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fortressofserenity · 3 months

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It Would’ve Worked Better In Another Form

Somebody on Tumblr pointed out that a character like Mera would’ve worked better as Aquaman’s sister rather than his wife, admittedly this might be their opinion but it does make one wonder if characters would’ve worked better if they’re written or depicted differently. In the case with X-Men’s Amara Aquila, a white woman with the power over volcanism, because she appeared in brownface by posing as an indigenous Brazilian woman it seems for all of X-Men’s talk of having mutants stand in for ethnic minorities, it fails spectacularly there and I don’t think there are any mutants who speak minority languages either.

We could have had Rahne Sinclair speaking in Scottish Gaelic and to lower my standards, Scots if one wills, or Forge and Dani Moonstar speaking Cheyenne but those who do are very, very few. I think this is likely one of the reasons why not a lot of X-Men fans are this interested in foreign languages, let alone minority languages especially if they’re this underrepresented that they might as well look for it elsewhere. I got into Celtic languages because I listened to Celtic music a lot, not because of the X-Men because unfortunately none of the mutants I know speak in those languages. Talk about serious underrepresentation, especially for minority language speakers.

Back to Amara Aquila, the one situation where she would’ve never been a racist character is to have her be Native Hawaiian, I don’t think there are any Hawaiian mutants that I know of in the X-Men stories even if they always try to portray mutants as the oppressed minority. Hawaii even has a lot of volcanoes, one of its mythological characters is linked to volcanism that Amara Aquila could easily be a modernised version of her. I would be even nicer if she actually spoke Hawaiian from time to time, given I think minority languages really do deserve more representation as they’re this endangered. But then again I don’t think that many X-Men writers are interested in minority cultures and languages.

This explains why they keep harping on the mutant metaphor, yet almost none of the mutants themselves speak a minority language. Why Hawaiian mutants are kind of really underrepresented among them, since there’s pretty much none I can think of. To the point where it would’ve been wiser to make Amara Hawaiian, if because one of the Hawaiian goddesses manipulates volcanic activity herself. The Roman equivalent is male, so this portrayal is rather strange. Add to that she posed as an indigenous Brazilian is pretty much done in bad taste, why bother having a white character appear in brownface when another indigenous mutant would’ve sufficed.

New Mutants, being one of the many X-Men sub-teams, got another indigenous mutant in the form of James Proudstar but I think Amara Aquila should’ve also been indigenous. Well that’s me getting into Hawaiian culture, but it does make you wonder why most X-Men writers never seemed so deeply into non-western and minority cultures for all their attempts at using the mutant metaphor. To the point where it’s far likelier they were never that deeply into these cultures to begin with, which would explain why a number of nonwestern and minority ethnic mutants either fall into stereotypes, cultural appropriation or are ill-conceived as it is with Xuan Cao Manh.

Last year she was given a more realistic Vietnamese name, if because the writer who wrote her romance with somebody else knew Vietnamese and her other name was gibberish. One would only wonder what would happen if Marvel had Kenyan writers to pen Storm’s adventures, I think it’s likely they also would’ve been alienated by a character who could’ve represented them. This is why despite being technically Kenyan, Ororo Munroe never speaks in Swahili nor does she celebrate Boxing Day every 26th of December. The character who could’ve represented Kenyans never felt Kenyan, if because she’s written by white writers for so long that she’s their idea of an exotic black woman.

Not so much an actual African woman, let alone a Kenyan woman at that. This explains why they’re written the way they are.

#xuan cao manh #x-men #new mutants #cultural appropriation #racism #amara aquila #ororo munroe #marvel #marvel comics

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sunshinies · 10 months

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✧° Kokomi inspired names/pronouns/titles ! °✧

art by x ! rq by @bipbopp !

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🫧 names:

adriana , amara , amphitrite , aquamarine , aquila , ariel , aurelia , azure , brooke , calliope , calypso , chloe , coral , coralia , cordelia , dahlia, delmare , delphine , destiny , doria , isla , jellie , jillie , jubilee , julie , kendra , lumina , marcella , margot , marina , marin , marnie , melusine , meri , nadia , neptuna , neptunea , nerida , nerissa , nixie , oceana , pearl , pearlina , selene, lyra , sirena , skipper , summer , thalassa, xenia , undine , vivienne

🐚 pronouns:

shell/shells/shellself , mer/mers/merself , sea/seas/seaself , aqua/aquas/aquaself , cor/coras/coralself , blub/blubs/blubself , dive/dives/diveself , pearl/pearls/pearlself , splish/splashes/splashself , reef/reefs/reefself , che/cherish/cherishself , kyu/kyus/kyuself , cute/cutes/cuteself , fin/fins/finself , sea/sear/searself , fish/fishs/fishself , fae/faer/faerself , ei/eir/eirself , glub/glubs/glubself , jell/jells/jellself

🌊 titles:

the pearl of wisdom , her oceanic glow , the lady of tranquil waters , she who enchants with grace , the lady of the ocean's embrace , she who gleams like pearls , her healing waters , her fearless elegance , the lady of the shimmering tide , she who leads with valor , the one who walks on water , she of the raging sea

prns and gendered terms may be replaced.

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j4v13rd14z · 3 days

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en la vigésimosexta hora del día

con dieciséis años me compré una pipa de madera oscura y un paquete de tabaco con sabor a licor…

también por entonces, con una cita breve y seductora, Borges me mostró un Carroll con el que aprendí a atravesar los espejos…

acomodé mis pertenencias ―una sonrisa, una lágrima y algunas volutas de humo― en una maleta de cartón-piedra y encaminé mis pasos a las ruinas circulares que un día cobijaron el sueño de Arturo…

conocí a Ginebra, dejé que Lancelot me amara; imaginé un cáliz de urania apariencia ―adornado con minúsculos planetas― para ocultarlo luego en el futuro de los hombres que me precedieron y en el recuerdo de los que me sucederán…

bajé hasta las entrañas de la pirámide y besé los dorados labios de Tutankamón; despertó y bebimos en el cáliz artúrico; bebimos hasta el alba, hasta un amanecer ensangrentado y violento que anunciaba la llegada de un ejército angélico y terrible…

comandé las huestes del Emperador Amarillo;

cabalgué a la derecha de Alejandro y caí herido en la toma de Altair, durante la conquista de la constelación de Aquila…

en las horas sofocantes de la tarde abisinia, tendido en una alfombra, dejé que el burbujeo de una pipa de jazmín se mezclara con el imperceptible sonido de algún dátil cayendo…

y en la frescura de un carmen granadino, conocí los placeres que las huríes otorgan a los que mueren en la batalla; el acompasado tintineo del agua en la fuente se fundía con un lejano y metálico sonido de alfanges y de espadas: a los pies de la muralla, las tropas del rey cristiano degollaban a mis súbditos…

gocé el cuerpo de Beatrice mientras el Dante bajaba a los Infiernos…

aspiré el perfume de los cedros el Líbano y coroné las montañas de los aromas de la mano de Salomé…

reiné en el lecho de Cleopatra ―Antonio no lo supo― mientras la barcaza de la muerte remontaba un Nilo arropado por juncos…

compartí los celos de Judas mientras veía cómo el evangelista recostaba su cabeza sobre el pecho del nazareno…

acompañé a Juana de Orleans en Compiègne y, a los pies de la pira, en Ruán, me despedí de élla besando las puntas de sus dedos…

la sonrisa del Tadzio veneciano y los ojos de la Bergman guerrillera siguen aún emborrachando mis sentidos…

goberné la santabárbara del buque fantasma ―algunos establecieron mi origen en Holanda y me bautizaron "errante"…

he vivido en los ojos de Cristina de Suecia…

oculté el rumbo de la nave de Ulises y supe sucumbir a los cánticos de las sirenas, a la caricia del mar y a los besos de la noche…

no se me oculta el hecho de que Avalón me espera;

y en esta hora imposible, hermosa como todo lo imposible, he sabido que jamás retornaré a Ítaca.

#textos en español

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bamfdaddio · 1 year

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X-Men Abridged 1985: Adventures in Asgard

The X-Men, those Asgardian mutants that have sworn to protect a world that hates and fears them, are a cultural juggernaut with a long, tangled history. Want to unravel this tapestry? Then read the Abridged X-Men!

(X-Men & Alpha Flight 1 - 2, New Mutants Annual ‘85, Uncanny X-Men ‘85 ) - by Chris Claremont and Paul Smith, Bob Wiacek, Arthur Adams

Yes, you see that correctly. That little falcon has a teeny-tiny mohawk on its tiny-teeny bird head, because comics are ridiculous. (New Mutants Annual ‘85)

You know what would really spice up the X-Men? To let them visit the most boring part of the Marvel Universe: Asgard!

As said before, for the Uncanny X-Men, 1985 has been a disjointed year. This was not helped by a sort of interlocking plotline that spread throughout one limited series and two annuals, all of them tied together by the presence of Loki. So that’s what we’re doing: we’re going to cover the reason why Loki takes a special interest in our merry mutants (Alpha Flight & X-Men Limited Series 1 and 2) and what happens when they are whisked away to Asgard. (New Mutants Annual ‘85 and Uncanny X-Men Annual ‘85.)

If you’re super-duper not into the Thor-part of the Marvel Universe, you can skip this one. All we really need to know, continuity-wise, is that Danielle Moonstar somehow becomes a Valkyrie and adopts a pegasus. If you’re not deterred, well…

Because this storyline deals with three superteams, the cast is absolutely huge. Hold onto your butts!

The Uncanny X-Men:

Cyclops: Scott Summers, red eyebeams. Currently on sabbatical to enjoy married life with his wife. Enjoy him while you can, because there will be massive character derailment coming up soon.

Madelyne Pryor. Cyclops’ wife. Bears an uncanny resemblance to his deceased girlfriend, Jean Grey, but I’m sure that’s just a coincidence.

Storm: Ororo Munroe, currently depowered. Is on a spiritual journey to find herself.

Wolverine: Logan. Clawed ball of anger.

Colossus: Piotr Rasputin. Russian tin man. Cuddly communist.

Nightcrawler: Kurt Wagner. Fuzzy demonic elf. Bae.

Shadowcat: Kitty Pryde. Phasing powers. The one teenager on the adult squad.

Rogue. Former villain, current flying brick. Steals powers and memories with a touch. Also bae.

Rachel Summers. Jean and Scott’s child from a future-that-never-was. Has yet to tell him this. Telepath. A little dramatic, even for an X-Man.

Professor Xavier. Telepath with boundary issues. The original dreamer and mentor to the X-Men and the New Mutants.

The New Mutants:

Psyche: Danielle Moonstar. Cheyenne, illusionist. About to have her backstory needlessly complicated.

Cannonball: Sam Guthrie. Human… well, you can figure that out. Good old boy.

Sunspot: Roberto daCosta. Fiery ball of anger.

Wolfsbane: Rahne Sinclair. Scottish werewolf who hates her human side and loves her wolf side.

Magma: Amara Aquila. Lava girl from not-so-Ancient-Rome.

Magik. Illyana Rasputin. Teleporter, demonic sorcerer and ruler of an infernal dimension. Has the most impressive resumé out of these young ones, also Colossus’ younger sister.

Cypher. Douglas Ramsey. Innate linguist. Cutie, perhaps not suited for the life of a superhero, but is just so very excited.

Warlock. Robot alien that can change shape. Pacifist born to a warrior race. Class clown.

Karma. Xi’an Coy Manh. Telepath that got possessed by a villain for a good long time, recently returned to the fold.

Alpha Flight:

Shaman: Michael Twoyoungmen. Chirurg turned sorcerer. V. man of science/man of faith.

Snowbird: Narya. Canadian half-goddess. Cool as fuck.

Heather McNeil: wife of the late Vindicator (ugh!), soon to be the next Vindicator. Leads Alpha Flight despite being human.

Puck: Eugene Judd. Tiny rubber ball man.

Sasquatch: Walter Langkowski. Canadian werebeast who loves his human side and Aurora’s human side.

Aurora. Mutant. Superspeed and supersparkle powers with her twin. Has a ‘split personality’, as written by someone who has no idea what that means. One side of her has access to her mutant powers and is fun, outgoing and flirty; the other is an introverted school teacher. The latter hates the former.

Northstar. Twin of the above. Superquebecois. Still kind of stuck in the closet, in a time where even the existence of the closet was vehemently denied.

Talisman. Elizabeth Twoyoungmen. Daughter of; magical conduit.

THEY UPPED THE LIMIT FOR PICTURES I CAN HAVE MORE THAN TEN PICTURES?!?

Madelyne and Scott are flying a crew of scientists over Canada, since Scott is trying his hand at being a regular non-X-Man person. They’re caught in a freak storm that Scott recognizes, because when you hang around Storm for long enough, you become a bit of a meteorologist yourself.

While I have full faith in Madelyne as a pilot, I'm still not sure it's wise to make Scott your co-pilot, since those ruby quartz glasses mean he’s essentially colour blind. (X-Men and Alpha Flight 1)

Half a continent away, the mayday is received by the X-Men. It causes Rachel to go haywire, because what if her dad dies and she never told him that she’s actually daughter? (There is actually an easy solution to that, but whatever.) Due diligence is for dummies, so she immediately goes on the attack.

Just as Snowbird arrives in the Alpha Flight headquarters to deliver some Grave Tidings©, Rachel arrives and easily mops the floor with Snowbird, Shaman and Heather, wife of the recently deceased Guardian/Vindicator. (A character I only know to be an asshole. Northstar tends to hate him, so I will do so too.) Aurora tries to turn the tide but…

Either Claremont wrote Rachel to be a grade A bitch here, or he has no idea how to write DID. Or both. Either way, not a great look for either of them. (X-Men and Alpha Flight 1)

Like Legion, Aurora has an interesting (if problematic) history in regards to her disorder and mental health. Unlike Legion, who has been allowed to flourish as a character since his inception and whose autism evolved together with our society’s understanding of it, Aurora tends to be defined almost solely by her dissociative identity disorder, which doctors these days aren’t sure even exists. While her history of abuse in a Catholic orphanage rings painfully real, the way her character tends to be portrayed as a vehicle for DID and little else is a disservice to such a promising character. (Read more here.) I’m glad that these days, she’s getting some love and agency in X-Factor and Marauders. (Even though I don’t understand one iota of the current Marauders run, but what the hey.)

Anyway, while I don’t love what Rachel is doing to Aurora here, I do feel that her mopping the floor with half of Alpha Flight is correct. Rogue swoops in after her to clean up the stragglers and she deals with Northstar by kissing him.

Hmmm. I wonder what secrets she possibly could have plucked from his head?

Anyway, after Rachel has calmed down, Shaman explains he had nothing to do with the freak storm and Xavier has been a hypocrite, the groups decide to join forces and find Scott, Madelyne and the missing crew. Let’s go, telepathy!

We then cut to Loki petitioning some shady old gods for power. However, in order to win their boon, he must give humanity a gift. A proper gift, freely given and willingly accepted. Hmmmm…

The X-Men and Alpha Flight fly off to a desolate mountain range – Kurt gets to wear a dashing hat! Jean-Paul and Rogue scout ahead and bond, which is my favorite character beat in this story. The two biggest misfits of these teams, it makes sense that they would be able to relate.

If only this had not been a case of Incompatible Orientation, perhaps some other French-speaking outcast mutant could have stolen Rogue’s heart. (X-Men and Alpha Flight 1)

In a field that is way too verdant for how high up they are, they stumble into a mysterious castle where they are greeted by Scott. He tells them everything is better than fine. They’re forced to believe him, because they can look him straight in his baby-blues! Scott is cured and can control his eyebeams!

See, all humans on board of the aircraft got imbued with super powers! Madelyne got transformed into Anodyne, and another into Cornucopia, capable of creating food, and others into evocative names like Lord of the Plants and Pathfinder. Madelyne immediately sets to work, curing Puck.

I don´t know if Madelyne´s powers made her taller or if she always was the size of a baby giraffe, but damn. Goblyn Queen got legs. (X-Men and Alpha Flight 1)

Madelyne also cures Rogue, although it’s a little unclear if her mutant powers are removed or if she can just control them. In any case, what follows is another cute moment between Jean-Paul and Rogue, where he willingly offers himself up as a guinea-pig for her to test her lack of powers on. She knows how much of a sacrifice that is for him, potentially opening up like that, and yet he follows through anyway.

It's adorable and I wonder if there´s such a thing as shipping but for friends, because I’m hardcore shipping Rogue/Northstar right about now.

Xavier pulls his usual bullshit when he reveals publicly that he senses another mind in Madelyne, forcing her to admit that she’s pregnant. (Boundaries, of course, only apply to people other than Professor X. God, sometimes you just want to bash him in his spherical head.)

Don’t run away, Rachel! This is the perfect soap opera-esque moment to scream out that you are the daughter they will never have! (X-Men and Alpha Flight 1)

Did… did the eighties really have leg warmers that came up all the way to your thighs?

While Kitty and Talisman follow Rachel after her self-imposed time-out, a powerless Heather takes a little dip in the magical fountain and gains powers (the aforementioned Pathfinder). At the same time, Shaman’s magical pouch gravely injures its owner, seemingly turning against him. What is going on?

Talisman and Kitty follow Rachel and discover an ancient Viking village hidden underneath the tundra. There, they try to talk the redheaded stepchild from the ledge: Rachel is out of her wits, realizing that her father getting a boy means that she will never exist. Kitty points out the inherent paradox in that statement, but then the village starts to collapse. They flee, but Kitty deduces someone is trying to hide something from her. She’s beginning to doubt this utopia.

When they return, they bear witness to Madelyne burning out Wolverine’s berserker rage. Kitty points out that she wouldn’t have survived Ogun without Logan’s berserker side, which is a fair point. (When does it stop being a cure and start being a catch-all for everything in the world you don’t like? Also, I bet she’s aching to get her hands on Aurora…) Kitty then presses that Wolverine go check on Snowbird, who is withering away. Wolverine, who is besties with Narya (who wouldn’t be? She’s arguably the best member of Alpha Flight), thinks that it isn’t a coincidence that both Shaman and Snowbird – magical creatures – are affected. Maybe there’s something rotten in paradise, after all.

Rogue, on the other hand, is enjoying the fuck out of it.

I don’t blame you, Rogue. I would also pick the haughty Quebecois over any of the other bozos on this trip. (Kurt’s the sole exemption, but you two are sort of related.) (X-Men and Alpha Flight 2)

Wolverine crashes the party and reveals that this utopia has a steep price: the extinguishing of all magic and their magical friends. (Which is an odd way to describe Snowbird, but in some ways, you could view her as a magical woodland creature. In any case.) The group splits down the middle, with most X-Men taking the stance that an utopia can’t be bought in blood and and most Alpha Flighters agreeing that the ends justify the means. (Yes, they are the worst.) Interestingly, Rogue, Cyclops and Northstar side with the X-Men, while Colossus, Rachel and Madelyne side with the Alphans.

You’d think this rift would maybe amount to something, but it’s quickly under rug swept. Sad. They could have done a Superhero Exchange Program and swapped Colossus in for Northstar.

Anyway, the obligatory fight erupts, until a few of the people on the Alphans side realize they’ve also been rendered creatively sterile. (The cook-turned-Cornucopia can’t think of new recipes, the architect-turned-Master Builder can’t dream up new buildings, etc.) That’s when Loki appears, all: “nbd, you’ll be as gods!” When the superpowered humans disagree – killing all magic is fine, but they draw the line at being robbed of their imagination – Loki gets angry and tries to force these ungrateful wretches to accept his gift.

That doesn’t go well for him.

They Who Live Above: “Swear you won’t harm these people! Swear on the dad you hate!” Loki: “...kay.” (X-Men and Alpha Flight 2)

Loki reverses everything, because Status-Quo is quite literally God, and Madelyne is stripped of her powers and Rogue and Cyclops are back to being not in control of their powers again. Also, Rachel still doesn’t tell Cyclops he’s actually her dad, so Loki’s new vendetta against the X-Men is literally the only thing of consequence in this godawful crossover.

Well, other than Kurt’s snazzy hat. (X-Men and Alpha Flight 1)

Loki’s vendetta carries us through to the New Mutants Annual, where the Lord of Lies is admiring Ororo through a mystical TiVo. He wonders what she would do to get her powers back and orders the Enchantress to fetch him Ororo.

After rescuing Karma from being possessed by the Shadow King, Ororo and the New Mutants end up on a Greek island to take a deserved holiday. While all of the New Mutants are hanging out on the beach, Karma is hiding out inside, afraid to face the world. Not only does she have to deal with all the evil things the Shadow King did while using her body, she also has to deal with the way the Shadow King abused her body.

While it’s not the tac I would’ve chosen, you could do a worse “reason to live” than spite. (New Mutants Special ‘85)

There’s an opportunity here for a storyline, one where Karma either has to work hard to go back to where she was or has to work hard to accept her new self. How cool would it be to have a fat superhero in a comic populated by people with idealized bodies? That’s not what we’ll be getting: instead, Karma will be shedding the extra pounds quicker than she did the Shadow King: I think it’s gone before the end of the issue.

Not begrudging anyone their body, thin or thick, but I do resent the implication that she was only fat because she was possessed by evil.

Anyway, all the skinny New Mutants are at the beach and Warlock is trying on bathing suits for size.

Warlock is reenacting that video where the model dresses in swimwear through the ages, going from the swimsuits of the 30’s to the oversized shorts of the 90’s to (hopefully) the men’s swimwear of 2023. (New Mutants Special ‘85)

Then, a cloud of darkness whisks them away to Asgard! Loki gives Ororo an avian makeover while he scatters the New Mutants, who go off on their own little side quests. Seriously, check them out, it’s like a DM took a chance on a Random Make-Your-Own-Adventure table.

Magik gets chained to a rock while the Enchantress, Loki’s sexy crony, tries to tempt out her wicked side.

Karma gets stuck in a desert and saves a kid from a Shai-Hulud. Apparently, a grueling trek through an inhospitable landscape is just the regimen she needed, because this is how she gets skinny again (fully off-panel).

Cypher becomes a serf in a mead hall. Next!

Wolfsbane falls in love with a wolf prince but then runs away from him, afraid of her feelings. It’s very furry avant la lettre.

Warlock breaks out of Hel and goes off to find his friends.

Roberto becomes embroiled in a bar inn brawl and is then hired as a glorified security guard. He’s treated as a big strong hero and is not-so-secretly loving it.

Magma is adopted by the fae, who get her drunk on their mead. This turns her into a pointy-eared fae as well. Whoops!

Cannonball saves a wench from dwarves and gets promptly adopted by them. His last name does not become Ironfoundersson.

Danielle saves a pegasus, rolls a natural twenty on her Wild Empathy check and adopts it. She names it Brightwind, not understanding that mounting her My Little Pony means she’s become a Valkyrie. Whoops!

Never figured that Danielle Moonstar, of all people, would become a horse girl. (New Mutants Special ‘85)

Loki orders the dwarves to make him a new hammer for a new thunder god. He’s barely gone before they start gossipping, saying his new falcon familiar is an enchanted one. Sam quickly deduces that it had to be Storm, because of the interesting colouring of the falcon’s feathers. (Not the MOHAWK? dafuqyousay)

The Enchantress manages to distill Magik’s Darkchylde out of Illyana and sends her out into Asgard. Evilyanna manages to recruit Wolfsbane, Sunspot and a fae-corrupted Magma, while Warlock (the only one who’s got his eyes on the plot) saves Doug and picks up Karma, Dani and Sam. The group then finally reunites and Karma makes quick work of the Enchantress’ hold on Illyana. In retribution, Magik sends a manacled Enchantress to Limbo as a gift to S’ym. (S’ym is not to harm her, which sidesteps some unfortunate implications. Phew!)

Sam cautions them to get the X-Men, but since they all have unfinished business on Asgard and want to screw things up for themselves, the New Mutants decide to save Ororo all on their own! Claremont thinks differently, however, deciding to add yet another team to this already bloated cast.

See, apparently, Kitty and Illyana now have a psychic link, despite neither of them being telepathically inclined. Kitty dreams of Asgard and sees a Thorified Storm fighting the Darkchylde, because apparently this connection is interdimensional! This is enough to convince the X-Men to go to Asgard and save the New Mutants! And they will travel to this otherworldly realm using the magical thunderbolts that some C-lister villain left behind three annuals ago!

Yeah, Claremont is definitely taking a few narrative shortcuts here. But who cares! It’s time to suit up!

This is about the least subtle DUN DUN DUN I’ve ever seen, and I watch daytime soap operas. Oh, Maddie. (X-Men Annual ‘85)

While I get that the Phoenix makes for a cool style guide, Rachel, you’re kind of dressing as the thing that killed Cyclops’ wife. And even if he’s not on the team, you’re also kind of dressed as the thing that killed Wolverine and Colossus’ friend, so…

Like I said, narrative shortcuts.

Also, we’re at the point where Rachel told the X-Men Cyclops is her dad, but not Cyclops himself. Cyclops, on the other hand, suspects but is unwilling to ask. ffs

In the grand style of villains everywhere, Loki reveals his masterplan to his pet bird: he plans to groom her as the new God of Thunder, replacing Thor and making him the ruler of Asgard! Evil! Feminist, but evil. He also reveals Storm is under his magical thrall: for example, he is turning her desire to get her powers back against her. Meanwhile, the New Mutants are following Loki until he suddenly shoots them down! (It doesn’t help that they’re riding in Warlock, who’s transformed in an airplane, which are decidedly not native to Asgard.) Once again, the New Mutants are split up. Most importantly, Douglas and Warlock are separated from the rest and they use that opportunity to have sex for the first time.

There is (once again) no heterosexual explanation for this. (X-Men Annual ‘85)

The X-Men, meanwhile, save the wolf prince that’s simply smitten with Rahne from some trolls. As Hela comes to collect the souls of the trolls, she commends Phoenix for being the new, well, Phoenix! (Which is perhaps a clue that your choice is slightly problematic.) The wolf admits to tracking Rahne and the X-Men follow him until they run into the City of Asgard. Here, they split up: Kitty, Rachel and Wolverine infiltrate the city while Rogue, Nightcrawler and Cyclops follow the wolf. But first… Rogue gets them some outfits, so they can blend in.

I’m assuming Rogue raided either a temple or a brothel. (X-Men Annual ‘85)

In the City, these three reunite with Roberto, who does not want to go home. He is blinded by the glory of being a beloved hero in Asgard, plus he’s on the outs with his parents, especially his dad. Wolverine’s pep-talk is interrupted by aggressive rock trolls and though they emerge victorious from this battle – thanks in part because of the melded Douglas/Warlock – Wolverine ends up horribly poisoned! Oh no! (This was before Wolverine’s healing factor gave him basic immortality, so there’s actual stakes.)

The other three chase the wolf and run into Rahne, Karma and Illyana, just as she’s doing a locator spell on Loki. (My God, this recap would be six times shorters if all these people just fucking stuck together in cohesive groups.) Loki plays a reverse Uno, using Magik’s spell to teleport to them and, together with an enthralled Storm, he captures them all.

Dani, meanwhile, sees a death omen around Wolverine and finally realizes she’s a Valkyrie. Don’t look a winged horse in the mouth, etc.

Loki throws a banquet to commemorate the deification of Storm! That’s when the X-Men and the New Mutants attack! (All of them! Some are disguised as Vikings; the others just escaped from Loki’s cell.) Despite the X-Men trying to stop her, Storm still grabs Loki’s big hammer.

Fair’s fair, this would have been a great way for Claremont to give Storm her powers back. Besides, this look is dope enough to warrant a shift in status-quo. (X-Men Annual ‘85)

Wolverine begs Storm to see reason, but then he keels over due to the poison. Hel, always a professional, appears, comes to claim Logan’s soul. This causes Storm to snap out of her enthrallment and together with Phoenix, Cyclops, Dani and Dani’s new sisters, they chase off Hel and Wolverine survives.

Kitty, meanwhile, indulges in her favourite hobby: shouting at people in authority. She tells Loki off, informing him that he can’t hope to stop them all. What’s worse, they’ll spread the truth about Loki’s perfidy throughout Asgard – which, if my Norse mythology serves me well, they should already be aware of, but whatever – which will endanger his plans of Asgardian domination.

Loki, who’s finally had enough of this storyline – as have I – relents and gives them one rule: either they all go, or none of them go. And they have to forfeit everything they got in this land, including Rahne’s wolf lover (aw!) and Amara’s elf form (yay!). In order to prevent this storyline from being completely useless, Karma keeps her physique and Dani keeps her new horse. Yeah, even Loki doesn’t give a fuck anymore about the rules he established two panels ago.

He offers Storm godhood one last time and this time, at her full wits, she denies him again. She’d love to fly again, but not at the expense of helping Loki. (It’s a nice narrative trick, because at this point, the audience is also rooting for Storm to get her powers back and this would be the perfect way to do so.)

Loki falls in love with Storm because she tells him no, presumably providing some keen insight into the hearts of men both mortal and divine, and then clicks his heels three times to send them home. They disappear and this finally, finally, ends Loki’s interest in our merry mutants.

DONE!

Fine, two more highlights. Here’s Warlock saving the day as the Enterprise:

And here’s Warlock, proving he’s watched more Star Trek than Vikings:

My God, this plotline dragged on so long, it took me a year to write this.

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New Mutants.19/Vita Ayala/Alex Lins/Matt Milla/Travis Lanham/Tom Muller/Martin Simmonds/Jonathan Hickman/Jay Bowen/Annalise Bissa/Jordan D White/CB Cebulski/Marvel

#new mutants forever #hellfire gala #reign of x #new mutants #dani moonstar #wolfsbane #sam guthrie #roberto da costa #magik #doug ramsey #amara aquila #xi'an coy manh #reign of x data pages

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iconuk01 · 5 years

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New Mutant Halloween costume rules

A few rules were established over the years about Halloween costumes for the New Mutants.

No matter how appealling it may be, Rahne cannot go guising* as a werewolf, that’s cheating.

(She refuses to call it “trick or treating”, that’s an Americanism, nor will she carve a pumpkin, turnips are what you should be using as far as she’s concerned.)

Illyana is forbidden from doing decorations, as the Sorceress Supreme of Limbo has a tendency to make thinks a little TOO realistic, and/or functional.

Doug is not allowed to go as a zombie, it upsets Warlock.

Anyone even thinking of going as “Cowboy” or “Indian”, will answer to Dani first. If they can rationalise their choice of outfit to her satisfaction, fair enough but so far no one has managed it and at this point, Berto is the only one who even tries, because he enjoys watching Dani’s reaction to his latest OTT cowboy gear. (Though truth be told, she nearly gave him permission during the year that assless chaps were going to feature, but the less said about that incident the better)

Warlock can go as someone dressed as a Transformer, but has to make sure that if he can’t resist changing into vehicle mode, that it’s not too implausible that a human could manage it.

If Sam is going to go as someone from a science fiction book it must be someone that at least one person (other than Doug) has heard of, otherwise he’ll spend all night explaining his choice in excrutiating detail and whilst they love Sam, they have their limits.

Xi’an always goes trick or treating with Leong and Nga, so all costumes must be appropriate for having small small children around. Illyana is officially forbidden from answering the door to trick or treaters as the DarkChylde, due to complaints from parents about recurring nightmares and bedwetting (Though that WAS just the parents, the kids themselves just thought it the best costume EVER)

The Roman’s had no equivalent of Halloween in October, so Amara throws herself into it with a fervour that is almost frightening, and under no circumstances is she allowed to shop for decorations by herself, otherwise the house will be stuffed to the rafters with every piece of cheap Halloween tat she can lay her hands on. Berto calls dibs on any Halloween candy not consumed by the morning of November 1st.

#New Mutants #headcanon #Halloween #Sam Guthrie #Dani moonstar #Rahne Sinclair #Roberto DaCosta #Amara Aquila #illyana rasputin #Doug ramsey #xian coy manh #ernest hemingway

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why-i-love-comics · 5 years

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Age of X-Man: Amazing Nightcrawler #4 (2019)

written by Seanan McGuire art by Juan Frigeri & Dono Sanchez-Almara

#nightcrawler #surge #lady mastermind #magma #marvel #hellion #kylun #kurt wagner #amara aquila #colin mckay #regan wyngarde #julian keller #noriko ashida #wednesday spoilers #comics #wednesday spoiler #spoilers comics #comic books

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The world has fallen to a monstrous infection, those who remain must band together to survive. In Upstate New York, heroes and civilians alike are working to build a life, even in the wake of civilisation crumbling.

Marvel Zombies RP open character: Amara Aquilla

When you have the power to shape the very Earth, but you don't always have the power to save your friends, the helplessness can be staggering. But having grown up close to the government back in Nova Roma, at least Amara knows something about the dos and don'ts of leadership.

Survivors connected to Amara:

Erik Lehnsherr • Magneto

Home || Plot || Rules || Taken/Open Characters || FAQ || Most Wanted

#amara aquila #magma #spencer locke #marvel rp #zombie rp #female #new mutants

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xmenred2022 · 5 years

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It's probably bad that I can think of four different instances of a marvel characters race faking off the top of my head

#psylocke abe abner amara aquila and the punisher that one time #and i think abe is still black to this day

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wiccantwav · 2 years

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oii, vc poderia fazer icons da magma (amara aquila) das hqs?

Oiw, tem alguma hq de preferência ou podem ser variadas? É difícil achar uma hq que ela tenha mais destaque, gosto muito dela ❤

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marvelous-envy · 3 years

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In X-men 2 when Mystique pretends to be Lady Deathstrike to enter the stryker database you can see a lot of data on the screens Allerdyce, John (Pyro) Aquila, Amara (Magma) Blaire, Alison (Dazzler) Blevins, Sally (Skids) Braddock, Elisabeth (Psylocke) Callasantos, Maria (Feral) Cassidy (2) (Banshee, Black Tom, Siryn...) Cheney, Lila (CaseIdent7552L/C) Creed, Victor (Sabretooth) Dacosta, Roberto (Sunspot) Dane, Lorna (Polaris) Drake, Bobby (Iceman) Dukes, Fred (Blob) Espinosa, Angelo (Skin) Gibney, Kyle (Wild Child) Guthrie, Paige (Husk) Guthrie, Samuel (Cannonball) Harada, Keniucho (Silver Samurai) Kane, Garrison (Weapon X) LeBeau, Remy (Gambit) Lensherr, Eric M (Magneto) Maddicks, Artie (Artie) Madrox, Jamie (Multiple Man) Mahn, Xi'an Coy (Karma) Maximoff (2) (Scarlett Witch and Quicksilver. Names weren't specified) McTaggart, Kevin (Proteus) Moonstar, Danielle (Moonstar) Munroe, Ororo (Storm)

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otomeloversunite · 4 years

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Lovestruck Mini CG Masterlist

Queen of Thieves

Prologue

Jett Slater:

Season One, Season Two

Nikolai Sterling:

Season One, Season Two, Season Three, Season Four, Season Five, Season Six, Season Seven

Leon Kwan:

Season One, Season Four, Season Five

Remy Chevalier: ★

Season One, Season Two, Season Three, Season Four

Zoe Banks:

Season One, Season Two, Season Three

Vivienne Tang:

Season One & Extra, Season Two, Season Three

Havenfall is for Lovers

Mackenzie Hunt:

Season One, Season Two

Razi Nassar:

Season One, Season Two, Season Three, Season Four

Diego Escalona:

Season One

Antonio Vasquez:

Season One

Jordan “JD” Davies:

Season One

Vanessa Helsing:

Season One

Reigning Passions

Sevastian:

Season One, Two and Three

Amara:

Season One

Xenia:

Season One

Starship Promise

Zhora Leonis:

Season One, Three & Four, Season Eight

Nav Hexan: ★

Season One, Season Two, Season Three, Season Four

Atlas Molniya: ★

Seasons 1-3, Seasons 4-6, Season Seven & Eight

Jessa Flexand:

Season One

Orion Akatsuki: ★

All Minis

Antares Fairchild: ★

All Minis (Human MC)

Season One, Season Two (Alien MC)

Jaxon Silva: ★

Seasons 1-3, Seasons 4-8

Nova: ★

All Minis (Human MC)

Tyrian Aquila: ★

All Minis

Villainous Nights

Lorelei Linden: ★

Season One, Season Two, Season Three, Season Four

Andi Kim:

Season One, Season Two

Duke Vale:

Season One, Season Two

Juliette Optima:

Season One, Season Two, Season Three

Renzei Feng:

Season One, Season Two

Ever After Academy

Nora Le Fay:

Season One

Lucas Charming:

Season One

Ezra Wolf:

Season One

Arin Langdon:

Season One, Season Two

Lavinia Le Guin:

Short/Season One

Josephine:

Short

Abel Hawthorn:

Season One, Season Two

Sweet Enchantments

Zain Blackwood:

Season One

Roman Tarrenglade: ★

Season One, Season Two

Runa Amberthorne:

Season One

Lucien Rivercrest:

Season One, Season Two

Sin With Me

Onyx:

Season One, Season Two, Season Five, Season Six

Cal:

Season Three

Darius: ★

Season One, Season Two, Season Three, Season Four

Ranza: ★

Season One, Season Two, Season Three, Season Four, Season Five, Season Six

Malakai: ★

Season One, Season Two, Season Three

Yvette:

Season One, Seasons Two & Three, Season Four, Season Five, Season Six

Nahara:

Season One

Wicked Lawless Love

Cecelia Visconti:

Season One, Season Two

Nathan Cayde:

Season One

Fiona Eichen:

Season One

Tales of the Wild

Revi Pel:

Season One

Bram Galeborn: ★

Season One, Season Two, Season Three, Season Four

My Siren Crush

Maxim Okun:

Short, Season One

Edge Case Love’s Pursuit

Rion Moon:

Season One

Astoria: Lost Kisses

Hades:

Season One

#lovestruck #master list #mini CGs #villainous nights #ever after academy #starship promise #reigning passions #havenfall is for lovers #queen of thieves #sweet enchantments #sin with me #wicked lawless love #tales of the wild #edge case love's pursuit #astoria: lost kisses

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jewalsgem · 4 years

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Birthday Collages Masterlist

Lovestruck

Alex Cyprin (September 22)

Amara of the Summer (August 12)

Andi Kim (May 26)

Antares Fairchild (January 10)

Antonio Vasquez (June 21)

Arthur Singh (July 13)

Ash Winters (November 11)

Atlas Molniya (May 5)

Aurora “Rory” James (August 25)

Caleb “Cal” North (March 17)

Cecelia Visconti (May 1)

Chance Valentine (April 3)

Clyde Hughes (September 9)

Darius Ricci (July 31)

Diego Escalona (November 2)

Duke Vale (January 23)

Emeril Everbloom (June 1)

Esperanza “Ranza” Gutierrez (October 19)

Ezra Wolf (August 30)

Fiona Eichen (February 22)

Irving Monroe (May 30)

Jaxon Silva (July 26)

Jessa Flexand (January 19)

Jett Slayter (August 8)

Jordan “JD” Davies (October 30)

Juliette Optima (March 20)

Leon Kwan (May 17)

Liora Skyheart (October 15)

Logan Owens (June 5)

Lorelei Linden (September 16)

Lucas Charming (July 18)

Lucien Rivercrest (December 7)

Lyris of the Spring (February 24)

Mackenzie Hunt (December 28)

Malakai Collins (May 14)

Mateo Estrada (December 4)

Milo Starlash (April 28)

Nathan Cayde (March 30)

Nav Hexan (November 28)

Nikolai Sterling (February 29)

Nora Le Fay (December 2)

Nova (February 18)

Nysa (

Onyx Wren (February 1)

Orion Akatsuki (January 10)

Razi Nassar (September 13)

Remy Chevalier (March 14)

Renzei Feng (November 5)

Roman Tarrenglade (September 28)

Runa Amberthone (November 3)

Sascha Orosco (

Serena Zhang (October 18)

Sevastian of the Winter (December 17)

TK Yoon (March 22)

Tyrian Aquila (April 30)

Vanessa Helsing (January 15)

Vivienne Tang (November 18)

Xenia of the Fall (

Yoshimitsu Valentine (April 23)

Yvette Holte (August 1)

Zain Blackwood (April 25)

Zhora Leonis (February 7)

Zoe Banks (July 2)

Obey Me

Asmo (May 15)

Beel (March 11)

Belphie (March 11)

Levi (April 6)

Lucifer (June 6)

Mammon (September 10)

Satan (October 20)

#masterlist

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