And it's not even Magneto. These are mostly new characters used for the HoX/PoX storyline 100 years into the future of an alternate timeline. Definitely a must read for grasping the new X-Men direction.
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Kate not being able to go through is something that confuses them. She can't event travel through with other mutants iirc
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They had one in Hellions. That's why Jamie is wearing Sinister's cape in Excalibur.
Oh I meant them just picking out capes together, like at a mall, throw in Emma too.
That's not Magneto it is North(a Sinister genetic chimera with the powers of Polaris and Emma Frost). The girl is Rasputin (another Sinister genetic chimera with the powers of Quentin Quire, Piotr Rasputin, Unus, Kitty Pride, and Laura Kinney)
Surely you know Krakoa(who has taken Doug's body) and Xorn.
They are from Moira's 9th life that lasted far into the future.
Why go to a mall when Emma can bring Jumbo Carnation along to make something custom and truly excellent.
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Excalibur is just awkward, it's not some complex story it's trying to tell it's just so freaking awkward to read.
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Yeah, Excalibur fucking sucks, -A- is the only character that feels important to the narrative, the rest are just 90s Xmen that people wanna see doing something. Even earthbender mutant is more clearly defined than Gambit or Rogue on this.
Next to hellBlazer or Justice League Dark this feels so fillerish and boring.
Next to hellBlazer or Justice League Dark this feels so fillerish and boring.
I think the biggest problem with Excalibur is if you aren't already aware of the long history the X-Men have with Otherworld and it's politics, people, leaders, etc it doesn't make much sense. They've honestly done a poor job of explaining it.
They are assuming you know it, which is a big ass problem. But for people like me who are very aware of it all, it's been pretty amazing to see it evolve.
They are assuming you know it, which is a big ass problem. But for people like me who are very aware of it all, it's been pretty amazing to see it evolve.
Uh yeah, I don't know anything about her,
has she always had the extreme hots for Brian?
Prior to this I felt she was "above" getting tricked like some lovesick schoolgirl.
She has indeed always had the hots for Brian. It's her Achilles heel.
Yes. She's an alternate reality version of a previous close girlfriend of Brian's.
The real ones went back home when the last mission was over. They are fine.
Since people are having problems with understanding the latest issue I'll try to break it down a bit.
Saturnyne is the current White Witch and Omniversal Majestrix. That means she is the ruler of Otherworld as a whole and the boss of the Captain Britain Corp. The Captain British Corp has been dead since the reality Incursions created by the Beyonders that destroyed the Marvel and Ultimate Universes and lead to the most recent Secret Wars. She is the alternate reality version (Originally from Earth 8) of Courtney Ross, one of Brian Braddock's old love interests. Courtney Ross also was once replaced by Sat-Yr-9 another version of them from Earth 794, that one became the White Queen of the Hellfire Club for a hot minute in 616 going up against Emma for the title.
Normally the Omniversal Guardian is either Merlin or Roma but both seem to be still MIA since the reality reboot. And it also seems that Franklin Richard's reboot of the multiverse doesn't include Captain Britains except for Brian and now Betsy.
Jamie Braddock is the entirely insane older brother of both Elizabeth and Brian. He was put in place by -A- to be King of Avalon deposing the actual Morgan Le Fey from the Arthur Myths. He manipulates reality like Proteus. The difference is that Jamie effects things on a Quantum level, he pulls at the strings of what is possible rather than just making wish fulfillment. His powers are augmented by his own knowledge of sorcery and connections to Otherworld (Only Betsy doesn't have a direct connection to Otherworld out of the Braddock siblings.) In a previous issue of Excalibur he created a series of pocket realms that created multiple Captain Britains not actually tied to the Omniversal Captain Britain Corp. We saw the Rogue, Gambit and Jubilee ones this issue.
The Sword of Might and the Amulet of Right are artifacts that can create Captain Britain. Until this issue both were assumed to have been made by Merlyn. Brian original took the Amulet of Right and became a Captain Britain that was guided by reason and logic instead of by violence. Despite what was implied in the issue not ever Captain Britain has to choose between the two. Betsy was previously a Captain Britain when Brian was unable to fight. She just took the Amulet of right and fought Slaymaster.
Betsy and Brian bickering and fighting as they were in this issue is a twin thing. They had a mutual plan to get the real sword they new Saturnyne was hiding, a previously unrevealed weapon. They knew to bicker and attack each other would set Saturnyne off guard and allow them to get it.
Normally the Omniversal Guardian is either Merlin or Roma but both seem to be still MIA since the reality reboot. And it also seems that Franklin Richard's reboot of the multiverse doesn't include Captain Britains except for Brian and now Betsy.
Jamie Braddock is the entirely insane older brother of both Elizabeth and Brian. He was put in place by -A- to be King of Avalon deposing the actual Morgan Le Fey from the Arthur Myths. He manipulates reality like Proteus. The difference is that Jamie effects things on a Quantum level, he pulls at the strings of what is possible rather than just making wish fulfillment. His powers are augmented by his own knowledge of sorcery and connections to Otherworld (Only Betsy doesn't have a direct connection to Otherworld out of the Braddock siblings.) In a previous issue of Excalibur he created a series of pocket realms that created multiple Captain Britains not actually tied to the Omniversal Captain Britain Corp. We saw the Rogue, Gambit and Jubilee ones this issue.
The Sword of Might and the Amulet of Right are artifacts that can create Captain Britain. Until this issue both were assumed to have been made by Merlyn. Brian original took the Amulet of Right and became a Captain Britain that was guided by reason and logic instead of by violence. Despite what was implied in the issue not ever Captain Britain has to choose between the two. Betsy was previously a Captain Britain when Brian was unable to fight. She just took the Amulet of right and fought Slaymaster.
Betsy and Brian bickering and fighting as they were in this issue is a twin thing. They had a mutual plan to get the real sword they new Saturnyne was hiding, a previously unrevealed weapon. They knew to bicker and attack each other would set Saturnyne off guard and allow them to get it.
Think that covers most of the backstory necessary. If anyone has questions I'll answer tommorow as I have to get to bed.
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Ah yes. My eyes glaze over when we turn to Shi'ar politics.
"Look Nur, you're adorable but you're a weakling, let real mutants handle this"
Three millennia of salt.
Three millennia of salt.
Rockslide.
Shi'ar, Otherworld, and the Weapon Program. Three of the most dense, convoluted things involving the X-Men.
I was gonna say "The World", that's when my brain goes to sleep mode, but that actually counts under the Weapon Program.
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I love The World. It's intended to be Grant Morrison crazy nonsensical crazy town.
I don't know, I feel like it started as nonsense you enjoyed for the ride, but they kinda mythologized, made it serious and lost me along the way. That's how I feel about Fantomex in general tbh.
Yeah, I'd be extremely surprised if it's anyone else. I'm also really curious what happened to the avatar of Arakko that went with them.
According to the data pages, they now run their own separate realms of Otherworld.
(I'm still not actually sure why we're getting data pages about Otherworld realms in the XoS leadup.)
My guess is that the tournament is going to spill out into inter realm war and knowing the players will be important.
I think Otherworld's role in this story is the part that my brain not willing to accept wholesale. I found the Okkara, Arakko, and Krakoa lore really interesting. It took me a minute to process Amenth and Arakko's place within that dimension. But the idea that you have to crawl through Otherworld to get to Earth 616 feels contrived. I get the whole "nexus of all realities" thing, but we've seen so many stories where reality or dimension hops are direct and don't involve a nexus (Otherworld or otherwise).
It just feels like someone started with the idea of a "tournament of champions" then walked their way back into all the details, which is fine, but I don't agree with the choice of Otherworld as the stage and Saturnyne as the game master.
It just feels like someone started with the idea of a "tournament of champions" then walked their way back into all the details, which is fine, but I don't agree with the choice of Otherworld as the stage and Saturnyne as the game master.
Yeah this is still a big question mark for me - technically we have ten swords and ten champions so far if you count Warlock as both, or nine champions if you don't. Either way this still leaves one sigil open, and the biggest question for me: the Cerebro Sword.
Why forge Cerebro into a sword leading up to your sword-based event if its not going to come into play? I was genuinely surprised when it wasn't mentioned in Polaris' prophecy.
Arrako doesn't have a portal to Earth. They have a way into Otherworld where there's a portal they can use to get to Krakoa.
I remember the Cerebro Sword being in a bunch of early X of Swords promos, alongside Cyclops's lightsaber and whatever Nightcrawler had, so I'm wondering if the pandemic forced them to scale back their plans.
Last we saw of the Cerebro Sword was in Mikhail Rasputin's hands, and that was two months ago when the comics were just warming up again after the hiatus. Maybe there were plans for X-Force to somehow get it back before the event.
(Incidentally, the same issue had Rasputin planning to make Quentin clones to attack Krakoa with. Quentin is pretty powerful, so I can't imagine what chaos they could cause with an army of Quentins.)
Nah, they said from the start not every sword in that promo was going to be in this story.
Yeah there were simply too many characters in the promo. Cyclops' sword I could just see being promo flashiness but the Cerebro Sword has been fully in the story.
I guess you're right that the likely thing is covid rewrites but it's such a specific thing it feels weird to not include it at all in the Big Sword Event.
Is it confirmed one-on-one? I got the impression it was a 10v10 royal rumble, hence Cypher and Warlock being able to enter together and Gorgon carrying two swords.
Though I'm not sure if it's confirmed either way about what kind of tournament it is but Warlock is acting as a sword even though he's technically alive (unless they do a plot twist or something) i don't think he counts as a contestant
I tried with this new run. I cannot front, it was never easy, but I was more or less on board for the first 10 issues.
This whole sword shit has truly lost me. So fucking stupid.
This whole sword shit has truly lost me. So fucking stupid.