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As always, this post contains spoilers, and page numbers go by the digital edition.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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MARAUDERS #16<\/strong>
“Consequences”<\/strong>
by Gerry Duggan, Stefano Caselli & Edgar Delgado<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

COVER \/ PAGE 1: <\/strong>Emma and Kate together, standing over the defeated Sebastian. Incidentally, both on the cover and throughout the issue, Kate isn’t wearing the necklace that Kurt gave back to her in issue #12. Make of that what you will.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 2.<\/strong> The epigraph is Kate’s last words before drowning at the end of issue #6.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 3.<\/strong> The combined recap and credits page, now in the line-wide post-“X of Swords” design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

PAGE 4.<\/strong> Bishop and Storm talk.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bishop retrieved Kate’s body in issue #8, and we saw him pick up the vines in that scene. They were the vines that Shaw used to tie Kate up before throwing her into the sea. Their fast-growing nature was also mentioned in that issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 5.<\/strong> Emma and Kate ride to Shaw’s castle.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The tournament” is the “X of Swords” crossover, which interrupted this plotline for three issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emma and Kate were shown riding horses (probably the same one, judging from the colours) in issue #12.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 6.<\/strong> Shaw answers the door.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The “Otherworld nonsense” is, again, the “X of Swords” crossover. Shaw’s interest in whisky was established in issue #10, where he was using Tempo’s time manipulation to create fast-maturing whisky on Krakoa. But this collection is apparently conventional, at least in large part, from some of Shaw’s later dialogue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 7-9.<\/strong> Kate punches Shaw through the door.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Obviously, this shows off the “Kill Shaw” tattoos on her knuckles which she got in issue #12. Her decision to show off these tattoos is probably meant to be conscious; the art isn’t absolutely <\/em>consistent on this, but at Quiet Council meetings during “X of Swords” she’s generally been shown wearing red gloves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This scene doesn’t really make logical sense; Shaw’s power is to absorb kinetic energy, so punching him isn’t meant to work, even when he’s taken by surprise. It shouldn’t really have any effect on him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 10-12.<\/strong> Emma confronts Shaw, while Kate starts smashing up his whisky collection.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emma’s recap of the plot is accurate. Shaw is presumably <\/em>telling the truth when he says that he didn’t know what Homines Verendi were planning to do with the drugs he sold them – Emma would surely know if he was lying. Moreover, while Shaw probably wouldn’t have cared about the people who were poisoned, he would <\/em>have cared about the fact that HV were trying to undermine the reputation of Krakoan drugs, since they’re his economic power base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Port Ellen distillery<\/strong>. This was a real distillery on the isle of Islay. It closed in 1983, though it’s meant to be restarting this year. The Queen did indeed visit it in 1980, when a small number of bottles were produced specially for the occasion – and they do indeed resemble the bottle drawn here, which may look fairly nondescript, but is clearly photo-referenced.<\/a> As that link also shows, they do indeed change hands for eye-watering sums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It was a gift from Ichiro himself!” <\/strong>Presumably the Japanese distiller Ichiro Akuto, who is apparently “the rockstar of the Japanese whisky industry.”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that Shaw refers to Kate as “Kitty” until actively prompted by Emma to stop, later in the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 13-14.<\/strong> Emma gives Shaw a choice.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saucier<\/strong> was the mutant chef who served Emma and Magneto in Giant-Size X-Men: Magneto<\/em> #1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sabretooth<\/strong> has been in exile in punishment for his crimes, supposedly held buried beneath Krakoa, ever since House of X <\/em>#6. There’s always been a little uncertainty about what exactly is going on with him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 15.<\/strong> Shaw falls out of the window.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Not sure what Glob Herman is doing here, but it’s probably just a sight gag. That said, Emma was<\/em> pitching to Shaw just a minute ago that they’d keep this a private matter within the Hellfire Club, so there might<\/em> be some significance in the fact that Glob is an outsider who sees some of what happens – particularly since as far as everyone else is concerned, Shaw is about to become mysteriously crippled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 16-17.<\/strong> Shaw makes his plea in mitigation.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shaw argues that Kate’s inability to use Krakoa’s gates cast doubt on whether she was a mutant at all. Therefore, he argues, killing her was either going to result in her being resurrected as a clearly-established mutant, or removed from the board as an impostor. He’s correct that Kate’s resurrection seems to removed a large amount of doubt from her and that she seems more focussed and at peace with herself than before. But his claim that this was his goal<\/em> is highly dubious; just before killing her, he was claiming that he wanted to get his son Shinobi into her place, as a next step to getting rid of Emma. Besides, Shaw has never shown any personal investment in the mutant nation project. It’s possible <\/em>that he genuinely doubted that Kate was a mutant, but highly unlikely that he cared. Nor is it a defence that he would particularly want to put to the Quiet Council, since it amounts to saying that he was trying to kill a normal human – precisely what got Sabretooth banished.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 18-19.<\/strong> Lockheed takes his revenge.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shaw also tried to kill Lockheed in issue #6, without any real expectation that he could be resurrected. So Lockheed’s attitude is understandable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Emma seems to be reasoning that Shaw is doing important enough work for Hellfire Trading Corporation that she can’t easily replace him altogether (she’d doubtless try if she thought she could). Of course, that’s why he was given the role in the first place. She does insist on Shaw moving to deal with the above-board Hellfire activities, presumably because those have less scope for dodgy side dealings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 20-21.<\/strong> Kate poisons Shaw.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kate is carrying an eyepatch in her pocket as part of her pirate gimmick, I guess.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cordelia Frost<\/strong>, Emma’s younger sister, was a recurring character in Generation X<\/em>. I suspect this may be an error, since Cordelia wasn’t previously established as dead, and I’m not sure it’s ever been clearly shown that she was a mutant. (She was immune to Emma’s telepathy, but that seemed to be on the off-and-on principle that siblings are immune to each other’s powers.) The reference makes more sense if it’s meant to be Emma’s other sister Adrienne Frost, who was also a Generation X villain, and who was killed by Emma in Generation X <\/em>vol 1 #70. Adrienne had the ability to see the past and possible future <\/em>of objects that she touched, so her resurrection might well have been blocked under the same “no precogs” rule that applies to Destiny.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGES 22-23.<\/strong> The Quiet Council meet.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This scene confirms that Jean is indeed off the Council, so her appearance as a Council member in Hellions<\/em> #7 was evidently an error.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ten-member Council are deadlocked on whether to investigate the point further. The five who vote against are the four who already know what’s happening, plus Mystique, who seems to be amused by the whole thing and presumably doesn’t much care for Shaw. The five who vote in favour are an interesting bunch. Professor X and Magneto are presumably worried about the stability of the Council. Mr Sinister wants to know the gossip. Exodus seems reluctant but has no dog in this fight and seems to recognise that it’s the sensible thing to do – besides which, he’s following Magneto’s lead. And Nightcrawler, who can see that three of his fellow X-Men are on board with something very dodgy indeed, is very confused.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cypher, sitting in his usual translator’s position, and once a close friend of Kitty, seems unimpressed by what he’s seeing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 24.<\/strong> Closing quote by Kate, presumably in response to Shaw’s argument that her resurrection turned out to be a gift to her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PAGE 25.<\/strong> Trailers. The Krakoan text reads NEXT: WHAT’S COMING.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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