Legion of X #10

[Gremlin]

Daaaaaammmmn, what an issue.

Nice callback to when Nightcrawler hosted the soulsword. That’s a deep cut with a surprising twist.

This issue really hammered home how much some parents suck. Both Xavier and Margali are simply the worst in their own ways.

Also, the body count in this issue is a little heartbreaking as

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both Warlock and Forget-me-not

bite it.

[Blackcyclops]

So Grief was right??? Wasn’t it Grief who called the identity of the last Sinister? Or was it JJ? I forget which one of you guys said it but you were right!!!


That was how you conclude a massive super-arc. They resolved just enough to leave me satisfied but left enough dangling for 1)another write to touch on and 2)keep me coming back for the one-shot. Kudos!!!!

[Gremlin]

Glad you mentioned something, I never noticed the heart

[das_boot]

Oh the NERVE.

[Blackcyclops]

I like how every writer got to have a Sinister. That actually makes me very happy lol

[norwichchris]

I really was mostly confused by the situation with Kurt who was that women who took the Hope-Sword out of him and how does it compare to a soulsword? also why did she give him over to Orchis? I don't quite get that bit.

The best part was when Xavier confessed to what he had done and left but returned to help Legion defeat the Psychic Nimrod it did seem like they were beginning to understand each other in the end and I hope Xavier erases what he did to Legion. I don't really understand why he did it except he is a control freak of the highest order which explains everything.

I do wonder if Sinister is secretly working with Orchis as we see in Sins of Sinister that he has created an imposter of Nightcrawler but has the original he is experimenting on.

I think it will be Mother Righteous who will right the sins of Sinister in the end. Is she a sorceress like Dr Strange?

[Gremlin]

Margali is Kurt’s adoptive mother.

[Blackcyclops]

And that technically wasn’t an astral-Nimrod, it was an astral Phalanx.

[Cable]

As always we get a veritable buffet of riches from this title, from what's next for Margali and/or Orchis to the gates being hacked to the Mother Righteous reveal etc etc!
Though I don't understand why Spurrier brought back Forget-Me-Not to tell basically the same story with him all over again.

[Gremlin]

Cos no one remember it the first time around….

[das_boot]

Cos no one remember it the first time around….

*comedy drum roll*

[Magnus]

Though I don't understand why Spurrier brought back Forget-Me-Not to tell basically the same story with him all over again.

Yeah I thought this was the weakest part. Forget-Me-Not was barely even doing anything for most of the book either, just basically standing on the sidelines while other characters (usually Juggernaut) just kept saying "who're you again?" over and over. So suddenly trying to give him a 'moment' here (reveal of an apparent romance with Lost, and then his tragic death) felt unsatisfying.

I seem to recall Xavier had given himself a psychic reminder about Forget-Me-Not's existence? So it doesn't really seem like he should be forgotten... unless he forgot to fix that after his (Xavier's) death. Alternatively, maybe this is a dangler for FMN to be part of how Sins of Sinister is resolved. Or maybe it really is just a way to try and actually kill a character for impact in this age of resurrection. I dunno.

[Blackcyclops]

Wow, I thought FMN as a minor character was pretty well utilized here in the background. Even though he wasn't the center like LEgion, Blindfold, or Nightcrawler, I never forgot about him (HA!) and thought there was a pathos in him always being forgotten that I loved. Essentially, it was like a death and rebirth every instance and that to me is terrifying. It's a form of existential dread that I liked being in the background of so much big stuff happening.

[norwichchris]

Do you guys think Xavier and Legion will make up next issue?

[das_boot]

Do you guys think Xavier and Legion will make up next issue?

This book becomes Nightcrawlers for the duration of Sins of Sinister after this issue, so I doubt it.

I’d honestly prefer if they didn’t ever “make up” to be honest. There’s way too much distrust on both sides for this to be resolved in a satisfying way without it being the focus of a multi-arc story/series in which is was the primary focus.

[norwichchris]

Do you guys think Xavier and Legion will make up next issue?

This book becomes Nightcrawlers for the duration of Sins of Sinister after this issue, so I doubt it.

I’d honestly prefer if they didn’t ever “make up” to be honest. There’s way too much distrust on both sides for this to be resolved in a satisfying way without it being the focus of a multi-arc story/series in which is was the primary focus.

I do kind of see it from Xavier's point of view he never had any connection to David as "he never knew he existed" for a long period of time. although this is suspect as in HOX/POX Moira's files it does mention Xavier/Gabriel Haller. I would like to see it at some point maybe they could be stranded in the Savage land together or something after Sins of Sinister.