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...captives isn't unbreakable, as Dani is able to leverage Illyana's distraction and her psilink with her *soulmate* Rahne to break the young Scot free from Xi'an's hold.
The biggest hints to the culprit behind are dropped throughout New Mutants #33, beginning with the reveal...
...but it remains a plot beat I wish we could skip altogether.
The back half of the issue focuses on Dani and Illyana, who have inarguably become the team's protagonists, as they escape the possessed-Xi'an's thrall.
Illyana's growing comfort with ruling the demons of Limbo...
all I want is billy and illyana teaming up again, is that too much to ask 😔
As much as I don’t want Stephen to d*e it would be cool to see a new character take up the mantle of sorcerer supreme. Give Doctor Voodoo another go at it or Illyana
Maddie Pryor was ill
The Night Limbo Stood Still
But she told us where we stand
And Illyana was there
In silver Eldritch wear
But this is what S’ym and N’astirh planned
Using S'ym to interrogate their captive, Illyana assures Sam she's been practicing her teleportation and promises to land them safely in Los Angeles.
She gets it half right (*maybe* a full week has passed, oops), but Sam isn't willing to risk the consequences of a second trip...
The two best types of ways Claremont writes Illyana are featured in New Mutants #29–the first of which is when he allows her to be absolutely terrifying.
Illyana is often burdened by shame of her nature, but there are times when she leans into it to great and terrifying effect.
...to catch up to the escaping airplane and is distracted long enough by their afterburner to begin falling from the sky.
Illyana, consummate solider and big gun of the team uses one of her stepping disks to rescue Sam and drag the boy and their captured goon into Limbo.
...as revenge against the consequences of HIS OWN actions, the left behind members of the team are split in two, with Sam & Illyana left in pursuit of the captured Berto and Amara.
The two powerhouse members of the New Mutants manage to capture a hired henchman, but Sam fails...
Illyanaud is here too oh my god...thank you thank you monster duchess for the food....
QRT with your characters and their pride flags 🏳️🌈
Illyana is bisexual (female preference tho) and Rhea is a lesbian 😊 https://t.co/xlItvD1w0E
...Kitty's best friends, it makes sense that a friendship has developed between the two (and that Illyana would be so protective of him).
When Doug questions how they're to explain Illyana's actions to Xavier, she shoots back, sarcastic as ever: "tell them I used black magic?"
While Scott and Maddie's plane seems fated for trouble, we cut back to Westchester, where Doug cracks jokes alongside Illyana at local diner.
Outside of their scenes in the New Mutants signaling them as teammates, Doug and Yana haven't had too many interactions, but as two of...
...unavailable to those she loved most. Illyana ends her tale with the story resolved and relationships renewed, and it seems that its audience has taken the hint.
Ororo resolves to travel home to Africa to rediscover herself and sense of life, and Kitty finds compassion for...
...where she defiantly overcomes the witch's strength of will.
In the fallout of her breakup, Kitty has been left feeling inadequate–and her need for rescue during her own miniseries likely doing nothing to minimize this feeling–but Illyana makes clear that *she* sees Kitty's...
...their ship, Illyana. Oh, did I forget to mention that Illyana made herself the "persona" of the ship with a big Zordon face? And then blew herself up in the story *she* was telling? Did I forget that? Weird.
Anywho, Kitty makes a final stand against the wicked White Queen...
...a heavy hand in pointing out Ororo's hopelessness to herself (but, to be fair, she did learn manners from an allegorical Satan).
No matter who's telling the story, be it Claremont or Illyana, Kitty will always be given an opportunity to dramatically monologue, and the girl...
...between Piotr, Kitty, and Lockheed meant to parallel the one that formed between Piotr, Kitty, and Zsaji.
Cleverly, Illyana places Kitty within real-life Piotr's role, clearly with the intention of helping Kitty understand Piotr's choice–while also helping Piotr understand...
...is making up on the fly, making its meandering nature appropriate. But, by the story's end, the fact that anyone around the campfire took a lesson away from the story is a feat unto itself.
Kitty isn't the story's only intended audience as Illyana sets up a "love" triangle...