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weirdbeancurd · 2 months

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In Sickness and Health- ULTRAKILL Fanfic

Can be seen as platonic or the start of something more :)

Summary: V1 and Gabriel have made a home for themselves on the Earth's surface, but are still wary of one another. Gabriel gets a cold, bringing up some not-so-fond memories of the council. V1 takes care of him, earning each other's trust in the process.

Being mortal brought on many new challenges. For one, Gabriel could no longer teleport, which sucked. He also had a newfound need for sleep and food, which took some getting used to. However, these inconveniences came with their own joys, many of which were brought on by the machine. V1 helped him realize the satisfaction of survival, to fight and claw your way out of death. And the struggle, oh the struggle. Before meeting the machine, he'd never once known hardship nor humility. Every battle was over before he had the chance to savor the fight. Each opponent was little more than a mere insect, quickly squashed beneath his heel. But the machine taught him failure: to give it your all and still not succeed. It was exhilarating, the drive, the need for overcoming an obstacle in one's path. And oh, he wanted more, but alas, his life would be cut short, severed by the council who granted him nothing but false hope. He mourned the life he would've held if he had more time. He would’ve lived for himself, white-knuckling survival and indulging in the simpler things. He could explore the surface, or admire the surviving greenery. Maybe he would've visited the machine. And so sat Gabriel, on his deathbed, grieving for a future that cannot be. But, like with so many other things, the council had lied.

He survived. It hurt like hell, don't get him wrong, but his heart stayed beating and his chest rose with every breath. After the last of the light left his body, Gabriel broke down laughing (which soon devolved into sobbing) at the sheer relief he had felt. Never had he been so grateful to be alive. And so, he did all the things he longed for. He gazed at the sunset, he counted the stars, he observed the morning dew. The surface was barren yet hauntingly beautiful, lingering memories of a society passed and the flora and fauna that arose from the ashes. Only one thing was missing: the machine.

Naturally, being the one to spark his epiphany, he sought them out. He expected the creature to be ripping apart mutant animals, not what he found instead. When Gabriel finally saw it, it was sitting peacefully on a pier, fishing rod in hand, no gore in sight. It took a certain amount of patience for a hobby like this, yet V1 seemed to like the monotony. It was a change of pace from the usual run and gun attitude it had. The way it kicked its legs while waiting was surprisingly endearing. Everything about it screamed human. And maybe he did as well.

Ironically, their reunion started with a literal scream. V1 had suddenly whipped around, pulling the electric rail cannon from god knows where and shot him squarely in the chest. After the world stopped spinning, he managed to convince it not to slay him on the spot, and that they could have a symbiotic relationship of sorts. The machine was clearly running out of fuel (the fish it caught had too low of a blood content), and Gabriel needed to eat. Gabriel would provide the blood and V1 would fish for a meal. They started as enemies. They ended up as mutualists. Perhaps one day, they could be companions. Whatever that meant.

It was surprisingly witty when it wanted to be, somehow conveying a variety of emotions through their body language and single optic alone. It also had a strong grasp of sarcasm, much to Gabriel's annoyance. Despite their positive qualities, Gabriel just could not get comfortable around it. If the council taught him anything, it was that vulnerability does no favors. Even before his "betrayal," they instilled in him the idea that the public cannot see him falter, lest they think of their savior as anything but perfect. He’d once worn an outfit that revealed a scar he’d gotten when he was young. The council chastised him, for the righteous hand of god should be seen as untouchable. Scars imply mistakes were made. The father does not make mistakes. Now that he had no audience (except the machine), his values held true, also for the sake of survival. Baring your neck to a predator would only encourage your demise.

And yet, here he is, in all his ill glory, far less than perfect. Currently, Gabriel feels like shit. A shiver ran through his body. Fatigue lapped at his eyes. A general feeling of unwell coursed through his veins. He must've gotten what humans called a "cold," his body was no longer immune to disease, so succumbing to illness was inevitable. He cursed his traitorous body.

Gabriel slowly got off of the couch, making his way through their base until it reached V1. A spar would do him good. It swiveled its head around to face him, seated at a desk they stole from the apartment next door, tinkering on the knuckleblaster arm.

"Machine. I was wondering if you'd like to spar."

They perked up, and he swore its eyes shone with mechanical glee. It nodded frantically. He smiled underneath his helm. That was something he admired about them: their fighting spirit. Never were they not in the mood for a friendly spar, which was great, because he needed something to do to distract him from the headache blooming within his skull. Gabriel winced when the machine’s optic shone directly in his eyes. Perhaps this wasn’t the best idea, he thought, but V1 had already gotten up to prepare for their fight. He watched them head out the door, guns in tow. His feet made steps to follow, but stopped at the doorway. The world spun sideways, vision tunneling for a second. It felt like his head was about to explode. Thankfully, after what felt like years of gripping the door frame for stability, it didn’t. He didn’t think it was this bad, nor did he expect his condition to decline so rapidly, but clearly this cold was fiercer than he thought. But Gabriel was better than this; he was above this. Nothing but combat was enough to make him falter. He was the righteous hand of- Gabriel cut himself off with a coughing fit. For a moment, the only thing that filled the silence was his labored breathing. The machine did not need to know about this. If it saw him weakened by something as miniscule as a cold, it may just put him out of his misery. Maybe it would be for the best, for what good was he if not for his fighting prowess? That’s what the council kept him for, anyways. The machine probably thought the same.

Gabriel dragged himself to their makeshift arena (more like a field), body aching as if he was already beaten ten times over. V1 came into view, enthusiastically waving to him on the other end. He was too tired to wave back. Its waving faltered, somehow radiating concern despite its lack of facial features.

“I’m fine. We can start now.” It shrugged, and paced left. He paced right, like how all their battles began, but was having trouble keeping up. Gabriel unsheathed Splendor. His practiced hands shook, tremors wracking his whole frame. With a pained grunt, he used what little strength he had to lunge at the machine. It immediately countered with the shotgun, bullets pelting him in the chest and propelling him backwards. Usually, he was able to catch himself by digging his heels into the ground, but his legs failed him. Gabriel landed on his back with a cry of pain. The corners of his vision were narrowing, tunneling once again.

No. Nononono. He can’t show weakness, he still wants to fight, he still needs to prove himself.

Gabriel sat up with difficulty.

He can’t be useless.

He plants his sword in the ground, using it to wrench himself up.

He can’t become obsolete.

His hand slips.

They’ll get rid of him.

He passes out. The last thing he sees before getting swallowed up by darkness is a blue figure rushing to his side.

Gabriel floats through a dreamless sleep until glimpses of the council pull in his attention. They tower over him while trembling with shame.

“This thing dares to squander the might of the father?” They say. “Heresy. Unspeakable. Heresy.”

Their words are like stakes to the heart. His eyes anxiously flit around, peering at each of the council members. Their eyes betray nothing but disgust. He tries to defend himself, to assure them he means no disrespect to the father, but they shoot him down like the machine did moments before. Gabriel shuts his eyes just in time to feel the light being ripped from his body. His vessel is on fire, every nerve in agony. His voice is hoarse from screaming and his wings beat on the ground as if it’ll help soothe his screeching nerves. Before he can even catch his breath, everything goes white.

Gabriel wakes up in a cold sweat, matting his hair to his forehead. He jolts forward and nearly loses consciousness again. A chilled hand presses to his chest, preventing him from getting up. After a few moments of shallow breathing, he takes in his surroundings. He’s laying on the couch in only his tunics, his armor presumably in another room. Luckily, his helmet is still on. V1 is kneeling at the base of the couch with concern in its “eye.”

“What… What happened?”

V1 moves its hands to sign. You passed out. Took off your armor. More comfortable. He suddenly notices the warmth under his skin, burning from within. Gabriel sighs. He has a fever. The motion of the machine’s arms grabs his attention. Are you okay?

What? Of course he’s okay. He’s more than okay, he is- was the righteous hand of the father! Gabriel could feel the panic building up, anxieties pooling at his feet.

“I’m fine. I just tripped, that’s all.” The top half of V1’s optic flickered off, giving the impression it was skeptical.

“Really! It’s-” He cut himself off with another coughing fit. V1 pats him on the shoulder. He’s not exactly doing the best imitation of a healthy person at the moment. Some miserable panting later, Gabriel tries again. This time, he’s cut off by the machine holding its hand out as a sign to stop.

You are not okay, it signs. He begins to argue, to defend himself from these allegations that mean so much to him: his pride, his prowess, his own safety. V1 doesn’t let him finish. -And that’s okay.

For a moment, he is truly speechless. What does it mean, that’s okay? It isn’t, if he’s weak, there would be no use of him to the machine. Why would it care? And so he asks.

“...Why?” It seems V1 is having trouble getting its words out, too. It keeps positioning its hands to start signing and then lowering them to think of how to phrase its thoughts.

At the start of their… symbiosis, it felt like it was just a parasite, gorging itself on his blood when need be. But as their relationship grew, it began to enjoy his company. It fished for food, Gabriel thanked it. Gabriel allowed himself to be fed on, but it always asked. It felt content when it was around him. It couldn’t imagine life without him. No longer was it just a leech, but… a friend? If Gabriel would let it call him that. It basically ruined his life, after all.

You make me happy. I want you to be happy, too. And healthy. There. That would suffice. Gabriel, on the other hand, was having a crisis, and the pounding in his head definitely wasn’t helping. Near delirious, he just could not wrap his fever-ridden head around what it was saying. The concept of genuine care just fell through his grasp.

“I don’t understand. If it’s a spar you want, I’ll be in working shape soon enough. In fact, I’ll-” Not what I meant. You’re more than just a weapon, you know. We both are.

Oh. Its words pierced his cold exterior, coating his insides in sun-warmed honey. It was reassurance long due; in all his millennias, he was nothing but a tool, a means to an end. But with the machine? Maybe he was more. They both are, it said. Gabriel could feel his eyes begin to burn with stubbornly unshed tears. He took a shaky breath before speaking.

“I believe I owe you an explanation.” V1 cocked its head. “You’ve probably known this already, but I’ll have you know the council wasn’t exactly kind to me.” He glanced at the floor, fidgeting with his hands. “They despised weakness, specifically mine. The righteous hand of the father should not falter, after all.” V1 looked on with sympathy. “Any sign of vulnerability was a punishable offense. And their punishments were not to be taken lightly.” He shuddered. V1 placed their hand atop Gabriel's. His skin burned where their hands made contact, despite V1’s being cool metal. The tears were becoming harder to hold back.

You are very strong, physically, emotionally and more. He sucked in a shuddering breath through his teeth. But you don’t always have to be. Not anymore. The dam broke. Gabriel let out a gut wrenching sob, then another. His shoulders shook with every hiccuping wail, pent up from eons of emotional suppression. The hand that rested atop his reached over him and encased him in a hug, causing him to gasp. With the little energy he had left, Gabriel hugs them back, pressing his face into the crook of their neck. He didn’t deserve this, why was it being so nice to him? There was nothing it could get out of it! As if reading his thoughts, V1 brought its hands up to sign once more.

I’m not going to use you. Not like they did. Friends look out for each other, especially when they aren’t feeling their best. Gabriel nuzzled his face further into V1’s shoulder. Hm, friends. He liked the sound of that.

Im not sure if I like the ending, so I might repost this with edits later.

#ultrakill #gabriel ultrakill #v1 ultrakill #ultrakill fanfic

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doctorofmagic · 5 months

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Sage: We're sorry to have snuck in, but-- Domino: --we can't walk through the front door of any building right now. Sage: We know our presence here is a risk to you, Dr. Strange, and we appreciate your-- Domino: Help us figure out this @#$% ring and we'll leave. Dr. Strange: Show me. And as for your current status in the world, the embittered politics of humans don't particularly concern me. You're welcome here.

I really need to talk about this for a moment because it's important not only to break some biased opinions on certain fandoms but also as a whole characterization for Stephen.

I mean, I'm on Twitter, it's hell everyday. But in particular there's this habit of certain X-stans of jumping into certain groups' throats like the F4 and the Avengers. And there are indeed... takes that make me believe some people don't actually read the stories. A common one is always accusing this or that character of siding with or supporting Orchis, the anti-mutant group responsible for the genocide in Krakoa and the mutants' current illegal status on Earth.

I don't have the total picture/knowledge of the aforementioned groups, despite knowing they are heroes and thus would never fight alongside fascists (no matter how hard Bendis wanted them indeed to look like fascists in CW I and II). But I can and will speak on Stephen's behalf. And these people will never have anything to support this biased idea that every non-mutant hero is against mutants, especially when it comes to the Sorcerer Supreme. He has helped them MANY times, including moments of conflict between humans and mutants (or inhumans and mutants or whatever). Point is, at least, Stephen is safe. I wish I didn't have to make this kind of post since it's pretty obvious that Stephen vowed to protect all lives, has practically a daughter figure in Illyana and fully supported Wanda when she still was a mutant. And yet, here we are.

Stephen has broken the law before (New Avengers v1 post Civil War, Civil War II, Cates' run when he worked as a veterinarian, when he stole a whole dinner table from a hotel to feed the homeless in Defenders v1 etc). The truth is, he does not care if it means to help people. He's not afraid of it. And I'm always glad to have canon proof of that.

X-Force #45 (2023)

#doctor strange #stephen strange #sage #domino #neena thurman #marvel comics

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paulkitty · 2 years

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i made a few dynastid eyeset recolors! i love maxis-match cc and i was really excited to have an eyeset that i could easily make a decent-looking recolor with. all of these should be compatible with the addon set made by @squea and can be used with each other without any editing needed. however the order might get messed up with other addon sets as i ordered them right after squea's addon set. this is easily fixed in sims 4 studio by editing the secondary display index values to your preferred order.

downloads here (free/no adfly, mediafire) more info below the cut

🔔 @maxismatchccworld @mmoutfitters @squea

to make these i repeatedly cloned swatches from the original addon set (using “add swatch” so the IDs are not the same), so they should have all the same settings and the same specular.

SET ONE ("AF"): i was using aoifae's recolors of @plumbheadsims' delicate eyes, so i tried to remake those swatches. they aren’t 100% accurate to the delicate eye colors because i was lazy and just eyedropped the swatches. the natural and hazel swatches are from @missrubybird's aqua trigger eyes and the bright and unnatural swatches are original to @aoifae. (1, 2) (if you like delicate here are some occults too) SWATCH COUNT: 83 COLORS: mostly natural colors. there are some natural hazels and some bright unnatural colors. i also included the default colors of delicate as nondefault swatches!

SET TWO ("SR"): i was also using a sorbets remix recolor of delicate eyes, so i made a set for those too. when i started making this post though, i went to @noodlessorbets to see if there was a tag i should use and discovered immediately that someone else made a much more extensive set with other palettes as well and even created a heterochromia set! you can find @kissalopa's recolors here! it looks like we colored them differently, mine is a little more saturated, so i’ll still include mine in case you prefer them. you should be able to use both at the same time as i used a different secondary swatch color. (and if you don’t use my first set, you can use this one and her sorbets with no editing needed as mine will be ordered after hers) SWATCH COUNT: 76 COLORS: rainbow

SET THREE ("HS"): hs stands for homestuck. this set features all of the canon troll blood colors, from the extended zodiac signs, as well as black and candy red (for juvenile or mutant trolls.) it has the option for white sclera and yellow sclera, in case you are making humanified trolls or actual trolls. the yellow sclera may not be 100% canon accurate (may appear too light) but it's the right hue and it should look fine during gameplay. also at the end there are jade and black swatches with a brighter yellow sclera for any rainbowdrinkers :) SWATCH COUNT: 30 COLORS: palette + black and bright/candy red. the "AF” set i made also includes a black swatch, but i made sure to make one lighter than the other.

SET FOUR ("FUN"): as i was recoloring sometimes i would get off track and make random colors. then when i had finished my plans i decided to just make some Fun Interesting colors. these are all pretty bright or unnatural looking, and some of them look strange. they don't follow any particular palette. they are also not sorted by color and are roughly in the order i made them. SWATCH COUNT: 36 COLORS: unnatural, bright

i contemplated remaking these +v1 and went as far as drawing a new heart catchlight and making 32 out of 90 swatches (16 colors) but then i felt like that was just too many swatches, so i stopped. this is what it would have looked like below (i had heart and normal versions) but im not sure anyone would want or use these. if you do lemme know i guess

sorry that this post lacks complete previews and is sort of strange! i have kind of never made a tumblr post before. if anything is wrong with the eyes like the textures are weird or something let me know! i thought perhaps they looked a bit artifacted in my game but i compared them to the original dynastid set and they looked like the same quality to me.

edit: i just found out tagging people below the cut sends them a notification. sorry to everyone who was pinged omg

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best-bot-tournament-2023 · 1 year

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FULL BRACKET DETAILS - Round 1

Thanks so much for your patience while I finalised this breakdown. My real life is busier than you might expect and doesn't leave me as much time as I'd like to devote to this.

The challengers you'll see facing off against each other in ROUND ONE are as follows:

1) Alphonze (Just Roll With It) VS P03 (Inscription)

2) Baymax (Big Hero 6) VS Marvin (The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy)

3) Bender (Futurama) VS BMO (Adventure Time)

4) Emily (She Ra and the Princesses of Power) VS S.H.E.L.L.D.O.N. (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

5) BOYD (Ducktales) VS Calculester (Monster Prom)

6) GLaDOS (Portal) VS Mettaton (Undertale)

7) Haiku Bot (Tumblr) VS Data (Star Trek)

8) Wheatley (Portal 2) VS Robecca Steam (Monster High)

9) Jenny / XJ-9 (My Life as a Teenage Robot) VS Hera (Wolf 359)

10) Fresh Cut Grass (Critical Role) VS Connor (Detroit: Become Human)

11) Zane (Lego Ninjago) VS WALL-E (WALL-E)

12) K1-B0 (Danganropa) VS C-3PO (Star Wars)

13) The Iron Giant (The Iron Giant) VS Queen (Deltarune)

14) Tik-Tok (The Oz series) VS Robot Jones (Whatever Happened To Robot Jones)

15) Raymond (OK K.O!) VS Rabbit (Steam Powered Giraffe)

16) Clank (Ratchet & Clark) VS Porn Bots (Tumblr)

17) A.M (I have no mouth and I must scream) VS WX-78 (Don’t Starve

18) One-One (Infinity Train) VS Sweet Cap’n Cakes (Deltarune)

19) Rodney Copperbottom (Robots) VS Gir (Invader Zim)

20) EVE (WALL-E) VS R2-D2 (Star Wars)

21) Rosie the Robot (The Jetsons) VS Mephone 4 (Inanimate Insanity)

22) Astro Boy (Astro Boy) VS Elle Eedee (Monster High)

23) Googleplier (Markiplier) VS Norm (Phineas and Ferb)

24) EDI (Mass Effect) VS Kryton (Red Dwarf)

25) T.O.M (Toonami) VS Edgar (Electric Dreams)

26) V1 (Ultra kill) VS Karen (Spongebob Squarepants)

27) Penny (RWBY) VS Laputian Robots (Castle in the Sky)

28) Sundry Sidney (Dimension 20: A Starstruck Odyssey) VS The Spine (Steam Powered Giraffe)

29) Metal Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog) VS Starscream (Transformers)

30) Momo (Stray) VS Curiosity Mars Rover (NASA)

31) Ribbot (Animal Crossing) VS Frobo (Amphibia)

32) Yes Man (Fallout: New Vegas) VS Hatsune Miku (Vocaloid)

Thanks to everyone who helped narrow down this list by voting in the preliminary polls.

If all goes to plan I'll start posting the polls for the first round on SATURDAY 18/03/23.

START YOUR PROPAGANDA NOW!

Send me an ask/submission, tag me in your posts (@best-bot-tournament-2023) or tag your posts with #bestbotpropaganda for me to find and reblog!

#best robot tournament #best robot contest #best bot updates #botposting #Best Robot Tournament 2023

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plutonicbees · 2 years

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(Weird Take) - From both a YA and X-men fan. Wiccan and Speed (especially Tommy) should be an X-men eventually but that might be bias because I’m an X-men fan and want Tommy to have a new suit finally 😭 All I’m saying is, He would SERVE with an X-jacket and with new appearances in general.

yes!! I feel like there's more of a chance of tommy being in the x-men and/or adjacent x-groups than billy. just 'cause the workings of it all makes more sense, at least in my head. tommy's already had his appearances in x-factor, he's still dating david, I feel like his entire narrative has had to more with mutants than billy's since the beginning and implementing him into the x-men would make sense.

and I think most can agree that tommy deserves a cool new suit! (I love the og and it's very slick and groovy but it's preposterous that he's had the same suit since v1) (the only thing is that I don't want to see them put him in something terrible and ugly à la the downgrade of the og wiccan suit to the v2 space onesie)

for tommy fans I feel like it's pretty much "we want to see him appear in literally anything can he just exist for a spare minute at least"; grasping at straws, truly.

x-men, avengers, whatever it takes, as long as it's a good writer, we'll probably be ecstatic for it.

#tommy shepherd #billy kaplan #billy kaplan altman #x-men #avengers #young avengers #speed marvel #wiccan and speed

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daisyachain · 1 year

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Checking the numbers on Comichron, New Mutants was the best-selling non-X-Men non-Wolverine non-#1 X-spin-off for 2019, drawing level with X-Force for 2020 and then falling to the middle of the pack with X-Force leading in 2021. I can only guess that Hickfans rallied around issues 1-7 because it was the only spin-off he contributed to, then dropped off in the Brisson filler issues before Ayala came on. Sales fell for each successive issue until Ayala’s run, where sales were more random (#19 selling the best of the 2021 issues).

Ayala (character-driven, continuity-heavy) targets a very different demographic from Hickman (plot-driven, self-referential), so I’m hesitant to say their sales numbers are winning back the initial sales push, instead attracting a demographic that would usually read the School Book of the era. Which makes me realize, we have to Mutant School book (New Mutants V1, Generation X, Academy X, Wolverine and the X-Men). The closest things are Children of the Atom, where the twist is that the kids can’t and shouldn’t go to Mutant School, and New Mutants, where it kind of scoops all the dangling X-Kids alongside the adult New Mutants.

Other interesting trends are X-Force having legs, Marauders doing poorly, and the sheer number of #1 issues. X-Force isn’t a comic I’ve heard a lot about outside of having the most annoying X-Character (QQ), making Beast even less tolerable, and having Black Tom Cassidy actually be a main. Not that I trust the wisdom of the masses, but I’d be interested to see what on earth it’s doing to go above its original pitch as the Gritty Masc X-Spin-off. Black Tom is a promising sign. That said there’s only one X-Force for me (1991).

Marauders should by all means be selling better than New Mutants or at least Excalibur. It’s the Gold Team of this era, it’s got all the high-profile X-Characters who haven’t been crammed into X-Men or foisted off on solo/limited series. Storm, Kitty Pryde, Iceman, and Bishop should at least attract a few readers, shouldn’t they? But it consistently does poorly. Should I chalk that up to the usual racism/sexism or to Duggan’s shit writing? I want to say the latter.

As for #1 issues, I’ve got mixed feelings on the number of mini/maxiseries. X-Men was rebooted to #1 after a year and a half for…no reason I know of. Way of X and Legion of X are both Nightcrawler-led esoteric books, why not make it one title? Fallen Angels was rebranded to Hellions ditto. I’d forgotten X-Corp/Children/SWORD even happened. The relative sales of #1 issues make some of it make sense—a reboot will pump your numbers easy as anything—but that doesn’t cover everything!

The miniseries might be failed pilots. Way of X might have been an unexpected success that got ‘renewed’ into Legion of X, X-Corp/SWORD/Fallen Angels might’ve gotten cancelled due to poor sales and the latter two rebooted due to potential. Rebooting X-Men though? It’s the same title, there’s no cast change bigger than the ones that happen regularly, it was selling real well—the relaunch seems to have been given just to sell a new writer (who sucks). Even though the limited series should make it easier to organize the X-Books, the arrhythmic rebooting of books into exactly the same book means it’s no longer easy for a rando to tell the difference between a self-contained limited series and Ongoing (Part 1). They had the chance to make an orderly line and tossed it away the moment they crossed those streams.

#kelsey liveblogs comics #my feelings towards krakoa are: i wanted my new mutants to come back from limbo into their own comics #which i have. but do i wish they were back in limbo. sometimes. a little bit.#if not for ayala's New Mutants i'd write it off as more of the same but you know what in terms of x-men comics #it's been a lot worse. at least marvel is actually allowing stories to be published #rather than rebooting generation x and killing it off at increasingly short intervals

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