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.