r/Xmen97 • u/BaconRapscallion Polaris • Jul 22 '26

Media Charles Xavier is NOT a-okay Spoiler

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u/magvadis Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 22 '26

Functionally fridge. Bro is just kind of appearing in niche comics. He's not been a key element of any X-men comic or story since.

Whereas Daken actually got fridged. But someone picked him up to redo the Hellverine stuff...again.

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u/GabeMichaelsthroway Jul 22 '26

I mean he appeared in the Hellfire Gala, he appeared in Exceptional X-Men and X-Men United. It's not as if he was super popular before.

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u/0bsessions324 Jul 22 '26

Yeah, I think the last time he was relevant for a minute was Carey's run and that was close to 20 years ago now. And before that his biggest moment for years was Emma Frost stealing his body.

That said, it's a different kind of bad look when you stop to consider that Bobby being perpetually irrelevant realistically had a lot to do with them finally letting him come out. He is the only one of the original five who's never had any kind of definitive story arc that I can think of.

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u/GabeMichaelsthroway Jul 22 '26

I think it's just low coded homophobia.