Smells like young and the Restless up in here.

Only two books in and I’m already drawing crack (and a lot at that. Been too busy to do original stuff, but apparently my hands had time to do some crack-tastic fanart).

I would say let me explain, but there is really no point besides the main point that canonically it may be nonsensicle, but aesthetically I am pleased. I believe that I am immensely attracted to the ideas that opposites attract and I can’t help but feel (based off the slythern of info that I know on Shi’arns and Kid Gladiator) that they’d be a dynamic contrast. Then there is the flirtatious and kick butt Warbird who has a pretty rockin’ design to. She was all up in Iceman clone junk and my mind instantly went to how she and Rockslide need to meet. Best Double Date company ever. My mind is reeling with the hilarity, fun, and general awesomeness that is the potential between these four.

In all honesty though, I would be surprised if all four of them get any screen time with the way new peps get introduced to the x-folks. I’m hoping since Wolverine and the X-Men is a new title it will be a new opportunity to use the already established characters alongside the new ones. I’m also already cooing at Broo and Idie so precious.

I will say that the inspiration for a lot of the pics I’ve been doodling on Kid Gladiator and Anole came from reading the course catalogue listing for the new institute. When I saw Sex Ed. being taught by Gambit my mind started tripping lols, it is like 9 types of win (and possibly counterproductive if were promoting abstinence) but it certainly put me in the mood for classroom mischief… Speaking of Kid Gladiator being a Strontian and having his strength levels measured by how high his confidence is had me thinking that these dudes must have Namor level egos over 9000 back at Shi’ar, but I don’t see that being the case with a teenager due to all the hormones and what not…we shall see!

I’m definitely happy to see a return to the school room atmosphere for this title; it gives much needed room for development and shenanigans with the younger mutants; that’s been missing for a while now, what made following the X-Men so great for me was seeing them go from spastic noob fazes to cruising and in charge when they got started mastering those abilities. Anyhow the whole school set up is already jamming with adventures to be had and relationships to explore; I just hope the Young X-Men class gets a lot more exploring.

Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to continue riding this inspiration phase as I create bi-polar teens due to the fact that I’m running off of 6 panels of screen time per character and already paring folks up ha. With that said, any thoughts on young mutants and the relations and shenanigans to possibly be explored in this new title?