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luna-bimborina · 15 days ago

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Top of my favorite Laura's (X-23) ships and which one I think is best

Trigger warning: this contains a lot of text and is more of a vent so I ask for patience, some may count as crack ships and some you may not like, every opinion is valid as long as it is given with respect this just things that I like and that is my opinion.

Please all from respect and understanding 💖.

9. Local

We haven't seen much of this character, that's why he's the last one, but he still has a certain charm that reminds us of Gambit, which fits Laura's personality in my opinion.

8. Jordan

Same case only appeared once but still the way they manage to understand each other is quite adorable, going from hate to understanding being that in the end both try to fight with the trauma, although I can also see it as a sisterhood relationship.

7. Jubilee

Emphasizing this is my opinion, I know many love this ship and I don't really judge them the way Jubilee seeks to support Laura can be fascinating, plus she never judges her just accompanies her, the only thing I think sometimes she tends not to listen to her much out of that I can also see them as sisters.

6. Mercury

I know this may sound weird but in general the way they both grow since they meet is slow but effective, being that even coming from absolutely different lives they seek to connect and manage to understand each other in the end, honestly I hate that Marvel won't continue their friendship.

5. Wind Dancer

I made this one up and it's an absolute crack ship, I mean I know they haven't interacted but I legitimately believe that if they had it would have been a nice friendship or relationship, between Sofia's compression and Laura's overprotection... I'll understand if I'm cancelled or judged for this...

4. Angel

Here we start with strong things, I know that many do not like this ship or its author, but in my opinion it has strong points.

Warren was one of the few people who tried to help Laura when she was clearly not well mentally, especially when she was surrounded by people that he barely knew, the way he enjoys seeing her smile and takes care of her says a lot about him, to the point that he prefers to sacrifice everything to change the destiny and have time with her, plus they both manage to make each other grow. While it has a bit toxic points I also like how they manage to solve things by communicating perfectly and learning to talk to each other being that while it's not perfect they manage to get to solve things just with communication at the end of it all, not to mention the adorable moment where he caresses her head and how he was for her in such strong moments as the funeral of her "mother" and Kimura's death.

It would be higher but I think Warren's only flaw is that he thinks more about Laura changing or reducing her wild personality a little bit which lowers his points in my opinion, plus as such we didn't see an end to this relationship.

3. Kiden

She has been the most recent to give us this ship, the first person to meet Laura and from what they let us see the first to try to understand her, by the dialogues of Nyx #8 she shows us the love she has always had for her, seeing her not only as a friend but as one of the most important people in her life.

She loves her and I'm sure that whether she accepts her feelings or not, it won't affect that she still wants to protect Laura and just be in her life.

2. Synch

I know many don't like this ship either but personally, even though we didn't see much of it, there are things that say so much.

Just starting with spending a thousand years together and constantly protecting each other to the point of preferring to die for each other, not to mention that after leaving the vault Synch still loved his Laura but he knew that the one he saw in front of him was not her, even with that he could not avoid looking at her nor could he live the mourning because.... Do you really know for sure that she is dead? How can you grieve for someone who simply disappeared? The psychological point in this ship is powerful, when they meet again is one of the most emotional moments, even after having spent a thousand years together they don't separate, they treat each other with love and look at each other as if no one else in the world will matter, for me without like those grandparents couples that you want to see together always and even after so much together they still treat each other like two teenagers who just met and treat each other with love.

This ship doesn't have the best of endings however it is still poetic, as to whether I would like to see it with this current Laura? No, he himself says so, maybe she looks like his wife but she is not the one I love.

1. Hellion

Wow in first place? It must be a surprise for those who follow my blog.

Getting serious talking about this ship is a long but interesting one, I would say it is one of the most natural relationships since from the first meeting it is imperfect, however Julian from the first moment he meets her although he doesn't fully understand her he doesn't judge her, for both it is as if they feel a genuine curiosity for each other, being Julian the first person who even seeks to integrate her to his group.

Something that Julian shows many times throughout the comics is his willingness to break the rules or lose everything in exchange for helping her, this even not exactly with feelings involved but because "she's important too" being the first person to make her feel worth it if you ask me; In Nyx's most recent comic #8 she lets us see more of their relationship, talking about the constant support that there was a genuine and pure love, however maybe it wasn't the time to be, after all they were two broken people that no matter how much they wanted they couldn't depend on each other and needed to heal separately.

However, even though this hurt at the time, there are comics that give us to understand that they could at least remain as friends, I will highlight one of the most important moments in Laura's life, which is the funeral of her "mother", where there was only immediate family, important people for her... And Julian, someone who managed to understand her and even when things were over decided to support her, although there is no dialogue in the scene the simple fact of his presence says a lot.

This already became long but Julian in short for me deserves the number one spot for being the first to see her clear and transparent, deciding to love her like that.

As an extra to add I want to say that Marjorie Liu wrote the characters so badly that only two things can be rescued, and also highlight that in an alternate future if they remained a couple and only ended because Julian died, and yet Laura still loved him, so if that is not love, what is?

Honorable mentions

Elixir, Spiderman and Surge

I'm not going to explain my guilty pleasure for these three because this could have been the thesis of my career, I'll just let the images explain themselves.

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baradorable · 4 months ago

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The Grand Unifying Wind Dancer Theory

Okay, remember when I talked about Prodigy possibly being the mastermind behind the Quiet Council? Well that theory is trash, because I have a much more fun theory in mind.

Wind Dancer is behind the Quiet Council. Not only that, she's also behind Mr. Friend/Mojo. And through him, she's been manipulating things behind the scenes in a major way.

Sofia vs Mojo

Hey, so you remember how Sofia was put in charge of Mojoworld back in the Krakoa era's X-Factor book? But in later appearances, this is never mentioned again and Mojo is back in control?

Prodigy was part of X-Factor at the time. He'd KNOW Sofia is supposed to be in charge of it. Yet he doesn't even acknowledge that Mojo apparently took it back, despite running into Mojo and knowing him as a threat. No mention of how weird that is. No concern about Sofia, or any thought about her being put into danger or eliminated. Something would have had to happen.

Sure, maybe Sofia could have just texted him and said, "lol I lost control of Mojoworld, my b 🙇🏽‍♀️" But let's be real: X-Factor and the X-Men would have just gone back and beat Mojo's ass as they always do, and Sofia could reclaim her position at any time. Or literally anyone else could take the job. There's no way Mojo would be left alone.

But what if Sofia never lost her role? What if she's still in charge, and is just letting Mojo manage? Or maybe he's a pawn? Mojo might be up for it; Sofia would be in charge on paper, but if she's letting him do whatever he wants and command everyone like normal, it's not a big deal. In fact, he'd feel like he's getting one over the X-Men.

All Mojo has to do is... what he's been doing before. Which is torturing mutants and broadcasting their suffering. Business as usual.

Now, this only makes sense if Sofia wants mutants to suffer, and for their suffering to be seen. But why would she want that? It doesn't make sense! The only mutants who would approve of it are the Quiet Council.

The Quiet Council

The new Quiet Council are a group of mutants who are trying to create a new Krakoa, which they will rule over as leaders. Notably, they are purposely sabotaging mutants, are having them targetted, and are subtly ensuring that they are oppressed by humans. Their ultimate goal is to drive a wedge between humans and mutants further, to the point where mutants will have no choice but to come together in order to survive. Their bad actions are okay, but it's for the greater good: a home where mutants will have sanctuary. It would be way better for mutants than what they have now, which is... Nothing, basically.

But Sofia has a good heart. Would she really let other mutants be sacrificed for the greater good? Well, recall 15 or so years ago, when Wither was arrested. Hellion was able to convince her of the importance of mutants sticking together. (*cough cough Krakoa cough*) She was willing to do what she thought was right - freeing Wither - even though she knew it was illegal and would put the rest of the school under serious scrutiny.

Sofia herself was separated from her friends, until Krakoa came along. It saved her and repowered her. She, of all people, would have a vested interest in Krakoa.

You know who helped get Sofia on that train of thought? On the Wither Wagon? Hellion. The love of her life.

And oh, huh. So the love of her life just so happens to be part of the Quiet Council's leadership. How queer.

If you believe my Prodigy theory, about him also being involved, then that means Sofia's boyfriend AND one of her best friends are controlling things. Funny how that works.

Suddenly, Sofia being part of the Council doesn't seem so out of place. And with her power and influence, she can do a lot of the heavy lifting.

Let's circle back to Mojo. If he's part of the Quiet Council's plans, why is he fighting against Prodigy in NYX #6?

Mr. Friend

Mr. Friend is Mojo's other identity. He uses it to find homeless mutants and refugees from the original Krakoa. Without a home or anyone else to turn to, he takes them in. In exchange, he takes a bit of their DNA to make a drug called MGH - Mutant Growth Hormone.

Mutants under Mr. Friend's care are presumably cared for. They're potential allies for the Quiet Council, as they are Krakoan refugees. They'd want another Krakoa.

But what about the mutants who don't trust Mr. Friend? Well, they would need to ally with other mutants to fight a common enemy, a threat to all mutants. Which is what the Quiet Council want.

Which is what Laura does. She goes to her friends for help. Friends, including Prodigy and Sophie. IE, she's unknowingly going to the Quiet Council.

So you either join Mr. Friend and become part of Krakoa. Or you reject him and turn to the Quiet Council for help, thus becoming part of Krakoa. Or you go to other mutants for help, only for them to be part of the Quiet Council, leading you to become part of Krakoa.

No matter what, mutants joining together is the answer. Krakoa is the only way to survive.

Now what if I told you that the plan goes deeper than that? Because lets look at what MGH does: it makes humans powered and crazy. If people see this and mistake them for mutants (which will be easy, given the mutant DNA in their systems), that makes mutants look bad. So Mojo basically getting people to pay to make his job easier.

MGH is also a steroid for mutants, because it will (at least temporarily) boost their powers. And if you want to protect your nation, you need to be as strong as possible.

You know who used to sell MGH? Vanisher. A mutant who is now working with the government, as he helped them break into Scott's Alaska base. Maybe he's in on the deal and advising Mojo on how to make the drug, while helping the government bust mutants.

Why would he do that? Well, he was killed before. And then he was revived on Krakoa and gladly helped their S.W.O.R.D. team. It'd be very reasonable to assume that he'd want to enjoy the life he once had on Krakoa.

Okay, so this is all making sense. But what about Local, Mojo's minion? He's dragging Wolverine: Woman Edition into the mix, but Sofia's wouldn't want Laura messing up her plans.

Or would she?

Local: Shipping is a Feature, not a Bug

But wouldn't your pawn falling in love with the enemy complicate things? We already saw him trying to rebel against Mojo for Laura's sake. Surely this is a bad thing, right? Who would benefit from this?

Someone who wants to keep Laura away from Julian, that's who. Can't risk the cat-clawed temptress swaying Julian to the side of morality. If anyone can do it, it's Laura. But that becomes harder if she's dating another guy.

Oh, and Local just so happens to have a resemblance to Gambit. AKA, someone Hellion hates, and believes was trying to creep on Laura. Hellion would be furious to know Laura's dating a Gambit clone. If he saw that, he'd think all of his criticisms about Gambit and Laura were completely valid.

Local is there to recruit Laura. Tempt her. If that fails, dating her and complicating things also helps the Quiet Council. His very existence is to either get Laura on their side or, failing that, drive a wedge between Julian and Laura. Not only does this ensure Julian's loyalty to Sofia, but it torpedoes the Helix ship.

Also, in NYX #6, Mojo takes a pot-shot at Laura. This becomes a lot funnier if you think Sofia's behind it.

Not notice how Mojo let her live twice, despite being able to kill her. He chose to let her live. Sofia might be merciful. Or she sees Laura as a future asset. Or she knows that Hellion would never forgive her if she killed Laura. But if Laura is the one who's drifting away from Hellion, then there's no problem.

Of course, this works best if Hellion doesn't know about all this. Nobody tell our boy.

Conclusion: If Local is Sofia's pawn (via Mojo), then him becoming Laura's love interest is mighty suspicious at best, and outright manipulation at worst.

But isn't there another girl? Didn't Hellion also have another love interest a few years back? Shark-Girl, right? There's no point in going after her, she's no big deal. In fact, how would Sofia and Iara even meet?

Oh, they're both part of Dazzler's group in the Dazzler mini. Isn't that a coincidence?

Dazzler: Sinking Ships

We're told how good Wind Dancer is at public relations. She wants to create peace between mutants and humans, but she's always been one to stand up for the little guy. So why would she compromise her morals and encourage Shark-Girl to hide her powers?

Pettiness. She knows Hellion is into her, and he's into her shark form. Sofia, seeing Shark-Girl as a possible obstacle to keeping Hellion, is sabotaging her and making her feel like shit.

This also has the added bonus of making mutants look and feel oppressed. If non-passing mutants see the pressure to conform to human standards, they'll be disillusioned and be more inclined to side with the mutants who accept them. AKA, the Quiet Council.

Also, Dazzler's show was attacked by Mojo in NYX #6. He wanted to use her music to brainwash people onto his side. Brainwashing people to their side would suuuuure go a long way in helping the Quiet Council, wouldn't it?

Sofia is nowhere to be seen, despite Mojo being her minion and the people he's attacking are her friends. How convenient. She knew her friends were coming, yet she never even bothered to interact with them, much less bother to look for them.

Come to think of it, the whole Dazzler tour has been disaster after disaster. They're constantly being sabotaged by outside forces. Dazzler's reputation is in the pits and people are growing to hate mutants more and more. Which is especially sad when you consider that Dazzler's whole goal with the concert was to create peace between human and mutants.

Sure helps the Quiet Council, huh?

Okay, okay. So that's two girlfriends down. Mojo failed to brainwash people, but at least the world tour has gone down in flames. That's all pretty cool and all. We support women succeeding in the work force, even if that work is forcing innocent people to suffer.

But what if Sofia's wicked plan is bigger than that? Media is a world-wide phenomenon, after all. But first, a detour.

X-Force: Don't Shock the Boat

This idea is less concrete, but no less fun.

There's one dangling string: Surge. Though she never dated Hellion, she did kiss him. It was a plot to help Prodigy, but it was still a kiss. And Surge and Hellion were growing to respect each other.

She can break up David and Tommy, but she can't get Prodigy to get back with her if he's already dating Dante. As much as Sofia loved her friend, she had to go. She poses a risk to Sofia's dominion over Hellion. She needs her boyfriend/powerful weapon/pawn.

By teaming up with La Diabla, the one behind all the disasters in the X-Factor book, she can ensure her enemies are eliminated. She can ensure mutants are put under more pressure to work together.

Hey, didn't La Diabla interact with Forge and Surge through security footage? That's magical and mysterious.

But manipulating footage, abusing surveillance and interacting with your audience through the media they watch? Just so happens to be Mojo's kind of thing.

They're working together. She's boosting his surveillance.

And so, Sofia funds La Diabla with her millions of Mojobucks. Grants her all the super-technology she has to offer, which could help her advance her alchemy to insane levels.

Oh, and the first fracture just so happens to be exactly where Surge is. How convenient.

Of course, the world ending would not further Wind Dancer's plans... Unless she and the new Krakoa stop them, thus looking like heroes and getting other mutants to trust them. It's a risk, but Sofia would know all about La Diabla's capabilities and weaknesses. And she could sabotage her at any time, by taking away her resources.

Sofia has been backing La Diabla so she can help the Council, AND secretly take out Surge without anyone finding out about it. X-Factor is fine because they can stop La Diabla once she outlives her usefulness to Sofia. Saves Sofia the trouble of doing it herself.

Is it likely? It's not impossible. But let's look at something that's very much likely-erer.

X-Factor

I mean, X-Factor is social media driven. The US government created them as their own personal heroes, under the guise of helping mutant-relations. Really, they wanted their own goverment-sanctioned military force.

Oh, look. The government-run X-Factor is debating on taking more mutant rights away. Sounds similar to NYX.

So the US has a team of mutants they're abusing to make themselves look good and protect their country.

But that's just a coincidence! Surely the government can be corrupt, even without the Quiet Council manipulating them. The QC were busy manipulating laws in New York.

Or Empath, Prodigy, Hellion and the Cuckoos were. Mojo is more powerful than them all, and NYX #6 showed that he has brainwashing tech. It'd make the most sense to have Mojo subtly working behind the scenes on bigger projects, while the others work on achieving smaller, more reasonable goals. Otherwise, the Council could have just gone for the government heads right away.

Okay, so the Quiet Council's control extends to the higher levels of the American government. At least, enough to get the ball rolling. With this in mind, it's reasonable to think Sofia is masterminding the government-run X-Factor team. Or at least influencing it.

Why is she fighting the Mutant Underground? Well, they clearly aren't aligned with the Quiet Council. They're fighting the government's injustices. And Sofia doesn't want that. So she's trying to get laws passed in order to not only oppress mutants, but to flush out this possible thorn in her side.

Wow. So Sofia's manipulating things in the Dazzler mini, NYX, AND X-Factor? What's next, is she also behind X-Men?

Yes. Remember how X-Men vol 7, issue 1 teased a new enemy force called 3K? They're making more mutants, AND they reference a word that's very important to Krakoa: Crucible. They want the world to be born anew. All of that just so happens to mesh well with the new Quiet Council.

Now look at the 3K's Chairman. Doesn't his helmet look familiar?

Sofia installed Julian as the leader of 3K, trusting him to enact her will. They're making more mutants to bolster the new Krakoa's forces.

Conclusion

After Krakoa's fall, Hellion, Prodigy and Wind Dancer teamed up to form the Quiet Council and manipulate Empath who, in turn, is purposely sabotaging mutant rights in order to drive mutants together. Using old media, social media, music and Mojo, they're creating a propaganda machine that will make mutants have no choice but to stick to their kind, as everyone else hates them.

Meanwhile, Mojo is also gathering mutants. He's harvesting their DNA to make MGH - not only to make money, but to power up mutants should they ever need to fight.

While all of this is happening, she's removing any obstacles that threaten her control over her boyfriend. She loves him and wants to be with him, I'm sure. But keeping him under her thumb has a lot of benefits, too.

How likely is all of this? Extremely likely. Sofia Mantega is 100% going to be the main villain of the new era. Don't even try to argue with me, it's happening.

But wait, it gets better.

Why is FtA happening? Well, it's no coincidence that it's starting at the exact same time the MCU has begun focusing on mutants. We knew the first Krakoa era was going to end. But they ended it earlier than planned (hence Fall of X rushing in places) so Brevoort can slip into the role and steer the ship. In order to make the line more recognizable with what people are familiar with, in preparation for MCU synergy. The MCU is a major driving factor.

So why get the line ready for MCU synergy, but then make so much of it revolve around Wind Dancer? It only makes sense if she's, say, going to be in a movie.

Wind Dancer will be in a movie. Which is great! ... Until you consider how she's been manipulating media and brainwashing people to get her way.

Conclusion: Sofia is not only assisting the Quiet Council, but she's also trying to take over our world. This is confirmed.

#academy x #sofia mantega #wind dancer

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