#louise spalding

[comicwaren]

From X-Men: Forever #004, “No Hope”

Art by Luca Maresca and Federico Blee

Written by Kieron Gillen

[why-i-love-comics]

X-Men: Forever #4 - "No Hope" (2024)

written by Kieron Gillen art by Luca Maresca & Federico Blee

[rei-ismyname]

Magneto Cyclops Exodus Was Right

That's right, the craziest of the crazy. French Crusader from the 12th century turned Omega Mutant hero of Krakoa. The Black Knight's boyfriend and the guy who rebuilt Xavier's brain. The guy who looked at Catholicism and said 'nah, you're all wrong. Here's the real religion and I'm Pope.' Bennett Du Paris - Exodus.

This celibate sex God. He was right... about at least one thing, though it was a very important thing. Join me for a journey into the work of a prophet - a tale of a baby, a pink guy, and a big bird.

Eating a potato raw in his midriff with Kafka. It's true, he is definitely intense.

Exodus benefited immensely from the First Krakoan Age, getting a seat on the Quiet Council and all sins forgiven. Since being awakened by Magneto after centuries asleep, Exodus followed his beliefs that boil down to Mutant Supremacy + Catholicism put in a blender and mixed with whatever extremism the writer needed at the time. He was rudderless Pre-Krakoa, both in universe and out. He didn't make a lot of sense and was used as a pseudo religious fundamentalist powerhouse/troublemaker. His character and belief system on mutants' personal Eden with battles to build solidarity and support from a community for the first time in 900 years fit perfectly.

He started to grow, chill out a little bit, had his beliefs challenged and shared. He became Apostle to the Messiah, teacher to children, puncher of dragons. He was EXTRA (that's getting its own post) and, for the purposes of this post, he started to adapt scripture. Pope stuff. We don't get to read the New New Testament according to Exodus, but several things about his theology were made crystal clear.

1. God was still God, but mutants were the chosen few.

2. The Nazarene Mutant (Jesus) was a Messiah, but not the Messiah. Hope Summers is.

3. The Holy Spirit is The Phoenix. They are one and the same.

Got all that? In X-Men Forever, the Kurt/Raven/Destiny family subplot is playing out and comes to light during a 'council meeting.'

Hope is happy for Kurt learning about his parentage and she mentions in passing that she doesn't know who her bio dad was. Exodus, true to form, declared that the Holy Spirit (The Phoenix) 'quickened the womb of...' AKA immaculate conception. Hope has little patience for this, also true to form (plus by this point she knows she is going to die soon.) They're all in the White Hot Room, you see, mutant heaven kinda and Mother Righteous killed Jean/The Phoenix. They need to bring it back to beat this nasty AI God, Enigma. It's got a lot of steps so I'll simplify it.

1. Feed Hope to The Phoenix while shooting it.

2. Jean/Phoenix/Jeanix go kill the mean AI God.

The rest of the X-Men/Mutants bounce back to Earth to kill fascists and the girls get to work. The Gun is Legion and the 'she' being referred to is The Phoenix, who's scared. They need it to stay still for the ritual to work.

The AI God learns of these plans and, making use of his access to all of time and space, visits Hope's mother before she's pregnant in his sleazy ass human form. If he's her Dad then he'd be able to influence her and stop all this Phoenix business, or better, absorb it into his greedy, nasty self. He tells her (truthfully) that she'll die soon after giving birth by fire and it will not be pleasant. In the present, Jean notices Hope starting to change (picture Back to the Future when Marty is disappearing but also not) and realises what's going on.

Jean comes in with the truth and Enigma shoots himself in the foot because he's forgotten how to be anything but a selfish dick. Louise (Hope's bio mother) says BAD VIBES and he *tortures her.* She still says fuck off cos she's cool AF.

Louise doesn't even blink and signs up to do the right thing, though she doesn't want to fuck Jeanix. As soon as she consents, Jeanix touches her forehead and it's done! Back to normal reality for her. Boom, Hope is no longer all weird and completes the ritual...

... sadly dying. Pour one out, but know that she did this willingly. Died for our sins would be pushing it, she's better than Jesus - Hope died for our lives and happiness, and to kill a shitty God.

So with all that mumbo jumbo and time travel stuff, two new pieces of information are confirmed.

1. Hope is the goddamn Messiah. ❤️❤️

2. Her previously unknown father turned out to be The Phoenix AKA the motherfucking Holy Spirit.

Let's check back with Exodus and his thoughts on the matter...

EXODUS WAS RIGHT Y'ALL.

As established, Louise was neither DTF nor pregnant. Jeanix laid hands and quickened her womb. All dictionaries agree - quickening is entirely fetus-related. The Holy Spirit created a whole ass baby and it was our Messiah, Hope. Move over, Nazarene Mutant. Move over St Peter. Hope and Exodus are here. Joyously, Cable is still her father. He just gets to be her step-sister/half-brother too. Most importantly, Exodus was right. I'm pretty sure he knows, too. (Send an ask if you want proof.) Aren't comics great?

[gotham-at-nightfall]

Enigma attempts to avert Hope's birth!

X-Men: Forever #4

[ratatoskatitan]

Yu-Gi-Oh! and X-Men Forever Issue 4 to banish sinister enigmas.

[wttnblog]

"I Kissed a Girl" Episode 9 and Reunion Recap & The Chart Updates

Just a few short weeks later, the UK dating show I Kissed a Girl has come to an end. Although the girlies only spent a short time in the Masseria, there was plenty of drama, and during the finale and reunion we talked through it all. I’m back to recap these last two episodes and share all of the latest drama. Episode 9 The finale started with a family visit, which was absolutely adorable.…

[lovecatsys]

trying to explain the parentage of Hope Summers isn't like that confusing or anything its just really... chaotic.

Fun fact! Hope Summers is actually Hope Summers Junior (is that a thing with female names???). She was named after her adoptive mother, named Hope who married Cable in the future making her also named Hope Summers. She also has red hair. Literally Hope did not have a name besides just "Baby Spalding" or "Messiah Baby" until after the og Hope Summers, her adoptive mother was shot in front of her and Cable decided to introduce her to the next person he met as her dead mother's name.

And now we have the recent retcon making the Phoenix basically responsible for her birth.... so i guess the Phoenix and Jean are her father now but not really biologically? I'm assuming that genetically she is related to Louise Spalding only. But still referring to Jean as her biological father is funny to me.

[ambafaerie]

Hope’s previous place in the Summers - Grey family tree was as the adoptive daughter of Cable. Now it is revealed her adoptive step grandmother, Jean Grey, is also her parent, by imbuing her biological mother, Louise Spalding, with an aspect of her and the Phoenix Force. Thereby making Hope the daughter and adoptive step granddaughter and reincarnation of Jean Grey at the same time.

[the-forest-library]

April 2023 Reads

The Thief - Megan Whalen Turner

The Queen of Attolia - Megan Whalen Turner

I Have Some Questions for You - Rebecca Makkai

Romantic Comedy - Curtis Sittenfeld 

The Do-Over - Lynn Painter

The Summer of Broken Rules - K.L. Walther

Never Vacation with Your Ex - Emily Wibberley

Every Summer After - Carley Fortune

Off the Map - Trish Doller

If Only You - Chloe Liese

For Her Consideration - Amy Spalding

Gigi, Listening - Chantel Guertin

Yours Truly - Abby Jimenez

While You Were Dreaming - Alisha Rai

Girl Forgotten - April Henry

A Long Stretch of Bad Days - Mindy McGinnis

Rules for Vanishing - Kate Alice Marshall

The Cats of Tanglewood Forest - Charles de Lint

The Leaf Thief - Alice Hemming

The Cool Bean - Jory John

Birdgirl - Mya-Rose Craig

Wilding - Isabella Tree

Laundry Love - Patric Richardson

It Goes So Fast - Mary Louise Kelly

Diary of a Misfit - Casey Parks

A Living Remedy - Nicole Chung

Not Funny - Jena Friedman

Emotional Labor - Rose Hackman

Life in Five Senses - Gretchen Rubin

The Origins of You - Vienna Pharaon

How Far the Light Reaches - Sabrina Imbler

America the Beautiful? - Blythe Roberson

I Swear: Politics is Messier Than My Minivan - Katie Porter

Bold = Highly Recommend Italics = Worth It Crossed out = Nope

Thoughts:

This was a really good reading month, but will stand in infamy as the month that my Queen’s Thief obsession started. I am so glad I finally got around to starting the series. Thank you to everyone that yelled about it. You were not wrong. 

Goodreads Goal: 135/400

2017 Reads | 2018 Reads | 2019 Reads | 2020 Reads | 2021 Reads|

2022 Reads | 2023 Reads

[l0stfairie]

red dresses depicted in portraits, 1500-1800

from top to bottom, left to right:

Portrait of Isabelle Antoinette Barones Sloet van Toutenburg, 1852, by Nicaise de Keyser.

Patricipance of Venice, 1881, by Alexandre Cabanel.

A Young Lady Aged 21, Possibly Helena Snakenborg, 1569, by an unknown artist.

Portrait de la comédienne Marie-Anne de Châteauneuf, 1712, by  Nicolas de Largillière.

Mrs. Hugh Hammersley, c. 1893, by John Singer Sargent .

Louise, Queen of the Belgians, 1841, by Franz Xaver Winterhalter.

Sabina Seupham Spalding, c. 1846, by Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz. 

Elizabeth I, the “Pelican” portrait, c. 1572, by Nicholas Hilliard.

Portrait of Mary Louise of Orleans, Queen of Spain, c. 1679, by José García Hidalgo.

Portrait of Marguerite de Sève, 1729, by Nicolas de Largillière.

[comicwaren]

From X-Men: Forever #003, “Unhappy In Their Own Way”

Art by Luca Maresca and Federico Blee

Written by Kieron Gillen

[brokenhardies]

Emissary Verse update;

Rachel has a similar background to Hope Summers - both were born to Captain Louise Spalding in Alaska, both witnessed their mother being killed by anti-mutant supremacists and both were taken in by the X-Men.

However, Rachel was about 5 years old when her mother died, and she wasn't taken to the future. Instead, she was taken in by Jean Grey, which is why she uses the name Rachel Grey instead of Rachel Summers. Her middle name is Hope.

[jessicasland]

Here is my take on little Hope and what she would look like in the 90’s X-Men Animated Series both as a one year old and as a newborn baby.

Ain’t she cute?

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For her backstory, I changed a few things, instead of her being born in the future, she was born a year before the events of “X-Men: TAS”.

Wolverine was sent out to stop a gang from terrorizing a hospital. By the time he got there, many people died and Hope’s mother, Louise, was dying from a gun attack and going into labor.

The doctor and several nurses were wounded and if Louise didn’t have the baby soon, it would surly die in the womb. So, Logan, had to deliver the baby with the aid of one of the nurses.

Fortunately, Louise’s baby had been born alive and kicking. However, before Louise would pass away, her final words would be giving her child a name; Hope.

After Louise’s death, Wolverine took it upon himself to take the baby back to the mansion because he could sense something else inside her.

Once several tests had been completed by Beast, it was confirmed that Hope was indeed a mutant and with no other family left to go to, Professor X decided to let Hope stay with them and the X-Men raise her as their own, and, out of all the X-Men, Wolverine took on this order very seriously.

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Here are a few things about this version of Hope:

-Her last name is “Spalding” instead of “Summers”.

-Logan helped give birth to her as her mother, Louise Spalding, was dying from a gang attack.

-She carries around a teddy bear that’s two sizes too big for her.

-She has a thumb sucking problem.

-Her hair is auburn instead of red like in the comics.

-Often calls Logan “dada”.

-Logan takes the roll of protective father VERY seriously.

-She knows how to say a few words like “hi”, “up”, “down”, etc.

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Name: Hope Alexandria Spalding.

Age: 1 ½.

DOB: June 14th, 1991.

Skin Color: Light Almond.

Hair Color: Auburn.

Eye Color: Green.

Marking(s): Freckles.

Power(s): Telepathy, Telekinesis.

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Created with Adobe Illustrator.

[sylvialovej]

Letting go of the Story of Pain

Quotes from Making Love God: The Path to Divine Sex by Tina Louise Spalding “Letting Go of the Story- There is indeed a whole world of experience that is lost when the damages done to the sexual self are left to rule the experience. Indeed, the most beautiful and expressive areas of the human mind and emotion are lost to most people who have been hurt by the bonds of their past and their refusal…

[visibledelight]

prozac nation, elizabeth wurtzel // blue rotunda, louise glück // little women, dir. greta gerwig // we used to be friends, amy spalding