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To be fair
Excalibur is not a great book and New Mutants is you know......good
I really enjoyed Excalibur!
To be fair, I haven't read past #5 I think of New Mutants yet. I was probably baked when I did so I should go back and start again.
I've gone back and started reading it. It's better than I remembered the first time around, but it's also a very boring and confusing storyline, with LOTS of filler.
It seems clear to me that it only existed to set up X of Swords, so they had to pad it with other nonsense.
I'm enjoying X of Swords so far but I'm sad that we had to get excalibur in exchange for it
They almost made Rictor really interesting with the whole Druid schtick... but they never seem to really capitalize on it
Lots of ALMOST cool ideas that just aren't fleshed out enough.
Jubilee unleashes more power than we've seen from her in this reality (close or more than her power levels in AoA)
FINALLY doing something with Shogo... sometimes
Jamie Braddock does something cool and almost helpful... but it doesn't matter and is "cleaned up" by Saturnyne
It's like they are afraid of doing anything but setting up X of Swords. Nothing seems to stick except Betsy as Captain Britain but it seems like they are setting it up to reverse that.
It's such a frustrating book.
It's like, "HERE ARE ALL THE 90S X-MEN YOU LOVE!... but we are just shunting them off to teh side with stories that ultimately have no impact on their characters"
I didn't really enjoy either, but they might hold up on a reread.
More importantly, Hellions has reminded me that Sinister's modern portrayal remains my favourite character on the island. He is just a delight to read.
I don't know. With the exception of Marauders and that one issue with Glob Herman no one has really any real impact on their characters.
Excalibur to me seems to be much like the X-Men book. Alot of setup for future conflict down the road. And it's doing a lot ground building for mutant stories using magic. I see character progression in about anyone who's last name isn't Lebeau going on but it is a slower build I agree.
I just thought of something : make a clone before them going into Otherworld, load the backup into the clone's brain and put it in a coma/animated suspension/whatever.
If the X-Men dies, wake the copy up. If s/he doesn't get rid of it.
Only they can't do the full resurrection bit right now as they halted the cradle and destroyed all the eggs.
While they are making eggs again it's still going to be a bit before they can resume resurrections... And this fight is supposed to start in less than 3 days
I just realized that Hellions is basically Fallen Angels done right.
Morally questionable characters doing their thing with a connection to Mr. Sinister.
Morally questionable characters doing their thing with a connection to Mr. Sinister.
Oh man, Wells should do an issue that parodies that one Doom/Strange story. Would be amazing LOL.
This issue of Hellions justifies the entire book imo. I've gone from This event has just made these characters click. Except Sinister who has been incredible in every appearance.
Hellions and New Mutants were great this week.
I love that capes have been a recurring theme with Sinister since HoX/PoX.
I love that capes have been a recurring theme with Sinister since HoX/PoX.
Hellions was amazing. Sinister rules so much
Storm's plan seemed ridiculous last week, and it's going to be funny knowing all the shit she pulled off just to sit in the circle and wait for everyone else.
Storm's plan seemed ridiculous last week, and it's going to be funny knowing all the shit she pulled off just to sit in the circle and wait for everyone else.
Look, she couldn't wait for T'Challa because she had to see seven people make their entrance.
Meanwhile, Nate made everyone wait because he wanted to play Event Horizon with his parents.
I feel the issues leading to each swordweilder arriving are happening at the same time.
Zeb Wells is a god among men, I will never accept Sinister if not written by him or Hickman.
Zeb Wells is a god among men, I will never accept Sinister if not written by him or Hickman.
Gillen is the one who originated writing him like this 😂
Oh, no, not at all.
They came back exactly how Xavier and Moira wanted them to be.
They are very much a Stepford couple right now... Very much not like how they were before krakoa.
Did we ever get a good answer as to the importance of Jean's costume?
i should've specified, I meant from the Vescora encounter.
Her Marvel Girl is supposed to signify her rebirth prior to her settling into her other outfit.
We already know it's the recolored X-Men Red suit; maybe she doesn't wear it unless she's fighting or something.
Oh wow that's kind of crazy. I think the last time we saw Jimmy Hudson he was still turned into Poison and I honestly didn't think he and Bloodstorm could get brought back because of universe nonsense
I can't see the word "plumage" without thinking of a dead parrot. Sinister is now a Norwegian Blue in my headcanon.
Cable basically felt like set-up for the upcoming S.W.O.R.D book.
The bit at the end makes me think the psychic link Scott and Jean want to set up will be used to hijack Doug so someone with combat skills will "drive" him.
Hellions was hot shit, Sinister is such a magnificent bastard <3
The bit at the end makes me think the psychic link Scott and Jean want to set up will be used to hijack Doug so someone with combat skills will "drive" him.
Hellions was hot shit, Sinister is such a magnificent bastard <3
Have anymore match ups in X of Swords been announced beside Betsy vs Isca? We already 100% know Wolverine matched up with Solem.
Magik's sword training of Cypher was great. Feel bad for Doug after what Magik said at the end though. Might be vocalized by Illyana just to keep Doug focused and on his toes, as he didn't completely approach the upcoming contest as a life and death situation.
Sinister is definitely the star of this week. His portrayal is so fucking genius.
Magik's sword training of Cypher was great. Feel bad for Doug after what Magik said at the end though. Might be vocalized by Illyana just to keep Doug focused and on his toes, as he didn't completely approach the upcoming contest as a life and death situation.
Sinister is definitely the star of this week. His portrayal is so fucking genius.
I got that vibe from it too.
We know that Jean can telepathically absorb space shuttle piloting skills, and we know that each mutant has Krakoan telepathically implanted into them, so why can't a telepath implant Magik's sword combat skills into the group?
It wouldn't replace instinct, but it would at least help them get over the basics so they could train better.
And Doug has the advantage of being able to "read" the physical language of a figher as said in that very issue. Shit, they could even go one step further and give him a buffed up body through a fast tracked resurection.
The Doug fight has to have some "Rock Lee removing his weights" type of twist to it for that whole beat to make sense in the end.
Tbf besides it being more exciting most of the people there don't need it they either already have great sword skills and/or already trained fighters
It's really just Cypher that would need it
But really its more exciting that way
Edit: also yeah Cypher can read body language and he used it to read moves
Probably no one super popular or leading a book
Gorgon
Likely Gorgon