Resurrection of Magneto #2 - "The Weight of the World"

[laughing_tree]

I put a LOT into this one - magical thinking, Tarot correspondences, old continuity, metaphor, imagery dredged from the depths of the gut, attempts to reckon with decades of Magneto Discourse and also close off routes to bad interpretations (the last thing I want is for the reader to fall through a hole in my story like a caving mishap in a plagiarized YouTube video) - and while I have a certain degree of confidence that it Came Out Good, deep down I have no real idea if I succeeded or not. -- Al Ewing

Comments

[rainspirit]

Oooh, the plagiarized cave video discourse. Al Ewing's been on the internet for too long.

[iamrman]

All the Storm shilling and now the Shadow King. Are we sure Al Ewing isn't Chris Claremont in disguise?

[scorntx]

Not nearly enough bondage, brainwashing and lesbians.

[blues32]

"Yep. Turns out I can't die and that whole thing with Farouk getting rid of me? Yeah, that was as pointless as it looked. Maybe I'll go possess him again for laughs."

[alliterator]

I mean, Farouk DID get rid of him. That's why he's outside of the universe, rather than inside it.

[blues32]

Yet here he is, undoubtedly coming back with Storm and Magneto when they leave, even if the comic tries to claim he didn't escape.

[aperturedreams]

It's predictable, sure, but what were you expecting with the title being Ressurection of Magneto

[deh_tommy]

But will he go back to Farouk or will he find a new host?

[blues32]

He'll at least try to go after Farouk. The Shadow King isn't the type to let him go.