Grimlock ♥ Ultra Magnus

Having Vision in your neighborhood must be odd; it's like suburbia except this one little odd tilt.  

Y'know, your neighbors float a little, but they're cool.   Beyond cool, they are superheroes, and the father's actually an Avenger.   So a little floating is to be expected, I guess.   But this panel exemplifies the way that Vision both fits in and doesn't quite fit in at the same time.   He might try, he might almost be like you and your friends, but it's always mimicking. 

Nothing good has come of this so far, but I've been allowed to breathe easy: there were no consequences and it didn't seem like any would ever come.   (Then again, all of this is Virginia trying to protect her children, from a maniac who almost killed them all and from a bigoted father.   I believe she will present as a naive woman trying to navigate a world she doesn't understand; she will see her actions as logical and in many ways they are.   Grim Reaper was self defense, and defense of her children.   Burying him the backyard not so much, but as scared as she was, it probably seemed like sweeping all that dust under the rug while no one was looking.   If no one knew, and no one found out, no harm since it truly was self defense.   On the other hand, she was probably thinking about Vision and his position in the Avengers: could they understand?  I doubt it since Tony completely underestimated how far Vision would go to protect Viv.   In the other case, she did not pull the gun on herself, and it was only logical to avoid the bullet by changing her density.   Nor did she place the man's son behind her so she truly wasn't responsible for killing the child, but I have a feeling she will be since she lied about the fact.)

It was different types of defense, one from an immediate and purely physical threat, and the other from a longer term threat, and one that might only cause Viv or Vin emotional harm.  (Although it had the potential to get violent, and I'm sure Virginia was worried about that, too.   In fact, the very fact that she got a gun pulled on her proves that she was correct to be concerned about potential physical harm.   Plus, her protective instinct must have been on overdrive since this happened after The Grim Reaper almost killed Viv.  Add to that, her brain patterns are based on Wanda, and Wanda has been known to go to extreme lengths to protect her children, and I'm betting Virginia was more paranoid than she had any right to be, but it very much lines up with her past and how she was created.)

As for the Avengers, Vision built himself a family.   So did Ultron, who built Vision and Victor Mancha, who both turned against him.   (And Ultron held no real love for his children, but instead wanted to use them to further his own goals.)   Do the Avengers not truly understand how strongly Vision feels for his family?   I don't think they do.    And there's a couple different issues that I think prevent them from understanding.   I think the fact that he can't simply get a woman pregnant, but must create both a partner for himself a mother to his children, as well as the children, means that he has to put together a lot of effort into making a family.   More so than most humans do.   They may see his family as Ultron saw his own family: extensions of his want, and need, to fit in with humanity.   So they may already be equating his family as on par with his relationship with Ultron to some degree, in which case, they may be concerned about how evil the family is, or if they'll turn on Vision and the Avengers.   (This all depends on if Wanda told them she gave Vision a copy of her brain patterns and if they trust her with children after M-Day.)  

They may see his family as extensions of his own ego, and his own desires.   Tony knows this isn't true, but again, this may have spooked him more than anything.   (I have a feeling Tony betrayed V.   Dear Iron Man, I am fully prepared to loathe you.   Just give me this one reason and I will.)

It's hard to tell, though, because odd as it may seem, Vision's family doesn't even really come up in All-New All-Different Avengers.   He doesn't talk to his teammates, and they don't talk behind his back, at least not about his family.   (Even odder is that when he was taken over by Kang, it wasn't mentioned in the Vision series.   It's almost as if Vision, the series, lives in its own little bubble where the outside Marvel world didn't touch this series, which is actually brilliant.   Usually I'm a fan of continuity across the board, but this fueled the feeling that no one would catch on to the fact that there was something horribly wrong, or that Virginia had killed The Grim Reaper, and even though saw it coming, it was still a shock and/or a punch to the gut: I wasn't used to seeing this crossover and now it's all too real.)

I'm so conflicted. I love the build up, but I have to admit to nerves.  I'm so, so nervous about how this will end! 

Really, Marvel?   Another month?   

Fine, fine, I know the drill.   I"ll wait.