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miss moonstar 😳

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do you have recs for getting into kitty/rachel.... i know excalibur is a big thing that i definitely plan on reading but any particular other issues outside of it especially in claremont uncanny?

I have a reading guide here :)

https://www.tumblr.com/yalster54/766630440471871488/greypryde-reading-guide-uncanny-x-men-1963?source=share

but in terms of specific recommendations I would definitely check out X-Men/Alpha Flight (1985) #1-2, Uncanny X-Men (1963) #194-196, #201 and #207-210 in terms of og claremont uncanny. Those issues cover all the key stuff in their early relationship and give good context leading into excalibur. 2000s claremont wrote tons of stuff for them that just very explicit (basically just dating without it being said on page) so read X-Treme X-Men (2001) #44-46, X-Treme X-Men (2022) #1-5, X-Men (1991) #165 and Uncanny X-Men (1963) #466-468. This era is great for them and not really talked about enough so do check it out 🙏

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grill master ray 🙏 a commission for @rockthrowingbutch!

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it's tough to be xuân 💔

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one of the most baffling takes about KItty in FTA/Exceptional to me is that "she should stop moping and get back to her family and friends" because that's one of the most Kitty things Kitty ever does. She isolates herself. She stays away from the X-Men for prolonged periods of time. She mopes. In the Excalibur era in the 90s Kitty stayed away from Xavier's and found herself among other people. Post-Revolution Kitty had her bartender era, where she very much chose not to rejoin the X-Men. Even on Krakoa she chose a different path than most X-Men and was at first not on the island a lot. This is Kitty and it is very much in-character. Come on. I hope she actually stays away from the main X-Men teams for even longer.

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my favourite professional flake and fumbler is back 😍

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when your 45 year old boss lets his lesbian daughter cut his hair 🥀💔

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I think there’s a very fruitful reading to be found in specifically closeted Kitty Pryde for most of her publication history, not least of which comes from the fact that it makes her and Rachel really funny.

Because there’s no way Rachel, superdyke from the future, has any conception of the closet

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not a question, but you're my favorite greypryde artist. and your style is visually delicious.

thank you!!!!! 🙏🙏🙏

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What are your praises vs criticisms of Exceptional X-Men so far?

praises

pretty much anything kitty related is fantastic, eve really gets her and isn't afraid some of her less than great characteristics

the new kids- I was a little scared at first but they really do have a charm to them that hasn't been seen since the og new mutants

I really love that it took its time to really establish itself before entering an action heavy arc.

criticisms

most of the action stuff was pretty lacklustre, it makes me really glad that the book is very character driven otherwise.

I reckon bobby could be used more he feels more like recurring character a than a mainstay character on the book. I don't really blame ewing for not using him as much esp since coming out he's lacked any real direction as a character (even more so after they killed off his dad too but that's a discussion for another day)

lowkey need to know more about what's going on with kitty's girlfriend Nina all we really is that she's nice 😭 does she even know kitty is a mutant!?

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I love drawing him like this he is so stupid and in love

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rereading new mutants and painting all my beloveds starting with headmaster mags 😍

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I love how Dani is drawn in these panels so I had to make a doodle

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My first zine, I am going to print it and it will be sold physically at a very cool store I enjoy. It was very hard work and I’m very happy. I want to do it more. I hope people buy it.

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comms open again finally 😭 I have 3 slots open so check out my comms sheet (pinned) if ur interested!

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just another day in braddock manor 😍

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“Now that they're both established as queer, can these two finally have a date?” about Kittyana. My culture is NOT your costume !!!!!!!

the way illyana hasn't even been properly established as queer 😭😭😭 if katyana goes canon I’ll just quit reading xmen comics 😭🙏