Astonishing X-Men Annual 1 (2018)

[Izanami]

Spoilers!!!

For those are not aware of the last panel its this.

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Ambiguous isn't it?

[wano]

X is generated because Cyclops killed the real Xavier.

X is Xavier with legs and hair, he's a bastard before, now he's just come clean about it

[Magnusilver]

X is Xavier with legs and hair, he's a bastard before, now he's just come clean about it

He isn’t 100% the old Xavier. X is x. He has Xavier’s memory, power set, physical looking and that’s it.

[Magnusilver]

X is Xavier with legs and hair, he's a bastard before, now he's just come clean about it

He isn’t 100% the old Xavier. X is x. He has Xavier’s memory, power set, physical looking and that’s it.

[yogaflame]

I love how mad people are at X for being a ruthless, powerful trickster, but when Emma or Erik does it, they are their favorite X-Men....

As someone who has read the original run, this is Xavier. He'd mindwipe whole towns recruiting the original X-Men, and covering their asses left and right when they were first getting started. He's always been ruthless. TAS's Xavier was a bit too sweet, as was Patrick Stewart's. Claremont understood this, though. He rode the edge well. This version is a bit more mean, and without restraint, but after battling Shadow King in the Astral for so long, who wouldn't become moreso?

[Abbz_A]

Spoilers!!!

For those are not aware of the last panel its this.

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Ambiguous isn't it?

How can they be happy without Cyclops? Damn Jean!
But I love her dress, if only she could pick a nice costume when she’s on duty.

[Abbz_A]

I love how mad people are at X for being a ruthless, powerful trickster, but when Emma or Erik does it, they are their favorite X-Men....

As someone who has read the original run, this is Xavier. He'd mindwipe whole towns recruiting the original X-Men, and covering their asses left and right when they were first getting started. He's always been ruthless. TAS's Xavier was a bit too sweet, as was Patrick Stewart's. Claremont understood this, though. He rode the edge well. This version is a bit more mean, and without restraint, but after battling Shadow King in the Astral for so long, who wouldn't become moreso?

I think that’s becuz Erik n Emma were always portrayed immoral. But Xavier is more of a hypocrite n no one likes hypocrisy. But I like the change tho. I like shady characters xD

[nx01a]

>X is rather disturbing, especially if you think he specifically brought Archangel there to kill Lucifer. Yes, a dark angel killing a dark angel. We get it. And haven't we all wanted to kill secretly evil hipster waiters/baristas?
>The sad gathering at the beginning felt real. The horror of their lives can't ever be offset by any happiness derived from 'doing good' as X puts it.
>The happy gathering at the end is creepy. At least Warren and Betsy have the X secret to share together.
>I enjoyed the issue but the moral implications of X's behaviour are far too big to ignore. I only hope there's a psychic backup copy of the real Xavier's personality post-death but pre-Shadow King battle that can be restored to life in a new body. This sociopath is not someone I want to read about on a regular basis.

Favourite Panels...
Bobby's worst 'joke' ever?
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So awesome.
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[yogaflame]

I think that’s becuz Erik n Emma were always portrayed immoral. But Xavier is more of a hypocrite n no one likes hypocrisy. But I like the change tho. I like shady characters xD

Pretty sure Emma and Erik pretending to be heroic and good people is easily as hypocritical as what Xavier is doing here/has done. At least he never took sadistic joy in his shady dealings like they do/did.

[Abbz_A]

Pretty sure Emma and Erik pretending to be heroic and good people is easily as hypocritical as what Xavier is doing here/has done. At least he never took sadistic joy in his shady dealings like they do/did.

I don’t think they ever pretended to be heroic, they might be delusion as to think they r helping but I don’t think they were two faced.
Xavier isn’t sadistic but he sure is manipulative and have some shady morals.

[yogaflame]

I don’t think they ever pretended to be heroic, they might be delusion as to think they r helping but I don’t think they were two faced.

I don't have time enough to post all the instances of this, for both of them. Erik less so, but both have gone on these 'but I'm really just a good person inside' arcs, only to kill hundreds ruthlessly for petty reasons. At least X almost always plays for the greater good.

[Tycon]

I don't have time enough to post all the instances of this, for both of them. Erik less so, but both have gone on these 'but I'm really just a good person inside' arcs, only to kill hundreds ruthlessly for petty reasons. At least X almost always plays for the greater good.

When has Emma ever done a "I'm just a good person inside" arc? She's ALWAYS been a "get **** done by any means necessary" type of person and her having instances that come off as "soft" is less "secret good person inside" and more "I'm human and I can sometimes be vulnerable"

[PsychoEFrost]

Pretty sure Emma and Erik pretending to be heroic and good people is easily as hypocritical as what Xavier is doing here/has done. At least he never took sadistic joy in his shady dealings like they do/did.

If you blatantly ignore the entire last 12 years of Emma's run with the X-Men, then it would seem that way, yeah.

[yogaflame]

When has Emma ever done a "I'm just a good person inside" arc? She's ALWAYS been a "get **** done by any means necessary" type of person and her having instances that come off as "soft" is less "secret good person inside" and more "I'm human and I can sometimes be vulnerable"

Were you sleeping during Fraction's run? Bendis's? Morrison's for god's sake? Generation X? The last two or three decades?

[PsychoEFrost]

I don't have time enough to post all the instances of this, for both of them. Erik less so, but both have gone on these 'but I'm really just a good person inside' arcs, only to kill hundreds ruthlessly for petty reasons. At least X almost always plays for the greater good.

When has Emma ever done anything remotely close to Xavier or Erik's body count, outside the colossal character assassination in the worst X-event of the last 15 years?