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...Roberto comes at the expense of another.
I know that I (usually) come off as biased toward Xavier, and this thread is certainly no exception... but Illyana's clear discomfort at being ordered into Limbo–and the judgement she faces once they've all arrived–broke my heart.
...to exploiting children to serve his ends–a history that shades his moment of vulnerability with Ty and leaves it feeling disingenuous.
As heroic as it is that Tyrone ultimately relents to resume the Cloak persona, it isn't without tragedy that the only solution for healing...
Teleporting the kids into Limbo (in a moment made incredibly visual by Sienkiewicz), Illyana attempts to exorcise the darkness within the younger New Mutants.
The spell backfires, forcing Illyana to absorb and redirect the abilities, only to return the kids from Limbo without...
...willingness to abandon her if he can at least have Zsaji. But ultimately, he can't... leaving him in a despondent state close to giving up before Rahne's intervention.
The Professor, Rogue, and the New Mutants arrive at the church, where a terrified Rahne reverts to her...
...at deeper emotional depth. Bobby's darkness forces him to relive his choice to leave Kitty after meeting Zsaji during Shooter's 12-Issue Toy Commercial.
In the disturbing scene, Piotr's choice quite literally brings Kitty's bright world to an end and highlights the man's...
...but it leads Rahne to realize that she can rescue Piotr from within Bobby's darkness.
One thing I love about Claremont's time on both titles is that his casts are truly interwoven and unsiloed, giving Piotr (who otherwise doesn't get to do much emotionally in UXM) a chance...
...themselves off from the world is a painfully real one that adds a lot to their altered characterizations.
Elsewhere, Cloak & Dagger escape from the hospital, anticipating a return visit from the New Mutants. I'm not familiar with how central it is to their characterization...
...Cloak's all-consuming hunger. Bobby, now possessed by this same hunger, immediately becomes the more tragic of the two figures, yet Rahne's forced position of codependent caretaker all hurts.
The metaphor of a substance disordered person and their "caretaker" cutting...
Well, it might have ended, if not for the quick intervention of Rahne. There's something truly sad about seeing the two youngest members of the New Mutants warped in this way.
Cloak and Dagger's origin story is deeply tied to drug addiction, especially within the context of...
...the missing Rahne.
Whereas Bobby is rendered monstrous by whatever darkness remains with them, Rahne's transformation is quite the opposite–the girl becoming some internally idealized hyper-femininity.
It's heartbreaking when Dani finds her crying at the door, practically...