Greetings nerdy list aficionados and welcome back to Top 10 Nerd today we’re talking
house of X but before we do it’s important to note that this series just launched at
the time of this recording so we’re going off of what is out there now things could
change drastically over the course of this and powers of x which is being co released
and well you need to read them in tandem.
Also of course if you haven’t read any of it yet spoilers but get ready because people
anticipate this is going to change the status quo which excites me but I’ve been reading
comics long enough to be jaded about real change so few things stick I’m Sasha and
these are the Top 10 House OF X facts you need to know.
Let’s get started.
Number 10 –Continuity So comics for the most part barring giant company wide resets
are operating on a continuous timeline with us suspending out disbelief vis a vis characters
ages and the time scale events would have had to occur in.
However House of X is not a retcon or reboot and instead has been described as a Relaunch
With No Reboot, so what does that mean.
Well basically that the universe is being reorganized and concepts explained but the
timeline continues on this now like the official true version of what happened.
So everything can continue on we just now have this different view on the x-men.
It’s interesting and works cause the x-men despite being integral can also feel very
separate especially as they were deprioritized for over a decade.
Number 9 - Omega Mutants so one of the things this run has done is give an official list
of omega mutants along with their power classification.
So who’s omega and what can they do.
Arguments about who is omega have been going on for years and this won’t stop them though
it will lead to those arguments that make those outside of nerd culture hate us all.
Um canonically these are the omegas there’s no room for discussion k bye.
Yeah we can still discuss there’s just now an official list this has been fun for a lot
of readers cause they feel it’s given characters who deserved it their do and also portioned
down the amount to a more manageable level not that anyone can really manage an omega.
People are really thrilled for storm but everyone has known storm is awesome and she’s always
been respected she was leader of the x-men for years in the seventies and fans loved
it it was around the same time Captain Marvel the actual second one Monica Rambeau now spectrum
cause carol jacked her title was leading the Avengers.
Number 8 Franklin Richards speaking of Omega level mutants Franklin Richards aka powerhouse.
I just that name please let him realize and grow out of it.
Franklin appears as if he is going to be a lynchpin in this story.
In issue one of house of x there is a confrontation between cyclops and the fantastic four a verbal
one but one that lays the lines very clearly mutants vs everyone else and only natural
mutants so the fantastic four pfft cosmic rays don’t count.
However, one of the threats that cyclops makes is that Franklin Richards belongs with them
rather than his parents because he is a mutant while they are not despite them you know having
powers and also people hating them at times mostly cause of Reed.
So basically they’re segregationists mutants on krakoa humans everywhere else separate
the families the whole nine yards also they want all mutants even criminals which brings
us to #7.
Number 7 All Are Welcome one of the events in house of x is an attempted robbery by mystique
and a couple of her cohorts when the fantastic four stop them this leads to the confrontation
with cyclops cause he wants to take them to Krakoa.
Because all mutants belong with their own kind dealing out their ow justice away from
the biased systems of homo sapiens even if they’re criminals.
Doesn’t matter.
It’s a freaky concept but one that feels very realistic.
This whole story just has this general sense of unease and the x-men are so othered but
by choice it’s really interesting so far.
Number 6 – Mutant Supremacy, The mutants in this tale are not interested in living
side by side with humans not anymore they want their own nation their own space and
to take their place as the dominant species.
In this tale mutants are coming to outnumber humans as the next step in evolution and if
things continue on track they’ll just be wiped out but in the meantime the x-men of
krakoa have a very adapt or die approach and all manner of ethics involving their powers
is thrown out the window, like the chilling scene where telepathy is just used to read
the minds of all the visiting diplomats.
It’s a chilling reminder of just how powerful mutants can be.
I warned you about the telepathy in our super powers no hero should have video aka let’s
be paranoid for 12 minutes straight.
Number 5 – Genetic Engineering, there are some intriguing mutants that can be seen in
Krakoa and house of x as well as on some of the covers based on the pods of hatching mutants
inside Krakoa and well general confirmation it is clear that genetic engineering is at
play and that mutants are being spliced for the best combinations so Mr Sinister’s paradise.
In fact there are fan theories popping up and some are already off the chain I read
one that Charles is actually Sinister.
It’s going to be interesting to see how these hybrids play out in the future as this
tale is set to span 3 timelines the past the present and the future it feels very dune
where you’re charting the progress of a concept and not necessarily the people.
Number 4 – Interconnected runs, Jonathan Hickman is a veteran at Marvel and has written
several runs for various teams, the fantastic four, the spin off future foundation, the
avengers and this tale falls into continuity with them or seems to, there are threads and
plot points from these previous runs littered throughout and the characters relationships
feel in line with that as well.
So this story is unabashedly a comic book story.
And well if you missed out on these runs that’s more the check out.
There’s also a lot of homages to Grant Morrisons new x-men run including how mutant evolution
is going.
Also Hickman loves Xorn.
Multiple Xorns Xorns everywhere.
Number 3 Their Own Language one of the things the residents of Krakoa are quick to note
that they have their own language as part of the bid to develop their own culture and
well people are already decoding it cracking that cypher.
Maybe one day it’ll be up there with Klingon people will write it on their walls speak
it at their weddings, we’ll see it depends how the mutants are depicted in this run cause
it could get a little rough.
It is visually interesting and fans are loving this detail.
Number 2 - Multiple Timelines theory as mentioned earlier there are many theories floating around
but one of the ones the most in line with Hickman’s past work is the multiple timeline/universe
theory.
So this is the theory that what we’re seeing is not occurring just in one universe but
is instead occurring across multiple at the same time so we may not even be dealing with
our x-men.
It’ll be interesting to see how this unfolds it would be very comicbooky if this were the
case, wibbley wobbley timey wimey.
Do you have any theories so far please share them down below enough different ones maybe
we can compile them into a special fan edition top 10.
I love theories I don’t care how outlandish they are.
Number 1 – Unadaptable?
So these days there are a lot of adaptations coming out and many of them are doing well
we’re seeing rarer and more indie properties adapted some that aren’t even finished or
successful.
So this comic is unique in that Hickman could care less about whether this story is adapted
or not and instead is concerned with telling a cool comic book stories because if you don’t
focus on good comic book stories then what is there to adapt he very much rejects the
idea of comics as a stepping stone to other media and instead embraces the concept of
them as the unique amazing medium they are.
I don’t know if the world would be ready to see the x-men this dark I mean it’ll
be awhile til we see the x-men again according to Feige so we shall see.
So those were some House of X facts you need to know so far it’s been interesting let’s
hop it’s not something that peters out.
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