Except when Wolverine is involved, that's just pure pettiness (granted he tried to kill her)
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Except when Wolverine is involved, that's just pure pettiness (granted he tried to kill her)
Betsy.
She was a petty pairing and kill.
But to be fair, that is 100% in-character with Saturnyne.
I assume Isca's sword just able to do the shattered glass thing on anyone/everything it hits? Or maybe there was just some fuckery with Betsy.
It's probably do with her sword broken It's Saturnyne captain Britain/avalon sword and Brian was pissed at Saturnyne
Also, I'm pretty surprised that Summoner was killed without much fanfare, though the pages of their fight were pretty awesome.
If he was to bring back the ones who died in combat, they'd be obligated to join his army. Doug was a one-off because he didn't want to be party to treachery.
i kind of like how the event flipped expectations, i think it will have tense high stakes feeling in the last 4 issues
mutants don't operate like humans and i love it
mutants don't operate like humans and i love it
I'm not terribly opposed to Saturnyne doing some shenanigans, but that Magik fight should've been an actual fight
But other than that I kinda dig how petty she is being, to Wolverine especially
But other than that I kinda dig how petty she is being, to Wolverine especially
There was a throwaway line about people white sword (usually) brings back being bonded to him in servitude. Doug got off easy because White Sword was pissed about the poisoning.
When there are only 10 competitors left it should be a game of Family Fued.
So that leaves Apocalypse, Storm, Gorgon, and Captain Avalon on Team Krakoa and Annihilation/Genesis, White Sword, Redroot and Death for Team Arakko.
Any guesses on the following pair-ups?
I'm guessing:
Apocalypse vs Annihilation
Storm vs Death,
Gorgon vs White Sword
Captain Avalon v Redroot
Any guesses on the following pair-ups?
I'm guessing:
Apocalypse vs Annihilation
Storm vs Death,
Gorgon vs White Sword
Captain Avalon v Redroot
Wasn't Storm's match against Wolverine? Cable also still needs to fight.
I'm not sure we were ever told that there would only be 10 matchups... only that there would be 10 swords from each side, right? Am I wrong?
They never committed to ten matches, no. They never really committed to any sort of strict format or rules at all, which certainly adds up!
I expected Tournament of Power, and we got the Hunter Exam instead!
I don't think Betsy's dead; Jamie's deep cut "Betsy is immune to reality warping antics" thing after he brought her back to life in the 2000s is probably at play here.
I don't think Betsy's dead; Jamie's deep cut "Betsy is immune to reality warping antics" thing after he brought her back to life in the 2000s is probably at play here.
I totally forgot about Cable. Which is crazy cause he's got the biggest sword.
I would be disappointed if Storm never sees battle. I know she has literally danced with Death. I need to see it figuratively.
White Sword and Redroot vs. Gorgon and Cable on Pictionary
that was the start but the truth is, the mutants had the powers, resources and capabilities to rise above mankind
calling it now, Gorgon is up against someone in a staring contest.
What the fuck did I read. I mean, I loved all the issues and thought the swerve was interesting. But to have such a serious setup about the swords (Storm created a crisis for an entire nation) only for her to have a drinking duel? lmao
Being high while reading doesn't help either. It straight up felt like a slice of Alice in Wonderland.
Being high while reading doesn't help either. It straight up felt like a slice of Alice in Wonderland.
This is a character-driven story disguised as an action story... and I love it!
There it is! I was trying to find the words for the last couple of issues and there it is.
I don't mind Hickman going weird with the...contests but this execution has some narrative problems imo.
1) Don't build stakes so much if you're gonna make it a goofy gag event. They even reintroduced and intensified the stakes this week by opening with Wolverine's vision of Arrako defeating all of Earth's heroes. Literally standing over Steven Strange's burning corpse.
2) Pacing. Why is the first half of this event gathering swords if, when we finally get to the tournament, it's just rapid fire random contests? You only do that if you need to establish their unique power sets as important details and twists deciding their fights.
Narrative tone and direction as a whole for the event I'm sour on. Individual moments-wise I still love a lot of this week's issues. White Sword saving Doug, Apocalypse being proud of his murderous kids, Magik and Cable marveling at Isca's carnival sideshow, drunk winning Logan getting a flame sword stuck in his spine.
1) Don't build stakes so much if you're gonna make it a goofy gag event. They even reintroduced and intensified the stakes this week by opening with Wolverine's vision of Arrako defeating all of Earth's heroes. Literally standing over Steven Strange's burning corpse.
2) Pacing. Why is the first half of this event gathering swords if, when we finally get to the tournament, it's just rapid fire random contests? You only do that if you need to establish their unique power sets as important details and twists deciding their fights.
Narrative tone and direction as a whole for the event I'm sour on. Individual moments-wise I still love a lot of this week's issues. White Sword saving Doug, Apocalypse being proud of his murderous kids, Magik and Cable marveling at Isca's carnival sideshow, drunk winning Logan getting a flame sword stuck in his spine.
I was getting hyped up with some Dark Tournament vibes from all the setup for this event, but then came the wedding scene and... Frankly now I feel like I'm watching "Whose Line is it Anyway". It's not bad, but it is a bit disappointing.
Edit: Saturnine is more fun than Drew Carey, at least. 100 points for Arakko.
Edit: Saturnine is more fun than Drew Carey, at least. 100 points for Arakko.
It's the best outcome for what I was expecting.
We're not getting a straight tournament but we're getting fun shit because Saturnyne just wants to fuck with mutants. I expect this thing to end with a tie and Saturnyne to declare all mutants her bitches from now on.
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Same! I feel like the best parts of post-Stasis X of Swords have been Magik, Cable and Cypher just having fun together.
Magik acting like a big sister around Doug has just been a blast
Agreed! This whole Saturnyne shenanigans really diffused Arrako's menace to me. Except maybe for War and Famine/Pestilence who're probably presiding their Otherworld region.
It seems their danger comes from their daemon mutant army more so than the individual swordbearers who while willing and complicit in slaughter could be reasoned with and can be reasonable
Saturnyne does remind Logan that earth will die
That's why I liked Marauder's opening this week so much as I read it. All of Otherworld will fall. Every hero will fail. Earth will be razed before Nimrod gets a chance to subjugate it. Those couple pages were a whet stone for the knife's edge we sit on. Saturnyne's gambit is the narrow sliver of a chance to change fate.
An then the next 70 pages immediately diffuses everything 10x more than what came before. I don't get why they did that.
I really hope that they dive into whatever kind of mentor/role model vibe they are suddenly building up with Apocalypse and Cable, especially since Evan SHOULD be still alive and on Krakoa.
If Exodus wasn't already teaching the children, I would have thought they were setting up -A- as the island's teacher/loremaster.
If Exodus wasn't already teaching the children, I would have thought they were setting up -A- as the island's teacher/loremaster.
I'm thinking Broo is gonna be what solves the demon issue in the end, as I think there might be more Brood than demons.
Broo: "How large is the demon army?"
X-men: [insert # in the millions/billions here]
Broo (with trillion Brood swarm at his back) : "Those are numbers I can work with."
Broo: "How large is the demon army?"
X-men: [insert # in the millions/billions here]
Broo (with trillion Brood swarm at his back) : "Those are numbers I can work with."
Yeah, Broo had a profile in the XoS handbook for seemingly no reason, so unless it's a big red herring, he must come into it at some point.
Meggan too, although from the covers, she seems to join Excalibur after the event.
Wasn't there a big brood story in one of the early issues of New Mutants too? I can't remember if it got concluded or not.
The egg thing.
So, I remember people wishing that some of these Arrako characters wouldn't go away after this crossover and, well, I think that wish has been granted.
I think that also this does increase Moira's chance of changing the futures she's seen. This new cast of characters, united with Krakoa's characters, seems like a good chance to improve the future.
I think that also this does increase Moira's chance of changing the futures she's seen. This new cast of characters, united with Krakoa's characters, seems like a good chance to improve the future.
I think that was the story where Broo ate the egg and became the first King of the Brood... I think...
That's the one, I can only remember the egg and a shit ton of brood coming to earth.
They shouldn't be unknowns to Moira though, she knows Apocalypse's kids so presumably she knows Arrako too.