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

[alliterator]

Exactly. I think Hickman is trying to tell a nuanced story about the difference between the IDEA of an ideal society free from want and the reality of maintaining one.

[tinygaylaura]

Indeed

And the people who say that because Krakoa has problems that means its bad and should be gotten rid of just remind me of the people who claim that what happened to the Republic and the Jedi in the Star Wars prequels was somehow what they deserved