I think the X-Books may have finally finished their X of Swords event thing. The titles out this week and next don't say anything about it, so finger crossed.
Watching from the outside, through the few scans I see online, it just seems like such an odd duck. I'm not clear why their island nation is fighting the other one (that I think is run by Apocalypse's kids). Possibly over rites of transit? That would make at least as much sense as a cause as what usually drives these events. Or why Otherworld and Saturnyne (or however the fuck you spell it) is involved. Unless the route they want to use runs through Otherworld. Never been clear on how that lines up with regular Marvel Universe. Alternate universe? Multiversal hub? Sub-level of the same universe?
I kind of hope she's just taking the piss on the whole thing, which seems not too far off. I mean, they make this big deal about getting the swords, and then most of the contests have nothing to do with swords. It's arm-wrestling competitions between Illyana and a giant lizard guy, or Doug Ramsey in a dance-off. Wolverine did fight some guy to the death, but when he killed him, that meant the other guy won, because he actually died.
Admittedly, Logan's 'You got to be fucking kidding me.' reaction is kind of funny.
Saturnyne told Brian Braddock she'd award the tournament to the X-Men's side if he just slept with her. Jeez lady, at least hold out for someone better. Brian refused, because he's married. I can respect that. Logan couldn't, but Logan is also extraordinarily judgmental for a man with a higher body count than several small wars. At any rate, that sort of offer doesn't suggest she's taking this all that seriously.
Which is fine, since it's hard for those of us that have been hanging around Marvel Comics' output for years to take it all that seriously. But it's an odd approach for the writers to take. The first big event since Jonathan Hickman's new direction, and it's basically dumped the X-Men into a reality TV show.
This whole thing is going to end up being Mojo's doing, isn't it?
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