#phoenix 2024

[fionapplespiano]

Someone send this to Stephanie Phillips, referring to Jean as Nathan's stepmother is incredibly reductive of their relationship. Hell, Cable himself referred to Jean as his mother as recently as Timeslide. Jean and Maddie can both be his mothers, X-Men is about found family!

[simu-ladora]

it's been a good week for me

[dailyjeangrey]

X-MEN #12 Phoenix variant cover by Nimit Malavia

[jellysquiddles]

ITS HER MONTH

[whipplefilter]

Phoenix (1) 2024

@the-kings-tail-fin and I actually attended this one!

Phoenix itself is a nice track--the stands are set up so as the race starts most of the seats are in the shade, which is fantastic. And it has seats, not bleachers! It was (almost) our first time at a track that wasn't in the Eastern timezone, so the early start time was enjoyable, too. (I say almost because Gateway is in Central, but one hour difference is negligible.)

My favorite thing about being at the track, aside from live nyooms, is how much control you have over the narratives that play out. You're going to see a different race than TV can give you, but it also means you can watch things that are off-story, so to speak. Which is great because that's where all my faves ran today--the Realm of Complete Irrelevance. But it was still cool to see that it was possible to pass the back half of the field, but if you got mired mid-pack that's where you stayed. If you had a really fast car, like MTJ, you could get back into nearly the T10. RCR unloaded so awful I'm not sure how Kyle Busch survived the day without combusting. He deserves so much better than what they showed up with today. And Denny, in classic Denny fashion, managed to Disaster Denny himself into mid-pack from P1/2 for most of the race prior to his spin.

I kept being like:

Upside: The 48 is not the lowest-running Hendrick car

Downside: It's the 5 lol

But somehow KL ended up the highest-finishing Hendrick car, if only because the 24 9 48 also finished like garbage, but worse garbage. Upside, although Bowman was the lowest-finishing Hendrick car, at least his teammates were with him?

We sat behind an older couple, Joey Logano fans, and when he got wrecked out they packed up and left!! We would never. Usually when we are physically present at a race our faves run mid-pack at best, or are claimed by early mis fortune. Which is honestly impressive, because my faves generally aren't mediocre--just when I'm watching!! (Denny is the only one who's ever been cool while I was watching in-person. But Denny has also been extra mediocre when I've watched, because he likes being polarizing like that.)

[fionapplespiano]

Please someone take Jean from Stephanie Phillips and give her to someone who understands her character and relationships with characters like Cable

[dailyjeangrey]

variant cover of Phoenix(2024) #3 by Ben Harvey

[dailyjeangrey]

All of the official covers(So far) for Phoenix 2024