) so far in Grant's run. In NXM119 (i think) Cassandra says something about deleting painful memories, while she is in Xavier's body, but it may not be something Xavier is actually prepared to do.
However, seeing as all of these things have been cropping up, it seems to me that the ethics of interfering with other peoples' minds is quite probably a developing subplot that will be brought to the front at some point.
(I think that any incident of Prof. X interfering with people's minds before Grant's run on NXM probably has little bearing on how this will turn out, although it may well have been what lead Grant to raise the issue in the first place, as it probably isn't something that's actually been examined in X-Men comics before.)
As far as Xorn eating goes, he doesn't seem to have musch in the way of a mouth (or indeed a head), but the rest of his body seems at least relatively normal, and probably has a digestive system and suchlike, so he could well need to eat (although how he actually does this is anyone's guess- passing food whole through a miniature star into the top of your throat is hardly a regular occurance). That star has to be running on something, too, although it's debatable whether potato chips and hamburgers would be adequate fuel for even a very small star.
I feel like quite the nerd, now. |
