#new x men academy x

[newx-menfan]

Sorry Laura….but this is hands DOWN the worst look you’ve ever had…

#NYX #Laura Kinney #Wolverine #x23 #x 23 #laura x23 #xmen #new x men #marvel #x men #new xmen #academy x #new x men academy x #bring back the new x men

[weirdefilippis]

Could Kevin/Wither use his powers constructively? For example, can he make a mound of nutritious compost? And although the move to Krakoa is a recent development, could he serve as a one-man fertilizer factory for a self-sustaining island nation?

He absolutely was going to go that way if we went forward on the book. Not the compost idea, but we love that one!

We thought of him targeting specific cells instead of killing any cells he touched. So that, when he gained control, he could eradicate cancerous cells, or parasitic organisms... basically he could help in lots of ways.

But the ones you mentioned give even more ways for him to turn his curse into a gift, which was absolutely where we wanted to go with him.

#ask #anon #new x men academy x #hellions #wither #kevin ford

[lovecatsys]

I will fly with you. Thanks, beautiful.

#trying to learn how to make edits #julian keller #sofia mantega #hellion #wind dancer #new x men #new x men academy x #academy x #new x-men: academy x #new x men: academy x #new x-men #x men

[starrrrr-dreeeeam]

this is kinda very ooc to me here bc surge is clearly closer to jeffery in academy x，shes like a big sister to him，and now she doesn't care ab him？like they can choose literally any other academy x classmates who knows jeffery here for example like Sofia……sofia is very close to david back in academy x，and we couldve got a sofia cameo😭 and sofia is not so close to jeffery

its just makes me kinda uncomfortable that they are trying to portrait nori as someone who doesn't care…but actually she does and should care！out of all the academy x kids，nori is clearly the closest to jeffery and this shouldn't be erased

anyway l love this issue！！！！its just so great so emotional l love it sm

#david alleyne #academy x #noriko ashida #jeffery garrett #x-men #krakoa #x men comics #x-men unlimited #new x men academy x #new x men

[samasmith23]

I might piss off the Academy X crowd with this one, but what exactly did they see in the character of Surge? I just don’t see the character’s appeal, especially considering how blatantly racist & Islamophobic she was towards her fellow teammate/roommate Dust in the series’ opening arc…

Also, can I just say that even without having read this series myself, I’ve personally always HATED the official title of the book, “New X-Men,” and instead just refer to it as “Academy X” since I personally associate New X-Men with Grant Morrison’s classic run. Seriously, Marvel needs to buy a FREAKING thesaurus for the titles of their books!

From New X-Men: Academy X (2004) #2 by Nunzio DeFilippis, Christina Weir & Randy Green.

#new x men academy x #surge #noriko ashida #dust #sooraya qadir #cw: islamophobia #nunzio defilippis #christina weir #randy green #marvel comics #x men comics

[thesuperiorfoe]

Are you kidding me?

#new x men academy x #xmen #From the ashes #academy x

[batcavescolony]

X-Men comics are so insane. So I'm reading the New X-Men: Academy X right? Context before this is New Mutants and that ended with Magneto attacking the school and completely wrecking it. So in Academy X we find out a kid with teleportation powers name Jeffrey died. but he died between jumps so he's basically a ghost. Now as a ghost he's haunting the school because he died and no longer thinks it's safe for anyone. He's like throwing knives, teleporting people, and making tables float. But like the comic ends with him going back to class, as a ghost. Imagine coming for your first day at a mutant school and you get introduced to a kid who died but still comes to class.

#x men #new x men academy x #new xmen #jeffrey garrett #thats his name #dani moonstar #told him to teleport away because magneto was attacking but he wanted his photo of his dead famine from his room so he went to get that #but like teleported wrong and died but his body was never found and cerebo registered him as alive because ghost ig #but like the teachers thought he ran away or something so they did look into it. Xavier's school is insane #comics #marvel comics #david alleyne #his sister it there (davids her name is kim) and thinks since she can see him shes a mutant honestly she doged a bullet because he big bro #goes through SO MUCH SHIT. stay human kim you dont want this life. be normal #josh foley #noriko ashida #sofia mantega #laurie collins #jay guthrie #what is with comics having teens date older people? Josh is dating Rahne Sinclar who is a teacher! but hes got Laurie right there. #i think Rahne is breaking it off AS SHE SHOULD HAVE LONG AGO just WHY!?!? (im only on 10 but she seems to be breaking it off....hopefully) #kevin ford #POOR KEVIN! like dudes power is to kill all organic matter so like if he touches somone they wither and die. thats gotta suck. i feel bad #julian keller #he hates david so i hate him (ง ͠° ͟ل͜ ͡°)ง (ง ͠° ͟ل͜ ͡°)ง (ง ͠° ͟ل͜ ͡°)ง back off Julian. stop going after David. #magneto #anyway thats where im at in academy x and thats the run down #oh and jeffrey doesn't age so hes gonna be kid shaped for eternity or till hes alive again? idk do they give him a body on krakoa? #batcavescolony reads comics

[sarafangirlart]

Thought about what Surge’s hair dye would look like if it was a bit more realistic bc I doubt she’d consistently dye it when she’s too busy being traumatized lol

#noriko ashida #marvel #marvel xmen #xmen fanart #new x men academy x #new x men #academy x #surge #x men #x men comics #blue hair

[marveltournaments]

#marvel #marvel comics #marvel 616 #laura kinney #anthony masters #wolverine #taskmaster #talon #x-23 #x-men #cape killers #wolverines #thunderbolts #avengers academy #power elite #x-force #agency x #new x-men #frightful four #polls #next queer character semi finals

[illyanarasputinfan]

Artist Spotlight - Peach Momoko

#Peach Momoko #Magik #Illyana Rasputin #Illyana Rasputina #X-Men #Strange Academy #X of Swords #Marvel #Marvel Comics #Comics #The New Mutants #Comic Books #X-Men: The Trial of Magneto #Comic Book Artists #Artist Spotlight

[zed-sabre]

I just miss these kids

#academy x #new x-men #noriko ashida #surge #david alleyne #prodigy #julian keller #hellion #yes i KNOW julian's tk aura is green but for the purposes of my colour scheme #besides it was briefly pink in spider-man and the x-men #i do agree that green looks better though #it's classic #zed art

[newx-menfan]

#Stepford Cuckoos #Sophie Cuckoo #Phoebe Cuckoo #Irma Cuckoo #Celeste Cuckoo #Esme Cuckoo #Mindee Cuckoo #x men #new xmen #new x men #Marvel #academy x #new x men academy x #Polls

[weirdefilippis]

Brian's death makes me so sad, because he was a minor character throughout the main book and didn't have much development, but in the Hellions mini and in House of M it seemed like you guys were really setting him up to have some serious depth.

Personally I really like the contrast in when Julian is his best friend vs when Quentin is in House of M. You can see in both examples that he attaches himself to his friends very easily and would do anything for them. I remember you saying in a post that he sort of forms his personality after his friends and doesn't know who he is outside of that (which, mood, as someone with BPD) and I can really see that both of these things. He kind of tags along (no pun intended) with whoever is his best friend and does whatever they do, and supports them however they need. With Julian that meant being his right hand man, and his agent in the Hellions mini, and with Quentin that meant sticking up for him when people were rude to him, assuring him that he had friends.

I really love Brian and I really wish he had gotten to be developed more as a character, I think his story would have been something I really related to. <3

It made us sad too. A lot of the deaths hit us hard, almost as a personal loss. But his was more of a regret. We hadn't gotten to do much with him, and just when we started exploring him in the Hellions mini (and hinting at other versions of him in House of M), our time with him was done, and it became clear no one else wanted to do much with him and that potential would go to waste.

We think people got lost in his powers - didn't know how to make them work (as writers) or what to think of them (as fans). And that was on us - we went weird and obscure when devising them. Still, we liked them.

As we've said before, the downside of work for hire is that when you leave the characters, they're not yours anymore. They're in someone else's hands. So you make your peace with it. We're glad he came back, though. Hope he stays that way.

#ask #new x men academy x #hellions #brian cruz #tag

[lovecatsys]

Tag/Brian Cruz Appreciation Post

Brian is the only Academy X character from the main two squads who never got any real character work in the main title, he remains pretty strictly a background character in Weir/DeFilippis and is quickly killed off in Kyle/Yost. But it's clear that before they were kicked off the book, Weir/DeFilippis were going places with him, and we can see it in the New X-Men: Hellions mini and in House of M.

(more under the cut)

In this miniseries, the Hellions squad are all granted wishes by a villain named the Kingmaker. Julian's wish was for fame and glory, and pretty quickly his wish was granted when he stops the assassination of a governor, and the press is immediately all over him. It's later revealed that the journalist who spoke to him also works for the Kingmaker, and Brian was in on this and helped him out by directing the questions to her so that Julian could look good to the public.

Later on, Brian is acting as an agent for Rockslide, who's wish was to become a pro wrestler. He reveals that his wish was simply to help his friends with their own wishes, and doesn't seem to have any problem with this at all. We know that his original wish the Kingmaker thought was dumb, so he changed it to this, which Julian is a bit bewildered by.

Brian is clearly a very selfless person, he is committed to getting his friends what they want and doesn't seem to care that much about what he wants for himself. I'm very curious what his original wish was, presumably it was something that he actually wanted for himself, but was okay with giving it up.

Weir/DeFilippis have talked about the direction they were taking Brian on their blog, where they stated that he had no sense of self outside of his friends. (x) This is definitely what I have analyzed from this mini as well.

We can also think about the fact hat Brian's powers are really specific and not exactly the most helpful in a combat situation. Pretty much every time he uses them it's shown to have a really short term effect. Compared to the rest of his teammates, with Julian and Sooraya being ridiculously powerful, Santo being very strong, Cessily's powers being very combat effective and Kevin's deadly touch, he probably feels very outclassed and useless. If having a sense of self is something he already struggles with, this must be a huge insecurity for him. In fact, part of the reason he might want to help his friends out so much with their wishes could be that he wants to feel useful for once.

In House of M, Brian is in a very different place as a character. Instead of being Julian's best friend and part of the Hellions, he's actually part of the "New Mutants Academy" along with Prodigy, Wallflower, The Stepford Cuckoos, and Quentin Quire.

Quentin was not a part of the Academy X class at all since he was a Morrison character and was comatose throughout the history of the book. However, since House of M was an alternate universe where a lot of dead people were shown to be alive, and a lot of wrongs were righted and "greatest wishes" came true, Quentin is here and appears as he did before the riot at Xavier's - his hair still brown and still looking like a nerd.

And case in point, everyone at this school seems to hate him, except for Brian.

Brian consistently sticks up for Quentin when other students are being rude to him, though Quentin dismisses Brian each time he does. This is very in character for Quentin, but it's interesting that Brian doesn't have any (negative) reaction to the way that Quentin treats him.

Later, at the end of this issue, Quentin is forced to commit suicide by Laurie because he finds out via his telepathy that she and her dad are working for S.H.I.E.L.D.

Brian eventually finds Quentin's body, and refuses to believe that he would have committed suicide. He also says that he was planning on hanging out with Quentin that night. Laurie's father, who is a therapist then comes in and lies that Quentin had been seeing him and was struggling with suicidal ideation, to cover up his and Laurie's tracks. Brian refuses to believe this as well, claiming that he would have known and that Quentin was his friend.

Heartbreaking as this scene is, despite the fact that Quentin was shown to be rude to Brian in front of others, it appears they were actually close friends. We can assume that Quentin either was much nicer to Brian when they were by themselves, or simply doesn't know how to be kind to his friends. My money's on the latter, and that Brian knew this and was alright with it. Brian is shown to be a very emotionally intelligent person, and Quentin struggles in relationships with others most of all.

Brian later is confronted by the Cuckoos, they offer their condolences and he lashes out, angry at them for being rude to him. They agree with Brian that they don't think he was the type to commit suicide, and Brian thinks more on this and begins to suspect Garrison's hand in Quentin's death because of his pheromone powers.

It's clear that Brian feels bad for Quentin, that all the other students hated him and didn't care to understand him. He was all Quentin had, and now Quentin is gone.

Later on, Karma catches Brian going through files to try to find evidence against Dr. Garrison, she doesn't believe him at first, but it still sets a bit of doubt in her that leads her to getting help from Doug Ramsey, using his powers to go through Dr. Garrison's computer and finding out that he's a deeply undercover agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. Garrison then comes in and is about to kill them with his powers the same way his daughter killed Quentin, when Brian in turn uses his powers to save the teachers.

Brian accidentally ends up making Garrison kill himself by jumping out the window of the building trying to "get away" from himself. Brian feels awful about this, he didn't want to kill someone. But he saved Doug and Xuan's lives.

In this alternate universe, Quentin almost replaces Julian as Brian's best friend- the friend that he attaches himself too. Unlike his situation with the Hellions though, Brian doesn't have any friends outside of Quentin. It appears that the fact that he's Quentin's one true ally has made him an outsider at the New Mutant's Academy. Yet instead of feeling lonely and sorry for himself after Quentin's death, he is still thinking of Quentin and trying to prove that Quentin didn't kill himself. He cares deeply about Quentin, just like he cares deeply about Julian and the Hellions in the regular universe.

One thing I think is also very interesting about Brian is how in both examples, with both Julian and Quentin as his best friends, he joins in on them being rude, or even straight up bullying others, but when he is alone with either of them he's just a very sweet kid. This goes hand in hand with the fact that he's tied his sense of self to his friends.

I mentioned earlier that often times in House of M certain character's situations in the alternate universe are based on their "greatest desires." I have a theory about how this could apply to Brian. Weir and DeFilippis have stated that though they weren't planning on it, they did have an idea in their heads for a future arc where Brian falls in love with Julian. (x) This wouldn't have worked out for him, since Julian is in love with Sofia and presumably straight. However, Quentin Quire is a character who has always had a queer aesthetic and has had queer subtext as well. In House of M, it's possible that Brian's wish was being able to date his best friend and this has come true, with Quentin instead of Julian. This is just a wild theory though.

So yeah, though Brian didn't get any character work prior to House of M and the Hellions mini, just these two stories set him up for what could have been a really interesting arc, and hint at who this kid is on the inside. It makes it all the more devastating that Kyle and Yost killed him off, and he is very unlikely to get a story ever again. But, I can dream. I love this kid, and I wish there was more appreciation for him out there in general.

#brian cruz #tag #x men #new x men #academy x #new x men academy x #new x-men #new x-men: academy x #new x men: academy x #house of m #this kid needs more appreciation hes my underrated fav #cw suicide

[hellix-fan]

Haters in law commission by cadaverart

#laura kinney #x-23 #talon #art #hellion #hellix #julian keller #wolverine #x23 #x-men #emma frost #logan #logan howlett #artwork #cadaverart #white queen #xmen #newxmen #new x men #academy x #hellion x23 #laura x23 #x-23/hellion

[rikebe]

more julian and quentin shenanigans (the crowd goes ballistic)

#im working on a big commission but all my warmups and doodles are just. fucking guys #julian keller #quentin quire #kid omega #hellion #brian cruz #tag #academy x #new x men #xmen #art only