Powers of X #6 - "House of X"

[laughing_tree]

I have some general philosophies on what kind of work you should do at Marvel, that I try and adhere to. I think the stories should be big. Any time you can mine your continuity and the existing continuity of the company in a way that evokes a response from audience and not confusion, that’s powerful, and you’re crazy not to utilize it when you’re writing these books. The cardinal rule beyond that is at the end of the day, after you’ve torn up the playroom and scattered all the toys, you put everything all back on the shelf. Don’t be an a—hole and leave a mess. You want to tell stories that matter, but the way you write things that matter in Marvel is that you’re not destructive, you’re additive. -- Jonathan Hickman

Comments

[shakalooloo]

So, if everyone's all one big, happy family now, why does Magneto still wear a helmet designed to keep people from reading his mind?

[silverhammerman]

Sinister machine intelligences existing outside of space and time!

That's a big reveal about Legion and Proteus in Entry 17 up there, and one with some potentially massive implications. At minimum it makes Age of X and Age of Apocalypse both directly, if unintentionally, the result of Xavier and Moira's machinations. It also changes the optics of their relationships hugely, not only did Xavier have a relationship with a patient he was counseling, he did so not out of misguided love but as part of a eugenics project. Moira's relationship is even more messed up, as at best, her eugenics project trapped her in an abusive marriage.

I'm also extremely into the reveal, not included here, that Moira refuses to allow Mystique to bring Destiny back from the dead, despite Xavier and Magneto promising it as a part of her recruitment. We saw something similar at the end of the Wolverines team series, and that certainly suggested Mystique won't react well.

There's a lot of interesting stuff set up here that I'm looking forward to seeing.

[leahandillyana]

I honestly enjoy the symbolism of the cover, very fitting the author's interpretation of X-Men, even if unsubtle.

[locuatico]

"The cardinal rule beyond that is at the end of the day, after you’ve torn up the playroom and scattered all the toys, you put everything all back on the shelf. Don’t be an a—hole and leave a mess. You want to tell stories that matter, but the way you write things that matter in Marvel is that you’re not destructive, you’re additive."

that's a good rule.

[scorntx]

So... your stories should be "big" and change things dramatically, but should revert back to the way they were once they're done?
Sounds a little contradictory there.
But would explain most of his Avengers run.

(And as for "mining continuity"...)

-"You really want them to know... that we always lose?"-
Don't really see why that'd be so demoralizing to the X-Men.
Pretty much every future they've seen has been crappy, starting from DOFP.
At this point, it'd be like being told it's going to rain later.

[lordultimus]

That quote seems... interesting, considering the vast changes to Moira's character.

[dr_archeville]

So have they ever touched on the whole "he worked for the Nazis" part of Sinister's history, and why Magneto is having... anything to do with him?

[silverhammerman]

It occurs to me, thinking it over a little note, what exactly is the distinction between the mutant chimera of Moira IX’s life and engineered post-humanity? I think I’m the life we see up above, Moira VI, mutants didn’t tinker with their DNA and do the chimera thing, but once they do, what meaningful difference remains between them and post-humanity? The whole thing has me a lot more curious about Sinister’s final generation of chimeras, the hive mind who imploded and took part of Mars with them (if I’m remembering correctly) and wanting to know/see more of them.