My first X-Men comics were when my pops brought home some issues of the Muir Island saga off the rack at the comics shop near the restaurant he ran, because I was sick. I remember most clearly, first, the Shadow King seducing Rogue in the shower, and second, thinking a line-up of characters all in their X-uniforms was actually the same character changing shape between panels.
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# ¿ Nov 20, 2019 23:52 |
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# ¿ May 10, 2024 22:27 |
Nevvy Z posted:It's a good guess. galagazombie posted:I was never comfortable with the idea that humanity bettering itself through genetic engineering and technology was a bad thing that had to be stopped. Like Captain America and Iron Man must die so that Wolverine may live. If anything genetic engineering would basically eliminate the problem since Mutants would just genetically engineer themselves as well and normal people wouldn't really fear mutants because now everyones a superhuman.
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# ¿ Jan 16, 2020 03:02 |
DivineCoffeeBinge posted:To use an example that I think is a little bit fraught and I apologize but HoX/PoX already alluded to it, to a degree... it's kind of like saying "well if there were no way to tell the difference between Jews and other people there'd be no reason to hate Jews," and while that may be true, I don't think many of the Jews I know who are proud of their heritage would be entirely on board with the idea, you know? And that is probably a lot of what the thinking behind the mutant identity stuff is. There has been one event that killed the vast majority of mutants then living; another event that removed the vast majority of mutant powers (killing some of them, removing the consolation for being a social outcast for others, and destroying their identity as a group if not the individuals), and the whole Terrigen thing which was apparently also sterilizing them. What I imagine will be struggled with in the story at some point is "is it worth it to have the identity of 'mutants'" but in addition to being at best obnoxious, this kind of gets rid of the premise of the franchise. It's like how nobody tells a story about how Batman realizes being a superhero is for idiots and gives away 99% of his fortune to public relief projects and then that's it, that's the end.
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# ¿ Jan 16, 2020 06:51 |
twistedmentat posted:I noticed Xavier does seem to act like humanity is a monolithic entity. As of what Roxxon does is the fault of people living in Hungary.
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# ¿ Jan 17, 2020 00:07 |
I figure if they got to the point where the Purifiers were some kind of renegade AIM/Hydra group that would represent progress, the issue being both stochastic anti-mutant violence and how gee the government keeps building loving Sentinels The introductory thing with Sabretooth I thought was pretty telling. They did take him despite his murders, but they also sent him to Mutant Hell, so from a purely judicial perspective, hey, it got handled.
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# ¿ Jan 17, 2020 09:33 |
Happy Noodle Boy posted:Hickman has been posting B&W screens from various movies for the last few days so I have no idea what the next issue is going to be about.
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# ¿ Jan 21, 2020 22:26 |
I imagine you could extend the project out to humans, but it seems like the Krakoan population now is in the tens of thousands, and their goal is to leverage this to bring back about sixteen million, so humans would probably be several stages outwards. I could totally see humans complaining that they didn't immediately prioritize humans and using that as an excuse for the next murder fiesta, though!
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# ¿ Jan 26, 2020 01:06 |
twistedmentat posted:I hate that I missed there was a new Gwenpool series. I'm not sure how that happened. I guess I must have missed that previews or something?
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# ¿ Jan 28, 2020 22:56 |
Dawgstar posted:That reminds me of the Shadow King. He'd be awkward to bring back. Now you have a plausible traitor!
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# ¿ Feb 8, 2020 00:26 |
Synthbuttrange posted:did he go to krakoa and like
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# ¿ Feb 8, 2020 02:35 |
I feel like they might possibly put known assholes like Farouk at the back of the line behind all the dead Genoshans. Like Apocalypse and co. are playing ball but maybe Jimmy Jack the guy with the hypercolor skin gets to come back from "being killed by Sentinels" before the Shadow King gets to come back from "lost another fight on the astral plane while trying to sexily corrupt everybody."
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# ¿ Feb 8, 2020 04:33 |
Goa Tse-tung posted:how did Moira convince literally everyone in the leadership that Destiny has to stay dead? just tell that to Mystique
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# ¿ Feb 13, 2020 11:33 |
gimme the GOD drat candy posted:one thing i really don't buy is how there always seems to be a shortage of x-men willing to pop off krakoa to do fights. there have been an awful lot of x-men and most of them are now on krakoa doing nothing in particular. heck, most of the x-men villains are there, too. but whenever there's a problem, they just send a handful of mutants when they could send out dozens on a moment's notice. i don't think the x-writers really know how to deal with the weird-rear end implications of krakoa.
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# ¿ Feb 22, 2020 23:33 |
Codependent Poster posted:Meggan and Brian are allowed to be on Krakoa so I don't think Xavier would disallow humans to live there.
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# ¿ Feb 25, 2020 06:03 |
gimme the GOD drat candy posted:there's still the entire population of genosha to work through. so, no room in the queue for flatscans. I had the realization late last night that Angel, of all people, is a profound biological novelty because he's a hexapodal mammal, even though his power is generally held to not be particularly awesome.
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# ¿ Feb 26, 2020 23:08 |
Cabbit posted:I haven't kept up with issues recently, so I'm just sort of sifting through second-hand information in this thread, but it really struck me how far X-Men has drifted away from mutants-as-metaphor and mutants as actual loving superheroes. What really drew me into them was the superhero melodrama as a backdrop to a lot of that stuff that resonated with me for reasons I didn't fully understand (initially) or was actively running away from (later on). Also, those mutant super-drugs probably saved hundreds of thousands of lives since they were introduced, so how do you like them apples, Richards!
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# ¿ Feb 27, 2020 07:32 |
You're also getting an interesting sort of nuance with the construction of a mutant identity, or its reconstruction. Being a mutant means you have the x-gene powers, but then you get people like Aero who lost the power without, presumably, having their genes changed. These people are still considered mutants by Krakoa's rules, but Apocalypse here is also presenting another route of affirmation: "are you willing to fight and die for the sake of being a full-fledged mutant?" She could've stopped at any time, and presumably there are a number of mutants whose "powers" boil down to a disability. What I thought reading that was, "could a person without the X-gene challenge Apocalypse to 1v1 them to be recognized as a mutant," although that's a pretty long term angle. Presumably you would have to be willing to die and be reborn, possibly with your x-gene activated. But (for instance) Brian Braddock, who has a long term connection to many mutants, a mutant sister and a mutant wife, might give it a go. Though Brian in particular might be able to actually win that fight, so maybe he's not the best example
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# ¿ Feb 29, 2020 00:11 |
Adder Moray posted:This is actually an interesting notion. Something I said elsewhere: The "make more mutants" command doesn't say "reproduce sexually," either, now does it?
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# ¿ Feb 29, 2020 00:42 |
Nevvy Z posted:I'm not sure I'm clear how "suicide by -A-" is that distinct from just "suicide" but I guess giving it a structure and ceremony goes a long way towards getting people to get in line alive. Also, Apocalypse gets to kill people with a sword while giving speeches in front of a crowd, so it's great for him!
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# ¿ Feb 29, 2020 00:52 |
Happy Noodle Boy posted:I want to see the council meeting where Crucible was established just to see how much of it was his idea. Gologle posted:Why would half of those characters even use swords
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# ¿ Feb 29, 2020 01:06 |
How Wonderful! posted:I'm actually curious about the proportion of Sentinel stories in which the Sentinels are explicitly funded and directed by the US government vs. stories in which the Sentinels are a rogue element or controlled by some private organization or bad-guy. I feel like in the past 15-20 years in particular it has leaned more towards the latter but I could be wrong. I suppose I'd also count stuff like the O*N*E bit or that Iron Giant-esque title about the kid who had a Sentinel.
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# ¿ Feb 29, 2020 09:59 |
Skwirl posted:Yeah, but it does make the continued vilification of Scarlet Witch a little weird. Forge did what she did on a much smaller scale, his introduction was developing a weapon that stole Storm's powers for like fifty issues, she had to get de-aged into a pre-teen and then hang out with Gambit to get her powers back. Sebastian Shaw spent a ton of time developing the weapons that were used to commit an actual genocide.
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# ¿ Feb 29, 2020 10:29 |
Schneider Heim posted:Why does Apocalypse have a sword in X-Men #7? It's been getting rave reviews and got me curious
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# ¿ Mar 2, 2020 07:22 |
danbanana posted:Kurt deciding to start a "mutant religion" is probably the worst thing that's come out of this run. Hickman tried really hard to justify it but it's been the most blatant break from any previous characterization we've seen. The focus on the afterlife- or potential lacking of one- as the defining feature of religion is simplistic and pretty anti-Christian/Catholic. Kurt's belief system as a Catholic should be entirely based on the existence of Christ. Whether Heaven as defined by our current cultural definition "exists" isn't particularly important in the Catholic faith. So Kurt's questioning in light of "immortality" doesn't make sense. It shouldn't matter to someone who was a loving priest.
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# ¿ Mar 27, 2020 05:40 |
danbanana posted:"I'm a good person so I'm going to develop a new religious system even though I already have a deeply held personal one" is not very convincing. e: And part of the contrast of this scene is probably "Kurt says 'I need to start a mutant religion'" which then jump cuts to Apocalypse doing Crucible. Big Lips is already doin' it
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# ¿ Mar 27, 2020 23:47 |
galagazombie posted:That was honestly the least icky thing about it. They spent the whole time talking up that the only thing that gives you worth is if you have super powers and that if you lack the ability to turn your fingernails blue under a full moon you're little more than a soulless animal undeserving of basic dignity.
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2020 02:59 |
Codependent Poster posted:I think it's the whole having to fight him with a sword and take a lot of punishment mentally, physically, and verbally thing. There are easier and less painful ways to go. I think the idea was to make it difficult in order to avoid people bum-rushing the gates. Rationing on the basis of "are you willing to sword-fight Apocalypse?"
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2020 04:31 |
Nevvy Z posted:I think GZ is correctly identifying some the negative social pressures that are part of pushing this in a gross fascist religious direction. But it's complicated. I love every bonkers thing happening so far.
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# ¿ Mar 28, 2020 23:15 |
ImpAtom posted:To be honest you'd have to do a hell of a lot to get me to accept resurrection. I'd be like Dr. Bones and the loving transporter. Don't tell me how indistinguishable the other version of me will be, if you can clone me that ain't me.
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# ¿ Mar 29, 2020 06:13 |
Adder Moray posted:People make the mistake of deciding characters who can and will do whatever they want whenever they want with 0 moral compunction factoring into their actions are all interested in being skeevy sex criminals and murderers in the first place.
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# ¿ Apr 6, 2020 12:14 |
Anthony Stark makes you experience emotional reactions. He's a level-headed executive with a cardiac implant. Iron Man, on the other hand, is aerially mobile and often displaces large amounts of rubble etc. with his in-built energy weaponry.
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# ¿ Apr 7, 2020 23:55 |
Antifa Turkeesian posted:I wonder if all that horny poo poo was part of why I liked X-Men when I was 14. I sure don’t remember any of this pronounced and endlessly varied horny.
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# ¿ Apr 24, 2020 00:40 |
Rick posted:I feel like it's implied she was 18 once Excalibur started but I could be misremembering.
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# ¿ Apr 24, 2020 05:55 |
Open Marriage Night posted:I’m at the point where they lean pretty hard on the horny in the back ups. I knew Colossus got with a woman in the Savage Land, but I didn’t know it was two at the same time.
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# ¿ May 13, 2020 20:51 |
Codependent Poster posted:I really don't understand what happened in Excalibur but all those designs were pretty sweet.
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# ¿ Jun 11, 2020 20:12 |
Open Marriage Night posted:Yeah. That one teaser image. Besides that there’s been a vague mention of a sword back when Krakoa was first born, the swords in the crucible, Cerebro getting turned into a sword, and the space knight sword from Cable #1.
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# ¿ Jun 17, 2020 01:50 |
Gologle posted:Why is Hank just so loving evil nowadays? He wasn't always like this, right? I swear I remember a time when he was a good guy.
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# ¿ Jul 9, 2020 02:35 |
Hickman is absolutely going to destroy the Moon now.
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# ¿ Jul 9, 2020 07:28 |
I figure the "make more mutants" thing is not exactly an exhortation to gently caress and make babies. You can also make more mutants by cloning, genetic engineering, or exposing people to mutagens. Or more bizarre ways.
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# ¿ Jul 10, 2020 10:41 |
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# ¿ May 10, 2024 22:27 |
Codependent Poster posted:Why is Colossus jumping around a leprechaun and the hare from Alice in Wonderland?
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# ¿ Jul 18, 2020 08:15 |