X-Men 2021 project continues!

Previously:
House of X/Powers of X ⭐⭐⭐
X-Men, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐
Marauders, Vol. 1 ⭐⭐⭐⭐

I'm not exactly sure where the heck I stand on this book, mostly because I never read much Captain Britain and my knowledge of that backstory is shaky. I have no idea what's happened to Psylocke either, so...it's very strange jumping into this and trying to figure out what the heck is going on with these characters. The book doesn't do the best job at explaining it either, it kind of assumes you have some knowledge of what's going on. Guess what! I don't!

Anyway, moving on to the story...still not sure what's going on there, either. So Morgan LeFay is in charge of the Otherworld and hates mutants and the Krakoan gates are infecting the Otheworld or something? There are druids and witches and Apocalypse is totally into magic? Apocalypse did something very Sleeping Beauty with Rogue and she kills him and gets all his power and...okay? (He comes back because mutants can just be resurrected, remember.)

Like, I really don't have any fucking idea what this plot was supposed to be.

But! The character work! There were some good attempts at giving the characters some emotional weight and importance. There were relationships that were inferred and shown on page. These people know each other and are friends or frenemies or just plain enemies, and it all shows. This is a huge plus for me compared to the Hickman title, and I know I go on about that a lot, but it's just so important to me that these characters feel like real people, and no just pawns Hickman is moving across a giant plotty chessboard.

Anyway, I liked this in bits and pieces, and at least I can say I'm looking forward to watch volume 2 will bring.