NEW EPISODE: The New Mutants came out in 2020, in the heart of the global pandemic. Was that why the movie did so poorly? Check out my review, see if you agree with my thoughts on this movie with great potential, yet unrealized. #XMen #NewMutants #Marvel https://youtu.be/vgUJrJtpNjQ
What's on Cable? #cable #marvel #xmen #newmutants #comicart
Here's To the Ends of the Earth, part 2 of my little Dani/Rahne fic based on New Mutants #5 and #6, now in Rahne's POV, which was a very fun one to explore! 
Given the way this week's #UncannyXMen #9 is referencing it, it's worth a revisit of #NewMutants #2, an issue which, like the current one, is about introducing its young cast to the notion of anti-mutant sentiment in the form of fighting robots at the mall. #XMen #Xaminations
Speaking of contrived, the plot revolves around the X-Terminators kids randomly finding the Horn of Proteus, which summons a giant sea monster that attacks their ship. The New Mutants come along and they all team up with Namor to destroy the creature. #marvel #newmutants
I’m getting tired of Dani’s mirage powers being used as a catch-all plot device. Here, Namor wishes that the kids had underwater breathing equipment, so it magically appears. “That’s cause they’re based on an image in the Sub-Mariner’s mind!” It’s contrived. #marvel #newmutants
With Xavier’s school blown up, the New Mutants don’t know where to go or what to do. After an encounter with some bystanders thinking they kidnapped Illyana, they decide to go find the X-Factor ship! #marvel #newmutants
So that’s how the New Mutants officially resigned from Magneto’s tutelage, while he simultaneous took control of the Hellfire Club. It looks like he’s going down a dark path—or a grey path—but is he ultimately right? Are mutants going to war with humans?! #marvel #newmutants
The New Mutants unanimously express their anger and vehement hatred for Magneto’s choices which they see as evil. And so, Magneto decides…to let them go! They are free to leave, but he predicts that some of them will return someday, and he will welcome them. #marvel #newmutants
Magneto eventually wears Shaw down and defeats him. And then he calls for a vote: Shaw is out as the Black King, and Magneto will retain his leadership position of the Hellfire Club, now as the Grey King. #marvel #newmutants
We see one more vast difference between Magneto and Shaw: Magneto doesn’t mind if humans are killed, and in fact he celebrated the massive losses caused by Magneto. But Shaw sees humanity as a source of profit to be exploited. (Also, it’s a giant metal hand!) #marvel #newmutants
Magneto goes on to explain his teaching decisions with regards to the New Mutants: Xavier encouraged an empathy for humanity, which Magneto perceived as a weakness. That’s why he ruled over the New Mutants in such a draconian manner, to prepare them for war. #marvel #newmutants
The battle between Magneto and Shaw begins in earnest, and Magneto explains his worldview and his philosophy: “And thus, I began to form my coalition…my power base upon which to build a foundation for control…and peace among our kind.” #marvel #newmutants
Yes, this explanation serves as a brief summary of Inferno, for people who missed it. But more importantly, the New Mutants explain what Illyana means to them, and how deeply her incredible sacrifice affected them. This is how exposition should be done. #marvel #newmutants
I won’t spend much time on the fight with the Hellfire Club, which is fun but brief, but I do like Warlock’s dragon form! But Magneto quickly contains the New Mutants, and now we get the long-awaited conversation between teacher and students! #marvel #newmutants
The Hellfire Club arrives to survey the wreckage, and the New Mutants lash out at their former teacher. But I agree with Magneto: It’s not smart to fling a steel projectile at the Master of Magnetism! #marvel #newmutants
I really thought that the X-Men were in some outlying building that Mister Sinister blew up, but this confirms that Xavier’s entire mansion was completely destroyed! Also Sabretooth is mostly dead, and Illyana only speaks Russian. #marvel #newmutants
John Byrne is back on art duties, and he’s doing a really good job at aping Bret Blevins’ style. Cannonball and Warlock in particular look almost identical to when Blevins drew them. #marvel #newmutants
