| MCP #123 - 130 Passion Play (1993); Eight Part Story about Lynx and Logan | |
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| Topic Started: Jun 19 2009, 05:25 AM (284 Views) | |
| Gabriel Zero | Jun 19 2009, 05:25 AM Post #1 |
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"Passion Play" Parts One Through Eight   This chapter revolves around the female lover interest of Lynx also known as Nancy Rushman. Like Logan she was experimented on, only the origins of her experiment was because she had no immune system. The German scientist, Dr. Reigert Ilves, an employee of a mysterious organization called "They", decided that the girl, whom they code-named Lynx, presumably due to her feral behavior, would be a perfect subject for his experiments. Reigert had designed the Panacea drug, which was a cure for all known forms of disease, and he injected the Lynx with the only known sample. However, Dr. Ilves then was plagued by guilt over the problems that suddenly curing all the diseases on earth would cause. The absence of death would lead to over population, which was something he didn't want to be responsible for. Dr. Ilves set his own laboratory on fire, destroying all evidence of his research, hoping to kill both himself and the Lynx. The adventurer Wolverine, having heard rumors of the Panacea drug, arrived too late to save Dr. Ilves, but freed and befriended the Lynx.  Lynx and Wolverine were both then incapacitated by Courier, an agent of the German government who sought to recover the Lynx for themselves, believing Ilves had used research stolen from them. Courier's attempt to take her to his government was halted by Wolverine, who rapidly recovered and confronted him again. As the two struggled, the Lynx was stolen by the mercenary Peregrine, who was employed by Imus Champion. Champion was dying from a rare disease, and sought the Panacea to cure himself. The Lynx was delivered to Champion at his Southern California base, who then sent another group of agents, the Fleshtones to kill Peregrine to eliminate witnesses to Lynx's location. Courier and Wolverine, who tracked Peregrine to Champion's base, assisted him in defeating the Fleshtones. The Black Widow, acting on behalf of SHIELD, joined the three others in freeing Lynx. The Widow convinced the others to allow SHIELD to relocate and protect Lynx, but Courier and Wolverine feared that SHIELD would merely imprison and experiment on her further. The two men broke her free, and Wolverine took her to a SHIELD safe-house in Maine. Attempting to provide the Lynx with a new life to allow her to coexist with other, Wolverine injected her with the Nancy Rushman personality, previously used on the Black Widow to allow her to go deep undercover in another mission. In this personality, the Lynx believed she was Wolverine's lover, and the two lived happily together in a shack in the woods. However, Wolverine felt guilty about submerging her true personality and betraying her trust, so he discontinued the shots, allowing her to revert to her feral state. The Lynx accompanied Wolverine and the Widow to the Antarctic base of They in order to discover the truth behind her origins. There they learned that They had created the Malaigent, a cure for the Panacea that also could kill a large number of people in extremely small doses. They planned to use the Malaigent as a threat against world powers to obtain wealth and/or power. However, Lynx, the Widow, Wolverine, Courier, and Peregrine together succeeded in destroying all data on the Malaigent, and Lynx apparently consumed the only existing sample. Wolverine then took the Lynx out to the wilderness and set her free. She believed he was taking her to their new home, and that she would be his mate, but he left her alone, hopefully to live out her life in peace.  Did you read this story? What did you think about it? |
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| Gorvar | Jun 19 2009, 08:30 AM Post #2 |
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I haven't read it no, but i do see his bound with her sort of was similiar to the Native. |
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| Gabriel Zero | Jun 19 2009, 08:33 AM Post #3 |
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I agree with you. It's pretty much exactly what it was with the Native... The Panacea in her blood would keep her alive forever, if what the scientists said was true. The reason the scientist named Reigert Ilves wanted it destroyed was because it would keep everyone alive. And when food became scarce people would starve but be unable to die from starvation. Since Lynx's blood would keep people from dying, she is basically Immortal in every way. This is basically Logan's perfect match. |
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| Gorvar | Jun 19 2009, 08:36 AM Post #4 |
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I'm suprised no other writers picked her up. |
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| jrpbsp | Jun 19 2009, 09:35 AM Post #5 |
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I always wondered, if Nancy Rushman thought she was Wolverine's lover then what did that say about the Black Widow? It's an odd combo to have an undercover persona like that. |
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| Gabriel Zero | Jun 19 2009, 03:23 PM Post #6 |
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Man...that was a sad ending. Way more depressing and well written, then the rushed ending we were given with Mariko and Silver Fox. In fact both deaths are mentioned in this story arc. I almost shed a tear when Lynx goes into the forest, thinking that Logan will come back and mate with her. She doesn't have a clue that Logan is leaving her behind for good, her optimistic attitude really got to me. She loved him so much.... Damn, this was better then most of the stories in the first ongoing. |
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| Gorvar | Jun 19 2009, 03:28 PM Post #7 |
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Think she still harbors those feelings for him, after all this time? |
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