Illyana Rasputina/Magik Appreciation 2023

[sunofdarkchild]

Happy New Year, Magik fans.

2023 was a rough year with how mediocre Dark Web and Realm of X were. But there were still plenty of good moments, from Illyana's leadership role in Midnight Suns, her destroying the Stark Sentinel, her rejecting godhood in the finale of Realm of X.

In 2024, we have X-Men 32 to look forward to, in which Illyana and Kitty will have a teamup issue for the first time since the Bendis run. After that, the future is uncertain, with new X-Men editor Tom Brevoort having a well-known dislike for Magik because of the implications she is a survivor of sexual abuse. There are rumors floating around of her getting a major push and/or becoming the X-Men's next major villain, though there is little reason to believe any of these rumors. I hope the rumors of a major push without a heel turn turn out to be true, but who knows.

Here's hoping the post-Krakoa era will be as good if not better than the first few years of Krakoa were for Illyana.

https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2023
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2022
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2021
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2020
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...reciation-2019
https://community.cbr.com/showthread...k-Appreciation

[sunofdarkchild]

Today, New Years, I posted the first chapter of my next fanfic story, 'Magik and the New Mutants,' what I would like to see from a New Mutants tv show. This is the story which won the Twitter poll I posted in December to decide what my next fanfic should be.

The story can be found at these links.

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/1431338...tants-Season-1

https://archiveofourown.org/works/52718782

I will probably post some excerpts from certain scenes here.

[Phoenixx9]

Happy New Year 2024 to Magik and her fans!

[Uncanny X-Man]

Hoping for many great things for Illyana in 2024!

[sunofdarkchild]

Here is excerpt #1 from episode 1 of 'Magik and the New Mutants.'

The New Mutants exited their locker rooms in their civilian clothes, Kitty storming ahead of them in a fit of rage.

Illyana quickly followed after her.

"Professor Xavier is a jerk!" Kitty said loudly.

"It isn't fair!" she complained to Illyana. "I earned my place in the X-Men! They all say so! So why does he keep treating me like a child?"

"Maybe because you're acting like one?" Illyana answered.

"Not you too! I thought you'd be on my side, at least."

Illyana looked down uncomfortably as she struggled to find the words to explain herself.

"I guess … I just don't understand … why someone would want to grow up … before they have to."

Kitty stopped in her tracks and took a deep, horrified breath.

"Oh my gosh. I-I'm so sorry, Illyana. I didn't mean-"

"What's done is done," Illyana said. "Wishing and griping won't change it. All you're doing is making everybody miserable."

"Why don't we go to the arcade? That'll cheer me up," Kitty suggested.

"But we've got dance lessons next," Illyana observed.

"I think the X-bay – sigh – the New Mutants and I need some space right now. Come on. I'm sure I can get Doug to join us."

[Frontier]

Happy New Year to Illyana and her fans !

[Thievery]

Welcome back to the year Magik's 2023 appreciation thread Magik fans! Hopefully this 2023 will go better for her than last years 2023

[sunofdarkchild]

Here is the 2nd excerpt from 'episode 1' of Magik and the New Mutants. There will be 1 more after this.

Kitty was woken up in the middle of the night by a sound from the bed next to hers. In her groggy state, it took her a few moments to recognize the sound of Illyana's voice.

"Nyet…nyet…" the other girl said, repeating the Russian word for "no" in her sleep as she tossed and turned.

Kitty arose and walked over to the other bed, stepping over a 'bampf,' a doll made to look like Nightcrawler.

"Ostanavlivat'sya!" Illyana screamed as Kitty approached, her mouth wide with terror. Her voice softened as she suddenly switched to English, saying "Please … stop …"

"Illyana?" Kitty said, putting her hand on the other girl's shoulder. The Russian girl shook with terror, and Kitty spoke louder. "Illyana, wake up!"

With a high-pitched scream, Illyana's eyes burst open and her hand shot out with lightning speed at the person standing over her. Kitty reacted on instinct, using her phasing power to save herself from serious injury as Illyana's flat hand passed through her neck nail-first like a dagger.

"Whoa!" she exclaimed.

Illyana blinked. "K-Kitty?" she stammered, slowly retracting her hand.

"Yeah. It's me."

Illyana seemed to want to look around the dark room, but her head merely shook in fear. "W-where-where am I?"

"You're home," Kitty assured her. She bent down, picked up the bamf doll, and handed it to Illyana. The other girl grabbed the doll and hugged it close as she sat up. She trembled and took deep, loud breaths as she buried her face in the doll.

Kitty wrapped Illyana in her blanket and then sat down to wrap her arms around the other girl.

'Shhh…" she said in a soft, comforting tone. "Everything's all right. You're safe."

Tears began to flow down Kitty's cheeks as she hugged Illyana like a mother cradling her child. "I promise, I won't let anything happen to you."

[sunofdarkchild]

And here's the final excerpt from episode 1 of Magik and the New Mutants.

Kitty sat down on the opposite side of Xavier's desk.

"I've tolerated your behavior up to a certain point because it was understandable that you were angry," Xavier said. "But now this has gone too far. I do not normally use such terms, but you need to get over the fact that you are not on the X-Men anymore."

"I'm not getting over it anytime soon."

"I was going to make you the leader of the New Mutants, given your greater experience with the X-Men. But there is no chance of that happening if you continue to make them hate you."

"I don't want to be the New Mutants' leader! I want to be an X-Man!"

"Why?" he demanded. "Why are you so determined to risk your life instead of taking this opportunity to be with other kids your own age? Why is it so damn important to you that you remain an X-Man that you can't wait until you turn 18?"

"Because of what happened to Illyana!" Kitty screamed.

Xavier closed his eyes and sighed sadly. "What happened wasn't your fault," he said softly.

"Don't give me that. I've gone through the scenario in the Danger Room a hundred times. If I'd been a little faster, a little stronger, a little smarter, I could have saved her."

Kitty choked back a sob. "I could have saved her, and I didn't. That's on me."

She continued: "I also grew up a lot that day. I learned that when we're less than perfect when we make mistakes, real people suffer. So I've stopped treating it like a joke. I've given 110% to my training, so the next time a little girl needs saving, I won't fail again."

"If you were kicking me off the team as punishment for failure, I could live with that. But to do it like this, to tell me to just wait until I'm 18 after everything that's happened, it tells me that what I learned from this failure doesn't matter. My failure to save Illyana doesn't matter because of my age. But it has to matter. I need it to matter."

Xavier looked down in thought for several minutes. "I understand," he said at last.

"This is against my better judgment, and it may be a mistake, but I am going to trust that you are as grown up as you claim to be. However, there are conditions. This childish feud you have with the New Mutants must end. You will treat them with respect and as your peers. If I hear the word 'X-babies' or anything of the sort, you are off the X-Men again."

Kitty nodded excitedly. "Sure. I can do that."

"And you must keep your grades up. At the first sign being an X-Man is affecting your GPA, you're off the team. That means no more playing hooky without my explicit permission."

"Understood. Thank you, Professor. I promise I won't let you down."

[mugiwara]

I also hope the rumors about Magik being the next big bad are untrue.

We already got Inferno, plus the Phoenix Five, and her manipulating the New Mutants during Wells' run. That's way enough.

She deserves less angst, not more.

[mattsarchamp]

Happy New Year to all fellow Magikoholics out there! May she continue to be magical and action packed for this year. If the rumor is true about her going bad, hopefully, it's just temporary and the storyline will be good for her character.