Marvel's 2023 X-Men Vote Is Defined By Division - Gizmodo
Since the dawn of Marvel’s Krakoan Age, mutantkind has held an annual vote to induct the latest team of X-Men to be Krakoa’s public-facing representation to the world of superheroes at large.
In the past few days Marvel has released a series of humorous attack-ad-style videos for each of the mutants up for vote, framed as hostile campaigns by their rivals.In previous years, Marvel did release similar videos for the X-Vote, but they weren’t attack ads—they were messages from the hopefuls pitching why they were the right choice for the X-Men, showcasing their strengths and skills, not denigrating their rivals.Whether it’s Sinister’s disastrous coup of the Quiet Council, or the fact that whoever wins this vote will be joining an X-Men team debuting in the ominous batch of titles called “ Fall of X,” it’s hard not to feel like the sun is setting on the Krakoan dream in some way.One of the biggest sea changes when House and Powers of X introduced this new normal for mutantkind was that Krakoa welcomed all mutants, regardless of their past, offering amnesty in exchange for solidarity.But giving the election a bit of bite this year, even mostly still in jest, feels reflective of the path Krakoa itself is heading down—and whoever wins, they and their fellow X-Men are going to have a hell of a time keeping their home in one piece.