History Headscratchers / YoungAvengers

** It was one of the many things she does in her spare time as an idle rich kid, not to mention after her assault expreience she wants to defend herself and others

* Why is Kate so damn good with a bow and arrow? She just happened to pick them up when scavenging for weapons her first night out fighting and now she's running missions alongside world's greatest marksman Hawkeye. Where did her skill come from?

* Why do Wiccan and Hulkling keep the full extent of their powers a secret at first? When Jessica Jones asks Wiccan, "You generate electricity? Lightning?" he justs says, "Um...yeah. Kinda." He's not being secretive about anything else--he just voluntarily revealed his real name and a bunch of details about his family. Then Hulkling says that he's super-strong, but doesn't mention that he's also a shape-shifter. What is going on here?

*** In Hulkling's backstory he bristles at the implication that he's a skrull, and the closest thing he had to a combat application was stretching his hands out into demonic-looking claws. Considering that he didn't make effective use of his shapeshifting powers until later and "I'm like the Hulk but smaller and less dumb" sounds more heroic than "I could be a skrull, and I can make myself look really scary", it's kind of obvious why he would omit that (or not want to confirm his fears). Additionally, Wiccan was still adjusting to his powers, his reality manipution skills were in the realm of "It's something I can sorta maybe do" and his bolts were a lot like lightning. They were yellow and they set something on fire- MUCH LIKE LIGHTNING! Later, his energy bolts were drawn blue and had a different look, but he really had no way of putting a name to them other than "Lightning, kinda" until he started suspecting his connection to the Scarlet Witch.

** Chase probably saw the similarites between Wiccan's costume and Thor's thought the joke worked.

*** That's been close to proved wrong by now (and you shouldn't hide your theories, by the way. They're not spoliers. They're theories). In the latest issue, [[spoiler: Scarlet Witch comes back, almost goes insane, and calls Wiccan and Speed "my sons" and says she'll try to undo the Decimation form the end of House of M.]] Also, during the Young Masters arc, Coat of Arms was a girl who knew Speed in Ju-V. So he wasn't willed into being too recently, if he was.

** She wanted to "give it back" but Clinton told her somewhere that she may keep it.

** On a related note, how old Hulkling is? He was born after Kree-Skrull War that took place about 10 years before his Young Avenger appearance, but looks 15, at least. It could be chalked up to his alien hybrid physiology, but shouldn't he have noticed that he grew 1,5 times faster than other kids?

** I think Children's Crusade confirms they are mutants

* Just a minor one, what race is Kate anyways?

* So are Billy and Tommy mutants or what?

** On a related note, how old Hulkling is? He was born after Kree-Skrull War that took place about 10 years before his Young Avenger appearance, but looks 15, at least. It could be chalked up to his alien hybrid physiology, but shouldn't he have noticed that he grew 1,5 times faster than other kids?

** Magic. Don't question it that much.

** She actually did lose the name and the bow in a shooting contest with Clint, but he decided to let her keep them after she stole the bow back.

* Where is DoctorStrange in the "Children's Crusade" mini? Is he going to make a big splashy entrance near the end, or is the point "See, we can do a big magic-oriented storyline without involving Doctor Strange"?

** She actually lose the name and the bow in a shooting contest with Clint, but he decided to let her keep them after she stole the bow back.

** Magic. Don't question it that badly.

* How are Billy and Tommy older than their pre-incarnations?

*** In Hulkling's backstory he bristles at the implication that he's a skrull, and the closest thing he had to a combat application was stretching his hands out into demonic-looking claws. Considering that he didn't make effective use of his shapeshifting powers until later and "I'm like the Hulk but smaller and less dumb" sounds more heroic than "I could be a skrull, and I can make myself look really scary", it's kind of obvious why he would omit that (or not want to confirm his fears). Additionally, Wiccan was still adjusting to his powers, his reality manipution skills were in the realm of "It's something I can sorta maybe do" and his bolts were a lot like lightening. They were yellow and they set something on fire- MUCH LIKE LIGHTENING! Later, his energy bolts were drawn blue and had a different look, but he really had no way of putting a name to them other than "Lightening, kinda" until he started suspecting his connection to the Scarlet Witch.

** My guess: Either to stretch things out, or to avoid stepping on the toes of ''Fear Itself''.

* Where is DoctorStrange in the "Children's Crusade" mini? Is he going to make a big splashy entrance near the end, or is the point "See, we can do a big magic-oriented storyline without involving Doctor Strange"?

* I figured it was just because lightning was the only one of his powers he was confident using at that point, and he didn't want people to be on the lookout for powers that he avoided using and which might just end up blowing up in his face if he pulled them out. He was very leery of using anything else during the first few issues, though they dropped that pretty quickly.

* Why is the super-uber important event where the Scarlet Witch makes a triumphant return being published every other month? Shouldn't that be a monthly thing, or is it just not as marketable as a Blackest Night rip-off?

** Alternately, *Billy* might like it when Teddy is in his Hulkling form ... IfYouKnowWhatIMean.

** There is nothing wrong with having two Moms. It is not even that rare in adoptive children if those feel close to their biological mothers. So we have a biological and an educative mother. That is hardly a problem for the adoptee, rather for the self-image of the mother/s.

* Is anyone else bothered by the way Billy seems to have completely forgotten his biological family in his search for the Scarlet Witch? I can understand him wanting to find out about his past and help the woman who made his existence possible, but calling her "Mom" just seems like a slap in the face to the woman who raised him. Rebecca Kaplan is an awesome mom--remember her reaction to Billy coming out? She deserves better than this.

* Why is Kate still using the name Hawkeye when Clint is alive and now currently using the name.

*** Holy crap, that makes so much sense. [[spoiler: Speed doesn't actually exist. He's never seen outside of the group, we certainly never see or hear anything about his private life. Questions like "where is he living?" or "why doesn't he have to go back to jail?" or "who are his parents?" are never even brought up. Billy unconsciously created him from nothing, and he literally doesn't exist when Billy's not actively remembering that he does.]]