History ComicBook / JudgmentDayMarvelComics

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:The Quiet Council — over the objections of their [[TokenGoodTeammate saner members]] like Nightcrawler, Colossus, and Kate, as well as the Avengers and Eternals — order a mutant strikeforce to attack the Progenitor's core node to kill it despite knowing it may cause an explosion that would kill millions or even billions of innocent bystanders as collateral damage, with Destiny even lying that she "knows" it will be safe (the way her powers work means she'd see the possibility of it not working right). The Progenitor responds by traumatizing them and everyone else on the planet by subjecting them all to an illusion of the planet-devastating explosion that would ensue if they succeeded… and then as insult to injury, notes the Councilors who voted yes all just got themselves judged as evil as they're reeling from the experience.]]

'''To Destiny:''' [[AC:I judge you not for that]] (read: ordering a mutant strikeforce to attack the Progenitor's core node to kill it despite knowing it may cause an explosion that would kill millions). [[AC: I judge you for lying about your gift to achieve it. I judge you for the fear for losing her. There is no destiny, you say? With your every fearful action, you show otherwise. You think you are better than this. With your actions, you show you are not. Let us hope your peers have great moral fortitude. Or your wish will be true. This island will burn. And the whole world with it.]]

-->'''To Captain America:''' [[AC:You are a dream of a better country. You have tried inspire it for a century. This country is the world leader... and the world is what it is. It worse every day. You are a failure.]]\\
'''To Destiny:''' [[AC:I judge not for that (order a mutant strikeforce to attack the Progenitor's core node to kill it despite knowing it may cause an explosion that would kill millions). I judge you for lying about your gift to achieve it. I judge you for the fear for losing her. There is not destiny you say? With your every fearful action, you show otherwise. You think you better than this. With your actions, you show you are not. Let us hope your peers have great moral fortitude. Or your wish will be true. This island will burn. And the whole world with it.]]

-->'''To Captain America:''' You are a dream of a better country. You have tried inspire it for a century. This country is the world leader... and the world is what it is. It worse every day. You are a failure.\\
'''To Destiny:''' I judge not for that (order a mutant strikeforce to attack the Progenitor's core node to kill it despite knowing it may cause an explosion that would kill millions). I judge you for lying about your gift to achieve it. I judge you for the fear for losing her. There is not destiny you say? With your every fearful action, you show otherwise. You think you better than this. With your actions, you show you are not. Let us hope your peers have great moral fortitude. Or your wish will be true. This island will burn. And the whole world with it.

* ChildrenAreInnocent: Kenta doesn't grasp what's going on. It's not that he is confused per se, it's just that he takes his own safety for granted, until he doesn't.

** When the X-men first plan to turn off the Progenitor despite the risk of a massive explosion that could reach as far as the Arctic circle, Destiny tells them she has ''seen'' the explosion won't happen. So they try it, and it doesn't happen, not because sabotaging the Progenitor's machinery didn't blow it up, but because they never got that far.

* RightForTheWrongReasons: Ironically, after Druig starts the whole mess by deeming the mutants as Deviants as part of a GenghisGambit (while not believing a word of it), [[spoiler:it turns out ''he's actually more or less right in that assessment''. The Deviants and mutants are so similar on every possible level — including genetic — that Krakoa acknowledges the Deviants and lets them through his gates. When Cyclops questions this, Kro points out that any line between the two is a DistinctionWithoutADifference at best.]]

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Judgment Day (also referred to as ''A.X.E.: Judgment Day'') is a 2022 comic book event from Creator/MarvelComics, a CrisisCrossover set in the shared Franchise/MarvelUniverse. It's primarily created by writer Creator/KieronGillen and artist Valerio Schiti.

* BequeathedPower: As [[spoiler:the Celestial]] is about to die, they ask Ajak if [[spoiler:they were a good god]]. When she regretfully tells them no, they implore her to be better, as they give all their powers to her before passing away.

* AmnesiaMissedASpot: The Machine undergoing a hard reset allegedly fixed all the accrued glitches, such as its [[LemonyNarrator quirky personality]]. Even so, the final narration in the Omega issue finishes with a winky face emoticon right after saying as much.

* WouldntHurtAChild: Subverted. [[spoiler:The Progenitor withholds judging Kenta for refusing to do his homework, stating it isn't a monster. However, while it does sincerely regret Kenta will die, it still goes through with its decision to end the world, thereby killing billions of kids. It also kills Kamala when she joins the other heroes when they try attacking it.]]

* AloneWithThePsycho: Druig gets Excluded in the same cell as Uranos, who happily takes him as a punching bag.

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Magneto seemingly dies when Uranos [[AndShowItToYou tears his heart out]], but rises later with a gaping, glowing wound, temporarily keeping himself alive with his power]].

* BlueAndOrangeMorality: [[spoiler:While the Progenitor is genuinely concerned only with justice, morality, and equality between all people, it's still a Celestial and thus has thought processes far beyond human understanding… such that even ''[[TheParagon Captain America]]'' can fall short of its standards, being deemed a failure because his status as a CaptainPatriotic means the Progenitor sees criticisms of the United States as reflecting on him personally. Conversely, ''Doctor Doom'' passes the Progenitor's standards simply by laughing off the Progenitor's attempts to make him admit Reed Richards is smarter than him. As the event progresses, it becomes increasingly clear that this GodIsFlawed]].

* AmnesiaMissedASpot: The Machine undergoing a hard reset and allegedly fixed all the accrued glitches, its [[LemonyNarrator quirky personality]] among them. Even so, the final narration in the Omega issue finishes with a winky face emoticon right after saying as much.

** In the Omega issue it is revealed by Phastos that the Celestials modeled the Machine integrated into the Earth on a GeniusLoci that already existed on it, Krakoa.