#Krakoa

[xmenenthusiast]

Erik stole my sketchbook

[swisslerr]

KRAKOA EDIT - ST. CHROMA💚💚

Ik that I posted it back in October but I wanna share it to tumblr🥰🥰 It's actually crazy to me that it went viral😧

[rei-ismyname]

Giant-Size X-Men assemble!

After Havok, Polaris, and the 05 except Cyclops (plus a secret team of abandoned children) are lost on Krakoa, Professor Xavier travels the world to ease his conscience assemble a team to rescue them.

He starts with Nightcrawler in rural Germany, in the nick of time - saving him from a pitchfork wielding mob. He only wants to be a 'whole Kurt Wagner' and joins. Not sure he had much choice here.

I am the bigwig, Wolverine. Lol

Next Chuck meets with the obnoxious Wolverine in Canada, offering him the chance to not be owned by the Canadian government. Logan says yes, but some government suit objects. He roughs him up and threatens him then leaves with the professor.

Banshee just says yes immediately. He's got nothing going on.

Come join me in a life of violence and hatred.

Ororo is living the dream in Kenya, not recognising the guy she pickpocketed a decade prior. Sensing a sincerity (that doesn't sound right) she agrees to 'leave the nest.'

Sunfire, perhaps surprisingly, puts aside his dislike of the west and dons the loudest costume in existence. He'll change his mind so many times. I love him.

In the USSR, this communist oaf finds someone new to tell him what to do. His parents look terrified.

The unfortunately coloured John Proudstar tells Chuck to go fuck himself, explicitly on anti-colonial grounds. Xavier calls the Apache cowards (Jesus Christ dude) and pushes Proudstar's buttons just right. He joins as well, to prove himself.

Chuck teaches everyone English in minutes, the same way Krakoan would be learnt decades later.

Here they all are in baldie's mansion. Colossus marvels at the existence of Spandex and Sunfire tells Chuck to hurry up. Cyclops pulls off a pretty fantastic dramatic entrance and briefs the team on the situation. The new X-Men were born!

It's often said that the Fastball Special was the first mutant circuit, but Lorna empowered by Storm's electricity predates it. Together they yeet Krakoa into spaaace. Iceman and the Summers brothers combine powers to make a crude but fast ice boat. Having reread Giant-Size for the first time in years, I'm noticing how many concepts Hickman picked up and reworked for HoxPoX.

[picturesofspideyman]

[xxplastic-cubexx]

i am beyond serious

bonus:

[charlesbernardbarton]

They’re married

X-Men (2020) #7

[punkyiggy]

I wanted to doodle him being annoying

[princessbutler1316]

[pppondi]

In my head it's canon, and I'm surprised every time I pick up a comic and they aren't like holding hands and shit

[iwanttotaketheearsoffbuticant]

[lyn1tx]

Had so many problems doing this drawing

I messed up the layers so I couldn’t render it but anyway 😭

Redraw of this panel :]

[rei-ismyname]

What's Up, Doc? Storm #2

Storm #2 was super weird, zipping all over the place with zero interiority from Ororo. That obviously sucks, but the exchange with Doctor Daye left me scratching my head most of all.

- He doesn't treat X-Men, a volunteer team who have never heard of the hospital. Flat out refuses, won't even let them in the door. His only rule.

- He quotes all the donors, most of whom are billionaires. Charles Xavier is/was rich, but most of the X-Men have negligible income or assets.

- The miracle pills were for humans, dipshit. The resurrection protocols were for reversing genocide.

- Ororo doesn't know what the fuck he's talking about, but he clearly has a massive chip on his shoulder. Only her Avengers ID card got her in the door.

- How did he stay out of ORCHIS gulags? The X-Men probably rescued his ass from that. If not, literally everyone else.

- Only when she hands over a priceless personal heirloom from her dead mother does he pocket it and relent. Straight up extorts this desperate woman. 'Uhm, thank you' as if he doesn't know he's gatekeeping lifesaving medical treatment.

- Okay so they weren't there when you needed them. Did you tell them? The X-Men did not exist at the start of Krakoa, there was a ~2 year period in universe where they were in an alternate universe, dead or disbanded.

- How did they fail you? Not funding this hospital that's super well hidden and was unknown to them? TF?

- He has all the power here and he's squeezing Ororo in every way he can.

- Including wasting her time and sandbagging her, carrying on about himself.

- When he knows she has less than 6 hours to live.

- What if she didn't have anything valuable on her? Was he just going to say no, fully aware she's about to die?

- 'I forgot again' what the fuck is wrong with you? You made your stupid point and your still going with your personal grudge when she's terminal?

I am truly baffled by the point of this scene. Is it meant to be taken as an actual failing of the X-Men? It's kinda what it sounds like but it does not make sense given the timeframe. If Chuck knew about this he would have donated millions - Pre-Krakoa he ran multiple philanthropic organisations and gave heavily to charities. If it is meant to be taken seriously it's not explained at all. 80% of the patients are mutants but he left Krakoa bc people needed him. For what, exactly? Krakoa took care of mutant health.

If it's not meant to be taken seriously then why is this prick even in the book? He's just being cruel. 'Thanks for the only physical reminder of your mother, you're going to die soon. Bye!' This was a disappointing issue but holy shit I don't know what anyone involved was thinking. An editor should have caught the absurdity of this story.

[shepardingg]

how are we doing cherik nation

[ellastras]

i love it when artists draw charles like some kind of twink next to erik

[pacing-er]

I appreciate the detail that even in formal wear Charles is so skinny next to Erik. Man is wide as hell

Silver fox and Bald fox

[punkyiggy]