YMMV / Way of X

• Epileptic Trees: There are already theories about who the Patchwork Man is, the main one being Legion. Legion was last seen during the Age of X-Man crossover, was mentioned during House of X, but has not yet been seen during the Krakoa-era. And when Professor Xavier wakes up in the first issue from a nightmare of the Patchwork Man, one of the first things he does is look at a picture of Gabrielle Haller holding a baby David. In fact, the first issue has Xavier and Kurt already suspecting that the Patchwork Man is Legion and Kurt going to Blindfold's grave to see him. At the end of issue two, Legion reveals that he knows who the Patchwork Man is: Onslaught.
• Genius Bonus:
  • The excerpts from "The Book of [REDACTED]" are from the "First Florilegium." A florilegium is a compilation of excerpts from other works, but it literally means "a gathering of flowers," which is very fitting for a book written on Krakoa.
  • Kurt is called "one of the kindly ones." However, "the kindly ones" is also the translated name of the Eumenides, a.k.a. the Furies. The Furies were symbols of punishment, justice, and vengeance — things that dictated morality in the ancient world. Why shouldn't you murder someone? Because the Kindly Ones would punish you. In Way of X, however, Nightcrawler is finding that these types of moralities are outdated, since killing mutants will only result in their resurrection. However, the final person to call him "one of the kindly ones" in the first issue is Legion, who is angry that someone he loved is not being resurrected and is seemingly seeking vengeance. Furthermore, the association of Kurt with creatures whose purpose was to punish crime gains a secondary meaning when he later becomes the head of the Legionaires, a crime-fighting organization on Krakoa.
  • There's a very good reason why the Patchwork Man is called the Patchwork Man: he's Onslaught, a patchwork of Charles Xavier and Magneto's darkest impulses.
• Memetic Mutation: Using "Wanda" as an insult has caught on with fans, becoming a top response for anyone who criticizes the strangeness and dark elements of Krakoa.