#mekanix

[wakandas]

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[yalster54]

kitty owes xuan damages for how bad this situationship was

[dirtyriver]

Mekanix #1-6, December 2002 - May 2003, written by Chris Claremont, interior art by Juan Bobillo (pencils) and Marcelo Sosa (inks), covers by Cecilia Calle

Taking a break from the X-Men, Kitty Pryde goes to university in Chicago, takes a job as a bartender, reunites with Karma, meets Genosha survivor Shola Inkosi, and together they fight hate group Purity and adaptive sentinels.

[coolcomicbookcovers]

[amageish]

So we got some more Exceptional X-Men info... and I have some thoughts!

First off, the press release didn't provide pronouns for the new characters which is unfortunate as I really would like to know how to refer to them! Still, their designs continue to look cool - and I hope Melee keeps their unique body type across different artists.

The solicit did have one tidbit that stands out to me though...

EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN begins with Kitty trying to get as far away from all things X as she possibly can. After the actions she took during FALL OF X, Kitty craves normalcy and takes a job as a regular-degular bartender. She’s definitely NOT getting ready to head up an all-new team of wayward young mutants while avoiding the watchful gaze of Emma Frost. Nothing but work, dating and staving off depression. That’s it. Let’s see how long it lasts…

It looks like Pryde is going back to being a bartender! It was previously announced she'd be a barista, but it seems like they've switched back to full-on Mekanix vibes, which I am quite excited by - and feels pretty appropriate to this story?

For reference, Kitty Pryde became a bartender in a 6-issue mini-series written by Claremont in 2002/2003...

The books was partially Claremont grappling with the changes to the status quo made by Grant Morrison, whose work he did not agree with at the time... but his method of processing these changes was sending Pryde back to Chicago where she tried to be "normal" while processing the trauma caused by the destruction of the mutant nation of Genosha...

So uh. In other words, this is basically Exceptional X-Men's premise 20 years earlier - it's also about Pryde in Chicago grappling with identity and trauma related to a mutant island's destruction.

Comic storylines are always cyclical, for better and for worse, but this is a really interesting one to revisit IMHO! I am very curious how Ewing will tackle the subject matter - and especially the idea of what mutants have the privilege to pass as human and hide their mutant identity...

Mekanix is also, uh, a pretty notable book in the queer history of Kitty Pryde too, as it starts her relationship with Xuân Cao Mạnh... When a building collapses around them, they nearly share a kiss before being attacked by sentinels - causing Kitty to state that people like them can never relax their guards, which feels like an intentional double-reference to their mutanthood and their queerness...

This moment is also relatively unique among Kitty Pryde queer moments as it has consistently been followed up on? New Mutants Vol 2 has Xuân talk about to Dani, without naming Kitty specifically.

Liu's Astonishing X-Men also references it, with Kitty continuing to be close to Karma and her siblings...

And Trungles' Karma in Love mentions it pretty directly - with Karma apparently having some complicated feelings about Pryde that she doesn't want to address... as she straight-up just runs away when she sees her.

ANYWAY. The point being: This book could also be a good one to explore Pryde's potential queer identity, if Marvel Corporate is on-board with them actually, uh, doing that now...

[lovecatsys]

just read Mekanix having some feelings about Them

[orangedodge]

I prefer to think that there was no denial or repression going on, and Kitty and Xuan simply did not realize that they were dating.

When Xuan invited Kate along for a family museum trip, that was a date. Kate had to have known she was going on a date.

When Kitty moved in to Xuan's apartment, and the twins started calling her their "aunt," Xuan had to have realized that Kitty was her girlfriend.

But did Xuan know that Kitty knew? Did Kate know that Karma knew? No. 🤷‍♀️

[jackalsiii]

Mekanix

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[orangedodge]

Xuan even talked to her boss beforehand and got her the night off so that she could take her home, where she was already set to cook for an extra person.

I remember how Kitty and Karma were written as really gay in Mekanix (even by Chris Claremont standards) but I had forgotten how they were kinda written as amicable exes/former hookups.

Like this is the first time they've met in this comic, and the first thing they do is tell each other they look incredible. And Karma immediately asks if Kitty's dating anyone. Like, she's going into this trying to hook up.

And brushing a strand of hair as you invite her over? This is the behavior of someone trying to hook up who knows that she's gonna.

[nrcsfavoriteshrimps]

[Let’s check up on the swapped!gang!!]

[Shiyuu is currently being held back from the Monstro Lounge’s tuna stock by Rocky (who is squeezing them) and Yuume (who is trying to stop Rocky). Leilani watches in amusement.]

[Sadiya has been separated from Atlas and is being supervised by a (very stressed) Inno.]

[Binx is searching for Coven while Wuzhi is nearby, trying not to fall asleep.]

[Anya is scolding Chase, who was riding a blastcycle in the hallway. Chase is pleading for him not to tell Vil or Rook.]

(Open RP!!)

[yalster54]

kitty got that sleeper build fr 😳😳😳

[claremontianwoman]

Kate/Xuân crumbs in 2023? I’ll be damned

ngl if you follow me long enough you know i’ve been constantly crying about kate/xuân and the fact that writers have thrown away most of their history into the trash can, esp krakoan era so imagine my dramatic gasp when i saw kate in today’s issue of karma in love I FUCKING HOWLED AT THAT I COULDN’T CONTAIN MYSELF like???????? this shit is so juicy man can’t wait for next week also i hope marvel make a print of this mini series because i’ll buy it instantly even if i have to sell a kidney 

[andysmuse]

Third 2023 single Look At You Now by Wax Mekanix. Out now.

Third 2023 single Look At You Now by Wax Mekanix. Out now. Third 2023 single Look At You Now by Wax Mekanix. Out now. Wax Mecanix comes with a black-and-white video for his new single and in the video, Wax himself personates a human being that is imprisoned in a mental health care facility. He’s placed on a chair blindfolded and wears a mental health costume and while he sits there, he pours…

[onminernstig]

DaBoii & The Mekanix - Friendly Reminder (feat. J-Stalin).

Woa, er is een The Mekanix x DaBoii album uit? En 4Rax doet maar één hook? Dat is nog eens goed nieuws! Tegelijkertijd leveren niet alle rappers evenveel vuur als The Mekanix doen (zie bijv. het wat teleurstellende 2Legit waar Offset Jim op zijn meest half-slapends klinkt op een hele toffe beat), maar Stand On It heeft potentie. Juist ook omdat 4Rax wat fun lijkt te hebben met de hook. Juist van DaBoii had ik gehoopt dat hij all over the beats was, maar het lijken af en toe alsof er iets te veel adempauzes zijn.

The Mekanix - Movin' (feat. J-Stalin, Lijah, 4 rAx & Junneonnabeat)

Tegelijkertijd hebben ze ook een eigen solo album. Helaas lijkt daar hetzelfde voor op te gaan. Ondanks in potentie toffe featurings zoals Clyde Carson, Shoddy Boi (die wel heel degelijk spit: they tell me do some shit for the clubs, but they probably gonna sell drugs to this shit), Lil Blood, Iamsu en Lil bean etc. zijn het vooral de beats die de show stelen.

The Mekanix - Back On (feat. Shoddy Boi & Don Hollywood)

The Mekanix - Sauce University (feat. Yung Lott, Anthony Danza, Eddi Penthouse)

[amageish]

Did a little Mekanix #2 panel edit...

This book isn't really one that is using mutanthood as a trans allegory, but I thought it was funny...