#house of m family

[keylimeart]

Lorna and Wanda,,, the Slay Sisters

+ close ups in case the quality is wack

(shoe close up because they're my favorite thing to draw)

[timethehobo]

Just a pair of tea-loving, monocle-wearing, war-hating, old eccentric educators with noble lineage and awesome facial hair.

[munchkinmarauder]

Just missing Wanda now (pls no more Whitewashing)

Bonus Update

[mkpersephone]

The first time i saw him, all i could think of was QUICKSILVER!!!!!

So much Quicksilver vibe!

Especially the side eye.

Like father, like son!

Animation: X-men' 97, Ep 10

[burningfudge]

House of M (2015) #4

[marvelstars]

Excalibur Vol 3 # 10 #14

[howdoidecidethjs]

Polaris and Magneto

Why don’t people appreciate how sick Lorna Dane is as a character, I mean most people appreciate that Magneto is one of the most powerful mutants of all time and she’s his daughter. They both have a messed up relationship for sure, but at the end of the day he’s her dad and she’s his child and that means something to them both. They have both spent years pining for family, him for his lost daughter Anya while Lorna lost her parents young and has had the worst relationships with men because deep down she really just wants to be loved. Yet because of all their loss and trauma, and despite being the exact thing they so desperately want, they cannot get past their own issues to actually have the relationship they want. The tragedy of it all.

[magnetothemagnificent]

Max Eisendhart's problem is that he's too much of a girldad and doesn't know what to do with a son. Probably doesn't help that Pietro's a spitting image of him, which just makes him panic.

[feathered-mushrooms]

missing

a universe in which erik stayed for a bit, but still lost the twins maybe with charles’s help, he’ll get them back

[anarchistbitch]

i love when princeton plainsboro comes together to gaslight house <3 teamwork makes the dream work <3

[sbhelarctos]

Lorna should take Billy and Tommy shopping. I feel like that would be a fun aunt-nephews bonding activity for them

[salarta]

Bypassing Lorna's Comics Kobayashi Maru

I'm having some unexpected clarity. Some of that clarity is from being slightly drunk. Ironically, sometimes impairment brings clarity.

In the past month or so, it's become more apparent that Lorna is going to appear on X-Factor for the billionth time. This time, there are actually some elements shown for her that are good... if they weren't on X-Factor, and weren't used in service of promoting Havok.

This is the text solicit for X-Factor 2.

POLARIS VS. X-FACTOR! • There’s a new mutant rebellion, and Polaris is at the forefront of it all! • But how do they know so much about X-Factor’s classified missions? • Havok must seek out a traitor on the team…but how can he if it’s him?!

For those of you not aware, this iteration of X-Factor is a team co-led by Angel and Havok, two straight cis blonde white dudes. It's also attempt number 47942748921741212321 to make Havok happen by making him a leader of teams. Which I don't really mind.

When there isn't an element of screwing Lorna over involved.

Or when Lorna isn't being given no chance to shine while Havok gets a billion of them just cause straight cis white male editors fantasize about being him with their nostalgia.

Here's what I deduced out of this scenario. My analysis of the intent.

Tom Brevoort wants this book to sail. He wants an excuse for Havok to get top billing. It's why he wanted Havok over on Uncanny Avengers when he was overseeing that book. He also knows Lorna has real star power, but doesn't respect the character.

So what does he do?

Put Lorna on this book. He knows the Havolaris shit is something people don't want, but he also knows Havok is fucked if he doesn't force Havolaris shit. He knows Havok has no chance on his own merits, or else he would pursue those merits without dragging Lorna into it.

What that means is, he puts Lorna on the book with the initial setup that Lorna fans want, but it's all in service to promoting Havok, not Lorna.

This is supposed to be a Kobayashi Maru for Lorna fans. It's supposed to be a "fucked either way" situation. If the book succeeds with this Lorna storyline, it's spun as an excuse to support Havok more, and an excuse to force more Havolaris. If the book fails, it's used an excuse to claim Lorna being more forceful and leading a rebellion isn't the direction for Lorna that readers want, or that fans don't actually want more of Lorna.

All things told, I think we've reached the point where editors at Marvel actually give a shit about what fandom has to say about Lorna. They just haven't crossed the crucible over to themselves giving a shit about Lorna herself, only how she can be exploited for what they give a shit about.

I've had this on my mind for weeks. And after most of that time, I think I found the way out.

The Way Out

This is how we win the Kobayashi Maru scenario concocted by Brevoort.

Let's get a few details out of the way for those of you not in the know. Some of which is me getting myself in the know as I type this.

This is the cover for Scarlet Witch 4, with the following solicit.

CHAOS UNLEASHED! At the end of all things, the Scarlet Witch chose a new beginning. But as the battle for Lotkill’s future rages on, the price of such freedom may prove more monstrous than Wanda bargained for…

Steve Orlando is the writer, and he's open to Lorna. He wrote an issue last year of Lorna and Wanda working together, each having a specialty that complements the other - Wanda magic, Lorna science.

I'm not suggesting this because Wanda is doing gangbusters. That's just a nice bonus. I'm suggesting this because Orlando has shown respect for what Lorna offers when he's used her, and an eagerness to explore the Magnus family dynamics even if the twins aren't considered part of it right now.

On the Orlando side, the biggest plus in this column for me is the fact that at a later date, he addressed the elephant in the room of Lorna and Wanda not talking about Magneto's death with each other. It was a BIG criticism how Marvel as a whole gave zero insight into Lorna's reaction to his death, and Lorna and Wanda not talking about it last year was a big miss.

Orlando addressed it in-universe, on panel as Wanda thinking Lorna would bring it up but they never ended up talking about it. To me, that was Orlando both saying he expected the X-Men side to address it, and showing that he sympathizes with Lorna fans and agrees something should have been done there.

Or to put it another way: Orlando cares about Lorna. He respects the character and what she has to offer. Not just for Wanda. Not just for his current work. In general, as a character in her own right. What we've seen so far, Orlando wants to do right by the characters he writes.

That's the writer Lorna needs. Someone who cares regardless of if they're a fan of her or not.

BUT WAIT. That's not all there is to this. Let me introduce you to the other half of this equation.

Russell Dauterman.

See, what I'm getting at here is more and deeper than you might think. Take a look at this article. This quote in particular is essential for what I'm getting at.

“I love that there’s nothing stereotypically witchy about the crown, but it still gives a witch vibe. I tried to move that mystical feeling forward with the starry effect on Wanda’s skirt and hair — nodding to her son Wiccan’s Jamie McKelvie-designed costume and her sister Polaris’ look in the ‘Dark Seduction’ era — a visual signifier that this is a magical character.”

Dauterman is doing the covers for the Scarlet Witch solo book, and in general providing a shit ton of visual inspiration and concepts that help it succeed. As an artist, he a) sees Lorna as Wanda's sister, and b) saw an element of Lorna's design in past comics (most notably a comic from when she was on Genosha) as inspiration for things he could do with Wanda.

And then we have the concept art above. Dauterman has notes demonstrating real, deep thought that he put into the Hellfire Gala design he put forward. It wasn't rando design time for him. He considered who Lorna is, what her powers do, what history she's had, and poured all of that into the design he came up with.

Which resulted in a design far, far better than the one made for her with the first Hellfire Gala. Not that the first Hellfire Gala dress was "bad" in and of itself, but it was the sort of thing that a) didn't have any clear character elements to it, and b) didn't rise to the occasion of the gala. Would've been fine if it was a random dress at a random event. Not so much the first mutant gala.

My point is this. Scarlet Witch has a winning team in Orlando and Dauterman. Not because they're writing Scarlet Witch and she's riding high in pop culture right now. It's because both of them actually care about the work they're doing with all the characters they work on. And when it comes to Lorna specifically, they both like and respect her.

So What's The Play?

Here's my proposal.

Avoid X-Factor.

Go all in on Scarlet Witch.

Brevoort is banking on Lorna fans feeling desperate to flock to the only X-Men book she's on and feeding his monster, then getting stabbed in the back when he flips the switch or the story she appears in is trash.

Orlando and Dauterman offer another way. They're the winning play. If the issue(s) with Lorna succeed (especially if they rise higher than issues without her), and the X-Factor ones do not, it makes clear that a) Lorna IS a star that people want to see, and b) the X-Factor and Havolaris stuff is very much not what Lorna fans want. It shows fans care about Lorna for Lorna, not for her being forced on a 90s nostalgia title and stuck playing supporting character to a man she's too often been treated poorly around.

The Scarlet Witch book is the future. X-Factor is the past. Simple as that.

That wraps up my post. Took me a couple weeks to fully wrap my head around the thing, but I finally got it.

[munchkinmarauder]

The Holy Trinity of White Haired House of M men (sorry Billy) - Daddy Mags genes are running strong.

Apologies for cursed babyface Magneto 🤣

[sugarcandydoll]

helpp my mum's modesty standards are through the roof recently she won't even let me wear a mini dress w tights n a cardigan m so mad ♡(>_<)

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House of M (2005) #1

[marvelstars]

Still no over the fact Magneto trusted Charles and Dr Strange to take care of Wanda only to discover they went behind his back to recruit the Avengers and the X-men to seek to kill Wanda without him knowing any of that until Pietro told him. I don´t think marvel has ever explored Magneto´s feelings over this except on that issue of Avengers Academy where he mentions this to Dr Pym.