An excellent finale for X-Factor. It doesn't have the big scope of many of X-Factor's stories, but these personal tales show off how well David knows his characters. 
 The Rahne story is terrific and leaves her in a great, totally appropriate place; I hope it's respected by future writers. 
 The Shatterstar and Rictor story is a fun take on Longshot and Shatterstar's origins. 
 The Polaris story is one of my favorites, because it shows off how deranged and villainous she really is. 
 The Monet and Darwin story was the most "meh", but at least David corrects some of the damage to Darwin's character. 
 The book-end Layla and Madrox stories are terrific. This is another one where I love the ending and I hope future writers respect it.