Conor ⊗🔺さんのイラストまとめ

...of the man whose vision set her on this path and robbed her of agency in the first place.

There is no better metaphor for unnecessary revisiting of the past than a literal visit to an old flame, and true to form Hank and Bobby head out to meet with Hank's ex, Vera, changed...

...by the ghost of her replacement and the latter haunted by his life with another "replacement" altogether.

Scott's indecision and guilt grip him throughout the issue as he lashes out angrily against both friend and foe as means of avoiding fully processing the consequences...

...its casts' histories under the run.

Each of the O5 is deeply flawed–justifiably so given their upbringing as child soldiers–and those flaws are and traumas are given some room to breath in this second issue.

Jean & Scott are naturally the most impacted, the former haunted...

...wasn't just looking, but begging, for.

With their mission accomplished, a bill to the tune of $42,000 is thrown back at Rusty's mutant-hating commanding officer (much to Bobby's delight), and Rusty is welcomed open-armed into the world of mutant identity by his predecessors.

For Scott–still at best tepid in returning to the team–a perfect moment creating the permission structure he needs to leave his family behind is created.

A cave-in spells doom for the team, but thanks to his powers, and his powers alone, they are saved.

It's the sign Scott...

...involves rescuing Rusty from his court martial, and while secret identities in superhero comics required some suspension of disbelief to work, I really can't understate how transparently stupid an idea this is.

It works, of course, with later reveals concerning Hodge, but...

...isn't the cause of X-Factor's formation, but just the decision point.

As resistant as Warren and Scott seem to be to taking up the role of superhero once again, their easy bend reveals that this rejection of the job is superficial and feigned.

For all of them, it means an...

...the good 'ol boys.

I struggle to believe the men of the Original Five would all so willingly hide the truth of Scott's marriage from Jean.

Even Warren, whose motives are evidently driven by his own desire to have Jean for himself, feels above such cruelty.

Jean's return...

...of Scott's interiority in this moment and I'd encourage you to listen to it in his own @XPlaintheXmen pod or on Scott's episode of @CerebroCast.

A big point of frustration for me in reading this book was in recognizing that a return to the good 'ol days means the return of...

...by his own willingness to explode his own relationship for the sake of Jean's return.

Scott answers Warren's call and is almost immediately broken by the news. He calls his wife's bluff–if you walk out that door, don't bother coming back.

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