Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.xbooks
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 18:03:40 -0400 
From: Chris Holly <maverick+@CMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Family Tree (eas Re: Theory: Cable has a daughter!)
	<15OCT199214254202@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov>

>In article <ceqYKIq00awN8EMl9j@andrew.cmu.edu>, Chris Holly
<maverick+@CMU.EDU>
> writes...
>>ignorance.  Here is where the conflict lies.  Richtor never suspected
>>that Tyler was Cable son.  He also never voiced the fact that Tyler was
>>his father to Cable or Cannonball, he kept this to himself.  Therefore
>>Cannon ball should have never known to ask Cable about  a son because
>>noone had ever mentioned the fact before except Cable and that was in a
>>thought balloon not a verbalization.  So, somewhere there is a
>>continuity error.  If someone has some insight into explaining all of
>> this please share it because its got me completely baffled.
>> 
> 
>Here's a pretty lame reason:  Maybe these characters have a life outside of 
>what we see and read about.  After all, one comic cannot depict everything a 
>character says or does.  Maybe these characters talked with each other and 
>didn't let us know about it.  :)
 
 - Wayne.

The point is, Cannonball still came to Cable and asked about Cable's
son, not Richtor's father.  Cable was the only one who ever referred to
Tyler as his son and he had stated to Domino that he had not told
X-force of Tyler.  So, how did Cannonball know to ask about Cable's son
and not Richtors Father.
    By the way, has anyone stopped to think that Tyler might not really
be dead.  One of the most important rules of good storytelling is never
to introduce a character whom you are not going to use for something
important later (I'm sure Mark "Don't create anymore new characters -
the Marvel Universe has enough already" Greunwald would agree).  Tyler
supposedly got killed on a mission for Stryfe but he may yet agian show
up, possibly even in the current X-cutioner's song storyline.  Could he
be one of the mystery men in this storyline:
        CABLE - I'm still fairly set in my belief that Cable is Nathan Summers.
        STRYFE - Possibility if Tyler is a time traveler like Cable, but
unlikely(because Stryfe seems to be Nathan Summers also - I know this is
a contradiction to the above statement) still if Cable was lying, and
Tyler really is his son, then that would explain why Cable and Stryfe
look alike.(Stryfe is an aged Tyler).
        APOCOLYPSE - Don't think so.  I think Apocolypse is just who hew
says he is.
        MR. SINISTER - Ta Daa! We may have a winner.  We have been
getting a lot of discussion as to who Sinister really is, Sinister seems
to have some kind of connection with Stryfe and a reason for wanting to
bring him down(what if he wants revenge for Stryfe sennding him on a
suicide mission), aand we don't know what happened to Tyler.  Again,
however for this to happen Tyler would again have to be a time traveller
so that he could go to the past to be there to foul up the life of Scott
Summers and to create the Madalyne Pryor.

    The possibility of Tyler being a time traveller is not too far
fetched.  He did hang around with Cable after all and it is therefore
possible that he was time travelling with him.  Then, something went
wrong.  This may be the reason that Cable didn't tell the Six Pack of
his TimeSliding Capabilites.

    Also, one thing has still not been cleared up, and I would like to
know the answer.  Was Tyler Richtor's father or not, I think in all of
the confusion Marvel has still neglected(whether on accident or
purposefully) to tell us the answer.
    
    Once again, the above are just loose theories.  I'm not positive
about any of them so if any one could shed some insight please respond.

                    -The real Maverick(not that guy from Wolverine)

                        -Chris Holly(maverick+@CMU.EDU)