On Revelations in Today's Comics

[polarizingforce]

No no, Mun. It's not just you. I'm confused too. To be honest, I'm not sure what to make of any of this.

It seems as though life's just determined to throw me and my family (if I can even use that term anymore) bizarre twists every which way it can.

This latest one being, perhaps, the craziest.

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So rusty

[realitybends]

As super heroes, that is something we risk. It's up to us to undo it.

[polarizingforce]

I'm almost tempted to ask you to go ahead and twitch your nose here, sis, but I know that's not quite how things work.

On a number of levels.

Annoying as Pietro as been with me on my team, I felt as though I was finally getting a family.

[realitybends]

No, more like a twitch of the finger.

Pietro can be stubborn but once you understand him he is not annoying.

I know what it is like to miss your family, Lorna. You can always come to me if you want.

[polarizingforce]

No, I think the annoying part was that he was spying on me for Alex, really.

As if I can't handle myself or lead a team.

Well. We were just getting to know each other. Maybe we don't have to be sisters for that to continue. Even if that plot twist is ridiculous.

[realitybends]

Pietro was spying on you?

[Well, someone needs a talking to. That's not going to happen because Wanda is behind the times and in any case: comics writing.]

I would like to continue.

[polarizingforce]

For Alex.

For all that I love him, I swear, that man infuriates me sometimes.

Good. Because I'd like to as well. And honestly? What's going on? It seems to be way more Zaladane's cup of tea than yours.

[tesselate]

Every time it starts to make sense, right?

[polarizingforce]

That's exactly when the rug will be yanked away.

I can't even imagine what you're going through.

[tesselate]

It just feels like there's never enough time to process. After we found her, we didn't have enough time to talk about what happened before it was all back to being on separate teams.

[polarizingforce]

We're heroes. We don't get to process. We just move on to the next disaster.

Lately, though, that next disaster seems to be more personal than heroic in nature, doesn't it?

[tesselate]

Mostly, it feels like a lot of both.

[polarizingforce]

Yeah.

I can understand that.

[tesselate]

I hope Wanda will be okay. After everything that's happened, I'm sure this axis thing is just the icing on the cake.

[polarizingforce]

She's a strong, resilient woman who has had the worst the world has to offer thrown at her multiple times, but she's still managed to stay standing.

I'm sure she's going to be fine.

You familiar with NC at all?

[soyoudonthaveto]

My Mun says:

A. Blame Mephisto
B. Blame the Phoenix Force
or
C. Find a way to get the X-Men back into the MCU by any means necessary and then forget this bullshit event ever happened.

How far has this Remender guy fallen since Uncanny X-Force?

Vaguely, yes. :)

[polarizingforce]

I'd like to opt for number three.

My mun wants to say that he doesn't mind Mephisto popping by and taking away Wanda and Pietro's Inhumanity in exchange for roughly the last decade of comics.

Re: Vaguely, yes. :)

[soyoudonthaveto]

Same here. He's pretty much considers Marvel to be dead to him.

[polarizingforce]

I'd say join the club, but there are little corners that my mun still seems to enjoy.

[asongwithin]

I'm just saying, as far as I know, this isn't the Phoenix's fault. [The wry grin fades, though, as her voice softens.]

Family is about more than blood, Lorna. We both know that.

[polarizingforce]

We can't blame the Phoenix for everything. But no, this isn't the Phoenix. This is...I don't know what this is.

And you're right, Jean. Absolutely.

But this leaves me with Magneto.

And possibly Zaladane.

As blood relatives.

Let's sit here and think about that for a minute.

[asongwithin]

[A bit of a grimace, amused and sympathetic.] I'd rather not.

...You could always marry Alex. Get the Summerses officially. [WOULD THAT BE BETTER OR WORSE.]

[polarizingforce]

[She smiles back. Jean would understand, of course. She's been doing this longer than most of their group.]

Alex is in hot water right now, for sending my brother Pietro to spy on me while I lead X-Factor.

Also, rumour has it that he's dating Janet van Dyne?

So that ship might have sailed.

And I think Bobby briefly had a thing with Kitty.