A family doesn't need to ba a husband a wife and two kids, sometimes it's a lesbian terrorist couple, a flying brick from Mississippi, a Catholic German and a Cajun thief. And I think that's beautiful

Homo Superior - an X-men themed drag show and queer party, with art by Kevin Wada

“We went for 80s glam fashion for Destiny, Mystique, and Nightcrawler. You know I can't resist mixing style and superheroes...”

The destiny hyperfixation keeps coming back like a corpse that won't stay in the grave. Fitting.

HELP

Oh my god, when Simon assumed that Jay’s dad was his alternative universe counterpart he was just so darn happy and my heart preemptively lurched because Simon is such a dad and he was happy to meet his son and a version of himself who was able to start a family and obviously he didn’t pay much mind to the lack of visual similarities Simon is fully aware he’d adopt any kid in a heartbeat

And I was really afraid that finding out that he’s not Jay’s dad will be yet another twisting of the knife for Simon and I was readying myself for it

But instead Simon is just as happy to see Farmworld Finn because it's Finn and Finn is his friend!!! It just makes me feel so….!!!!!!!!

Look how happy he is to see Finn! Look!!

DESTINY 2: SEASON OF THE WITCH

I am your ruin.

There is light beneath the water, but beware of what you wake...

Destiny Simon concept drawing by writer/storyboard artist Jacob Winkler.

The Holdovers (Alexander Payne, 2023)

X-Men Blue: Origins #1 (2023)

written by Si Spurrier art by Wilton Santos, Oren Junior, Marcus To, & Ceci De La Cruz

Oh look! "Crossover" originally implied that now that the Magic Crown was gone, Farmworld Finn is going to be just fine 

but it turns out the experience of being trapped under the Crown's influence isolated him from his original family and society in general gave him a bunch of Issues that lasted his entire life!

It’s almost like it's the Theme or something!!

X-Men Blue: Origins #1 (2023) MARVEL

I know some comic book readers are upset to learn Mystique and Destiny are Nightcrawler’s biological parents, but personally, I think that it is fantastic. When I learned of Chris Claremont’s idea to make the couple Kurt’s parent years ago, I thought it was strange, cool, and would NEVER be allowed at Marvel Comics. So as a queer kid disappointed that this revelation was scrapped in favor of making Azazel Kurt’s father, I found this retcon especially delightful. Is it convoluted? Yes. Is it awesome? Also yes. Sorry, not sorry, Internet trolls. This type of inclusivity and acceptance are exactly what I’ve loved about X-Men for decades. Kudos to Si Spurrier for making it canon. 👏

AIAT, AIAT, AIAT

Who else loved Season of the Witch? Need more Eris!

Destiny Farmworld concept art by BG design supervisor Jesse Balmer