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One wonders if the upcoming Omega Flight reorganization to be depicted in Avengers is part of a larger plan to play out Canada's internal divisions in a superheroic context.  To wit:

Alpha Flight - Canada according to Lester B. Pearson, Pierre Trudeau and Tommy Douglas among others.

Omega Flight - Canada according to Stephen Harper, Mike Harris, Brad Wall and so forth.

I suspect Jonathan Hickman of being capable of doing the research and thinking it through in those terms once thoroughly informed. But would editorial oversight permit that?

Am I thinking too much about this? Probably.

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mdg1
Feb. 17th, 2013 04:38 pm (UTC)
You've a greater opinion of Hickman's research skills than I do. I'd say it's more likely a matter of "Here's a nifty bit of history/continuity I can warp to my own ends, whether it makes sense or not!"
dewline
Feb. 17th, 2013 09:58 pm (UTC)
You may well have a point there.
resonant
Feb. 17th, 2013 04:48 pm (UTC)
Interesting ...
james_nicoll
Feb. 17th, 2013 04:50 pm (UTC)
Canada has always been pretty evil in the MU, about on par with Genosha.
shanejayell
Feb. 17th, 2013 05:18 pm (UTC)
Yeah.

Taken over by the Master, hosting the first WEapon X project, the second Weapon X, having a mutant concentration camp....
dewline
Feb. 17th, 2013 10:00 pm (UTC)
And that first Weapon X complex has been taken over by Scott's crew, hasn't it?
shanejayell
Feb. 17th, 2013 10:11 pm (UTC)
Yup.

(Anyone read the issue? I'm wondering if it's still in Canada or if Bendis moved it.)
dewline
Feb. 19th, 2013 03:36 am (UTC)
Haven't seen any suggestion that the facility's been removed from Alberta so far.

Guessing that Ottawa might be interested in this development...?
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