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Guthrie Family Reading Guide Masterlist

Lucky for you, I've created a reading list for each of them and have compiled them all here in a masterlist for your use! All information and links are under the cut!

Sam Guthrie | Cannonball

Sam is the oldest Guthrie sibling and with over 700 appearances, his reading list is in two parts, reblogged together for ease of use. Sam has been a member of the New Mutants, X-Force, the X-Men, X-Corporation, and the Avengers. Sam has also been staff at the Xavier Institute.

Paige Guthrie | Husk

Paige is the second oldest Guthrie sibling and has over 200 appearances. Paige has been a member of Generation X, X-Corps, and the Legionnaires. Paige has also been staff at the Xavier Institute.

Jay Guthrie | Icarus

Jay is the third oldest Guthrie sibling and has around 50 appearances. Jay was part of the New X-Men during the Academy X era.

Melody Guthrie | Aero

Melody is the fourth oldest Guthrie sibling and has less than 20 appearances. Melody was part of the Xavier Institute at the same time as her brother Jay, and was one of the mutants depowered after M-Day. She was the first mutant to undergo the crucible on Krakoa in X-Men (2019) #7!

Jebediah Guthrie

Jebediah is one of the younger Guthrie siblings and has 9 appearances. Jeb has never attended the Xavier Institute or ever joined a team, he is a depowered mutant who did not seek to regain his powers by undergoing the crucible on Krakoa.

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i need 10 solo series about the guthrie household

original under the cut!

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we're only human, baby. we walk on broken ground. we lose our way, we come unwound.

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Smithsonian, National Postal Museum United States Postal Service june 1998

folk musician stamps

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The Academy X kids cus it's been too damn long without them being a thing

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You guys have no idea how much academy x art I've drawn in the past few weeks this isn't even half of it

You guys don't get them like I do IM CRAZY BUT IM FREE!!!!!!!!!

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finally finished them btw! ty for the patience 🙂‍↕️

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Who is....Jay Guthrie | Icarus? - A Reading Guide

Joshua "Jay" Guthrie is an X-Men affiliated mutant from Marvel Comics first introduced in 1984. Jay is the younger brother of Sam and Paige Guthrie, and the older brother of Melody Guthrie. Despite being part of the New X-Men during the Academy X era, Jay is most known for being part of the Guthrie family, as he has a number of appearances with them prior to attending the Xavier Institute and his family/home drive many of his motivations and choices. Jay has bright red feathered wings, a healing factor, and can harmonize with himself when he sings.

Jay's story deals very heavily with grief and suicide, if you're sensitive to those topics please keep that in mind before you continue the reading list.

Reading list under the cut!

Family Matters

These issues give us a look at Jay's experiences at home and his relationship with his family (largely focusing on the parentification of him and his older brother Sam). Later issues in this section also touch on grief and suicide.

Rom (1979) #Annual 3 New Mutants (1983) #42 X-Force (1991) #32, 36 X-Men (1991) #36 Uncanny X-Men '95 (1995) #1 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #437-441

Academy X

After the horrifying events of Uncanny X-Men #437-441, Jay is brought by his mother to the Xavier institute against his will. Things get....bad for Jay and the family Guthrie, ultimately resulting in Jay's death and yet another disappointing but yet completely expected parenting fail from Lucinda Guthrie.

X-Men (1991) #157-159 Uncanny X-Men (1981) #444 New X-Men (2004) #1-6 X-Men Unlimited (2004) #3B X-Men (1991) #162, 164-165 New X-Men (2004) #7-9, 12-15 New X-Men Yearbook Special (2005) #1 New X-Men (2004) #20-28, 32* *this is Jay's funeral and Lucinda speaks to his classmates...though remarkably little about what she says is actually about Jay

Krakoa

Jay was brought back to life on the mutant island of Krakoa where he..... doesn't really do a whole lot.....

X-Men (2019) #7 X-Force (2019) #32 X-Men Unlimited Infinity Comic (2021) #101 (Jay's only in one panel but it gives us SOMETHING about what he's up to on Krakoa) X-Men: Before the Fall - Mutant First Strike (2023) #1 (again, Jay's only in one panel, but i's SOMETHING)

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New X-Men #21 (2006) Craig Kyle, Christopher Yost Mark Brooks Jaime Mendoza

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NEW X-MEN, SEASON 3, EPISODE 2

EPISODE 2: RISE OF APOCALYPSE, PART 2

THE EPISODE OPENS UP IN EGYPT AS APOCALYPSE STANDS IN SOLITUDE, WEARING HIS MASK. SUDDENLY, DAKEN ENTERS AND APOCALYPSE TELLS HIM THAT HE CAN SENSE HIS CONCERN. DAKEN SIGHS AND TELLS HIM THAT HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT SOFIA.

DAKEN: LISTEN, BOSS. YOU GATHERED US ALL TOGETHER TO GIVE US GREAT POWER. TO GIVE US A BETTER LIFE, A CHANCE AT REVENGE, OR TO FINISH UNFINISHED BUSINESS. BUT SOFIA… SHE DOESN’T WANT TO BE HERE. SHE’S JUST A KID. SHE HAS FRIENDS BACK AT XAVIER’S. SHE HAS A GIRLFRIEND. SHE… I DON’T THINK SOFIA SHOULD BE HERE.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, APOCALYPSE GRABS DAKEN BY THE THROAT, SLAMMING HIM AGAINST THE WALL. HE REMINDS DAKEN ABOUT HIS LIFE BEFORE THIS. BARELY SCRAPING BY IN MADRIPOOR. NECK-DEEP IN BARS AND WHOREHOUSES. HE ASKS HIM IF HE REALLY WANTS TO GO BACK TO THAT LIFE AGAIN.

DAKEN: WH-WHY DO YOU NEED HER ANYWAY? SHE’S JUST A 16-YEAR-OLD KID!

APOCALYPSE RELEASES DAKEN AND CHUCKLES.

APOCALYPSE: SHE MAY SEEM THAT WAY, BUT I SAW HER TRUE POTENTIAL ONCE. WHEN MY FOOLISH DESCENDANT FREDRICK SLADE TRIED TO SACRIFICE HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, I SAW SOFIA FOR WHO SHE REALLY WAS AS SHE DESTROYED SLADE’S MANSION IN A VIOLENT RAGE. SHE IS A BEING OF GREAT POWER AND SOON, SHE COULD CONTROL THE VERY ELEMENTS THEMSELVES WITH MY GUIDANCE. SHE IS NECESSARY FOR MY PLANS, AND UNLIKE YOU, SHE CANNOT BE REPLACED. NOW TELL KIMURA AND WITHER TO PREPARE. PHASE ONE BEGINS NOW.

WITH THAT, DAKEN WALKS OUT, UNSURE, AS APOCALYPSE STANDS IN SOLITUDE AGAIN.

CUE INTRO AND CREDITS

WE THEN CUT TO THE LOUNGE AT XAVIER’S, WHERE CESSILY, JULIAN, LAURA, ROXY, SANTO, JAY, JOSH, MONET, LAURIE, TALIA, MORPH, VICTOR, MEGAN, AND ALANI ARE BUSY ARGUING. THEIR WORDS ARE OVERLAPPED AND INCOHERENT, AND THEY’RE CLEARLY NOT HAPPY. SUDDENLY, FOOTSTEPS EMERGE, AND EVERYONE TURNS TO SEE CLARICE WALKING INTO THE LOUNGE.

CLARICE: DID I MISS ANYTHING?

IMMEDIATELY, CLARICE IS BOMBARDED BY HUGS. SHE LAUGHS AND COMPLIMENTS JULIAN’S NEW HANDS. CESSILY IMMEDIATELY TELLS HER THAT SHE’S ALREADY MADE A JOKE ABOUT MASTURBATION, CAUSING HER TO LAUGH. SHE THEN LOOKS AROUND AND ASKS WHY EVERYONE’S THERE, AND LAURA SAYS THAT THEY’RE THERE TO HELP HER SAVE SOFIA.

MEGAN: …AS SOON AS WE FIGURE OUT OUR NEXT MOVE.

CLARICE: OKAY. WHERE’S DANI?

ALANI: SHE’S BEEN IN A MEETING WITH THE OTHER X-MEN FOR A WHILE. THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT TO DO.

CLARICE: HAVE THEY REACHED A VERDICT?

JAY: NO.

CLARICE: THAT’S ALL I NEED TO HEAR.

CLARICE THEN WALKS OUT THE LOUNGE AND THE OTHERS LOOK AT EACH OTHER, CONFUSED, BEFORE CESSILY WALKS AFTER HER, FOLLOWED BY JULIAN, LAURA, MONET, AND THEN EVERYONE ELSE.

WE THEN CUT OVER TO THE X-MEN’S WAR ROOM AS THE STAFF ARE CURRENTLY IN A CONVERSATION SIMILAR TO THE ONE IN THE LOUNGE, WITH INCOHERENT WORDS BEING SHOUTED. SUDDENLY, THE DOOR OPENS AND MONET STANDS IN THE ENTRANCE, FLEXING HER FINGERS. IMMEDIATELY, CYCLOPS ASKS WHAT’S GOING ON AND CLARICE WALKS IN, FOLLOWED BY THE OTHERS.

CLARICE: IT’S SIMPLE. WE’VE BEEN SITTING AROUND FOR TOO LONG NOW. WE’RE GOING TO FIND SOFIA AND WHUP APOCALYPSE’S ASS, WITH OR WITHOUT YOUR HELP.

THERE’S A LONG PAUSE, AS IF THE X-MEN ARE WONDERING IF SHE’S SERIOUS, THEN EMMA SPEAKS UP.

EMMA: OUT OF THE QUESTION! ABSOLUTELY NOT! YOU ARE NOT TRAINED ENOUGH! YOU’RE JUST CHILDREN! AND I EXPECTED BETTER OF YOU ESPECIALLY, MONET.

DANI: SHE MAY BE A COW, BUT EMMA’S RIGHT. I’M NOT ABOUT TO PUT YOU GUYS IN DANGER. I KNOW HOW EVERYONE FEELS ABOUT SOFIA, BUT YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO US.

CLARICE: NO. WE’RE DONE LISTENING. WE’RE DONE SITTING AROUND FEELING SORRY FOR OURSELVES. WE HAVE OUR OWN PLAN.

EMMA: WHICH IS?

CLOSE UP ON CLARICE’S FACE.

CLARICE: IT’S SIMPLE; GET ON BOARD OR GET OUT OF THE WAY.

MORPH: *WHISPERED* I CAN’T BELIEVE SHE JUST SAID THAT.

TALIA: *WHISPERED* DITTO.

MEANWHILE, APOCALYPSE AND HIS HORSEMEN MATERIALIZE IN FRONT OF A BUSY STREET IN MUTANT TOWN. APOCALYPSE THEN NODS TO SOFIA AND TELLS HER TO START THINGS OFF. SOFIA LOOKS A BIT RELUCTANT, BUT THEN CREATES A GIANT WIND GUST WITH A FLOURISH OF HER HAND. CARS, TREES, AND SIGNS GO FLYING AS PEOPLE START TO REALIZE THAT THESE ARE NO ORDINARY RESIDENTS. KIMURA GRINS BEFORE PULLING OUT A GUN, USING IT TO SHOOT AT SHOP WINDOWS AS WITHER DECAYS SEVERAL TELEPHONE POLES AND DAKEN USES HIS PHEROMONES TO INCITE A PANIC. SECONDS LATER, MUTANT TOWN IS IN COMPLETE DISARRAY.

MEANWHILE, THE X-MEN AND THE TRAINEES ARE ARGUING WHEN SUDDENLY, A STUDENT WITH BLUE SKIN AND SHORT RED HAIR RUNS IN, ASKING FOR CYCLOPS. CYCLOPS ASKS THE GIRL, EDIE, WHAT’S WRONG AND SHE TELLS HIM THAT THERE’S SOMETHING THEY NEED TO SEE. SHE THEN TURNS ON THE TV, REVEALING THE HAVOC IN MUTANT TOWN.

REPORTER: TRISH TILBY HERE, REPORTING FROM MUTANT TOWN, WHERE CHAOS HAS ERUPTED. FIVE SUPER-BEINGS APPEARED SUDDENLY AND WROUGHT HAVOC ON THESE BUSY STREETS! ONE OF THEM LOOKS LIKE… APOCALYPSE! SOME LOCALS ARE TRYING TO KEEP THESE ATTACKERS AT BAY, BUT EVERYONE IS ASKING… WHERE ARE THE X-MEN?!

CYCLOPS IMMEDIATELY STANDS UP AND TELLS THE X-MEN TO PREPARE, BUT DANI SUDDENLY INTERRUPTS HIM.

DANI: SCOTT, I HATE TO SAY THIS, BUT THE KIDS ARE RIGHT. THIS IS THEIR BATTLE AND THEIR FRIEND. LET THEM DEAL WITH THIS.

EMMA STANDS UP AS WELL, MUCH TO HER OWN DISMAY.

EMMA: SHE MAY BE A COW, BUT DANIELLE IS RIGHT. THE CHILDREN HAVE PROVEN THEMSELVES TIME AND TIME AGAIN WITH KIMURA IN KENTUCKY, THE U-MEN, THE HELLFIRE CLUB, MYSTIQUE, AND EVEN THAT STRANGE LITTLE CURSED BOARD GAME. EVER SINCE THAT FOOD FIGHT ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, THEY HAVE GROWN INTO A TEAM. THEY ARE READY.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE SERIES, DANI SMILES AT EMMA.

SCOTT SIGHS BEFORE SITTING BACK DOWN. DANI TURNS TO THE KIDS AND TELLS THEM TO SUIT UP. IMMEDIATELY, THEY RUN OUT, BUT DANI TELLS LAURIE TO STAY AT THE MANSION. SHE TELLS HER THAT WITH DAKEN AKIHIRO’S POWERS COUNTERING HER PHEROMONES, SHE COULD BE A LIABILITY IN THE FIELD. LAURIE STARTS TO PROTEST, BUT SIGHS, AND LOOKS BACK AT THE OTHERS.

LATER, THE NEW X-MEN APPEAR IN MUTANT TOWN, WHERE THEY WITNESS THE BATTLE IN FRONT OF THEM. A LIZARDLIKE MAN IS PROTECTING TWO OTHERS; A BLONDE GIRL WITH SCRATCH-YOUR-EYES-OUT NAILS, AND A BOY WITH HANDS FOR FEET. A WOMAN IS TOSSED INTO THE AIR BY APOCALYPSE – LUCKILY, SHE CAN FLY – AND A YOUTH THAT CAN’T BE OLDER THAN FIFTEEN IS USING SHARP KNUCKLE BONES TO CUT AWAY AT FLYING DEBRIS. AND IN THE CENTER IS THE HORSEMEN. A GIRL JUMPS AT APOCALYPSE, FISTS RAISED TO ATTACK HIM, WHEN HE SWINGS HIS FIST AT HER. LUCKILY, A PORTAL MOVES HER OVER TO THE SIDELINES AS CLARICE STANDS WITH THE OTHERS.

CLARICE: GUESS WHO’S GOT THE DROP ON WHO NOW!

APOCALYPSE: ON THE CONTRARY, I’VE BEEN EXPECTING YOU ALL.

CLARICE THEN TURNS TO THE OTHERS.

CLARICE: ICARUS, ELIXIR, MORPH, PIXIE, YOU’RE ON CROWD CONTROL! MERCURY, DUST, BLING!, TRY TO SUBDUE KEVIN! X-23, NOCTURNE, YOU HANDLE DAKEN! HELLION, MONET, YOU DEAL WITH KIMURA! ANOLE, LOA, TRY TO TALK TO SOFIA! MAYBE GET HER TO STOP THIS WINDSTORM! ROCKSLIDE, YOU’RE WITH ME! WE’RE GOING STRAIGHT TO THE BIG BOSS.

SANTO: SUH-WEET!

WITH THAT, THE NEW X-MEN CHARGE INTO ACTION.

MEANWHILE, LAURIE SITS OUTSIDE ON THE GRASS, LOOKING AT THE HORIZON. SUDDENLY, AN EYE APPEARS ON THE GROUND, CAUSING LAURIE TO FLINCH A BIT. SHE SAYS HI TO THE EYEBALL, KRAKOA, AND ASKS IF IT SOMETIMES GETS LONELY TOO. SHE SIGHS AND SAYS THAT SHE WANTS TO BE OUT THERE TO HELP HER FRIENDS, BUT BECAUSE OF THAT DAKEN GUY, SHE’S STUCK HERE, TALKING TO THE SCHOOL’S SENTIENT LAWN. SHE JUST WISHED THERE WAS SOMETHING SHE COULD DO.

SUDDENLY, KRAKOA STARTS TO MOVE AWAY AND LAURIE, CONFUSED, ASKS WHERE IT’S GOING. SHE IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWS IT OVER TO A SHADY TREE THAT’S CRACKED DOWN THE MIDDLE. SHE ASKS KRAKOA IF IT’S TRYING TO SHOW HER SOMETHING BEFORE LOOKING AT THE CRACK IN THE TREE. SHE IMMEDIATELY BENDS DOWN AND STARTS TO CRAWL THROUGH THE CRACK, AND ONCE SHE’S IN, SHE NOTICES A STAIRCASE THAT SHE IMMEDIATELY WALKS DOWN.

THE STAIRCASE LEADS LAURIE TO A LARGE ANCIENT LIBRARY FULL OF VINES AND CRYSTALS. LAURIE LOOKS AROUND, AMAZED, WHEN A VINE WITH KRAKOA’S EYEBALL ON TOP OF IT SNAKES DOWN, LEADING LAURIE TO A PEDESTAL WHERE A SCROLL RESTS. UNLIKE THE BOOKS ON THE SHELVES, IT SEEMS BRAND NEW AND LAURIE PICKS IT UP.

LAURIE: “A MUTANT’S HISTORY OF ARAKKO AND THE FALLEN WORLD OF AMENTH, BY IDYLL III OF THE GREAT RING OF ARAKKO.” KRAKOA, IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED TO SHOW ME?

WHEN KRAKOA DOESN’T RESPOND, LAURIE SITS DOWN AND READS. AS SHE DOES, WE ARE TREATED TO IMAGES BY LENIL FRANCES YU FROM X-MEN #12, DEPICTING THE HISTORY OF ARAKKO.

LAURIE: “THE STORY STARTS AS WAS TOLD TO ME BY MY FATHER, TOLD BY HIS FATHER, LONG AGO: OKKARA, THE ONE TRUE LAND OF MUTANTS. IT WAS ANCIENT BEFORE THAT WORD EXISTED, BUT NOT YET OLD IN THE WAY THEY WERE OLD. THEN, THE TWILIGHT SWORD OF THE ENEMY TORE THE WORLD ASUNDER, AND WHAT WAS ONE, BECAME TWO. AND FROM THAT CHASM BETWEEN THEM – FROM THAT DARK WORLD – THE ENEMY POURED INTO THIS WORLD.”

LAURIE CONTINUES TO READ ALOUD, INTRIGUED.

LAURIE: “UNTIL, AT GREAT COST, THE ARMY OF THE ENEMY – ALONG WITH ARAKKO ITSELF – WERE PUSHED BACK THROUGH, AND THE CHASM WAS SHUT. BUT LIKE ALL STORIES OLD ENOUGH TO GROW IN THE TELLING, IT SOMETIMES BECOMES DIFFICULT TO SEPARATE FACT FROM FICTION… OR TRUTH FROM LIES. SOME SAY A GREAT WARRIOR STAYED BEHIND TO PREVENT THAT WORLD FROM FALLING. TO SEAL THE BREACH AND SAVE WHAT COULD BE SAVED. AFTER ALL, THAT WARRIOR WAS APOCALYPSE, THE WARRIOR-GOD IN BLUE – THE GREAT RESEEDER –THE FIRST MUTANT OF THE SECOND GENERATION OF MUTANTDOM ON EARTH. BUT THERE ARE OTHERS WHO TELL STORIES OF BETRAYAL – OF SACRIFICING HIS FAMILY TO PRESERVE HIMSELF AND WHAT LITTLE COULD BE SAVED.”

AS LAURIE CONTINUES TO READ, AND AS THE SLIDESHOW CONTINUES, WE CUT TO A STILL IMAGE IN MUTANT TOWN. HERE, JAY IS CARRYING A WILLOWY MUTANT GIRL WITH TRANSLUCENT SKIN. JOSH IS BUSY HEALING A BOY MADE OF STONE, MORPH IS STRETCHING TO PROTECT SOME KIDS FROM DEBRIS, AND MEGAN IS SCREAMING AT A CROWD OF GAWKERS TO GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE.

LAURIE: “FINALLY, THERE ARE WHISPERS OF SOMETHING WORSE… JUDGEMENT AND SLAVERY TO FATE – THAT HE WAS A PRISONER TO THE WHIMS OF OTHERS. THE ONLY SURE TRUTH THAT SURVIVES ALL TELLING IS THIS: WHAT SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN CLEAVED IN TWO WAS SEPARATED FOREVER… HUSBAND FROM WIFE. PARENT FROM CHILD. ARAKKO FROM KRAKOA. AND FROM ONE TRAUMA, THE MUTANTS OF ARAKKO PLUNGED THEMSELVES INTO THE HELL OF THE NEXT ONE.”

ANOTHER STILL IMAGE APPEARS WITH THE SLIDESHOW STILL IN THE BACKGROUND, TRANSPARENT BUT VISIBLE ENOUGH FOR PEOPLE TO SEE BOTH PICTURES. IN THIS NEW IMAGE, CESSILY IS TRYING TO WRAP AROUND KEVIN WHILE ROXY FIRES CRYSTAL DAGGERS AT HIM AND SOORAYA, IN SAND FORM, SURROUND ALL THREE IN A DUST STORM.

LAURIE: “WHAT WAITED FOR THEM WAS NOT AN ARMY… NO. FOR SOME, IT MEANT MADNESS. FOR THE REST, IT WAS THE WASTELAND OF A WORLD CALLED AMENTH. A BLACK WORLD. A FALLEN WORLD. WHAT THEY SAW SURPRISED THEM. A DESOLATE NOTHING LITTERED WITH THE BODIES OF DEFEATED ENEMIES. ALL KNEW THIS HANDIWORK – ALL RECOGNIZED THE BLACK ACTS OF THE WHITE SWORD AND HIS ONE HUNDRED CHAMPIONS. HE WAS NOWHERE TO BE SEEN – NO TRACE OF HIM REMAINED – BUT HIS BLOODY HAND HAD BROUGHT ARAKKO TIME. AND WITH THAT TIME, WE WORKED WONDERS. IT WAS AN AGE OF LEGENDS. A MIRACLE OF MUTANTDOM. MUCH OF THE WORK DONE BY BRACE MUTANT ALCHEMISTS AND ENGINEERS STILL STANDS TO THIS DAY.”

CUT TO ANOTHER STILL IMAGE. LAURA IS CLASHING WITH DAKEN, CLAWS OUT FOR BOTH, AS THEY ARE LOCKED IN HEATED BATTLE. MEANWHILE, TJ IS NEARBY, FIRING HEX BOLTS AT DAKEN TO LEAVE HIM OPEN FOR LAURA’S ATTACKS.

LAURIE: “NOT ALL, OF COURSE. NOW ONLY A FEW REMAIN, BUT THEN THERE WERE TEN TOWERS, AND THE LAND BETWEEN THEM WAS OURS. AND WHEN THE ARMY OF AMENTH CAME, FINALLY, WE SHOWED THEM NO MERCY. AND FOR THOUSANDS OF YEARS, THE TOWERS HELD AND THE HORDE DIED AT OUR BORDER. GENERATIONS OF MUTANTS LIVED AND DIED NEVER KNOWING DEFEAT. CHILDREN OF WAR – STRONG AND FIT FOR THE DAYS IN WHICH THEY LIVED.”

THE IMAGE CHANGES AGAIN. NOW, KIMURA IS FIRING BULLETS AT HER ATTACKERS WILDLY, BUT THEY EITHER BOUNCE OFF MONET OR FLOAT HARMLESSLY IN FRONT OF JULIAN. MONET IS DELIVERING A PUNCH TO KIMURA’S CHEST AS JULIAN FIRES BLASTS OF TELEKINETIC ENERGY AT HER.

LAURIE: “BUT THEY LIVED ONLY INSIDE OUR WALLS. IT MADE US ARROGANT AND IGNORANT OF WHAT AMENTH TRULY WAS. WHEN MY FATHER, THE HIGH MUTANT PROPHET IDYLL, WENT BLIND AFTER SEEING THE FALL OF OUR GREAT TOWERS, PEOPLE SAY GENESIS LAUGHED AT HIM AND THREATENED TO REMOVE HIS WEAK HEAD FROM HIS WEAK SHOULDERS. GENESIS. THE AUTHORITY OF ARAKKO. THE MOTHER OF THE HORSEMEN. THE WIFE OF APOCALYPSE. AND INSTEAD OF STRIKING HIM DOWN, SHE RAISED AN ARMY…”

THE IMAGE ONCE AGAIN CHANGES. NOW, IT SEEMS THAT ANOLE IS TRYING TO TALK TO A SCARED SOFIA WHILE HOLDING ONTO A TREE CAUGHT IN HER STORM. MEANWHILE, LOA IS PHASING THROUGH DEBRIS, LEAVING IT CRUMBLED IN HER WAKE.

LAURIE: “THEY WERE GONE FOR TWENTY YEARS. EVERY FEW MONTHS, WORD WOULD ARRIVE OF THEIR CONQUESTS – AND ALL OF ARAKKO WOULD CELEBRATE. WE FEASTED ON VICTORY – IT WAS OUR BIRTHRIGHT – AND GENESIS FED US WELL. THEN, TWO CENTURIES AGO, OUR ARMY FELL SILENT. LATER, WE WOULD LEARN THAT THEY HAD REACHED THE IVORY SPIRE; THE STRONGHOLD OF THE LONG-THOUGHT LOST WHITE SWORD, PURITY. HE WAS OUR GREATEST HEALER – IMMORTAL… EXTERNAL. EACH MORNING, THE WHITE SWORD RESURRECTED HIS ONE HUNDRED CHAMPIONS AND RODE OUT TO SLAUGHTER AMENTHI DAEMONS. WARRING UNTIL THE LAST SOLDIER IN HIS ARMY DIED. ONLY TO BEGIN AGAIN THE NEXT DAY.”

A FINAL IMAGE APPEARS. IN THIS ONE, SANTO IS GLEEFULLY EXCHANGING BLOWS WITH APOCALYPSE WHILE HE AVOIDS GETTING SKEWERED BY BLINK’S BLADES. SHE FIGHTS WITH THE SAME DETERMINATION SHOWN BY GENESIS IN THE SLIDESHOW.

LAURIE: “GENESIS SAID THAT THE CYCLE OF DEATH AND RESURRECTION HAD BECOME HIS RELIGION. SHE SAID HE HAD BECOME JUST AS ALIEN AS THE HORDE HE RAGED AGAINST, AND WE MUTANTS OF ARAKKO WERE THE SAME TO HIM. WE TASTED OUR FIRST DEFEAT AT THE HANDS OF OUR OWN. WE HEARD NOTHING FOR SIX YEARS, AND THEN – HAVING ESCAPED BY UNTOLD AND NEVER SPOKEN MEANS – GENESIS AND THE FEW WHO SURVIVED RETURNED HOME TO ARAKKO.”

THE SLIDESHOW RESUMES THE MAIN FOCUS AS LAURIE CONTINUES.

LAURIE: “THEY RETURNED… ONLY TO FIND MORE DEFEAT WAITING FOR THEM. ISCA THE TRAITOR. ISCA THE UNBEATEN. HER MUTANT POWER WAS THAT SHE COULD NOT LOSE – AND IT WAS HER POWER THAT FORCED HER TO JOIN AMENTH IN THE WAR AGAINST HER PEOPLE. UNDERSTAND? THEY HAD TO. THEY WERE GOING TO WIN… AND SHE CANNOT LOSE. ISCA HAD BEEN SENT TO INVITE GENESIS TO PARLAY WITH ANNIHILATION – THE GOD OF AMENTH – AT THE SEAT OF THE GOLDEN HELM’S POWER IN THE CAPITAL CITY OF AMENTH. NO ONE KNOWS WHAT WORDS PASSED BETWEEN THEM, JUST THAT GENESIS ACCEPTED HER SISTER’S INVITATION.”

LAURIE: “IT IS SAID THE GREAT HALL OF ANNIHILATION WAS FULL THAT DAY. THAT THE FULL MIGHT OF AMENTH WAS WITNESSED FOR THE FIRST TIME. AMENTHI DAEMONS AND WORSE WERE WAITING WHEN GENESIS ARRIVED. I WONDER, WERE THEY SILENT AS GENESIS APPROACHED ANNIHILATION’S THRONE? DID THEY SCREAM AND RAGE? OR DID THEY MOCK AND JEER?”

LAURIE: “ALL WE KNOW FOR SURE IS THIS: THEY BATTLED TO THE DEATH WITH THE FATE OF ARAKKO IN THE BALANCE. AND THEN… ANNIHILATION DISAPPEARED. AND IRONICALLY, WITH HER WAS ALL HOPE FOR ARAKKO. YOU SEE, THEIR GOD IS CALLED ANNIHILATION FOR A REASON. FOR ONE HUNDRED YEARS, THE MAD HORDE – THE TRUE MIGHT OF AMENTH – BATTERED THE WALLS OF ARAKKO EVEN WITHOUT THEIR LEADER. MUTANTS DIED. TOWERS FELL. BUT SOMEHOW… WE HELD.”

LAURIE: “BECAUSE THERE WAS STILL HOPE. HOPE THAT SOMEWHERE, THE GREAT WARRIOR HAD RAISED A NEW MUTANT SOCIETY, A GREATER ONE – AND WITH IT, A MUTANT ARMY THAT COULD SAVE US ALL. WE HELD OUT… UNTIL WE COULDN’T ANY LONGER, AND I WAS ORDERED TO WRITE THIS MESSAGE.”

WE THEN CUT BACK TO THE SECRET LIBRARY AS LAURIE FINISHES READING.

LAURIE: “ARAKKO IS UNDER SIEGE. GREAT APOCALYPSE, WE ARE OUT OF TIME. AMENTH IS ON THE MARCH… AND ONLY YOU CAN SAVE US.”

WE THEN CUT BACK OVER TO THE BATTLE IN MUTANT TOWN AS VICTOR YELLS TO SOFIA, TELLING HER TO STOP BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. SOFIA LOOKS AT HIM AND SAYS SHE CAN’T. SHE HAS TO DO THIS FOR CLARICE. VICTOR TELLS HER TO LOOK AROUND. CLARICE IS ALL RIGHT, AND SHE’S FIGHTING FOR SOFIA. HE THEN ASKS HER IF THIS IS WHAT SHE REALLY WANTS.

MEANWHILE, DAKEN COMPLIMENTS LAURA’S SKILL, AND SHE TELLS HIM THAT HE IS CLEARLY A WORTHY OPPONENT, BUT IT’S HIS CLAWS THAT CONFUSE HER. DAKEN SMIRKS AND SAYS THAT IT’S HERS THAT CONFUSE HIM.

DAKEN: PLEASE, DON’T TELL ME YOU’RE ANOTHER PRODUCT OF MY FATHER’S AFFAIRS.

LAURA GASPS.

LAURA: FATHER…?

DAKEN: YEAH. YOU KNOW HIM AS… LOGAN.

LAURA IS SHOCKED, AND DAKEN KICKS HER TO THE GROUND. TALIA YELLS IN SURPRISE AND FIRES MORE HEX BOLTS AT HIM, MEANWHILE, KIMURA TRADES BLOWS WITH MONET, BEFORE TURNING OVER TO A WOUNDED MUTANT BOY WITH BUGLIKE EYES. SHE SMIRKS AS SHE POINTS HER GUN AT HIM, MUCH TO SOFIA’S DISMAY.

SOFIA: KIMURA, NO!

BEFORE KIMURA CAN FIRE, SOFIA EXTENDS HER HAND, AND A GUST OF WIND KNOCKS THE ASSASSIN AGAINST A WALL. APOCALYPSE LOOKS AROUND BEFORE SHOVING SANTO INTO CLARICE. HE THEN ORDERS HIS HORSEMEN TO RETREAT AS CLARICE LOOKS AT SOFIA.

CLARICE: SOFIA, PLEASE! COME BACK WITH US!

SOFIA: I…

BEFORE SOFIA CAN RESPOND, SHE VANISHES ALONG WITH APOCALYPSE AND THE OTHER HORSEMEN, LEAVING THE NEW X-MEN ALONE IN THE STREET. ALL IS QUIET, UNTIL A VOICE IS HEARD.

BOY: X-MEN. X-MEN. X-MEN. X-MEN!

SUDDENLY, MORE VOICES JOIN IN, CHANTING LOUDLY AS THE STUDENTS GET UP AND LOOK AROUND. JULIAN TURNS TO CESSILY AND ASKS WHAT THEY SHOULD DO NOW.

CESSILY: SMILE AND WAVE, BOYS. SMILE AND WAVE.

BACK IN EGYPT, THE HORSEMEN TELEPORT INTO THEIR HIDEOUT AND KIMURA GRABS SOFIA, ASKING HER WHAT SHE WAS THINKING. SOFIA GLARES AT HER AND SAYS THAT SHE WASN’T GOING TO LET HER MURDER AN INNOCENT CHILD. KIMURA HUFFS, TELLING HER THAT SHE’S STILL THINKING LIKE AN X-MAN, AND IF SHE CONTINUES ON, SHE HAS NO PLACE HERE.

SOFIA: I DON’T EVEN WANT TO BE HERE! THIS WAS A MISTAKE! I NEVER SHOULD HAVE AGREED TO THIS!

KIMURA: WELL, NOW. THAT CHANGES THINGS.

KIMURA LOOKS AT SOFIA WITH A SMIRK AND TELLS HER THAT IF SHE WANTS TO LEAVE, THE DOOR IS OPEN. BUT IF SHE DOES, KIMURA WILL SEE TO IT THAT HER GIRLFRIEND WILL GET A BULLET IN HER PRETTY LITTLE SKULL. SOFIA GLARES AT HER BEFORE STORMING OUT THE ROOM.

MEANWHILE, THE TRAINEES ARRIVE BACK AT XAVIER’S TO FIND THEIR FELLOW STUDENTS CELEBRATING THEIR RETURN. THEY SMILE AS THEY’RE BOMBARDED WITH QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS WHILE DANI ADMITS THAT SHE’S PROUD OF THEM. SHE THEN LOOKS AT LAURA AND ASKS HER IF SHE’S ALL RIGHT, AND LAURA TELLS HER THAT SHE NEEDS TO CALL LOGAN.

MEANWHILE, CESSILY TURNS TO CLARICE, WHO’S ABOUT TO LEAVE, AND ASKS HER WHAT’S UP. CLARICE TELLS HER THAT SHE’S TIRED, AND CESSILY NODS, TURNING TO LAURIE AS SHE WALKS IN, SCROLL IN HAND, SAYING THAT THERE’S SOMETHING SHE NEEDS TO SHOW THEM.

IN CLARICE AND LAURIE’S ROOM, CLARICE THROWS HERSELF ONTO HER BED IN TEARS. SHE LOOKS UP AND SEES SOFIA’S BRACELET THAT SHE PLACES IN HER HAND. MUSIC STARTS TO PLAY AS CLARICE STARTS TO SING “GHOST” BY JUSTIN BIEBER, LAMENTING ABOUT HER LONGING FOR SOFIA. AS THE CHORUS STARTS, CLARICE GETS UP AND STARTS TO DANCE TO THE MUSIC, SHOWING HER GRIEF.

MEANWHILE, SOFIA SINGS ALONG AS WELL, SITTING ALONE IN A DARK ROOM. SHE ALSO DANCES ALONG, HER DRESS BLOWING IN THE WIND AS BOTH GIRLS’ VOICES ARE HEARD.

CLARICE: AND IF I CAN’T BE CLOSE TO YOU, I’LL SETTLE FOR THE GHOST OF YOU. I MISS YOU MORE THAN LIFE.

SOFIA: AND IF YOU CAN’T BE NEXT TO ME, YOUR MEMORY IS ECSTASY. I MISS YOU MORE THAN LIFE. I MISS YOU MORE THAN LIFE.

AS THE SONG STARTS TO END, WE SEE CLARICE HOLD SOFIA’S BRACELET IN HER HAND AS SHE CRUMPLES TO THE FLOOR. MEANWHILE, SOFIA FINISHES THE SONG AS SHE WALKS OUT THE ROOM, A SAD BUT DETERMINED LOOK ON HER FACE.

LATER, SOFIA WALKS INTO ANOTHER ROOM WHERE APOCALYPSE STANDS. HE TELLS HER THAT HE’S BEEN EXPECTING HER AND ASKS HER WHAT’S ON HER MIND.

SOFIA: I’M DONE. I MEANT WHAT I SAID BACK THERE, I NEVER SHOULD HAVE AGREED TO YOUR DEAL. I WANT TO GO BACK TO CLARICE. TO MY FRIENDS. IT’S OVER.

APOCALYPSE STARTS TO LAUGH AS SOFIA STANDS DEFIANTLY.

APOCALYPSE: CHILD, YOU KNOW I CAN’T ALLOW THAT.

SOFIA: WHICH IS WHY I’M HERE. TO DO THIS.

IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, SOFIA GRABS A SWORD MOUNTED ON THE WALL AND CHARGES APOCALYPSE. HOWEVER, HE PARRIES WITH A BLADE OF HIS OWN. APOCALYPSE THEN TELLS HER THAT THIS INTRIGUES HIM, AND HE OFFERS A FIGHT FOR SOFIA’S FREEDOM.

AS THEY BATTLE, APOCALYPSE WARNS SOFIA THAT HE IS A GOD. HE HAS CRUSHED VARIOUS ENEMIES THAT ARE WAY MORE POWERFUL THAN HER. SOFIA DOESN’T CARE, AND CONTINUES TO THRUST HER SWORD FORWARD. APOCALYPSE TELLS HER THAT SHE COULD HAVE BEEN AN ALL-POWERFUL DEMIGOD. SHE COULD RULE THE WORLD.

SOFIA: I WANT NONE OF THAT. I WANT WHAT I HAD, AND I WILL. NOT. FAIL!

SOFIA THEN DELIVERS A KICK TO APOCALYPSE’S FACE, KNOCKING OFF HIS MASK. BEFORE HE CAN RESPOND, SHE THEN THRUSTS HER BLADE FORWARD, STABBING HIM IN THE ABDOMEN. HE FALLS TO HIS KNEES AS SOFIA HOLDS HER BLADE TRIUMPHANTLY.

SOFIA: I WIN.

SUDDENLY, LAUGHTER RINGS THROUGH THE ROOM, AND APOCALYPSE LOOKS AROUND AS IF HE IS SEEING THE ROOM FOR THE FIRST TIME. THEN, HE LOOKS AT THE MASK ON THE GROUND.

APOCALYPSE: NO. NO! CHILD, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE! YOU MUST LEAVE THIS PLACE! NOW!

VOICE: TOO LATE.

ALL OF A SUDDEN, THE GOLDEN MASK SKIDS TO SOFIA’S FEET. CURIOUS, SHE BENDS DOWN AND PICKS IT UP, AND THE MASK LATCHES ON TO HER FACE. SOFIA STRUGGLES FOR A WHILE, BUT EVENTUALLY, SHE STOPS, AND STANDS IN FRONT OF APOCALYPSE, CLAD IN THE GOLDEN MASK.

“SOFIA”: YOU WERE A WORTHY HOST, EN SABAH NUR, BUT THIS CHILD HAS PROVEN HERSELF FIT TO SURVIVE.

APOCALYPSE: WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO HER?

“SOFIA”: I WILL GIVE HER CREDIT. SHE TRIED TO FIGHT ME. BUT IN THE END, IT WAS FUTILE. I BANISHED HER SOUL FROM HER BODY. SHE IS GONE.

APOCALYPSE: NO!

IMMEDIATELY, APOCALYPSE STAGGERS UP, CLUTCHING HIS CHEST. “SOFIA” RAISES HER SWORD, READY TO STRIKE, WHEN APOCALYPSE PRESSES SOMETHING ON HIS BELT AND VANISHES. “SOFIA” TURNS TO SEE DAKEN, KIMURA, AND WITHER STANDING IN THE DOORWAY.

DAKEN: SOFIA? WHAT HAPPENED?

“SOFIA”: THERE IS NO SOFIA ANYMORE. JUST LIKE THERE WAS NO APOCALYPSE. IT WAS ME ALL ALONG.

WITHER: AND WHO ARE YOU?

“SOFIA” STRIDES OUT OF THE ROOM, INTO THE CENTER OF THE HALLWAY. SHE THROWS HER ARMS OUT WIDE AND SPEAKS AGAIN.

“SOFIA”: I AM ANNIHILATION, GODDESS OF DEATH. ONCE, I RULED AMENTH, BUT I WAS BROUGHT HERE BY THAT FOOL, FREDRICK SLADE. I KILLED HIM, OF COURSE, AND NOW, I AM HERE TO CONQUER THIS PLANET, JUST AS I DID A MILLENNIA AGO. AND YOU, MY HORSEMEN, WILL HELP ME DO IT.

THERE’S A BRIEF PAUSE BEFORE KIMURA SPEAKS UP.

KIMURA: SOUNDS FINE TO ME.

WITHER: ME TOO.

ANNIHILATION LOOKS AT DAKEN, HER BODY CONTORTING LIKE A DEMON.

ANNIHILATION: WELL?

DAKEN: I… I’M IN.

ANNIHILATION: EXCELLENT. NOW, IT’S TIME TO GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.

ANNIHILATION THROWS HER HEAD BACK AND LAUGHS AS KIMURA AND WITHER FLANK HER. MEANWHILE, THE CAMERA ZOOMS IN ON DAKEN AS HE LOOKS ALMOST REGRETFUL. WITH THAT, THE CAMERA FADES TO BLACK AND THE EPISODE ENDS.

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Stephen Deutch/Chicago History Museum, c. 1940

Lead Belly with Woody Guthrie and Josh White

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So Nathan Drake's FC is now changing from Tom Holland to Bradley Cooper because I'm playing the game and it just clicks 🤣

★ James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes (Marvel) ★ Steven Grant Rogers (Marvel) ★ Anthony Edward Stark (Marvel) ★ Loki Odinson (Marvel) ★ Raven Darkholme (Marvel) ★ Frank Castle (Marvel) ★ Katherine “Kitty” Pryde (Marvel) ★ Elizabeth “Betty” Ross (Marvel) ★ Yelena Belova (Marvel) ★ Clint Barton (Marvel) ★ Kate Bishop (Marvel) ★ Antonia “Toni” Stark (Marvel) ★ Wade Wilson (Marvel) (Deadpool) ★ Erik Lehnsherr (Marvel) (X-Men Origins) ★ Charles Xavier (Marvel) (X-Men Origins) ★ James “Logan” Howlett (Marvel) ★ Peter Parker (Marvel) {TASM - FC: Andrew Garfield} ★ Gwendolyn “Gwen” Stacy (Marvel) {TASM - FC: Emma Stone} ★ Eddie Brock/Venom (Marvel) ★ Steven Strange (Marvel) ★ Marc Spector | Steven Grant | Jake Lockley (Marvel) (Moon Knight)

★ Sirius Black (Marauders!Era Harry Potter) ★ Remus Lupin (Marauders!Era Harry Potter) ★ James Potter (Marauders!Era Harry Potter) ★ Lily Evans (Marauders!Era Harry Potter) ★ Severus Snape (Marauders!Era Harry Potter) ★ Bellatrix LeStrange (Marauders!Era Harry Potter) ★ Hermione Granger (Harry Potter) ★ Newt Scamander (Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) ★ Albus Dumbledore (Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them) {FC: Jude Law}

★ John Silver (Black Sails) ★ James Flint (Black Sails) ★ Max the Whore (Black Sails) ★ Eleanor Guthrie (Black Sails) ★ Jack Ratham (Black Sails) ★ Charles Vane (Black Sails) ★ Billy Bones (Black Sails)

★ Steve Trevor (DC Universe) ★ Diana Prince (DC Universe) ★ Arthur Curry (DC Universe) ★ Bruce Wayne (DC Universe) {FC: Ben Affleck} ★ The Joker (Many DC Universes) {FC: Dependant on Verse} ★ Barry Allen (DC Universe) ★ Clark Kent (DC Universe) ★ Steve Trevor (DC Universe) ★ Lex Luthor (DC) (FC: Jessie Eisenberg) ★ Catwoman | Serena Kyle (DC Universe) {FC: Anne Hathaway}

★ King Arthur Pendragon (King Arthur) ★ Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotts (Reign) ★ Anne Boleyn (The Tudors) ★ Hades; Lord of the Underworld {Mythological} {FC: Tom Ellis} ★ Poseidon; God of the Seas {Mythological} {FC: Jason Momoa} ★ Eros; God of Love {Mythological} {FC: Andrew Garfield} ★ Zeus; God of the Sky {Mythological} {FC: Jamie Dornan} ★ Apollo; God of the Sun {Mythological} {FC: Sam Clafin} ★ Dionysus; God of Wine {Mythological} {FC: Josh Duhamel} ★ Hermes; God of Thieves {Mythological} {FC: Alex Pettyfer} ★ Morpheus; God of Sleep {Mythological} {FC: John Bernthal} ★ Heracles; God of Strength {Mythological} {FC: Kellan Lutz} ★ Ares; God of War {Mythological} {FC: Henry Cavill} ★ Hephaestus, God of the Artisans (Mythological) (FC: Ben Affleck) ★ Prometheus; God of Fire {Mythological} (FC: Cillian Murphy) ★ Aphrodite; Goddess of Love {Mythological} {FC: Blake Lively} ★ Athena; Goddess of Wisdom {Mythological} {FC: Lauren Cohan} ★ Artemis; Goddess of Hunt {Mythological} {FC: Mackenzie Foy} ★ Hera; Goddess of Nature {Mythological} {FC: Mariana Davalos} ★ Nyx; Goddess of Night {Mythological} {FC: Leticia Castro} ★ Zyiah; Demon of Spite (OC- Demon) (FC: David Beckham) ★ Persephone; Queen of the Underworld {Mythological} {FC: Rosario Dawson}

★ Bayak of Siwa (Assassin’s Creed: Origins) {FC: Oscar Isaac} ★ Ezio Auditore da Firenze (Assassin’s Creed: Ezio Trilogy) {FC: Ben Barnes} ★ Edward Kenway (Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag) {FC: Charlie Hunnam} ★ Alexios of Sparta (Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey) {FC: Theo James} ★ Brasidas of Sparta (Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey) {FC: Gerard Butler} ★ Hytham Sám Nakjavani (Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla) {FC: Michele Morrone} ★ Basim Ibn Ishaq (Assassin’s Creed: Mirage) {FC: Dev Patel} ★ Eivor Wolf-Kissed (Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla) {FC: Henry Cavill} ★ Nathan Drake (Uncharted) {FC: Bradley Cooper} ★ Simon “Ghost” Riley (Call Of Duty) {FC: Charlie Hunnam} ★ John Price (Call Of Duty) {FC: Barry Salone} ★ John “Soap” MacTavish (Call Of Duty) {FC: Neil Ellice} ★ Kyle “Gaz” Garrick (Call Of Duty) {FC: Elliot Knight}

★ Din Djarin (The Mandalorian) ★ Ben Solo | Kylo Ren (Star Wars) ★ Poe Dameron (Star Wars)

★ Joel Miller (The Last of Us) ★ Ellie Williams (The Last of Us) ★ Tommy Miller (The Last of Us) {FC: Adam Driver}

★ Dean Winchester (Supernatural) ★ Sam Winchester (Supernatural) ★ John Winchester (Supernatural)

★ Fiona Gallagher (Shameless) ★ Ian Gallagher (Shameless) ★ Phillip “Lip” Gallagher (Shameless) ★ Jimmy “Steve” Lishman (Shameless) ★ Mikhailo "Mickey" Milkovich (Shameless)

★ Katniss Everdeen (The Hunger Games) ★ Finnick Odair (The Hunger Games) ★ Gale Hawthorne (The Hunger Games) ★ Peeta Mellark (The Hunger Games) ★ Johanna Mason (The Hunger Games)

★ Diego Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy) ★ Klaus Hargreeves (The Umbrella Academy)

★ Merida of DunBroch (Brave) {FC: Amy Manson} ★ Jasmine of Agrabah (Aladdin) {FC: Naomi Scott} ★ Elsa of Arendelle (Frozen) {FC: Natalie Dormer} ★ Rapunzel of Corona (Tangled) {FC: Amanda Seyfried} ★ Periwinkle the Frost Fairy (Tinkerbell) {FC: Dove Cameron} ★ Tinkerbell of Pixie Hollow (Tinkerbell) {FC: Dove Cameron} ★ Hiccup Horrendous Haddock (HTTYD) {FC: Andrew Garfield}

★ Benny Miller (Triple Frontier) ★ William Miller (Triple Frontier) ★ Frankie Morales (Triple Frontier) ★ Santiago Garcia (Triple Frontier) ★ Tom Davis (Triple Frontier)

★ Rick O’Connell (The Mummy) ★ Jack Dawson (Titanic) ★ Javier Peña (Narcos) ★ Tiffany Maxwell (Silver Linings Playbook) ★ Dr. Gregory House (House) ★ Raleigh Beckett (Pacific Rim) ★ Marcus Acacius (Gladiator II) ★ Rue Bennett (EUPHORIA) ★ Independent Barbie (Barbie) ★ Ian Malcolm (Jurassic Park) ★ Katherine Pierce (The Vampire Diaries) ★ Damon Salvatore (The Vampire Diaries) ★ Caroline Forbes (The Vampire Diaries) ★ Elliot Stabler (Law and Order: SVU) ★ Rafael Barba (Law & Order: SVU) ★ William Turner (Pirates of the Caribbean) ★ Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean) ★ Jake Sully | Tsyeyk Suli (Avatar) ★ Lo'ak Sully (Avatar: The Way of Water) ★ Michael Guiren (Roswell) ★ Max Evans (Roswell) ★ Liz Parker (Roswell) ★ Kyle Valenti (Roswell) ★ Shane Walsh (The Walking Dead) ★ Rick Grimes (The Walking Dead) ★ Daryl Dixon (The Walking Dead) ★ Glenn Rhee (The Walking Dead) ★ Maggie Greene (The Walking Dead) ★ Negan Smith (The Walking Dead) (TBA) ★ Richard ‘Richie’ Jerimovich (The Bear) ★ Carmen 'Carmy' Berzatto (The Bear) ★ Michael ‘Mikey’ Berzatto (The Bear) ★ Emmett Cullen (Twilight) ★ Edward Cullen (Twilight) ★ Carslile Cullen (Twilight) ★ Jacob Black (Twilight) ★ Paul Lahote (Twilight) ★ Jasper Hale (Twilight)

★ Caraxes (Dragon; House of the Dragon) ★ Toruk (Great Leonopteryx; Avatar) ★ Ikaros (Eagle; Assassin’s Creed: Odyssey)    ★ Lockheed (Dragon; Marvel) 

★ Daemon Targaryen (House of the Dragon) ★ Jamie Lannister (Game of Thrones) ★ Cersei Lannister (Game of Thrones) ★ Tyrion Lannister (Game of Thrones) ★ Jon Snow (Game of Thrones) ★ Daenerys Targaryen (Game of Thrones) ★ Khal Drogo (Game of Thrones) ★ Robb Stark (Game of Thrones) ★ Sansa Stark (Game of Thrones) ★ Margaery Tyrell (Game of Thrones) ★ Obyren Martell (Game of Thrones)

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Republicans attempt to mandate deregulation of AI for tech tycoons and fossil fuel.

They want to stop all the protections and oversight of automation completely in the country, and handcuff state and local efforts to protect communities and save lives.

404 Media - Republicans Try to Cram Ban on AI Regulation Into Budget Reconciliation Bill Emanuel Maiberg · May 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM “...no State or political subdivision thereof may enforce any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems during the 10 year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act,” says the text of the bill introduced Sunday night by Congressman Brett Guthrie of Kentucky, Chairman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. That language of the bill, how it goes on to define AI and other “automated systems,” and what it considers “regulation,” is broad enough to cover relatively new generative AI tools and technology that has existed for much longer. In theory, that language will make it impossible to enforce many existing and proposed state laws that aim to protect people from and inform them about AI systems. (emphasis added)

This is straight out of the anti public health and climate denial legislative playbook.

Unfortunately in Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is forcing AI tools into state government and I'm sure employees feel pressured to use such "tools" even if they do damage, because they want to keep their jobs after all, by keeping their deadlines. The incentive usually being to get things done, not necessarily do things right — and chatbots have the uncanny ability to make things look and sound believable even when they're incorrect. In my opinion, this technology belongs nowhere near the people's business.

My letter to reps:

AI and chatbots absolutely need regulation and oversight. And if the feds won't, the states have a right and a responsibility to do so. The idea of handcuffing us from protecting anyone is like saying you want dirty drinking water. I don't want this everywhere. AI is an out of control financial bubble wasting fossil fuel. It outputs inaccurate information, causing threats to patient safety in healthcare settings and has directly led to illness and even death. An AI generated foraging book told people to eat poison mushrooms. Fake childrens books full of nonsense. It can't even do what they say. It seems only to be able to create convincing sounding BS, use energy and water and land that communities desperately need. And it's functioning as an Oracle of Chatbot thing where unwitting people are being told they're connected to a spirit in the universe. Some would surely call this blasphemy. The pope himself has specifically called out the need to defend human dignity against AI. So why do politicians think they should stifle the freedom to protect communities?

Please feel free to copy or repurpose for your own letters to reps.

Pope Leo XIV throws down the gauntlet against AI hype. At his first "working meeting", the pope outlined his priorities to include defending "human dignity" against the threat of AI, citing the dehumanizing effects of the industrial revolution. Chloe Humbert May 13, 2025

Republican state legislators in PA float punitive control of local governments forcing favour to fossil fuel. Republican lawmakers want to punish municipalities attempting to protect local residents and public safety, and impede their compensation for environmental destruction by gas drillers. Chloe Humbert Oct 24, 2024

Lying AI should not be doing the people's business or science. Lives are at stake and the U.S. government and scientific scholars are buying into tech hype boondoggles. Is it corruption, incompetence, or sabotage? Chloe Humbert Mar 22, 2024

More references can be found on these:

The oracle of chatbot phenomenon is not benign. Don't Wait For Everybody - Episode 022 Chloe Humbert May 07, 2025

It's imperative to inform politicians about tech scams that target their ideological hopes with false promises. Crypto mogul donors lure politicians to betray their communities by saying they're doing it to benefit their communities. It's a trick. Chloe Humbert Apr 14, 2025