Way of X #2: "Let Us Prey"

[alliterator]

Something has slithered into a gap in the mutant community. This evil thing has identified that if you are part of a society that has no limits then you also have no direction. Look, there's a whole heap of anthropological and sociological stuff that I could bore you with here, to hint at the big picture and foreshadow some of the fears and doubts Nightcrawler is sensing on the horizon, but this is comics! So, luckily for us, all this high-falutin’ stuff takes a very familiar, and utterly terrifying, form. It’s an individual who is lurking in the shadows, exacerbating the risks that arise when you have a society without any rudder or anchor. Especially when that society is made up of people with superpowers. It’s the sociological equivalent of a nuke, and this thing, this threat, has its finger on the button.
-- Simon Spurrier

Comments

[deh_tommy]

Couldn’t even last a single issue before undoing the whole Krakoa critique. Sigh... I dread the inevitable moment Nightcrawler finds the titular Way.

On the plus side, Onslaught in the clouds looks really cool.

[alliterator]

Uh, it's still critiquing Krakoa. You should read the entire issue.

[deh_tommy]

I did, and unless I misread the issue that essentially says the reason for things like why Krakoa prioritises warriors and fighters or why mutants like Pixie are peer pressured into being cool and killing themselves is because of Onslaught silently egging people on.

[tcampbell1000]

My takeaway was that the Patchwork Man/Onslaught is exacerbating things, but he's working off societal weaknesses that would definitely be there without him. Those who want Krakoa gone simulated its natural end and then did what they could to speed up the process.

[deh_tommy]

But that’s still ultimately humans trying to sabotage Krakoa and speeding things up, no? Hence as always the enemy comes from without, not within.

[alliterator]

I think the point is to show that the enemy is coming from without AND within. Orchis is speeding things up, but they are only working with what's already there.

[john_wyatt]

I think the idea is that Orchis simulated how Krakoa would collapse in a simulation populated by Haller's personalities. Having seen what would lead to collapse, they're trying to accelerate it via Onslaught. I don't know how they got Onslaught to act as desired.

[alliterator]

Onslaught/The Patchwork Man is a recent development. It's not responsible for the Crucible or the younger mutants doing a peer pressure. It's only responsible for making some mutants doing harm through dreams, like the mutant who stated he dreamed about "cutting mommy" and when he woke up, he had his hands in the knife drawer.