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I have to say that the X Men franchise has been going on for decades. Maybe not as many as the Superman franchise has, but it still has quite a number to it.
One thing I am certain of is that the franchise seems to be subverting Status Quo Is God in recent years. Magneto and Professor Xavier seem to be fading into the background, with Cyclops and Wolverine taking their places. A lot of villains associated to the X-Men have been killed off and have actually stayed dead so far.
All this gives me the general impression that the franchise is trying to reinvent itself. Do you think that's what's going on here?
Edited by Mrph1 on Nov 29th 2023 at 10:02:23 AM
You get a sword and you get a sword! EVERYBODY GETS A SWORD!
Apparently, there will be a big threat to Krakoa, so ten mutants are going to be gifted with mystical swords to fight against this threat. Damn, look at all dem swords.
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
And sure enough, three of the people I mentioned all get swords.
I stand by my statement with Logan, but I admit, the energy swords for Storm and Cyclops look cool.
You can't go wrong with energy blades.
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The Head of the Hydra
Yup literally the Espada from Bleach. ![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
but thats more than 10 swords. although a few already existed I think gorgan has godkiller, and logan has muramasa. xavier has cerebro sword, and armor and iceman are just using their powers.
also logan is like the biggest weeaboo in the marvel universe and will never turn down a chance to use a katana if offered.
Edited by Deadpoolrocks on Feb 28th 2020 at 2:03:56 AM
We don't actually know which people get swords — since there are more than ten people in that image, I assume it's just a general "X-Men with swords" image.
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
Well, if we're going there:
....this would actually be a pretty cool theme for the X-pada...
...oh shit. I think I just came up with their nickname! Ok, every one remember I said it first!
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The Head of the Hydra
Okay scratch that, they’ve just become the Arrancar. 
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Oh that is a terrible x-pun.
Edited by slimcoder on Feb 28th 2020 at 2:06:51 AM
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
No. You stick with what you said.
I'm not letting my joke die because you got cold feet.
Stand by your statement Slim! STAND BY IT!
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Surrounded by weirdoes
...Did Scott go to the Dark Side?
Edited by Blueace on Feb 28th 2020 at 7:16:08 AM
Wake me up at your own risk.
"Who said the numbers on the X-Men went from 1 to X?"
By the way, the name of the crossover is actually pronounced "Ten of Swords," as in the Ten of Swords.
I think that's the sword that can negate healing factor, the one he used to kill Sabertooth.
The Muramasa Blade. Technically, it can't be the Muramasa Blade, because of the Orphans of X melted it down and turned it into bullets. However, a new one might have been forged when Muramasa made the Muramasa Armor for Laura.
Gail Simone had some thoughts on X-Men that are...interesting in the grand scheme of the health of the comic industry. She also throws some shade at My Hero Academia as well.
Long story short, her theory is the de-emphasis on X-books (once Fox got the movie rights) really hurt the comic industry as a whole given their massive bubble of success. Furthermore, the people who read those books were probably the easiest to convert into manga readers. Nowadays, Academia is for the average reader what X-Men was in the 80’s and 90’s.
Edited by Beatman1 on Mar 7th 2020 at 4:54:02 AM
The Head of the Hydra
Well since Marvel is now pumping out X-Books, here's hoping they get some of those sales back.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Not sure where the shade throwing was at, it looked like she was talking about manga in general rather than MHA.
She mentions at one point several characters from the series would be indistinguishable from X-Men characters.
And a lot of the comments pretty much say “Yeah, I left comics for manga and I love MHA.”
Edited by Beatman1 on Mar 7th 2020 at 6:12:02 AM
The Head of the Hydra
That's not really throwing shade though.
Sure she made the compairson but there wasn't really any mockery in it.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Maybe I am reading too much into it, as I’m want to do. I feel like the conclusion is “if X-Men remained popular, the reading public wouldn’t have needed My Hero Academia”.
I hate to be reminded of this, but Bill Marville Jemas wrote in his last issue of that series (the guidelines for the failed Epic print) that many comics failed because they got away from the core of why the readers read it. He uses the example of Spider-Man getting married (which is its own can of worms) but I cannot help but wonder if there’s a kernel of truth there. If the Krakoa cult and the Mutant Nation has gotten too far from the core of why people read X-Books and the reverse switch will need to be flung whenever the MCU makes an X-Men movie.
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I don't know how widely applicable it is, but it's why I'm not reading any X-Men books right now.
Leader of the Holey Brotherhood
It's an interesting idea. That they mistakenly stumbled across a manga formula well before it was really a thing, with the super powered teens at school concept.
Supernatural battle school manga (or just a normal school with supernatural stuff happening at it) among other things were a big manga thing...or are.
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Professional Complainer
I don't know why Marvel or DC have never been able to make a smash hit out of "school for superheroes" because it feels like the most no-brainer escapist fantasy for kids you could possibly have in a genre that almost entirely caters to them.
Maybe Hero Aca really did just punk the Big Two.
The Head of the Hydra
Well there was Avengers Academy but that hasn’t been a thing in years.
"I am Alpharius. This is a lie."
Professional Complainer
And then as soon as it ended they all got thrown into a meat grinder because "dystopia YA" was a thing for a hot minute.
I mean, Nightcrawler already fights with Swords, so I can deal with him doing it.
but why does Logan need Swords? He's already got three on each damn hand.
Storm and Cyclops definitely do not need swords.
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