#--KRAKOA || paradise

[magnetic-regent-magneto]

Magneto 2099: Marvel Rivals Lore

[magnetic-regent-magneto]

The master of magnetism stiffens, a trickle of a pulsing fire snakes up his spine. He had learned that it was her uncanny signature greeting to him. Familiar yet a reminder of how unsettling their encounters used to be. Or could become, simply based on their equal stubbornness. But she seemed... not out for confrontation now. Perhaps he was dished out mercy for now.

With a graceful motion, he adjusts the white cape draped over his arm, allowing his iconic helmet to levitate and drift away from his head. The barrier it represents feels unnecessary now, at least between him and Lorna. He's acutely aware of who stands before him – not Polaris, nor the new X-Men recruit, but his daughter. He had learned that he gets burned when he makes the wrong distinction at the wrong time.

"Join me."

He invites, stepping aside to gesture towards the verdant heart of Krakoa's lush garden of eden. He spoke firm as steel where he should be soft as molten metal. He was still Magneto- as untouchable as even molten metal is.

"What do you have to share, my dear?"

-- @emmatriarchy ||

@magnetic-regent-magneto wants a starter from Lorna

Magnus' youngest child. For the longest time she thought he was the one who wrecked the plane and killed her mother and stepfather. She rather recently learned the truth and started to heal.

She wanted to be in his life, and to achieve that she needed to explain and apologize to him for what she believed, for so long.

"Father?" her voice was almost subdued as she called for him. She was feeling very much like a child afraid to be scolded. But she was a grown woman, able to take responsibility for her actions and false beliefs.

She stepped closer to him, bringing her gaze to his. "Can we talk?"

[snkts]

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Send me a 🐤 for a Tweet my muse would make about yours. || ACCEPTING

[thebibliomancer]

Universe X #0

Graduating from Earth and skipping past solar system or galaxy right to universe. Still don’t know what the X means.

So… Universe X.

Earth X was popular enough that of course it got a sequel. It was confident enough to put sequel hooks in the last issue Earth X #X.

This is an issue #0 so it is short on plot and long on set up.

Earth X intro’d with Uatu luring Aaron Stack through a monolith portal, stealing his skin, angrily lecturing him on the entire history of Earth, and then revealing he’d been blinded and needed Aaron to be the new Watcher.

Universe X starts at the end of Earth X, Gargoyle reporting that Captain America lit the first of the Human Torches Reed invented to burn the Terrigen out of the atmosphere and wondering if he himself will be able to become human again.

Before Nighthawk bluntly tells him no.

Our narrators are different this time. Nighthawk uncontrollably getting visions of the past, present, and future and relaying them to Gargoyle who writes them down.

This dynamic was discussed in one of the appendices from last time. But now it’s front and center.

Between the two of them and later Angel popping in to bring them groceries, they cover so many topics. Right off the bat, Universe X seems less cohesive than Earth X was.

But that makes a sort of sense. Earth X was all about revealing the Celestials were behind everything and all to birth a new Celestial out of Earth.

But with the giant space robot gods driven off and the egg slurped out by Galactus, now the narrative can fray and go in different directions and follow up on the mess the previous series left.

So here’s the picture this issue #0 paints of the post-slurpening world.

Earth is shifting on its axis. The Arctic will melt, New York and Africa will freeze, and England will become tropical.

Speaking of England, it has apparently become boss of the world. Black Bolt’s son becomes the new king of England and new king of Inhumans. And most everyone on Earth is an Inhuman now.

The food shortages that were a problem last series continue to be a problem. The Russian grain silos are running on fumes.

Reed Richards created the Human Torches to burn the terrigen out of the atmosphere but Nighthawk foresees that those who like their new Inhuman powers and lifespans will snuff out the torches before anyone can be cured.

A mob led by Immortus, who is Pope now, for some reason??

The birth of super special baby Mar-Vell from Adam Warlock and Her cause a great anger in the mob. Inhumanity can't make baby so a baby being born threatens that the powers and longevity might be at risk. Mar-Vell is hidden somewhere to grow up out of reach but Her gets taken and held hostage.

Once he’s old enough to embark on his mission to “save everyone, whether they like it or not”, Captain America will become his bodyguard.

Still in that flag toga. Did nobody offer him a shirt?

Cap needs a new purpose now that American democracy is basically dead. Texas Jack becomes First Lawman of the US and England controls the world. No wonder Cap is down to babysit.

On top of all that, a group called the Tong of Creel is going around collecting the pieces of “the murderer who killed all of Washington DC” and a group of death worshipers called the Sons of Set fear Death has been weakened by most everyone on the single planet of Earth becoming long lived Inhumans and so seek to empower her.

Look, basically, saving Earth from the Celestials was all well and good but now there’s so many problems still happening despite or because of that and maybe humanity is still doomed.

Maybe that’s why Mar-Vell wants to save everyone.

And this was brought up too blatantly not to think it will be important but Angel, Nighthawk, and Gargoyle speculate on why there are so many devils that bedevil the marvel universe. What role does the devil serve in a cosmology where the Celestials are gods and all life exists to make more Celestials?

So that’s what we have to look forward to in Universe X. The world is in dire straights. We’ll probably learn even more true secrets behind reality. Mar-Vell is up to something.

I can’t say I have a good grasp on where things are going. Universe X is just less focused than Earth X. With tie-in books galore so it can explore its fill of tangents.

Universe X isn’t as beloved or influential as Earth X. But I’m still too curious to not dip back into the Noun X story.

Universe X #0 isn’t followed by #1 but by one of those tie-ins. So next post will be on Universe X Special: 4.

[magnetic-regent-magneto]

"Perhaps, my approach was flawed," he admitted, his voice a deep rumble in the tranquil embrace of Krakoa's vibrant flora. The magenta-tinged azalea, its vivid hues contrasting the dark ensemble and raven-black hair that adorned her form, seemed to spring to life.

"Welcome to Krakoa, my dear,"

his voice resonated, a soft but commanding presence that cut through the stillness of this new world he now called home. For a moment, he looks at her with eyes that seem to see beyond physical traits, into her very soul. Then he returned the embrace with a firm grip, no longer hesitating to delve into the feeling of arms wrapped around him.

Stepping back, his gaze settled on the flower adorning her hair. It radiated under the dusk sun, a testament to the uniqueness of this place. "It flourishes here, its brilliance illuminated by the fading sun," Max mused, pride coloring his words. He paused, wrestling with the words unspoken.

His eyes caught the soft glow of a campfire flickering amidst the trees and bushes, casting an orange and blue hue on their surroundings. In that moment, there was a hint of nostalgia in Magneto's eyes, his smile reflecting fond memories. There were many unspoken thoughts and emotions, like the awareness that she had grown taller and her hair was shorter than the last time they had met. And the freckles on her nose, kissed by the Krakoan sun, brought forth memories of Magda in her younger years, tending to gardens and markets. Amid the darkness that tried to encroach upon his mind, these moments held a fragile shield, a reprieve from the shadows.

Then a short pause.

"Where is your brother?" The master of magnetism asks in a far more weary voice.

-- @hexsreality ||

@magnetic-regent-magneto inquired: 🌼

Send 🌼 to put a flower in my muse's hair! ⤷ Accepting!!

“Father, you startled me!” Wanda gasped at the sensation of her father putting something into her hair. She felt in her hair for the object placed in it, gently she pulled it out to inspect it. A beautiful azalea that she can assume he picked out for his daughter. She had pulled it out to inspect the flower in awe, smelling its sweet scent before placing it in its original spot above her right ear. "Thank you, father. It is lovely."

She stood on her tippy-toes to place a kiss on her father cheek before wrapping her arms to embrace him. It wasn't often she got to have moments like this with her father, when she did, Wanda treasured them. She was going to be sure to press and preserve the flower her father had given her.

[lovecanbesostrange]

Here's a tip on how to read and enjoy neverending superhero comics. My credentials for this is being a lifelong X-Men reader, so ~35 years of ups and downs with the mutant soap opera.

Initially you have to find something that speaks to you. Gods, mighty powers, more of a solo book with an expanded cast, a team to follow - nobody can help you with that. With all the comic book adaptations from cartoons to live action movies, you might already have your preferences, go with that.

Now, this is about the big two mostly. Those run on cycles. The writers will come and go (as do the artists), they will try new things, they will broaden the story, they will retcon things, they will go for a big change - and in the end, every book has a core status quo it will return to. Always slightly different, going with the times, but the deep down core is there, trust that.

Many people will pick up your fav characters and write for them. And if you've talked to other people you might have noticed by now that two people can like the same character and still view them a bit differently. This will happen. Some writers will align with what you value most, some really won't. In the worst moments your fav character feels so OOC, you will question how you could ever go back to loving them. But don't worry:

This too shall pass!

A single issue can give you the best scene your little blorbos have been in that you want to rub your face all over the page to absorb it all. And suddenly there is one throwaway line of dialogue in there that is the most disgusting shit you've ever read. Sometimes the idea is super intriguing, but the execution is lacking. Sometimes the art is perfect, but you can't even explain the plot. Sometimes it's overall a meh-story, but the little details with the interactions are just right.

And here's the thing - a few years later nothing of that really matters. You can cling to all the cherished moments. Funny domestic hilarity, a big twist that really captured your emotions, the perfect heartbreak, some cool action that lives rent free in your head. And then you run with that. And you can forget about the rest.

Any in-depth analysis of a character that has been around the publishing block for a few years (but really decades upon decades by now with the well known names) will come with a huge bag of inconsistencies. Please keep that in mind. Also that goes both ways. Your fav will have had a shitty period. So don't take this whole thing too seriously, especially when interacting with other fans (or just writing/reading meta).

Focus on the things that bring you joy and time will help to soften out the edges. Loving superheroes is either a very short sprint - where you care about one specific moment in time only - or the longest marathon through a lot of uncanny valleys.

Also don't believe the always looming "this is the worst they've ever done". Go read some fan mail in older issues (and I mean old, read fan letters from the 70s or 80s, read letters in now acclaimed classic storylines) - people have been saying that since forever. But even the worst stories have some wonderful moments worth remembering. Worth loving.

It's also okay to not have big opinions on everything going on. Sometimes you have to shrug your shoulders and browse through some back issues for a while. That's allowed. Or to take a break entirely until the creative team changes once again.

[pacing-er]

THEY MADE AN OFFICIAL KRAKOA ANIMATION?? They look so good 😭😭😭

At the club (mutant paradise) with his husband ⬆️

[brw]

We will kill the most diverse X-Men team this era has ever seen, but don’t worry, self-described genetic absolutist White Queen will avenge their deaths. The character whose first scene in this project was announcing her intention to act as the capitalist colonial arm of the mutant nation is never criticised or analysed properly for this, and in fact is rewarded with being the revolutionary leader, organising what needs to be done in the fight against the terrorist Orchis. We will show any critics of Krakoa to be nothing more than racist Nazi scum who die horrifying and darkly comedic deaths, to canonise our great and beautiful paradise ethnostate as the dream we all shared, that was ripped apart from us by jealous fools. Both powerful enough to pull off that feat, but not powerful enough to stop Kitty-now-Kate Pryde from going through a goddamn door. Simultaneously strong enough to defeat mutantkind at their strongest and proudest, and weak enough that they grovel for forgiveness the moment they’re defeated. These depictions are not unique to superhero comics–but ethnostates are. Using these tricks when you’re writing an era that’s opening moment sets up the direct comparison to Israel is, bluntly, disgusting, and shameful. It is disgusting if it is intentional, and it is still disgusting if it is accidental. The promise of an interesting story with a harrowing fallout is gone, and all that remains are the lies of fascists put in the mouths of characters whose revenge we are supposed to root for.

Wrote an essay discussing my feelings on the fallout and legacy of Krakoa. I also have a substack ver if wordpress doesn't work for everyone.

[rei-ismyname]

Logan tried to murder Chuck. What then?

After the sun set on Krakoa and the dust settled, Charles Xavier surrendered himself to 'human authorities.' He was being transported to his super prison built by Reed Snitchards and Tony Nark when...

Logan came to kill him in a very unsubtle way. Surely those guards died or at minimum suffered serious permanent injuries. What little we get of his motivation is an objection to Chuck's time as Sentinel X - killing a bunch of humans. Logan Behavior, basically. Certainly hypocrisy.

Pretty stylish entrance though, The Shining style. He's just about to gut him after Chuck declines explaining himself or speaking at all. Keep in mind resurrection Protocols just phased into another dimension - Logan is aiming to kill Xavier permanently (comic book permanent obviously) here despite the fact he's going to prison for life. He'd actually be subverting punitive state justice here.

I hardly need to say that this is pretty extreme for Logan. He's killed countless people, but for the last few decades he's worshipped the ground Charles walks on. After AvX, when Chuck committed suicide by Phoenix, Logan appointed himself the custodian of 'the dream' and ran the school (though he renamed it after Jean because he's a creepy and petty man.) Cyclops is often held up as Chuck's heir, but I think Logan is just as much. (Though Jean and Storm beat them both out and surpass him.) Maybe this is a hypocritical broken pedestal moment.

Magneto objects, freezing him in place and proclaiming 'no more martyrs.'

Did you know 9/10 failed murderers say 'cripes?'

Then he yeets him out of the prison and levitates it so he can't get back in. Mags and Chuck have a chat and we see nothing of Logan until Wolverine #1.

These people all need therapy. Emotional intelligence so low.

That murderous unilateral motivation seems to have cooled - 'Charles doin' what he did' is third on his list of things that took their toll. Not to minimise his pain, but everyone else has experienced those things too. Many had it worse. Scott, for example, was tortured for six months with his eyes sewn shut and a broken back (which... healed somehow.) If someone else was doing this he'd call them out at best, more likely he'd tell them to get over it. This is #Logan Behavior, though it's weird he doesn't mention Daken's death.

Brief aside - was he truly needed in the pack? I can't see what use a throng of wolves would have for a naked guy with opposite sleep patterns, very different dietary requirements, and the inability to breed with them. His presence got them killed. He was tolerated at best, more likely an imposition. Kevin Costner motherfucker.

I'm 99% sure this is next chronologically. Scott says Logan was 'in the area so he asked him to investigate' - 'the area' being Santo Marco, a fictional South American country that Magneto briefly conquered in 1963. The X-Men answered his distress call.

No mention of Chuck here, and he greets Scott warmly. No thank you though. They patch him up back at the Factory. Looks like he does have use for X-Men.

Wolverine can absolutely give up. It's his thing.

From 'I never should have left the woods' this has to be after Wolverine #1, but before Uncanny X-Men #1-4, because that takes place over a few days and the phone call between Rogue and Scott implies so. We only get the end of this conversation, but it's very safe to assume it was a soft recruitment offer and assumption of a family relationship. No mention of Chuck here either. He claims he's done, citing Krakoa as a loss. It is a loss, but it also bought back the 16 million Genoshan dead and established a mutant paradise in a heaven dimension - one he could have gone to.

Also, Logan didn't build shit. He had nothing to do with Genosha, in fact he opposed and obstructed it. He bailed on Utopia and the narrative kept genocidal threats away from the school. He had little to do with building Krakoa itself and while he went on the missions he was asked to, he remained a skeptic the entire time. He didn't trust the island and lived on the moon in a polycule. Anyway, he tells Scott not to come looking for him. I promise you he wouldn't say that to Jean.

Sure, stay in the woods, idiot. Get more wolves killed.

She's right, they're not strategists.

Looks like he's fine hanging out with Rogue and Gambit. Rogue seemed fine with joining Cyclops and co, but doesn't argue at all when Logan (who is hours away from leaving and has no intention of staying) shoots it down for... reasons? They were X-Men enough when they rescued him from Santo Marco, ingrate.

Neither should struggle to imagine a community 'run' by Scott Summers. Logan has been living with him for at least 3 years and he wasn't everywhere when Logan and Jean were banging. Rogue was on a Krakoan X-Men team with Scott and he and Jean prepped new leaders and stepped back. They all considered themselves Krakoan and Scott 'lived to serve.' How does it end this way? The Chuck question answers itself, though Logan doesn't say 'I wish Magneto didn't stop me killing him' or something. Scott? Uhhh, you took this misanthrope's grumbling as gospel. Go to Alaska and say hi! Or maybe he'll call you. Kate? Uhm, she just told you. She broke in Fall of X, you know this.

Interestingly, Logan uses the term 'fill Chuck's chair.' I thought he was quitting the parts that don't work? 'Why do you even want to?' should be self explanatory. Rogue receives a phone call after this from Scott, and she says he's 'the last person she wants to speak to.' Maybe Logan is right and he shouldn't be around people. He infected Rogue with Scott haterism very quickly.

The Outliers show up and less than a day later he leaves, heading for the nearest forest. Even the swamp hag that guts him thinks he's a whining bitch. Logan is aware that Rogue's group are planning a prison break, that children are being hunted, though it doesn't stop him leaving.

Put all this together and it paints a very human portrait of a traumatized person pushing everyone away, albeit in the most immature way possible. This is what Magneto referred to when he said Logan Behavior, and he's right. If I was talking about a real life person it'd be unforgivably callous, but I'm not. I wrote this piece to interrogate his continuity from Krakoa to FTA, and I was expecting it to make less sense to be honest. As I said, this is textbook trauma response. It portrays that well, but the whiplash of Logan going from 'murder Chuck no matter the collateral damage' to 'Chuck did bad things but Cyclops is worse - don't be friends with him, Rogue' is severe and unsatisfying.

Uncanny #700 was one of the last things written for Krakoa, so it's likely that information wasn't available for FTA writers. Except Logan and Kate had both sworn they'd kill Chuck with plenty of notice, so I don't think that deserves a pass. Is anyone surprised by this? Maybe I should just write a post that says 'From The Ashes doesn't care about smooth continuity and has clumsily broken up these teams by fiat. Just ask Havok, Polaris, Angel, Storm, Omega Red, Jubilee and Shogo, etc etc. Also, it's pretty fucking mid' and pin it on my Tumblr.

That's no fun though. Even when it sucks, when it's safe and nostalgic, when everything you loved has been swept away and replaced with cardboard cutouts, when it's 'fine I guess', and even when it's great; the play's the thing. I love the X-Men and fans have as much ownership of the story as anyone. Not entitlement, just the right to be a part of the narrative, close to the characters. I find it fun and if I ever don't I'll stop (or spend a few years covering Krakoa). I hope you do too. Importantly, you should be critical of the things you love in good faith. As for Marvel the capitalist entity - all bets are off. Fuck em. They do it for the money, we do it for the love.

[supremequeenrina]

THE REAL STORY OF THE SCARLET WITCH (kind of long but WORTH IT)

As children, Wanda Maximoff and her brother Pietro were experimented on by The High Evolutionary In Wundagore Mountain, unlocking their extraordinary powers. After the village cast the twins out, Magneto took them in and became their father figure. They joined his Brotherhood of Evil Mutants as the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, often clashing with the X-Men on Magneto’s behalf. Growing tired of Magneto’s actions, Wanda and Pietro left the brotherhood behind. Captain America offered them a path to redemption: Become heroes and join The Avengers. Wanda fell in love with her teammate Vision, and they gave birth to twins, Billy and Tommy. Mephisto then broke that family apart by reclaiming their children’s souls as a part of his own. After the loss of her family, Agatha Harkness wiped Wanda’s memories to ease her suffering. When the Scarlet Witch uncovered this, she broke down and launched a full scale attack on Avengers Mansion, disassembling the team. Lost and broken, Wanda then altered all of reality, turning the earth into a mutant paradise, where she could be reunited with her children. In this world, the will of Magneto was the law. When Magneto killed Quicksilver, the Scarlet Witch returned the world back to what it was with one condition: “No more mutants.” With just three words, she decimated the mutant population to almost nothing. Doctor Doom manipulated a confused and amnesiac Wanda to steal her powers. Her newly reincarnated sons, Billy and Tommy, alongside their teammates and friends, The Young Avengers. The Scarlet Witch rejoined the Avengers, where she worked with the Phoenix Force to rekindle the mutant population and try to redeem the sins of her past. To atone for her past, the Scarlet Witch created “The Waiting Room” for mutant kind, a place where lost mutant souls could await resurrection on Krakoa. The Scarlet Witch reluctantly teamed up with Doctor Doom to defeat the chaos demon, Chthon. To protect the world from the demon, Wanda absorbed the Darkhold, and trapped Chthon in her soul. With her destiny in her own hands, Wanda moved to Lotkill, New York. There, she started up Emporium, a magic shop that opens its doors to those in need of The Scarlet Witch’s help. Now, as the living Darkhold, the Scarlet Witch must reckon with a very particular inner demon.

[snkts]

🗫

Two Truths and a Lie! || Accepting

“Alright, alright - here’s three. Zeus was my father in law, I’ve never been to the Great Barrier Reef, and I was there when they carved Mount Rushmore.”

[thequiver]

Who is...Theresa Cassidy | Siryn? - A Reading Guide

Theresa "Terry" Cassidy is an X-Men affiliated mutant from Marvel Comics first introduced in 1980. Terry is the daughter of Sean Cassidy (Banshee) and was raised by Tom Cassidy (Black Tom Cassidy) and Cain Marko (Juggernaut). She possesses her father's super-sonic scream and a hypnotic voice. Terry is most known for her affiliation with teams like X-Force and X-Factor, and having taken on the mantle of the ancient goddess, the Morrigan, in the 2010s.

Terry's central story deals with topics that may be triggering such as alcoholism, infant death (X-Factor 2005), and suicide (X-Factor 2020). These are all central themes to her story across the years, if you struggle with triggers related to these topics please proceed with caution and make sure to take care of yourself.

Reading list under the cut!

Crime and Muir Island

Terry's appearances open with her as a criminal alongside Black Tom Cassidy and the Juggernaut. Her heart, however, was not in it, and Tom helped her to reunite with her father, Sean, and Terry then split her time between her father's home and the Muir Island Mutant Research Facility.

Spider-Woman (1978) #37-38 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #148 Fallen Angels (1987) #1-8 Marvel Comics Presents (1988) #43D Uncanny X-Men Annual (1986) #15A X-Factor (1986) # Annual 6A Uncanny X-Men (1981) #278 X-Factor (1986) #69 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #280

X-Force

Terry initially joined X-Force to stop her former father-figures, Tom and Cain, from bombing the World Trade Center but stayed with the team for its entire duration. While on the team Terry would become deputy leader, and with the help of Warpath would recover from alcoholism. Towards the end of the team's tenure Terry lost her voice and subsequently her powers- and would regain her voice/powers (bad), lose them again, and then regain her voice/powers again (good) with the help of her recurring romantic mistake, Deadpool.

X-Force (1991) #3 Spider-Man (1990) #16 X-Force (1991) #4-7, 9, 11-15 X-Cutioner’s Song X-Force (1991) #19, 21-26, Annual 2, 27-28 Cable (1993) #5, 7-8 X-Force (1991) #29-33 New Warriors (1990) #46 X-Force (1991) #34, Annual 3B Cable (1993) #14 X-Force (1991) #35-36, 38-41 Deadpool (1994) #1-4 X-Force (1991) #42-44, 46-50 X-Force and Cable '95 (1995) #1A X-Force (1991) #51-58 X-Force and Cable '96 (1996) #1A X-Force (1991) #59-61 Deadpool (1997) #2-5 X-Force (1991) #63-71 Deadpool (1997) #12 X-Force (1991) #72-84 Generation X (1994) #44 X-Force/Champions Annual '98 (1998) #1 X-Force (1991) #85-91, 99-100 Wolverine (1988) #154-155 Deadpool (1997) #56, 61

X-Corps and X-Corporation

Despite what the name might suggest, these are in fact different things. Terry's father, Sean, formed the paramilitary X-Corps, which was frankly a disaster that had to be reigned in by the X-Men, leaving Sean wounded. Terry joined X-Corporation, a secret branch of the X-Men who operated internationally.

New X-Men (2001) #128, 130 Domino (2003) #3 (just at the beginning) Cable and Deadpool (2004) #15-18 X-Men: Deadly Genesis (2006) #6 (Sean is buried in this issue and Terry is present for the funeral in one panel at the end, important for her character)

X-Factor Investigations

Following the events of M-Day, Terry would join X-Factor Investigations and restart her relationship with Jamie Madrox that had first started back on Muir Island. During this period of time, Terry and Jamie lose their baby, and Terry will come to take on the mantle of the Morrigan.

X-Factor (2005) #1-19, 21A-39, 41-44, 46-50 Nation X: X-Factor (2010) #1 X-Factor (2005) #200, 205-209, 211-213, 217-219, 221-224-228, 230, 233-235, 237-239, 241, 243-244, 262

Krakoa

After disappearing from comics for around 6-7 years following becoming an ancient Irish sovereignty, war, and death deity- Terry, like many mutants, came back on the mutant island nation of Krakoa. Things were not quite paradise here for her courtesy of some things with her dad (not his fault this time)- and also Leah Williams' complete bastardization of the Morrigan arc (in X-Factor 2020) which was literally Terry's last appearances, how fucking hard is it to read like 5 issues of comics Leah? How fucking hard could it possibly be? Terry has less than 300 appearances, get it together.

House of X (2019) #6 Hellions (2020) #1 X of Swords: Creation (2020) #1 X-Factor (2020) #4-10 (THIS IS LEAH WILLIAMS' AWFUL MORRIGAN ARC, BUT IT HAS TERRYLORNA CRUMBS AND REMEMBERS THAT SHATTERSTAR AND TERRY ARE CLOSE WHICH IS THE ONLY REASON IT'S EVEN READABLE) X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #26 X-Men: Hellfire Gala Confessionals Infinity Comic (2022) #1 X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #50-55

After the Fall

Krakoa fell apart (as all things run by Charles Xavier do), and things are ROUGH for mutants now. We find Terry now imprisoned by the anti-mutant terrorist organization, Orchis, in the Greymalkin Prison.

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EXTRA:

Wolverine: First Class (2008) #6, 16 (there's no clear place for these in continuity OR in Terry's established backstory, but it's cute and supposedly 616 so it's here)

[snkts]

This was a strange situation for the both of them. They weren’t friends. They’d never really been friends - kinda hard when you were older than the kid’s grandfather (and hated the man’s guts). And yet, here they were. Trying to make nice for the sake of two extraplanetary nations. Yeah, safe to say he never thought he’d wind up here. Jesus Christ. But there was no avoiding it now. At least the kid was marginally reasonable. 

Logan doesn't say anything in response to the small talk; he's never been one for it. Gets in the way of things. And right now, there’s too much business to handle to worry about shooting the shit. He wanted to get this over with. 

It’s a good question. What is going on here? Logan didn’t really know the answer. The council had their plans, and he wasn’t given the details. (Not for lack of trying, either. He’d asked. They told him he didn’t need to know. He’d asked again. They’d given him some political garbage about trade routes and strong alliances in turbulent times. He had the distinct feeling he was being talked down to, fed some kind of bullshit. It pissed him off, but he had to bite the bullet for everyone else. Again.) 

“I’ll make it quick.” Logan says, crossing his arms. “Krakoa’s startin’ to gain ground as an independent nation. And people are taking notice. So we’re looking to start making some headway on the hand-shakin’ front. The council wants to start with you and yours.” Logan pauses for a minute to let that sink in. (For him to think about how ridiculous this whole thing is.) “And they wanna know if you’re interested… And what your terms would be.”

Well, he could say one thing, at least -- the man wasn't trying to kill him this time, so they were already off to a better start than he'd hoped for. He put on a smile and folded his hands behind his back, taking a moment to look out at the landscape. And for just a moment, he's every inch the young royal, standing tall and -- confident, that's the word.

Wiccan has never been that confident. The change is a good one.

He finally looked back over at Logan. The scent of the cigar wasn't unpleasant. He'd always kind of liked the smell of good tobacco, even if he'd never gotten in the habit himself, so it wasn't like he was going to ask Logan to stop on his account.

"At risk of sounding snarky, sir, I like to keep my appointments." His head tilted a bit and he let out a quiet chuckle. "Only a little, but only because they insisted I use the portal instead of allowing me to teleport myself in. But I suppose, when in Krakoa --" He shrugged, not bothering to finish the sentence.

"I'll cut to the chase. Up till recently the Alliance has worked in relative sovereignty. We stay in our galaxy, leave well enough alone, and no one says a word. Then, out of the blue I get a message marked 'urgent', no author, just the seal of Krakoa. Something about mending fences and shaking hands -- and I wasn't aware there were fences that needed mending. Which begs the question -- and again, no offense -- but what the hell am I doing here?"

[formerheroeswhoquittoolate]

as we all probably know at this point I am extremely normal both about siblings and about the summers family and this post will be no exception! and I wanna talk about the x-men. (and also death. sorry in advance.)

so. at the 2022 hellfire gala, krakoa voted to put alex summers on the x-men. actually, technically, forge said he would only join if alex joined too, presumably to piss scott off. scott doesn't want alex on the x-men! which. is fair.

because the last time alex got put on a krakoan team, it was the hellions. and it went. badly. he -- or the demons in his head (which, by the way, no one has revisited and it's driving me crazy) -- literally blew up an entire building and completely tanked kwannon's chances of ever seeing her daughter again. he had become friends with kwannon. and he lost control and it all went to shit.

and I was so excited to see him on the x-men? because. he's got demons in his head. he's definitely pretty fucked up. and his relationship with scott isn't much better. especially because scott is an overprotective big brother and alex is pissed at basically all of krakoa for not resurrecting madelyne pryor, but especially scott, because he feels like scott didn't push for madelyne's resurrection because he didn't want it. also, alex is less sure about krakoa than scott is. he doesn't have that same faith. and he wasn't included in the grey/summers family Kick The Shit Out Of Stryfe fest that happened earlier. and, perhaps most importantly: they don't trust each other. scott doesn't trust that alex is stable and can handle himself. and alex doesn't trust that scott can be objective when it comes to the people he cares about.

but also. the last time alex and scott were on a team together? yeah. alex sacrificed himself to save scott. he pushed his powers past their limits and just... faded from existence. no wonder scott doesn't want alex on the x-men again. you can't protect your brother if he's going to dissolve from existence trying to protect you, now can you?

and alex is all too aware of how human scott is. for a really long time, he and emma were the only ones who knew the truth about how scott had died in death of x -- not killed in a fight by black bolt, but succumbing to m-pox quietly on muir island days earlier. and even when young scott tells the others about emma's deception, he only knows what magneto did. that scott was dead, and emma was pretending to be him. havok is the only one who emma is honest with about how scott died. not fighting, not as a hero, but sick and suffocating.

of course they can't handle being on an x-men team together. not now. every time they've reunited since avx has ended with one of them dead and the other one being forced to bear witness to it. what are they going to do, talk about it? the last time they had a real conversation was before scott died. they're incapable of actually talking about it. the closest they get is just a plot device to punch through the system containing the children of the vault, anyway.

they're brothers. they'll always be brothers. alex protected emma from medusa. for scott. and scott put psylocke on the hellions. for alex. but it's also hard for them to coexist like this. krakoa is security, safety, everything scott has ever dreamed of. and alex sees it as something else entirely -- after all, one of the first things krakoa did was tell him he was fucked up and put him under the supervision of the man who had experimented on him and scott and eventually separated them. scott and alex haven't agreed on much, but something like this is big. it's what scott has always wanted, and it's hostile to alex. and oh, doesn't that hurt. one brother's paradise is another brother's hell.

at least before krakoa, they were in hell together.

[charlesbernardbarton]

I love how deeply wrong and uncanny the krakoa era is. I love that the mutants have fallen into this cult-like ethnonationalism and that ethics and correctness of what they’re doing and becoming is in question both through themes and through characters outright questioning it at every turn. I love that the dark and light of every aspect is examined (yes, they’ve conquered death, but as Kurt ruminates, what happens to their souls as they are recycled over and over? Are they still themselves?) I love seeing who embraces it and who is uncomfortable in peace and supposed paradise and why. Everything is always uncomfortable to a certain degree, and the moral and social rot is there from the beginning— Hickman and his team never shied away from it and I respect the hell out of that.