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Warning : SPOILERS in the lead forImmortal X - Men#17 !
As half a decade ofX - Menstorytelling comes together for one massive finish , it appear thatProfessor X ’s fate will not be a sacrificial death , nor a intemperately - won survival . The nature and impact of Dominions have rest a persistent screw thread in the overarching narrative of the Krakoan Age . late developments point to Charles Xavier being the one to ascend from space - time to this god - similar status .
Now , a telepathic translation of Sinister recruits Charles Xavier , reaffirming that this Dominion is a Sinister , and it must be stopped . However , it may turn out that their attempt is what run Professor X to becoming the Dominion himself .
Mister Sinister Has Been Part of Professor X for Decades
As established in Jonathan Hickman’sPowers of Xminiseries from 2019 , a Dominion is the eminent form of intelligence in the Marvel Universe .
Charles is still stalk by a loaf psychic Sinister , despite Krakoa ’s resurrection protocol being purged of Sinister ’s tampering . Due to the experiments carried out on Xavier as a child at the Black Womb Project , a backdoor has existed within Charles ' mind for Sinister to take over , follow his death . It seems that the late tinkering that led to theSOStimeline exacerbated this connexion that Xavier has long put to bottom . Professor X ’s conscious psyche retained control over his consistence , even before he realize Sinister ’s genial ghost was following him around ; the interrogation of who is influence who becomes very important as the two head to Muir Island as lab partners .
Two of this spiritual Sinister ’s admissions are key to this theory . One , Sinister claim that the Dominion is a Sinister : " it ’s one of the other Sinisters … it ’s me , only not . " subsequently inImmortal X - Men#17 , Nathaniel confesses to still trying to take over Charles , and that hisdrive to accomplish Dominionhoodmay not be an active choice , but a coercion . Taken together , Professor X has a glimmer of Sinister within him , one that recognize the need to become a Dominion . bar the success of the current front - runner , Mother Righteous , a clear pathway seems to have opened narratively for Charles Xavier to make this Ascension of Christ .
A Professor X Dominion Could Help Save Mutantkind
WhileFall of the House of XandRise of the Powers of Xare the core of Krakoa ’s closing chapter , the Dominion dénouement has been promised forX - Men : everlastingly . A district is an intelligence so vast , it expands beyond humanity ’s comprehension of blank - clip , grow to a level of power indistinguishable from a god . It ’s not full clear what it may mean for Charles Xavier to reach this status , but mutantkind is in indigence of all the Hail Marys they can give up at the present moment . In an era where theX - Menhave so clearly outgrown Professor X , perhaps it ’s sentence for some new growth of his own .
Immortal X - Men#17is available now from Marvel Comics .
