X-Men Unlimited #32

[superboyprime]

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[cainofdreaming]

Yeah, ongoing physical mutation. And brain is also, of course, physical. Also of note is that Krakoa made staff triggered the latest change... Could it be that Krakoa is behind her initial changes, physical and mental, too? Are other mutants being affected too?

[numeronone]

Whatever it is, it's getting super dull now. They might be quoting Gerard Way in that last panel, but it's not for nothing that the next lyric was "You wear me out".

[numeronone]

I believe it was Joseph Campbell who opined on the compelling narrative of "unrepetant sadistic murderer loses magic stick, old woman gives her back magic stick with a healthy dose of exposition, murdergirl turns into generic satyr".

Truly a saga for the ages.

[numeronone]

Also, glad these scans reminded me that the Green X-Tremists here consist of one person with mind control abilities, one person with reality-bending abilities, and a leader who has precious little grip on her mind or reality.

Between this and Moira, perhaps the fourth Law of Krakoa ought to be "STAY IN YOUR LANE, DOUG"

[deh_tommy]

Please tell me the next issue is her finally coming to her senses, getting the help she needs, and Doug and Pyro realising it was a horrible mistake to send her off on her merry way with a darn hit list.

[remial]

are you kidding? this is Marvel, we can't have nice things like that!

[ap0cryphal]

good to see Mutant Ecofascism: Edgy Teen Edition is still going strong. Like - who is this even for?

Still mixed on hordeculture (i mean the idea of golden gals x ecofascism is kind of eh, but the execution has usually been pretty funny. Funny ol' murder biddies, out to fix a world full of too many people and not enough plants).

[numeronone]

Not to mention: I don't think this was deliberate because Gillen is usually a very conscientious and kind writer especially when he has to collaborate with others, BUT - hilariously - he's already negated everything Nature Girl does.

The latest "Immortal X-Men" has Destiny flat-out saying that climate change isn't a concern for mutants any more. It seems that in all of the futures, Krakoans end up totally fucking up the Earth in new, exciting ways long before man-made climate change ever gets a chance.

Nature Girl isn't just a terrorist. She's a *pointless* terrorist.

[sadoeuphemist]

She stabbed a dude because a sea turtle choked on a plastic bag. She's mad about animals suffering in the here and now.

[numeronone]

Which doesn't make it any less pointless. That innocent retail worker died for nothing in the long term and his death had no effecton anything in the short term.

NTM the members of Xtreme Green have thus far been shown to be hilariously incompetent, as shown in the above scans. Which might make them sympathetic if they weren't just unpleasant sadistic murderers. They're not even good underdogs.

[sadoeuphemist]

They stopped a bunch of whalers a few issues back. It's not a very high stakes book, but they don't do nothing.

[ap0cryphal]

Oh, they DO things, it's just that everything they've DONE so far has operated on PETA logic: edgy garbage where physical violence to workers (who corps treat as disposable) is Good, Actually, and it's understandable to murder retail workers because, uh a turtle choked on cling wrap.

I'm not even debating that it's supervillain shit, it's just *BADLY WRITTEN* supervillain shit.

[sadoeuphemist]

Nah, if they were PETA they'd be posting incessantly about it on social media. This is Nature Girl going through some shit, and all the adults in her life either foisting her off onto someone else or enabling her.