{"id":9949,"date":"2024-03-27T23:14:15","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T23:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=9949"},"modified":"2024-03-27T23:14:15","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T23:14:15","slug":"rise-of-the-powers-of-x-3-annotations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.housetoastonish.com\/?p=9949","title":{"rendered":"Rise of the Powers of X #3 annotations"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"\"<\/a>RISE OF THE POWERS OF X #3<\/strong>
\n“The Ex Life of Moira”<\/strong>
\nWriter: Kieron Gillen<\/strong>
\nArtist: R.B. Silva<\/strong>
\nColour artist: David Curiel<\/strong>
\nLetterer: Clayton Cowles<\/strong>
\nDesign: Tom Muller & Jay Bowen<\/strong>
\nEditor: Jordan D White<\/strong><\/p>\n

COVER \/ PAGE 1.<\/strong> Moira, on a bench, is approached by someone holding a gun. This is Moira as she appeared in the opening scene of Powers of X <\/em>#1, where she approaches Charles Xavier and tells him about her earlier lives. The gun is presumably intended to be the same one that Professor X is holding when he approaches a much younger Moira in the issue itself.<\/p>\n

PAGE 2. <\/strong>Young <\/em>Moira leaves the house expecting her powers to emerge.<\/em><\/p>\n

As established in House of X<\/em> #2, Moira is reborn with the full memories of her previous lives but has to go through the motions of being a child in her first few years. This is the day when her powers are expected to emerge; until then, she can die permanently. We saw a version of this same scene at the start of issue #2, from Enigma’s perspective. In this version, from Moira’s perspective, her mother Lady Kinross is more clearly visible. Enigma’s version also has a panel of her looking rather downbeat before she leaves the house; here she seems more enthusiastic.<\/p>\n

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Based on her previous lives, Moira’s plan for life ten is to bring all the mutants together on Krakoa, though to what end is somewhat glossed over on this page.<\/p>\n

PAGES 3-4. <\/strong>Moira finds a time-travelling Professor X waiting for her.<\/em><\/p>\n

The bench is a call back to their first meeting in Powers of X<\/em> #1, with the roles reversed and Professor X taking Moira by surprise.<\/p>\n

Previous issues of this series and Dead X-Men<\/em> have been (intentionally) inconsistent about whether Professor X wanted to talk to Moira or just kill her. The answer, apparently, is both.<\/p>\n

PAGE 5. <\/strong>Recap and credits. The title, “The Ex Life of Moira”, refers to the title of House of X<\/em> #2 (“The Uncanny Life of Moira X”).<\/p>\n

PAGE 6. <\/strong>In the present, Enigma continues to address Moira.<\/em><\/p>\n

This continues from the end of the previous issue, where Enigma approached Moira in the middle of some sort of battle involving Orchis (and specifically Nimrod). We didn’t see who they were fighting, though the implication was that it was something in Fall of the House of X<\/em> that we haven’t reached yet.<\/p>\n

Enigma’s comment that “I brought her here”, referring to Omega Sentinel, is explained on the next page.<\/p>\n

PAGE 7. <\/strong>Data page – an attempt to explain the personal timeline of Omega Sentinel. In short:<\/p>\n