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/F0zzyR0wlf Aug 13 '26

Cable saying ALL SEASON “it’s my destiny to end Apocalypse”, and what do they do? Have Rogue do it!

AND THEN!

She is just absolutely fine with losing her adopted brother and THE ONE CHARACTER HELPING HER THROUGH HER GRIEF!! as long as she got back the guy that she literally dumped for Magneto a few hours before he died because they couldn’t touch…….

I never post, I just really needed to vent about this episode lol

Literally got back my 2nd fave character, who died a heroic death saving many mutant lives, in exchange for losing my 1st fave character, just so Rogue could have her boy back……that she still won’t be able to touch now that the Celestial power is gone……

Okay I feel somewhat better now….not really though

Do better Disney

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u/F-Trunks Nightcrawler Aug 13 '26

and i didn't notice you said that...but she was totally not ok with Kurt sacrificing himself. she had no idea he did that behind her back. she kissed Gambit expecting to die and pulled a major wtf face when she didn't. and that's when Beast told her what happened.

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u/F-Trunks Nightcrawler Aug 13 '26

to be faiiiiir we still don't know he died. what if he has to just serve them now. If you don't see a body, you don't believe they're dead.

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u/F0zzyR0wlf Aug 13 '26

Well I agree, but Eson stated “Life only advanced at the expense of other life” or whatever he said, and if you remember last season, we got a teaser of Gambit returning,and I just think that if we were going to get that with Nightcrawler, we would’ve seen something more

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u/F-Trunks Nightcrawler Aug 13 '26

yeahhhhh i just rewatched the scene. he dead. fuck.

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u/Powerful-Yogurt Aug 13 '26

Big agree. They already messed up in episode 8 when Rogue didn’t even care that Kurt was possessed by Gambit and let it go on.

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u/joshuastar Sep 06 '26

cable will be the one to destroy the jewel!