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that last post..... "this is TECHNICALLY true but hasnt been referenced for so long that, practically, it is untrue."

it's me when charles "redevelopes" a telekinesis ability --

#( ooc ) keep an open mind. #TECHNICALLY it was true Once #but literally Not for so long this feels like a mistake gajfkgj

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talking about comics canon is like. this is true. this used to be true but isn’t anymore but everyone still acts like it’s true bc it makes for a more interesting story. this is TECHNICALLY true but hasnt been referenced for so long that, practically, it is untrue. this is arguably true but presenting that as certainty is misleading and ignores the nuances of individual interpretation.

#( ooc ) keep an open mind. #me sorting thru charles canon over the past 50+ years---

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peeking in here for a hot second and having to block like 5 c0rn blogs immediately is like the authentic tunblr experience-

#( ooc ) keep an open mind.

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the sad thing is i actually liked moira’s mutant retcon (i might be the minority opinion here)... retcon aside (which, they do it all the time so), it at least did something interesting with the narrative and present a real motivation and challenge for the main cast. her spat with destiny and mystique was confusing and a bit contrived but that feels more like a problem with execution than the concept itself. ...now what dose her being a skin-snatcher robot........ do..... exactly? there’s also something weird and iffy about turning a woman into a robot after/while she’s being cast as the villain and/or unlikable. but maybe i shouldn’t pass judgement until i actually read the thing....

justice for moira when…

#( ooc ) keep an open mind. #bUT DO I WAN T TO

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justice for moira when...

#( ooc ) keep an open mind. #i mean she's A Bit Of An Asshole #but at least she was an internally consistent asshole???? ? #in the way that felt like it's actually her as a person/character #instead of whatever plot contrivances that's going on??

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feeling charles and his giant floating head tentatively returning lately

#( ooc ) keep an open mind. #we will se e #im not caught up on the comics #the question is do i WANT to be lma o

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im a blorbo apologist but also they did every bad thing they did and i will get mad if u ignore that. complexities

#( ooc ) keep an open mind. #( crack ) alex; wreak havoc. #DGSAGFJKHASKLJFLA

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i also logged back on to reblog my post about how willi//ams' writing was bad in a predictable way but du//ggan was more mysterious. i'd like to revise that and say i actually figured out what i think is wrong with the latter's interpretation of the x-men story and it's here.

#( ooc ) keep an open mind.

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just checking in to say @sebastianshaw has brought it to my attention that charles was once again drawn beefy and nakkid in uncanny x-men #277. when i say it's a pattern.... it's a pattern

#( ooc ) keep an open mind. #lol happy april u think this was a joke? well iT AINT

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holyshit look at that flat line lol i’m not ready to revive my fixation on charles fucking xavier yet. just here to say that as much as i don’t care for the mcu i did like the portrayal of strange in the no way home movie and think it makes sense

#( ooc ) keep an open mind.

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nobody:

me: made a starter call and then immediately disappeared for a whole week

#sdgf;ahlks #pls standby this week has been stressful asfdlgjkhld

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let charles retire 2022

charles:  hmmmmm... no.

#basically the plot for the past 20 years lmao

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new icons maybe

#would i rly commit to this new year new us mentality adhfalks #i like how the border reminds me a lil of krakoa's language

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anyway i might restart/reset for the new year so LIKE this for a starter.

#( ooc ) keep an open mind. #or let me know if you rly like to continue something we had going?

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also i don’t really know what this is about lmao

if it’s supposed to be erik doing that or what

i really don’t want to think that the writers forgot charles DOESN’T have telekinesis, actually/usually--- not since like the 70s? unless they wanna change their minds on that again. or if this is a nod to his Seemingly having telekinesis Sometimes lol

#( ooc ) keep an open mind. #ha.. change their mINDS lol #( reference ) read comics.

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- Are you with me, Charles? - Always.

feels like finally an appropriate first post of the new year. because it is indeed “always.” charles thinks of erik more often than he has any expressed reason to, models his thoughts and actions in relation to magneto more than he has reasons to. and erik thinks of him, in times of rage and times of weakness/vulnerability, so precarious and necessary.

they’re not really opposites, not really.

instead they’re like the wheel and axis of a gyroscope, spinning not in parallel but right angle of each other -- never overlapping, yet keeping each other in fixed orientation, in perpetuity.

i like seeing them fight together. i also like seeing them lose relevance. both becoming codified in history as symbols of their contribution and pioneering, and becoming abstractions of themselves with less and less real influence (barred from charles apparently being the founder and largest material stakeholder of krakoa... which the story doesn’t seem to have an interest in seriously addressing or exploring the implications of so we kind of have to just let it slide to the background a bit).

i like how douglas was the “hero” of the story.

i like how he was able to be the hero of the story because he learned from experience and history, and because he learned from the masters. i’m sad that he made some of the same choices they made. i’m sad that he (also) didn’t see another way (just yet).

speaking of choices, i also like this moment:

charles was the one entrusted to make the choice. and he was wrong. and he paid for it with his life, again.

but the thing is, there wasn’t really a right choice. which i do find to be quite emblematic and a good summary of/tribute to all of his dilemmas and mistakes over the past two or so decades...

—— he made the wrong choice; there wasn’t really a right one.

i was really anticipating them to oust him. because it would feel like it make sense in the moment, and i’ve been trained to expect the comics to do that and then undo that again, ad nauseam.

but things as they stand, the writing here actually makes a smart and clever choice. and it is surprisingly self-aware.

he’s exhausted his use, and you need him out of the way. but you can’t dispose of him, because he started it all and his dna has been written into everything standing. you don’t want to dispose of him either... you realized. because then somebody has to take his place -- an unenviable position. you don’t really want that. so you keep him around -- consciously this time -- as the sinner and the scapegoat.

you don’t send him out into the wild now. nor a sacrifice. you keep him on the altar enshrined, both a vessel and a sign; an inspiration and a warning.

#( ooc ) keep an open mind. #( meta ) data. #( reference ) read comics. #hello all im finally back to posting---- #...inferno is ironically the only book that keeps me going now #who would've thunk ! ! #well and x-force ..but we've left hank for a bit in that now #and no really charles in that #even tho it did give us the great assassination sequence

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of all the people charles decided to open up (.001 millimeter) to it’s the fcking super spy

#( ooc ) keep an open mind. #why is he like this..