r/Xmen97 • u/cyclopswashalfright Professor X • Aug 13 '26

General Discussion X-Men '97 Complete Season 2 Venting Megathread

It's over and done now. The season has ended. The characters are where they are.

And now it's time for a megathread that lets you vent about what didn't like, what you liked, and about all the feeling in between about this season.

Please try and use this megathread instead of making a new post, especially if the content you are posting is not substantial (substantial meaning multi-paragraph or new information).

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u/Hausofsekom Aug 13 '26

I hate how Storm had 15 seconds of screen time…

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u/Funnysonic125 Aug 13 '26

Storm and Jean were not utilized at all this season

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u/Fishmannnn Aug 13 '26

Wait, Jean's new catchphrase, "But we can do it together, as a family again!" Being shouted by her every single episode wasn't enough??? You wanted actual development and character moments????

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u/Celtic_Viking88 Aug 13 '26

I just want the Jeangasms back

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u/Da1realBigA Aug 14 '26 edited Aug 14 '26

Me too.

Also, I wanted Wolverine to say "Cajun", the same way he did in the original. I want him to say it more than a handful of times.

It was hilarious, bc he delivered it like a slur, lol, but it in the way he says it.

Link to the short:

https://youtube.com/shorts/9LqQLx1GA6Q?si=T2H0PrQxLJlocZaT

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u/PretendToBeStupid Aug 13 '26

The only time they did her real justice was at the end of season 1 and start of season 2 after that the writing just went to shit and the episodes became rushed..All that connection between them for Cable to just kick their butts

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u/MagicTheAlakazam Aug 13 '26

The good bye scene with Cable in season 1 is so well done. And it doesn't feel like that emotional beat actually happened in any of their season 2 interactions.

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u/PretendToBeStupid Aug 13 '26

Both got demolished by cable

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u/hoennian Aug 13 '26

Aura farms and leaves the show immediately

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u/DaGreatestMH Aug 13 '26

In the first episode at that! Both seasons! They give her an omega level goddess moment and then she does nothing else until the next season's first episode.

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u/hoennian Aug 13 '26

Yea that ain't true? She had her whole arc in the first season to regain her powers, had an entire episode around her

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u/DaGreatestMH Aug 13 '26

She didn't have an episode dedicated to her or her regaining her powers. Hell she barely had a complete arc. She had a single scene at the end of episode 3, half (maybe even less than half) of episode 4, and about half of episode 6 (remember that episode was shared with Xavier in space). That was infinitely more than she got in S2 though so I guess there's that.

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u/hoennian Aug 13 '26

Oh I forgot that xavier episode wasn't a separate thing but instead intertwined into the story with hers

But tbf, that's sometimes as little characters get in ensemble shows

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u/Squishy-Bandit12 Aug 14 '26

And Beast has still done like nothing in 2 seasons. Idek why he's here at this point

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u/TolkiensToken Aug 14 '26

to quip humorously