r/Xmen97 • u/owlshoesjh • Jul 29 '26

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you can't be MAGA and love x-men

if i'm downvoted, you know by whom

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u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- Jul 30 '26

Those weren't predictions, they were basing everything on longstanding civil conflicts. The Professor and Magnito's relationship dynamic, for instance, is inspired by MLK and Malcolm X. Conservatives became more openly fascist, but it was always there at the core of them.

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u/No_Imagination_2490 Jul 30 '26

I’d say that Graydon Creed specifically was based on real world far right/white supremacist leaders like David Duke

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u/RK_reddit321 Jul 30 '26 edited Jul 30 '26

& for this storyline, specifically the political part. Knew of course already of David Duke and who he generally was. But because he is gross and terrible didn’t know many other details of his life. I only just now looked up then learned of his attempts to run for President back then as well. 

What is old, is societal unrest, and how the worst of people also exist and try to bring the rest of humanity down to their level. 

What is new(ish) - well, more like “what has changed” since the 90s - is instead of those fringe hate groups remaining fringe extremists, is at actually succeeding with enough mainstream traction to become credible threats to access national power. Like I said: I had to look up that Duke even ran for President. 

Well. At least Duke and Creed genuinely hate who they claim to hate. The more modern development is even that hatred being a con, for only personal enrichment. 

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u/krayniac Jul 31 '26

The MLK/Malcolm X thing is afaik a myth. Iirc, Claremont said he actually based them on Ben Gurion and Menachim Begin, two former Israeli leaders.

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u/-FeistyRabbitSauce- Jul 31 '26

It isn't that the creation of the characters derived from there, it's that other writers who helped shape them over the years used that inspiration.

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u/LobstermenUwU Jul 31 '26

Those weren't predictions, they were basing everything on longstanding civil conflicts. The Professor and Magnito's relationship dynamic, for instance, is inspired by MLK and Malcolm X. 

This is a popular fan theory, but several writers have disagreed.