Scott Summers (Earth-616)/Quotes

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Of all the girls I've ever met, she is the one I'd give my heart to -- but I don't dare! Not while I possess my dread power!

—X-Men Vol 1 3

Bobby is a full-fledged graduate X-Man now! He can handle himself!

—X-Men Vol 1 8

It must be the work of...Lucifer!

—X-Men Vol 1 21

Forget it Warren! I do come on a bit like goody-two-shoes sometimes.

—X-Men Vol 1 26

I love Jean...and I'll smash anyone...anything...that would keep me from her!

—X-Men Vol 1 29

Holy Hannah! It's Hank and Bobby...putting on an exhibition! They must be planning to ask for donations when they're finished!

—X-Men Vol 1 36

Therefore, since I'm deputy leader...and since I feel the professor would want us to do as Duncan asks...I'm ordering you all to start packing! As of this moment...the X-Men no longer exist as a team!

—X-Men Vol 1 46

Right, you've got a perfect cover now! Smalltown girl with a big job -- and jealous boy friend!

—X-Men Vol 1 48

Perhaps, boastful one, you have never read that most practical recipe for roast chicken which begins... first, catch a chicken!

—X-Men Vol 1 52

Mister, the X-Men have been threatened by experts! Ever hear of a guy named Magneto?

—X-Men Vol 1 55

It's time you learned some manners, Tubby-- And here's your first lesson!

—Marvel Super-Heroes Vol 1 22

Somewhere inside that brute, the brain of Bruce Banner knew that a man's life was at stake -- and it led us there -- in spite of the Hulk!

—X-Men Vol 1 66

The "details", people, are depressingly simple! You have been called here because -- the X-MEN have disappeared!

—Giant-Size X-Men Vol 1 1

I know, Banshee -- it wasn't your fault. I suppose it had to happen sometime. Hell, sooner or later it happens to all of us in this business...it comes with the uniform.

—X-Men Vol 1 95

They're going for the professor's plane -- get after them, X-Men -- stop them any way you can --! Don't just stand there, people -- move it!!

—X-Men Vol 1 97

Listen carefully, Wolverine--! If you want to be on our side, you don't kill! Take a life, anyone's life, under any circumstances... And from that moment on, you are the enemy! Clear?

—Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars Vol 1 6

You! You're a fine one to talk about injury to children, egghead!

—X-Factor Vol 1 35

Now that the life and death matters have been settled... X-Factor were hoping to find you New Mutants and invite you to join us... here on our ship... permanently.

—New Mutants Vol 1 76

What a stupid way to die!

—X-Factor Vol 1 43

All I can think of is that somewhere something's burning. And somebody's losing something precious to the flames.

—Classic X-Men Vol 1 41

Someone's after my son!

—X-Factor Vol 1 66

Forget about it. They're not worth it.

—Marvels Vol 1 2

I missed you every day of my life... Nathan... and every day of yours.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 310

If that's your way of saying we're on an endless honeymoon, Prior - you're more accurate than you know.

—Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix Vol 1 3

Not a bad way to start a new life at all, Jean...

—X-Men Vol 2 35

I’m here to help. You’re my brother, Alex. We’ll work through everything together.

—X-Factor Vol 1 115

There's something inside of me -- I can feel it. It makes me do things... dark things. And... and I need you to guide me. Because... I'm afraid I like it.

—X-Men: The Search for Cyclops Vol 1 2

You are Pestilence, my loyal horseman. You did not ask to serve me, yet you did. Then... then I release you.

—X-Men: The Search for Cyclops Vol 1 3

I am what the norms fear most.

—X-Men Unlimited Vol 1 31

You've just taken another hit from an emp weapon that temporarily shuts down a mutant's physiology. You're powerless. We don't like when people like you give the rest of us a bad name... Face it...you're no Magneto. When you regain the ability to form words, I've got a serious question for you... What did you do to my teammates? More importantly-- what did you do to my wife?!

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 394

The old saying, "Red skies in morning, traveler take warning," doesn't mean much when all of your mornings are red.

—Cyclops Vol 1 1

I hope you all payed attention in class, because this is going to be one hell of a test.

—New X-Men Vol 1 149

If Jean is still "around" -- either as a ghost, in heaven, or otherwise -- she knows what I'm doing anyway.

—New X-Men Vol 1 155

Welcome to the newly rebuilt Xavier Institute for Higher Learning

—New X-Men Vol 2 1

The Danger Room is angry?

—Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 9

I run the institute now, not you... you're not even a mutant anymore, Charles... you don't belong here.

—X-Men: Deadly Genesis Vol 1 6

...I don't have any claws.

—Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 17

There are twenty-five students at the institute. That's now about one-eighth the mutant population in the world, right here. And we've failed them in every way possible.

—New X-Men Vol 2 42

It's true. There's a new mutant in the world. And you're all going to help us save it.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 492

They also serve who stand and wait. And when your time comes...you may well wish it hadn't.

—X-Factor Vol 3 25

..assemble... the X-Force!

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 493

There are no X-Men.

—X-Men Vol 2 207

Being a mutant isn't what we do, Tony... it's not a choice. So, do you want us to register for being born? Is that really who you are now?

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 495

This message is reaching every known mutant in the world. Good, bad, friend, foe...whoever you are. Wherever you are. We want every mutant left to know this: the X-Men are very much alive. And San Francisco is now a mutant sanctuary. Any of you -- and your families or loved ones -- are invited to join us here...and know safety and protection our kind has never known.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 500

What I remember most... the image that suck with me more than anything else... wasn't the blood. Wasn't the gore. It wasn't my teammates helping the poor girl. It was her wings. These poor, sad fairy wings, trying so hard to catch the sunlight and reflect it, just bashed all to hell. These magical things--ruined. I swore I would find who did this to her.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 501

Sinister. Magneto. Apocalypse. Idealists, every one. You can't buy yourself off this by saying you meant well. ... The core you built the rest of us around was a lie. You took us apart and reassembled us, the way a soldier does with a rifle, but at the end of the day, Professor -- a soldier goes into battle himself.

—X-Men: Legacy Vol 1 215

I can see you looking at each other, and wondering. I'm telling you now -- don't. We work as well as we do because we know and trust each other. The moment we withdraw that trust -- start to be afraid that the enemy is among us -- the Skrulls have won. The truth is, they didn't see us coming. If they had a sleeper here, they would've planned and fought this differently. So we win or we lose together. And in case there's any doubt on that score -- we're going to win.

—Secret Invasion: X-Men Vol 1 2

Her name is Alisa Tager and I've given her the codename "Cipher"...She's an X-Man-in training.

—Young X-Men Vol 1 10

Look, he's got little eye beams! Isn't that cute.

—Eternals Vol 4 8

She wants to be able to protect us from... ...well, everything. I wonder if she's been forcing her ability to mature and grow stronger, subconsciously.

—X-Men: First Class Finals Vol 1 1

...I think I know what's attacking us. And it's not Juggernaut, or Magneto. It's... ...it's Jean.

—X-Men: First Class Finals Vol 1 3

This...quest of your is nothing but selfishness, Logan! You force yourself to believe that Daken can be saved because--

—Wolverine: Origins Vol 1 35

The Professor used to tell me. The most important part of leading wasn't personality, tactics, or training. It was doing whatever it takes to get your team back alive. Bring them back, Sam. Every one of them.

—New Mutants Vol 3 1

The Pacific Ocean, to an island called... Krakoa.

—X-Men: First Class Finals Vol 1 4

Don't be scared. I'm Scott Summers-- and well, first off you don't have to be scared. We reject Norman Osborn's pogroms against mutants. We reject the hate crimes of Trask and his ilk. It seemed to us the people of the United States wanted us gone, so we left. But we won't be pushed, prosecuted, persecuted, or punished any further. We seek peace and to live peacefully. Whatever happens next... is beyond our control. But all the same. The whole world is watching.

—Dark Avengers Vol 1 8

Your powers put you in a unique position, Rogue. You can absorb people's powers and use them. Often in ways they don't use them. That can be very valuable to some of the young mutants. Mutants who don't necessarily know how their powers work. They need someone who's been there. And you're the patron saint of been there.

—X-Men: Legacy Annual Vol 1 1

You had a dream; I have a plan.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 515

No I didn't know about any... pancakes. What do pancakes have to do with anything?

—Deadpool Vol 4 16

We have tactics and strategy. And we've got freakin' Magneto...and the king of Atlantis on our side. So listen close, pay attention, and follow orders. Or these things will kill you.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 517

You'll have to lobotomize me or Emma or both of us if we get contaminated by the Void and then evacuate the island.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 518

That's why this team's important, Emma. I'm looking for the next leader of the X-Men...I never said it had to be Sam.

—New Mutants Vol 3 10

I still need you, Logan. I still need an X-Force. It's all coming to a head, can you feel it? It's always darkest before the dawn, right? The dawn hasn't come home yet.

—X-Force Vol 3 25

Cable's tech...it only had one jump left. He knew it. They all knew. They went anyway. It's a one way trip, win or lose. I just killed X-Force. I just killed my son.

—X-Force Vol 3 27

Her eyes. Did you see her eyes? They looked just like mine...

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 525

This is the bit that really annoys me. All the things in this world that can be fixed with money? And every time it's "Well, I've got all this cash, but I bought myself an asteroid hideout instead."

—Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 34

Bring in your team, Logan. Time for the X-Men to hold a war council. We've got ourselves a Dracula problem.

—X-Men Vol 3 1

Okay then. We do this. You're all soldiers-- you know the faith I have in you-- but it's time to roll the dice. Because all-out war is simply not an option for us. So we're going to fetch that head. And we're going to get that body. And we're going to resurrect Dracula.

—X-Men Vol 3 2

Emma, I need to believe that somewhere inside her is the Jubilee we know. That there must be some way to bring her out of the darkness. And God help us if I'm wrong.

—X-Men Vol 3 6

Listen, can you try to work with me -- at least while we're here? Dealing with those other two is already like herding cats. Surly, bitter cats. Who pee on everything.

—Uncanny X-Men Annual Vol 2 3

So now you know. What you all wanted to know. Risking death. People staring at you down microscopes only to find ways to rip you off, wipe you out or control you. Pain, and dealing with it... That's what it's like being an X-Man.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 534

Man, that little guy in the clown makeup is just mean.

—Cyclops Vol 2 1

The Neo are dead. All of them, everywhere. The entire species. Gone.

—X-Men: Giant-Size Vol 1 1

To save us, Prodigy. The Eternal Phastos gave them the power to watch over and defend any emerging species, whatever was the most promising from an evolutionary standpoint. They believe that humanity is preying on mutantkind, and they intend to defend us. By whatever means necessary.

—X-Men Vol 3 13

That's why I am a leader. The blind leading the blind, maybe...but a leader nonetheless. A leader because I'm prepared to take the fall, and because I'm prepared to make the hard decisions. Such as the one you made, Mom, that day you pushed Alex and I out into the sky with a single parachute between us. Because a leader knows, it's not so hard to die for your people. It's hard to order your people to die for you. And leading with certainty into an uncertain future doesn't require sight. It requires vision. It requires holding on. And no matter what happens, never letting go.

—X-Men: Prelude to Schism Vol 1 3

No. Not Plan B. Plan 2. "Plan B" implies we only have 26.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 541

I told you once before. Mutantkind doesn't need you. They have us.

—X-Men Vol 3 15

The Avengers don't get to negotiate on behalf of mutantkind. The Scarlet Witch is coming with us. The X-Men will hold her accountable for her crimes...or I will burn the Witch where she stands.

—Avengers: The Children's Crusade Vol 1 7

I'm not a machine, Emma. I feel anger. I feel sadness. I feel doubt. But mostly? Closure. They've all gone back to the school. I don't want to do that. Why would I want to do that? I feel like I've finally graduated.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 544

No offense... But instead of fighting me in every damn dimension... How about focusing on the bad guys?

—Astonishing X-Men Vol 3 46

All right, let's move, X-Men... Hope needs us. Even if she doesn't think she does.

—Avengers vs. X-Men Vol 1 3

No matter our differences, no matter which side of the country you chose to live on or how many other teams you decide to join, I always thought that at the end of the day, when push came to shove... nobody was more X-Man than Wolverine. I need to hear you say it, Logan, one way or another. I need to know, here and now... Avenger or X-Man, friend of foe... who are you?

—Wolverine and the X-Men Vol 1 10

The gift of the Phoenix was meant for her, not us. You people... did something... to it. And now she... Now we are Phoenix

—Avengers vs. X-Men Vol 1 5

Every time, Emma-- Every time we get pushed further into a corner... They'll never stop coming. We have been feared and hunted... We have become endangered... We are so very few. And, still, they keep coming for us. Now, even at our most powerful, even we do the favor of remaking the Earth into a more livable place, even then... Mankind feels bold enough to send their heroes here to steal our innocent-- to take away our tomorrow... I've finally figured out why... it's them. Men know that regardless of their endless sins against mutants. Their heroes will protect them. They will do what their leaders think needs to be done. I will tolerate it no longer, Emma. It changes now. No more Avengers.

—Avengers vs. X-Men Vol 1 6

I know now that I have to be vigilant. I cannot--I will not--let the Phoenix change me. Inside all this power, I have to preserve the man I've always been. I have to remember why I fight. Because if I lose sight of that...what's it all been for?

—Avengers vs. X-Men: Infinite Vol 1 6

I am fire and life incarnate! Now and forever-- I am Phoenix.

—Avengers vs. X-Men Vol 1 11

That's the thing about the Phoenix. There always has to be destruction... Before rebirth.

—Avengers vs. X-Men Vol 1 12

I've done abominable things. I don't ask for forgiveness. I don't deserve it. I'm happy to spend what remains of my life paying for crimes But I'd do it all again.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 2 19

You almost ruined everything. Your school will now have new mutants students. Thanks to me. And you just hope whoever writes your history skims over how the headmaster almost doomed the entire species when he tried to kill Hope. Imagine if you succeeded. There are people who get to judge me, Logan. I don't think you're among them. Thought that's your here, right? Judge and jury and... I know how Jean felt now. More than ever. I understand her. Even better than before. In a way you never will[...] I'm a dead weight now. I've done everything I can do. I die now, and I'm a Martyr. And in a few years, some rebellious little kid is going to turn up at your school with me on his T-shirt. "Cyclops was right".

—AvX: Consequences Vol 1 2

I'm a prisoner. I have to be a prisoner. I'm a political prisoner. I'm not going to let them turn me into a criminal.

—AvX: Consequences Vol 1 3

Logan. You're angry now, but I hope in time you'll understand. The school has my best wishes and complete support. I have every faith you will teach the children in the spirit of Xavier and prepare them for the better world to come. I will keep them alive. You urged me to be the better man. I'd like to be that. I honestly would. But when you're being the better man, I don't need to be. Instead, I can be the man who does what's necessary.

—AvX: Consequences Vol 1 5

Revolution? When did it become a revolution? What the hell do you think you're doing?

—All-New X-Men Vol 1 3

You're ready to save the Multiverse... because you know when you need to do the wrong thing.

—X-Treme X-Men Vol 2 7.1

It's a funny thing-- Yesterday I was the leader of the X-Men... That was yesterday. At least to me. If you'll excuse me. How? How could I be this thing? How could I have done this?

—All-New X-Men Vol 1 6

Captain America, Avengers... go to hell.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 3

To me, my X-Men.

—All-New X-Men Vol 1 9

When I was a kid, when I first discovered I was a mutant a man saved me. His name was...Charles Xavier. And this, today...this was the beginning of his dream. Of mutants and humans living together, working together, coexisting together...and it breaks my heart that...he didn't live to see...

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 10

Whoever sent it, took it back. And let's call it what it is: whoever is behind these Sentinel attacks is officially stalking us. And until they show their face I have to think about who I can really trust. I have to think everyone is a suspect. Our stalker is doing more than trying to kill us. They're trying to taint the world's image of us. These violent displays are meant to compound people's fear of us. Well, $%#&, you're an idiot because we don't need your help making us look bad. But I promise you this... I'm going to find you. I'm going to find out who you are.. and god help you then. You think you know me? You think you know what I'm capable of? That is everyone's mistake.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 11

I'm proud of you all. Seriously. This is first class heroics. You're a credit to the X-Men name... Charles Xavier's name.

—X-Men Vol 4 6

I think it means... you really screwed yourself.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 13

She was never your Jean.

—X-Men: Battle of the Atom Vol 1 2

No powers. One shot. Come on. Show me.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 14

You made a disastrous tactical mistake and you refuse to even admit that you made one. You don't listen and you endangered everyone on the team. The X-Men have lost members because of carelessness and arrogance... Never again. You're out.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 17

I'll pay for my sins, Kitty. We all die one day and we all do. I'm ready for that. I made my peace with it. I just don't want you to live the rest of your life feeling the way I do.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 18

That's why. But I tell you this... ...I'm sick of this game. I'm sick of being hunted! I'm sick of not knowing by who or why! If it is S.H.I.E.L.D., we just went to war! If it's someone using S.H.I.E.L.D. to get to us and S.H.I.E.L.D. doesn't care enough to put a stop to it... ...then we just went to war.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 19.NOW

If you, if any of you, come back for Jean... if you come anywhere near the planet Earth ever again... I'll kill you. I'm not joking. If I even hear you're thinking about it, and believe me, we'll hear... I will bring the entirety of the mutant race, the Avengers, the Fantastic Four... I will bring a hellstorm of Asgardians, mutants, Atlanteans, and Hulk monsters right down on top of you! We brought this much fight right to you in one day! I'm telling you... stay the @#$@#$@ away from Earth.

—Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 3 13

I know none of this should ever have been about me or what I want. And the reason I've failed -- is because I let it be.

—Wolverine and the X-Men Vol 2 4

Quentin's your student, Logan. It's a choice he makes every day. Deep down, he trusts in you. Isn't it time you trust him back?

—Wolverine and the X-Men Vol 2 5

Despite our differences over the years, we shared one thing in common: we were there... For all of it. We lost friends. Buried sons. But we never stopped... Until I broke things. I broke her trust. I broke our team. I broke his faith. I've broken everything ...But we don't get to quit. I can't absolve my sins. But I can make the world better today. Our people need me, and I'm going to fight for them. You would.

—Death of Wolverine: Life After Logan Vol 1 1

Our last chance! Okay?! We have nothing left but threats! We fought for them and they hate us! We fought alongside them and they kill our children in the streets! We pack up and move to an island and they destroy it! We move to another one and the $#%&#$% Avengers storm the #$%& beaches! We're supposed to be the next step of human evolution yet we've become an endangered species. We're everything they are not and we're a shadow of our former selves! All we have left is threats. The threat of revolution! The threat of a fight that we hope they don't want! So, yes, I got in front of any camera that would show my face and I looked their world in the eye and told them--They better leave us alone... I stood on the bridge of the Helicarrier and I threatened them... Because nothing. Else. Has. Worked. Xavier is gone. Logan is gone. I watched Xavier die at my feet and I thought if I don't do something to kickstart it... The dream is really, truly dead.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 3 32

You idiots want to know... what Cyclops would do? Fine. This is what that @#%$ would do!

—All-New X-Men Vol 2 1

We're just dumb kids. Trying to figure out how to be mutants in a post-Cyclops world.

—All-New X-Men Vol 2 3

As far as I'm concerned, they killed -- they killed everyone here. And if we don't do something about it, these deaths will only be the beginning. The Terrigen is loose. It can reach every Mutant on Earth. There is no safe place. To the Inhumans, Terrigen is life, but to us... it is death. I will not accept that. I will do whatever it takes. Whatever it takes to save our people. As of this moment, we are at war. We are Mutants... we protect our own.

—Death of X Vol 1 1

Mysteries are made to be solved.

—All-New X-Men Vol 2 14

I... want to try new things. Walk new paths. Find new partners. I heard you deliver a mission statement about being a Champion that really resonated. I came to join.

—Champions Vol 2 2

Meanwhile, the world sees Scott Summers as a hate criminal who committed preemptive Inhuman genocide. So what does it say about us? About the X-Men? That we're all dead set on doing exactly what Cyclops did? On destroying the Terrigen. Inhumans be damned.

—All-New X-Men Vol 2 18

Magneto is trying to protect mutants. He doesn't want to kill us.

—X-Men: Blue Vol 1 2

Our friends are being held prisoner by magical freaks. What else do you need to know, Jean?

—X-Men: Blue Vol 1 11

Venom... we're the X-Men. We'd like to have a word.

—X-Men: Blue Annual Vol 1 1

The world's not turned upside down, so at some point -- whether we want to or not -- we're going home.

—X-Men: Blue Vol 1 20

Sorry, Jean. I know you wanted to give him a chance. I did, too. But he's too far gone.

—X-Men: Blue Vol 1 29

They're trying to babysit us!

—Extermination Vol 1 2

This is the last X-Men story.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 5 11

We're the X-Men. Everything's going to be okay.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 5 12

These are some of our most dangerous foes and most difficult problems. And it's just us out here it seems. So if anyone wants out now, I understand. No judgement. But if these are the last days of the X-Men, I'm going to set things right. Or die trying. Any of you with me?

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 5 13

You abandoned your team in the middle of a mission and you aren't even sure why?!

—War of the Realms: Uncanny X-Men Vol 1 1

...to me, my Champions!

—Champions Vol 3 5

Jono! No! This isn't what we do! We're not killers!

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 5 18

Our mission went sideways. Couldn't find Elixir. We found Wolverine but he and Hope are wounded inside.

—Uncanny X-Men Vol 5 21

Be safe. Be strong. Win.

—House of X Vol 1 4

Here's the thing I've figured out, Dad. There's no end to the number of things on Earth -- or, hell, out there in the universe -- that want to kill us. They never stop coming -- they never will. We're all the same that way. So, sure, I'm a fighter -- I will never stop fighting for what I believe in... but I also live here, surrounded by the people I love. So I'm done focusing on the things that want me dead -- and I'm choosing to spend my days focused on the things that make me want to live. Okay?

—X-Men Vol 5 1

My God... what have I done? What the hell was I thinking?

—X-Men Vol 5 5

Of course you do. And do me a favor, Nathan... Don't be in such a hurry to grow up.

—Cable Vol 4 4

I know that risking everything we've built for a few lives doesn't work for all of you. I understand you don't have the luxury of thinking that way. I really do. But hearing you say it out loud... tasting it in my mouth... I find it unacceptable. So I do not accept it. You formed the Quiet Council to be the government of Krakoa. Well... the X-Men are its heroes. And we save those who need saving. Whatever the cost.

—X-Men Vol 5 15

Son... over my dead body will we resurrect the old man. His day is done... the future belongs to you.

—Cable Vol 4 10

Really? M.O.D.O.K. really yelled "For science"?

—X-Men Vol 6 8

I was blind. Blind to how the world worked…and then I met a man who taught me to see——see how things really were. I loved him for it. And because I loved him——because I believed in him…and, in a way worshipped him——I claimed the things that he had faith in as my own. He called it his dream. It was a good one. But the world, you see——the waking world——where we all live… it is a killer of dreams. A destroyer of things you believe in. So when I grew older, I realized it was foolish to… deify him. Honestly, it's unfair to expect that kind of perfection from anyone. After all, we're all flawed and imperfect. There is no real difference between any of us. No matter how much we believe the lie that there is. You see, he wasn't a savior. He was just a man——a mutant——like me. And his dreams——which still make me smile to this day——are no more valid than anyone else's. Including mine. I love the idea of that. The promise of it. So what's my story? I'm a dreamer. I'm an X-Man.

—Scott Summers (Earth-616)

Our last chance! Okay?! We have nothing left but threats! We fought for them and they hate us! We fought alongside them and they kill our children in the streets! We pack up and move to an island and they destroy it! We move to another one and the $#%&#$% Avengers storm the #$%& beaches! We're supposed to be the next step of human evolution yet we've become an endangered species. We're everything they are not and we're a shadow of our former selves! All we have left is threats. The threat of revolution! The threat of a fight that we hope they don't want! So, yes, I got in front of any camera that would show my face and I looked their world in the eye and told them--They better leave us alone... I stood on the bridge of the Helicarrier and I threatened them... Because nothing. Else. Has. Worked. Xavier is gone. Logan is gone. I watched Xavier die at my feet and I thought if I don't do something to kick-start it... The dream is really, truly dead.

—X-Men (New Charles Xavier School) (Earth-616)

We can grow Krakoan habitats anywhere, Dad, and they all link back to the main island. So I figured, well... Why settle?

—Summer House

No. The special glasses have it under control. The combat visor has it under control. They're the only things that can hold my power back. Ruby-Quartz lenses. I can't just take them off and be normal.