#i do think scott and jean having a fraught relationship post search for cyclops makes sense

[wellnoe]

what are the big issues with scott/jean in your opinion? i’m not very familiar with them and only know the broad strokes of their relationship

if youre asking this in the context of my post about them being dysfunctional, i think the biggest issue that they have is that they are kind of bad at communicating. even after acknowledging this problem (and working at it. which they do.), they still have to very consciously try to communicate well. scott is reticent and tends to withdraw more the more upset/uncomfortable he feels, meanwhile jean tends to fall back on her telepathy to engage with complicated situations (or deal with scott being withdrawn). i like this, btw, i think its fun. theyre clearly able to overcome this, as they do in x-factor, but it is a persistent...snag? i guess? in their relationship.

i think pretty much all their other possible and canon issues are tied to that one big one. also, i really hope this ask was about issues in the problems sense and not in the numbered comics sense, bc i realized it could be about halfway through writing this and now i dont know.

#i do think scott and jean having a fraught relationship post search for cyclops makes sense #like thats the exact kind of shit that would mess with scott and that he wouldnt want to talk about #i just kind of hate where a lot of stuff went from there lol #also my answer here makes it sound like i think scott is the cause of a lot of problems and i DO want to emphasize #they are both pretty bad at talking to eachother #but also yeah jean is kind of better adjusted #and at least some of the time she lashes out shes actually just starting an argument #about some stuff they do actually need to address #so its not perfect communication i guess but its something #also also also as part of the communication thing i think that a lot of their philosophies about violence and murder and x-men #are similar ENOUGH that they kind of skate by ignoring the differences or not knowing about them #but when they DO get confronted with these differences I think its very fun and we should do more of those #further adventures of cyclops and phoenix i love some stuff about youuuuuu #w.ask #anon #also thank you for asking this! #i had fun thinking of them and problems