{"id":8872,"date":"2023-03-23T22:45:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T22:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=8872"},"modified":"2023-09-12T09:06:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T08:06:14","slug":"storm-and-the-brotherhood-of-mutants-2-annotations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=8872","title":{"rendered":"Storm and the Brotherhood of Mutants #2 annotations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"\"<\/a>STORM & THE BROTHERHOOD OF MUTANTS #2<\/strong>
\n“Sins of Sinister, part 7: No Hope”<\/strong>
\nWriter: Al Ewing<\/strong>
\nArtist: Andrea Di Vito<\/strong>
\nColourists: Jim Charalampidis & Rachelle Rosenberg<\/strong>
\nLetterer: Ariana Maher<\/strong>
\nDesign: Jay Bowen<\/strong>
\nEditor: Jordan D White<\/strong><\/p>\n

COVER \/ PAGE 1.<\/strong> A very elderly Storm, holding a miniature Destiny in an energy ball reminiscent of Orbis Stellaris’ sphere. Make of that what you will.<\/p>\n

PAGE 2.\u00a0<\/strong>Data page. The mock-3D effect was also used on the data pages in the previous issue; this one seems to be echoing Star Wars<\/em>.<\/p>\n

The Interstellar Compact.<\/strong> The Compact was mentioned by Hope in\u00a0Immoral X-Men<\/em> #2, where it was described as simply an alliance of alien races which the mutants were cheerfully destroying. Hope’s account suggested it was on its last legs. The information that Orbis Stellaris is behind it is new, I think.<\/p>\n

Planet Arakko<\/strong> was destroyed in\u00a0Sins of Sinister<\/em> #1.<\/p>\n

Varon<\/strong> appears to be new, as far as I can see.<\/p>\n

Freedom Force<\/strong> were mentioned in a data page in\u00a0Immoral X-Men<\/em> #2: “We still can’t get ahold of Storm, but I hear we cornered Freedom Force. We finally got Mystique, the little traitor.” Originally, Freedom Force was the name used by Mystique’s Brotherhood of Evil Mutants when they worked for the US government in the late 1980s; the name was ironic there, but it’s played (more) straight here.<\/p>\n

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PAGES 3-4.\u00a0<\/strong>Destiny arrives at Starship Ananke.<\/em><\/p>\n

Starship Ananke.<\/strong>\u00a0Ananke is the ancient Greek personification of fate, necessity and so forth. The logo on the ship, shown on its side here but seen more clearly later on, is Storm’s headdress in a circle.<\/p>\n

Mandragora autumnalis<\/strong>, also known as\u00a0Devil’s Candle<\/strong>, is a flower. The nickname is due to a myth that its flowers shine at night. (They don’t, but they do have some reflective properties.) The more prosaic name is autumn mandrake.<\/p>\n

Noh-Varr<\/strong> is an elderly Marvel Boy, evidently long lived enough to still be around this far into the future.<\/p>\n

Amaranthus caudatus<\/strong>, also called\u00a0Love-Lies-Bleeding<\/strong>, is another flower, whose traditional symbolism is fairly self-explanatory. Clearly, all this fits in with Destiny’s despair at losing Mystique.<\/p>\n

PAGE 5.<\/strong>\u00a0Destiny and the Brotherhood.<\/em><\/p>\n

The three Brotherhood members seen here are<\/p>\n