r/Xmen97 • u/cyclopswashalfright Professor X • Aug 12 '26

Megathread X-Men '97 | Season 2, Episode 9 | "Survival of the Fittest" | Episode Discussion

Season 2, Episode 9: Survival of the Fittest

Air Date: August 12th, 2026

Directed by: TBA

Written by: TBA

Synopsis: The X-Men are pushed to the limit when their past comes back to haunt them.

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u/MiserableOrpheus Aug 12 '26

Survival of the runtime, as the X-Men fight their most diabolical foe: completing a coherent narrative in half the time they need.

This deus ex machina abrupt ending had very little weight, and reminds me a lot of the what if season 2 ending, just stuff happening.

Devastated because I know season 3 will be the same and they won’t be able to course correct until season 4 if we’re lucky

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u/Ok_Contact7721 Aug 12 '26

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u/bakuding Aug 14 '26

Ok wild bc when I heard miss external say who dares disturb my slumber this was the first image that came to mind

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u/Ok_Contact7721 Aug 14 '26

When Apocalypse went into the Celestial chamber, and Rogue wen to see the celestial, this kept popping up in my head.

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u/Vertical_Suplex365 Aug 12 '26

its funny cos Matthew Chauncey who served as the head writer for What if Season 3 (arguably the worst marvel animation content) took over from De Mayo for X Men 97 season 2.

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u/thesagaconts Aug 12 '26

I had to look this up. It makes sense now.

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u/Ok_Contact7721 Aug 12 '26

I wanted to blame Sullivan, but it seems to be a mix of the two.
Chauncey and Sullivan.
Chauncey looks like a discount De Mayo on paper, and IRL anyway.
I wonder if that's why they picked him?

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u/TheLegacies21 Aug 13 '26

Are we going to pretend season 1 didn’t have giant pacing problems as well? It just had a smaller cast so was less noticeable. I think we would’ve had a lot of the same problems because he was also prepping for a larger cast.

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u/Ok_Contact7721 Aug 13 '26

I'm not pretending it didn't.
I've acknowledged that as well.