House of M

Dated Aug 14, 2022; last modified on Sat, 29 Jul 2023

Plot Points

[Xavier] Wanda, put the world back now! [Wanda] No! [Xavier] Put it back! [Wanda] But my children! [Xavier] Never existed!

Wanda’s overarching desire to have a family to the detriment of others has been explored in the films WandaVision, and Doctor Strange: Multiverse of Madness. First time seeing it in comic form.

[Logan] Someone do the math for me… How many more of you does she have to kill before you snap out of it?

[Hank] You cannot isolate the mutant gene. You cannot identify it. Maybe fifty years ago. Maybe after World War Two, but not now. Just the idea is anti-mutant.

Storm (Ororo Munroe)’s mother was Kenyan!

Princess Ororo of Kenya!! Source: House of M #6
Princess Ororo of Kenya!! Source: House of M #6

[Scott] So I’m saying… That whatever restraint or personal boundaries you usually put on yourself in the name of good or right… Well, I think there’s no place for any of that here… In the fight we have in front of us. We can’t lose this. We have to win. And to do that… You, all of you, are going to have to fight without any restraint.

[Jess] My point is – when something of this magnitude happens… You have to step back for a second and say: maybe this was time for this to happen. Who are we to decide how the world’s supposed to be? When the meteors hit the earth and destroy a species – it’s natural selection, right? Like Kitty said: a meteor just hit the earth! Maybe this is how mutants become the next dominant species. [Logan] That’s two things you’re going to be embarrassed that you said out loud. [Jess] Translation: You don’t know if I’m right or wrong, and it scares the crap out of you. And it should.

[Pietro] The reason we became avengers was to try to change things for the better. You can change things. For the better. Permanently. Without fighting. Right now. You can make anyone you’ve ever loved happy.

References

  1. House of M. Brian Michael Bendis; Olivier Coipel; Tim Townsend; Rick Magyar; Scott Hanna; John Dell; Frank D'Armata; Chris Eliopoulos; Esad Ribic; Stephanie Moore; Molly Lazer; Aubrey Sitterson; Andy Schmidt; Tom Brevoort. www.marvel.com . 2005.
  2. House of M #1. Brian Michael Bendis; Olivier Coipel. marvel.fandom.com . 2005.
  3. House of M #2. Brian Michael Bendis; Olivier Coipel. marvel.fandom.com . 2005.
  4. Storm (Marvel Comics). en.wikipedia.org . marvel.fandom.com . Accessed Aug 14, 2022.
  5. House of M #6. Brian Michael Bendis; Olivier Coipel. marvel.fandom.com . 2005.
  6. House of M #7. Brian Michael Bendis; Olivier Coipel. marvel.fandom.com . 2005.