#bei the blood moon

[braddocklegacy]

X-Terminators #4 (2022)

[lesbiannieism]

thinking about doug “i got enlisted in this swordfight championship thing and i totally thought i was gonna die but it turned out to be a wedding to this really gorgeous warrior woman who’s a head taller than me who i can’t really talk to but she’s really hot and she protects me from danger and i immediately fell head over heels in love with her” ramsey

[sbhelarctos]

[iconuk01]

So Apocalypse has chosen his heir and it's... Doug Ramsey... the most unlikely possibility of the twelve chosen candidates (And therefor the most obvious winner for a cynical reader).

I have... feelings about this as an idea as you might imagine, and regrettably few of them are especially positive, but in an effort to hold on to optimism at some level, I shall wait and see where this goes.

I mean, I like the reasons Apocalypse chose Forge, Dani and Doug as possible heirs: those with not the greatest power levels, but a new way of looking at things which might proves useful.

Dani in particular is interesting in her reason for accepting a candidacy, given her vested interest in training future mutants.

And she turns him down because she doesn't need his help.

Forge he chose because of what he could offer the wrold, and what the world had thrown away in destroying Krakoa, but knowing that Forge also invented the mutant power neutraliser weapon makes unsuitable

The final narrative decision to take a mutant whose whole point was how low key his powers were and how otherwise close to baseline human he was and amping them up into... Revelation... It's going to take a lot of very good writing to make me invested in this. I hope there is plenty of that at least.

The fact he also gets the ugliest physical upgrade imaginable doesn't help. Doug managed to avoid the worst of 90's retoolings at the time by conveniently being dead, but this looks like the 90's slammed him with the subtlety of a frying pan to the face.

I might have expected this to be the end of part four of a five part story, and Doug turns it down in the finale because that's not how he operates, but, well, this is a new post-Krakoan age.

Oh well, let's see what comes next.

[rei-ismyname]

Cable (2020) Highlights Pt 1

It's a great run overall, and gives the character a much needed recontextualisation - 90s edgelord anti hero who's older than his parents becomes 'fresh faced teen struggling with insecurity and the legacy of his older self.'

He wants to have fun but he also drives himself relentlessly on self-appointed missions. He's dating all five Cuckoos at the same time but he's a pretty crappy boyfriend. He's deeply aware that he's not his older self and he's afraid to ask for help, to fail. He's struggling to enjoy what should be the best time of his life. He doesn't know how to be a teenager (not that anyone does,) especially not one who has to be prepared for Kyle Reese and forever war steez. Pouch life looms.

Issue 1 opens with Cable vs Wolverine in the Quarry (a gladiator arena/dojo thing for mutants to practice combat and settle beef.)

'Aww, is little Logan's metal ass too heavy to move?'

It's a hilarious line without context, though it does a lot of work in worldbuilding - establishing Young Cable's personality, Logan's place in the Summers-Grey polycule, mutant solidarity and culture, and the infrastructure ahead of the Crucible in X-Men #7. The quarry isn't used a lot, though we get a noodle incident where Magik is the only person to be disqualified.

What did Magik do? It was the very first match ever vs Gorgon of all people, and Silver Samurai (who has quite the rap sheet) flat out decided nope, you're done - get out of here. Probably sent his ass to Limbo or summoned demons lol. Good to see Callisto is a regulator, though aren't Artie and Leech kids? I I love that Rogue beating up Havok, and I headcanon that the Cuckoo fight was purely physical - a psychic duel is not a spectator sport whereas two identical teenage girls whaling on each other is.

Scott and Jean really want to make the most of getting a second chance at raising Cable, though they have their own insecurities and he really doesn't want to be seen as needing them. The moment in X of Swords when Cable cracks and opens up is also one of the funniest moments and what inspired this post.

That was the last thing Jean expected to hear. I wish we got Scott's face for the initial reaction, but we'll have to make do.

'.......'

'Doug's what?'

There's an all-time Quiet Council moment, too.

Ouch.

Next time... Swords are cool, and 'how much Deadpool is too much?'

[heckcareoxytwit]

Storm, Sunfire, Sunspot and the Arakki mutants gather around at Arakko-Mars during the aftermath of Blood Dawn the Arakki sparring ritual. The injured Sunspot tries to joke as a way of coping his pain from his ill-timed fight with a stronger Arakki mutant. He hopes that the Arakki mutants are not about to start another pain-based holiday. Bei the Blood Moon reminds him that Arakko lost its voice in Otherworld and now Redroot the Forest has finally returned to them. Cue to Bei's words, Sunfire manages to return Redroot with the help of Weaponless Zsen and Storm. After extracting Redroot from his chest, Storm helps to keep Sunfire alive by zapping his chest to jump-start his heart. Once Zsen had planted Redroot to the soil, Storm showers the Arakki mutant with rain to make her grow into normal size. Sunspot mentioned that he wallowed in self pity long enough and has a more important role to play. Bei says their pain will not be without purpose. Sunspot approaches Weaponless Zsen and tells her serving with her father (Fisher King) and aunt (Syzya of the Smoke) was an honor. Sunspot decides to relinquish his seat on the Night table and grants it to her so that he could go back to Earth and find his friends.

X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #120, 2024

[celadons-penultimate]

Well, I made one post where I told y'all about one of my weird, random X-Men / mutant ships (Polaris X Colossus), but then I remembered Tumblr doesn't have as restrictive a character limit as Twitter, so why not fit multiple ships into one post? So here goes, a few more (unranked) non-canon mutant pairings I'm in favor of, for no reason at all:

1) Bishop × Frenzy

2) Prodigy × Gentle × Trinary (YES, a polycule, I said wtf I said)

3) Dazzler × Ruckus (if Kwannon / Psylocke & Greycrow, a former Marauder, can find love worth rooting for, this is also possible)

4) Thunderbird × Bei the Blood Moon (with ALL disrespect, Cypher & Bei still feels like a joke pairing; Doug, John & Bei ALL deserve better)

5) Spyke × Tag (iirc, each was PLANNED to be gay in their respective stories, but neither was confirmed, some X-Men writer needs to get on that)

[tournament-of-x]

The Hole

Announcement!

The following ten characters will be receiving new portraits for all future matches! On the left are their old portraits, and on the right are their new portraits.

The Five-In-One | Stepford Cuckoos

Sunfire | Shiro Yoshida

M / Penance | Monet St. Croix

Galura | Gabrielle Diwa

Thunderbird | John Proudstar

Black Priestess | Selene Gallio

Bei the Blood Moon

Marrow | Sarah Rushman

Lactuca the Knower

Prodigy | David Alleyne

Credit for Prodigy’s new portrait goes to @poorlydone-xmensketches.

If you have any complaints or criticisms regarding this decision, feel free to make them known.

[big-gay-apocalypse]

Betsy and Emma... both icons

// X-Terminators (2022) #4

[mispelled]

hi! I can't remember if I've sent in a request or not. if I have ignore this

I'd like to request Bei the Bloodmoon (X-Men character)

Thanks for voting!

Vote Glenn for a doodle

[b1gwings]

hi! I can't remember if I've sent in a request or not. if I have ignore this

I'd like to request Bei the Bloodmoon (X-Men character)

here she is!!!!! i hope you like it :D i didn’t know if u wanted the veil or not so i did without, hope that’s okay :3c

if you VOTE GLENN HERE, you can request a sketch from me!!! :D

[braddocklegacy]

Betsy Braddock mantra: “Die or be killed”

[crashhole]

Bei is the Two of Cups

Love, Communication, Harmonization

This shouldn’t be a surprised, as it’s all made pretty explicit in the tarot themed X of Swords crossover event. But I love how her design is homaging the Lion faced caduceus featured on the card!

[sbhelarctos]

Doug Ramsey and the bad bitches he pulled by being autistic

Inferno (2021) #4

[iconuk01]

The marriage of Doug Ramsey and Bei the Blood Moon

From Excalibur v3 #14, written by Tini Howard, art by Phil Noto (who does draw a very pretty Doug Ramsey)

As part of the ongoing contest between Krakoa and Arrako, being held on Otherworld and hosted by Opal-Luna Saturnyne, Doug Ramsey aka Cypher, the most surprising member of Krakoa's "Ten of Swords" team, (as he is neither swordsman nor trained warrior) is worried when he is told that he is part of only the second challenge... having just seen Captain Britain lose a sword fight with Isca the unbeaten

And so...

And this is where (and Doug) find out that the battles are not always going to be sword fights!

Cue a random dragon attack (Long story, not relevant)

And they lived happily ever after!

(Well, they're still together (more or less) two years later, which is better than most comic book weddings)

And yes, Doug's most important relationship up until this point was with his selfsoulfriend Warlock, in a relationship based on friendship and a mutual and absolute love for each other (which has no real world equivalent given they literally merge mind, body and soul), but he has been consistently romantically attracted to women as well so our boy has always been a full blown panromantic/lord-alone-knows-what-sexual!

[rei-ismyname]

Bei the Blood Moon best lines

In case you're unaware, Bei the Blood Moon is a badass Arakki warrior who ends up married to Doug for reasons too complicated to detail here. There was magic involved and they end up being very attracted to each other and forming a very healthy loving relationship. Unit warrior lady + frail pseudo pacifist is a great dynamic.

These are all esoteric gems from unlimited comics. The context is unimportant but Doug is writing poetry. She's such an icon.

Doug is super fucked up here, infected with what they think is a virus. It's not that, and Doug figures it out while in a coma. Warlock is... trying to help.

She does trust Warlock to help, but take from this response what you will.

There's a ton more coming. Infinity comics are great for those of us whose faves were in the background.