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...of undoing her great work in saving the universe from utter destruction by rebooting the universe.
If Rachel is a parallel to Erik's experiences with the Holocaust–as she reminds us while draining her team of their life forces–she is as much a parallel to the Beyonder...
...sees herself as humanity's sole, almost messianic savior–singularly tasked with humanity's redemption.
The singlemindedness of her plan to kill the Beyonder comes–not unlike Rogue's "amends"–as another means of restoring her mother's legacy, even if it comes at the cost...
...with the rest of the X-Men to clean up the more recent wreckage of their actions fighting the Beyonder.
Even though he doesn't arrive in issue until its ending, the ripple of his horrible acts in New Mutants has reached into Uncanny, with Kitty again manifesting the armor...
...the wave of the Beyonder's hand. Rahne, the most virtuous and pious New Mutant–the youngest of her team–is left praying to a God that seems not to answer as another god destroys her form.
Dani, the harbinger of death and leader among her family, is left contemplating the...
Over the next several pages, and despite their best efforts, the New Mutants are picked off by the Beyonder one by one.
Amara–the girl who could raise mountains–and Sam–the boy who could fly–are crushed beneath the Earth.
Warlock is drained of his lifeglow, Doug ended with...
Rahne's cries of hopelessness.
Amara–this daughter of Rome–in a rare moment of absolute plot focus–turns her strength full blast against the Beyonder, assuring Rahne that as long as she lives and can fight, there is hope.
Their seeming victory over the Beyonder ultimately...
...for neither was designed to be simple nor clean.
After forcing Rachel to rewitness the tragedies of her past existence (and to be clear, not a vision of them, but the actual events in *that* reality), the Beyonder has summoned those same Sentinels forward to threaten...
...is ultimately selfish–she chooses the rescue the X-Men because they are *her* family.
It's something of a Trolley problem; left unchecked, the Beyonder might do untold harm to the world... but without her intervention, her only true remaining family will be wiped from the...
...uses the Beyonder as an examination of heroism–and just what it means to do the "right" thing.
There's always great parallelism between Illyana and Rachel (Kitty *has* a type), and so the decision to use Rachel in the pages of Uncanny to explore heroism and how her traumas...
...an even larger demon than before rends part of Kitty's soul from her to create the fourth bloodstone for the Beatrix Medallion.
Despite having fallen under the Beyonder's suggestion, Illyana is still very much herself, with the same connections and desires to be good...
...car (?!), offering the New Mutants the issue's titular salvation.
Claremont recently (and notoriously) explicitly defined Illyana as evil in an AMA and while I disagree with the take, it adds a new layer to chilling serenity she's overcome by after the Beyonder's touch.
...suggests is a development linked to his encounter with the Beyonder–but a through line I find traceable to as early as the New Mutants Graphic Novel.
There's always been an element of resentment inherent to Roberto's character–towards his powers, his duty as a New Mutant...
...and the reality that often, even marginalized folx perpetuate and participate in white/cis/hetero/male supremacy. (Which as a queer, *but* white cis man, is something I've had to contend with my own role in.)
Returning to the issue's plot, Rachel again senses the Beyonder...
...dread hangs over the book that builds with each reappearance of the Beyonder.
Arguably a Secret Wars II tie-in, UXM #196 never feels bogged down by that whole mess's content–rather, Claremont uses the Beyonder as a plot device rather than a plot driver.
His presence works...
...the Beyonder, where only together they're able to escape a second Darkchylde-ing (?) and try to interpret the nature of his presence on Earth.
Rachel reaches out to the cosmic entity with her telepathy, managing to scrape parts of his nature...
...and attacks some of her closest friends. The scenes are hyper compressed, even for Claremont, resolving (for now) after only a few pages once Kitty somehow wrestles the Soulsword from her best friend's grasp.
Twice now have the Beyonder's plans directly impacted Kitty...
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