zen

My only regret is not reserving the alt covers for Cyclops 1. I’m excited for next week!

What a stacked cast for the Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 One Shot! Go watch Critical Role!

Got a chance to read @alexpaknadel.bsky.social ‘s Cyclops # 1. Loved it! I appreciate the synergistic feel it has with Jed MacKay’s X-men. The first issue established the premise of the mini really well!

Rogé’s art style is an excellent fit for the comic.

I’m excited to read more!!

Love seeing great news! I’m excited to read it tomorrow!

I was around 6 when I first saw a superhero that needs glasses constantly. Back then, having glasses was an easy target for bullying. Seeing a reliable, yet seemingly impaired was so inspiring. I immediately latched onto him.

WEDNESDAY! X-MEN: BOOK OF REVELATION!

While Revelation tries to maintain his iron grip on his lands, his inner circle war with one another. Now enter: Kitty Pryde!

A: @nethodiaz.bsky.social
I: Sean Parsons, @johnlivesay.bsky.social
C: Fer Sifuentes-Sujo
L: @claytoncowles.bsky.social

To be fair, it looks like eating sandwiches are something reeeeally sacred for him.

This is so scuffed lmao

Give me more of the end scene of Magik #5, please. And give Ilyana more pancakes!

I was there when people hated on Kamala Khan got introduced. I was there when people hated on the Ms. Marvel show.

This is nothing new but I expected more from the X-men community.

Day 8-9

Henry, after waiting a bit too long, discovered the consequences of his actions (lmaoooo). He’s now on track in completing his main task with the hopes of no more unjust deaths.

With 3k X-men coming up, my dream for the Alaskan X-men is for an in-universe rebrand to a different group. Maybe the 3k takes the X-men branding as they push the narrative of how unworthy the current one is due to the failings during Krokoa.

Day 5-7

Didn’t have time to play much but Henry’s unravelling some big medieval mystery!

Also been raiding bandit camps at night because this Henry’s gotta do what he needs to earn that dough.

Day 4: Henry’s asked to move to the next place to unravel a case. However, he’s stuck figuring out how to catch some damn birds!

Day 3:

I hate that I’m liking Hans Capon even more. He’s actually not that bad!

On another note, I went on a main mission with 0 schnapps on hand. After 10-15 retries (including travel) and 2 irl hours, I finally did it. I’m spending the next in-game days brewing a shit ton of savior schnapps.

Day 2: I won against Hans…uhh…mostly by sheer luck. It’s a little crazy how that went and I considered reloading a save because it doesn’t make any sense.

Anyway…is Hans a romance option?

Henry’s a little bit more…brittle than usual which makes running away from Cumans a bit more difficult. No quest markers also made it a bit more intense.

Day 1: For the most part, Skalitz was peaceful. Since Hardcore Henry’s trying to make up for sleeping over, he followed the main quests more religously without getting too sidetracked. Trying to avoid conflict, he instead picked up some herbs around town.

The latter part was a bit more difficult!

I started a hardcore mode in Kingdom Come Deliverance 1. I’m an average gamer at best with little experience with the game (finished the prologue in regular difficulty).

I think it would be fun (for myself mostly) to log my Hardcore Henry’s adventures!

Dude. The landing is a crash out of mischaracterizations. Holy shit. Glad Chuck’s out of the picture tho.

r/x-men’s top 20 X-Stories. Solid list overall but super surprising HoX/PoX is #5 and I’d swap some comics out.

www.reddit.com/r/xmen/s/anv...

After 6 (7 if you count Exceptional), the entire X-Manhunt saga feels a bit wobbly. There are fun moments (a lot actually), but inconsistency in Charles’ (and some of the X-men) is glaring after 6 writers in. It might be able to stick the landing with Omega tho!

Storm and Pheonix powerscaling twitter beef is now the modern Cyke x Wolverine fanboy wars of the 2010s.

Both are clearly powerful and idk why both camps are salty af.

My boy Scott gets bodied verbally and physically (& would continue to do so with X-factor). He’s an easy target with his history.

It’s a rough week for Cyclops fans but personally, I like that he’s not getting Ws all the time.

Overall I’m still hesitant but a little bit more hopeful for series.

Re:NYX, it sucks that it ends at issue 10 and they’re merging and rushing off the plot. It’s still surprising that it’s getting canned.

Re: Storm. It’s a much better read if you think of it like a korean manwha like Solo Levelling. It’s a power fantasy story. That’s the whole schtick.

X-manhunt’s premise starts strong! It’s shaping up as the perfect redemption and send-off story for Xavier.

Re: Uncanny, a solid issue overall. Slightly disturbing and it circles back to the Graymalkin crossover.

Oh, man. Alpha Flight x X-men crossover is so cool. X-men establishing relationships outside X teams is awesome.

Adjectiveless 11 and 12 is a good palate cleanser before going into another crossover.

The callback to Magik’s thing is pretty cool ngl.

I’m glad February’s a double issue month!

Honorable mentions: Storm, Beak, Triage

a portrait of cyclops from the bust up, in his 70's blue costume. he is shooting a force beam in magenta, against a yellow background and gazing up slightly.

a drawing of wolverine, claws out, holding a cigar. he is against a magenta background, and matches an earlier cyclops portrait.

a bust up portrait of jean grey, against a blue background. her eyes are closed and calm, her hands raised as she uses her mental abilities.

new portrait set - all three at valentinemsmith.com/store ✌️