Ok, Mr.@oldnightcrawler says I'll better start another thread to discuss the "recent subjects", so let's begin: (SPOILERS!)
Uncanny X-Men #19: I think this issue continues with pretty much where is stopped just an issue before BOTA, where some armored bubble-head was "revealed" to stand behind the new, more advanced Sentinels for reasons that we might also see next year. Be patient guys, and keep in mind that 2016 sounds like a helluva a year for Revolution, you'll get all your answers....in time.
Now, for what actually happened in this issue: we finally saw what happened to Dazzler, and that Mystique herself is a MGH-dealer now. I also like how many times she screwed over Maria Hill and continues to, without being noticed, though I feel like something is going on behind the panel, or I'm giving to much credit to SHIELD? I was also expecting to hear what they have to say about Magneto after their... disagreements, with both teams actually, but - nothing, like he wasn't even there. I still find Bendis' Cyclops heavily disappointing, he isn't in control of the situation and pretty clueless. Magik continues to be unpredictable and a wild-card, I was kinda glad to finally see her casting some impressive spells on Earth. And Emma... she just a shadow of herself, almost literally.
Wolverine and the X-Men #2: Ok, this issue was kind of improvement, I still hate the cast being dominantly Aaron's, and both Rockslide and Hellion not graduated... Ok, just Hellion, Rockslide wasn't the most bright student by definition, lol. Evan was also revealed to be jealous towards QQ (surprise!) and again, destined by another alternate future to become Apocalypse (like fourth time or what?), I mean I kinda dig that those cosmic host to collide in the end, but that's becoming repetitive, just show us AF-epic battle already, and let's move on. It was also funny to see Idie's "confession" to Armor, was it really her voice? I think it should fit Hellion's tone more accurately, but no, he isn't one of the main guys, sorry fans.
The Phoenix Inc., still not enough was revealed to actually judge, but it seems like the new Askani-son will go all-Bishop (maybe a little lighter) to get Evan. And what are his powers? Psychic knife and TP with burning signatures? Don't tell me what I don't want to hear!
One thing is certain with that book - for now, it's much better than Aaron's.
XX-Men #12: It was just the end of the issue, but I will summarize the whole Arkea hyperbolic arc. Since the beginning I felt that I miss something in this book to enjoy, and this wasn't Polaris, I enjoy her in ANXF right now. I never hid it, I find the all-girl team with the X-title unnecessary, why? Because the X-mythos always treated its girls with respect that I don't think you'll find in many other places - from powers to personalities, X-girls were always dominant and respected. That's why I don't understand the whole idea to begin with, but I gave it a try. The first arc, the first mission and the first lineup wasn't planned to become a whole new team and a little task shouldn't turn into a wide range operation, it just happened and those girls happened to react first, so I'll give Wood credit for assembling this team for a more logical reason than "hey we're girls, so let's go just kick some ass". That's for the reasoning of banding together, not for what comes next.
I asked myself, do X-men know who and behind what Sublime is? I'm not just talking about killing Jean Grey (that wasn't retconned), more about the most inhumane facilities since the Concentration Camps in Marvel history, Weapon X. But, seems like he learned humanity since then, so X-men should totally forgive him, brilliant idea Wood. And that's just the beginning, seems like Arkea THE villain of 12 issue, who made Selene bow down to her the second she realized who she is(?), could be killed by a plot-device gun, that also saved her host's life... dammm, I'm just speechless, I won't even bother to get into all of details of this "final showdown", I'll just say that he should never have touched the Asgardian mythos, Asgardian characters and Asgaradian magic, with all due respect to MP and Selene awful resurrections. A real goddess, bows down to a mutant sorceress who isn't even truly immortal? A techno-bacteria or whatever she was "hacks" a magical spell, let alone f*cking Skyfather's spell? The amount of PIS and CIS I've read through this story was overwhelming, the reasoning behind why was it Sisterhood with three mystically powered persons (which wasn't even in her competition eventually), when the most reasonable resurrection would be Apocalypse and his Celestial technology, but there's no explanation, no reason, just pure illogical idiocy running from issue to issue. One big disappointment.
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There were also ALXF #4, X-Force #2 and Legacy #300, but I don't have time for writing down my thoughts in details, so I'll be brief: I am enjoying ALXF, though not perfect, same with X-Force, and I have kinda mixed feelings about Legacy's ending. That's it, your turn :)
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