#orbis stellaris

[studyofx]

"Pressure. Pressure building in the air. High pressure means fine weather. A beautiful day. But when the storm comes...is when the pressure...suddenly...DROPS." - Storm, SWORD #11 by Al Ewing.

[ashidotcom]

Nathaniel 4

[rei-ismyname]

Mr Sinister should be experiencing profound existential despair

*Yes, I'm aware that he's not really capable of those kinds of feelings, but even from a character perspective the guy has lost his reason for existing. Huge spoilers for the entire Krakoan age, plus Heir of Apocalypse #1-3. We're talking about this guy.

One of the revelations of Krakoa was that Mr Sinister is not Nathaniel Essex, the 19th century Victorian eugenicist and scientist (now space god trapped experiencing the moment of death for eternity.) He's a clone *created* by Essex to achieve Domionhood (the highest form of non-linear gestalt machine entity - traditionally formed by joining singularities of machine intelligence together with so much processing power they are functionally Gods) through the study and utilisation of mutant power.

What a paragraph!

Here he is in 1924, threatening Destiny after killing Sinister.

He thought he was seeking Dominion for himself, not knowing he was a clone or that when he achieved Dominion his progress would be harvested by Essex. Essex created 3 other clones/variations for the same purpose but through different means -

Dr Stasis through post/humanity and Orbis Stellaris through the 'cosmic powers' (dude took over the Progenitor 's Worldfarm - a staggeringly impressive achievement for a 19th century clone from Earth)

These two dickwads

Finally, Mother Righteous through Magic (physically a clone of Essex's dead wife Rebecca, but just as much of a callous existential colonialist and monster as any Essex spawn.)

There she is, having a tanty after Enigma stole her Dominion success.

Each was created without knowledge of the other, and had mental blocks in place to prevent them learning about it. They ALL succeeded in various timelines and their efforts were harvested by the real Nathaniel Essex - Enigma, leaving the clones with nothing. Less than nothing. Alive but very dejected.

Making a huge unforced error

Instead of enjoying his godhood he chose to fight the X-Men and thanks to Jeanix, Xavier and Moira he's now a smear across infinity - defeated and broken but trapped at the moment of death forever.

Get Phoenix'd idiot!

Mr Sinister knows all of this, he even participated in the fight. Dr Stasis and Mother Righteous are dead, though Orbis Stellaris is still out there. His brain was only able to comprehend this stuff properly very recently. Even when working against Enigma there were still blocks in place.

Any one of these truth bombs would mess his head up, but all of them at once should ruin him. He doesn't have a sense of ethics but he does need purpose. Consider how bummed he was when the Progenitor ignored him on Judgement Day. He's not a real boy like other clones are.

- He's a clone with all sorts of fake memories

- Created with the compulsion to fulfill someone else's endgame

- Everything he's done for the last 200 years has been in service of Enigma's plan. Even the stuff that makes no sense. Especially the stuff that makes no sense.

- He has no other reason for being.

- Enigma smote him at least once.

- Enigma is dead, like super dead.

- Everyone else knows this as well

What the hell does he do now?

*Sigh*, he'll probably just be treated as Nathaniel Essex again, given Brevoort 's transparent policy of overwriting Krakoan lore. He could just clone himself with a new purpose/hard reboot as we've seen him do in Immortal X-Men, but how would he even decide? Also, he's the mutant devil - anyone who knows about him should want him dead, including some very powerful people. Two of the things I found insulting about Heir of Apocalypse was Exodus being next to Sinister and not eviscerating him AND Mr Sinister just acting like his old self as if nothing had changed. At the very least it should be explained - it's really not that hard either.

Mr Sinister is a system not a person, so he can make whatever changes he wants. It's not a very compelling villain if we don't know his motives though, and he's been there before.

Once that door is opened you can't ignore it. It'd be a shame to throw away the development he received, while ignoring potential for interesting new stories.

[comicwaren]

From X-Men: Forever #001, “A Ghost”

Art by Luca Maresca and Federico Blee

Written by Kieron Gillen

[crisisofinfinitemultiverses]

X-Men: Before The Fall – Sinister Four 1 (2023) by Kieron Gillen & Paco Medina

Cover: Lucas Werneck

[heckcareoxytwit]

In order to save the future, the Formerly-Dead X-Men (with the help of Rachel Summers) drag Cyborg-Moira back to her timeline. Rachel Summers and Cyborg-Moira have a psychic chat. By now Rachel knows of Xavier's plan to kill young Moira so she's done wasting time on Cyborg-Moira. Rachel throws her and the team back to Moira Engine Life 2.4 timeline where Abigail Brand and the AU Starjammers are in the post-apocalyptic future.

As soon as they land in the timeline, Cyborg-Moira and the Formerly-Dead X-Men fight, Dazzler takes a deathly blow while trying to protect Prodigy from Cyborg-Moira's scythe. While the Formerly-Dead X-Men and Cyborg-Moira are fighting, they did not notice Orbis Stellaris is hovering above them. Orbis spots Prodigy and uses his energy-like tentacles to reach for the M'kraan crystal shard in Prodigy's chest. Frenzy, Cannonball and Jubilee are engaged in a battle with Cyborg-Moira when the Starjammers ship comes in. Dazzler opens her eyes and gets up to shoot Cyborg-Moira with her laser. Dazzler explains to her teammates that her "immortality" has limits. According to Dazzler, she could revive herself from her flesh wound (as long as her entire body is not affected) but she cannot revive when she was smashed to the pulp by Nimrod. To resurrect herself, Dazzler has to take in the sound/sonic energy around her to make her recover. Meanwhile, Orbis Stellaris takes the M'Kraan Crystal shard from Prodigy's chest and throws him to the ground where Frenzy catches him just in time. The Formerly-Dead X-Men teleport themselves back to their original timeline while Orbis Stellaris tries to ascend to Dominionhood only to find there's a Dominion already there blocking him. As for Cyborg-Moira, she is finally killed by the AU Juggernaut who avenges the deaths of his friends.

Dead X-Men #4, 2024

[luimnigh]

There are too many men named Nathan in Marvel.

[gotham-at-nightfall]

Orbis Stellaris and Doctor Stasis in X-Men: Forever #1