Who is Sage? - The X-Men's Mutant Supercomputer 

Her card feels like doing math so that’s on point

"she's not secretly related to anybody" oh, I'm sure they can fix that lol

She has always been underrated. Whenever anyone asks me what superpower I want, I always say hers (and then have to explain who tf she is).

I was never big on Sage, but I've actually grown to like her in the Krakoan era. I don't normally like storylines that deal with alcoholism or addiction as they are so overdone in all media, but I actually felt for her. As someone who finds it hard to switch their brain off, I can sort of sympathise.

Given that Xavier recruited her early, it retroactively makes her an original X-man. That's always a fun bit of trivia.

I’ve always had a soft spot for Sage, sometimes about her style and attitude is fun

I CAN'T WAIT for your video on the latest X-Men '97 episode haha

I love her, she's a DUNE-style Bene-Gessirit and Mentat all in one. She turned her powers inward, she's the ultimate goth (sorry Selene). Very Frank Herbert idea, in BSDM leathers or Matrix latex, because Claremont 😂

Sage is an interesting one. She was also the one who extended out to the Xmen the truce between them and the Hellfire club in the 80’s. Considering where she was found, she might be Iranian. Although, one thing that Selene says in an issue makes her treatment by Xavier and Shaw disgusting. Selene, during a time when Rachel Summers infiltrated the Hellfire club, refers to Tessa as Shaw’s “Leman”. Leman is an Olde English word that could mean things like sweetheart or mistress. It’s also how the Shadow King describes Destiny to Mystique as her Leman in the 90’s. Shaw’s a sadist and Lourdes, his girlfriend, was regularly beaten by him. Because of the nature of his powers, she couldn’t fight back. So imagine Xavier essentially trafficked this homeless girl who saved his life from the stretch of land known as the Hindu Kush, kept her in his basement for years until she became an adult before sending her off to be this employee of Shaw’s. An employee who wouldn’t be able to say no to his advances. She’s the reason why the mutant, Lifeguard, finds Xavier disgusting. Now, you wanna see something even more gross? Jean knew about her. And, like all of Xavier’s secrets, didn’t tell anyone. That story where Bishop and Sage investigate the shattering of Emma? Jean has never met Sage outside of her Tessa disguise but the “Hi Sage” panel implies she knew. Sage is also a character people often headcanon as autistic with the capability to socially mask. Although that might just be from the supercomputer brain side. The best Sage stories for me are the ones that tell you “No. she’s not a robot. She’s a person who actually needs to process all of the stuff she’s been through instead of just locking it away in a file”. Frankly, out of all of the mutants who have never been on the core Xmen, she’s the one who deserves it most. As for why we don’t know much about her, from an episode they did about her on the podcast Cerebrocast, they do reveal that in the comics industry, some characters don’t get things added to them by other writers because that character is seen as the “pet” of another writer. She’s Claremont’s passion project and so no writer has added to her backstory significantly. There is this sweet interaction between her teammates after they hear about the spy backstory as one person goes “why should we even trust her?” To which, ShadowKat replies saying “She’s done so much for us already. I trust her because she cares about this team more than anyone else.” Sage overhears, cries a little before switching back to work mode because there’s a job to do. Great work. Ps: compelling characters who are big messes? Honey, welcome to the Xmen. We hope you survive the experience lol.

This is why I love this channel. A lesser YTer would have used a Sage video to dunk on late stage Claremontisms. But you came at it earnestly, and I respect that.

Sage always wears things that just over the left shoulder. Like, she LOVES those asymmetrical tops

love her name. honestly everything about her character seems right up my alley too! definitely going to look into reading her comics

I love her. Claremont‘s 2000s stuff is mostly lackluster but the Sage-retcon is the one stroke of brilliance he did.

Ohhhh, so that’s who’s on that cheesecake cover of Xtreme X-Men I have!😄

Me on Reign of X vol 4 hearing Nando call Krakoa “this modern age that just ended” 😩

ok i think i love her

"Lady" in the chair.

So she’s a supercomputing alcoholic telepath, a part time secret spy, part time detective, controls her physiology on a molecular level, _and_ she has Old Kai’s ability to unlock hidden potential… Talk about jack of all trades. She actually low diffs Black Widow by a long shot and she kinda reminds me of her.

One day Hercules/Colonel Howlett variant cards :P

I feel like judging Bishop for the Hope Summers stuff is the same as judging Wolverine for overseeing a Japanese internment camp during WWII. Character assassination that's best left in the past

Oh no! A corset! How will my work computer recover!!

Ms Marvel is actually unique cost, not power. I got excited over the same thing before realizing that they’re different conditions

I hate that I sometimes think I'm looking at Jubilee when it's actually Sage.

have you ever considered doing videos like this on cards that aren't new? as a marvel newbie, i'd love to know more about cards like moon girl, ghost, colleen wing, etc

Sage, one of the hottest women in the chair since Barbara Gordon and Ingrid Hunnigan. In Gifted, she's the woman in the standing position (at times).

I’m first!! Yes! Also, can you do a vid on Kendall Logan aka Torrent next? 😬😁

I find it hella ironic that her power is literally to process information and yet the drawback from using her power causes her to be an alcoholic. Why doesn’t she just unlock her _own_ potential to break the limits of data she can hold?

Did you do Valentina yet? Btw i love your videos and inspire me to make videos myself

I love that see's slightly Autistic sounding... genre media needs more Spock like characters.

Not secretly related to anyone…yet.

So she's Sion from Melty Blood

What are your thoughts on the new X-Force and X-Facotr teams coming later this year?

“It just is what it is…you get used to it”. You might as well say “boys will be boys” 🤷🏿 as a comic fan who grew up reading during that era I say just call it what it is, an era full of gross and sexist depictions of female bodies, but be aware it’s what you’ll see if you read or see clips of women from those comics.

Could she work with Doc Oc?

But how does its effect relate to its power?

I am so mad they never had Sage interact with the 05 when they came back from the past. So many missed character moments because of shitty editorial.