User blog comment:Blinkn/Is Hope Summers a Tyrant?/@comment-4750091-20120604224113

I agree with what you're saying a lot. I've definitely lost a lot of interest in Hope as a character now that she's become so ridiculously cocky and abusive of her power/s- but at the same time I think that may be due to the influence of the Phoenix or some other aspect of her Messianic attributes that are yet to be explored. Remember, Jean Grey had quite a mean and often infuriating, hypocritical personality whilst channeling the Phoenix (think about Grant Morrison's New X-men run).

However, I do want to comment on your point that Hope and/or Cyclops were somehow responsible for Oya "murdering" those Hellfire cronies.

First, the term "murder" suggests that she killed someone in cold blood. The Hellfire Club in fact had an active bomb set to detonate within the museum, threatening the lives of several innocents and fellow X-men. Are police who kill maniacs with hostages at gunpoint murders? Of course not.

Second, if your argument is derived from the notion that Oya's actions were overly excessive; that she could have disarmed or taken out the cronies without lethal force, then again it must be acknowledged that at no point does Scott or Hope tell Oya to kill the cronies-- they say that she must merely do what she needs to.

Too often are people eager to leap down the throat of Cyclops and claim that he is an emotionless, inhumane dictator forcing children to become killers. It's sensationalism, pure and simple. The fact remains that he values each and every mutant life. His methods of using the students in combat situations are simply the best way of ensuring they learn how to defend themselves against the endless stream of oppression thrust upon them.