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Immortal X-Men #10
Jan. 22nd, 2023 01:34 amIt will surprise nobody to learn that I have been waiting on the edge of my chair for this issue the entire time this series has been running. I am not disappointed!
On the one hand: nothing we didn't already know about Charles Xavier (well, nothing I didn't already know, I'm sure there are plenty of readers who can use a quick run-down of all this.) On the other hand: <3 <3 <3 this is an excellent issue about why he's my favourite fictional person.
In particular I appreciate the way this era has positioned him in a trinity with Moira and Erik as the one who desperately wants to balance things so that the humans and the mutants can all win, no matter what he has to do or who he has to screw over in order to achieve that.
Because as always Charles Xavier is the one person on the planet who read The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas and started asking questions like 'but how many forsaken children exactly are we talking about here?' and 'while we're on the subject how are we defining 'child' and also 'forsaken'' and 'are they looking for volunteers?' and 'do you think five would be enough?' He's right, everyone should be terrified of him!
But not of ( actual end of issue spoilers. )
On the one hand: nothing we didn't already know about Charles Xavier (well, nothing I didn't already know, I'm sure there are plenty of readers who can use a quick run-down of all this.) On the other hand: <3 <3 <3 this is an excellent issue about why he's my favourite fictional person.
In particular I appreciate the way this era has positioned him in a trinity with Moira and Erik as the one who desperately wants to balance things so that the humans and the mutants can all win, no matter what he has to do or who he has to screw over in order to achieve that.
Because as always Charles Xavier is the one person on the planet who read The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas and started asking questions like 'but how many forsaken children exactly are we talking about here?' and 'while we're on the subject how are we defining 'child' and also 'forsaken'' and 'are they looking for volunteers?' and 'do you think five would be enough?' He's right, everyone should be terrified of him!
But not of ( actual end of issue spoilers. )