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gimme the GOD drat candy posted:i was hoping they'd go for a more novel lineup now that almost every mutant who ever existed is available, is all. the only interesting choices were synch, who has recently gone from a talented rookie to being mentally older than the rest of the team combined, and best wolverine. otherwise it is a team you could have seen any time between the 90's and today. This is supposed to be the premier X-Men superhero team, so having it full of popular people is the point. Also all of the characters are really interesting characters in and of themselves and you haven't seen too much interaction between a lot of them, even though they've all been around for a while.
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If anyone is interested, I'm auctioning off my Hellfire Gala invite on Twitter, proceeds going to organizations fighting anti-trans legislation in the US. https://twitter.com/jedmackay/status/1384573059101822981?s=19
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:If anyone is interested, I'm auctioning off my Wait. Jed MacKay is a Goon?
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danbanana posted:Wait. Jed MacKay is a Goon? Yeah, it's come up a bunch in the general Marvel thread that Vulpes Vulpes is Jed MacKay.
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Skwirl posted:Yeah, it's come up a bunch in the general Marvel thread that Vulpes Vulpes is Jed MacKay. I did not know! I only really look here so... Anyway, that's cool and I very much like the Black Cat books.
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So far he hasn't signed every post or been an attractive woman so he hasn't gotten run off.
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Vulpes Vulpes posted:If anyone is interested, I'm auctioning off my Picked a bad month to quit my job. I'd have gone pretty hard for one of those. Hope that raises some good money for a good cause.
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I have never seen so much destruction in someone's face until today's issue of SWORD. 
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I also really enjoyed SWORD. What happened in Way of X is hosed up though
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the really shocking thing in sword came on the second to last page. rugged sexy forearm, the mutant whose power is having four arms.
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Gologle posted:What happened in Way of X is hosed up though No kidding, just finished it. The scene first few pages in is seriously hosed up, then Dr Nemesis analysis of the Crucible, then the aftermath of the resurrection, and then the closing pages. I'm in for wherever this goes next, Mr Spurrier. I'm. In.
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Onwards to X-Force, the art for the previous issue was pretty rough so hopefully this one wo-- (first page) gently caress my life. It's hard to take the story -- which was already not that great -- seriously when it's drawn by someone emulating ancient cave paintings or whatever this is supposed to be. It's grotesque as hell for no good reason.
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SWORD was great. Way of X was exactly what I was hoping it would be. X-Force was...X-Force.
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I'm very on board with way of x, the ideas were incredible. I'll probably be dropping x force though, just hasn't been doing much for me.
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Way of X did not waste any time holy poo poo.
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Rand Brittain posted:They're really getting into it with Krakoa now, and I'd love to talk about it, but talking about it means dealing with the internet's love of ironic fascism, which I hate. 
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Oh no is Krakoa doing a fash? Who could have seen this coming
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Way of X hit overdrive fast. Between Charles looking longingly at the picture of Legion and his mom earlier and remembering quite suddenly that Is Spurrier wrote X-Men Legacy, Legion showing up wasn't completely a surprise, but it was executed extremely well. I'm down for any story in which Nightcrawler can be both funny and the conscience of the X-Men. It feels a little wild to me that like ten pages of this did more to establish mutant teen culture than New Mutants has up until this point. SWORD dunking on Cortez some more and boosting Peepers? I'm here for it. X-Force I was OK with story-wise, but the art...so bad.
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in another book i wouldn't think much of pixie's short-lived death, but in way of x it might be significant. see, pixie has a soul dagger from limbo shenanigans. it is not in any way innate, but it is now part of her soul. except pixie is now a clone with a downloaded backup copy of her mind. so uh, that might be a thing.
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My headcanon for this week's SWORD is that Magneto didn't ask Jean to bring Cortez without letting him get the yolk off or get dressed, she just thought it would be funny to see if she could get him to do it without using her powers.
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Gaz-L posted:My headcanon for this week's SWORD is that Magneto didn't ask Jean to bring Cortez without letting him get the yolk off or get dressed, she just thought it would be funny to see if she could get him to do it without using her powers. She knew she could.
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Is there a reason she was in the Jim Lee outfit, by the way?
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Gaz-L posted:Is there a reason she was in the Jim Lee outfit, by the way? She likes it. Or maybe it's what they first met wearing so she decided to wear it.
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Gaz-L posted:Is there a reason she was in the Jim Lee outfit, by the way? Keep in mind the premise Hickman suggested at the start of this is that mutants just cycle through costumes like they were clothes
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I do appreciate the colourist being very careful to make the non-black bits yellow instead of some who just make it look like like she's wearing the world's highest cut one-piece.
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I imagine we will still be seeing our good friend Cortez being dunked on in more ludicrous ways the further we go through this series, regardless of the events that transpired in today's issue. I cannot wait 
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Gaz-L posted:I do appreciate the colourist being very careful to make the non-black bits yellow instead of some who just make it look like like she's wearing the world's highest cut one-piece. Also it has pockets which I think is nice.
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if it was anyone else, this clique poo poo would definitely lead to disaffection and possibly even betrayal. with cortez, all of that is a given so why not treat him like garbage?
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Way of X was quite impressive, though couldn't they have shelled out for a more..top-tier artist...than this?
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I thought it had a lot of expressive and cute faces. Kurt looked very charming. Maybe not the flashiest art in the world but I thought the body language and "acting" was really endearing and impressive.
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How Wonderful! posted:I thought it had a lot of expressive and cute faces. Kurt looked very charming. Maybe not the flashiest art in the world but I thought the body language and "acting" was really endearing and impressive. Same, though I could see wanting a more stylistic artist (for lack of a better term) someone like the guy on New Mutants right now. In general though, while some of the art is obviously better than others, none of the X-Books have what I'd call bad art.
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Guess Greg Land must be busy elsewhere.
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I suppose I am being a bit picky, considering the pickings that we got from X-Force this week.  Which is too bad, 'cuz the general story around Quentin was pretty solid. and hey, it reminded me that Beast died! That's nice.
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Look, all you ned to do in a comic book with Pixie in it is make sure she is the cutest, and gosh darn it, the artist did a great job.
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One small thing I liked about Way of X was the mutant slang. It's a nice way to show how they're developing their own culture.
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I really liked how way of x made explicit and challenged the fascism emergent on Krakoa. this is clearly a series that has been plotted and has something to say; it's exciting when writers like Spurrier and Ewing get to do their thing with the x-men.
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