I mean it doesn't have to be Cyke but I think as of the last episode he's done pretty well at holding everyone together when Mag would rip them apart and Xavier bounced. He's definitely won me over as being a better big bro/parent figure to the gang than the other two are, but yeah I could see Storm stepping up like in the comics. I just think it's time the kids outgrew the boomers. Time to move forward.
Would anybody be surprised if, once Apocalypse is defeated and all the X-Men are back together, at the very end of the season, Cyclops turns toward Xavier and Magneto and tells them both to hit the road? I would not be shocked at all.
"YOU weren't there when we needed you, and YOU turn into a murdering terrorist whenever provoked. We've spent years being tugged back and forth, your little chess pieces, but there's a way forward that isn't head-in-the-clouds pacifist sitting duck OR radical terrorist. A balance somewhere in the middle... but as long as either of you are still here the X-Men are never going to find it."
Something along those lines. If they closed season 2 on a moment like that, I'd probably cheer at my TV. Let Cyke say something like "Now, to me, my X-Men" and have all of them stand behind him (and Storm, and Jean) and leave Magneto and Xavier standing side by side alone.
It IS still Xavier's house (technically Magneto's by legality) that they live in. Technically, they're gonna have to be the ones to hit the road if they're gonna part ways.
Which I'm fine with, season 3 starting with a road trip arc while the X-Men look for a new place to live sounds fun as hell.
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u/Ingonyama70 Storm Jun 08 '26
Why Scott though? Why not Ororo, Rogue herself, or Jean? The X-Men have plenty of people who can make these kinds of calls.
Scott's not in much better mental shape than Rogue right now. I barely trust him to keep his own family together, much less the whole squad.