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Uncanny X-Man
I'm very happy with the new X-Men roster. Cyclops, Marvel Girl, Rogue, Polaris and Wolverine I all love. The last X-Men issue really got me interested in Synch too, plus with hundreds of years of experience he's practically a new character ripe for exploration.
Sunfire... he's insufferable frankly, but not in a fun Quicksilver/Northstar/Namor kind of way. No writer has ever made him interesting in my eyes so Duggan certainly has his work cut out for him.
If I think about the in-universe explanation for this team, ie that the Krakoa population have voted for them, I can see most of the team making sense except for Shiro. Lorna and Anna Marie are long-standing members of various X-teams, both have been leaders in the past and would certainly be well-liked on Krakoa. Ev and Laura, and I mentioned this back when the last issue of X-Men came out, I can easily see as being hailed as the heroes of Krakoa thanks to their sacrifice fighting the Children of the Vault, with the Akademos Habitat in particular rallying behind them. Shiro... who on Krakoa likes Shiro and why? He hardly has any established relationships with his fellow mutants, sure he sacrificed himself in a recent SWORD issue, but so do many other mutants on a regular basis. I think it would have been more realistic (ie in keeping with the rules established for the election) if a villain got a spot on the team.