You know something that I'm surprised no one talks about, at least from what I've seen. Cyclops was tricked into naming his kid after one of his enemies.
Let me break it down:
Nathan Charles Summers, also known as the mutant, Cable, but we won't talk about his alias.
Summers is Scott's last name, no problems there.
Charles named after his mentor and founder of the X-Men, also no problem.
So that leaves Nathan, which was suggested by Jean at least in the show, but as we know, that isn't Jean. It's her clone, Madeline Pyror, who was created by Mr. Sinister a.k.a. Nathaniel Essex.
So yeah, another reason why Mr. Sinister is a piece of sh!t.
The mutants consisting of Rictor (Julio Richter), Dani Moonstar, Gorgon (Tomi Shishido), Monet St Croix, Mister Sinister (Nathaniel Essex), Cable (Nathan Summers), Armageddon Girl (Lin Li, formerly known as Nature Girl), Exodus (Bennet Du Paris), Laura Kinney, Cypher (Doug Ramsey), Forge and Emma Frost are chosen by Apocalypse as he puts them the test to see who has what it takes to become his successor. They work out and bicker at the same time as they go through a series of tests and booby traps in the tomb.
I've seen 9 of 10 UK seasons, all of the US and Australia seasons, and 1 of 2 French seasons. Consistently my favorite love island series/country is Australia but the one season of LI France I watched was so good too. I feel like the UK one has gone so downhill in the last few years and the US one is just okay, sometimes it has its good points but I think mostly the Americans are so annoying tbh.
Honestly aside from how absolutely trashy and fun (the trashy makes it fun!) the first couple of UK seasons were, the thing I've enjoyed most is that I have unironically learned so much people who live in the UK, a bit about the different cultures within the uk, etc. I've gotten really, really good (for an American at least) at picking out which general area of the uk someone is from based on their accent lol
Tommy B Shares Visuals For Introspective Track, 'I Don't Mind.'
@TommyBUpdates Shares Visuals For Introspective Track, 'I Don't Mind.'
Tommy B is the charismatic emcee from Essex that holds the title as one of Complex’s coveted ‘Ones To Watch’ and is one of the most exciting prospects to come out of the UK right now. Having appeared on line-ups that include ‘Radio 1’s Big Weekend’ and collaborated with a string of famed artists, a new wave of music makes its debut with the contemplative single ‘I Don’t Mind’.
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X-Manson Annotated Chapter Three - Part 6 - MADELYNE PRYOR
In this section, we are faced by a Maddie Pryor who is not the Goblin Queen and has no noticeable connection to Nathaniel Essex. We also have more of an established timeline here.
Things we know: Most of what Maddie talks about takes place within the "Summer of '80" with some wiggle room for her and Scott knowing each other for a while afterward.
*It's interesting that Maddie isn't a pilot. Granted, she also isn't a clone of Jean, either (as far as we know). So it's possible that this naturally occurring Maddie simply lived her life normally and got a job working at a coffee shop in what I assume to be Croton, New Jersey.
**Scott's choice in hamburger is very particular. "rare and dripping". It brings to mind the cannibalistic nature of the cult. But him ordering it every time he comes through feels very true to form for any version of Scott Summers: Autistic Icon.
Maddie: Hey bud, have you ever tried the fish here?
Scott (internally): Oh god, a beautiful woman is taking to me. What's the protocol here, Summers?
*Stands up and walks away blushing like a maiden*
This is oddly adorable and right smack dab in the middle of a section that's going to be frought with incredible horrors both real and imagined.
Okay, this is set in the "Summer of '80" Scott is using the alias "Scott Drake". This is around the open house dinner at the school. I think Scott is using the alias because this is after Bobby's murder. If he's been down in the mud for 10 years then his death happens in 1980 and it's found when the school gets raided by the government and Avengers in the 1990 or thereabouts.
Scott drilling a hole through a quarter is kind of something that happened in the Claremont run, with Maddie, even.
*They're putting pressure on him because the cult thinks that he is supposed to be the father of a mutant messiah.
**What exactly does that mean in this universe? We'll come to know later that Xavier doesn't believe in this idea at all. So is it just a line of bullshit he's feeding to his followers that he can't psychically control?
***He's for sure lying about Charles being "The First Among Equals".
Jesus christ.
*It's very funny that after all the bullshit with Scott, she and Alex were a brief thing.
Merry X-Mas, everyone! Here's your yearly dose of a parody me and my friends wrote decades ago.
CYCLOPS GOT RUN OVER BY HIS EX-WIFE
Idea: Caitlin “Phoenix” Grey
Lyrics: Caitlin Grey, @nobodysuspectsthebutterfly, CRETIN, and DkPhoenix
Created in December 1995 in IRC, slightly revised December 1998
Cyclops got run over by his ex-wife,
Patrolling ‘round the mansion Christmas Eve,
You may say there’s no such thing as cloning,
But as for me and Essex, we believe.
He’d been swigging down his eggnog,
And we begged him not to go,
But Scott (that dork)’s so dedicated,
So he wobbled out the door into the snow.
When we found him Christmas morning,
At the scene of the attack,
There were claw-marks on his forehead,
And Infernal-looking symbols on his back.
Cyclops got run over by his ex-wife,
Patrolling ‘round the mansion Christmas Eve,
You can say there’s no such thing as cloning,
But as for me and Essex, we believe.
Well, we’re all so proud of Cable,
He’s been taking this so well,
Not a tear to rust his metal,
He just sits there playing cards with Sis Rachel.
It’s not Christmas without Cyclops,
All the X-Men dressed in black,
And we just can’t help but wonder,
Should we go to Sinister and clone him back? (CLONE HIM BACK!!)
Cyclops got run over by his ex-wife,
Patrolling ‘round the mansion Christmas Eve,
You may say there’s no such thing as cloning,
But as for me and Essex, we believe.
Now that Scott is six feet under,
Jean’s conscience is clear and clean,
My! Her luck is so uncanny,
At last she can go out with Wolverine.
I’ve warned all my friends and mutants,
Maddie could be after you,
They should have never given powers
To a gal who had Phoenix to live up to.
Cyclops got run over by his ex-wife,
Patrolling ‘round the mansion Christmas Eve,
You can say there’s no such thing as cloning,
But as for me and Essex, we believe.
Sing it, Nathans!!
Cyclops got run over by his ex-wife,
Patrolling 'round the mansion Christmas Eve,
You may say there’s no such thing as cloning,
But as for me and Essex, we believe!