#New X-Men

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these are for literally no one but me

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Emma Corrin as Cassandra Nova in Deadpool and Wolverine

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Magik by Niko Herinchon, from New X-Men #37 (2007)

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"I'm cheating on the redheaded GIRL with a blonde WOMAN who is everything she's not and everything I need."

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A few final Yes:

Yes, I started making this picture about two months ago when I first came across this meme…

Yes, I know this isn't the point of this meme…

But Yes, I am addicted and this is the first thing that came to my mind.

Yes, I'm not at all ashamed that I changed the homo meme to a straight one... Well, maybe a little, but not so much...

And Yes, Scott, for a change, thinks in Times New Roman.

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Jean Grey (15/x)

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Emma Frost by Frank Quitely, Tim Townsend and Hi-Fi Design

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★ 【MUGI】 「 X-23 & Hellion 」 ☆ ✔ republished w/permission ⊳ ⊳ follow me! insta • x • bsky

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In the X-Men fandom this scene is constantly brought up to call the character Noriko racist, call the entire book racist, and even call the fans and writers racist. And as a Muslim fan of Academy X I am very confused at this harsh reaction because to me it is obvious the story is siding with Sooraya.

For starters X-Men can be very VERY racist and islamophobic. I've recently been reading Claremont's New Mutants and it's painful how racist that book is to Arabs. I wanted to stop reading because of the racism.

But I do not get this reaction from Academy X, which is my favourite X-Men book.

I think a lot of people don't know what kind of book Academy X is. Academy X is a book about delinquents. The main characters are a bunch of asshole kids. The appeal to me is seeing these shitty kids grow and become better people. Yes they make mistakes that's the point. They're stupid kids.

Noriko is one of these kids. She was homeless at a young age because of the poor relationship with her family and because of this she's afraid of ever showing any vulnerability. Choosing to rather lash out at others. It's a realistic coping mechanism.

The scene with Sooraya shows this as Noriko is projecting her own trauma onto a poor girl who only wanted to be nice to her. Yes it's shitty but that's the point. We're seeing how their personalities and viewpoints clash, and how Sooraya is challenging Noriko's beliefs.

I do not see how anyone can read this as the book being racist when the scene even shows Sooraya sad. Something like this never happens when an X-Men book is actually islamophobic. Yet people never react as harshly to actually racist X-Men books as they do to this.

It's actually very similar to a scene at the start of Ms Marvel, where Zoe is racist to Nakia. We can clearly see both scenes are suppose to make you feel uncomfortable and make you side with the Muslim girl. And both Zoe and Noriko are humanized despite being bullies.

We even get a conclusion. Some say this isn't enough, but remember that Noriko refuses to show emotions, so the fact she's willing to go against her instincts here is interesting. It's more interesting to me than simply having a generic anti racism speech.

Again Sooraya is entirely humanized here. The comic is understanding of her struggle. I do disagree with the way she's drawn at times, but the writing makes her a character I could relate to. And reading this conclusion only makes me more interested in both characters.

Sadly neither character ever got a proper character arc after the comic ended. But to me that just makes me wish there were more comics of this group where we do see Sooraya and Noriko become close friends like Nakia and Zoe. It makes me think of writing my own story with them.

I love this book and what it means for Sooraya. I love seeing Sooraya's relationship with the Hellions, Jay and Laura. This is still her definitive comic, so why are we dismissing it entirely because of one scene that exists to make us relate to her?

It's very strange that this one scene, that to me is well made and relatable, is being used as a way to hate the characters, the comic, and everyone who likes it. Most hate isn't even coming from Muslims so is it just performative outrage and misunderstanding?

Or maybe this scene hits at home for some people? With the conversation being very realistic and grounded, people may see themselves in Noriko. Maybe they had a similar reaction towards a Muslim girl and are remembering it.

Noriko's stance isn't even that different from ex Muslim feminists who say similar things. The issue is how she is projecting onto Sooraya. And maybe that's what makes people uncomfortable. The complexity this conversation has in the real world.

Whatever it may be, Noriko still clearly grows after this arc. We do see her become a great leader who stands up for her friends. And even if she has issues to deal with, she was slowly becoming a better person.

In conclusion I love this book because it's relatable in how it portrays its characters. I like Sooraya being a Muslim character who's also a protagonist and a big part of the story. I hope more people give this book a chance and see the charm of it that I see.

Anyway time to go listen to anime music and imagine my OCs hanging out with the Academy X kids (need to draw that one day).

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[vertigoartgore]

Phoenix & Wolverine (meeting again 150 years in the future) by artist Marc Silvestri, inkers Joe Weems, Matt Banning & Tim Townsend and colorists Steve Firchow & Frank D'Armata (words by writer Grant Morrison). Interior art from 2004's New X-Men Vol.1 #153.

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X-Men 97 speed running these iconic comic storylines like

So far we’ve had

- Inferno

- Lifedeath

- Cable being sent to the future

- The Genosha genocide

- Scott and Jean’s marriage problems including a psychic affair and Jogan’s resurrection🤮

And we’re only halfway through good lord, we’re gonna be on Krakoa by the season finale

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Guthrie Family Reading Guide Masterlist

Lucky for you, I've created a reading list for each of them and have compiled them all here in a masterlist for your use! All information and links are under the cut!

Sam Guthrie | Cannonball

Sam is the oldest Guthrie sibling and with over 700 appearances, his reading list is in two parts, reblogged together for ease of use. Sam has been a member of the New Mutants, X-Force, the X-Men, X-Corporation, and the Avengers. Sam has also been staff at the Xavier Institute.

Paige Guthrie | Husk

Paige is the second oldest Guthrie sibling and has over 200 appearances. Paige has been a member of Generation X, X-Corps, and the Legionnaires. Paige has also been staff at the Xavier Institute.

Jay Guthrie | Icarus

Jay is the third oldest Guthrie sibling and has around 50 appearances. Jay was part of the New X-Men during the Academy X era.

Melody Guthrie | Aero

Melody is the fourth oldest Guthrie sibling and has less than 20 appearances. Melody was part of the Xavier Institute at the same time as her brother Jay, and was one of the mutants depowered after M-Day. She was the first mutant to undergo the crucible on Krakoa in X-Men (2019) #7!

Jebediah Guthrie

Jebediah is one of the younger Guthrie siblings and has 9 appearances. Jeb has never attended the Xavier Institute or ever joined a team, he is a depowered mutant who did not seek to regain his powers by undergoing the crucible on Krakoa.

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One of my favorite splash pages from this series, a fight scene between X-23, Mercury, Hellion, Prodigy, Surge, Dust and Rockslide against Nimrod bots

From New X-Men #30 (2006) by Craig Kyle, Chris Yost Penciler & Paco Medina

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This freaking Phoenix look on Jean was just absolute fire. Here Comes Tomorrow