I... kind of think doing hard time in the retail service industry should be a pre-req for any kind of public service position. I'm not even kidding.

Apparently Catholicism is making a comeback in Britain. It is also the 50th anniversary of Marvel's Captains Britain, the Catholic-guilt personified fairy twins. One of whom is also a purple haired queer lady. Coincidence?! ....Yes, undoubtedly. 😄

Another of my favourite X-Men is Rachel Summers, no code name required, particularly from her Excalibur days. She was such a rough cookie! I remember her being all punk confidence. What do you think about Rachel? What’s your favourite take on her? #xmen #phoenix #rachelsummers #instagay #fanart

I really appreciate that @hackintimseeley.bsky.social combined Betsy's weird love of Summers with her love of women who wear red into a poignant scene in this issue of Psylocke Ninja. 😄 (If only there was a Summers girl who wore a lot of red... You'll find her one day, Bets!)

I hope that Betsy (allegedly) being in the Hellfire Murder one-shot means we're close to a Rachel/Betsy comeback era. It's been too long since October.

Betsy Braddock 1980s quick sketch ✍️ #xmen #psylocke #comic

[knights of X 🧵] don't worry betsy. i have experience with another mordred. he can take it

Watching The Pitt as my comfort show and does anyone else agree that Supriya Ganesh would make a perfect Trinary/Shilpa Khatri in the X-Men? Just me? No one else thinks about how awesome Trinary would be in the MCU...? Anyone? 😅

I miss them so much lol

They are going to kill so many people between now and November. Elon gutting USAid will be peanuts in comparison. And Congress is overflowing with cowards and grifters. Too busying enjoying Palantir donations.

I keep seeing people complaining about how much inner dialogue "Psylocke: NInja" has as though that isn't the entire point of the book. To learn how the brainwashing affected and ultimately changed Betsy's mental state and character moving forward.

When Psylocke: Ninja sold out, people were making weird excuses like, "Well the stores didn't order a lot probably so of course it sold out," or, "Maybe they just didn't make a lot of the comics to begin with." It being in the Top 20 of comics last month kind of moots those points.

Rachel Summers ("Phoenix") & Betsy Braddock ("Captain Britain"). One of the best developments of Krakoa was having gay people in X-Men comics. Howard/To Excalibur will be remembered in a decade as an all timer MARK MY WORDS butch witch/femme knight?? in my x-men?? yes please.

I'll believe it when I see it.

"The book wouldn't have sold well if it was called 'Betsy Braddock'!" Yeah, no duh, and I imagine Psylocke V2 wouldn't have sold as well if it was called 'Kwannon', that's why they superheroes have superhero names!

Question for you if I may, @hackintimseeley.bsky.social! I saw you mention Spiral won't be involved in the story but was wondering if this was kind of meant to be a wink and a nod (an IFYKY) moment for her involvement in the swap? That's how I read it at least.

There's been debate about whether or not the Braddocks are Catholics or Anglicans, as they are aristocracy but have been called Catholic on page... and I'm kind of wondering if "Bloody Bess," originally meant to be a Betsy variant, isn't also a reference to their Catholicism?

Now reading post Age of Apocalypse 90s Excalibur and I felt like trying the black Captain Britain costume on current Betsy Braddock. Super sleek, keeps some 90s Psylocke vibes while being true to the CB legacy.

I am obsessed with the idea of a Crimson Dawn miniseries exploring Bloody Bess's connection to Betsy and Kwannon, and how she would feel about Ray. We know what happens when people threaten Rachel, but how would Betsy react if the person hurting her was someone who shared a piece of Betsy's soul?

I was really hoping with all the OG Psylocke love we got in X-Force and also Puzzle Quest this year that Marvel knew we wanted THIS version revisited, if any. Maybe we'll get some references to it in Ninja?

October really spoiled me as a Rachel/Betsy shipper with that novel about how Ray is the love of B's life. I need them back. And I need their demi-god from the multiverse/fae of Otherworld dynamic more thoroughly explored.

I occasionally remember I made a Substack while I was unemployed but then got a job much quicker than expected (very lucky!) and have not gone back to it since. 😅

weirdly, when you lay it out like that, there's a massive cosmic scifantasy story to tell here that I only just thought of right now. I have a whole other one in place but .... hmmm... yeah... and, yeah. they could be an iconic couple.

hey look an excuse

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“And because, of all the infinite Betsy Braddocks in the Multiverse, there is only one Rachel Summers. How impossibly wondrous is it that she is the Betsy who gets to love her?” OMG. I fucking love this book.

So Geoffrey Thorne and Rebecca Podos took Tini Howard's concept of Rachel/Betsy as a couple and ran with it in two amazing stories and I wish they'd get the chance to do so again. These girls are soulmates.

Yo wtf 😭

If Jared Leto cannot sell Tron and Marvel to white people, someone please explain to me why he keeps getting hired.

In the reality/time of "What If... Kitty Pryde Stole the Phoenix Force," Betsy and Rachel are not only aware of the House of M reality where they were together, Rachel tries to get Betsy to roleplay. www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/716024...

JUST ANNOUNCED AT #NYCC: Erica Slaughter's heading to the Louisiana swamps in 𝗦𝗪𝗔𝗠𝗣 𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗦 𝗞𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗗𝗥𝗘𝗡!

X-Force 2024 from La Diabla's perspective.

a blue check on twitter posted a list of "straight x-men" he got off chatgpt that included Gambit, Rachel and Betsy and people proceeded to dunk on him for days... which meant people kept sharing pictures of Retsy kissing and that was fun for me specifically.

Why is the evidence that the roommate is transgender just that he wore a onesie? Onesies are comfortable and keep you warm in the winter!

My vacation has radicalized me against the concept of suburbs.

It was not fun!

Nobody Betsy:

I'm going to take an Amtrak tomorrow. I got a roomette! Bucket list item. So excited. 😊

Some Rachel and Betsy #commissionspam Commission and Original Art info via www.theartistbullpen.com

A commission from @nelajarts.bsky.social hot off the presses. Ever since @thorneidentity.bsky.social's X-Force #7 and Mother Askani telling Betsy, "You have a throne in my heart?" I've pictured something like this. Even when Mother Askani is alone in the future, she isn't alone. She's loved!

Rachel has a new outfit that is essentially her previous outfit but she put on a shirt because the only reason Betsy joined X-Force is because Rachel insisted and also showed off her cleavage. I love them so much.

Re-reading @kierongillen.bsky.social's 'The Power Fantasy' from the start now that 11 is out, and forgot Wijngaard added a sapphic couple where one of them creates little psychic butterflies to the first issue. 🧡💜 This series is also infinitely re-readable, there's so much to take in.

It's my birthday please post your favorite Rachel/Betsy moments. 🧡💜

Tomorrow is the day! WARRIORS AND A WEE WONDER makes its debut along with a surplus of new and returning DCGO! titles!

I really loved the X-Force segment of the Hellfire Vigil. I wish that X-Force had continued because Wraith is just who Thorne should always be writing.

Can Marvel please just admit that Bloody Bess is an Elizabeth Braddock clone already?

Youth pastor voice: You know who else took on a globally important leadership role at the age of 33?

*Looks in the mirror* Uh.... I've been a manager in the entertainment industry since I was 25.

Mother Askani telling Betsy "you have a throne in my heart" is still the most romantic line I've read in a while. The 100 year old lady had some game. X-Force, you are missed.