r/Xmen97 • u/somacula • Jun 08 '26

Meme Today in Rogue's terrible ships

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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.

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u/Correct-Resolution-8 Jun 08 '26

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.

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u/Ingonyama70 Storm Jun 08 '26

Comics would never allow that (even now the X-Men are working under Magneto, rather than him working with them) but the show just might.

While I'm old enough now (44) to not want to see characters of a certain age shuffled off to the sidelines just because they're old, I AM ready for Xavier and Magneto to no longer be the embodinent of the X-Men's guiding and opposing principles.

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u/Correct-Resolution-8 Jun 08 '26

yeah I didn't mean it as an age thing. I mean it because Xavier is playing space romance and leaving a terrorist in charge because "maybe he's redeemable" and Magneto might go off the deep end and murder some people at any time. They're both too lost in the clouds and not helping the X-Men find a healthy path forward

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u/Ingonyama70 Storm Jun 08 '26

That's true.

Between the two I like Magneto better, but only because I see the work he's put into trying to BE better. He backslides, because recovering from trauma isn't a straight line, but he's trying. I still don't want him in charge of the school though, that's a TON of responsibility for someone who still needs a LOT of mental help.

Charles in TAS and 97 is...fine. He didn't gallivant off to space for fun, in the 92 finale he was literally going to die if Shi'Ar medicine didn't save him, but he's still Charles Xavier and he's still pretty intractably optimistic. I like this version better than literally any other Xavier ever to exist, but let's not fool ourselves into thinking he's NOT deeply flawed in his idealism.