The second team is cooler than the first
IKR!?
I would have preferred Coipel or...even the Dodsons for some Rogue goodness. (Seeing all the other costumes just makes me hate Jim Lee's design even more.)
On another note...with regards to the O5, no one seems interested in referencing their X-Factor looks (which I loved).
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IS BEAUTIFUL!!!!
A couple of the gals are little long in the leg buuuuuuut... IS BEAUTIFUL!!
“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Keep in mind, just because the examples are cited are thematic examples of Hickman's theme of assimilation for the X-Men doesn't mean that each and every one of them are good things within the context of the story. In fact, you could say some of them are potentially frightening under certain contexts.
1) This is correct. It's not the first time Xavier and Magneto have set aside their differences in order to work together. What it does suggest, however, is that events throughout X-Men history may have been far more orchestrated than we thought.
2)Of course it's suspicious. And yes, the idea that Xavier may be mentally manipulating other mutants and telepathically spying on the rest of the world is a very logical assumption to make.
3) Again, there are indeed definite red flags involved. It's clearly a pacifying measure because, as the data pages show, mutants will replace and become the dominant species on Earth within twenty years regardless. Magneto pretty told those "ambassadors" in House of X #1 that the mutants have already won and are Earth's new rulers simply because of this.
4) Didn't say it was necessarily good. In fact, that whole sequence where the X-Men are coming out of those Krakoa seed pods, with Professor X smiling and saying, "To me, my X-Men." Very, very disturbing. Very Invasion of the Body Snatchers, as well.
5) Well, "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" is, technically, a kind of assimilation. One in which, despite their ideological differences, they're coming together against what they perceive as a common threat. The X-Men and the Brotherhood are doing the same thing.
6) Again, the fact that it is creepy might be Hickman's point in the case for Cypher.
7) Yep.
8) To be fair, it wouldn't be X-Men if a dark possible future didn't tie in somehow.
9) Yes, I do agree that, from a character standpoint, the Chimeras are very much archetypes rather than fully-fleshed out characters. That, as I said in my review of Powers of X #1, was one the major downsides I had with that book, even though I still liked it.
10) Oh, I do agree that Cyclops did become way more interesting when he breaks with his foster dad, Charles.
11) Most comics from the 1990s sucked. Most characters from the 1990s sucked too. But it doesn't mean that all those characters from the 1990s will always suck. Besides, I don't think we're supposed to be a-okay with the idea of these post-human mutants wanting to voluntarily become part of the Phalanx collective.
12) Oh, I think it would've made much more sense to have just called the whole thing House of X, too. But again, Hickman seems to have wanted to extend his assimilation themes by offering two different titles that are, in fact, one twelve part series.
--Mike McNulty, a.k.a. Stillanerd. Contributor for Bam Smack Pow! and Viral Hare
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OK, I'm with you there on amount of years. So if that fits the bracket, then X^2 is a number of hundreds of years (below 1K) and it looks like humanity has mostly merged with machines. And Apocalypse is still alive, but not the antagonistic ruler of Earth that is dying. Most mutants live in the Shi'ar Empire. So again, this would be completely different from the other future meaning we're stuck with him.
Dang your well considered facts! But I still think it could all be pointing back to a past life (maybe this is really the missin 6?) It's a very Hickman thing to do. And in the Next life it could be similar to what we see then she causes the divergence at the pivitol point in this timeline.
And, since I was out of the loop for a while, isn't Scott dead prior to all this? Not that returning is new, but the FF didn't seem phased by his appearance in the first issue. Which could point to an alternate timeline. Or I totally missed something. Or a writing hiccup.
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“And I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.” ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.