#kobak never-held

[rei-ismyname]

Bei The Blood Moon best lines Part 2

These deal with Bei's actions and feelings in the final days and aftermath of the Genesis War.

Lots of friends lost.

The battle expressed poetically as only Bei does.

Roberto was concerned that she was taking too much upon herself, but Bei was not dealing with Doug's getting snatched up by Krakoa very well.

Information we knew, but it's a pretty rad stylisation of how Bei sees it. Krakoa's 'facial' expressions are hard to read but I think they look a bit cruel here.

Of course.

Awww. Pretty sure we're switching into Berto's viewpoint here with the visuals, or maybe they're both tight with the New Mutants. Either way it's nice to see them.

She asks if Arakko is observing the Blood Dawn this year. Kobak Never-Held has his perspective on it.

Bei has a more romantic explanation.

In what I believe is a moment of closeness, she sticks a knife in Sunspot's face and asks him if he's down.

Room for one more picture, so here's her impromptu wedding vows. I really wish we got to see Bei interact with Magneto, Exodus and Storm. Her sense of poetry and drama is legendary. A true romantic!

[comicwaren]

“Do you see what your war has done, Genesis? Do you see the only way it can end?” -- Storm

Cover art for X-Men Red Vol. 2 #018, “The Mended Land”

Art by Stefano Caselli and Jesus Aburtov

[arborescentarecaceae]

Top 10 Sexiest Mutants

but I'm gay so it's only the guys

Honorable Mention: Kobak Never-Held

I'm not really into porcupines or whatever he's supposed to be, but he has a nice ass and that's all that really matters.

#10: That one Betsy Braddock variant who has a beard

Okay I know this one's kind of a stretch but I always get excited to see this guy in the background when the Captain Britain corps shows up. If Betsy is a mutant her variants would be too, right? So this counts?

#9: Wolverine (Logan Howlett)

Pretty basic, I know, but he's popular for a reason and that reason is that he's sexy.

#8: Forge

Mustache <3

#7: Sabretooth

I'm pretty sure he was my first crush as a kid lol. And as stupid as it looks the Corsair cosplay here is really doing it for me somehow.

#6: Manifold

I'm usually not into yellow for clothing but he manages to make it look good, and I love a character who has a signature color.

#5: Nightcrawler (with the horns, from Legion of X)

He's a sexy little demon man :)

#3 (tie): Magneto & Fisher King

I'm not the only one who kind of ships them, right? Like, there's something there.

#2: Jon Ironfire (as seen in Sins of Sinister)

It's a shame this version of him is from a timeline that no longer exists, because he's sooooo cool. He's got sick horns and a huge beard and he's missing an eye and he can turn his blood into metal, like come on.

#1: Colossus (in his 2022 Hellfire Gala outfit)

Obviously. I'm still mad they came up with this amazing design and then he was in the background of like 3 panels throughout the entire event and that was it.

[kaidanalenko]

Roberto da Costa and Kobak Never-Held

... Like what was going on with them. What was cooking there?

[thehollowprince]

Oh, to be a fly on that wall.

[sofiamantegafan110]

NEW X-MEN SEASON 3, EPISODE 4

EPISODE 4: ARAKKO OR BUST

A FLASH OF BLUE LIGHT ENVELOPS THE SCREEN AS OUR NINE SWORDBEARERS – BLINK, HELLION, X-23, PIXIE, ANOLE, MERCURY, M, VOLTA DOOM, AND CYPHER – APPEAR IN A GATEWAY SIMILAR TO THE ONE ON THE LAWN OF XAVIER’S. THEY LOOK AROUND AND GAPE AT THEIR SURROUNDINGS. FINALLY, CESSILY BREAKS THE SILENCE.

CESSILY: THIS IS SO COOL!

CLARICE SHUSHES HER AND TELLS EVERYONE TO BLEND IN. MAYBE THEY CAN TRY TO FIND WHO’S IN CHARGE IF THEY ACT DISCREET. VOLTA SIGHS, BEFORE SIMPLY THRUSTING HER SPEAR INTO THE AIR. A BOLT OF ELECTRICITY ARCS INTO THE SKY, AND ALL HEADS TURN TO THEM. VOLTA LOOKS OVER TO CLARICE AND TELLS HER SHE’S WELCOME.

MEGAN: NOW WHAT?

CLARICE TELLS THEM TO FOLLOW HER LEAD BEFORE RAISING HER HANDS.

CLARICE: CAN YOU POINT US TO THE GUY IN CHARGE?

JULIAN: THIS TRIP IS STARTING OUT PERFECTLY.

CUE INTRO AND CREDITS

LATER, THE TEAM IS ESCORTED BY GUARDS INTO A CITADEL. THERE, THEY ARE BROUGHT INTO THE CENTER OF A RING SURROUNDED BY TWELVE SEATED FIGURES. IN ONE SEAT IS A WOMAN WITH RED SKIN IN GOLD ARMOR NEXT TO A WOMAN WITH BLUE AND PURPLE SKIN WITH A SNAKELIKE CREATURE COILED AROUND HER BODY. NEXT TO HER IS A STRANGE MAN WITH PALE WHITE SKIN AND A PAIR OF TENTACLES ON HIS HEAD, WHO STUDIES THEM CURIOUSLY.

GUARD: PRESENTING THE GREAT RING OF ARAKKO! FIRST COMES THE TABLE OF DAWN! IN THE SEAT OF VICTORY, ISCA THE UNBEATEN! IN THE SEAT OF STALEMATE, IDYLL THE FUTURE SEER! AND IN THE SEAT OF LOSS, TARN THE UNCARING!

IN ANOTHER SEAT IS A FEMALE FIGURE COVERED BY A VEIL OF COSMIC PATTERNS WHO SITS NEXT TO A WOMAN WITH A BLACK PONYTAIL DRESSED IN LIGHT BLUE AND WHITE ARMOR. BESIDE HER IS A MALE-LOOKING CREATURE WITH LAVENDER SKIN WHO RESEMBLES AN AXOLOTL.

GUARD: NEXT IS THE TABLE OF DAY! IN THE SEAT OF ABOVE-US, LACTUCA THE KNOWER! IN THE SEAT OF ALL-AROUND-US, GENESIS! AND IN THE SEAT OF BELOW-US, SOBUNAR OF THE DEPTHS!

THE NEXT CREATURE LOOKS LIKE AN EYEBALL WITH A HEADLESS TODDLER’S BODY ON TOP OF IT. NEXT TO IT IS A CREATURE WHO RESEMBLES A CATERPILLAR AND BESIDE IT IS A MAN WITH PURPLE SKIN AND POINTED EARS WHO HAS A WARM LOOK ON HIS FACE.

GUARD: NEXT COMES THE TABLE OF DUSK! IN THE SEAT OF LAW, ORA SERRATA THE WITNESS! IN THE SEAT OF HISTORY, XILO THE FIRST DEFENDER! AND IN THE SEAT OF DREAMS, LODUS LOGOS!

NEXT IS A MALE CREATURE SHAPED LIKE AN ARMADILLO WITH ROCKS AND GRASS COMING FROM HIS BACK. NEXT TO HIM IS AN OLD, HUMAN-LOOKING MAN WITH A WHITE BEARD, AND NEXT TO HIM IS A CREATURE WITH A WOLFLIKE APPEARANCE, TWO WOLF FACES, AND A CENTAUR BODY. SITTING IN THE WAY BACK IS A FEMALE CREATURE WITH A PLANT-LIKE APPEARANCE, COVERED IN RED AND GREEN VINES.

GUARD: FINALLY, THE TABLE OF NIGHT! IN THE SEAT OF NOWHERE, KOBAK NEVER-HELD! IN THE SEAT OF NOTHING, THE FISHER KING! AND IN THE SEAT OF NOBODY, LYCAON TWO WOLVES! ALSO JOINING US IS THE VOICE OF ARAKKO ITSELF, REDROOT THE FOREST!

CESSILY: CLARICE, WE FOUND HER! WE FOUND GENESIS!

GENESIS NODS BEFORE ASKING WHO THEY ARE AND HOW THEY GOT HERE. CLARICE TELLS HER THAT THEY ARE MUTANTS FROM EARTH AND THEY COME WITH A GRAVE WARNING. BEFORE SHE CAN EVEN SPEAK, TARN SPEAKS UP, ASKING GENESIS IF THEY CAN EVEN TRUST THESE INTRUDERS. AFTER ALL, THEY HAVE NOT HEARD WORD OF THE MUTANTS OF EARTH FOR CENTURIES.

CESSILY: I GUESS ‘UNCARING’ ISN’T JUST HIS NAME…

CLARICE: YOU CAN TRUST US.

ISCA: AND WHY IS THAT, GIRL?

CLARICE TAKES A DEEP BREATH AND CESSILY MOUTHS ‘YOU GOT THIS’, FLASHING HER A THUMBS-UP.

CLARICE: BECAUSE MY NAME IS CLARICE FERGUSON. AND I AM A DESCENDANT OF EN SABAH NUR; THE GREAT WARRIOR APOCALYPSE.

THE COUNCIL GASPS WHILE GENESIS STARES AT CLARICE AS IF WHAT SHE’S SAYING IS TRUE. LODUS LOGOS LOOKS ON IN INTRIGUE, ORA SERRATA BOBS IN THE AIR NONCHALANTLY, AND ISCA LOOKS A MITE PISSED.

ISCA: THE CHILDREN LIE, SISTER! SENTENCE THEM TO-

GENESIS: WAIT, SISTER. I WISH TO HEAR THEIR STORY. SPEAK, CLARICE FERGUSON.

AND SO CLARICE TELLS HER ABOUT HOW ANNIHILATION CAME TO EARTH, HOW SHE POSSESSED APOCALYPSE, AND HOW SHE SEEKS THE CODEX PIECES TO BRING HER ARMY TO EARTH.

SOBUNAR: AND HOW DID YOU LEARN OF US?

CESSILY: BECAUSE OF HER! IDYLL! SHE SENT A SCROLL TO EARTH TELLING US ABOUT YOU GUYS AND HOW YOU NEED OUR HELP! I PROMISE, IF ANNIHILATION IS DEFEATED ONCE AND FOR ALL, HER ARMY WILL HAVE NO CHANCE!

REDROOT: ARAKKO IS DWINDLING. BUT I DON’T THINK WE SHOULD TRUST THESE OUTSIDERS. TARN IS RIGHT. IT HAS BEEN A MILLENNIA SINCE WE LAST SAW EARTH.

CLARICE: PLEASE, WE CAN HELP YOU!

DOUG: WE CAN REUNITE ARAKKO AND KRAKOA! THAT’S WHAT THEY WANT, RIGHT? TO BE WHOLE AGAIN?

ISCA STANDS UP, COMMANDING DOUG NOT TO PRETEND TO KNOW WHAT ARAKKO WANTS. MEGAN COUNTERS BACK, SAYING THAT IF ANNIHILATION CONQUERS EARTH, IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THEY GO AFTER THE ARAKKII NEXT. TARN SMIRKS, SAYING THAT WHEN THE ARMIES OF AMENTH COME, THEY WILL BE READY, AND THEY HAVE NO NEED TO THEM.

JULIAN: SO YOU’RE JUST GONNA ABANDON US?

TARN: WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, BOY, WE DO NOT KNOW YOU. WHY WOULD WE EVER HELP YOU?

JULIAN LOOKS OVER TO CLARICE, WHO QUIVERS IN PLACE.

JULIAN: TELL ‘EM, CLARICE.

CLARICE LIFTS HER HEAD, STRUGGLING TO HOLD BACK TEARS AS SHE SPEAKS.

CLARICE: BECAUSE ANNIHILATION HAS MY GIRLFRIEND. SHE’S THE LOVE OF MY LIFE AND MY REASON FOR BEING. I NEED TO SAVE HER, AND I NEED YOUR HELP. AND THE MORE WE SPEND HERE, THE MORE SHE’S SLIPPING AWAY. PLEASE, GENESIS. AS YOUR BLOOD, I ASK YOU TO HELP US. SO WE CAN BOTH SEE OUR LOVED ONES AGAIN.

A SILENCE FILLS THE ROOM AS GENESIS LOOKS AT CLARICE, PUZZLED. SUDDENLY, TARN STARTS SLOW CLAPPING.

TARN: A WONDERFUL STORY, GIRL. BUT NOW, WE MUST VOTE. I VOTE NAY.

ISCA: NAY. THE EARTHLINGS CAN FIGHT THEIR OWN BATTLES.

IDYLL SILENTLY MOTIONS THAT SHE VOTES AYE.

LACTUCA: THEIR STORY APPEALS TO ME. I VOTE AYE.

SOBUNAR: AS DO I.

ORA SERRATA: NAY.

XILO: NAY.

LODUS LOGOS: AYE.

KOBAK: THE STORY OF LOST LOVE MUST BE RECTIFIED. AYE.

LYCAON: NAY.

FISHER KING: AYE.

REDROOT: I VOTE NAY. ARAKKO HAS THRIVED FOR CENTURIES, AND IT DOES NOT NEED YOU INVADERS.

ISCA TURNS TO GENESIS.

ISCA: WELL, SISTER?

CLARICE LOOKS TO GENESIS WITH PLEADING EYES AND SHE LOOKS AROUND, UNCERTAIN.

GENESIS: I ABSTAIN.

MEGAN TURNS TO THE OTHERS, ASKING WHAT THIS MEANS. LAURA ANSWERS HER, SAYING THAT IT’S A STALEMATE. NOTHING CAN BE DECIDED. CLARICE LOOKS AROUND, DISAPPOINTED AS CESSILY WONDERS IF THEY LOST.

VOICE: MIGHT I HAVE A SAY?

SUDDENLY, VIC AND MEGAN’S SWORDS START TO GLOW AS A BEAM OF LIGHT FILLS THE ROOM. THEN, WHEN THE LIGHT RECEDES, A GORGEOUS BLONDE WOMAN IN A LONG WHITE DRESS STANDS WITH AN AIR OF AUTHORITY. THE ARAKKII COUNCIL LOOKS AT HER IN SURPRISE.

MEGAN: WHO IS THIS… GORGEOUS SPECIMEN?

MONET: I’VE READ ABOUT HER IN THE X-MEN ARCHIVES, BUT I DIDN’T THINK SHE WAS REAL. THIS IS OPAL LUNA SATURNYNE, THE UNIVERSAL MAJESTRIX OF OTHERWORLD.

SATURNYNE SMILES BEFORE ASKING IF VICTOR AND MEGAN COULD REALLY GET AWAY WITH STEALING SWORDS THAT RIGHTFULLY BELONG TO OTHERWORLD. MONET’S JAW CLENCHES AS VIC TELLS HER NOT TO BOTHER. HE BATS FOR THE OTHER TEAM.

SATURNYNE: WELL, I SAW THIS… SPECTACLE FROM OTHERWORLD. IT SEEMS LIKE YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING SITUATION.

GENESIS: YOUR WHYNESS, WE…

SATURNYNE: I WASN’T DONE.

SATURNYNE STANDS CONFIDENTLY, A HAND ON HER HIP. THEN, WITH A FLOURISH OF HER HAND, SEVERAL TAROT CARDS MATERIALIZE OUT OF THIN AIR, SPINNING AROUND HER BODY.

SATURNYNE: WELL, THE SITUATION IS VERY COMPLEX. THE MUTANTS OF EARTH NEED THE MUTANTS OF ARAKKO TO HELP THEM WITH A DEATH GODDESS FROM THE SAME PLANET THAT THE ARAKKII MUTANTS RESIDE. BUT THE ARAKKII MUTANTS ARE UNCERTAIN IF THEY WANT TO HELP. SO, I HAVE AN IDEA.

MEGAN: WHAT IS IT, YOU… YOU AMAZING AND VERY TALL SUPERMODEL OF A WOMAN?

SATURNYNE SMILES.

SATURNYNE: I PROPOSE A CONTEST. ARAKKO VERSUS KRAKOA. IF KRAKOA WINS, THE ARAKKII MUTANTS WILL HELP THEM. IF ARAKKO WINS, KRAKOA FIGHTS ANNIHILATION BY THEMSELVES. WINNER TAKE ALL.

THERE’S A PAUSE AS THE MUTANTS WHISPER TO THEMSELVES. FINALLY, CLARICE AND GENESIS STAND UP.

CLARICE: WE ACCEPT THE DEAL.

GENESIS: AS DO WE.

SATURNYNE: SPLENDID! THEN WE SHALL WAIT WHILE ARAKKO CHOOSES ITS CHAMPIONS.

ISCA: WHILE WE DECIDE, WE WILL HAVE AN ESCORT TAKE YOU TO SOME QUARTERS WHILE YOU WAIT.

SUDDENLY, IN A PUFF OF PURPLE SMOKE, A YOUNG WOMAN WITH PURPLE SKIN AND LONG WHITE HAIR, FOUR POINTED EARS AND A NIGHTCRAWLER-LIKE TAIL APPEARS OUT OF THIN AIR. SHE INTRODUCES HERSELF AS SYZYA OF THE SMOKE, AND OFFERS TO ESCORT THEM TO THEIR ROOM.

A FEW MINUTES LATER, SYZYA WALKS THEM OVER TO A DORMITORY-STYLE ROOM, AND CLARICE ASKS HER IF EVERYONE IN ARAKKO IS SO UPTIGHT. SYZYA TELLS HER THAT IT’S NOTHING PERSONAL. THE MUTANTS OF ARAKKO HAVE FOUGHT COUNTLESS BATTLES WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE MUTANTS OF EARTH, SO IT’S HARDLY BELIEVABLE.

CESSILY: SO I FIGURE THE ARMADILLO GUY IS ON OUR SIDE, AND SO’S THE FISH GUY, THE GIRL WITH THE VEIL, AND THE PURPLE GUY.

SYZYA: IT SEEMS YOUR STORY OF YOUR LOVED ONE APPEALED TO THEM. KOBAK NEVER-HELD HAS HARDLY BEEN AN ALLY SINCE THE DEATH OF HIS LOVER. AND I KNOW HE LOVED HIM GREATLY.

VIC: GOOD TO SEE THAT HOMOPHOBIA EXISTS EVEN IN AMENTH.

SYZYA LOOKS AT HIM AND SAYS THAT SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT HE MEANS.

MONET: WHAT ABOUT YOU? WHERE DO YOU STAND?

SYZYA: I… AM NOT SURE. I WISH FOR ARAKKO TO THRIVE, BUT, FORGIVE ME FOR SAYING THIS, I AM UNCERTAIN ABOUT TRUSTING OUTSIDERS. BUT I SUPPOSE I WOULD SUPPORT THE DECISION OF MY BROTHER-IN-MARRIAGE, THE FISHER KING, AND ALLY WITH YOU.

CESSILY: WAIT… THE OLD DUDE IS YOUR BROTHER-IN-LAW?!

MEGAN: CESSILY, HUSH.

SYZYA: THE TRUTH IS, I HAVE BEEN CURIOUS ABOUT LIFE ON EARTH. ARAKKO WILL ALWAYS BE A HOME TO ME, BUT… IT HAS BEEN A DREAM OF MINE. SO, CLARICE, IS IT TRUE WHAT YOU SAID?

CLARICE SIGHS AND SAYS THAT IT’S TRUE. APOCALYPSE IS HER ANCESTOR. SHE’S ONLY JUST LEARNED ABOUT IT, BUT NOW THAT SHE’S REALLY MET HIM, HE SEEMS LIKE A NICE GUY. SHE FIGURES MAYBE AFTER SO LONG, HE’S FINALLY DECIDED TO SEE THINGS DIFFERENTLY.

SYZYA: AND WHAT ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONE? TELL ME ABOUT HER.

CLARICE REFUSES, BUT CESSILY TELLS HER THAT SHE CAN SEE HOW HARD IT IS BEING WITHOUT SOFIA. SHE FIGURES THAT MAYBE TALKING ABOUT HER WILL HELP CLARICE FOCUS ON THE TASK AT HAND. CLARICE TAKES A DEEP BREATH AND LOOKS AROUND.

CLARICE: WELL… WHERE DO I START? SHE’S… WELL, SHE’S GORGEOUS. LIKE THAT SATURNYNE CHICK ONLY MUCH HOTTER. SHE’S BEAUTIFUL AND GRACEFUL AND EVERY TIME SHE DANCES, IT’S LIKE SHE’S IN ANOTHER WORLD. SHE TOLD ME HER FAVORITE SONG IS ‘INVISIBLE’ BY HUNTER HAYES, AND IT REMINDED HER THAT WE ALL HAVE A VOICE, AND SHE DECIDED TO USE HER VOICE AS BEST SHE COULD. SHE’S SO KIND AND SHE BELIEVES EVERYONE DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE. SHE HELPS PEOPLE COME OUT OF THEIR COMFORT ZONES AND SHE DOES IT IN THE BEST WAY POSSIBLE. SOMETIMES, I DON’T THINK I DESERVE HER. I DON’T THINK I DESERVE ANY OF YOU.

MONET: BULLSHIT.

MEGAN: POPPYCOCK!

CESSILY: THEY’RE RIGHT, CLARICE. YOU’RE A GOOD PERSON, AND YOU DESERVE ALL OF US. LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED IN MUTANT TOWN. YOU COMMANDED US LIKE A WELL-OILED MACHINE. PEOPLE LOVE US. I MEAN, LOOK AT THESE POSTS FROM V_CORREA IN BUENOS AIRES, OR KAWAIITRISTA666 FROM CHICAGO. MUTANTS ARE COMING OUT OF THE WOODWORK TO REACH OUT TO US. AND EVEN HUMANS LIKE US.

MEGAN: YEAH, CAN’T FORGET ABOUT HORSEGIRLBECCA16. SHE SAID I’M ‘A VERY PRETTY GOBLIN’ FOR SOME STRANGE REASON. I LIKE IT.

CLARICE LAUGHS AND THANKS THEM BEFORE THE DOOR OPENS. IDYLL WALKS IN AND SYZYA LOOKS AT HER BEFORE SAYING THAT THE COUNCIL IS READY FOR THEM. CESSILY ASKS WHY SHE DIDN’T JUST SAY SO, AND SYZYA SAYS THAT IDYLL CANNOT SPEAK EVER SINCE HER TONGUE WAS CUT OUT BY TARN THE UNCARING. MEGAN THEN COMMENTS THAT SHE REALLY DOES NOT LIKE THAT GUY.

AS THEY WALK, MONET TELLS VOLTA THAT SHE’S A PART OF THE GROUP TOO. SHE CAN JUMP IN WHENEVER SHE LIKES. VOLTA HUFFS, TELLING HER THAT SHE’S NOT HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS. SHE’S HERE TO PROTECT THIS NEW ALLIANCE BETWEEN XAVIER’S AND LATVERIA. MEGAN ROLLS HER EYES, BEFORE WALKING AWAY.

AS THEY ENTER THE ROOM, THEY ARE FACED WITH SEVERAL ARAKKII WARRIORS. GENESIS, REDROOT, AND ISCA ARE AMONG THEM, AS WELL AS A GRAY-SKINNED MAN IN A HOOD WHO HAS NO SHIRT ON, A BUFF BLUE-SKINNED MAN IN WHITE ARMOR, A NUDE YOUNG MAN WITH WHITE SKIN, A WOMAN IN ARMOR THAT HIDES HER FACE, A BIG CREATURE WITH A CROCODILE’S HEAD AND A LUMBERING FIGURE, A WOMAN IN BLACK WHOSE HEAD IS ALIGHT WITH FIRE, AND A MALE FIGURE DRESSED IN A BLACK EGYPTIAN JACKAL’S MASK.

TARN: WE HAVE CHOSEN OUR CHAMPIONS. WIELDING THE VERMILLION SWORD IS WAR, CHILD OF APOCALYPSE AND COMMANDER OF FIRE. BEARING THE SWORD COLONY IS HER SON, THE SUMMONER, WHOSE SKIN CANNOT BE CUT. THE MURAMASA BLADE IS IN POSSESSION OF SOLEM, A ROGUEISH MUTANT WHOSE SKIN IS MADE FROM THE FINEST ADAMANTIUM. HOLDING THE SWORD PURITY IS THE WHITE SWORD OF THE IVORY SPIRE, MASTER HEALER AND EXTERNAL AND LORD OF THE ONE HUNDRED CHAMPIONS. WIELDING THE SWORD ALLUVIUM IS REDROOT THE FOREST, THE VOICE OF ARAKKO. HOLDING THE BLACK BONE OF AMDUAT, I PRESENT DEATH, CHILD OF APOCALYPSE WHOSE EYES CAN KILL WITH A LOOK. WIELDING THE SWORD MERCY IS ISCA THE UNBEATEN, WHO CANNOT LOSE. HOLDING THE SWORD SEDUCER IS BEI THE BLOOD MOON, A WARRIOR WHO WIELDS THE DOOM NOTE. NEXT, WE HAVE POGG UR-POGG, A BEAST OF AMENTH AND A STRONG MERCENARY. FINALLY, WIELDING THE TWILIGHT BLADE IS OUR LADY GENESIS, EMPRESS OF ARAKKO.

THE INTENSE-LOOKING ARAKKII STAND IN FRONT OF THE NEW X-MEN, AND CESSILY IMMEDIATELY COMMENTS THAT THEY’RE FUCKED. CLARICE THEN UNSHEATHES APOCALYPSE’S SWORD AND WALKS TO THE CENTER TO FACE SATURNYNE.

CLARICE: WHAT’S FIRST?

SATURNYNE SMIRKS AND SAYS THAT SHE WILL CONSULT THE CARDS FOR THAT. WITH THAT, HER TAROT CARDS COME INTO FOCUS AGAIN, AND EVENTUALLY, TWO OF THEM LAND IN HER HANDS. SHE SHOWS THEM TO THE GOBSMACKED NEW X-MEN AND THE INTRIGUED ARAKKII, HER SMILE NEVER LEAVING HER FACE.

SATURNYNE: OUR FIRST CHALLENGE: PIXIE VERSUS ISCA THE UNBEATEN… TO THE DEATH. LET THE GAMES BEGIN.

[heckcareoxytwit]

Ever since the Fall of Krakoaland, the mutants have their terrible times in the holiday season. Kwannon, Monet and Rogue try to avoid getting caught by Orchis' Stark Sentinels while doing Christmas shopping. Havok is decorating a creepy Christmas tree under the supervision of Madelyne Pryor in Limbo Embassy. Kitty Pryde spends her lonely Hannukah in the Morlock Tunnels. And lastly; Thunderbird and the two other random mutants are trying to cheer themselves up somewhere in the woods.

On Arakko-Mars, the Arakki mutants are left to lick their wounds at the aftermath of Arakko Civil War. Bei the Blood Moon had returned to Planet Arakko, wounded from fighting a lot of monsters. Sunspot tries to offer help but she turns him down, claiming that she can heal herself. Bei explains that even though she could heal herself physically from fights, she could not heal her troubled emotions fast. Since her husband - Doug Ramsey had disappeared, Bei was upset over his absence. Frustrated over her husband's disappearance and the lack of help from others, Bei spent her time fighting too many monsters without proper rest. Sunspot understood her frustration as he knew the loss since the death of his best friend (Sam Guthrie was killed by Nimrod) and he missed his old teammates who had disappeared after the Hellfire Gala disaster.

X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #118, 2023

[why-i-love-comics]

X-Men: Red #14 - "To War We March" (2023)

written by Al Ewing art by Yildiray Cinar & Federico Blee

[evilhorse]

X-Men Red #14

[rael-rider]

"You sure battle cries aren't your mutant power?"

From X-Men Red #14

[lovecatsys]

everyone talking about Beto and Nova have you considered... Beto and Kobak....

[comicwaren]

From X-Men Red Vol. 2 #016, “The Fall of Prometheus”

Art by Yildiray Çinar and Federico Blee

Written by Al Ewing

[summerstrash]

look, I'm just saying, there is nothing heterosexual about breaking the greatest taboo of your society to save someone's life, and when he tears into you for it, shouting a desperate confession that you didn't want him to die. like. that's classic homoeroticism, baybee!!

Panels from X-Men Red #14, written by Al Ewing, art by Yildiray Çinar, colors by Frederico Blee, letters & production by Ariana Maher, design by Tom Muller & Jay Bowen, and editing by Lauren Amaro & Jordan D. White. ID in alt text.

[thehollowprince]

Kobak was so confused (as were we all)

[fanartsgalore]

X-Men: Red Vol. 2 #14

Stefano Caselli - X-Men Red

[heckcareoxytwit]

The Mutants on Earth and Planet Arakko have their mixed feelings during a holiday season. Kamala Khan is forced to hide her mutant identity in school even though she doesn't celebrate Christmas as she is a Muslim. The grieving Wolverine pours his beer for the fallen mutants at the grave. Iceman snuggles up with his Inhuman boyfriend, Romeo, in somewhere else. Sunspot on Planet Arakko is worried over Richard Rider's dire condition. The Arakki Mutants are excited for Blood Dawn the festival in Arakko where they fight each other in sparring matches every year to settle their old conflicts. Craig Marshall the token human from NASA stops Loolo and Kobb from fighting. So instead he comes up with another idea - having first turkey dinner on Arakko.

Meanwhile, Orchis the Anti-Mutant organization are baffled when they find that Santa Claus is a mutant on the Mutant Detector Radar.

X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic #119, 2023