Future History 101 w/ Headmistress Kitty Pryde via Twitter!
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Marvel has taken the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning experience to a whole new level by allowing readers to audit classes via Twitter:
Ever wondered what it would be like to be a student at the Jean Grey School for Higher Learning? To learn from Kitty Pryde, pass notes with Rockslide and have Wolverine as your headmaster? Well wonder no more!
On Wednesday, January 11 at 2:00 PM EST, you can log on to Twitter and grab a seat for Future History 101, directly from the page of WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN #4! Join Kid Omega, Idie, Rockslide, Anole, Broo, Kid Gladiator and in a class taught by Headmistress Kitty Pryde with special guest lecturer Deathlok!
All you have to do is sign on to Twitter and be sure to follow @JeanGreySchool, @JGSHeadmistress, @DeathlokL17, @GenesisHero, @KidGladiator1, @QQuire, @idie_okonkwo, @_Broodling_, @SANTORULES and @_Anole_. You can also keep track by tracking and using the #WXM hashtag. Then be sure you've got your pencils sharpened and ties on straight because class starts at 2:00 PM EST sharp on Wednesday, January 11!
Don't miss this opportunity to attend the prestigious Jean Grey School! And remember: Headmaster Wolverine will be watching!
I "audited" the class and decided to share the events with all of you here wrapped up into a nice blog:
@JeanGreySchool | ATTENTION STUDENTS (both local and all over the world) FUTURE HISTORY CLASS IS ABOUT TO BEGIN! |
@KidGladiator1 | Why does Kid Gladiator need a class to teach him about the future? I know my future. It involves punching. |
@_Broodling_ | Gah! There's the bell. I hope the seat next to idie_okonkwo is still free. |
@idie_okonkwo | _Broodling_ The one behind me is. |
@JGSHeadmistress | Good afternoon and welcome to FUTURE HISTORY 101. A special welcome to those follwing along on Twitter. Today's class is going to be a little different than usual. But before we get into that, roll call! Anole? |
@_Anole_ | Here, JGSHeadmistress! |
@JGSHeadmistress | Rockslide? |
@SANTOSRULES | In the flesh! |
@JGSHeadmistress | Idie? |
@idie_okonkwo | Here, JGSHeadmistress. |
@JGSHeadmistress | Quentin? QUENTIN! |
@QQuire | Present. Against my better judgment. |
@JGSHeadmistress | Kubark? |
@KidGladiator1 | KID GLADIATOR IS HERE! MAY I GO NOW? |
@JGSHeadmistress | No you may not, KidGladiator1. Broo? |
@_Broodling_ | Present and eager to begin learning, Headmistress Pryde! |
@SANTOSRULES | _anole_ Still can't believe they let a Brood in here. |
@_Anole_ | SANTORULES Racist. |
@idie_okonkwo | SANTORULES You know he follows your twitter, right? |
@SANTOSRULES | _Anole_ BROOD AREN'T A RACE! THEY ARE ALIENS! |
@JGSHeadmistress | All right, class. Settle down. |
@DeathlockL17 | Is it just this unit or is this a rather frightening collection of children? |
@JGSHeadmistress | We have a new student with us today. Let’s all say hello to GenesisHero. |
@GenesisHero | Hello. You can call me Evan. |
@SANTOSRULES | Um… is it just me or does he totally look like Apocalypse? |
@_Anole_ | No, it’s not just you. |
@KidGladiator1 | Terrific. We have added a pale-faced frail looking new student to the mix. Exactly what this school needed more of. |
@SANTOSRULES | KidGladiator1 Maybe you two can go tanning. |
@_Anole_ | SANTORULES KidGladiator1 I'ma tag along. No reason. |
@KidGladiator1 | SANTORULES You look like something we would eat for breakfast on the Shi'ar homeworld. |
@_Broodling_ | Ms Pryde, if I may, I would just like to take this opportunity to personally welcome Genesis. I hope he finds these surroundings as intellectually stimulating as I have. |
@JGSHeadmistress | Why thank you, _Broodling_ . |
@QQuire | Hmph. Knew Brood were good at eating people’s asses. Didn’t realize they were so good at kissing them, too. |
@_Broodling_ | I recognize your attempts at good natured ribbing, friend Quentin, and may I just say, I appreciate the sentiment. |
@QQuire | When the revolution comes, you’ll be first against the wall, Sleazy. |
@_Broodling_ | Why thank you, that sounds like a tremendous honor! |
@QQuire | _Broodling_ Although Kitty's looking good in that sweater...maybe you're smarter than you look. |
@_Broodling_ | QQuire I cannot tell you how excited I am to be the recipient of your mutant humor! WXM |
@JGSHeadmistress | All right, keep it down back there. And let’s open our books to chapter three |
@KidGladiator1 | You, GenesisHero. Frail one. What are your powers? |
@GenesisHero | Well, my uncle tells me I can do anything I set my mind to. |
@KidGladiator1 | Your uncle sounds like an idiot. |
@SANTOSRULES | QQuire FOR REAL! Is it just me or do... parts... look bigger today? |
@GenesisHero | What? Why would you say such a thing? |
@QQuire | KidGladiator1 Burn. SANTORULES I've got a chart tracking their daily status. A very detailed chart. |
@SANTOSRULES | KidGladiator1 SO DO I! LET'S COMPARE!! QQuire Ooops! Meant that last one to you, Q. |
@KidGladiator1 | The standards at this school are abysmal! At a Shi'ar academy, someone this weak and puny would have never been permitted inside. Let alone allowed to consort with warriors such as myself! Instead his parents, if they were honorable, would have set him adrift on an asteroid as an infant and left him to rot among the stars! |
@SANTOSRULES | KidGladiator1 HEY! If the She-Ra Academy is so good, why don't you go back there? WXM |
@GenesisHero | I don’t understand. Did I do something wrong? |
@idie_okonkwo | It’s okay, GenesisHero. Don’t let them bother you. We’re all devils and monsters here. Same as you. |
@GenesisHero | I don’t think I like this place. |
@idie_okonkwo | Whoops I forgot to put a smiley face. I am smiling! It's OK that I am a devil! |
@JGSHeadmistress | All right. Can the chit-chat. Don’t make me turn your vocal chords intangible. |
@KidGladiator1 | It's not too late. I could find us an asteroid real fast. |
@JGSHeadmistress | We have a special guest lecturer today, a friend of our headmaster’s. So let’s all give our undivided attention to Mr…. um… Mr. DeathlokL17 . |
@SANTOSRULES | _Anole_ WOAH! CYBORG DUDE! Or android? What's the difference again? |
@QQuire | SANTORULES Cyborg, obvi. |
@_Anole_ | idie_okonkwo Gurl, I love your weave today. |
@idie_okonkwo | _Anole_ I don't know what that is. |
@DeathlockL17 | Greetings, mutant youngsters. I am Deathlok Unit L17, manufactured by Roxxon in the year 2030. I have come to talk to you today about the future. The future is a violent and terrible place. Know that at least 43.897% of you will die before reaching adulthood. |
@JGSHeadmistress | All right, well…that’s an awfully specific percentage but obviously no one can predict the future so exactly |
@DeathlockL17 | Correction. This unit is equipped with tachyon probability generators... And thus can calculate exact statistical forecasts for all possible future timelines. For example... |
@JGSHeadmistress | Okay, I really don’t think we should get so specific with the students |
@DeathlockL17 | idie_okonkwo There is a 34.7% chance you will live to become leader of the X-Men. And a 39.7% chance you will die in the next six weeks at the hands of the adolescent Hellfire Club. |
@idie_okonkwo | Can you tell if I go to hell or not? |
@JGSHeadmistress | idie_okonkwo I'm sure the other 20-something percent is great! Now hold on there, DeathlokL17 |
@DeathlockL17 | QQuire 38.9% chance you are expelled within the year. 67.3% chance you first burn this entire school to the ground. |
@QQuire | Sounds about right to me. |
@JGSHeadmistress | QQuire DON'T GET ANY IDEAS! DeathlokL17 I AM SERIOUS, YOU BETTER STOP! |
@QQuire | JGSHeadmistress DeathlokL17 I've already had them. Haven't you read my latest incident report? |
@_Broodling_ | DeathlokL17 Would it be possible to predict the likelihood ofidie_okonkwo and myself being joined in matrimony? |
@DeathlockL17 | KidGladiator1, Son of Gladiator, Prince of the Shi’ar. 45.4% chance you will one day fight valiantly alongside the Avengers. 46.8% chance that you will one day fight against them. |
@KidGladiator1 | HA! I'll take it either way! |
@JGSHeadmistress | KidGladiator1 WATCH THAT DESK! That comes out of my salary! DeathlokL17 HEY CY-JERK! |
@DeathlockL17 | _Broodling_, son of Brood. 22.3% chance that in the next three years you will discover a cure for cancer. |
@_Broodling_ | Well that is rather… fascinating. |
@DeathlockL17 | 34.7% chance that during that same time, you will murder and consume at least four of your classmates. |
@JGSHeadmistress | DeathlokL17 That one does sound about, WAIT, KITTY REMEMBER YOU'RE A TEACHER NOW! He's wrong _Broodling_ |
@_Broodling_ | JGSHeadmistress It's all right, Ms Pryde. I'm quite confident I can suppress my biological urge to devour and impregnate my classmates. |
@DeathlockL17 | (I can also tell you which four.) |
@QQuire | Ha! This is great. Finally a class worth staying awake for. |
@idie_okonkwo | _Broodling_ That is nice for you, Broo. Perhaps people will forgive you for being a man-eating creature |
@QQuire | Who’s next? |
@GenesisHero | JGSHeadmistress, I don't understand. Does this happen every class? |
@DeathlockL17 | <Internal note: Lecture seems to be going quite well. Children appear to be finding it informative.> |
@JGSHeadmistress | OKAY, OKAY, I THINK THAT'S ABOUT ENOUGH! |
@QQuire | DeathlokL17 Dude, I can't believe you're friends with Wolverine! This is the best! |
@DeathlockL17 | Next, GenesisHero... |
@GenesisHero | Yes? |
@DeathlockL17 | <Tabulating possible futures... Tabulating...> <Fire in the sky... burning... this unit... disabled... dying... X-Men... bleeding...> <Conclusion: That child will kill us all.> This concludes the lecture. |
@JGSHeadmistress | You got THAT, right. No more prognosticating on the death and dismemberment of the students.Thank you for coming, DeathlokL17 Don't let the door hit you... |
@_Anole_ | Wait! Do I ever make it to BROADWAY?!! |
@JGSHeadmistress | I think we've had JUST about enough of class today. DISMISSED! Go to your next period, everyone! |
@SANTOSRULES | WHAT ABOUT MY LINE OF BODY SPRAY! I'M GOING TO BE RICH! |
@KidGladiator1 | That was just beginning to get interesting. |
@QQuire | Lame. Laters, suckers. |
@JGSHeadmistress | Get out of here, everybody. I'm off to the Headmaster's office to talk about hiring ones friends! |
@JeanGreySchool | This concludes today's LiveTweet of FUTURE HISTORY 101. Thank you all for attending! |
@DeathlockL17 | <Internal note: remove "guest-lecturer" from official resume.> |
Hahaha! I hope you guys enjoyed this as much as I did... (Note: How I understand it, all of this ties into Wolverine and the X-Men #4)
-- Geo (sora_thekey) 24/7 geek! -- Follow me on Twitter: @sora_thekey
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