"X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga" Prose/Graphic Novel Comparison

 

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As some of you may know, I recently wrote a review for the Marvel Epic Collection “X-Men: The Fate of the Phoenix” graphic novel by Chris Claremont. I also posted a review for the “X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga” prose novel by Stuart Moore several hours ago. I am here now to compare the prose adaptation from 2019 to the original comic storyline from 1980. In this essay, I will provide a synopsis of the story in general to start with. Then I will point out several of what I found to be the biggest differences between the graphic novel/prose novel. I’ll then talk to you about my personal preference of which version I liked better.

Jean Grey, a founding member of the X-Men, has been imbued with the Phoenix Force, a cosmic power of immense proportions. Jean had been using those powers benevolently. The X-Men learn of young Kitty Pryde, a newly manifested mutant with the power to pass her molecules through other solid molecules and visit her house in Illinois to invite her to join their school and train to be an X-Men. However, the X-Men are not the only ones aware of Kitty’s ability. Emma Frost, the White Queen of the nefarious Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club (pardon my language) had discovered Kitty and attempted to recruit Kitty to study at the Massachusetts Academy, Frost’s school to train young mutants for villainous purposes. Frost abducts the recruiting party from Xavier’s. Kitty contacts the other X-Men, who are able to rescue their teammates and Jean “convinces” Kitty’s parents to allow Kitty to study at Xavier’s. Jason Wyngarde, who wishes to ascend to the high seat of the Inner Circle has been seducing Jean with his illusion casting abilities, causing what Jean believes to be “time slips” to a romance between one of her ancestor’s and one of Wyngarde’s. The X-Men clash with the Inner Circle, but in the process, the seduction to evil the Inner Circle instills leads to Jean losing control of the Phoenix Force, and Jean is now corrupted into the evil Dark Phoenix. Dark Phoenix defeats the X-Men in battle and travels into space. The Phoenix is hungry, and feeds on the star of an inhabited solar system and obliterates it. The alien Empire of the Shi’ar, who thus far had been allies to the X-Men decide that the Phoenix must be destroyed. The X-Men are able to subdue the Dark Phoenix, but are abducted by the Shi’ar. The X-Men are then forced into battle with the Shi’ar Imperial Guard to decide the fate of Jean Grey.

Alright, now I’m going to explain some points of difference between the two adaptations of “The Dark Phoenix Saga.” When the prose novel starts, in the year following Jean’s transformation into the Phoenix, the X-Men are believed dead, Charles Xavier is in space as the royal consort to Shi’ar Empress Lilandra Nerimani, and Jean has been living in Kirinos, Greece. In the graphic novel, the X-Men are a team and Charles Xavier, on Earth, is the one who discovers Kitty Pryde. In the prose novel, the X-Men find Kitty on their own. At the start of the graphic novel, Xavier actually finds two mutants, one being Kitty Pryde, the other Alison Blair/Dazzler. Dazzler was completely excluded in the prose novel. The prose novel also has Emma Frost featured with the Inner Circle, but in the graphic novel, Frost was believed dead after her first battle with the Phoenix. In the graphic novel, when the X-Men stay with Warren Worthington III/Angel in New Mexico, Xavier is with the X-Men. Xavier stays behind with Angel when the X-Men battle the Inner Circle, but right before the Shi’ar abduct the X-Men, the two arrive and are taken with the rest of the X-Men. After Dark Phoenix defeats the X-Men in the graphic novel, former X-Man/current Avenger Hank McCoy/Beast develops a device to scramble Jean’s powers so she can be subdued and is with the X-Men when they are abducted by the Shi’ar. In the prose novel, several of the X-Men develop the device. Xavier’s part in the prose novel mostly featured him in space, returning to earth shortly before the X-Men are abducted by the Shi’ar, and Angel and Beast are not involved in the final battle with the Shi’ar Imperial Guard, while they were in the graphic novel. Also cut from the prose novel is Uatu the Watcher, whom Wolverine encounters in the final battle with the Shi’ar Imperial Guard. Most of the rest of both narratives are pretty much similar and honestly don’t warrant any further attention.

So, as to my preference. In my review, I scored the prose novel at a nine out of ten. I gave the graphic novel “X-Men: The Fate of the Phoenix” an eight… BUT! Take into consideration that this book features several other stories, which detracted to my score of the book as a whole. Were the graphic novel to just have been “The Dark Phoenix Saga,” I honestly would give it a ten. I felt the graphic novel to be better than the prose novel. And in all seriousness, I’ve literally read “The Dark Phoenix Saga” graphic novel dozens of time, and I am NOT exaggerating and in a few years I will probably read the prose novel again, but my preference goes to the graphic novel. I still feel Stuart Moore wrote an exceptional narrative and am glad that this was written as a prose novel and glad that Stuart Moore wrote this prose novel. Stuart Moore also wrote the prose novel adaptation of “Civil War” which I reviewed early on in the existence of this blog and gave it a nine out of ten, so I feel like Moore has good consistency.

As a note here, I am currently reading the comic event “Civil War” on Marvel Unlimited and you can expect both a lengthy review of the event as a whole AND a comparison piece of the prose/graphic novels, so keep a look out for that. Also, “X-Men: The Fate of the Phoenix also features “Days of Future Past” which has also been made into a prose novel, and this also warrants a review and comparison piece, so keep your eyes out for these over the next couple of months. (Yeah, I’m going to be busy.) This blog has plenty of other reviews of things I’ve read, as well as short fiction and nonfiction, free verse poetry, essays, editorials, and more, so feel free to check them out. If you’re still here, you are THE BEST! For now, I release you from the bonds of this post. So, yeah, feel free to go about your day, keep coming back, I need the support, share, like, follow, retweet, whatever you can do on the site you found the link on, and until next time, Tim Cubbin… out!

"X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga" by Stuart Moore

The following is a review of the prose novel “X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga” by Stuart Moore. It is NOT a review of the graphic novel “X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga” NOR a review of the film “Dark Phoenix.”

Howdy, y’all, and welcome to another review From the Mind of One Tim Cubbin! I am your guide, Tim Cubbin!

So, if you’ve been here before, you know I write a review of everything I read. Therefore, you know that I must have just read the “X-Men: The Dark Phoenix” prose novel. Prior to this post, I reviewed the graphic novel “X-Men: The Fate of the Phoenix” and within a few hours of posting this… well, post, I will be posting a comparison piece comparing the graphic and prose novels of “X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga” so feel free to check them all out if you want, that’d be great, and I will tell you if you read all three of these posts, you are THE BEST!

Anyhoo, when I write a review, I keep a similar format for each post, which you will know if you’ve read a few of my reviews before. If not, you’re about to learn it. So, yes, I start with my boring, useless, blah, blah, blah thing where I set everything up (which you are reading now, if you’re still here, and if you are still here, you are THE BEST!). Next, I will tell you a little about the characters since some of you may not even know who the X-Men are but decided to read this post anyway. Or you might not know the characters. I mean, this is based on a story originally published in 1980, which, at the time of this posting was over forty years ago, so the roster has changed since them. Granted the characters in this book are all well-known and highly popular, but I’m doing this anyway, for your benefit. And, oh, my gosh that was boring! Following this, you obviously want to know just what this book is about, so I’ll tell you the story and try to avoid spoilers as much as possible. Then I’ll tell you some of my thoughts about the book, which will be a little difficult for me, actually, because of my upcoming graphic novel/prose novel comparison and I have to pretend to have never read the graphic novel in order to write a fair review (and this comic is actually one of my all-time favorite comic storylines and I’ve read it literally dozens of times). After that, I’ll tell you if I think casual or non-regular readers would understand this book. Then I’ll give a numeric score (if you don’t know my scale, I’ll explain when we get there). I’ll then tell you if I recommend this book, and to whom I think would enjoy this best. Then we wrap up with another blah, blah, blah where I tell you a little more about my blog, the content, what’s there to read, the works. Then I say goodbye and you can do whatever you feel like doing now that I’ve given you freedom (or, y’know, you COULD check out more of my blog posts, such as, I dunno, maybe my review of “X-Men: The Fate of the Phoenix” and my graphic novel/prose novel comparison of “X-Men: The Dark Phoenix Saga” if you have a little bit more time, which would be great and you’d totally be THE BEST!) Okay, you ready? Good (if you thought “yes”)! Let’s go!

Alright, let’s start with who the X-Men actually are. So, the X-Men are mutants. Through genetic mutation, they have powers that (I hate this word, but…) normal humans don’t have. We’ll get to those powers over the next few paragraphs. Normal humans hate and fear mutants for being different, and this often leads to violence since this IS based on a comic book. Some mutants (such as the X-Men) just want to be accepted by the normal humans and live in peace and harmony between baseline humans and the mutant population. Other mutants want to establish mutant supremacy and fight anyone, even other mutants (namely the X-Men), who stand in their way. Now, let’s examine these mutants.

Scott Summers/Cyclops: Team leader, cursed with optic blasts he can’t control and can only safely open his eyes when they are covered with ruby quartz.

Jean Grey/Marvel Girl/Phoenix/Dark Phoenix: A powerful telekinetic/telepath, empowered by a cosmic force. The love of Cyclops’s life.

Peter Rasputin/Colossus: Former Russian farm boy. Can turn his body into steel, which grants him super strength and a relative invulnerability.

Ororo Munroe/Storm: Can control the weather.

Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler: Covered in blue fur, with three fingers on each hand, two toes on each foot, and a tail. Able to teleport.

Logan/Wolverine: In love with Jean. Often butts heads with Cyclops. Has a skeleton coated in adamantium, an indestructible metal, with three retractable claws in each hand, and a healing factor allowing him to recover from almost any injury.

Professor Charles Xavier/Professor X: Founder of the X-Men and headmaster of the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, the X-Men’s secret base. The most powerful telepath on the planet.

Kitty Pryde: A young mutant girl with the ability to pass through solid objects and walk on air. Soon to be an X-Man.

The Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club (pardon my language): A clandestine group of evil mutants who want to rule the world.

Jason Wyngarde/Mastermind: Evil mutant, able to create illusions. In love with Jean and manipulating her with psychic flashes of their love.

Emma Frost/White Queen: Member of the Hellfire Club, telepath, headmistress of the Massachusetts Academy, the evil counterpart of the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning who tries to recruit Kitty Pryde to her school.

Sebastian Shaw/White King: Can absorb any form of kinetic energy and release it as super strength. Member of the Hellfire Club.

Harry Leland: Member of the Hellfire Club. Able to control mass.

Donald Pierce: Cyborg, member of the Hellfire Club.

Lilandra Nerimani: Empress of the alien Shi’ar. Xavier is her royal consort.

The Imperial Guard: Assortment of aliens. Protectors of the Shi’ar Empire.

Alright, now we’ll touch on the plot. While piloting a doomed space shuttle to the earth, Jean Grey dies and is reborn as the Phoenix. The X-Men battle Magneto, an evil mutant, in a volcano and Phoenix is believed to be the only survivor. Over the next year, Xavier goes to space with Shi’ar Empress Lilandra, and Jean moves to Kirinos and attempts to form a new life without using her mutant powers. There she meets the dashing Jason Wyngarde, who creates “time slips” to manipulate Jean to fall in love with him. Jean discovers the X-Men are still alive and joins them while they battle Emma Frost when the X-Men travel to Illinois to recruit the newly discovered mutant, thirteen-year-old Kitty Pryde to the Xavier Institute for Higher Learning. The X-Men learn of the Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club, who intend to mold Jean into their Black Queen. When their plan fails, Jean loses control of the Phoenix and becomes Dark Phoenix. She defeats the X-Men and absorbs the sun of the D’Bari system, destroying the inhabited solar system. The Shi’ar then decide that the Phoenix must be destroyed and bring the X-Men into space, where Xavier invokes a duel of honor between the X-Men and the Shi’ar Imperial Guard to decide the fate of the Phoenix.

Okay, that sums the book up nicely. Now for my own personal thoughts. I found this book to be AMAZING! I thought it was very well written. I thoroughly enjoyed it! Unfortunately, though, that is my only opinion I can give without comparing it to the comic.

Now, yes, I know there are some of you who have never read X-Men before. You might not know the characters and history. Well, I found this book to be very much self-contained. I felt the character descriptions were well fleshed out in the book. The inclusion of Jean becoming the Phoenix at the start of the book was a good ease-in point. I think that any non- or casual X-Men fan could easily pick up this book and follow and enjoy it.

All said and done, let’s just hop right on over to our numeric score! So I put it on a range of one to ten. One means this book is a piece of garbage and should be thrown in the trash, it was not worth the money I spent on it, ten means that this book is the best book I ever read, I give it a nine. This was easily the best “X-Men” prose novel I have EVER read. Mind that I have posted a review of a book also written by Stuart Moore which also garnered a nine, so in my opinion, he is consistent and a very good writer of Marvel comic book prose novels. It should also be noted that I am VERY hard to please and have given other books very poor scores, so a nine is pretty darn good.

Now, we’ll move on to another important part; do I recommend this book? Honestly, do you have to ask? I gave this book a NINE! I don’t think this is just a good X-Men novel, or a good comic prose adaptation novel, but a good science fiction novel. If you’ve never read X-Men before but love science fiction novels, I say give this book a read. And if you’ve read X-Men before and found my review to be compelling, I think you should check this book out. If you love the X-Men, I think this might be the right book for you. And if you’ve ever read “The Dark Phoenix Saga” graphic novel and enjoyed it, I totally think you should read this book. And if you saw the film “Dark Phoenix” and were highly disappointed (as I was), this book is a TOTAL redemption. So, yes, this book gets a glowing recommendation.

Alright, if you’re still here, you are THE BEST! Before I free you from the captivation of my spell over you from reading this review, I’ll tell you that, while reviews are totally one of my major subjects, I do write other kinds of topics, such as short stories (both fiction and nonfiction), I do dabble in free-verse poetry from time-to-time, I write essays and editorials, and my B’ings series where I complain pointlessly about pointless topics that bother me due to me just being me. So, now, you can go do whatever you want to do now (and you would be THE BEST if you went on to look some more at my blog), I just posted this and am now working on a comparison piece between “The Dark Phoenix” graphic novel/prose novel, which will be up in a few hours, it might even be up by the time you’ve read up to here, so I hope you’ll totally check it out. And until you enter From the Mind of One Tim Cubbin again, I say to you, Tim Cubbin… out! 

"X-Men: The Fate of the Phoenix" by Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Jo Duffy, and Scott Edelman

            The following is a review of the Marvel Epic Collection “X-Men: The Fate of the Phoenix” written by Chris Claremont, John Byrne, Jo Duffy, and Scott Edelman. This is NOT a review of the film “X-Men: Dark Phoenix.”

            Howdy, all, welcome to From the Mind of One Tim Cubbin. I am, myself, Tim Cubbin.

            So, this is one of my reviews. Prior readers of my reviews will be familiar with my structure, but for those of you who are only reading my blog for the first time after being intrigued by hashtags on Twitter, I’ll be nice and map it out for you. Now, I know some of you have had absolutely no interaction with the X-Men; never picked up a comic, never watched a cartoon, never seen a movie, never played a video game, never collected trading cards, so I feel like I should introduce the major characters for you. That would be prudent. Then, of course, I’ll give you a synopsis of the stories. Following that, I’ll give you my own personal thoughts about the book. After that, I’ll give you a numeric score of the book as its individual stories and then the book as a whole. Then I’ll tell you if I recommend this book and to whom I would recommend this book to. Then I’ll say goodbye and we can both be on our merry way. Some of my previous readers will notice the structure of this review is slightly different, but I feel this would be more efficient to write it this way and for you to read it this way. So, are we good on that? Good! Let’s begin!

            So, let’s talk about who the X-Men are. The X-Men are a group of mutants, born with genetic super powers. Regular human beings are jealous for and afraid of their powers, and mutants are hated and feared and often wanted imprisoned or killed. There are mutants, such as the X-Men, who want peace between mutants and baseline human beings. Other mutants, such as the Hellfire Club (pardon my profanity, I hate to use this word, but it’s essential to say) and the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants want to establish mutant supremacy. The X-Men fight the evil mutants and the humans who want to eradicate mutants to try to establish human/mutant peaceful relations.

            So, obviously, you’ll want to hear about our prime mutants. First off is the founder and mentor of the X-Men, Professor Charles Xavier/Professor X, confined to a wheelchair but one of the most powerful telepaths on the planet. Scott Summers/Cyclops, X-Men field leader with uncontrollable optic force beams. Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler, blue furred, three fingered, two toed, prehensile tailed, teleporter. Piotr Rasputin/Colossus, Russian farm boy with the ability to transfer from flesh and blood to organic steel skin, granting him super strength. Ororo Munroe/Storm, able to control the weather. Logan/Wolverine, able to heal from any wound and with an adamantium skeleton and claws. Kitty Pryde/Sprite, young mutant with the ability to turn intangible. Warren Worthington III/Angel, able to fly with natural wings. Jean Grey/Marvel Girl/Phoenix/Dark Phoenix, a cosmic powered telepathic and telekinetic woman. The Inner Circle of the Hellfire Club (including Sebastian Shaw, Emma Frost, Donald Pierce, Harry Leland, and Jason Wyngarde/Mastermind), a group of mutants who want to enslave the world. The Brotherhood of Evil Mutants (including Raven Darkholme/Mystique, Fred Dukes/Blob, John Allerdyce/Pyro, Irene Adler/Destiny, and Dominic Petros/Avalanche), a group of mutant extremists who want to establish mutant supremacy. We also have some other major players. Senator Robert Kelly, an antimutant presidential candidate. The Sentinels, mutant hunting robots. Lilandra Nerimani, alien empress of the Shi’ar. The Imperial Guard, super powered protectors of the Shi’ar Empire.

            Phew, that’s a large cast. Now, let’s talk about the stories. Unfortunately, this will have to include the fate of the Phoenix spoiler in order to be effective. First off is “The Dark Phoenix Saga.” The X-Men’s mutant detecting device, Cerebro tracks two new mutant signatures. The X-Men teams split up. Xavier, Logan, Ororo, and Peter head to Illinois to try to recruit Kitty Pryde to Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters (the X-Men’s base of operations) while Scott, Jean, and Kurt go to New York City to try to recruit Allison Blaire, the mutant singer Dazzler. Kitty goes to a malt shop (which we really don’t have anymore, and some of you might not even know what a malt shop is) with Peter, Logan, and Ororo, who inform Kitty that she is a mutant and they are the X-Men. The X-Men are attacked and kidnapped by agents of the Hellfire Club, under orders of Emma Frost, the telepathic White Queen. Kitty is able to save the team. Allison turns down Scott and Jean’s offer to join the X-Men. Jean, meanwhile, is having “time slips,” seeing what she thinks is an ancestor, and her romance with Jason Wyngarde, but in actuality it is Wyngarde seducing Jean to become the Black Queen and to up his bid for a higher position in the Hellfire Club. This turns Phoenix into Dark Phoenix when Mastermind’s plan fails, who then wishes to destroy the X-Men, despite having spent years on-and-off with the team. She then soars to space and destroys the D’Bari star system, killing five billion lives and destroying a Shi’ar star cruiser, thus changing their peaceful standing with the X-Men, who now wish to destroy the Dark Phoenix. With the aid of former X-Men/now Avenger Hank McCoy/Beast, Xavier is able to suppress the Dark Phoenix. But the Shi’ar abduct the X-Men and Beast to destroy Jean/Phoenix. However, Xavier challenges the Shi’ar Imperial Guard to a duel of honor over the fate of the Phoenix. As the X-Men fall, Jean feels the Dark Phoenix returning, and, rather than turning evil again, ends the threat of the Dark Phoenix ever returning. Following this, Scott leaves the X-Men as he feels he has no place with the team. Storm is made leader, and Kitty Pryde becomes the youngest member of the X-Men.

            Kitty is resistant to accept Nightcrawler as a friend. In “Nightcrawler’s Inferno,” Kurt and the X-Men fight the evil witch Margali, who blames Kurt for a crime Kurt did not commit.

            After this is “…Something Wicked This Way Comes!” where Logan and Kurt head to Canada to cure a man turned into a demon called the Wendigo.

            Next up is “Days of Future Past!” In this, the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants assassinate presidential candidate Senator Kelly in 1980. Soon after, the Sentinels are reactivated and in time, mutants are eradicated. The survivors are placed in concentration camps, and inhibitors are created to suppress their mutant powers. In 2013, a nuclear assault is planned for the United States in an effort to end the threat of the Sentinels. Logan, Piotr, Ororo, Kate Pryde-Rasputin, Franklin Richards, Rachel, and Magneto plan to stop this world from ever coming to be. The mutants are able to jam the inhibitor powers, and Rachel uses her power to swap Kate and Kitty, sending Kate Pryde-Rasputin back in time to 1980, and Kitty Pryde to 2013. The choice is made as Kitty is the newest member of the X-Men and not as psychically resistant and most likely to be believed. Kate must now convince the X-Men, who head to Washington, D.C. to try to save Charles Xavier, X-Men ally Doctor Moira MacTaggert, and Senator Kelly from the new Brotherhood of Evil Mutants.

            Following this is “Demon.” Kitty is left alone at Professor Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters on Christmas Eve, where a demon is able to enter the School and Kitty, by herself, must fight the demon to save her life.

            There are also mini-stories “At the Sign of the Lion,” “Joyride into Jeopardy” “Cry—Vengeance!” and “Phoenix: The Untold Story” a director’s cut of “The Fate of the Phoenix,” the final issue of “The Dark Phoenix Saga” with different dialogue and a different ending.

            Okay, I know this was a lot to take in, and if you are still here at this point, you are THE BEST! So, now for my thoughts. “The Dark Phoenix Saga” is, at the moment, my FAVORITE X-Men story. To me it is just PERFECTION! The film “X-Men: Dark Phoenix” just DID NOT do it justice. BUT! I felt that “Nightcrawler’s Inferno” and “…Something Wicked This Way Comes” were just mediocre stories, but I did like how it shined a spotlight on Kurt. BUT! “Days of Future Past!” I thought it was such an AMAZING story! Granted the future has passed, but in 1980, 2013 seemed like such a long time away and the ages of the surviving mutants had to be believable in order to still be fighting the Sentinels. And I guess that meant that the X-Men were able to change this future from happening. (Kidding! Or am I?). And “Phoenix: The Untold Story” having different dialogue and a different ending was rather interesting, but this just would not have worked out if it had been published as the originally published ending.

            Okay, I know you’ve been waiting for this! My numeric score. I’ve said all I needed to say, so now I’m going to give my scores. In this case, I won’t justify my scores because I’ve probably bored you slightly, so if you’re still here, you are THE BEST! Just going to say, I score on a scale of one to ten, one being amazingly awful, while ten being simply amazing. And I am a VERY hard to please reviewer as my prior readers will know, so a high score from me, well… Anyway! “The Dark Phoenix Saga” Ten! “Nightcrawler’s Inferno” Eight! “…Something Wicked This Way Comes!” Seven! “Days of Future Past!” Ten! “At the Sign of the Lion” Six! “Joyride into Jeopardy!” Six! “Cry—Vengeance!” Six! “Phoenix: The Untold Story” Ten! And finally, “X-Men: The Fate of the Phoenix” as a whole book! Nine!

            Now, finally, do I recommend this book? YES! If you like X-Men comics and have never read this, I totally say you should pick up this book! I thought it was AMAZING! (Hmm, that’s Spider-Man’s thing, but I feel “Uncanny” just isn’t enough.) If you’ve never read any X-Men comics or never even heard of the X-Men but want a good place to start, this is definitely my recommendation for you! I felt that prior knowledge of the X-Men is not required and that this book is very much self-contained. So if this review has whet your appetite, totally check this book out!

            Okay, so I’ve been typing for a while now, and you’ve been reading this for a few minutes, so now I free you. BUT! First, I will say that I’ve done so many reviews on this blog, so if you liked this post and want to read more, and I haven’t bored you, please feel free to browse the rest of this blog. I also write short fiction and nonfiction, poetry, editorials and essays, including my “B’ings” series, and some other stuff I feel you might find interesting, so browse ‘til your heart’s content. I am a certified journalist, but unemployed due to my disabilities, so this is how I get my ideas out there to you (for free, I must add), so your support is greatly appreciated. Feel free to retweet, follow, like, share comment, whatever you can do on the platform you found me on, and if you do, you are THE BEST, and until next time, Tim Cubbin… out!