#mutant massacre

[vertigoartgore]

1987's Uncanny X-Men Vol.1 #219's cover by penciller Bret Blevins.

[rei-ismyname]

Mr Sinister should be experiencing profound existential despair

*Yes, I'm aware that he's not really capable of those kinds of feelings, but even from a character perspective the guy has lost his reason for existing. Huge spoilers for the entire Krakoan age, plus Heir of Apocalypse #1-3. We're talking about this guy.

One of the revelations of Krakoa was that Mr Sinister is not Nathaniel Essex, the 19th century Victorian eugenicist and scientist (now space god trapped experiencing the moment of death for eternity.) He's a clone *created* by Essex to achieve Domionhood (the highest form of non-linear gestalt machine entity - traditionally formed by joining singularities of machine intelligence together with so much processing power they are functionally Gods) through the study and utilisation of mutant power.

What a paragraph!

Here he is in 1924, threatening Destiny after killing Sinister.

He thought he was seeking Dominion for himself, not knowing he was a clone or that when he achieved Dominion his progress would be harvested by Essex. Essex created 3 other clones/variations for the same purpose but through different means -

Dr Stasis through post/humanity and Orbis Stellaris through the 'cosmic powers' (dude took over the Progenitor 's Worldfarm - a staggeringly impressive achievement for a 19th century clone from Earth)

These two dickwads

Finally, Mother Righteous through Magic (physically a clone of Essex's dead wife Rebecca, but just as much of a callous existential colonialist and monster as any Essex spawn.)

There she is, having a tanty after Enigma stole her Dominion success.

Each was created without knowledge of the other, and had mental blocks in place to prevent them learning about it. They ALL succeeded in various timelines and their efforts were harvested by the real Nathaniel Essex - Enigma, leaving the clones with nothing. Less than nothing. Alive but very dejected.

Making a huge unforced error

Instead of enjoying his godhood he chose to fight the X-Men and thanks to Jeanix, Xavier and Moira he's now a smear across infinity - defeated and broken but trapped at the moment of death forever.

Get Phoenix'd idiot!

Mr Sinister knows all of this, he even participated in the fight. Dr Stasis and Mother Righteous are dead, though Orbis Stellaris is still out there. His brain was only able to comprehend this stuff properly very recently. Even when working against Enigma there were still blocks in place.

Any one of these truth bombs would mess his head up, but all of them at once should ruin him. He doesn't have a sense of ethics but he does need purpose. Consider how bummed he was when the Progenitor ignored him on Judgement Day. He's not a real boy like other clones are.

- He's a clone with all sorts of fake memories

- Created with the compulsion to fulfill someone else's endgame

- Everything he's done for the last 200 years has been in service of Enigma's plan. Even the stuff that makes no sense. Especially the stuff that makes no sense.

- He has no other reason for being.

- Enigma smote him at least once.

- Enigma is dead, like super dead.

- Everyone else knows this as well

What the hell does he do now?

*Sigh*, he'll probably just be treated as Nathaniel Essex again, given Brevoort 's transparent policy of overwriting Krakoan lore. He could just clone himself with a new purpose/hard reboot as we've seen him do in Immortal X-Men, but how would he even decide? Also, he's the mutant devil - anyone who knows about him should want him dead, including some very powerful people. Two of the things I found insulting about Heir of Apocalypse was Exodus being next to Sinister and not eviscerating him AND Mr Sinister just acting like his old self as if nothing had changed. At the very least it should be explained - it's really not that hard either.

Mr Sinister is a system not a person, so he can make whatever changes he wants. It's not a very compelling villain if we don't know his motives though, and he's been there before.

Once that door is opened you can't ignore it. It'd be a shame to throw away the development he received, while ignoring potential for interesting new stories.

[mrrubbersuitman]

https://www.etsy.com/.../uncanny-x-men-vol-1-211-copper... NM Uncanny X-Men 211, first full appearance of the Marauders. Available through the link for $30.00

[splooosh]

“i’m you”

John Romita Jr - Dan Green

[naoa-ao3]

[bystander3]

Yoooooo!!!

I just watched X-Men '97, episode 5 "Remember It".

I don't swear lightly, but:

Holy F%ck!

I can't even talk about it yet.

Some of the best, most powerful television I've seen in a long time.

Some of the best beats from 30 years of comics distilled down into 40 minutes.

They're pulling out all the stops, ...and the season is not even half over!

[donnatroyprincessofthemyscira]

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YOU

[bloodinthegutter]

Blood In The Gutter -- X-Men fanfiction website

This website was archived in October of 1999 through (I believe) April of 2008. It was created by the late and great Kelly Newcomb, aka Kielle, and is X-Men focused--with a twist; almost all of these stories are focused on the villainous group, the Marauders, pictured below.

(That includes Gambit and Sinister-related stories, as well)

I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing with this blog; I'm a bit new to this. I am passionate about the things I like, and one of those things is, as weird as it sounds, the Marauders. And I've wanted to share this site with others for a while now; what better way, y'know?

Here is Kielle's fanlore. I highly recommend reading it if you want to learn more about her and her impact on her various fandom communities. She sounded incredible:

NOTE: some, if not most, of the stories on BITG may be a bit dated. I can't say what's offensive or be offended on anyone's behalf (I will say that John Greycrow's original codename is very prominent), but please proceed with caution just in case

[tgirldarkholme]

Uncanny X-Men #211 by Chris Claremont, John Romita Jr., and Bret Blevins

This (particularly the first panel) is a subtle example of Carol's persona surfacing in Rogue, a running subplot up to #269

[vertigoartgore]

80's Storm & Wolverine (leaders of a bunch of young X-Men at the time, circa 1987's Uncanny X-Men #215) commission by Alan Davis.

[silveragelovechild]

I had been a fan of comic books, but at some point the publishers started a trend of annual (and sometimes more often) “cross-overs” where a story spanning multiple months and multiple books. To understand the story, fans have to buy every book in the company’s line.

I didn’t want to buy books about characters I didn’t enjoy so I eventually stopped buying those cross-overs then I stopped buying comic books in general.

That the problem with Marvel’s MCU. You can’t enjoy just one movie, you have to see them all. Then when they added Disney+, you had to see those shows too. The upcoming “The Marvels” requires you to have seen 3 different TV shows first!

No thanks. I’ve given up on the MCU, I’ve canceled Disney+, and I will avoid The Marvels. (And James Gunn’s DC universe won’t be any better.)

[mattdevil]

How did they not find the red glasses suspicious. How.

[evilhorse]

I don’t have time for another mutant massacre, so give me some good news.

[scott-summers2]

X-Men Sex and Cigarettes: Bloody Sunday

The Original 5 evoke us the X-Fans nostalgic, simpler times. And the same they do for Scott. But that memory will be tinged with tragedy in my new chapter of Sex and Cigarettes. Check it out right here:

[mrrubbersuitman]

https://www.etsy.com/.../uncanny-x-men-vol-1-211-copper... Sold one of these a few days ago, have one left, NM Uncanny X-Men 211, regularly $30.00, on sale until 5/15 for $27.00