#Decimation

[gottdeswill]

[rivercule]

Soooo funny that like. In the lead up to HoM characters were wondering if it was right to treat a human being that many of them also know/love like she was a bomb about to go off at any moment and when that treatment and depersonalization was what caused her to enact catastrophe they all walked away from that convinced they were right

[sataniccapitalist]

According to a new report by the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) in collaboration with the University of Exeter, global GDP could contract by 50% between 2070 and 2090 if climate change remains unchecked. This is not an abstract environmental warning; it is a projection based on rigorous financial risk assessments.

Actuaries are among the most conservative and data-driven financial professionals in the world. Their calculations underpin trillions of dollars in insurance pricing, pension fund allocations, and investment decisions. If they are warning of an impending financial catastrophe, why is the broader economic community not taking it seriously?

Actuaries: “Planetary Insolvency” Looms Without Urgent Action

actuaries.org.uk/document-library/thought-leadership/thought-leadership-campaigns/climate-papers/planetary-solvency-finding-our-balance-with-nature/

In the newly published report, Planetary Solvency – Finding Our Balance with Nature, the IFoA and the University of Exeter make a stark declaration:

“The risk of Planetary Insolvency looms unless we act decisively. Without immediate policy action to change course, catastrophic or extreme impacts are eminently plausible, which could threaten future prosperity.”

For decades, economic models have downplayed the risks of climate change, treating damages as incremental rather than systemic. But the severity and frequency of extreme events are already beyond model projections—threatening mass mortality, economic collapse, and widespread conflict if we fail to act.

These findings reinforce actuaries’ latest warnings: the global economy is not prepared for climate-driven shocks. The mainstream financial world still treats these risks as distant possibilities—but the data suggests otherwise. A 50% GDP collapse is not just a worst-case scenario; it's a plausible outcome unless we change course immediately.

[vertigoartgore]

Ryan Sook's cover for X-Factor Vol.3 #1 (December 2005).

The start of a great run (one of my favorites ever).

[reepiblog]

So I was looking through my 198 TPB and I think I forgot about this.

[scarlet--wiccan]

Do you have any thoughts on Wanda and Hank (McCoy’s) relationship? They seem like decent friends when they’re on the avengers together (and they both kinda dated wonder man), but idk where they stand (and have stood) post m-day.

Things are obviously even more complicated with beast being a fully blown supervillain now, but they also all-but-declared evil x-force villain Hank a different character than avengers Hank. I know it was a throw away gag, but I so wonder about that email from him to her in strange academy. What were his intentions there?

I'm going to be completely honest, Hank is one of those characters I just don't think about very often. I'd have to re-read a lot, and I mean a lot, of comics to make any kind informed statement about his relationship to Wanda prior to M-Day, so I'm not gonna do that.

I will say, though, that out of all the original X-Men, he definitely has the closest relationship to Wanda by virtue of proximity. He's certainly known her longer than most people, and we can definitely infer that they had a friendship just based on how well Wanda usually gets along with her teammates, and of course, their mutual affection for Simon. In fact, I'd say they have the potential to be great friends-- they're both people who are very good at overlooking differences, and at one point time, they were both written as very outgoing, charming individuals. She probably responds really well to his overly-genteel manner-- when Hank addressed her as "Dearest Wanda" in that email, I was like, "oh, of course this is how they talk to each other."

After the Decimation, Hank threw himself into researching the cause and trying to develop a cure. This was a big turning point in his life, as he ended up working with Dark Beast and crossing a lot of moral boundaries. His search actually led him to finding Wanda when she was living as an amnesiac in Transia, although it's not clear whether that was actually her or the Doombot. Although he certainly holds Wanda accountable for M-Day, he didn't betray her location to the X-Men, and later, during Children's Crusade, he was actually sympathetic to Wanda's circumstances and wanted to help her use the Life Force to undo the Decimation. Compared to most of the other Avengers and X-Men, I'd say he was one of her very few allies, and he's on the short list of mutants that I would expect to advocate for her, if only because he believed she'd be part of the solution, not just the problem.

Avengers: Children's Crusade #15

The thing with Hank's psychic backups is really weird, but it gestures at some of the more philosophical questions that Krakoan resurrection poses-- or at least, the questions it would pose if the writers would actually commit. If the "self" is a replicable, modifiable computer file, then the idea personhood begins to lose coherence. One of the things I find frustrating about the Krakoan era is that they don't often follow through on the bigger implications of their world-building, and this is one of those subjects where they'd clearly rather divert into cape-comic genre beats then get into the speculative philosophy. It's probably for the best.

Anyways, Beast. In Wolverine #31, we learn that Hank has built his own little clone lab and taken charge of his own resurrections. To that end, he basically stole his backup files from the Cerebro system, but, weirdly enough, he left the records of his time with the Avengers untouched. It's not clear whether or not the backups Hank is using to clone himself include that period, but we do know that if the Five wanted to resurrect him at this point, they'd be bringing back a version from before Krakoa-- which is to say, a version which hasn't yet taken the same moral downfall. If I had to guess, I'd say this is the loophole that they'll use to bring the character back without having to worry about "redeeming" him or reconciling his actions. This is a staple move for supherhero comics-- come up with an excuse to for the character to say "that wasn't really me"-- but I don't think we've seen it played straight with Krakoan resurrection yet.

Oh, and as for the e-mail-- I wrote a bit about it here, but I genuinely think he was just trying to test out whether the gates would recognize her. It came across as very sinister at the time, since this was before Trial and Wanda was still basically an enemy of the state, so inviting her to the island definitely felt like a trap. At the time, I said that this page was probably non-canon, but then the exchange between Wanda and Magneto ended up being a lot more prescient than I could have anticipated, so I guess we should take it seriously.

[reil]

Possession is nine tenths of the law.

*Pumps a super soaker full of holy water*

And I'm the last tenth.

[mega-munchies]

Presenting the warrior of the world, Cerulean Centurion! One of Rhino Dans greatest rivals. A mechanical colossus armed with the latest anti kaiju technology designed exclusively for beating the stuffing out of Rhino Dan!

[eeveelution-world]

Decimeon (deh-SIH-mee-awn)

Annihilation Pokemon

Fire/Psychic

Evolves from TBD

[theseekingseaker]

ES-001 #004 20240616

Video captures shows further decimation of repens. Growth patterns from ES-001 and ES-002 indicate that repens stagnate in growth and cannot be used as a sustainable source of nutrition for scuds. Fauna and flora seem incompatible without further diversification of ecosystem.

[artcalledcinema]

It’s a new cinema show!

[thena0315]

I still wish Marvel would reveal the full official list on who from the Infinity Saga got blipped & who stayed

There's still many people we don't know if they were blipped

i.e. Darcy Lewis, Christine Everhart, Harley Keener, Ayo, Justin Hammer, etc.

[fakecats-art]

im 99.99% sure this has been done before but

[analog-television]

Companion poll to this one - what would be considered "hot" in your region? Specifically what's unbearably hot no matter the conditions. Like for me anything above 25c is way too much.

(Also vote for where it STARTS to get way too hot - the higher options are a given I feel like.)

[richardmurrayhumblr]

Title: Gideon, lead character from the Decimation Earth series Artist: shawn alleyne https://aalbc.com/tc/profile/6477-richardmurray/?status=2557&type=status

#rmaalbc #artist #shawn