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the-firebird69 · 18 hours

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Ancient Egyptian Music | Treasures of Tutankhamun

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We have a lot of questions now about the pyramids and people want to know who's in there and what they're doing and who's doing it and we say we don't know that's why don't you find people who are above those things and they're looking and they're seeing it looks like this idiot Trump and if you were questioning them and going after them and they're going after them now we have some information hey it's getting late so we'll release it now

-John remillard is a wanted man in Florida for his crimes in Florida he's wanted all the time one of his aliases is Sam and they know about it it looks real close and the cops are looking for him they put it out there today and he's aware of it and he's being a dick all day long Dave his son doesn't wanted man and they put it out there today they're going to get arrested and it's going to be Cool hand Luke his will go out there to try and free him and they will die it is near Jacksonville yeah and it's the prison that our son found and it is in a weird place try to look at it and he couldn't really but you'll see it's an object and they're going to try and use their deaths as cover and take their stuff and pretend that they are them cuz they're already dead and it's what people do with big mouths and assholes. This is happening to them now it's only a matter of time before they go to jail in prison and he goes in to prison we think tonight both of them and then it is Cool hand Luke they go to the laundromat and take quarters and access to arrest them and they do and they're taking quarters to try and make it sore so I won't be able to do laundry and we know he's not doing it tomorrow it would be probably Wednesday so yeah it might take until then but they do get arrested a few times but the corners is over the top and he gets extremely mad and says you should respect who I am he does he hasn't really have proof but he knows who I am and he has proof in the way I hold myself most of the time and he is going after these guys for it and this idiot Trump and they get into it and he gets injured bad and in the museum and he gets rid of trump and Tommy Allen and he sees it and says my sister's suffering and I was wrong to let them sit here and stick my life God

-other news there are a few other things happening here they're sending $100,000 to fort Myers $200,000 a Sarasota it brings the number here to $1.3 million roughly some came in but they're a lot of vacant houses and apartments and the pseudo empire is moving in they are occupying the place and the total population is probably 2 million and the percentages are completely different than what they had the warlock kind of actually trumpsters had to say that's what they're saying it's more like 30% pseudo empire and 40% warlock Max and 10% minority morlock and the rest is a mixed bag and they like to say that cuz they're idiots that last part and they're getting beat up for it and they're getting small out of the 40% Trump is 10% no kidding and he's getting beat up every day and he deserves it he is a slimeball. Along with that the clones are getting beat up very badly the things are changing here and those numbers are real in a sense as well that's very different and it is and it's further news we'll publish in a moment but yeah people are asking about those pyramids and they're looking into it and I finally this guy there they're going after employer whatever information he has

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VCK Euro 2024 : Lịch Thi Đấu & Mọi Thứ Cần Nên Biết Trước Khi Nó Diễn Ra

Để chào mừng giải bóng đá lớn nhất Châu Âu – Euro 2024, Vegas79 sẽ cập nhật thêm tất cả những thông tin về VCK Euro 2024 này. Hãy cùng tìm hiểu ngay về lịch thi đấu, đội hình,Trực tiếp, Tỷ lệ kèo, Soi kèo và những tin tức xung quanh liên quan tới Euro 2024.

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VCK Euro 2024 : Lịch Thi Đấu & Mọi Thứ Cần Nên Biết Trước Khi Nó Diễn Ra

VCK Euro 2024 được tổ chức ở đâu, khi nào ?

Ngay vào tháng 6 năm nay, vòng chung kết Euro 2024 sẽ chính thức diễn ra tại Đức 24 đội tuyển xuất sắc nhất châu Âu tại 6 bảng đấu sẽ tranh ngôi vị vô địch.Dưới đây là tất cả những gì bạn cần biết về Euro 2024 sắp diễn ra tại Đức vào giữa tháng 6 tới

Giải vô địch bóng đá châu Âu 2024 (tiếng Đức: Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2024), thường gọi là UEFA Euro 2024, là lần tổ chức thứ 17 của giải vô địch bóng đá châu Âu, giải bóng đá quốc tế bốn năm một lần giành cho các đội tuyển bóng đá quốc gia nam thuộc thành viên của UEFA.

Giải sẽ được diễn ra tại Đức từ ngày 14 tháng 6 đến ngày 14 tháng 7 năm 2024.

Đây là lần thứ ba kỳ Euro được diễn ra trên lãnh thổ Đức và cũng là lần thứ hai dưới tư cách là một nước Đức thống nhất, bởi Tây Đức cũ đã tổ chức giải đấu Euro 1988 và 4 trận đấu của Euro 2020 (được tổ chức tại 11 quốc gia) đã được tổ chức vào năm 2021 ở Munich. Đây cũng là lần đầu tiên mà giải đấu được tổ chức ở Đông Đức cũ, với Leipzig là một thành phố chủ nhà

Giải đấu sẽ trở lại tổ chức theo chu kỳ bốn năm truyền thống của Euro sau khi Euro 2020 đã bị hoãn sang năm 2021 do ảnh hưởng của đại dịch COVID-19. Ý là đương kim vô địch tham dự giải đấu, sau khi đánh bại Anh trên loạt sút luân lưu trong trận chung kết năm 2020.

VCK Euro 2024 năm nay sẽ đăng cai tại nước Đức.

VCK Euro 2024 : SVĐ, Địa Điểm Thi Đấu

Trận đấu đầu tiên giữa chủ nhà Đức với Scotland diễn ra tại SVĐ Munich Football Arena.

Sân vận động Allianz Arena ([ʔali̯ˈants ʔaˌʁeːnaː]) là một sân vận động bóng đá ở München, Bayern, Đức. Sân có sức chứa 70.000 chỗ ngồi cho các trận đấu quốc tế và 75.000 chỗ ngồi cho các trận đấu trong nước.

Địa điểm thứ hai là Sân vận động Olympic Berlin. Sân vận động Olympic là sân vận động xếp loại 4 của UEFA và là một trong những địa điểm có uy tín nhất trên thế giới cho các sự kiện thể thao và giải trí. Ngoài việc sử dụng như là một sân vận động điền kinh, nó còn là nơi đã xây dựng một truyền thống bóng đá. Kể từ năm 1963, nó là sân nhà của câu lạc bộ Hertha BSC.

Trận đấu đầu tiên giữa chủ nhà Đức với Scotland diễn ra tại SVĐ Munich Football Arena giải VCK Euro 2024

Đức có rất nhiều sân vận động thỏa mãn yêu cầu sức chứa tối thiểu của UEFA là 40.000 chỗ ngồi cho các trận đấu ở Giải vô địch châu Âu.

Chín địa điểm được sử dụng tại Giải vô địch bóng đá thế giới 2006 đã được chọn: Berlin, Dortmund, München, Köln, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Leipzig, Frankfurt và Gelsenkirchen. Düsseldorf không được sử dụng vào năm 2006 nhưng trước đây đã được sử dụng cho Giải vô địch bóng đá thế giới 1974 và Giải vô địch bóng đá châu Âu 1988, sẽ phục vụ như một địa điểm thứ 10; ngược lại, Hanover, Nuremberg và Kaiserslautern, thành phố chủ nhà vào năm 2006, sẽ không được sử dụng cho giải vô địch này.

Weser-Stadion của Bremen (37.441), Borussia-Park của Mönchengladbach (46.249), Niedersachsenstadion của Hanover (43.000), Max-Morlock-Stadion của Nuremberg (41.000) và Sân vận động Fritz Walter của Kaiserslautern (46.000) đã không được chọn. Các địa điểm này được bao phủ tất cả các vùng chính của Đức nhưng khu vực có số lượng địa điểm cao nhất tại Giải vô địch bóng đá châu Âu 2024 là khu vực đô thị sông Rhine-Ruhr ở bang North Rhine-Westphalia, với 4 trong số 10 thành phố chủ nhà (Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Gelsenkirchen và Cologne ).

VCK Euro 2024 có bao nhiêu đội bóng tham dự ?

Tổng có 24 ĐTQG tại châu Âu tham dự vòng chung kết, trong đó ĐT Đức với tư cách là chủ nhà nên mặc định có một suất và nằm ở bảng A vòng bảng.

Đây là lần thứ 14 liên tiếp đội tuyển Đức tham dự VCK Euro kể từ năm 1972. Trước đó Tây Đức vô địch giải đấu vào các năm 1972, 1980 và ĐT Đức vô địch năm 1996.

Danh sách 24 ĐTQG tham dự VCK Euro 2024 lần này tại Đức.

Danh sách bảng đấu và các đội tuyển góp mặt tại VCK Euro 2024 bao gồm:

Bảng A: Đức, Scotland, Hungary, Thụy Sĩ

Bảng B: Tây Ban Nha, Croatia, Ý, Albania

Bảng C: Slovenia, Đan Mạch, Serbia, Anh

Bảng D: Ba Lan, Hà Lan, Áo, Pháp

Bảng E: Bỉ, Slovakia, Romania, Ukraina

Bảng F: Thổ Nhĩ Kỳ, Gruzia, Bồ Đào Nha, Cộng Hòa Séc

VCK Euro 2024 : Lịch Thi Đấu Mới Nhất

Liên đoàn bóng đá châu Âu (UEFA) đã công bố lịch thi đấu chính thức Euro 2024, sau khi vòng loại kết thúc vào tháng 3. Đây là giải đấu cuối cùng có sự tham dự của 24 đội tuyển. Kể từ Euro 2028, giải đấu sẽ có sự tham gia của 32 đội tuyển châu Âu.

Chủ nhà Đức là ứng cử viên hàng đầu cho chức vô địch. Những đối thủ mạnh cạnh tranh ngôi Vương châu lục với “Cỗ xe tăng” là á quân thế giới Pháp, đương kim vô địch châu Âu Italy cùng Tây Ban Nha, Hà Lan, Bỉ và Anh.

Cựu vô địch châu Âu Bồ Đào Nha cũng nhận được sự quan tâm đặc biệt, khi đây có thể là kỳ Euro cuối cùng của ngôi sao 39 tuổi Cristiano Ronaldo. Euro 2024 không có sự hiện diện của ngôi sao lớn Erling Haaland, khi đội tuyển Na Uy của anh không vượt qua được vòng loại.

UEFA Euro 2024 sẽ diễn ra từ ngày 15/6 đến 15/7 tại Đức mùa hè này. Chủ nhà Đức, đương kim vô địch Italy cùng với Anh, Tây Ban Nha, Hà Lan, Pháp, Bỉ là những ứng cử viên vô địch hàng đầu.

Như đã đề cập, Euro 2024 diễn ra từ ngày 14/6 đến ngày 14/7/2024. Sau đây là thông tin lịch đấu vòng bảng chi tiết :

Những trận đấu đầu tiên tại lượt trận thứ nhất và thứ hai ở vòng bảng VCK Euro 2024.

VCK Euro 2024 : LINK XEM TRỰC TIẾP VCK EURO 2024 MỚI NHẤT

Tại Việt Nam, Viettel Telecom đã chính thức sở hữu được bản quyền Euro 2024. Như vậy, tất cả các trận đấu tại Euro lần này sẽ được phát trên các nền tảng truyền hình số và TV360.

Ngoài ra, Viettel Telecom đã bắt tay với HTV phối hợp phát sóng trực tiếp toàn bộ các trận đấu ở Euro 2024. Như vậy người hâm mộ có thể xem trực tiếp ngày hội bóng đá châu Âu trên các kênh của HTV.

Giải bóng đá Euro 2024 được truyền hình trực tiếp từ các kênh nền tảng số và TV360. Ngo��i ra, người hâm mộ có thể theo dõi Euro 2024 thông qua các kênh của nhà đài HTV – Đài Truyền hình TP.HCM.

Bóng đá chính là một trong những môn thể thao được yêu thích nhất trên thế giới. Để thưởng thức những trận cầu đỉnh cao một cách trọn vẹn, bạn cần có một chiếc máy chiếu xem đá bóng thật chất lượng. Hãy tham khảo ngay một số mẫu được bán ở Thế Giới Di Động ở đây nhé!

Đại diện Viettel Telecom cũng cho biết sẵn sàng hợp tác, chia sẻ bản quyền với các đối tác truyền thông tại Việt Nam để người hâm mộ khắp nơi trên toàn quốc đều có thể “ăn, ngủ. thưởng thức” EURO 2024. Vì thế nhiều khả năng trong thời gian tới sẽ có thêm các đơn vị truyền thông công bố lịch trình phát sóng EURO 2024.

Không chỉ sở hữu bản quyền phát sóng trực tiếp vòng loại Euro 2024, Công ty Viettel còn sở hữu trọn vẹn Vòng chung kết Euro 2024 diễn ra từ ngày 14/6 đến ngày 14/7/2024.

Hoặc có thể tìm kiếm trên Google : VCK Euro2024, trực tiếp bóng đá, xoilactv, vstar79 rakhoitv,….

LINK XEM TRỰC TIẾP VCK EURO 2024 MỚI NHẤT

VCK Euro 2024 : Lịch Thi Đấu & Mọi Thứ Cần Nên Biết Trước Khi Nó Diễn Ra

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Three Stripes and Out... But Good May Come From Germany's Breakup With Adidas | Germany

TThe partnership between Adidas and German football has been a commercial and sporting success for both teams for decades. It is a shared history of progress. In 1954, the country recognized itself in the national team and Adidas as well. Back then, Adolf “Adi” Dassler was the equipment manager; His screw-in studs were innovative and gave Fritz Walter, Max Morlock and Helmut Rahn a foothold in…

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jc · 3 months

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Kommentar #FCNEBS: Entlastungssieg

1. FC Nürnberg 2:1 Eintracht Braunschweig

⚽️ 1:0 Andersson (27., Wekesser) 🥅 2:0 Uzun (Handelfmeter, 45+1.) ⚽️ 2:1 Philippe (57., Helgason)

Im ersten Durchgang des Spiels zeigte der Club eine entschlossene Leistung. Trotz einiger Anlaufschwierigkeiten und einer Druckphase seitens Braunschweigs, übernahm der FCN nach etwa zehn Minuten die Kontrolle über die Partie. Goller und Wekesser waren schon früh nahe dran, die Führung zu übernehmen, wurden jedoch zweimal vom Braunschweiger Torhüter Hoffmann gestoppt. In der 27. Minute wurden die Anstrengungen dann endlich belohnt. Wieder einmal besorgte Andersson den Führungstreffer. Kurz vor der Halbzeit erweiterte Uzun unseren Vorsprung vom Elfmeterpunkt zum 2:0. Vorausgegangen war die Handabwehr eines Schusses, der ohne Eingriff schon zur 2:0-Führung genügt hätte.

Braunschweig stellte zur zweiten Halbzeit um, vergaß aber, dem Club Bescheid zu sagen. Wir hatten sichtbare Probleme, mit der veränderten Formation zurechtzukommen. In der Folge schaffte der Braunschweiger Philippe den Anschlusstreffer. Der Club spielte trotz dieser deutlichen Warnung weiterhin nachlässig und überließ den Gästen zu oft den Raum, blieb jedoch auch gefährlich in seinen Konterchancen. Vor allem Goller wirkte jedoch unglücklich und traf stets die falschen Entscheidungen. Glücklicherweise wusste die Eintracht nicht viel mit dem Feldvorteil anzufangen und verlor damit letztlich verdient im Max-Morlock-Stadion.

Beim Club ist durch den ersten Dreier seit sechs Spielen wieder ein wenig Druck vom Kessel. Von Entspannung wollen wir noch nicht reden, aber Platz zehn scheint zunehmend zementiert. Gut so. Mehr ist diese Saison wohl kaum drin.

Aufstellung FCN: Klaus – Valentini, Jeltsch, Horn, Brown – Flick, Duman (68. Schleimer), Uzun (90. Marquez), Goller (85. Hungbo), Wekesser (68. Okunuki) – Andersson Letzte 10 Pflichtspiele: 🏆N–S–N–S–N–U–U–U–N–S (BL-Saison: 9 S, 6 U, 9 N) Tabellenplatz: 10 ↑12 (33 Punkte, –9 Tore) Relegationsabstände: ↑ –8, ↓ +9 Nächstes Spiel: Samstag, 9. März, 20:30 Uhr, gg. Magdeburg (A)

(Original unter: https://1ppm.de/2024/03/2324-fcnebs/)

#1. FC Nürnberg #2. Bundesliga #EIntracht Braunschweig

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fcnsticker · 5 months

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Max Morlock Stadion

#fcnsticker #fcn #1. fc nürnberg

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multiversetravelingjournalist · 6 months

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Murder Drones AU Idea

As I have watched all six episodes of murder drones (and have watched other people's reactions to all six episodes of Murder Drones afterwards) and have seen that the next two episodes will be released in fall, I have been amusing myself with an AU of sorts to pass the time and play around with the setting and characters. who knows somewhere along the way I might just wreck everything. lol.

Without further ado, here is what I have so far:

There exists an OC, his surname is Cavendish. (he's a holdover from a fanfic I did. "Was that necessary?" over on AO3 *shameless self-plug. *) A sort of majority shareholder of JC Jenson. He is considered unusual for his way of treating drones in general. that is to say objectively better (I hope). Not willing to brutalize them, never throwing them away even if it was convenient, and entrusting them with tasks that make use of their autonomy (whatever those may be). he also is injured with burn scars from a house fire years ago. married with a daughter and baby son, the former two who are in comas from said house fire and are watched over by his estate's medical drones (I just find the idea of these little ones dressed in retro-nurse outfits while doing their work to be adorable).

The Elliot family - which Tessa comes from - are also a major shareholder in the company. them and the Cavendishes have been rivals for as long as anyone could remember. especially with their current members wildly differing views on drone treatment. Tessa James Elliot is technically the shareholder now that her parents have met a no doubt grisly end.

I imagine JC Jenson *in SPAAAAAAAAAAAAACE* to be like the British empire, If Britain at the time got hit with a meteor shower, rendering it uninhabitable. even today the interstellar company is still consolidating from its loss of the Earth HQ (which I like to call "JC Jenson Earth"). part of that consolidation is the security of assets on the other exoplanets. which includes the research on and against the program-entity that caused their cradle world's destruction.

As per the British Empire comparison, style, architecture, and aesthetics in general has taken inspiration from the era. mixed in along with cassette futurism, retro-futurism, space-western (more on that later), basically anything pre-20th century. (this is me expanding upon the spooky Victorian mansion and fashion in the flashbacks to be a sort of retro-wave movement). There are still advanced technology holograms, flying cars, etc. they are just blended in with everything else. perhaps this retro-futurism is popular with the upper-classes (aka The Rich).

Copper-9 still blows up. however, due to reasons explained below, the Disassembly Drones aren't sent in. This allows for the Drones to spread and develop their own civilizations on the surface. and boy are they diverse. aside from most of them replicating their human makers, there are also...

nomadic Mad Max-esque tribes that traverse a giant irradiated frozen lake. they are territorial and aggressive. fighting with harpoons, spears, IEDs, etc. dressed in scraps of bone, fabric, metal, and drone scraps. driving a myriad of vehicles that include snow mobiles and a half track.

Winter Cow-drones. IDK I just think the paradox of leather cowboy hats contrasting with the frozen wasteland looked cool. maybe they travel in caravans and are a more peaceful version of the above group.

Underground dwelling drone cannibals. Synthetic Morlocks if you will. Roaming and developing the underground facilities of the planet and occasionally coming to the surface to "collect new parts". (All this because I want there to be more Alices).

Earth is technically still inhabitable in some places. but is now an eldritch hell world with the presence of the Absolute Solver. reclamation was considered a lost cause.

That's most of the setting I came up with. there is also a bit of a story brewing among all this. When The Copper-9 incident happened, JC Jenson immediately knew the cause and wanted to deal with it as quickly as possible. However, Cavendish (told you we'd talk about him) the ever curious about drones' potential nipped that idea in the bud - much to everyone's frustration - instead wanting to observe the behaviors of them now that their masters are gone.

The other shareholders really wanted to send in the Disassembly Drones. after some back and forth, Cavendish volunteered to go there himself to monitor the situation. a sort of jab at how everyone views him and his sympathetic views. "I am giving you all the chance to finally be rid of me" is what he is telling them. begrudgingly, the board allows him and any companions of his choosing - with some restrictions - to accompany him.

Tessa is one of those restrictions, but Cavendish knew she wanted to go to the planet... for some reason. so he does some creative string-pulling to get her accepted as a technician. along with the Murder crew, the five head off for Copper-9. (I like to think that the lag time gives the drones plenty to develop into the societies that I described above). After that it's a day-to-day story of discovery and exploration with what action I can currently come up with. things come up like Cavendish being aware of what Absolute Solver is and such.

There is also this idea I just had about Cavendish naming his son as his stand-in shareholder. but seeing as he is like ten years old, appoints his personal drones as a sort of regent. basically, he all but appoints one of his drones as shareholder of a company made up of drone abusers. and everyone is aware of this. yet they are powerless to find fault in his logic and begrudgingly allow the regent to figuratively sit among them.

If you have read this far. first off thanks. second off, if you want to engage more on this sort of story/setting, hit me up, I have nothing better to do at the moment.

Till next time... ;).

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kurt-wagner-official · 8 months

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Post #99: UXM issue 219 and UXM Annual issue 11

There's a time jump between the last issue and this one, where Alex went to New York to check on the X-Men. Everything was fine, so he went back home, but tonight he woke up screaming from a nightmare that he had gone back and been attacked by demonic versions of the team. He tells Lorna that he needs to go check on them again, and he needs to go alone. Little does he know, he's being manipulated by Malice, and is playing right into the Marauders' hands. Speaking of which, I though she was trapped in her necklace when Ororo ripped it off? I guess that didn't work as well as she thought. Anyway, nobody's home when he gets there, so naturally he breaks in and goes through Max's dayplanner and is shocked to see he's at the Hellfire Club. He goes there next, and immediately verbally attacks Max, who tells him he'll tell the team he stopped by. He decides Max must be up to something, so he calls Moira for help, but Callisto picks up and tells him to talk to Max. He asks if she knows where to reach Scott, and she shuts him down. He knows that Scott left Maddy, apparently, but not about X-Factor or Jean. I do think that says something about Scott; he trusts the original X-Men more than he does Alex, and even Warren he holds at arm's length. Alex also calls Lorna, but there's no answer, because she's under attack by Scalphunter, Arclight, and Sabretooth. They get an early advantage, but in an open New Mexico landscape with iron in the ground, they can't pin her down, and she escapes. Back in New York, Alex hides outside the Hellfire Club until Max leaves, and he tracks him into the Morlock tunnels, where the X-Men are discussing their war with the Marauders. Anna sneaks up behind him, not recognizing him in the dark, and there's a quick fight scene until Betsy scans him and realizes who it is. It turns out his dreams weren't just Malice, but his memories coming back and haunting him; when he visited the X-Men last week, Betsy changed his memories so he wouldn't have any info the Marauders could use. She tells Ororo she can't mindwipe him again, so she suggests they kill him, which Ororo shoots down, which is an unintentionally hilarious exchange. Ororo tells Alex the full story of what's happened recently, and he says that he wants to help. She defers the question to Max, who sets aside the anger from earlier and extends his hand to Alex, who takes it. Back in New Mexico, Lorna reverse ambushes the Marauders chasing her and traps them before revealing that she's actually Malice, now with a more permanent body and ready to lead the Marauders.

This annual opens with almost everyone in a much better mood than last issue, where they were all talking about faking their own deaths. Betsy's brother, Brian, and his girlfriend Meggan are visiting the mansion. Unfortunately, they arrive on the anniversary of the day Mariko stood Logan up, and he's getting as drunk as he can to try to forget it. But then a big alien demon guy named Horde shows up with a bunch of minions and a whole bunch of superpowers. He kidnaps everyone and teleports them to a mysterious citadel, where he tells them to break in and steal a magic crystal or he'll destroy the world. After a failed attack on him, they decide to play along for now. Before they go in, Logan and Ororo kiss, which normally would be a nice moment, but since he's currently drunk trying to forget his ex-fiance this seems a little unhealthy. Into the citadel they go. The first thing they see is two big statues of a Skrull and a Kree, and the next thing they see is a weird wall that Anna suddenly runs towards. She stares at in in a trance, and Betsy scans her and learns that her mind has been pulled inside a magic room where she's living out her heart's desire. It's a normal life, at a dance hanging out with a big family and lots of friends, and after a moment her body disappears. The X-Men press on, hoping to find a way to save her and wary of this place's strange psychic defenses. Logan heads off on his own to scout ahead. As they walk, Longshot sees his hand begin to fade away, and begins to wonder if his heart's desire is to disappear. It's the first interesting thing Claremont has done with Longshot, and a new direction for the character after his mini. His arc in that book was about self discovery, and eventually he learned who he was and found his purpose. But he completely failed in that purpose; his friends were all captured and Mojo banished him back to Earth. Now, with no way back to the old life that he had only recently found, he's latched onto the X-Men, but now he worries that deep down he's just going through the motions and doesn't have any real passion left. The heart's desire thing is playing out differently for Alex; all he really wants is to be seen as important beyond comparisons to Scott, and in his mind he unleashes all his power and collapses into himself to become a star, brighter and more powerful than anything Scott's ever done. In the real world, his body becomes a statue, just as Longshot fades away and, according to Betsy's scans, becomes one with the citadel. Because of the purity of soul his power gives him, he didn't have the same kind of selfish desire as the others, so rather than zap his mind into another dimension, the citadel just absorbed him. Ali, who has feelings for Longshot, runs off crying and has a series of visions. The first is the life her father wanted for her; becoming a Supreme Court Justice who put away Wilson Fisk. The second is the life she pursued, a world famous pop star. The third is a poor homeless woman, a version of her who didn't want to deal with the failure of either path so she never attempted either dream and still lost. Ali wonders which of these is her true desire as she vanishes from the real world. Brian and Meggan are the next to go, seeing a vision of themselves living a happy, normal life with a new baby. Betsy then reveals to Ororo that her desire has already come true- her skin falls off to reveal a robotic warrior ready to defend her friends and family. She tells Ororo that Horde is coming, and she'll buy her and Logan time by holding him off until they can figure out what to do with the crystal. Logan is facing his own temptation- Mariko appears before him and proposes again, and then asks him to join her while she goes and fights a horde of evil ninjas. It's finally a way to reconcile the two sides of Logan's heart, but he's able to resist the urge and shatter the illusion.

I have to start a new paragraph here, because apparently there's a paragraph limit on Tumblr now? That's dumb. I've definitely written longer paragraphs than this before. Now my formattings gonna be different and that's very upsetting. Anyway, this continues from the above, it's all the same annual. Ororo is having a similar vision, or a life with Yukio (in a totally platonic gal pal way of course) but is also able to resist because this was the greatest desire of the Ororo she was when she met Yukio, and even if she still wishes to return to that time, she has changed. It's an interesting twist, and more creative than another simple "Ororo has an iron will" story (not that there's anything wrong with those). She pulls out of the fantasy and finds herself facing the crystal with Logan at her side, but Horde has arrived. To protect her, Logan pushes Ororo back into the wall she popped out of, and this time the fantasy overtakes her. Logan is attacked by Horde, but a drop of his blood lands on the crystal, and combined with his healing factor the crystal rebuilds his body from that one drop as an all powerful cosmic being who instantly defeats Horde. He has a minor Dark Phoenix moment before destroying the crystal to remove the temptation, and the X-Men all wake up back at the mansion. In the final panel, the narrator reveals that the Kree and Skrull statues, along with a bunch of others, were of people who had given into the temptation of the crystal's power, and in return, their species was frozen in time, unable to evolve. But because of Logan, humans and mutants won't suffer that fate. That moral really doesn't make any sense, but it does work in the context of Logan, who's perpetually struggling to evolve internally. This annual was definitely a return to form. It was a good example of how Ororo's greatest strength is her greatest weakness; there are so many different sides to her, but when she forgets that and gives in to one part of herself- like the part that was happy with Yukio- it consumes her and denies her from living her most truthful and fulfilling life. Betsy's dream was also an interesting insight, since she's been grappling with whether she's a real X-Man and she now knows her heart's desire is to be a hero. The penciller for this annual was Alan Davis, who'll be Claremont's collaborator on Excalibur soon. Despite that, Brian and Meggan barely did anything in this story, which focused on all the characters who won't be joining that team. But it does feel like a preparation for that run based on its plot, which about a bad guy with a vague plan and a quest that puts them through vaguely magical personal trials while being a really fun and interesting adventure. That's most of what Excalibur is, and I'm glad these guys got to have one of those adventures before the main book gets even darker and edgier.

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