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Raven at the end of Inferno once Dougie spoils her and Irene’s big plans for Moira #XSpoilers
The more I think of Vita’s upcoming arc with Illyana and Madelyne, the more fascinated I am thinking of how their interactions are shaded not necessarily only by the Inferno but also (possibly even moreso) by Scott’s mentorship of & close relationship with Yana in the last decade
...issue that felt most superfluous to include, but felt important as an almost-bridge between this and our next, Xavier-less era of mutant stories.
As we begin to close out, our final pre-Massacre inclusions are UXM #208-209. The alliance between Hellfire and X-Men felt like...
As we begin to close in on this final sublist (which is itself, hilariously long), the final few entries begin on the heels of the introduction of Freedom Force and the idea of "collaborators".
It's none other than the Trial of Magneto itself, UXM #200. This is, perhaps, one...
...for both the sake of the wider X-Canon and Krakoa/Moira's origins.
Our next issues (and arguably two of the most recommended ones) are UXM #141-142, containing the incredible Days of Future Past, as an introduction of the foretold endpoint of mutant oppression & the threat...
...looked like for anyone who might be looking for similar recommendations!
My goal was to not just put together a framework for understanding the X-Men, but also for highlighting the parts of their story that made Krakoa feel as triumphant as it did when we all arrived in 2019.
And with ALL of that out of the way, I wanted to end this thread on our missing Messiah set to be sat at the Xupper's center.
For years, we were promised that Hope Summers was the Mutant Messiah... what a curious bird on the seat where that Messiah would sit.
Let's fucking go.
...a new Queen might raise to take a seat among the rest of the Council.
Last, and the one I've been most anxious to cover, naturally, is the White Queen herself, Emma Frost, sitting in the seat occupied by "the other James" at the Last Supper, James the Greater.
But what is...